Don't Shoot the Piano Man (2022) Movie Script
1
Did you get any sleep last night?
Yeah, a little bit.
I think I fell asleep around three.
That enough?
Yeah.
Doesn't really sound like enough.
Like, maybe you should get some rest.
I got a lot of stuff I got to do today.
Like what?
I gotta write some songs.
Got to go to work eventually.
You can write later.
Later I got to figure out what I'm wearing.
Okay.
Where are you playing again?
Mike's Tavern.
Nobody cares what you're wearing at Mike's
Tavern.
Just thrown some jeans, a t shirt,
playing alone.
Franklin,
he's singing.
I'm on the Keys.
It's an awful set up for that venue.
But still, wear your jeans.
Jeans don't give me tips.
You don't make tips there anyway.
I got to get going.
But I'll be at your show tonight.
You start at seven?
Yeah.
Brush your teeth.
Pick up your shit.
Right.
Love you. Have a good day.
Love you, too.
My life is a fucking joke.
I think you would really like Lenaught.
And it's actually one of Stanley Kubrick's
favorites, So?
I don't even know who that is.
He's just considered to be, like,
the best American director ever.
I don't know.
I've told you a million times,
I don't like movies.
I know.
But I think you would
really like this one.
Yeah. Why is that?
It's about a bitter couple fighting.
And why would I like that?
I don't know.
You see me angry all the time.
Maybe you would like watching other people
be angry?
That is not how it works. Whatever.
You should still watch it, though.
I mean, I could give you a list of films
you should watch.
You'd love them all. Just
like I never watch movies.
I'm more of a music guy.
But there are movies about music, too.
Usually pretty bad But, still.
Do you play any shows soon?
Yeah. I got one tonight.
Where?
The patio.
Fancy. Fancy. Should I come?
No, I'm not even singing.
I mean, I just started seeing this guy.
Maybe we could come see you play.
Oh hey, what can I get you?
Can I just have a small, dark roast? Yeah.
You want room for cream?
No, thank you.
All right $2.50
right here.
Nice hands, by the way.
Thanks.
Here you are.
You are all set, my friend.
Thanks, have a good one. Bye.
So, what music you guys going to play?
Well,
I'm more of a Sinatra type.
He's more of The Weekend.
It's interesting.
Sounds fun!
I guess.
I will definitely try to be there.
Cool,
Baby.
Baby brown bottle.
Pull you to my lips.
The woman across the bar
is swinging her hips.
Please give me the courage to walk on by.
Would you like to join my friends and I?
Baby brown bottle,
I don't know what to say.
The tall man with the top
hat is getting in my way.
Please give me the courage to walk on by.
With that sweet, brown
water burning inside.
I need that,
I need that, baby brown bottle.
I need it in my life.
I need it in my life.
Oh yeah.
Thank you for the offer.
With a sweet, brown water burning inside.
I need that,
I need that baby brown bottle.
I need it in my life.
I need it in my life.
Baby...
Brown,
brown,
bottle.
Jerry
Newly
on the keys and Franklin Lynch everyone.
Thank you.
Hey, you did great.
Really? Yeah, I think so.
Are you sure?
Well, the applause
wasn't necessarily resounding.
I mean, there's hardly 50 people in here
and half of them are drunk,
so they probably just forgot to laugh.
Hey, good job man.
Thanks.
What I say?
Alright.
Where's Franklin?
Uh, bathroom?
I don't know.
Not his babysitter.
Kind of are. Lydia!
Haha, you bitch.
What did you think of the show tonight?
It was good.
You did good and your suit was good.
Thank you.
You know, I really wanted to look good
for all the people here tonight,
So coming to my place,
to party with Jer-bear and I?
Actually, my friend texted me a little
while ago she's just down the street.
Yeah, we'll meet with her.
Got to come to my
place so we can really party.
All right.
If he overdoses, just let him die.
I'm not going to do that.
If you overdose, I'm going to revive you,
and then I'm going to beat you to death.
Just let me die.
Cut out the middle man.
You have fun tonight, be safe.
You be safe.
Love you.
Love you too.
See at home.
I'm telling you Jer
we were fucking killing it tonight, man,
I guess.
And I'm telling you, man,
we are this fucking close
to being noticed by somebody
this fuckin' close
from going from losers
to fuckin' winners around here.
You know what, Jer?
I want to write a song.
I'm going to write a fuckin' song
that's going to last forever.
You're going to clack your fuckin' hands
on that piano.
And we're going to be famous.
We'll make history.
Ya, that's a big dream you got.
You sure you don't want one or two songs?
Nah, no.
Billy Joel was immortalized
for just Piano Man.
Orson Welles
was made only famous for Citizen Kane.
Who? What?
I don't know who that is.
He made Citizen Kane?
Like the greatest film of all time.
You know I don't give a shit about movies.
That's so weird.
But that's not the point.
All we need is one song,
and we'll be famous forever.
Isn't that what you want, man?
Isn't that your dream?
Then what is your dream, Jerry?
Well, I do have this one dream
a lot.
And I kill this guy from high school.
Why? he was mean.
That's it.
Well, I.
He was really mean.
So you kill him?
Yeah.
How do you.
How do you murder him?
Well, it depends.
One time I pushed him off a cliff.
The other
time I threw him in another oven.
I don't know why I do it, but all the time
in my head, I murder Bradley.
You know, I'm. Hey. Hey.
Will you boys keep it down?
My bedroom is right above you.
Sorry, Mrs Lynch.
Is that cocaine?
Yeah.
Yeah mom, it is.
You better be safe with that stuff.
Back in the day,
me and your father used to do that stuff.
Back then everybody did it.
We thought it was healthy.
How the fuck
did you think that was healthy?
It kept us thin.
And you better watch your language.
Sorry.
I want you boys to know that back
in the day, I used to be quite the cat.
Ooh yeah. Yeah, baby.
And I just used to do a little bit of coke
just enough
so I wouldn't put on the pounds.
Okay.
Of course. You a good looking kid.
You don't have to worry about being thin.
Stop it. You welcome, honey.
Now, listen here.
I'm going back to bed and you two
keep it down.
And you keep that stuff in the house.
Good night Mrs Lynch. Good night Mom.
I should get going anyway,
I have this terrible fear that Lydia's
going to make me do something tomorrow.
Just don't do it.
I don't mind.
You know,
you really need to put her in her place
every once in a while.
I absolutely do not.
All right, man.
Well, I'll be grading papers all day
tomorrow.
Don't be afraid to text me
if you want to hang out.
Cool, peace.
Later.
Do doo
Do doo do.
It's almost 11:00.
Wake up.
Let me sleep a little.
No, you'll sleep all day.
What happened to your hand?
I fell walking home.
You would have thought
it was hilarious. Hilarious?
Well, you would have laughed eventually.
Stop it. Come on.
I want to go to the store.
Let's go.
No, I got to get cereal.
Just cereal?
And milk.
We're out of that, too.
Okay, c'mon, get up!
Ow, ow my wrist!
I'm sorry.
How was your night last night?
It was okay.
Mary left early on with some guy,
so Mattie and I didn't stay out very long.
Mary know the guy?
Mmm Mmm. It's just a hookup,
I wonder what those are like
because you never had one of those before,
right.
Well, you know how, like, you and I
cuddle after sex and it's really nice.
Yeah, it doesn't happen in a hook up.
Pretty boring.
I hated 'em, actually.
Luckily, those days are over for you,
and never began for me.
Good.
You going to be ready soon?
Just gotta change.
Do you think we're fine where we parked?
I really think that you need to talk
to your dad this week.
Actually. Really? We're doing that here,
It's the right thing to do.
Lets just get your cereal. Oh, my God.
What?
Pizza sauce.
Well, I suppose I could make pizza.
See that old couple over there? Yes.
You know my buddy from high school?
He's in prison for robbery
Fucked some chick in my car.
How could I forget that?
That's his parents.
Ohh. They're right in front of the cereal.
Dear god. What? You cannot have chocolate.
I haven't seen them in years,
since that happened.
Like, what do I say?
How's it going?
No, no.
What's the problem with. How's it going?
I went on vacation with these people.
You don't just hit them
with, How's it going?.
Okay.
I don't know what your problem is right
now, but we need cereal.
No, we're going this way.
It's the sugar, honey.
You can't have the sugar.
Put it back.
It's not for you.
No, it says aspartame. Here,
That's not sugar.
That's worse.
What's a flax seed?
A what?
A flax seed?
I don't know. The seed of a flax.
What the hell is a flax?
I don't know.
It sounds healthy.
I don't need it. Jerry? Mr. and Mrs.
Wassermann, How's it going?
We haven't seen you in ages.
It has been a while.
How's your father?
You know, not so great.
Really sorry to hear that.
Yeah, Thanks. This.
This is my girlfriend, Lydia.
You're a musician?
A lawyer.
A real job.
Just kidding.
Will have to come see you play.
Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great.
What are you doing this weekend?
Well, the play, we have plans.
The highschool, we have tickets.
They're doing Grease.
We love Grease. Our favorite. yeah? Yeah.
Got to see it.
Reminds me of the good old days, right?
Yeah. With segregation and whatnot.
Cause, your generation's racist.
How's Zach? Is he still in prison?
You're still a schmuck.
What is wrong with you?
Great talking to you.
You're
such a fucking idiot.
Yeah.
Do you wish you were playing right now?
Like at a bar?
I guess, or anywhere?
I don't know.
The venue would have to be right.
I'm not in the mood for a crowd.
Will you play something for me.
Aren't you working? I'm almost done.
I can finish the rest of this tomorrow
anyway.
Yeah.
Yeah.
A light shines in my bad.
Open in warm arms.
When the day is done
Washing away the shadows around me
never dishing blame,
never letting my smile wain
I'll keep this light shining
anymore It in my arms itself
I'm cold to forever
til the earth stops moving around the sun
I'll keep her burning
I'll keep her burning
I'll keep her burning
this light for me
is a light for all the world.
So there's a guy at the bar last night?
Yes. The one who was talking to you
at the end of my set.
Oh, yeah?
What did he want?
He just wanted me to join him,
and his friends
thought I was there alone.
I told him I was there with you,
and he went away.
After that.
Okay, cool.
You a little jealous?
Just curious.
You don't like any guys
hitting on your girl? No.
They might snatch you away.
Please. It'll never happen.
Pretty lame.
You're lame you're the coolest guy I know.
