Everwood s03e08 Episode Script
The Tipping Point
Previously on Everwood
Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the latest employee of the month.
Oh, honey, thats wonderful.
Yes, swell, awesome indeed.
What the hell is wrong with you, man? I mean, dont you think that if I had any clue at all I would be on a plane right this moment headed as far away from this house as humanly possible.
Dad, I wish I knew because until then I am stuck here with you.
Has anyone ever mentioned music therapy to you before? I dont think so.
If youre willing, I would actually like to give that a shot.
Why do I get the feeling that youre gonna keep asking me until I say yes? Because youre getting to know me.
No spill.
Bright Abbotts the best employee of the Firehouse Grill.
I am still.
Its a done deal.
Shakin it with the shakers? You know it.
Dont start getting sweet with me, I know youre out for blood.
Hows that? Beating me in tips.
Yknow I had the record until yesterday.
That doesnt count.
Some guy left me a 20 on a coffee and a poundcake.
Youre still top dog and I bow to you.
Although, really though, its not fair.
Yknow, I mean, you just flash those dimples at somebody, theyll leave you their whole wallet.
Shut up.
Im serious.
Actually, I bet that probably gets old huh? What? Constantly getting hit on.
I dont get hit on Oh, come on.
You dont have these late night dumb drunks coming in here trying to leave you their number.
Im only on on lunch, thats why I barely ever get to see you.
Thats too bad.
Oh, well, maybe we can hang out during our break sometime.
So whens your next break? Well, actually, Im on break now.
Uh, hey Umm Mikey, uh, just uh, looking for napkins.
There they are.
Here you go.
"The Tipping Point" So, uh, hows Dr.
Bell working out? Shes been coming by twice a day.
Weve been playing this game where loud music means happy, soft music means sad.
She calls it emotional queuing.
Is it working? Oh, I think so.
Yeah, he can, uh, tap his fingers to a beat now almost by himself.
Rhythm theory for motor control.
Thats good.
Yeah, except she uses disco.
If I have to hear Get on the Love Train one more time Im gonna have to kill myself or her.
Someones gotta go.
Well, I can try and find another therapist.
Oh, no.
Shes been great.
Like the other day, she played the Hello song when I walked into the room and I was sure he recognized me and I swear he moved his eyes.
Yknow, uh, this is not gonna work unless youre completely honest with me.
Okay? Music theory takes time and patience, but if you think its not working just tell me.
Im a big boy, I can handle it.
Its not that.
Its not like I was expecting him to get up and do Fiddler on the Roof.
.
I dont know, I guess I just wish there was more that we could do.
Well, maybe there is.
I called a friend of mine the other night.
She keeps up with all the research on alternative medicine.
Oh, weve been down that road, Andy.
Sorry to say, his chi is still blocked.
Sorry.
Patience.
Go ahead.
Well, anyway, Linda agreed that, uh, music therapy works very well for memory retrieval, but apparently the association between the two are very very strong.
Isnt that what weve been doing? Well, partly.
But, uh, this is more focused.
Theres a new class of drugs - Acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors.
They work on the enzymes that destroy the nerve transmissions in patients with cerebral infarcts.
I like that word.
So lets do this.
Pretend Im not a neurosurgeon.
Okay.
Think of the brain as a library.
And all of Johns memories are books.
Now the stroke didnt destroy those books, just the card file that tells him where to find them.
I love it when you do that.
Break it all down in cute little examples.
Yeah, well, you should the one on incontinence.
So what would I have to do? Well, everybody has a favorite song, right? What I want you to do is pick just one something very meaningful fort he two of you.
Something thats associated with a significant event.
Well put him on the drug, well play the music in the appropriate setting and see what happens.
Maybe itll be a way in.
He does love music.
I know.
I saw him do the karaoke remember? We danced to Spandau Ballet at our wedding.
That was memorable.
Yeah, that says a lot about you.
Come on, Ill have Louise make a phone call.
Louise, did that drug sample come in? Oh, yeah, its right here.
Thats okay, I got it.
Okay, you start once a day at bedtime starting tonight.
Thanks.
I think this might actually be kind of fun.
Morning, Harold.
-Good morning.
-Oh, I like that tie.
Thanks, Louise.
Things appear to be going well.
Its called hope.
Works better than Prozac.
What is her hope based on? Johns condition appears unchanged.
Well, its based on the chance that things could change.
Im just taking them to a new level.
Thats what we, surgeons, do.
Come in for the consult after the hard works done steal all the glory.
This isnt a surgical case.
No.
Its feels like one.
As your partner, Im merely suggesting a little caution maybe in order.
Hope can be a dangerous thing.
Especially when it comes to stroke patients.
I think hope is the one thing we shouldnt be cautious about right now, Harold.
We should be practicing it like medicine.
And you know what, shes right, that is a nice tie.
Thats amazing.
I-I cant believe I never heard it before.
Well, you got a long way to go before that means much.
What was your placet? The Roots and Brahms.
Bass rhythm and Mill Evans.
You didnt pick out a bit of Joplin? Oh, yeah, definitely in the bridge, but way way way better.
Whats that mumble? I cant see what stupid thing youre saying when you mumble? I- I said it-its way better.
