Daisy Jones & the Six (2023) s01e06 Episode Script

1
Previously on Daisy Jones and The Six
[BILLY] We have a new
member of the band.
Let's hear it for Daisy Jones.
I'm not here to sing harmony on a bunch
of love songs about your wife.
[TEDDY] Just maybe the two
of you can go someplace
and work on something together.
- Are we good?
- Of course we are.
You coming?
And you're into Graham?
[LAUGHTER]
[CAROLINE] I mean, he's sexy as hell.
[DAISY] About why we do
things that are bad for us,
why we keep doing them,
even though we know that it's
hopeless.
How many pills do you take in a day?
[DAISY] I can throw these
in the toilet right now,
and I won't feel a thing.
[BILLY] I never
would've thought you were
- so
- [DAISY] What?
like, broken.
- Can you walk me in?
- What? Why?
[BILLY] What I meant
was
we're more alike than I thought.
♪
["KILL YOU TO TRY"]
We must've written eight or nine songs
the first couple weeks.
I would have an idea, and then
he'd flesh it out, or he
would come up with a riff,
and I'd come up with a melody line.
[BILLY] When you're making an album,
any album,
it's an intimate thing.
I mean, it has to be.
Which isn't to say we didn't fight.
- Not every song needs a bridge.
- [BILLY] Oh, we were fighting
constantly.
[CHUCKLES]
For a month it was like that.
We'd be, we'd be in the studio,
you know, recording all the
arrangements, and they'd be
who knows where, doing God knows what.
Every day, they'd come
in with something new.
I mean, great fucking songs.
And every night, they'd come in
giggling like two little schoolgirls.
[BILLY AND DAISY LAUGHING]
And then, I mean, I mean,
that's exactly what he said.
Bullshit.
[BILLY] No, I swear, I swear on my life.
- [DAISY] Bullshit.
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
[BILLY] What? It's not that funny.
[INTERVIEWER] Did it concern you?
Not really.
Not yet, anyway.
I mean
like, whatever they were doing
it was working.
["KILL YOU TO TRY"]
Could the truth ♪
Ever un-tell those lies ♪
Could a promise ever be ♪
Unbroken ♪
Or would it kill you to try ♪
Boy, it would kill you to try ♪
Whoo!
Boy, it would kill you to try ♪
[BOTH MOANING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
[BAND PLAYING]
- [MUSIC STOPS]
- It's not right.
It doesn't sound good.
It needs to sound
It sounds too nice. It
needs to sound swampy.
- Swampy?
- Do you know what I mean?
- It needs to sound swampier.
- [BILLY] Uh
Ride the toms instead of the high-hat.
Eddie, longer notes.
All right.
[BAND RESUMES PLAYING]
Great. Was that so hard?
I guess he speaks Daisy now.
- [CHUCKLES] Swampy.
- Swampy.
["KILL YOU TO TRY"]
Yeah, we knew it was good.
Teddy was th-the most confident.
Here's how confident Teddy was,
before we even finished recording,
he calls in a favor at Rolling Stone.
It was only my fifth assignment.
Had the magazine thought
more of The Six at the time,
they would've sent someone else.
What is it? What is it I must do? ♪
If I tell you, promise
me you'll mean it ♪
Let me come, let me come home to you ♪
Oh, tell me, promise
me you'll mean it ♪
Look, I know that I said that
I would tell you everything,
but how much of everything
do you really want to know?
[PATTI SMITH: "DANCING BAREFOOT"]
She ♪
Is benediction ♪
She ♪
Is addicted to thee ♪
She ♪
Is the root connection ♪
She ♪
Is connecting with he ♪
Here I go ♪
And I don't know why ♪
I fell so ceaselessly ♪
Could it be he's taking ♪
Over me ♪
I'm dancing barefoot ♪
Heading for a spin ♪
Some strange music ♪
Draws me in ♪
Makes me come on ♪
Like some heroine ♪
[INTERVIEWER] And what were you doing
while all this was happening?
Oh, I was busy raising a child.
Pretty much
all by myself.