What's so cool about me?
Well, for one,
you play the piano super hot,
and two, you exclusively
wear Star Wars underwear.
I'll give it to you
the underwear are pretty cool.
My ex used to be obsessed with Mozart.
Really? What was he obsessed about?
I don't know, his music?
Didn't care to learn about the person,
I guess.
Although we did
watch Amadeus a lot together.
Have you ever seen it? It's so good.
But it's funny
because it's supposed to be set in Europe
and then all the actors
use their own voices.
So Mozart sounds like he's from Brooklyn
sometimes.
That's wild.
Yeah.
It's like the Great Dictator Pollock.
Goddard has a thick New York accent.
Yeah,
I've seen that one. Wait, really? Nooo
that was mean.
Hey, Sorry
I couldn't make it to your show on Friday.
It's all Good.
I was actually putting the finishing
touches on my own project.
It's starting its showing tomorrow.
We're at?
Just the art building on campus.
It's a little thing for the students
to show off what we've made so far
this semester.
You should come.
Maybe I will.
And you can bring Lydia.
I really want to meet her.
It'll be like a soiree of mocktails
or stuff like that.
Mocktails?
Yeah.
It's like ginger
ale and mint To fake a mojito.
All right.
Is it black tie? No, not at all. Good.
I don't own one.
I think you'll have fun.
What's goin' on?
What the fuck is up?
I need you to
do me a favor. Couldn't call?
This can't be through a phone call.
I need you to get me Coke.
Like a two liter?
No, like.
Like that, grams. Look,
this should be enough to get you a bag.
No. What do you mean, no?
I'm not buying ya drugs.
Look, man, my dealer's out of town after
today, and I still have to teach class.
Cancel class. I can't, we have an exam.
It sounds like you're shit out of luck.
Look man. It's going to be easy.
I'll give you the address.
You drive there, you pick it up.
Give him the bill. Then you leave.
What if I get arrested?
You won't get arrested.
It's not even that illegal.
It's a felony.
It's a misdemeanor.
No possession of cocaine.
You've been in possession...
No, you've been in possession.
The same fucking principle. Look, man,
give it to me.
Tuesday after class. All right?
I'll give you extra cash.
Kind of be like a finders fee.
So what?
I'm your drug mule now?
Jerry...
I have dinner with a student on Tuesday.
I need her to be happy.
Okay?
Don't fuck me on this one.
I guess.
Okay, see you Tuesday.
Fuck this.
Jerry?
Yeah. Hey.
Yeah. You're Frank's boy, right? Yeah.
Hey. Yeah, Come on in.
Step in my office.
Take your shoes off, please.
Yeah.
How you know
Frankie?
We play music together.
Nice what kind of music?
Music to drink to, We play at bars. Fun.
All right.
Yeah.
One of my other clients
referred me to him, great guy.
Yeah, No big deal, though.
How many clients you got?
30?
30 buy from me now.
Yeah, that.
That's a baby. That is a baby.
That's right.
It's my little boy, Danny.
He's only a year
old, though He can't understand what we're
saying.
Fantastic.
And this is your house.
This is my house.
And you just sell cocaine?
That's right.
Yeah.
I'm a stay at home dad.
Wife's a marketing executive, and yet I'm
the main breadwinner of the family.
You got to love it, right? What a country.
Yeah.
We're heading out for vacation in the A.M.
So it's probably
why Frank's freaking out so much.
I'm good.
You okay?
You seem uncomfortable Nah.
Honestly,
I've never really bought drugs before.
It's
not like the movies, man it's
just a transaction.
It's not a big deal.
How much does he want?
Whatever this will get him.
Sweet
step into my office here.
Mmm yes.
Yeah,
That oughta cover it,
Dope,
indeed.
Na na doctor told me to cut back.
I'm going to... I really gotta.
Yeah, I'll.
I'll walk you to the.
Yeah.
Hey, shoes, Shoes.
I wear them if you leave them here.
How about we switch? Yeah.
Bad joke.
I'm a Birkenstocks guy myself.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Ya boots.
I need the extra inch.
Yeah, That's what my girlfriend tells me.
Well, we can't all be perfect.
Yeah,
I should come see your show sometime.
Yeah. Aren't you playing tonight?
We are. Yeah. Yeah.
You know, I used to play piano, you know.
What was it? Fiddlesticks?
Or the ca-. Chopsticks?
Yeah. Yeah, I know there is a bar downtown
that does that.
You can just kind of... play
Elton John for you or somethin.
Gotta go. Thanks, man. I'll see you later.
You sure, buddy.
I've got plenty of just,
you know, we like to party in here, buddy.
Come on.
Aww christ.
Oh my God.
Fuck fuck fuck.
Woo. He's not coming to the show tonight.
It's very...
phallic.
Yeah,
phallic.
Are you sure this one's her?
Yeah, pretty sure. Cool
I see you guys are fans of Emily's work
here.
Do you know her?
Yeah, I work with her at a coffee shop.
I'm Jerry.
This is my girlfriend.
I'm Dr. Frederick Moore,
head of the art department Here.
Um, I teach a few classes here, too.
That a - one that Emily actually is in.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Lydia. By the way.
She is quite gifted.
You see, she-
She uses a wide array of colors
to better exemplify
the wide spectrum of human sexuality.
In our view,
if you look from right to left,
it flows from masculine to feminine.
Clashing in the middle as if
to come to grips with one's own self.
That's a dick.
What he means to say is-that it's very -
This is like porn.
I feel like I'm looking at porn.
Aren't there kids running around here?
They won't know what they're looking at.
Well you are the second person
to say that to me today. AHH!
You came!
Ya I did! Thank you! You must be Lydia.
Hi. Hi. I'm Emily. it's nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming.
Ya Dr.
Moore this is great.
So, what do you guys think?
It's very creative.
Yeah. Dr.
Moore was just telling us that about the
spectrum of human sexuality.
Yeah? yeah.
You know, you just kind of came to me
in a dream, and I had to materialize
it. We should go.
Yeah.
This is weird.
Free drinks.
Right?
Yeah.
I don't.
I don't want to look
at anybody else's shit.
So do you think they're fucking? Who?
Emily and Dr.
Fuckface?
She's like 20 and he is not.
The spectrum of human sexuality.
Ya lets go.
Okay.
Actually, I think I'll take just one.
Honey?
Yeah?
Who's the first person today to tell you
a kid was too young to know something?
What?
That thing.
Earlier tonight,
you told the professor
that he was the second person to tell you
that someone was too young to know
something.
Who was the first?
Did I not tell you what I did today?
Well, Franklin stopped by...
Jesus Christ.
And he was going on
about some girl. Great.
And he's busy with class,
so he asked me if I'd go by blow for him
at this house in the suburbs.
And there were-You bought drugs?
For Franklin.
You bought drugs for that asshole? Yes.
Why in the ever loving fuck
would you do something so stupid?
I... No. You know, that's a felony?
You know,
you could have been arrested for that.
You can't just go buy fucking cocaine.
Well, listen,
I tried to say no. You tried to say no?
How do you try to say no? Don't
you just say no?
Let me give you an example.
Hey, Franklin, you asshole, I'm
not going to fucking buy cocaine for you
so you can fuck some 19 year old
in your mother's basement.
Maybe I said yes because-You're a moron?
Is that why you didn't say no?
Because you're a fucking moron.
How could you do something so stupid?
What was your plan?
Did you think I was going to bail you out?
Was that what you were expecting from me?
Jesus Christ Jer.
Did you know my whole fucking office
would have known you were arrested?
You...
There was a drug bust today!
Out in the suburbs...
The cops drove right by me...
So you would have been arrested.
That's fucking great.
Fucking great, Jerry.
Where are you going?
To get the fuck away from you.
Come on.
Stop, please?
I spend all of my time worrying about you,
and you go out
and you do the dumbest things
you can possibly think of...
for your friend.
Oh no no please don't.
I know you're not asleep.
I know you're probably hurting.
Said a lot of
awful things earlier today.
I don't mean for them to come across
as harsh as they did
I just...
I just
worry about you.
I know you're going through a hard
time, and
that hurts me.
I just don't want you to put your life in
danger like you did earlier.
You're the best part of my life.
Sometimes I think that
I'm all that you have.
I know you're lonely,
and I know you think that Franklin is fun.
I just wish you would be safe.
Wish that maybe you'd go
and meet some different people.
But that is your best friend.
I just.
I don't want you dead.
I don't want you in jail.
I love you
so I'm not mad at you anymore.
I hope that we can talk again soon.
I'm gonna go take a shower.
I hope you feel better when I'm out.
Hey Jer Bear what's up, man?
Aww fuck yeah.
Hooo, mmm.
Fuck, yeah.
What's wrong?
You know,
I almost got arrested for that, right?
What? Yeah.
When I was leaving your buddy
Roy's place, a cop pulled up,
and now Lydia knows.
Last night she blew the fuck up on me.
I'm sorry, man.
You know,
I really didn't expect for that to happen.
I mean,
usually we're always pretty safe
about those things.
Yeah, safe?
Well now he's in jail
and not on vacation with his little baby.
You know, it's not my fault
you had a choice to say
yes or no.
Whatever, man.
Fuck you. I'm out of here.
All right.
Professor Lynch, is this a bad time?
No, no.
And you know, you can call me Frank.
I know.
Who's this?
This is my friend Jerry.
Jerry, this is Katie.
She's my favorite student.
Hi. Hi.
I was just coming to see
if we were still on for tonight?
Of course.
See you at seven.
Seven, yeah.
Nice to meet you.
You too.
So that's the girl
I almost got arrested for?
Yep. She's so young.
She's easy.
Disgusting.
Na man, they're so easy to impress.
I'm still a little mad at you, but...
We should hang out later.
All right, I'll text you later.
I'm really bored.
Yeah.
You know, we could switch?
You stock shelves, I run security.
Or we could have fun?
I mean you're in charge.
Fun at work?
What did ya have in mind?
Do you like
cold brew?
Hate it. Me too.
I have an idea.
All right,
We're going to see who can chug
these fastest.
That sounds terrible.
Yeah, that's the point.
It'll be fun.
I think.
Ready?
I don't want to do this.
3... 2... 1. Go.
Uh uh.
Oh God, that was disgusting.
Yeah, I'm not crazy about that idea.
No, never doing that again.
I feel so anxious.
Well,
at least we'll be up all night now.
