(Scene begins with a smartwatch screen and a finger as it taps the screen, and the 1994 American Gladiators plays as the scene cuts to a hand as it taps an app on his phone, as it opens a portal.)
(It cuts to James and the characters he’s played until it cut to his face and the credit of “James Faraci” is shown as it cuts to “The Last Of The Americans’” current iteration then slides away to different images of Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun and the characters they’ve played until it cut to their faces. The credits of “Paulo and Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca and Nick Yaun” are shown, then slide away to different images of Doug Yaun and Crosslyn Castillo, Nick Lopez and Jessica Lopez-Barkl, and the characters they’ve played, until it cuts to their faces.)
(After that, the credits “Doug Yaun and Crosslyn Castillo, Nick Lopez and Jessica Lopez-Barkl” are shown, as it then slides away to different images of Andrew Beach Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller and Olivia Horvath. Following this, the credits of “Andrew Beach, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Olivia Horvath” are shown as the 0:00-0:21 mark of the theme song plays.)
(Everything becomes a swirl of reds, whites, and blues, as the credits “Produced by First Choice Entertainment Productions in association with Manic-Expression.com”; “Executive Producers: James Faraci, Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Andrew Beach & Olivia Horvath”; “Editing by Eric Kurtzke and James Faraci”; “Written and Directed by James Faraci” are shown, as the 0:21-0:26 mark of the theme song plays.)
(We then see an image of James as he jumps through the portal and lands with half of his team on his right. The other half on his left is on a black background. Finally, the title “THE LAST OF THE AMERICANS” is shown Lazer etched into Titanium as the last six seconds of the American Gladiators 1994 theme song plays. Cut to James and everyone as they park just in time for a BBQ Competition in Upstate NY.)
TLOTA:
Well, here we are! A competition for BBQ, and we are here in the heart of small-town America. And I need to ask: How many of you are ready to enjoy Barbeque? (The crowd cheers as the Guitar music like “American Idiot” plays as James walks around, comes up to a bunch of people, and they shout, “We’re celebrating American Icons!” Guitars play the tune for three seconds as James walks up to another group of people as they shout “Twelve months of heroes of Cinema!” Guitars play the tune for three seconds as James comes upon Myron Mixon, who says, “From John Wayne to Rocky Balboa.” Guitars play the tune for three seconds as James walks up to another group of people who shout and sing “Oh, hell yeah, we’re talking about them all!” Guitar music plays into the chorus as a group of people shout “Oh, hell yeah, we’re talking about them all!” The tune continues as it cuts to Lee Ann Whippen singing “Welcome to the two hundred and fiftieth, hoping we’ll see two fifty-one!” Cut to Aaron Franklin sings “And we can finally be Okay!” Cut to a group of people shouting and singing “Humans dream of a better tomorrow, knowing it won’t be hollow!” Cut to James as he comes upon his brother as he says, “For me that’s good enough!” Drums play, and the music continues as James walks up to a group of people who shout-sing “We’re going to show off the hard work!” Guitars play the tune for three seconds as James walks up to Tuffy Stone as he sings, speaking, “Even if it makes Myron Mixon look like a real jerk (Myron laughs off the comment) Guitars play the tune for three seconds as James finds another group singing and shouting, “Now everyone get ready to celebrate with us!” Guitars play the tune for three seconds as James comes upon Moe Cason as he sings, “And make sure you have a dose of common sense.” The tune continues as it cuts to Junior Urias singing “Welcome to the two hundred and fiftieth, hoping we’ll see two fifty-one!” Cut to Johnny Trigg singing, “And we can finally be Okay!” Cut to a group of people shout sing “Humans dream of a better tomorrow, knowing it won’t be hollow!” Cut to James as he finds a group of BBQ chefs as they sing “For me that’s good enough!” Drums play, and the music continues with a guitar solo as James and his team celebrate as they come upon different groups of people singing “All year we’re cheering American Icons!” “Twelve months of heroes of Cinema!” “Information about them will be a lot, you’re going to know whether you like or not” “Welcome to the two hundred and fiftieth.” “Hoping we’ll see two fifty-one!” “And we can finally be Okay!” “Humans dream of a better tomorrow, knowing it won’t be hollow!” “For me, that’s good enough!” Drums play, and the music continues and concludes, and everyone shouts out the words “American Icons”. The scene cuts to James as he pays for some BBQ)
TLOTA:
Thanks. I’m James Faraci, The Last Of The Americans, and the views that I’m about to express are those of my own and some of yours. And if you’re wondering why we’re here, it’s to celebrate the American Icon of Barbeque. And to celebrate Barbeque, we’re going to go to someone that I really like when it comes to barbecue, Alton Brown. But also in a post-episode closing gives us a tip that if you smoke it for a couple of hours and finish it in the oven, no one will be the wiser. Unless you happen to be in a BBQ Competition. (Cut to James and the team running for their lives and make it to the RV and it drives off as everyone else is throwing everything including the Kitchen Sink as “Stop” by Jane’s Addiction plays in the foreground at the 0:18-1:04 mark as it ends, James and everyone in the team make it out of harm’s way in a campground close to the Studio.)
TLOTA:
Well, that was a disaster!
What words about BBQ did Alton Brown say that caused me to run from angry pitmasters? Find out here
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