Daisy Jones & the Six (2023) s01e01 Episode Script

1
Testing, testing.
Hello? I'm good?
You just let me know when you're ready.
Uh How long's this gonna take?
Okay.
Let's get this party started.
So Daisy also agreed to this?
I don't even know where to begin.
Start at the beginning.
When did you first
fall in love with music?
About 1500 miles between me ♪
And the place I call my home ♪
I know you mistreat me, baby ♪
But my home I never roam ♪
So all alone ♪
The interesting thing about Daisy is
she was born with every advantage.
Her father's money,
her mother's beauty.
All alone, I ♪
Excuse me.
She had anything and
everything at her disposal.
Well, my life ♪
- Do you ever shut up?
- And yet,
she was completely alone.
No one wants to hear your voice.
Swear she was put on this
Earth to embarrass me.
Good sense, innocence,
cripplin' mankind ♪
Dead kings, many
things I can't define ♪
Occasions, persuasions clutter ♪
Your mind, incense and
peppermints, the color ♪
Of time, who cares what games ♪
We choose, little to win ♪
But nothing to lose ♪
Could I bum one of those?
It's showtime, man.
I think I'm going back ♪
To the things I learned so well ♪
In my youth ♪
I think I'm returning to ♪
Those days when I was young enough ♪
To know the truth ♪
Now there's more to do ♪
Than watch my sailboat glide ♪
But every day can be ♪
A magic carpet ride ♪
There was two options
for the kids in my town.
There was the mill or there was the war.
I always dreamed of something different.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey, Ma.
He's
still in the bedroom.
Come on, Peaches.
She's just a girl. There will be others.
How do you know?
Because you're 14 years old,
and you can play the guitar.
Trust me,
you're gonna have plenty
of girlfriends someday.
It was Graham's idea to start a band.
Where's this all coming from anyway?
- He's trying to get his girlfriend back.
- What?
No.
- It's not about that.
- Of course not.
No, it's about doing something
I love with my brother
and my three best friends.
- And if girls just happen to notice
- Wait.
- What did he say?
- Your brother?
Like, as in Billy Dunne
is gonna be in this band?
Yeah, I never agreed
to be in their band.
One, two, three, four, five, six
I said I would listen.
Maybe give them some pointers.
in New Orleans ♪
They call ♪
The Rising Sun ♪
And it's been the ruin ♪
For many a poor boy ♪
- And God, I know ♪
- Stop.
Stop, stop.
It's an E major, chief.
- And you Thundersticks.
- Yes.
Where'd you get those tree trunks?
They're my grandfather's.
Easy on those fills, yeah?
This isn't jazz.
Again, from the top.
Now, hey, Billy. Why don't you, uh
sh-show us how it's done?
I mean, I knew my brother.
By the second practice,
he was basically in the
band. And by the third?
It was his.
Fucking guy.
I mean, what a time to be
alive if you loved music.
I saw Cream at the PAC Center
and Zeppelin at the Whisky.
Snuck backstage for
The Who at the Shrine.
I was 15 years old,
and the whole world just seemed so
beautiful and good.
Where I can easily see my face ♪
Maybe, baby, I'll
say that you were ♪
Kind ♪
Know I love you, baby ♪
Yes, I do ♪
Where is everybody?
People say I was naive.
I wasn't naive,
I was a baby.
And I hated that feeling.
So pathetic
and weak.
So helpless.
I just didn't want to
be that girl anymore.
Evening.
Right on.
We're the Dunne Brothers.
For now.
We did ten proms,
20 graduation parties.
I mean, I-I don't even
know how many Sweet 16s.
Oh, Suzie Q ♪
Oh, Suzie Q, baby I love you ♪
Suzie Q ♪
I like the way you walk ♪
I like the way you talk ♪
I like ♪
The way you walk, I
like the way you talk ♪
Suzie Q ♪
The band was
you know, it was just a distraction.
An escape, you know?
I mean, none of us
ever thought of it as
anything more than that,
not even Billy.
Oh, Suzie Q, baby I ♪
Love you, Suzie Q ♪
And then, one night, everything changed.
Ah, you're looking
nice, baby, you're ♪
Damn, darling, truly
You can dance.
Howling at the moon! Yeah!
Let's go.
Look out, everybody.
Hey, Billy.
He's supposed to be in Georgia, Graham.
Well, he's not, all right?
I bet he never even fucking left.
- What's wrong with you guys?
- Hey, not now, Eddie.
You sound great tonight, man.
And you were fucking ripping in there.
What's going on?
You see the guy in
there in the plaid suit?
Who? The creepster with the comb-over
and the girl half his age?
Yeah, he's our dad.
I mean, I was four when he left.
So, I never really had a father,
but it was different for Billy.