Whose is it? Whose? Yours.
What? Still not too quick, huh? No, was mine, now its yours.
I wrote it for your audition tape.
And I guarantee ya youll be the only kid trying to get in with this bit.
I- I thought you hadnt written music in 20 years.
No.
I havent had anybody see it.
Musics been good to me for a long time.
I dont want to mess up what she and I had, but this one is yours if you want it.
Are you serious? Its my contribution to your application.
No one can blame me if you blow it.
I did my part.
This is perfect.
I-I can show off everything weve been working on.
If you do it right.
Whats it called? Bella Rae.
Oh, yeah.
Whos she? None of your damn business.
Ready to play it out? Lets go, genius.
Hey.
Whats for dinner? Claimjumpers Prime Rib with Madiera sauce.
Your mother and I are dining out for a change.
Im sorry, honey, I didnt know youd be here.
Arent you suppose to be at work? Uh, nah, I quit.
What? When did this happen? Since, uh, last night.
No big deal though.
Mikey gave me the bad section again, yknow, uh I was just over it.
Gave him my apron.
Came home.
I thought you liked that job.
Not really.
But you were Employee of the Month? Yeah, but that was like a month ago, Ma.
What are you gonna do now? Have you thought about that? I dont know.
Find a real job, I guess.
I mean you guys-you guys were always saying, yknow, I need to find that avenue for my future.
I-I really think its time to, uh, yknow, move on, get serious about what I want to do with my life.
Hmm Well, uh, they hired a new director in Parks and Recreation today to run the fall programs.
I could get Megan to pull the county job list for tomorrow.
I can make a few phone calls.
See if theres any goodwill left with the Finance Committee of the Lodge.
Yeah, th-that all sounds very cool.
Who is it that mentioned the internship at the Hubbles the other night? Was that Phil? Oh, no, June Simpson.
Right.
Right that sounded promising.
Oh, hed be perfect for that.
Well, this is certainly auspicious.
You know what, Bright, you should come out to dinner with us tonight.
Discuss our options.
Formulate a plan of attack.
No, I-I got take a shower.
So itll take me awhile.
Im sure you guys are probably already starving.
Ysure? You know how you love that shrimp cocktail.
No.
You guys go.
Have a little alone time.
Ill make due.
Well, were very proud of you.
Not for quitting.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
But for realizing that potential in yourself that we have always known was there.
The way youve handled this says a lot about yourself.
Thanks, Dad.
Shall we? Yes.
This is bad.
Im sorry I thought I was supposed to ignore you when you make frustrated noises.
I think I made a mistake.
God forbid.
Wheres my paddle? I mean, its just this piece.
Its I dont know its-its wrong.
Wills piece? I thought you said it was great.
It is.
It was.
Ive had some time with it now and- and parts of it are-are genius beyond genius, but then other parts of it are just Bad.
I dont know.
I mean, the intro is tired and loungy.
Its great the way he revoices the chord structure here but the account afterward is a mess.
I didnt really get any of that, but it was kind of hot.
Everybody else is gonna be playing Bartok, Chopin and Schubert, those guys dont actually have weak spots, this does.
Then you cant use it for your tape.
I already told Will I would.
Look, what I know about jazz consists of entirely of what you try to tell me before my eyes start rolling back or start to fall asleep.
Most of it sounds like a lot of mistakes to me, but youve been training for this all year.
Its too important to risk something youre not sure of.
It was a big deal for him to even show it to me.
Maybe if I switch progression here and I come back to the tonic like See eyes rolling.
Uh, just listen.
Just listen.
Do you think hed mind if I fudged with it a little bit? I mean most of it is so good, it-it wouldnt take very much to just make sort of the soft spots work.
Are you kidding me? Itd be like your collaborating with him.
Old guys love that stuff.
Master - student, coming of age - becoming his equal.
My dad cries every time I beat him at tennis.
Really? No.
But how flattered is he, seriously, that youre even using his piece to get into Juilliard? Youre going to start working on this right now arent you? Ah well, youre useless to me when youre thinking piano anyways.
Work hard, genius.
-Its snowing? -Yep.
-And its cold.
-Uh, huh.
I cant feel my toes anymore.
Oh, come on.
You live in the mountains.
Embrace it.
Besides its beautiful, isnt it? You know Ive never been here.
Really? Nah.
Nature and I never took.
I was 10 before I realized a baseball diamond was supposed to be built on asphalt.
We used to come here all of the time.
It was Johns favorite place.
Theres this great camp ground.
I think the trail is up there somewhere.
Yknow I took Delia camping once.
We ended up at the Howard Johnsons.
Not much of a view, but the food was better.
I dont know if what youd call what we did was camping.
It was more like a frat party in the woods.
Wed get all of our friends.
Roll in the coolers.
Make a huge fire.
Very nice.
Howl at the moon all night until someone had enough tequila to jump into the creek.
God that water was so freezing.
Especially when you were naked.
So were getting close? Its right up here.
This is really beautiful.
You okay? I just thought that if there was a place that would spark a memory, this would be it.
I didnt What? I thought it wasnt supposed to be hard for me.
Listen, we dont have to do this.
I mean, if this is too much for you, we can just go back.
No.
This is good.