Yeah, I got a show tonight.
Guess I'll be high energy. Really? Where?
Not telling.
Uh, why? It's
not in the best part of town.
Well why are you playing it?
You know, it's a gig.
I get to practice, they pay me.
Well, stay safe.
I guess I just want to come
see you play soon, you know?
I mean, you came to my thing
and I want to be a good friend back.
It meant so much that you guys came.
That's what friends do.
Did you have fun? Yeah.
Yeah.
When do I get to go to an art show? Yeah.
No one ever really does.
So, like, super rich people?
No offense,
I don't think you are. No, not even a bit.
Your professor seemed nice.
He is. Lots of us like him.
Yeah.
You seem to really like him.
Hmm, yeah, and?
Listen, I know you don't want to hear it.
Well, say it anyways.
He doesn't love you.
Okay, That's okay.
It is?
Yeah, because I don't love him.
I think he's just some older guy
I have fun times with.
He's not married.
I don't think we're soulmates we're just,
some weird fling. I don't know.
Okay, well, I'm worried
that if it is-It's not, I'm
sure he does this with a lot of students,
so it's really not a big deal.
Gotcha.
Look, in a couple of months,
I won't have his class anymore.
And in a couple of years,
I'll probably never see him again.
I'm young, Jerry.
I have time to do stupid things like this.
Okay, Okay.
Look,
I know that you're just worried about me
and looking out.
I appreciate it, but,
I'm more in control than you know.
Good.
Great.
Hey, gotta wake up.
Gotta get ready for your show.
They won't notice if I'm low energy.
I don't know.
Might get rowdy out there
and start throwing bottles at you.
They're not ready for that shit show. No.
Did you have a long day?
I had a draining day.
Why? What happened?
Well, first I had to meet Franklin's
student he's fucking.
You know, she's a nice girl,
and he's going to ruin her.
Good.
And I try to be a responsible
adult with Emily.
I think she thinks
I was being condescending.
All that with the fight last night.
It's just.
It's been a day.
I'm sorry, babe.
You know,
we could just say fuck all of our plans
and stay in for the night
and sulk together till we feel better.
No. I got to go play.
Fine.
And you should go out with your friends.
Let's get out of this apartment.
You're probably right.
Well, since we're,
you know, being all grumpy
and stuff, can I,
Can I pile on?
Do you have to?
I want to.
Hit me.
You should go see your dad. No.
You should.
I don't want to.
He's going to die soon.
Good. He's
old and he's alone.
He has no idea who I am. He's
still your dad.
And I hate him.
That wasn't his fault.
And whose fault was it?
You should see him before it's too late.
All right. Thank you, guys.
Thank you, guys. I got one more for you.
This one doesn't have any words,
so I'm gonna play it for you.
Then I'm going to get some drinks.
I think I need them.
Whatever you play, we're going to love it.
Thank you.
We'll see Woo!
I'm just saying that
in this survival scenario,
I would eat that person.
I mean, no, I'm not going to-
I don't want to kill somebody.
I just mean that if someone is already
dead, I eat like a leg.
Or whatever. That's fucked up.
Yeah, You're fuck up. I just.
I don't want to die. I'm
just met this girl.
We're going to be friends.
Yeah, That's awesome.
Hey, you were great tonight.
Thanks.
Do you know what your beer is mine?
I went to the bathroom.
I think this one's mine.
Give me your wallet and your phone.
All right.
I said give me your wallet
and your fucking phone.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Who are you?
What?
I'm a mugger.
Na I don't want a hug.
I don't want to hug you asshole.
I want your fucking money.
I want to hug you.
Jesus fucking Christ, man.
How much did you have to drink?
How much did you have to drink?
You drugged?
The fuck is going on?
Hey, sleepy.
How did I get here?
Some passer
by found you in a pool of your own
vomit
on the street on the bad side of town.
What? You were roofied,
they had to pump your stomach.
Oh, great.
Police
say you probably drank a spiked drink.
They also said
you probably saved some woman's life.
On the upside,
you got some free drugs out of it, right?
Thanks.
How do you feel?
Like shit.
Thanks for asking.
The Doctor said she'll be right back.
She said you'll be fine, But you'll
probably feel awful the rest of the day.
Great.
Sounds like a party.
You know,
being roofied is one hell of a thing.
I know a girl way back in college.
She was roofied.
Fucked her up for years.
I've never been drug like that, though.
Yeah, it definitely wasn't fun.
So, did you have any dreams?
What?
Like while you were out?
I don't think so.
So it was like regular sleep?
No, I'd say it's like,
you know, when
you get surgery, they put you under.
That sucks, you know?
And they put me under for my vasectomy
I-You've had a vasectomy?
Yeah.
You are like, 30.
Yeah. Why?
I don't want kids.
All right, wear a condom.
Who likes wearing condoms?
I know for a fact
you have a lot of sex
with a lot of strangers.
All the time.
I even know you paid for sex.
You're disgusting.
That's your opinion.
You know, that's not my opinion, buddy.
That's your opinion,
All right.
You are.
You are one terrible person.
I don't know why I hang out with you.
Honestly, I think I should go.
All right. Did you need a ride home?
No, I'm good.
All right, man.
Well try not to die out there.
I'll do my best.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Text me later.
Heh, condoms.
You okay, honey?
Yeah. Why?
You just seem far away. Sad.
I'm not far away. Sad.
So nothing's bothering you?
Some things are always bothering me.
So what's bothering you right now?
It's going to sound silly.
No, you won't.
It's.
It's this drug thing.
It's got me a little fucked up.
Sorry I made fun of you.
It's okay.
That's how we do, Mmm, it was mean.
Some of it was funny.
I'm just glad we're up here.
Get some fresh air.
Yeah.
Seemed like you needed to get outside.
Yeah,
I could.
You know,
you can talk about it
whenever you want to.
Thanks, babe.
Hey. Hey.
Wanna grab lunch?
I'm actually getting dinner
with a friend later.
I kind of want to be hungry for that.
Sorry.
Want to come anyway?
Keep me company.
Well, someone has to watch the shop.
I can close it. Well, it might get busy.
All right,
well, you're
going to actually have to be in here.
I'll be back
Ok, byee.
OO, ah.
Howdy, stranger. Hi.
I know Bruce Willis.
Good for you,
John McClane.
I don't know who either those people are.
Well,
we hang out whenever he's in town, buys
me stuff, we search for trim.
I find him jobs.
What kind of stuff he buy you?
Lots of stuff.
But it's not about the money for me.
You know,
I was never really wanting to want to race
all those rats down the Autobahn.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
I don't care about the commodification
of wealth, you know,
human beings.
We're meant to live out there.
Right there.
In nature.
Nature.
Man was never meant
to live past hunter gatherer.
It's the liberals
in fucking Congress
that want us to work till we die.
Give us enough benefits
so we don't realize that they're
fucking us all around with their taxes
to fund their
wars.
Listen.
Listen,
do you need help or something, buddy?
Me? No.
I did try to end my life once, but
the doctors they say they revived me.
I still think I'm dead.
I went to heaven, and I hated it,
you know?
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well.
I'm good.
I've had enough.
All you.
Good talk. Yeah.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, buddy, don't forget your hat.
Pina colada.
I met a homeless man today.
You did?
So what made him stand out?
He came up to me
while I was eating my salad.
A salad?
Yeah.
At the
caf, down the street, at the bookstore.
You know, we'd been there.
Yeah? Yeah.
Okay, so what about him?
I think he just wanted to be heard.
I listened.
Really bummed me out.
Why Did it bum you out?
It reminded me of my dad
rambling and the faraway look in his eyes.
Did that make you feel guilty?
Maybe,
Like, maybe you should.
I think I know what you're getting at.
Well, I mean, it's the right thing to do.
I know.
I just wish it was Mom instead.
I know.
But it wasn't all his fault.
If you want, I can go with you.
No, I wouldn't make you go there.
Seeing them like that, it's sad.
I don't mind.
Yeah, but still, I.
I think I'd rather go alone. Why?
It's my dad.
It's a whole thing.
Okay.
Oh, I have to go out of town soon.
What for?
For work.
Conference. A lawyer, tech stuff.
Lawyer tech.
It's really boring,
so I'm not going to explain it to you.
My boss called me this morning, though,
but it'll just be Thursday and Friday.
I'll be back Saturday morning.
Could be fun
you'll miss some of my shows, though.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, you've seen plenty.
I still hate missing them.
I ain't even mad.
Okay, good.
So you're, like, smarter than me, right?
I don't know if I'd say
I'm smarter than you.
I mean, you got a real job, a law degree,
and they're just not giving those out
to everyone.
Okay,
but that doesn't make me smarter than you.
Well, it does, but that's not the point.
What's the point?
The point is,
I have a question
that I think only you can answer.
What's the question?
What is an electrolyte?
That's your big question.
Yeah, I saw.
I'm on a sports drink,
and it's just been driving me crazy.
I have no idea what an electrolyte is.
Me neither.
Toothbrush? Yes.
Deodorant? Yes.
Knowledge of technical law?
Law technology, whatever the fuck.
Yes, I got that, too.
All right.
My boss should be here.
Have fun.
Be safe.
You be safe, too.
Good luck at your show
and have fun at work if you decide to go.
Saturday.
Love you, darling.
Love you, too,
Freddie.
Fuckin Chopin.
Feels so good today.
Going to fuck the world.
Going to have a good fucking time.
Gonna regret all my life choices.
Eventually, everyone I love
will die.
All right.
Thank you, everyone.
Thank you.
You know, we've had a lot of fun tonight.
I hope you did, too.
Thanks, man.
Yeah, I got one more for you
because I got to go to sleep.
This one.
It's one of my favorites.
It's about my mom
who died a couple of years back.
I'm sorry to hear about that.
Mrs. White, gone without warning.
Mrs. White, never had the chance
to say goodbye.
Mrs. White left in the morning, and Mrs.
White never had the chance
to call it a night.
She would order make up without any doubt.
Her drunken husband wasn't looking about.
They crash the car
and then she blew her brains out cause Mr.
White crashed without warning.
Mr. White
never had the chance to apologize.
Mr. White
drank the morn-.
Hey, piano man.
Hey, what's up?
Not much.
Just want to tell you great job, man.
Thanks, man.
That last song cracked me up.
Really?
Yeah.
It was one of those upbeat songs
with the funny lyrics.