[BILLY] No, I I don't
agree. I I mean, I
Every ti every t
every time you do that,
every single time, it doesn't work.
No, no, no.
No, I think, I-I think verse one,
then, you know, chorus
one, and then back to verse.
Before the bridge, we go
back to the chorus, all right?
Like, we go back to the chorus.
If that doesn't make sense How?
[CHUCKLES] What?
Come on. Come on.
Honestly, um
[HUMMING]
This, uh, this line
doesn't work, does it?
Well, if you're asking me,
then you know it doesn't.
[CHUCKLES]
So, can you fix it?
Probably.
Okay.
[BILLY CLAPS HANDS]
It felt like we were competitors.
Or rivals, even.
I fixed it for you.
You kept the one line that didn't work.
The line's beautiful.
It was just the rest that was shit.
[CHUCKLES]
- Well, fuck.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
[WHISTLES, CHUCKLES]
It's not what you think, man.
Okay.
You've seen Bonnie and Clyde, right?
- Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
- Yeah.
The sparks were flying
in front of the camera,
but then they had their
lives, you know, and that's
that's how Daisy and me are.
So, you're saying it's just an act?
Not exactly, no,
but, uh
I mean, it's not real life either.
That's kind of the point.
[CHUCKLES]
Okay.
[PENCIL SCRIBBLING]
Hi.
Hey.
Beautiful.
She is.
I meant the photograph.
You took this one?
Mm-hmm.
The way the light frames
the side of her face.
And how the room feels just
a touch out of balance
[STAMMERING IN SPANISH]
Oh, my God. [CONTINUES IN SPANISH]
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, my God. My Spanish
is not what it used to be.
No, hey, I'm just saying I'm impressed.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
I like that, too.
- Thank you.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Hey, you want to see a movie sometime?
Uh
[CHUCKLES]
That's my husband in the photo.
And who is she?
She is, uh
she's someone in-in his band.
If you say so.
[KAREN] What'd he look like?
[CAMILA] What does that even
have to do with anything?
I don't know. I'm just
painting a picture in my mind.
Just felt nice
- to speak Spanish.
- Mm.
You know, and just
to not feel like a mom
for 30 seconds of my life.
How's things with you and the boss?
Oh, you know [SIGHS]
Fine, I guess.
He's never really here, and even
when he is, he's not, like
here, you know?
Well, the songs are really good.
But that's another fucking thing.
I haven't even heard the songs yet.
When you guys were
making the first album,
I felt like I was a part of it, somehow.
Maybe I just
need something of my own,
you know?
Yeah.
Anyway how are you and Graham?
Wait, what? He told you?
I've known Graham
since he's 17 years old,
okay? I've never seen him
smile this much in his life.
- We're just having fun.
- Just?
Why just?
- [SCOFFS] Oh, God.
- You like him, though?
- Yeah, you like him.
- Yeah. Yeah, I do like him.
And he loves you.
No, he doesn't.
Karen.
Please don't tell anyone.
I would never.
Hi. How'd it go?
[BILLY] Hey.
Yeah.
- Something there maybe.
- Yeah?
Sorry it took longer than I thought.
No, it's okay.
So, I read some of the
lyrics to that song.
Um "Please"?
It was good. It was really good.
It's very mm
intense.
Yeah, well, Daisy wrote that one.
Mm.
Well, I liked it.
When do I get to hear it?
[SIGHS] When it's ready.
What?
What? [CHUCKLES]
I just want it to be perfect for you.
[CHUCKLES] Since when?
I just, I mean, I used
to be the first person
that you'd play things for, so
Soon.
Okay.
["NO WORDS"]
There ain't no words ♪
For the song I'm here to sing ♪
There ain't no words for the song ♪
[JONAH] Even now, when
you listen to that album,
every song is like a coded message
from Billy to Daisy, Daisy to Billy.
[LAUGHING] I'm sorry,
did he say "coded"?
This is wrong. This is
It was different in my head.
I got to go.
- Where you going?
- I'm just hitting a low.
You don't have to leave.
[SNIFFS]
[SNIFFS]
I thought I had it in the car, you know?