I need this.
This is where he proposed.
For the, uh, for the Bach, I was thinking The Well Tempered Clavier.
.
Thats boring.
Or the Contrapunctus.
.
Thats class.
And then theres Bella Rae by Will Cleveland.
Hows Bella coming? Uh, she started out a bit rocky.
She always did.
But, uh, But, yeah, in the second movement, -I found something, which, uh -Whoa.
Whoa.
Hold it.
Youre mumbling again.
I thought you said found something? Yeah, I was just I was playing around and HOLD ON! You played with it.
You mean, you made changes.
Yeah, I mean, I was-I was gonna show em to you before I No thank you.
I just fixed up the slower parts.
Did you? I give you a few arrangement exercises and youre a composer now.
A finished piece isnt something you play with.
Its music.
Its in stone.
Look, Will, youre good, but youre not Beethoven.
Alright, it-its just needed a little bit It needed you to sit still and sweat over it.
You pick up a piece of music.
You dont say How can I fix this? You say HHHow can I make this shine? Thats your job as a player.
You cant do that then move the hell over to another profession.
Oh, great, so I have an opinion and now you want me to quit.
Thats fantastic.
I cant tell what stupid thing youre saying now.
Never mind.
You came to me raw and whimpering after your disastrous summer in New York.
You said you wanted to work as hard as you could to catch up and get good enough to make it.
How can you teach me to play if you cant even hear me? You know the nice thing about going deaf theres something I dont want to hear anymore - all I gotta do is turn my back.
Hello.
Hey.
Say check this out, Mom thinks she might be able to, uh, score me an interview with her boy at work.
I ran into Judge Brady at lunch.
He said the Mizes daughter has just gone on, uh, maternity leave over at the Clerks office and they might be looking for someone so I called Brooks Randolph and told him about Bright and he was open to the idea.
Yeah, apparently, they like handle all the trials for the whole county.
Oh, its just the filing and the paperwork.
Now its entry level, but, uh, it might spark an interest in pre-law.
Well, I assume youll need a resume.
Im curious what exactly will you be listing for employment history.
Huh? When they call the restaurant to check your references? You think theyll have good things to say about you? Yeah, I think so.
Even if they talk to your old boss, Mr.
Mikey, is it? Uh, huh.
You had a visitor today.
She asked me to give you this? She, uh, she who? Oh, I didnt catch her name, but I do recall smacking gum and strong Christian values.
Your son didnt quit, Rose, he was fired.
What? Would you like to tell your mother why? I messed up.
Now indulge me, Bright, that whole story that you told us last night.
Did you spend all night making that up or did that come out of you spontaneously because honestly I cant decide which is worse.
Listen, I was gonna tell you.
Oh, dont you dare.
Dont you dare.
I was watching the whole thing.
You were fully prepared to let your mother go out on a limb for you without ever telling us the truth or did you really not think that theyd call your former employer.
Yknow, I wasnt gonna put them down.
Oh, well, what were you gonna put down? Lifeguard at the kiddie pool Freshman year.
What? I dont know.
Exactly.
You know nothing.
You hand us these ridiculous rent checks and you think that makes you an adult.
You have no concept of how the real world works.
Calm down, Harold.
Its bad enough, he got fired.
No.
No, honey, it is not that he got fired.
Its that he lied about it to us.
He looked us straight in the eye and told us that he quit that he was really gonna make something of himself and he blindly accepted our help.
What if I hadnt found out? How would youve liked to have gotten that phone call from Brooks Randolph? Look, I panicked okay? No.
No.
Not good enough.
Youre gonna have to do better than that this time.
Let me tell you something, Bright, the only way to live with honor in this world is to actually be what we pretend to be.
You dont get second chances, can you understand that? Is any of this sinking in yet? Well, you said it had to be something hed remember, you didnt say that it had to be good.
This is what was playing when he proposed? What can I say? The man loved his country music.
Three cords and the truth thats what he called it.
Julia and I used to play Desert Island discs.
She always kept Elton John.
I remember watching Dianas funeral with her.
Boy did she ever cry.
So how long has it been? About three years.
You? Five years, two months, eleven days.
It was Charlies first day of kindergarten.
Its a little hard to forget.
Do you think its possible to grieve for someone when theyre not dead? I dont know.
May be.
Thats what it feels like.
That day you came to my house when we first met I remember telling you that it would be easier if John was just gone.
I felt guilty about it for a week, but the worst part is its still true.
You never get used to it.
Not being able to be with someone physically.
I mean, I can see him.
I can talk to him, even touch him, but he cant kiss me back.
Its like I dont know what Im in love with any more.
I know.
Its the same for me.
At least you can start over.
Like with Linda.
I asked around.
Come on, you dropped it in.
All casual in our conversation like I would miss that.
Well, it was complicated.
She was the first woman I spent time with after Julia died and she was sick and when I found out it changed things.
That had to be hard.
Especially since it couldntve been too long after what happened with Colin.
How much asking around did you do? Oh, no.
Its just We know the Harts.
John and I used to go to their store all the time to buy his survey maps.
That memorial service, I was there.
I saw what it did to you.
Its about the saddest thing Ive ever seen.
And believe me, Im a connoisseur in that department.