They get me every time.
Thanks.
Yeah.
Hey, how'd your mom die?
Well, in a car accident.
Couple of years ago.
Damn.
That's fucked up, man.
Yeah.
I don't really want to talk about it.
Okay. All right.
Sorry about that.
Have a good night.
We can have a whole fucking house party.
Now that Lydia's out.
No rules, no consequences.
Dude, she's my girlfriend.
Not my mother.
What's the difference?
Hey Jer. How'd the show go last night?
It went really well.
I'm hoping to have a similar one tonight
at the same place.
Yeah.
Hey, maybe me and Frankie will show up.
Yeah, I'd really like that.
Starts at 8? Yep.
I think we can make that.
What you doing the rest of the day?
I think I'm going to see my dad.
Oh, shit.
I know you're looking for that one.
It'll be fine.
I almost forgot.
I'm going to be a little late
to your show.
Got to get a drink with one of the other
professors.
Yeah, it's fine.
Actually, I got to get going.
Thank you so much for breakfast,
Mr. Lynch.
Anytime. You. I'll see you later.
Heard.
More bacon mom?
Damn, boy.
How much pain can one man eat?
Fuck this.
Okay.
This isn't going to be that fucking bad.
Let's do this.
Hello?
You here for a visit?
Yeah.
I'm here to see Pat Newley.
Pat? Are you his son?
Yeah.
Okay, so I kinda, I'm kinda new here.
They've warned me about you.
You can't make a disturbance.
Yeah, I know.
You guys told me this last time.
I mean, just. Just go and talk.
Don't yell. Just go talk to him.
I saw him walking,
walk in there, kind of saunter in there,
so just
kinda... Thanks.
Hi, Dad.
Dad? Pat.
Are you talking to me?
Yeah,
it's Jerry.
I don't.
I don't seem to know any Jerry's.
I'm your son.
My wife and I,
we don't have any kids yet.
Have you seen her?
She's not here.
She's a very.
She's a very thin woman.
She's dead.
She can't be.
You killed her.
I did not.
How's this place treating you?
They stealing your shit?
No, no, no, no.
The staff is fine.
I just can't seem to find my wallet
to leave them a tip.
You know, I'd ask
if you're getting better, but
I don't think you know the answer.
Honestly, I don't care.
I don't know why
Sarah would want to move here.
She's not here.
Sara's my wife's name. Yeah, I know.
She's a
She's a very thin woman,
she had-You killed her?
I did no such thing.
The insurance
company says you were driving 87
miles an hour. Me?
They pulled you from the car.
She was already dead.
I don't have any child-I'm right here.
Have.
Have you seen my wife?
She left me here all alone.
I don't know why she left me. She's dead.
She's- And honestly,
you should be dead, too.
She's a very thin woman.
Would you like me to play the piano
for you?
What?
Oh, the staff won't mind.
I'm a really good piano player.
We could play together-
No one wants to hear you play.
We could play together.
And when she comes back,
she can watch.
She's probably just in the bathroom.
We'll be fine.
Okay,
good.
I just.
I gotta figure out what to play.
How about.
This is unnecessary.
Okay.
I'll start something simple, alright.
Do you know it?
Yeah.
What if I play you an an original?
No. I've been working on it a long time.
I think you'll like it.
Is he going to die soon?
Your dad?
Yeah.
I don't believe so,
does something seem wrong?
Well, I need him dead.
Well we check all our patients every day.
I think their vitals seem-
Fuck his vitals.
I need you to put him down
like a dog or something.
No, we can't euthanize them
like a dog or something.
Would you like to hear another
piece? I'm so sorry. Sorry.
Would you like to hear another one?
No, I would not like to hear
another fucking song.
I know.
No disturbances.
Hey, honey,
How's it going?
Good.
I'm just.
Just resting before my show.
How's the conference?
That bad, huh?
Nothing much.
I had breakfast with Franklin and his mom.
Ya, his Mom. She's.
She's a nice lady.
No, no, I'm fine.
My voice is a little weak, I think I'm
coming down with a cold or something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, no, I'm still going to do the show.
I'll just say
I'll just get some soup or something.
Hey, listen, I just.
I really had to hear your voice
before I went on tonight.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I got to go.
I love you, honey. Bye.
Hey, what's up, everybody?
We got our special guest tonight.
Our local pianist is now playing
some funky jams for us.
Give it up for Jerry Newly.
How we doing tonight?
I'm going to
play some songs for you.
Whatever.
Okay,
That's.
What the fuck?
Play a song.
I'm sorry.
Hey Jerry.
You here, man?
Everybody at the bar said you left.
Jerry.
Jerry, wake up, man. He's got a pulse.
He's breathing.
All right. Hey.
Yeah. Grab his phone, his wallet.
Anyone you can call.
Hey, bring a stretcher.
Jerry,..
Do you hear me?
What did you do?
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's OK.
I'm not mad at you.
Jerry?
You gonna talk to me?
Come on.
What brings you here?
Like, right here, right now.
As in my office.
What brings you here?
Well, I was told I have to be here.
And why were you told that?
This is a psych evaluation.
I'm here to find out if I'm crazy.
Jerry, I don't think you are crazy at all.
Not one bit.
I tried to kill myself.
That doesn't mean you're crazy.
Okay?
That means you had a very bad day.
I have a lot of bad days, Doc.
I believe that you do.
Why don't you tell me
what happened on Friday?
Was it?
I drank a bunch of drain cleaner.
Before that?
I don't know.
Jerry.
Ya you do.
I was playing a show.
I'm a pianist.
How'd that go?
Very bad.
Why is that?
I was upset.
And what made you so upset?
Because I saw my dad.
And how was he?
Terrible.
He has this
horrific memory loss.
Okay,
So is that what made you so upset?
The memory loss.
Well,
he killed my mom.
As in he murdered her?
Sort of.
Okay.
Jerry, what I'm
understanding here,
what I'm hearing is that you
tried to kill yourself.
You wanted die
because your mother's dead.
Is that correct? No.
I wanted to kill myself
because I felt alone.
When I see my dad,
I feel alone.
Then why see him at all?
It was the right thing to do.
Clearly,
Jerry, the young woman
that you came here with,
that's your girlfriend, correct?
I don't know if you're aware of this, but
she has stayed here
the entire time that you've been with us.
She's been right outside.
Yeah, I know.
She clearly cares a lot about you. Fuck.
I fucked up.
Jerry.
Fuck, fuck.
Jerry. Jerry, come on.
I would have hurt her so bad.
No, that's not what I'm saying.
Jerry.
Jerry, I need you to breathe, okay?
Bring it down.
I need you to breathe.
What I'm trying to say is
she cares about you a lot.
That is so obvious.
A lot of people do.
Right now,
I want to focus on making sure that you
care about yourself.
I need you to do that for me.
Okay? You think we can do that?
Okay.
I need to get better.
You know what?
I am 100% confident
that we can get you a better.
Okay?
Good.
Good.
Hey, honey.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. I...
I should have called you.
I know you would have picked up.
I just.
I couldn't feel like that anymore.
I'm not upset.
And I'm here.
Okay? I'm here.
I'm not going anywhere.
And you can talk to me about anything.
About whatever you want.
Whenever you want.
I'm going to help you get better.
We're going to.
We're going to go home and we're going
to get you the medicines that you need.
And everything's going to be fine.
We're going to be happy.
Okay.
I love you.
I love you too.
So, what do you do all day?
Just kind of sit in bed.
I'm on this thing called a pink slip,
which means I had to be monitored
for three days.
Hmm, that sucks.
It's okay.
Now, Lydia's always here,
and some of the nurses are fun.
Well, that's good to hear.
Yeah,
Once a day they let me out for a meal.
They got me on these new antidepressants.
See if they make me feel better.
Is that all?
No. Two days a week.
I got to go see a therapist.
Do you like them?
Yeah,
he's cool.
Good to hear.
I am uh stupid.
I made you something.
I don't know.
It's stupid.
I just thought we can match.
These friendship bracelets?
They are.
Oh, it's got my name. Yeah, very original.
Yeah, well hey, give me these at work.
Here they'll take them.
They think I'm gonna -click-.
Got it. Yeah. Sorry.
I didn't think about it.
I'm. I'm sorry if I was ever mean to you.
You were never mean to me.
I just.
And I didn't know you felt so bad.
And I would have been
a better friend if I did.
You're a great friend.
Listen, I don't think anyone knew
I was feeling the way I did.
Not even me.
Hey, when I get out of here,
we should have a movie night.
You hate movies?
Yeah,
but you don't.
We can watch anything you want.
Anything?
Almost anything.
Preferably a musical.
I think I could think of some musicals.
Perfect.
Yeah.
That's
what I've heard. That's what I heard.
It's awesome. For our-No caffiene?
Amplifies the anxiety.
No alcohol either?
Amplifies depression.
That shit would drive me insane.
Yeah.
It's going to be worth it, though,
I guess.
You know, man,
you really scared the shit out of me
when I found you.
Yeah, I know.
Real sorry.
It's all good, man.
As long as you're okay. Yeah.
Yeah.
Never again.
I'm happy you were there.
Right place, right time.
Right?
Tried to clean up as much as I could
before the paramedics left.
You got to get going.
Yeah,
we got to get to the pharmacy
before it closes.
I understand.
Sorry again.
It's cool, man.
Love you, man.
Love you too.
Is there anyone else
you want to see while you're home?
Maybe tomorrow.
I kind of
would like a nice, relaxing night.
You know, I was thinking about what Dr.
Reid said.
Maybe we should get a cat or dog
or something.
You know, that way you won't be
by yourself when I'm not here.
I'd like a cat.
I had one when I was a kid.
Okay, We can go to the shelter tomorrow.
Are we allowed to have a cat here?
You going to tell on us?
Do you want to take
your pills in the morning or at night?
At night, I think it'd be easier.
Have you not been home yet?
No, you know that I was with you
the whole time at the hospital.
I just kind of figured you'd come home
and get rid of this.
Is that your.
You just give me that.
You don't have to read that.
It's okay.
It's been too long
since I've seen the sun.
I feel nothing
but cold and sore.
Maybe when I'm dead,
it'll all feel better.
I just can't live like this anymore.
Sorry to those I've left behind,
but I want
to dream again.
You take
this brand new day on
your skin, on mine
will make it worthwhile.
I have to begin to dream
again.
I have to begin
to dream again.