Then let's get in the car.
Has that melody come back to you yet?
- You know what's crazy?
- What?
We live in California. The fucking ocean
is right over there,
and I never ever see it.
So, turn right.
[TURN SIGNAL CLICKING]
Whatever this-this
is, this is new for me.
This is new for me too, Daisy.
My real name is Margaret.
Where did Daisy come from?
I didn't like myself very
much when I was little.
So, I became somebody else.
I have a confession for you.
You made "Honeycomb" better.
I know.
You make everything better.
We still need to figure
out the rest of that song.
I'm not tired.
♪
♪
I should probably
See you tomorrow.
[INTERVIEWER] What changed his mind?
What did he tell you?
I looked in that room,
and all I saw was
temptation.
Yeah, well
it wasn't the drugs.
- [JACO PASTORIUS: "COME ON, COME OVER"]
- Come on, come over ♪
As fast as you can ♪
You're afraid that you won't like it ♪
But you don't understand ♪
One thing, my brother ♪
I can tell you true ♪
The more time you
spend feeling happy ♪
The less time you'll be blue ♪
- [PENCIL SCRIBBLING]
- Hey.
Rolling Stone.
- Jonah.
- Yes.
Yeah.
I didn't know you were staying here.
Yeah, remember, I told you earlier.
I wasn't listening.
[DAISY SIGHS, CLEARS THROAT]
What?
I could've sworn you two were together.
Just from the songs.
How do you know we're not?
[CHUCKLES]
Not according to Billy.
And what did he say?
He said it's acting.
Make-believe.
He doesn't actually
have feelings for you,
but he doesn't mind if
people think that he does.
He said it's all about the music.
[CHUCKLES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Do you have any coke?
[BILLY] Next day,
we were supposed to
record vocals for "Aurora."
And we waited hours.
- Did you try her room?
- Yeah, couple times.
I'm worried something's happened.
Ah, she's probably just off somewhere.
No. No, no. This is her
record as much as it's mine.
Something's not right.
- I got to go.
- I'll go with you.
No, it's worse if the principal comes.
- Well, take Warren.
- I can handle it.
[SIGHS]
[LINDA & THE FUNKY BOYS: "SOLID FUNK"]
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
[CROWD CHEERING]
[CROWD CHANTING] Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!
[CHEERING]
[CROWD CHEERING, WHOOPING]
[SIGHS] Oh, shit.
Yeah, shit.
Sorry.
[BILLY] Teddy's catching
hell from the label,
and you just wasted
an entire fucking day.
I just said sorry, didn't I?
[DAISY SIGHS]
[WHISPERING] I have
to tell you a secret.
I think you're the most talented person
I've ever met
Besides me.
How much have you taken?
I'm perfectly, perfectly in control
of my faculties.
You're a mess right now,
you know that?
Fuck you.
Say hi to Camila for me.
I want to hear, like, a
him thinking.
- Then he starts to get really stressed.
- [DOOR OPENS]
[LAUGHS]
Hey.
I wrote something for you.
[DAISY] "More fun to
miss than to be with."
I'm not singing that.
They're just words. What's the problem?
["MORE FUN TO MISS"]
I still need a drink for
all the glasses in the sink ♪
From chasing a shot
that rang through hell ♪
[BILLY] Stop.
What's the problem?
Let's, uh, let's go from the top.
I still ♪
Stop.
I'm not feeling it, Daisy.
Just let it out.
I still need a drink for all ♪
The glasses in the sink ♪
From chasing a shot
that rang through hell ♪
For the record ♪
Again.
- I still need a drink ♪
- Again, Daisy.
- What is the fucking problem?
- [BILLY] After yesterday,
it's the least you can do.
Again.
To think that I would buy that wink ♪
But that little thing
you do just ain't ♪
- [BILLY] Stop.
- I'm not
One more from the top.
Think that I would buy that wink ♪
But that little thing
you do just ain't right ♪
More fun to miss than to be with ♪
[BILLY] Stop. Uh
Stop. Stop. Stop! Stop!