Anyway I bet it was nice not to be lonely.
Even if just for awhile.
Yes, it was.
So where did you grow up? Harold says, uh, youve got a brother living in Chicago.
Oh my God, Andy.
Can you see that? Oh my God.
Andy, hes crying.
Im right here.
This is all my fault.
Its not your fault.
I have no idea what Im talking about when it comes to pianists.
I mean, apparently, I thought I did, but I dont.
I thought it was going to be this whole romantic man-love thing.
Teacher-student; mentor-mentee, whatever.
Its okay, dont worry about it.
You can still find another teacher though, right? Maybe.
They might even be as good as Will.
Maybe not as good.
I could.
Its not about that.
I liked playing with him.
Really? Is it the constant barrage of insults? No, that actually I can do without.
Its like he-he exists in this place in his head where theres music and nothing else.
He talks about music like its this girl hes been trying seduce his entire life, but its not a metaphor to him, its real.
I mean, he actually talks to her.
Yeah, thats weird.
Uh, its beyond weird.
Its insane.
Thats why he didnt care when he lost his hearing.
As long as he could still talk to her in his head, it was like he could still see it.
Like Beethoven.
He He doesnt care about performing.
He doesnt care about school.
He doesnt even care about showing people what hes doing.
Its like those monks who do those sand paintings and then open the door for the wind.
Music is like this pure thing that exists for its own sake.
Just to make something perfect for no reason other than to show the world can hold.
I used to feel that way about music.
But now Now, now Now its just Like a job.
Yeah.
Yknow when I play with him, its the only time its not about a career or school.
I dont have to worry about the future or yesterday.
Its just now.
Now and the piano.
When I play with Will, its the only time I can remember why Im doing any of this.
Now I dont even have that.
I pegged you as a scotch man.
Well.
Well.
Well.
Dr.
Jake, hope you brought your fake ID.
Can I, uh, buy you a drink? You dont have to do that.
Nah, its about time.
So what are you L.
A.
guys into these days? Is it like citrus vodka, cosmos? Here you go, Dr.
Jake.
You ready for another one, its on the house.
Everybodys talking about what you did.
Hmmm.
Why not? Thats right.
Congratulations.
Genius doctor rise again.
Miracles available, inquire within.
Yeah, you may not know it yet, but you will.
This town would call cheese a miracle if they thought it would solve crackers.
Alright quit being modest.
Im trying to give you your props here.
Emotional response from a stroke patient locked in with aphasia.
Call it jamma because I will.
You know what I miss.
I miss the subway.
Okay.
Random.
We used to live midtown.
When I worked at Columbia Presbyterian up in the 160s and I always took the train.
It drove Julia crazy.
She thought it was beneath a department head, yknow.
I should take the car service.
But I gotta tell ya, that train ride best part of my day.
Didnt matter if it was 6 oclock in the morning or midnight that train was always full.
Just me and a hundred strangers.
And they didnt care if I had just given a patient bad news or I had just yelled at a scrub nurse in the O.
R.
I was just another guy on the Number 9 train.
Thats the same way in L.
A.
Seven million people all of them trying to get off the freeway at your exit and you never talk to anybody cause youre always in your car with your cell phone and a gun.
Guess its a little different here, huh? Everybody wants John Hayes to be a miracle but the reality is there are a lot of possible explanations for those tears.
It couldve been a cold, allergy.
I mean, it couldve even been just a gust of wind.
Yeah, but you ruled all that out, didnt you? Andy, youve got to look into that.
I know.
I will.
Its just you didnt see her.
She was so happy, so grateful.
She couldnt stop thanking me.
Theres nothing wrong with that.
I mean, what if it isnt what she thinks? I mean what if it was a cold or allergy? Yeah, but shes not the patient.
He is.
Man, I still cant get used to the country music.
Oh, you get used to it.
Its just three chords and the truth.
Okay, thats it, my friend, you are officially cut off.
Oh, well, thank you so much, Brooks.
Yes, I will.
Yeah, and my best to Chloe and the girls.
Bye now.
Who was that? Brooks Randolph at the Clerks office.
There was an opening in his department.
Ive asked him if he could take one more interview.
I thought we discussed this.
You heard what he did, Rose.
The boy was fired.
I explained to them that Brights last job was as a waiter and that references were irrelevant to his office skills.
They agreed.
Well, of course, they did, because youre their boss.
You couldve told them that he was a marmoset, they would have found a desk for him.
You didnt get him the interview, Madame Mayor, you got him the job.
Lets hope so.
This isnt Washington.
Our local governance is supposed to have some standards here.
It does.
Well, evidently not.
The boy lied to us, Rose.
Gladly.
Well.
More than once.
Youre exercising nepotism here; you should be unleashing the furies.
Oh, youre overreacting.
You know, weve been to this place before, Rose.
Last year, I was all too willing to let my sympathies for Amy allow me to excuse the inexcusable and you were there to tell me that enough was enough and Rose, you were right to say so.
Bright is not out of control.
Its hardly the same thing.
No, no, this is worse, because Bright is perfectly aware of his choices.
Perhaps I expected more from him than you do.
Hes losing his ability to see the difference between right and wrong any more.
Hes mistaking charm for accomplishment.