Music-
Did you get any sleep last night?
Yeah, a little bit.
I think I fell asleep around three.
That enough?
Yeah.
Doesn't really sound like enough.
Like, maybe you should get some rest.
I got a lot of stuff I got to do today.
Like what?
I gotta write some songs.
Got to go to work eventually.
You can write later.
Later I got to figure out what I'm wearing.
Okay.
Where are you playing again?
Mike's Tavern.
Nobody cares what you're wearing at Mike's
Tavern.
Just thrown some jeans, a t shirt,
playing alone.
Franklin,
he's singing.
I'm on the Keys.
It's an awful set up for that venue.
But still, wear your jeans.
Jeans don't give me tips.
You don't make tips there anyway.
I got to get going.
But I'll be at your show tonight.
You start at seven?
Yeah.
Brush your teeth.
Pick up your shit.
Right.
Love you. Have a good day.
Love you, too.
My life is a fucking joke.
I think you would really like Lenaught.
And it's actually one of Stanley Kubrick's
favorites, So?
I don't even know who that is.
He's just considered to be, like,
the best American director ever.
I don't know.
I've told you a million times,
I don't like movies.
I know.
But I think you would
really like this one.
Yeah. Why is that?
It's about a bitter couple fighting.
And why would I like that?
I don't know.
You see me angry all the time.
Maybe you would like watching other people
be angry?
That is not how it works. Whatever.
You should still watch it, though.
I mean, I could give you a list of films
you should watch.
You'd love them all. Just
like I never watch movies.
I'm more of a music guy.
But there are movies about music, too.
Usually pretty bad But, still.
Do you play any shows soon?
Yeah. I got one tonight.
Where?
The patio.
Fancy. Fancy. Should I come?
No, I'm not even singing.
I mean, I just started seeing this guy.
Maybe we could come see you play.
Oh hey, what can I get you?
Can I just have a small, dark roast? Yeah.
You want room for cream?
No, thank you.
All right $2.50
right here.
Nice hands, by the way.
Thanks.
Here you are.
You are all set, my friend.
Thanks, have a good one. Bye.
So, what music you guys going to play?
Well,
I'm more of a Sinatra type.
He's more of The Weekend.
It's interesting.
Sounds fun!
I guess.
I will definitely try to be there.
Cool,
Baby.
Baby brown bottle.
Pull you to my lips.
The woman across the bar
is swinging her hips.
Please give me the courage to walk on by.
Would you like to join my friends and I?
Baby brown bottle,
I don't know what to say.
The tall man with the top
hat is getting in my way.
Please give me the courage to walk on by.
With that sweet, brown
water burning inside.
I need that,
I need that, baby brown bottle.
I need it in my life.
I need it in my life.
Oh yeah.
Thank you for the offer.
With a sweet, brown water burning inside.
I need that,
I need that baby brown bottle.
I need it in my life.
I need it in my life.
Baby...
Brown,
brown,
bottle.
Jerry
Newly
on the keys and Franklin Lynch everyone.
Thank you.
Hey, you did great.
Really? Yeah, I think so.
Are you sure?
Well, the applause
wasn't necessarily resounding.
I mean, there's hardly 50 people in here
and half of them are drunk,
so they probably just forgot to laugh.
Hey, good job man.
Thanks.
What I say?
Alright.
Where's Franklin?
Uh, bathroom?
I don't know.
Not his babysitter.
Kind of are. Lydia!
Haha, you bitch.
What did you think of the show tonight?
It was good.
You did good and your suit was good.
Thank you.
You know, I really wanted to look good
for all the people here tonight,
So coming to my place,
to party with Jer-bear and I?
Actually, my friend texted me a little
while ago she's just down the street.
Yeah, we'll meet with her.
Got to come to my
place so we can really party.
All right.
If he overdoses, just let him die.
I'm not going to do that.
If you overdose, I'm going to revive you,
and then I'm going to beat you to death.
Just let me die.
Cut out the middle man.
You have fun tonight, be safe.
You be safe.
Love you.
Love you too.
See at home.
I'm telling you Jer
we were fucking killing it tonight, man,
I guess.
And I'm telling you, man,
we are this fucking close
to being noticed by somebody
this fuckin' close
from going from losers
to fuckin' winners around here.
You know what, Jer?
I want to write a song.
I'm going to write a fuckin' song
that's going to last forever.
You're going to clack your fuckin' hands
on that piano.
And we're going to be famous.
We'll make history.
Ya, that's a big dream you got.
You sure you don't want one or two songs?
Nah, no.
Billy Joel was immortalized
for just Piano Man.
Orson Welles
was made only famous for Citizen Kane.
Who? What?
I don't know who that is.
He made Citizen Kane?
Like the greatest film of all time.
You know I don't give a shit about movies.
That's so weird.
But that's not the point.
All we need is one song,
and we'll be famous forever.
Isn't that what you want, man?
Isn't that your dream?
Then what is your dream, Jerry?
Well, I do have this one dream
a lot.
And I kill this guy from high school.
Why? he was mean.
That's it.
Well, I.
He was really mean.
So you kill him?
Yeah.
How do you.
How do you murder him?
Well, it depends.
One time I pushed him off a cliff.
The other
time I threw him in another oven.
I don't know why I do it, but all the time
in my head, I murder Bradley.
You know, I'm. Hey. Hey.
Will you boys keep it down?
My bedroom is right above you.
Sorry, Mrs Lynch.
Is that cocaine?
Yeah.
Yeah mom, it is.
You better be safe with that stuff.
Back in the day,
me and your father used to do that stuff.
Back then everybody did it.
We thought it was healthy.
How the fuck
did you think that was healthy?
It kept us thin.
And you better watch your language.
Sorry.
I want you boys to know that back
in the day, I used to be quite the cat.
Ooh yeah. Yeah, baby.
And I just used to do a little bit of coke
just enough
so I wouldn't put on the pounds.
Okay.
Of course. You a good looking kid.
You don't have to worry about being thin.
Stop it. You welcome, honey.
Now, listen here.
I'm going back to bed and you two
keep it down.
And you keep that stuff in the house.
Good night Mrs Lynch. Good night Mom.
I should get going anyway,
I have this terrible fear that Lydia's
going to make me do something tomorrow.
Just don't do it.
I don't mind.
You know,
you really need to put her in her place
every once in a while.
I absolutely do not.
All right, man.
Well, I'll be grading papers all day
tomorrow.
Don't be afraid to text me
if you want to hang out.
Cool, peace.
Later.
Do doo
Do doo do.
It's almost 11:00.
Wake up.
Let me sleep a little.
No, you'll sleep all day.
What happened to your hand?
I fell walking home.
You would have thought
it was hilarious. Hilarious?
Well, you would have laughed eventually.
Stop it. Come on.
I want to go to the store.
Let's go.
No, I got to get cereal.
Just cereal?
And milk.
We're out of that, too.
Okay, c'mon, get up!
Ow, ow my wrist!
I'm sorry.
How was your night last night?
It was okay.
Mary left early on with some guy,
so Mattie and I didn't stay out very long.
Mary know the guy?
Mmm Mmm. It's just a hookup,
I wonder what those are like
because you never had one of those before,
right.
Well, you know how, like, you and I
cuddle after sex and it's really nice.
Yeah, it doesn't happen in a hook up.
Pretty boring.
I hated 'em, actually.
Luckily, those days are over for you,
and never began for me.
Good.
You going to be ready soon?
Just gotta change.
Do you think we're fine where we parked?
I really think that you need to talk
to your dad this week.
Actually. Really? We're doing that here,
It's the right thing to do.
Lets just get your cereal. Oh, my God.
What?
Pizza sauce.
Well, I suppose I could make pizza.
See that old couple over there? Yes.
You know my buddy from high school?
He's in prison for robbery
Fucked some chick in my car.
How could I forget that?
That's his parents.
Ohh. They're right in front of the cereal.
Dear god. What? You cannot have chocolate.
I haven't seen them in years,
since that happened.
Like, what do I say?
How's it going?
No, no.
What's the problem with. How's it going?
I went on vacation with these people.
You don't just hit them
with, How's it going?.
Okay.
I don't know what your problem is right
now, but we need cereal.
No, we're going this way.
It's the sugar, honey.
You can't have the sugar.
Put it back.
It's not for you.
No, it says aspartame. Here,
That's not sugar.
That's worse.
What's a flax seed?
A what?
A flax seed?
I don't know. The seed of a flax.
What the hell is a flax?
I don't know.
It sounds healthy.
I don't need it. Jerry? Mr. and Mrs.
Wassermann, How's it going?
We haven't seen you in ages.
It has been a while.
How's your father?
You know, not so great.
Really sorry to hear that.
Yeah, Thanks. This.
This is my girlfriend, Lydia.
You're a musician?
A lawyer.
A real job.
Just kidding.
Will have to come see you play.
Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great.
What are you doing this weekend?
Well, the play, we have plans.
The highschool, we have tickets.
They're doing Grease.
We love Grease. Our favorite. yeah? Yeah.
Got to see it.
Reminds me of the good old days, right?
Yeah. With segregation and whatnot.
Cause, your generation's racist.
How's Zach? Is he still in prison?
You're still a schmuck.
What is wrong with you?
Great talking to you.
You're
such a fucking idiot.
Yeah.
Do you wish you were playing right now?
Like at a bar?
I guess, or anywhere?
I don't know.
The venue would have to be right.
I'm not in the mood for a crowd.
Will you play something for me.
Aren't you working? I'm almost done.
I can finish the rest of this tomorrow
anyway.
Yeah.
Yeah.
A light shines in my bad.
Open in warm arms.
When the day is done
Washing away the shadows around me
never dishing blame,
never letting my smile wain
I'll keep this light shining
anymore It in my arms itself
I'm cold to forever
til the earth stops moving around the sun
I'll keep her burning
I'll keep her burning
I'll keep her burning
this light for me
is a light for all the world.
So there's a guy at the bar last night?
Yes. The one who was talking to you
at the end of my set.
Oh, yeah?
What did he want?
He just wanted me to join him,
and his friends
thought I was there alone.
I told him I was there with you,
and he went away.
After that.
Okay, cool.
You a little jealous?
Just curious.
You don't like any guys
hitting on your girl? No.
They might snatch you away.
Please. It'll never happen.
Pretty lame.
You're lame you're the coolest guy I know.
What's so cool about me?