He worshipped the guy.
I'm gonna say something.
Billy, no. Billy.
- Hey, Billy!
- No, I have to.
Come here.
Yeah? Mm-hmm. Wow.
Help you?
Yeah. You know who I am?
Should I?
Yeah, you should.
Well, then, of course I do.
I'd recognize that guitar anywhere.
Anything else?
Hey. He's not worth it,
all right? Let's go home.
Take it.
Go on, take it.
I said fucking take it!
I've got no use for it.
I gave it to you.
Something to remember me by.
There you go, asshole.
Oh! Come on, come on, come on.
Guess we're not getting
paid for that gig, huh?
Billy.
You okay, man?
You know, I can still see
the look on Billy's face.
I mean, that was the moment
this thing became real.
Guys, come here.
Come here.
Yeah.
You're my brothers. I love you.
We work hard, we stick together,
we're gonna be the biggest fucking band
in the world someday.
Do you trust me?
Hell yeah.
Yeah. You kidding me, man?
we're family. Come here.
I really believed it, too.
You know, even before I met Daisy.
Hey, Mikey.
Was I out of control?
What does it do?
Probably.
But I was writing, too,
which felt even better than drugs.
Like I'd found a piece of me
that I didn't know was missing.
I couldn't imagine a better feeling.
What are you doing?
These are private. You
don't just come into
somebody's room and go
through their things.
These are mine.
Mom?
Are they any any good, or
You're a pretty girl, Margaret.
Uh, excuse me.
- Sorry, um, are you
- I am, yeah.
Billy Dunne, pleasure to meet you.
Oh. Um
I was just gonna say, "Are
you using that basket?"
No, I'm not.
There you go.
Cool. Thanks.
Sure.
So, uh, s so you
don't know who I am?
Should I?
Well, I'm in a band.
Cool.
Oh, God.
- What?
- No, it's it's, uh
Some people know me,
that's all, and I saw you
looking over. I just
Do you know what? Never
mind. It's-it's fine.
Of course I knew who he
was, are you kidding me?
Every girl in Hazelwood
knew Billy Dunne,
and not because he was in some band.
So, what's a big rock star like you
doing in the neighborhood
fluff and fold?
Honestly?
- My mom's washer/dryer broke.
- Wow.
- Yeah.
- That's really sweet of you.
Helping your mom out like that.
Must be a good son.
Well, it's-it's kind
of my washer/dryer, too.
Right, because you
still live with your mother.
- It's going great for me, isn't it?
- Oh
Okay, all right. Wh Uh, what
can I do to turn this around?
Oh, man, I really, I
I don't think there's much
- you can do, no.
- No? Okay.
Well, how about this
you give me your number,
and I'll write you a song.
Wow.
Has that line ever worked?
Uh, you tell me.
It's the first time I'm using it.
I knew Camila
from the neighborhood.
We used to walk to
Sunday school together,
when we were kids.
You couldn't help but
fall in love with her,
even then.
And then she met Billy.
Wow ♪
Have love ♪
Oh, baby, will travel ♪
For that next year,
it felt like all we did was practice.
Oh, baby, will travel ♪
If my hands were red
and raw by the time I got to bed,
I knew it was a good day.
Oh, baby, will travel ♪
I said, if you need loving then ♪
Mm-hmm, I'll travel ♪
Let's go again.
I said if you need loving ♪
We had a lot of good days back then.
Mm-hmm, I'll travel ♪
Hey.
Please tell me
you at least brought the
tie that I picked out?
- I got the tie, I got the tie.
- The tie?
- You're a mess.
- What?
And your button isn't even done.
You have a beautiful home, sir.
Camila tells us you
work in the steel mill.
Uh, yeah. Yeah, I do.
But it's just temporary, you know?
Oh.
Billy's a musician.
Yeah, I'm in a band called,
uh, the Dunne Brothers.
Yeah, they're really good.
Uh, yeah, I mean, we're-we're working
hard at it. We're practicing
as much as we can,
and we're playing gigs every night.
And this pays the bills?
- Uh Well, not exactly.
- It will.
Yeah, it will.
I never
doubted it for a second.
Not everyone felt the same.
- God
- There he is.
Why's it closed?
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Hey, man.
Chucky!
What's up, man?
Why's the garage door closed?
Look, I don't
know how to say this,
so I'm just gonna say it.
I got into college.
All right.
Bro, we didn't even know you applied.
Was this, like,
before or after I spent
all my money on this van?
I know, I'm sorry. It's just
they have a really good dental program.
So, what? You're gonna be a dentist now?
I don't know. I guess so.
Chuck, come on.
All right, please don't do
this. All right? Not now.
Right? Not when things
are starting to happen.
What do you mean, "just
starting to happen"?