- Stop.
- Billy, hey
just ease up on her, man.
Daisy, you're not trying hard enough.
All right? I-I just need you to feel.
I mean, what are you afraid of?
Fuck this.
Daisy.
Daisy!
Why are you doing this?
This is what we do. We push
each other to be better.
[INTERVIEWER] What did you say to her?
What do you mean?
[INTERVIEWER] I mean,
the voice on the album,
how'd you get her to sing like that?
[DAISY] You want me to sing your song?
I'll sing your fucking song
if you tell me the truth.
Tell me that there's
nothing going on between us.
Tell me that this thing,
that the way I feel, that
this is in my fucking head,
and I'll go in there and sing
that song, and we can all go home
and never talk about this again.
Tell me if I'm fucking crazy.
I still need a drink for
all the glasses in the sink ♪
From chasing a shot
that rang through hell ♪
For the record, I'm fine ♪
With what's left of what's mine ♪
Almost took you by
mistake for someone else ♪
You're just a wild guess ♪
In a see-through dress ♪
I don't want to hear
you squealing up my drive ♪
It took guts to think ♪
That I would buy that wink ♪
But that little thing
you do just ain't right ♪
♪
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
You found me in flames ♪
It's the daylight of change ♪
All that stuff is done ♪
You're my morning sun ♪
Aurora, you're the one ♪
- Hey.
- Hi.
- There she is.
- Hey, man.
- Wow.
- Hi!
- There she is.
- [LAUGHS]
Oh. Oh
- [LARRY] Billy Dunne.
- Hey.
- Larry Scardino.
- Nice to meet you. This is, uh,
- my wife, Camila.
- Hi.
I'm a really, really
big fan of your work.
So, this is who all
these songs are about?
- Oh.
- [LAUGHS]
[LARRY] It all makes sense now.
Uh, what happened to simple?
Uh, magic hour? The band
on the mountaintop thing?
Daisy wanted something a little grander.
Well, she and I, uh,
need to talk about this.
Excuse me.
Hey, this is, uh
That's "Aurora," isn't it?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is.
- The song that's playing.
Uh, check it out. Let
me know what you think.
- All right?
- Okay.
- Make yourself at home, Camila.
- Oh, thank you.
That's kind. Thank you.
Aurora, you're the one ♪
You're my morning sun ♪
Aurora, you're the one ♪
It's a little much, isn't it?
We're a band from Pittsburgh.
Not anymore.
You okay?
- Yeah, get him.
- Ah, you'll never take me alive. [GRUNTS]
- Skilled.
- [GRAHAM LAUGHS]
- Oh, ah, there's Mommy.
- Hi, honey.
- Oh, there's my baby.
- You want this one?
- Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
- Oh, great, fine.
- Oh, there she goes.
- Mwah.
- Silly.
- [GRAHAM AND CAMILA LAUGH]
- Yeah.
- I am silly.
- Thank you.
- All right, we'll see you soon.
- Thank you.
- Ciao, Julia.
["PLEASE"]
Please if it's only a single bite ♪
- Oh, my gosh, you're so big.
- I know, right?
- Oh, my gosh, you're so tall.
- Yeah.
- Oh
- Julia, no, no. I'm sorry.
I'm fine. It's just hair.
- [GRUNTS]
- You're so great with her.
Oh, well, it's just, uh,
baby powder and a lot of diapers, so
Anyone can do it.
They can't.
Trust me, I know.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- This is that
"Please" song, isn't it?
I recognize the-the lyrics.
Yeah, I think Billy
was possessed that day.
Billy?
What?
Oh, no, he just said that you wrote it.
I don't know why he'd say that.
Oh I'll see you later.
Bye.
Are you embarrassed to be with me?
What? No.
I don't really know what
else I'm supposed to think
- at this point, Karen.
- It's not that.
It's
Look, the moment they know we're
together, everything changes.
- Yeah, it doesn't have to, Karen.
- Yeah, but it will.
They'll treat me different,
you know they will,
and that's just the boys. I mean,
- what about the rest of the world?