Well, for one,
you play the piano super hot,
and two, you exclusively
wear Star Wars underwear.
I'll give it to you
the underwear are pretty cool.
My ex used to be obsessed with Mozart.
Really? What was he obsessed about?
I don't know, his music?
Didn't care to learn about the person,
I guess.
Although we did
watch Amadeus a lot together.
Have you ever seen it? It's so good.
But it's funny
because it's supposed to be set in Europe
and then all the actors
use their own voices.
So Mozart sounds like he's from Brooklyn
sometimes.
That's wild.
Yeah.
It's like the Great Dictator Pollock.
Goddard has a thick New York accent.
Yeah,
I've seen that one. Wait, really? Nooo
that was mean.
Hey, Sorry
I couldn't make it to your show on Friday.
It's all Good.
I was actually putting the finishing
touches on my own project.
It's starting its showing tomorrow.
We're at?
Just the art building on campus.
It's a little thing for the students
to show off what we've made so far
this semester.
You should come.
Maybe I will.
And you can bring Lydia.
I really want to meet her.
It'll be like a soiree of mocktails
or stuff like that.
Mocktails?
Yeah.
It's like ginger
ale and mint To fake a mojito.
All right.
Is it black tie? No, not at all. Good.
I don't own one.
I think you'll have fun.
What's goin' on?
What the fuck is up?
I need you to
do me a favor. Couldn't call?
This can't be through a phone call.
I need you to get me Coke.
Like a two liter?
No, like.
Like that, grams. Look,
this should be enough to get you a bag.
No. What do you mean, no?
I'm not buying ya drugs.
Look, man, my dealer's out of town after
today, and I still have to teach class.
Cancel class. I can't, we have an exam.
It sounds like you're shit out of luck.
Look man. It's going to be easy.
I'll give you the address.
You drive there, you pick it up.
Give him the bill. Then you leave.
What if I get arrested?
You won't get arrested.
It's not even that illegal.
It's a felony.
It's a misdemeanor.
No possession of cocaine.
You've been in possession...
No, you've been in possession.
The same fucking principle. Look, man,
give it to me.
Tuesday after class. All right?
I'll give you extra cash.
Kind of be like a finders fee.
So what?
I'm your drug mule now?
Jerry...
I have dinner with a student on Tuesday.
I need her to be happy.
Okay?
Don't fuck me on this one.
I guess.
Okay, see you Tuesday.
Fuck this.
Jerry?
Yeah. Hey.
Yeah. You're Frank's boy, right? Yeah.
Hey. Yeah, Come on in.
Step in my office.
Take your shoes off, please.
Yeah.
How you know
Frankie?
We play music together.
Nice what kind of music?
Music to drink to, We play at bars. Fun.
All right.
Yeah.
One of my other clients
referred me to him, great guy.
Yeah, No big deal, though.
How many clients you got?
30?
30 buy from me now.
Yeah, that.
That's a baby. That is a baby.
That's right.
It's my little boy, Danny.
He's only a year
old, though He can't understand what we're
saying.
Fantastic.
And this is your house.
This is my house.
And you just sell cocaine?
That's right.
Yeah.
I'm a stay at home dad.
Wife's a marketing executive, and yet I'm
the main breadwinner of the family.
You got to love it, right? What a country.
Yeah.
We're heading out for vacation in the A.M.
So it's probably
why Frank's freaking out so much.
I'm good.
You okay?
You seem uncomfortable Nah.
Honestly,
I've never really bought drugs before.
It's
not like the movies, man it's
just a transaction.
It's not a big deal.
How much does he want?
Whatever this will get him.
Sweet
step into my office here.
Mmm yes.
Yeah,
That oughta cover it,
Dope,
indeed.
Na na doctor told me to cut back.
I'm going to... I really gotta.
Yeah, I'll.
I'll walk you to the.
Yeah.
Hey, shoes, Shoes.
I wear them if you leave them here.
How about we switch? Yeah.
Bad joke.
I'm a Birkenstocks guy myself.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Ya boots.
I need the extra inch.
Yeah, That's what my girlfriend tells me.
Well, we can't all be perfect.
Yeah,
I should come see your show sometime.
Yeah. Aren't you playing tonight?
We are. Yeah. Yeah.
You know, I used to play piano, you know.
What was it? Fiddlesticks?
Or the ca-. Chopsticks?
Yeah. Yeah, I know there is a bar downtown
that does that.
You can just kind of... play
Elton John for you or somethin.
Gotta go. Thanks, man. I'll see you later.
You sure, buddy.
I've got plenty of just,
you know, we like to party in here, buddy.
Come on.
Aww christ.
Oh my God.
Fuck fuck fuck.
Woo. He's not coming to the show tonight.
It's very...
phallic.
Yeah,
phallic.
Are you sure this one's her?
Yeah, pretty sure. Cool
I see you guys are fans of Emily's work
here.
Do you know her?
Yeah, I work with her at a coffee shop.
I'm Jerry.
This is my girlfriend.
I'm Dr. Frederick Moore,
head of the art department Here.
Um, I teach a few classes here, too.
That a - one that Emily actually is in.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Lydia. By the way.
She is quite gifted.
You see, she-
She uses a wide array of colors
to better exemplify
the wide spectrum of human sexuality.
In our view,
if you look from right to left,
it flows from masculine to feminine.
Clashing in the middle as if
to come to grips with one's own self.
That's a dick.
What he means to say is-that it's very -
This is like porn.
I feel like I'm looking at porn.
Aren't there kids running around here?
They won't know what they're looking at.
Well you are the second person
to say that to me today. AHH!
You came!
Ya I did! Thank you! You must be Lydia.
Hi. Hi. I'm Emily. it's nice to meet you.
Thank you for coming.
Ya Dr.
Moore this is great.
So, what do you guys think?
It's very creative.
Yeah. Dr.
Moore was just telling us that about the
spectrum of human sexuality.
Yeah? yeah.
You know, you just kind of came to me
in a dream, and I had to materialize
it. We should go.
Yeah.
This is weird.
Free drinks.
Right?
Yeah.
I don't.
I don't want to look
at anybody else's shit.
So do you think they're fucking? Who?
Emily and Dr.
Fuckface?
She's like 20 and he is not.
The spectrum of human sexuality.
Ya lets go.
Okay.
Actually, I think I'll take just one.
Honey?
Yeah?
Who's the first person today to tell you
a kid was too young to know something?
What?
That thing.
Earlier tonight,
you told the professor
that he was the second person to tell you
that someone was too young to know
something.
Who was the first?
Did I not tell you what I did today?
Well, Franklin stopped by...
Jesus Christ.
And he was going on
about some girl. Great.
And he's busy with class,
so he asked me if I'd go by blow for him
at this house in the suburbs.
And there were-You bought drugs?
For Franklin.
You bought drugs for that asshole? Yes.
Why in the ever loving fuck
would you do something so stupid?
I... No. You know, that's a felony?
You know,
you could have been arrested for that.
You can't just go buy fucking cocaine.
Well, listen,
I tried to say no. You tried to say no?
How do you try to say no? Don't
you just say no?
Let me give you an example.
Hey, Franklin, you asshole, I'm
not going to fucking buy cocaine for you
so you can fuck some 19 year old
in your mother's basement.
Maybe I said yes because-You're a moron?
Is that why you didn't say no?
Because you're a fucking moron.
How could you do something so stupid?
What was your plan?
Did you think I was going to bail you out?
Was that what you were expecting from me?
Jesus Christ Jer.
Did you know my whole fucking office
would have known you were arrested?
You...
There was a drug bust today!
Out in the suburbs...
The cops drove right by me...
So you would have been arrested.
That's fucking great.
Fucking great, Jerry.
Where are you going?
To get the fuck away from you.
Come on.
Stop, please?
I spend all of my time worrying about you,
and you go out
and you do the dumbest things
you can possibly think of...
for your friend.
Oh no no please don't.
I know you're not asleep.
I know you're probably hurting.
Said a lot of
awful things earlier today.
I don't mean for them to come across
as harsh as they did
I just...
I just
worry about you.
I know you're going through a hard
time, and
that hurts me.
I just don't want you to put your life in
danger like you did earlier.
You're the best part of my life.
Sometimes I think that
I'm all that you have.
I know you're lonely,
and I know you think that Franklin is fun.
I just wish you would be safe.
Wish that maybe you'd go
and meet some different people.
But that is your best friend.
I just.
I don't want you dead.
I don't want you in jail.
I love you
so I'm not mad at you anymore.
I hope that we can talk again soon.
I'm gonna go take a shower.
I hope you feel better when I'm out.
Hey Jer Bear what's up, man?
Aww fuck yeah.
Hooo, mmm.
Fuck, yeah.
What's wrong?
You know,
I almost got arrested for that, right?
What? Yeah.
When I was leaving your buddy
Roy's place, a cop pulled up,
and now Lydia knows.
Last night she blew the fuck up on me.
I'm sorry, man.
You know,
I really didn't expect for that to happen.
I mean,
usually we're always pretty safe
about those things.
Yeah, safe?
Well now he's in jail
and not on vacation with his little baby.
You know, it's not my fault
you had a choice to say
yes or no.
Whatever, man.
Fuck you. I'm out of here.
All right.
Professor Lynch, is this a bad time?
No, no.
And you know, you can call me Frank.
I know.
Who's this?
This is my friend Jerry.
Jerry, this is Katie.
She's my favorite student.
Hi. Hi.
I was just coming to see
if we were still on for tonight?
Of course.
See you at seven.
Seven, yeah.
Nice to meet you.
You too.
So that's the girl
I almost got arrested for?
Yep. She's so young.
She's easy.
Disgusting.
Na man, they're so easy to impress.
I'm still a little mad at you, but...
We should hang out later.
All right, I'll text you later.
I'm really bored.
Yeah.
You know, we could switch?
You stock shelves, I run security.
Or we could have fun?
I mean you're in charge.
Fun at work?
What did ya have in mind?
Do you like
cold brew?
Hate it. Me too.
I have an idea.
All right,
We're going to see who can chug
these fastest.
That sounds terrible.
Yeah, that's the point.
It'll be fun.
I think.
Ready?
I don't want to do this.
3... 2... 1. Go.
Uh uh.
Oh God, that was disgusting.
Yeah, I'm not crazy about that idea.
No, never doing that again.
I feel so anxious.
Well,
at least we'll be up all night now.