Dude, we open for the
Winters on Thursday,
and that's-that's just the beginning.
This is a real opportunity.
- So is this.
- Billy, I know this is your dream, man,
but just because you
want something to happen
doesn't mean it's going to.
Do you really think that
there's a future here?
Well, yeah, Chuck, I do.
You're out of your fucking mind.
Great cardigan, Chuck,
very dentist-like.
We got to cancel the gig.
No, man. We're not cancelling.
Yeah? What are we gonna do?
- We don't have our bassist, Billy.
- We're not cancelling.
Eddie, you switch over to bass.
No.
For how long?
Thanks, man. We owe you.
Let's go.
You and I ♪
Travel to the beat ♪
Of a different drum ♪
Oh, can't you tell by the way I run ♪
Every time you make eyes at me? ♪
Oh, oh ♪
You cry and moan and say ♪
It'll all work out ♪
But ♪
Man, you got some serious
pipes on you, girl.
How did I not know that about you?
I'll be out in a second.
Stumbled on sublime
until the signal's weak ♪
Stumbled on sublime
until you can't speak ♪
She stumbled on sublime ♪
Please don't look at that.
You know, these these ain't half bad.
You've got
I know, I know.
She's all around your head ♪
Dancing at the edges of your mind ♪
That It That
It doesn't go like that.
Okay. How's it go?
Uh, it's just
She's all around your head ♪
And she's dancing in
the corners of your mind ♪
Stumbled on sublime
until you can't speak ♪
Stumbled on sublime
until the signal's weak ♪
Sing that again.
- No.
- Come on, what'd you You said something like,
- "Something out there with the "
- I don't remember.
You're gonna have to write
your own fucking song.
I'm being serious.
And the worst part is that I let him
take that song from me.
I mean, that is how little
I thought of myself at the time.
Thank God I met Simone when I did.
Daisy says you changed her life.
Do you remember how you met?
We were at some party
in the hills, I think.
And I had just finished
performing at Gazzarri's,
so she must have seen me there.
She knew everything about me.
In fact, she knew
everything about everything.
So he gets this idea that he can swim
from one neighbor's pool to the next,
which sounds totally crazy,
but in the context of the film
- it makes
- Sorry, what's your name again?
Daisy.
I'm a huge fan of yours.
I don't know what you're doing, though,
singing backup for
Penny fucking Richardson.
There you are. I was looking for you.
Penny fucking Richardson.
Excuse me?
Daisy Jones. Huge fan.
Let's get out of here. I'm tired.
- Penny, we talked about this.
- No, you talked.
And you know what,
Simone? I'm fucking done.
- Ah, would you excuse me? Just one second.
- Yeah. Sure.
It's not what you think.
All I think is that you're
way too cool for that chick.
We started talking
and we just never stopped.
It's temporary.
When the album comes out,
I'll buy a place in the hills.
- Two stories.
- You didn't tell me you were recording an album.
Mm-hmm.
So, no more singing backup then?
I sure as hell hope not.
You sing, Daisy?
Uh, no, not-not really.
I just took piano lessons as a kid.
But I am in love with this record.
I think I'm goin' back ♪
To the things I learned ♪
What do you love about it?
I mean, she wrote all these
songs for other people.
"Up on the Roof,"
"Pleasant Valley Sunday,"
"One Fine Day." And
they're all great songs.
But this is different,
you know. I mean, she
she chose to sing these
songs in her own voice
because they meant something to her.
It's just personal. You know?
That's you, isn't it?
I've seen you, too, honey.
Gazzarri's. The Whisky.
All over the Strip.
Most of them girls are
just there for drugs, sex,
stories to tell their friends.
Is no sin ♪
But not you.
You're there for the
music. I've seen you.
To win ♪
Question is,
what are you doing in the crowd
and not on that stage,
where you want to be?
Well, I wasn't
ashamed to reach out to ♪
I will be an ordinary guy ♪
Far out.
They just never know ♪
Can you believe this?
How to spot an angel in the snow ♪
I will show you something true ♪
If you really want me to ♪
Keep dreaming, Peaches.
And it's always nice with her ♪
But it isn't me and you ♪
There's nobody here ♪
Hey, you guys were rocking up there.
- Sounded good.
- Burt Reynolds.
Hey, you sounded great up there.
Oh. Thanks, man.
I'm Graham.
Karen.
You know of a good place
to get a bite around here, Graham?
You're not gonna stick around,
check us out?
It's gonna be a good show.
Um, maybe next time.
Try Peppi's. It's
right around the corner.
Best burger in town.
Yeah, have love ♪
Oh, baby, will travel ♪
Uh-huh, have love ♪
Pretty baby, will travel ♪
Put Mick Jagger in a
lineup, and a person who's
never heard of the
Rolling Stones could still
point to Jagger and say, "That one.