- Yeah, well
"She was sleeping with the guitarist,
so they let her in the band."
I mean, that's what
people will think, Graham.
I've just
worked too fucking hard,
and I'm too fucking good
to forever be known as
"The Girlfriend" in The Six.
Do you understand that?
Yeah. Yeah, actually, I do.
And ?
And nothing.
I'll never bring it up again.
♪
I could've sworn this was the way ♪
Tell me again why do we sin ♪
Such a lonely, lonely, lonely road ♪
You'd never guess ♪
Excuse me, can you
switch with Billy, please?
Sure.
Be a lonely, lonely, lonely ♪
Road ♪
If I followed you to the river ♪
Send my buoys out to the sea ♪
Uh, just Billy and Daisy, please.
Stay with me forever ♪
Figures.
Will you chase me in my dreams ♪
If I throw it all ♪
[LARRY] You guys look great.
And let the rhythm take the lead ♪
Would you mind sitting next to him?
Stay with you whenever ♪
Let you lean on me ♪
Ooh ♪
Ooh ♪
[JONAH] Oh, Billy.
Um
Can I grab you for a minute
to go over some stuff?
- Yeah, sure.
- Cool. Couple things came up I wanted to double-check.
- You're naming it "Aurora"?
- Yes, "Aurora."
And, uh, town where you grew up?
H-A-Z-E-L-W-O-O-D. Hazelwood.
And, uh, what was the name
of that recovery clinic?
Who told you about that?
Sorry. Daisy mentioned
something about that first tour.
You needing to dry out and whatnot.
- I, uh
- I mean, whatever, it happens, right?
Drugs, women, you're a rock star,
what're you gonna do? I
mean, they don't all miss
their daughter's christening
'cause they're too coked out
- to show up, but
- That's not true.
Which part?
Teddy said you were
writing a puff piece.
- No? I mean
- Hey,
I'm just trying to get
my facts straight, man.
Yeah.
Hey, Daisy, can I, uh
can I borrow you for a sec?
Do you actually want this band to fail?
Do you have any idea how
fucking uncomfortable I might be?
Fucking brought your wife here.
[BILLY] Of course my wife is here!
[YELLING CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
How could you tell him?
- You said "it was all about the music."
- This is about the music.
That's why you kissed me?
So I'd get back on the mic?
Listen to the song.
I'd say it was worth it, wouldn't you?
[SCOFFS]
You're a fucking liar.
I'm done here.
- [CAR DOOR SLAMS]
- [ENGINE STARTS]
[HOT CHOCOLATE: "DON'T STOP IT NOW"]
♪
[SIGHS] Fucking bastard.
'Cause I need you now ♪
Much more than I ever had ♪
And I want more and
more if I can get it ♪
Shit.
Fucking pen. Where's a pen?
- [CAR CRASHES]
- [GRUNTS] Oh, shit.
Keep on giving it to me ♪
Crazy 'bout you, baby ♪
[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]
Hello? Hello?
- What?
- Miss, look what you did.
What do you mean? I was clearly stopped.
Okay, I'm kind of in
the middle of something.
[ARGUING CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
♪
I'm going out for a bit.
Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[LIVELY CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
[MAN] You see it? It's cool!
[WOMAN LAUGHING]
[WOMAN] Yeah, baby!
[LIVELY CHATTER CONTINUES]
What are you doing here?
I don't know. Change of scenery?
- Hi.
- Hey.
You look amazing.
Mm, thank you.
Do you want to join us?
No, no. I'm good.
I'm good here, thank you.
Go. Go have fun.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Asshole.
[LAUGHS]
Wow. [SNIFFLES]
You'd choose me over
a sure thing like that?
I'd choose you over everyone.
Hey, look, are you,
are you sure you're okay?
[CLOCK TICKING]
[CAMILA] There were just so many
secrets.
I think I just needed one of my own.
[DOOR HANDLE JIGGLING]
- Have you eaten?
- Uh
Mm-hmm, just had dinner with a friend.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hey, man.