Yeah, I got a show tonight.
Guess I'll be high energy. Really? Where?
Not telling.
Uh, why? It's
not in the best part of town.
Well why are you playing it?
You know, it's a gig.
I get to practice, they pay me.
Well, stay safe.
I guess I just want to come
see you play soon, you know?
I mean, you came to my thing
and I want to be a good friend back.
It meant so much that you guys came.
That's what friends do.
Did you have fun? Yeah.
Yeah.
When do I get to go to an art show? Yeah.
No one ever really does.
So, like, super rich people?
No offense,
I don't think you are. No, not even a bit.
Your professor seemed nice.
He is. Lots of us like him.
Yeah.
You seem to really like him.
Hmm, yeah, and?
Listen, I know you don't want to hear it.
Well, say it anyways.
He doesn't love you.
Okay, That's okay.
It is?
Yeah, because I don't love him.
I think he's just some older guy
I have fun times with.
He's not married.
I don't think we're soulmates we're just,
some weird fling. I don't know.
Okay, well, I'm worried
that if it is-It's not, I'm
sure he does this with a lot of students,
so it's really not a big deal.
Gotcha.
Look, in a couple of months,
I won't have his class anymore.
And in a couple of years,
I'll probably never see him again.
I'm young, Jerry.
I have time to do stupid things like this.
Okay, Okay.
Look,
I know that you're just worried about me
and looking out.
I appreciate it, but,
I'm more in control than you know.
Good.
Great.
Hey, gotta wake up.
Gotta get ready for your show.
They won't notice if I'm low energy.
I don't know.
Might get rowdy out there
and start throwing bottles at you.
They're not ready for that shit show. No.
Did you have a long day?
I had a draining day.
Why? What happened?
Well, first I had to meet Franklin's
student he's fucking.
You know, she's a nice girl,
and he's going to ruin her.
Good.
And I try to be a responsible
adult with Emily.
I think she thinks
I was being condescending.
All that with the fight last night.
It's just.
It's been a day.
I'm sorry, babe.
You know,
we could just say fuck all of our plans
and stay in for the night
and sulk together till we feel better.
No. I got to go play.
Fine.
And you should go out with your friends.
Let's get out of this apartment.
You're probably right.
Well, since we're,
you know, being all grumpy
and stuff, can I,
Can I pile on?
Do you have to?
I want to.
Hit me.
You should go see your dad. No.
You should.
I don't want to.
He's going to die soon.
Good. He's
old and he's alone.
He has no idea who I am. He's
still your dad.
And I hate him.
That wasn't his fault.
And whose fault was it?
You should see him before it's too late.
All right. Thank you, guys.
Thank you, guys. I got one more for you.
This one doesn't have any words,
so I'm gonna play it for you.
Then I'm going to get some drinks.
I think I need them.
Whatever you play, we're going to love it.
Thank you.
We'll see Woo!
I'm just saying that
in this survival scenario,
I would eat that person.
I mean, no, I'm not going to-
I don't want to kill somebody.
I just mean that if someone is already
dead, I eat like a leg.
Or whatever. That's fucked up.
Yeah, You're fuck up. I just.
I don't want to die. I'm
just met this girl.
We're going to be friends.
Yeah, That's awesome.
Hey, you were great tonight.
Thanks.
Do you know what your beer is mine?
I went to the bathroom.
I think this one's mine.
Give me your wallet and your phone.
All right.
I said give me your wallet
and your fucking phone.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Who are you?
What?
I'm a mugger.
Na I don't want a hug.
I don't want to hug you asshole.
I want your fucking money.
I want to hug you.
Jesus fucking Christ, man.
How much did you have to drink?
How much did you have to drink?
You drugged?
The fuck is going on?
Hey, sleepy.
How did I get here?
Some passer
by found you in a pool of your own
vomit
on the street on the bad side of town.
What? You were roofied,
they had to pump your stomach.
Oh, great.
Police
say you probably drank a spiked drink.
They also said
you probably saved some woman's life.
On the upside,
you got some free drugs out of it, right?
Thanks.
How do you feel?
Like shit.
Thanks for asking.
The Doctor said she'll be right back.
She said you'll be fine, But you'll
probably feel awful the rest of the day.
Great.
Sounds like a party.
You know,
being roofied is one hell of a thing.
I know a girl way back in college.
She was roofied.
Fucked her up for years.
I've never been drug like that, though.
Yeah, it definitely wasn't fun.
So, did you have any dreams?
What?
Like while you were out?
I don't think so.
So it was like regular sleep?
No, I'd say it's like,
you know, when
you get surgery, they put you under.
That sucks, you know?
And they put me under for my vasectomy
I-You've had a vasectomy?
Yeah.
You are like, 30.
Yeah. Why?
I don't want kids.
All right, wear a condom.
Who likes wearing condoms?
I know for a fact
you have a lot of sex
with a lot of strangers.
All the time.
I even know you paid for sex.
You're disgusting.
That's your opinion.
You know, that's not my opinion, buddy.
That's your opinion,
All right.
You are.
You are one terrible person.
I don't know why I hang out with you.
Honestly, I think I should go.
All right. Did you need a ride home?
No, I'm good.
All right, man.
Well try not to die out there.
I'll do my best.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Text me later.
Heh, condoms.
You okay, honey?
Yeah. Why?
You just seem far away. Sad.
I'm not far away. Sad.
So nothing's bothering you?
Some things are always bothering me.
So what's bothering you right now?
It's going to sound silly.
No, you won't.
It's.
It's this drug thing.
It's got me a little fucked up.
Sorry I made fun of you.
It's okay.
That's how we do, Mmm, it was mean.
Some of it was funny.
I'm just glad we're up here.
Get some fresh air.
Yeah.
Seemed like you needed to get outside.
Yeah,
I could.
You know,
you can talk about it
whenever you want to.
Thanks, babe.
Hey. Hey.
Wanna grab lunch?
I'm actually getting dinner
with a friend later.
I kind of want to be hungry for that.
Sorry.
Want to come anyway?
Keep me company.
Well, someone has to watch the shop.
I can close it. Well, it might get busy.
All right,
well, you're
going to actually have to be in here.
I'll be back
Ok, byee.
OO, ah.
Howdy, stranger. Hi.
I know Bruce Willis.
Good for you,
John McClane.
I don't know who either those people are.
Well,
we hang out whenever he's in town, buys
me stuff, we search for trim.
I find him jobs.
What kind of stuff he buy you?
Lots of stuff.
But it's not about the money for me.
You know,
I was never really wanting to want to race
all those rats down the Autobahn.
You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
I don't care about the commodification
of wealth, you know,
human beings.
We're meant to live out there.
Right there.
In nature.
Nature.
Man was never meant
to live past hunter gatherer.
It's the liberals
in fucking Congress
that want us to work till we die.
Give us enough benefits
so we don't realize that they're
fucking us all around with their taxes
to fund their
wars.
Listen.
Listen,
do you need help or something, buddy?
Me? No.
I did try to end my life once, but
the doctors they say they revived me.
I still think I'm dead.
I went to heaven, and I hated it,
you know?
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well.
I'm good.
I've had enough.
All you.
Good talk. Yeah.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, buddy, don't forget your hat.
Pina colada.
I met a homeless man today.
You did?
So what made him stand out?
He came up to me
while I was eating my salad.
A salad?
Yeah.
At the
caf, down the street, at the bookstore.
You know, we'd been there.
Yeah? Yeah.
Okay, so what about him?
I think he just wanted to be heard.
I listened.
Really bummed me out.
Why Did it bum you out?
It reminded me of my dad
rambling and the faraway look in his eyes.
Did that make you feel guilty?
Maybe,
Like, maybe you should.
I think I know what you're getting at.
Well, I mean, it's the right thing to do.
I know.
I just wish it was Mom instead.
I know.
But it wasn't all his fault.
If you want, I can go with you.
No, I wouldn't make you go there.
Seeing them like that, it's sad.
I don't mind.
Yeah, but still, I.
I think I'd rather go alone. Why?
It's my dad.
It's a whole thing.
Okay.
Oh, I have to go out of town soon.
What for?
For work.
Conference. A lawyer, tech stuff.
Lawyer tech.
It's really boring,
so I'm not going to explain it to you.
My boss called me this morning, though,
but it'll just be Thursday and Friday.
I'll be back Saturday morning.
Could be fun
you'll miss some of my shows, though.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, you've seen plenty.
I still hate missing them.
I ain't even mad.
Okay, good.
So you're, like, smarter than me, right?
I don't know if I'd say
I'm smarter than you.
I mean, you got a real job, a law degree,
and they're just not giving those out
to everyone.
Okay,
but that doesn't make me smarter than you.
Well, it does, but that's not the point.
What's the point?
The point is,
I have a question
that I think only you can answer.
What's the question?
What is an electrolyte?
That's your big question.
Yeah, I saw.
I'm on a sports drink,
and it's just been driving me crazy.
I have no idea what an electrolyte is.
Me neither.
Toothbrush? Yes.
Deodorant? Yes.
Knowledge of technical law?
Law technology, whatever the fuck.
Yes, I got that, too.
All right.
My boss should be here.
Have fun.
Be safe.
You be safe, too.
Good luck at your show
and have fun at work if you decide to go.
Saturday.
Love you, darling.
Love you, too,
Freddie.
Fuckin Chopin.
Feels so good today.
Going to fuck the world.
Going to have a good fucking time.
Gonna regret all my life choices.
Eventually, everyone I love
will die.
All right.
Thank you, everyone.
Thank you.
You know, we've had a lot of fun tonight.
I hope you did, too.
Thanks, man.
Yeah, I got one more for you
because I got to go to sleep.
This one.
It's one of my favorites.
It's about my mom
who died a couple of years back.
I'm sorry to hear about that.
Mrs. White, gone without warning.
Mrs. White, never had the chance
to say goodbye.
Mrs. White left in the morning, and Mrs.
White never had the chance
to call it a night.
She would order make up without any doubt.
Her drunken husband wasn't looking about.
They crash the car
and then she blew her brains out cause Mr.
White crashed without warning.
Mr. White
never had the chance to apologize.
Mr. White
drank the morn-.
Hey, piano man.
Hey, what's up?
Not much.
Just want to tell you great job, man.
Thanks, man.
That last song cracked me up.
Really?
Yeah.
It was one of those upbeat songs
with the funny lyrics.
They get me every time.