So he needs our help and he deserves it.
What as a reward for deception? For being our son.
Bright is at a point where his life could turn one direction or another.
I am not going to let him make the wrong decision on his own.
He-Hes dragging you down to his level.
Now, I played along.
Yknow, I-I clapped when he took that asinine job because you asked me to.
I smiled when he took time off from his studies to find some special purpose, well no more.
Consider carefully if you choose to go ahead with this, because if you do, you do so without my consent, without my approval, and without my respect, Rose.
The choice is yours.
Andy! Come on in.
Oh, this is perfect, Johns parents are here.
Theyve been dying to meet you.
Can I talk to you? In private? Whats up? I dont know how to do this other than just to say it, but I dont think Johns tears were a breakthrough.
That drug I gave him one of the side effects is lacrimation which is excessive tearing and with the timing of the dosage plus the wind and the cold, it all makes sense.
The tears were a reaction, but I just dont think it was emotional.
Dammit.
Im so sorry.
Dammit.
I shouldntve called them.
I shouldve waited.
Well, it wasnt your fault.
You had every right to be excited.
About what? You just said it was nothing.
Uh, I dont believe this.
Listen, Amanda, if you dont want to pursue this any further, Ill understand if you if you want to go back to Harold and continue with the speech therapy.
Its not that.
Im not upset with you.
Honestly, its not like I was expecting anything to happen anyway.
What do you mean? Its been five years, Andy.
Ive been through so many highs and lows Ive learned not to get my hopes up.
Im sorry I dont understand.
I mean why would you put yourself through all of this if you -if you-if you didnt think it would work? Uh, for them.
For Charlie.
-Maybe even a little bit for you.
-For me? Youre a wonderful doctor, Andy.
Now see, you need to hear that part.
You dont realize it, but you have this effect on people.
Youre so damn enthusiastic it just rubs off.
I see this light in your eyes every time you work with John.
Its like-Its like you can see his future.
This future that I dont even see for him any more.
God, I want you to make it happen.
So do I.
But its more than that.
I want you to feel success again.
I want you to know that you can be hopeful for every patient that comes through your door so you dont have to think about Colin any more.
You can -You can think about John and the life youre giving him.
So we keep at this? If thats okay with you.
Just one thing? Is there any chance the tears were real? Maybe 1%.
Good, then they dont need to know.
I got the job.
You did.
I did.
I totally nailed the interview.
Uh, it turns out Mr.
Randolphs son also played football at County so We ended up spending the whole time talking about my undefeated season sophomore year and, uh, the guy loved me.
Oh, Bright, Im so happy.
Yeah, I get my own desk.
I, uh, get a computer with free email.
Umm There are no weekends, so I can be a normal person again.
No more restaurant hours for the kid.
When do you start? Uh, Monday.
Isnt that great? Dad? Uh, look I know Ive been a total screw up lately and, uh, you were probably wondering if I would ever get my crap in a pile, but I swear to you Im gonna make you proud on this.
You know, uh, you guys really went to the mat for me and I-I completely appreciate it.
Yknow, I-I needed somebody to believe in me and you guys did.
So seriously, thank you.
You can thank your mother.
I had nothing to do with it.
Surprise.
Seriously.
So this is where the magic happens? Well, I wouldnt exactly call it that.
Me neither.
I thought Id stop by and see this computer set up youve been talking about.
Uh, its right here.
Uh, its midi so all-all I have to do is -is play here and it comes up on the screen.
Its pretty cool.
All I have to do is press print.
It changes everything doesnt it? You got Bella in there? Yeah.
With your changes? Yeah.
Lets hear it.
Really? Oh, press the issue.
See how that works for you.
Play.
Well, I cant hear anything with the volume down.
You dont have to.
Play.
See it.
Left up.
Bup.
Thats it.
Thats it.
Howd you come up with that? I just felt it.
I mean, it didnt seem like the right place for a minor.
Is it all better now? I dont know, I couldnt hear it.
But you can see it.
Yeah.
I think its better.
Then you gotta do what you gotta do.
I gotta do something else too, Will.
I-I gotta find a new teacher.
Its about time you said so.
Allan Zaneman? You start with him tomorrow.
Hard core classical and bitch mean.
Hell round you out where I let you slide.
He may even help you with that Lizst you got your eye on.
Yeah, about the changes.
I mean springing that on you was probably not my best move.
No it wasnt.
Truth is, I wouldntve minded if you made it worse.
Anyway, Im sorry.
Dont be.
Im all out of tricks to show you.
I seriously seriously doubt that.
You gonna argue with everything I say? We can still play together some times right? I mean, I can still come over.
Youre on the path.
You got a long walk ahead of you.
Cant let things like sentiment get in the way.
Bella Rae was always a going away present.
I dont think that Im going anywhere.
Trust me, Ive seen your future and it aint here.
Now shut up and play me out, genius.
Script: Rosemary Srt: Juanfran
Oh, honey, thats wonderful.
Yes, swell, awesome indeed.
What the hell is wrong with you, man? I mean, dont you think that if I had any clue at all I would be on a plane right this moment headed as far away from this house as humanly possible.
Dad, I wish I knew because until then I am stuck here with you.
