Episode
Flight of the Conchords: Bret Gives Up the Dream
Overview
Faced with dire financial circumstances, Bret and Jemaine look for jobs. Bret gets a job holding signs but soon he has no time for the band and Murray and Jemaine start looking for a replacement.
Details
- Series
- Flight of the Conchords
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2007-06-24
- Runtime
- 28 min
Episode context
Bret Gives Up the Dream is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Flight of the Conchords. It aired on 2007-06-24. The runtime is 28 min.
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Episode 1: Sally
Bret and Jemaine go to a party at Dave's, where Jemaine meets and falls for the 'most beautiful girl in the room', Sally. When it turns out that Sally used to go out with Bret, things get weird between Bret and Jemaine.
Episode 3: Mugged
Bret loses Jemaine's trust after Bret abandons him when they get mugged. To regain it, Bret tries to retrieve Jemaine's stolen "camera phone" (a phone with a camera taped to it) from their muggers, who are experiencing their own trust issues.
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Episode 4: Yoko
Bret's relationship with Coco threatens to split up the duo.
Episode 5: Sally Returns
Sally, the ex-girlfriend of both Bret and Jemaine, from the season premiere, returns to further complicate things in the band.
Episode 6: Bowie
After a photo session, Bret develops body image issues and gets some dream advice from his idol, David Bowie. Jemaine plots to cheer him up and Murray tries to get one of the band's tunes used for a musical greeting card.
Episode 7: Drive By
Bret and Jemaine are shocked by the prejudiced actions of a fruit vendor who won't sell to them because they are New Zealanders. Dave recommends a strong response and teaches them how to "flip the bird". Murray is smitten with the new tech support lady at the consulate.
Episode 8: Girlfriends
Bret and Jemaine pick up two women at a croissant shop - but end up with very different dating experiences. Meanwhile, Murray makes an album deal for the band.
Episode 9: What Goes on Tour
Using the band's "emergency fund," Murray organizes a warm-up tour in preparation for a big gig in Central Park. At an airport bar, the boys get hooked by some "mermaids" from a woman's water-polo team - nearly ruining the tour and their relationship with Murray.
Episode 10: New Fans
A performance at a local "World Music Jam" results in the Conchords gaining two new fans, but Mel is suspicious of the newcomers and their motives. Murray encourages the band to adopt a more "rock star" attitude.
Episode 11: The Actor
Bret and Jemaine enlist a semi-professional actor to cheer Murray up after a disappointing gig. Asked to place a good-hearted rejection call, the actor gets carried away, offering Murray and the Conchords a recording deal that's too good to be true.
Episode 12: The Third Conchord
Murray introduces a new bongo-playing band member on Bret and Jemaine, triggering angry dances and mutant half-bands.