Thanks.
Yeah.
Hey, how'd your mom die?
Well, in a car accident.
Couple of years ago.
Damn.
That's fucked up, man.
Yeah.
I don't really want to talk about it.
Okay. All right.
Sorry about that.
Have a good night.
We can have a whole fucking house party.
Now that Lydia's out.
No rules, no consequences.
Dude, she's my girlfriend.
Not my mother.
What's the difference?
Hey Jer. How'd the show go last night?
It went really well.
I'm hoping to have a similar one tonight
at the same place.
Yeah.
Hey, maybe me and Frankie will show up.
Yeah, I'd really like that.
Starts at 8? Yep.
I think we can make that.
What you doing the rest of the day?
I think I'm going to see my dad.
Oh, shit.
I know you're looking for that one.
It'll be fine.
I almost forgot.
I'm going to be a little late
to your show.
Got to get a drink with one of the other
professors.
Yeah, it's fine.
Actually, I got to get going.
Thank you so much for breakfast,
Mr. Lynch.
Anytime. You. I'll see you later.
Heard.
More bacon mom?
Damn, boy.
How much pain can one man eat?
Fuck this.
Okay.
This isn't going to be that fucking bad.
Let's do this.
Hello?
You here for a visit?
Yeah.
I'm here to see Pat Newley.
Pat? Are you his son?
Yeah.
Okay, so I kinda, I'm kinda new here.
They've warned me about you.
You can't make a disturbance.
Yeah, I know.
You guys told me this last time.
I mean, just. Just go and talk.
Don't yell. Just go talk to him.
I saw him walking,
walk in there, kind of saunter in there,
so just
kinda... Thanks.
Hi, Dad.
Dad? Pat.
Are you talking to me?
Yeah,
it's Jerry.
I don't.
I don't seem to know any Jerry's.
I'm your son.
My wife and I,
we don't have any kids yet.
Have you seen her?
She's not here.
She's a very.
She's a very thin woman.
She's dead.
She can't be.
You killed her.
I did not.
How's this place treating you?
They stealing your shit?
No, no, no, no.
The staff is fine.
I just can't seem to find my wallet
to leave them a tip.
You know, I'd ask
if you're getting better, but
I don't think you know the answer.
Honestly, I don't care.
I don't know why
Sarah would want to move here.
She's not here.
Sara's my wife's name. Yeah, I know.
She's a
She's a very thin woman,
she had-You killed her?
I did no such thing.
The insurance
company says you were driving 87
miles an hour. Me?
They pulled you from the car.
She was already dead.
I don't have any child-I'm right here.
Have.
Have you seen my wife?
She left me here all alone.
I don't know why she left me. She's dead.
She's- And honestly,
you should be dead, too.
She's a very thin woman.
Would you like me to play the piano
for you?
What?
Oh, the staff won't mind.
I'm a really good piano player.
We could play together-
No one wants to hear you play.
We could play together.
And when she comes back,
she can watch.
She's probably just in the bathroom.
We'll be fine.
Okay,
good.
I just.
I gotta figure out what to play.
How about.
This is unnecessary.
Okay.
I'll start something simple, alright.
Do you know it?
Yeah.
What if I play you an an original?
No. I've been working on it a long time.
I think you'll like it.
Is he going to die soon?
Your dad?
Yeah.
I don't believe so,
does something seem wrong?
Well, I need him dead.
Well we check all our patients every day.
I think their vitals seem-
Fuck his vitals.
I need you to put him down
like a dog or something.
No, we can't euthanize them
like a dog or something.
Would you like to hear another
piece? I'm so sorry. Sorry.
Would you like to hear another one?
No, I would not like to hear
another fucking song.
I know.
No disturbances.
Hey, honey,
How's it going?
Good.
I'm just.
Just resting before my show.
How's the conference?
That bad, huh?
Nothing much.
I had breakfast with Franklin and his mom.
Ya, his Mom. She's.
She's a nice lady.
No, no, I'm fine.
My voice is a little weak, I think I'm
coming down with a cold or something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, no, I'm still going to do the show.
I'll just say
I'll just get some soup or something.
Hey, listen, I just.
I really had to hear your voice
before I went on tonight.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I got to go.
I love you, honey. Bye.
Hey, what's up, everybody?
We got our special guest tonight.
Our local pianist is now playing
some funky jams for us.
Give it up for Jerry Newly.
How we doing tonight?
I'm going to
play some songs for you.
Whatever.
Okay,
That's.
What the fuck?
Play a song.
I'm sorry.
Hey Jerry.
You here, man?
Everybody at the bar said you left.
Jerry.
Jerry, wake up, man. He's got a pulse.
He's breathing.
All right. Hey.
Yeah. Grab his phone, his wallet.
Anyone you can call.
Hey, bring a stretcher.
Jerry,..
Do you hear me?
What did you do?
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's OK.
I'm not mad at you.
Jerry?
You gonna talk to me?
Come on.
What brings you here?
Like, right here, right now.
As in my office.
What brings you here?
Well, I was told I have to be here.
And why were you told that?
This is a psych evaluation.
I'm here to find out if I'm crazy.
Jerry, I don't think you are crazy at all.
Not one bit.
I tried to kill myself.
That doesn't mean you're crazy.
Okay?
That means you had a very bad day.
I have a lot of bad days, Doc.
I believe that you do.
Why don't you tell me
what happened on Friday?
Was it?
I drank a bunch of drain cleaner.
Before that?
I don't know.
Jerry.
Ya you do.
I was playing a show.
I'm a pianist.
How'd that go?
Very bad.
Why is that?
I was upset.
And what made you so upset?
Because I saw my dad.
And how was he?
Terrible.
He has this
horrific memory loss.
Okay,
So is that what made you so upset?
The memory loss.
Well,
he killed my mom.
As in he murdered her?
Sort of.
Okay.
Jerry, what I'm
understanding here,
what I'm hearing is that you
tried to kill yourself.
You wanted die
because your mother's dead.
Is that correct? No.
I wanted to kill myself
because I felt alone.
When I see my dad,
I feel alone.
Then why see him at all?
It was the right thing to do.
Clearly,
Jerry, the young woman
that you came here with,
that's your girlfriend, correct?
I don't know if you're aware of this, but
she has stayed here
the entire time that you've been with us.
She's been right outside.
Yeah, I know.
She clearly cares a lot about you. Fuck.
I fucked up.
Jerry.
Fuck, fuck.
Jerry. Jerry, come on.
I would have hurt her so bad.
No, that's not what I'm saying.
Jerry.
Jerry, I need you to breathe, okay?
Bring it down.
I need you to breathe.
What I'm trying to say is
she cares about you a lot.
That is so obvious.
A lot of people do.
Right now,
I want to focus on making sure that you
care about yourself.
I need you to do that for me.
Okay? You think we can do that?
Okay.
I need to get better.
You know what?
I am 100% confident
that we can get you a better.
Okay?
Good.
Good.
Hey, honey.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
It's okay. I...
I should have called you.
I know you would have picked up.
I just.
I couldn't feel like that anymore.
I'm not upset.
And I'm here.
Okay? I'm here.
I'm not going anywhere.
And you can talk to me about anything.
About whatever you want.
Whenever you want.
I'm going to help you get better.
We're going to.
We're going to go home and we're going
to get you the medicines that you need.
And everything's going to be fine.
We're going to be happy.
Okay.
I love you.
I love you too.
So, what do you do all day?
Just kind of sit in bed.
I'm on this thing called a pink slip,
which means I had to be monitored
for three days.
Hmm, that sucks.
It's okay.
Now, Lydia's always here,
and some of the nurses are fun.
Well, that's good to hear.
Yeah,
Once a day they let me out for a meal.
They got me on these new antidepressants.
See if they make me feel better.
Is that all?
No. Two days a week.
I got to go see a therapist.
Do you like them?
Yeah,
he's cool.
Good to hear.
I am uh stupid.
I made you something.
I don't know.
It's stupid.
I just thought we can match.
These friendship bracelets?
They are.
Oh, it's got my name. Yeah, very original.
Yeah, well hey, give me these at work.
Here they'll take them.
They think I'm gonna -click-.
Got it. Yeah. Sorry.
I didn't think about it.
I'm. I'm sorry if I was ever mean to you.
You were never mean to me.
I just.
And I didn't know you felt so bad.
And I would have been
a better friend if I did.
You're a great friend.
Listen, I don't think anyone knew
I was feeling the way I did.
Not even me.
Hey, when I get out of here,
we should have a movie night.
You hate movies?
Yeah,
but you don't.
We can watch anything you want.
Anything?
Almost anything.
Preferably a musical.
I think I could think of some musicals.
Perfect.
Yeah.
That's
what I've heard. That's what I heard.
It's awesome. For our-No caffiene?
Amplifies the anxiety.
No alcohol either?
Amplifies depression.
That shit would drive me insane.
Yeah.
It's going to be worth it, though,
I guess.
You know, man,
you really scared the shit out of me
when I found you.
Yeah, I know.
Real sorry.
It's all good, man.
As long as you're okay. Yeah.
Yeah.
Never again.
I'm happy you were there.
Right place, right time.
Right?
Tried to clean up as much as I could
before the paramedics left.
You got to get going.
Yeah,
we got to get to the pharmacy
before it closes.
I understand.
Sorry again.
It's cool, man.
Love you, man.
Love you too.
Is there anyone else
you want to see while you're home?
Maybe tomorrow.
I kind of
would like a nice, relaxing night.
You know, I was thinking about what Dr.
Reid said.
Maybe we should get a cat or dog
or something.
You know, that way you won't be
by yourself when I'm not here.
I'd like a cat.
I had one when I was a kid.
Okay, We can go to the shelter tomorrow.
Are we allowed to have a cat here?
You going to tell on us?
Do you want to take
your pills in the morning or at night?
At night, I think it'd be easier.
Have you not been home yet?
No, you know that I was with you
the whole time at the hospital.
I just kind of figured you'd come home
and get rid of this.
Is that your.
You just give me that.
You don't have to read that.
It's okay.
It's been too long
since I've seen the sun.
I feel nothing
but cold and sore.
Maybe when I'm dead,
it'll all feel better.
I just can't live like this anymore.
Sorry to those I've left behind,
but I want
to dream again.
You take
this brand new day on
your skin, on mine
will make it worthwhile.
I have to begin to dream
again.
I have to begin
to dream again.
Music-