Has anyone ever mentioned music therapy to you before? I dont think so.
If youre willing, I would actually like to give that a shot.
Why do I get the feeling that youre gonna keep asking me until I say yes? Because youre getting to know me.
No spill.
Bright Abbotts the best employee of the Firehouse Grill.
I am still.
Its a done deal.
Shakin it with the shakers? You know it.
Dont start getting sweet with me, I know youre out for blood.
Hows that? Beating me in tips.
Yknow I had the record until yesterday.
That doesnt count.
Some guy left me a 20 on a coffee and a poundcake.
Youre still top dog and I bow to you.
Although, really though, its not fair.
Yknow, I mean, you just flash those dimples at somebody, theyll leave you their whole wallet.
Shut up.
Im serious.
Actually, I bet that probably gets old huh? What? Constantly getting hit on.
I dont get hit on Oh, come on.
You dont have these late night dumb drunks coming in here trying to leave you their number.
Im only on on lunch, thats why I barely ever get to see you.
Thats too bad.
Oh, well, maybe we can hang out during our break sometime.
So whens your next break? Well, actually, Im on break now.
Uh, hey Umm Mikey, uh, just uh, looking for napkins.
There they are.
Here you go.
"The Tipping Point" So, uh, hows Dr.
Bell working out? Shes been coming by twice a day.
Weve been playing this game where loud music means happy, soft music means sad.
She calls it emotional queuing.
Is it working? Oh, I think so.
Yeah, he can, uh, tap his fingers to a beat now almost by himself.
Rhythm theory for motor control.
Thats good.
Yeah, except she uses disco.
If I have to hear Get on the Love Train one more time Im gonna have to kill myself or her.
Someones gotta go.
Well, I can try and find another therapist.
Oh, no.
Shes been great.
Like the other day, she played the Hello song when I walked into the room and I was sure he recognized me and I swear he moved his eyes.
Yknow, uh, this is not gonna work unless youre completely honest with me.
Okay? Music theory takes time and patience, but if you think its not working just tell me.
Im a big boy, I can handle it.
Its not that.
Its not like I was expecting him to get up and do Fiddler on the Roof.
.
I dont know, I guess I just wish there was more that we could do.
Well, maybe there is.
I called a friend of mine the other night.
She keeps up with all the research on alternative medicine.
Oh, weve been down that road, Andy.
Sorry to say, his chi is still blocked.
Sorry.
Patience.
Go ahead.
Well, anyway, Linda agreed that, uh, music therapy works very well for memory retrieval, but apparently the association between the two are very very strong.
Isnt that what weve been doing? Well, partly.
But, uh, this is more focused.
Theres a new class of drugs - Acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors.
They work on the enzymes that destroy the nerve transmissions in patients with cerebral infarcts.
I like that word.
So lets do this.
Pretend Im not a neurosurgeon.
Okay.
Think of the brain as a library.
And all of Johns memories are books.
Now the stroke didnt destroy those books, just the card file that tells him where to find them.
I love it when you do that.
Break it all down in cute little examples.
Yeah, well, you should the one on incontinence.
So what would I have to do? Well, everybody has a favorite song, right? What I want you to do is pick just one something very meaningful fort he two of you.
Something thats associated with a significant event.
Well put him on the drug, well play the music in the appropriate setting and see what happens.
Maybe itll be a way in.
He does love music.
I know.
I saw him do the karaoke remember? We danced to Spandau Ballet at our wedding.
That was memorable.
Yeah, that says a lot about you.
Come on, Ill have Louise make a phone call.
Louise, did that drug sample come in? Oh, yeah, its right here.
Thats okay, I got it.
Okay, you start once a day at bedtime starting tonight.
Thanks.
I think this might actually be kind of fun.
Morning, Harold.
-Good morning.
-Oh, I like that tie.
Thanks, Louise.
Things appear to be going well.
Its called hope.
Works better than Prozac.
What is her hope based on? Johns condition appears unchanged.
Well, its based on the chance that things could change.
Im just taking them to a new level.
Thats what we, surgeons, do.
Come in for the consult after the hard works done steal all the glory.
This isnt a surgical case.
No.
Its feels like one.
As your partner, Im merely suggesting a little caution maybe in order.
Hope can be a dangerous thing.
Especially when it comes to stroke patients.
I think hope is the one thing we shouldnt be cautious about right now, Harold.
We should be practicing it like medicine.
And you know what, shes right, that is a nice tie.
Thats amazing.
I-I cant believe I never heard it before.
Well, you got a long way to go before that means much.
What was your placet? The Roots and Brahms.
Bass rhythm and Mill Evans.
You didnt pick out a bit of Joplin? Oh, yeah, definitely in the bridge, but way way way better.
Whats that mumble? I cant see what stupid thing youre saying when you mumble? I- I said it-its way better.
Whose is it? Whose? Yours.
What? Still not too quick, huh? No, was mine, now its yours.
I wrote it for your audition tape.
And I guarantee ya youll be the only kid trying to get in with this bit.
I- I thought you hadnt written music in 20 years.
No.
I havent had anybody see it.
Musics been good to me for a long time.
I dont want to mess up what she and I had, but this one is yours if you want it.
Are you serious? Its my contribution to your application.