["REGRET ME"]
[DAISY] You regret me ♪
I regret you ♪
You couldn't handle your liquor ♪
And you can't seem
to handle the truth ♪
I'm a slippage in the system ♪
And I'm perfectly ready to strike ♪
So go ahead and regret me ♪
But I'm not easing up on this mic ♪
Hey.
[WHOOPS]
I wrote one for you this time.
This isn't going on the album.
- Why?
- We agreed to write everything together.
You wrote "More Fun to
Miss" without me, right?
That's going on the album.
- Yeah, well, this is different.
- Why?
[BILLY] 'Cause I say it is, that's why.
Show of hands. Who thinks this
song should go on the album?
[CHUCKLES]
[KAREN SCOFFS]
It's a good song, Billy.
Isn't that what we're all here for?
She's right, man. It's-it's good.
This is bullshit.
- See ya.
- Hey, where you going?
Oh, come on, Billy.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Should we run through it?
Goddamn.
Look, man.
I'm not trying to cause any problems.
I don't really believe you.
But I do have a story to write.
I'm asking you, please,
don't put my daughter in your story.
Give me something better then.
["REGRET ME"]
Great.
Um, do whatever the fuck you want.
[DAISY] You regret
me and I regret you ♪
I find it perfectly natural ♪
Here in my car to be doing ♪
Off the PCH Highway ♪
With the typical wonderful view ♪
Go ahead and regret me, but
I'm beating you to it, dude ♪
Go ahead and regret me ♪
But I always will too regret you ♪
Go ahead and regret me ♪
But I always will too regret you ♪
Go ahead and regret me ♪
But I always will too regret you ♪
And that's how we ended
the "Aurora" sessions.
We had a three-week break
before rehearsals started.
I-I chartered a boat and
I sailed down to Mexico
with these, these two
sets of identical twins
I just stayed around, uh, you know.
Just, uh, to see what
happened, or whatever.
I don't think we did anything actually.
[RADIO DJ] Soaring up the
charts is this brand-new ditty
from The Six, our most
requested song of the day.
This one's called "Aurora."
["AURORA"]
You found me in the flames ♪
It's the daylight of change ♪
Baby, all that stuff is done ♪
[DAISY] I knew I should've been happy.
I'd made something I was proud of.
And we were about to head
out on our first U.S. tour.
But when the drugs wore off
and the adrenaline faded,
all I could hear was my mother's voice
telling me I wasn't worth anything.
My crazy ways are done ♪
You're my morning sun ♪
Aurora ♪
You're my morning sun ♪
I kind of think I want to make it ♪
- Last forever ♪
- Oh, I kind of think I want ♪
To make it last forever ♪
I kind of think I want
to make it last forever ♪
Oh, I kind of think
I want to make it last ♪
- Forever ♪
- Mm, I kind of think I want to make it ♪
- Last forever ♪
- Oh, I kind of think I want to make it ♪
Aurora, I'm here ♪
I knew this guy was a bad fit.
Should have trusted my instincts.
We used to fight like that.
Look, I don't need to know everything,
but, um, if you love her
- I don't.
- Well, if you ever do
that is when this ends.
Do you understand?
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[EXHALES]
It's you and me always, I promise.
Then everything else we can handle.
History is what happened.
Not what almost happened.
Not why you did what you did.
But what you did.
That's what matters.
Can I help you?
Uh
I'm look I'm looking for
the woman who lives here.
Nobody's lived here since Wednesday.
[HEART: "CRAZY ON YOU"]
[WOMAN] And how long are you
planning to stay in Greece,
Miss Jones?
[DAISY] You know
I never really think that far ahead.
If we still have time,
we might still get by ♪
Every time I think
about it, I wanna cry ♪
With bombs and the Devil,
and the kids keep comin' ♪
No way to breathe easy, no time ♪
To be young ♪
But I tell myself that
I was doin' all right ♪
There's nothin' left to do at night ♪
But go crazy on you ♪
Crazy on you ♪
Let me go crazy, crazy on you ♪
Oh ♪
♪
Crazy on you ♪
Crazy on you ♪
Let me go crazy, crazy on you ♪
Oh ♪