He's the rock star."
Billy Dunne had that in spades.
I'll travel ♪
Obviously, you got to
write your own material.
Well, I-I mean, I do.
Most of it's not good enough yet.
What are you writing about?
I have this one song called "Nevermore,"
- about the Catonsville Nine
- No.
Oh!
A-Are you Bob Dylan?
Are you Buffy Sainte-Marie?
Uh
Enough with the political
shit. It's a new decade.
No one needs reminding
that the world is a mess.
People want to feel good
again. They want to feel hope.
You can write a love song, can't you?
Rod had a lot of ideas.
You need to cool it
with the solos, brother.
Nobody cares about your
technical guitar skills.
They want to sing. They want to dance.
Rod told me to wear low-cut shirts.
I told Rod to eat
shit, and that was that.
The last thing I'll
say, and this is key.
You need to get the
fuck out of Pittsburgh.
You want to be signed to a label,
you want to work with
Jimmy Miller, Tom Dowd,
Teddy Price
- You know Teddy Price?
- Yeah, man.
I know everybody, and
they're all in L.A. now.
Not London, not New York.
California, my friend.
That is the place you got to be.
- I'm in.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, me, too.
- Yes.
Guess I better gas up the van.
You think she's gonna make it?
I think she's gonna make it.
What are you guys talking about?
Uh
You could come with us.
And do what? Huh?
Follow you around?
I have a job, Billy.
I'm going to school.
You know, I can't just follow some boy
- across the country because
- Some boy?
- I mean, yeah.
- Some boy. I'm not some boy.
I mean, well, what is this, then?
Come here.
Come here, come on.
So that's it, then? It's over?
You still owe me that song, Billy Dunne.
Camila?
He's moving away.
I'm sorry, my love.
Maybe this is a blessing.
He asked me to go with him.
Where?
California.
California?
- You can't, your family is here.
- I know, I know, I know.
I know.
Nothing's more important than that.
You never turn your back on family.
You did.
It's not enough just to
meet the right person.
You, uh, you have to meet
them at the right time as well.
It's getting dark, guys.
Let's get a move on.
- Got room for one more?
- Oh!
Whoa, look who it is.
Hey, hey!
- You sure about this?
- Mm-hmm.
- You're coming?
- Mm-hmm.
Stumbled on sublime ♪
Gettin' through the day
was always such a chore ♪
Come on now, man ♪
Let yourself live a little more ♪
Stumbled on sublime
until the signal's weak ♪
"Stumbled on Sublime" was number one
for, what, four straight weeks?
And that son of a bitch still claims
he wrote the whole fucking song.
And this was becoming a pattern.
Well, see, I took a benny
to wake up this morning.
So then if I just have the coffee
I'll be way too amped.
Hence the champagne.
And I call it an "up and down."
That's funny.
I'm gonna use that in a script one day.
I smoke an apple,
I get a grip ♪
What makes you think that
I'm not gonna use that
in a something one day?
I meant that as a compliment.
There's no need to be cross.
You'd be like
like my muse or something.
Round this way again ♪
Stumbled on sublime ♪
I'm stumbled on sublime ♪
Daisy.
Daisy.
Where are you going? Hey. Hey!
- What did I say?
- What?
You said I'm your fucking muse.
Like, what, I'm just inspiration
for your next great idea.
Yeah. What is wrong with that?
Look, I'm not interested in
being anybody's muse, Gary.
Okay? Not yours, not anybody's.
- I didn't mean it like that.
- I'm not the muse, okay?
I'm the somebody.
Okay, okay. You're the somebody. Got it.
You're the somebody.
What the fuck?!
Did you just push me?
Daisy.
Daisy.
Fucking crazy.
No matter how confident
you pretend to be,
how much you think you can give,
if enough people tell you you're shit
you believe 'em.
I just couldn't take it anymore.
Would you mind if I ?
I had to find out
if everyone else was right about me
or if I was.
I've been burned on the altar ♪
Of the rising sun ♪
It's alarming to see ♪
How far I can run ♪
But I wind up the same as I always ♪
Crying in a heap in some hallway ♪
Crumpled and blue ♪
I gotta try something new ♪
That keyboardist really added
something to the mix, didn't she?
Who, Karen?
Yeah. Yeah, Karen.
Yeah, she did.
I could tell by the
waves you couldn't see me ♪
People may try and they'll try to ♪
I'm gonna do till I die to ♪
And give it hell ♪
And I don't need anyone's help ♪
I can do this with nobody else ♪
I can ruin this night by myself ♪
I can peel off these soldiers alone ♪
I can write down my miserable poem ♪
I can drink to my own bloody health ♪
I can ruin this night by myself ♪