No one can blame me if you blow it.
I did my part.
This is perfect.
I-I can show off everything weve been working on.
If you do it right.
Whats it called? Bella Rae.
Oh, yeah.
Whos she? None of your damn business.
Ready to play it out? Lets go, genius.
Hey.
Whats for dinner? Claimjumpers Prime Rib with Madiera sauce.
Your mother and I are dining out for a change.
Im sorry, honey, I didnt know youd be here.
Arent you suppose to be at work? Uh, nah, I quit.
What? When did this happen? Since, uh, last night.
No big deal though.
Mikey gave me the bad section again, yknow, uh I was just over it.
Gave him my apron.
Came home.
I thought you liked that job.
Not really.
But you were Employee of the Month? Yeah, but that was like a month ago, Ma.
What are you gonna do now? Have you thought about that? I dont know.
Find a real job, I guess.
I mean you guys-you guys were always saying, yknow, I need to find that avenue for my future.
I-I really think its time to, uh, yknow, move on, get serious about what I want to do with my life.
Hmm Well, uh, they hired a new director in Parks and Recreation today to run the fall programs.
I could get Megan to pull the county job list for tomorrow.
I can make a few phone calls.
See if theres any goodwill left with the Finance Committee of the Lodge.
Yeah, th-that all sounds very cool.
Who is it that mentioned the internship at the Hubbles the other night? Was that Phil? Oh, no, June Simpson.
Right.
Right that sounded promising.
Oh, hed be perfect for that.
Well, this is certainly auspicious.
You know what, Bright, you should come out to dinner with us tonight.
Discuss our options.
Formulate a plan of attack.
No, I-I got take a shower.
So itll take me awhile.
Im sure you guys are probably already starving.
Ysure? You know how you love that shrimp cocktail.
No.
You guys go.
Have a little alone time.
Ill make due.
Well, were very proud of you.
Not for quitting.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
But for realizing that potential in yourself that we have always known was there.
The way youve handled this says a lot about yourself.
Thanks, Dad.
Shall we? Yes.
This is bad.
Im sorry I thought I was supposed to ignore you when you make frustrated noises.
I think I made a mistake.
God forbid.
Wheres my paddle? I mean, its just this piece.
Its I dont know its-its wrong.
Wills piece? I thought you said it was great.
It is.
It was.
Ive had some time with it now and- and parts of it are-are genius beyond genius, but then other parts of it are just Bad.
I dont know.
I mean, the intro is tired and loungy.
Its great the way he revoices the chord structure here but the account afterward is a mess.
I didnt really get any of that, but it was kind of hot.
Everybody else is gonna be playing Bartok, Chopin and Schubert, those guys dont actually have weak spots, this does.
Then you cant use it for your tape.
I already told Will I would.
Look, what I know about jazz consists of entirely of what you try to tell me before my eyes start rolling back or start to fall asleep.
Most of it sounds like a lot of mistakes to me, but youve been training for this all year.
Its too important to risk something youre not sure of.
It was a big deal for him to even show it to me.
Maybe if I switch progression here and I come back to the tonic like See eyes rolling.
Uh, just listen.
Just listen.
Do you think hed mind if I fudged with it a little bit? I mean most of it is so good, it-it wouldnt take very much to just make sort of the soft spots work.
Are you kidding me? Itd be like your collaborating with him.
Old guys love that stuff.
Master - student, coming of age - becoming his equal.
My dad cries every time I beat him at tennis.
Really? No.
But how flattered is he, seriously, that youre even using his piece to get into Juilliard? Youre going to start working on this right now arent you? Ah well, youre useless to me when youre thinking piano anyways.
Work hard, genius.
-Its snowing? -Yep.
-And its cold.
-Uh, huh.
I cant feel my toes anymore.
Oh, come on.
You live in the mountains.
Embrace it.
Besides its beautiful, isnt it? You know Ive never been here.
Really? Nah.
Nature and I never took.
I was 10 before I realized a baseball diamond was supposed to be built on asphalt.
We used to come here all of the time.
It was Johns favorite place.
Theres this great camp ground.
I think the trail is up there somewhere.
Yknow I took Delia camping once.
We ended up at the Howard Johnsons.
Not much of a view, but the food was better.
I dont know if what youd call what we did was camping.
It was more like a frat party in the woods.
Wed get all of our friends.
Roll in the coolers.
Make a huge fire.
Very nice.
Howl at the moon all night until someone had enough tequila to jump into the creek.
God that water was so freezing.
Especially when you were naked.
So were getting close? Its right up here.
This is really beautiful.
You okay? I just thought that if there was a place that would spark a memory, this would be it.
I didnt What? I thought it wasnt supposed to be hard for me.
Listen, we dont have to do this.
I mean, if this is too much for you, we can just go back.
No.
This is good.
I need this.
This is where he proposed.
For the, uh, for the Bach, I was thinking The Well Tempered Clavier.
.
Thats boring.
Or the Contrapunctus.
.
Thats class.
And then theres Bella Rae by Will Cleveland.
Hows Bella coming? Uh, she started out a bit rocky.
She always did.
But, uh, But, yeah, in the second movement, -I found something, which, uh -Whoa.
Whoa.
Hold it.
Youre mumbling again.
I thought you said found something? Yeah, I was just I was playing around and HOLD ON! You played with it.
You mean, you made changes.
Yeah, I mean, I was-I was gonna show em to you before I No thank you.
I just fixed up the slower parts.
Did you? I give you a few arrangement exercises and youre a composer now.
A finished piece isnt something you play with.
Its music.
Its in stone.
Look, Will, youre good, but youre not Beethoven.
Alright, it-its just needed a little bit It needed you to sit still and sweat over it.
You pick up a piece of music.
You dont say How can I fix this? You say HHHow can I make this shine? Thats your job as a player.
You cant do that then move the hell over to another profession.
Oh, great, so I have an opinion and now you want me to quit.
Thats fantastic.
I cant tell what stupid thing youre saying now.
Never mind.
You came to me raw and whimpering after your disastrous summer in New York.
You said you wanted to work as hard as you could to catch up and get good enough to make it.
How can you teach me to play if you cant even hear me? You know the nice thing about going deaf theres something I dont want to hear anymore - all I gotta do is turn my back.
Hello.
Hey.
Say check this out, Mom thinks she might be able to, uh, score me an interview with her boy at work.
I ran into Judge Brady at lunch.
He said the Mizes daughter has just gone on, uh, maternity leave over at the Clerks office and they might be looking for someone so I called Brooks Randolph and told him about Bright and he was open to the idea.
Yeah, apparently, they like handle all the trials for the whole county.
Oh, its just the filing and the paperwork.
Now its entry level, but, uh, it might spark an interest in pre-law.
Well, I assume youll need a resume.
Im curious what exactly will you be listing for employment history.
Huh? When they call the restaurant to check your references? You think theyll have good things to say about you? Yeah, I think so.
Even if they talk to your old boss, Mr.
Mikey, is it? Uh, huh.
You had a visitor today.
She asked me to give you this? She, uh, she who? Oh, I didnt catch her name, but I do recall smacking gum and strong Christian values.
Your son didnt quit, Rose, he was fired.
What? Would you like to tell your mother why? I messed up.
Now indulge me, Bright, that whole story that you told us last night.
Did you spend all night making that up or did that come out of you spontaneously because honestly I cant decide which is worse.
Listen, I was gonna tell you.
Oh, dont you dare.
Dont you dare.
I was watching the whole thing.
You were fully prepared to let your mother go out on a limb for you without ever telling us the truth or did you really not think that theyd call your former employer.
Yknow, I wasnt gonna put them down.
Oh, well, what were you gonna put down? Lifeguard at the kiddie pool Freshman year.
What? I dont know.
Exactly.
You know nothing.
You hand us these ridiculous rent checks and you think that makes you an adult.
You have no concept of how the real world works.
Calm down, Harold.
Its bad enough, he got fired.
No.
No, honey, it is not that he got fired.
Its that he lied about it to us.
He looked us straight in the eye and told us that he quit that he was really gonna make something of himself and he blindly accepted our help.
What if I hadnt found out? How would youve liked to have gotten that phone call from Brooks Randolph? Look, I panicked okay? No.
No.
Not good enough.
Youre gonna have to do better than that this time.
Let me tell you something, Bright, the only way to live with honor in this world is to actually be what we pretend to be.
You dont get second chances, can you understand that? Is any of this sinking in yet? Well, you said it had to be something hed remember, you didnt say that it had to be good.
This is what was playing when he proposed? What can I say? The man loved his country music.
Three cords and the truth thats what he called it.
Julia and I used to play Desert Island discs.
She always kept Elton John.
I remember watching Dianas funeral with her.
Boy did she ever cry.
So how long has it been? About three years.
You? Five years, two months, eleven days.
It was Charlies first day of kindergarten.
Its a little hard to forget.
Do you think its possible to grieve for someone when theyre not dead? I dont know.
May be.
Thats what it feels like.
That day you came to my house when we first met I remember telling you that it would be easier if John was just gone.
I felt guilty about it for a week, but the worst part is its still true.
You never get used to it.
Not being able to be with someone physically.
I mean, I can see him.
I can talk to him, even touch him, but he cant kiss me back.
Its like I dont know what Im in love with any more.
I know.
Its the same for me.
At least you can start over.
Like with Linda.
I asked around.
Come on, you dropped it in.
All casual in our conversation like I would miss that.
Well, it was complicated.
She was the first woman I spent time with after Julia died and she was sick and when I found out it changed things.
That had to be hard.
Especially since it couldntve been too long after what happened with Colin.
How much asking around did you do? Oh, no.
Its just We know the Harts.
John and I used to go to their store all the time to buy his survey maps.
That memorial service, I was there.
I saw what it did to you.
Its about the saddest thing Ive ever seen.
And believe me, Im a connoisseur in that department.
Anyway I bet it was nice not to be lonely.
Even if just for awhile.
Yes, it was.
So where did you grow up? Harold says, uh, youve got a brother living in Chicago.
Oh my God, Andy.
Can you see that? Oh my God.
Andy, hes crying.
Im right here.
This is all my fault.
Its not your fault.
I have no idea what Im talking about when it comes to pianists.
I mean, apparently, I thought I did, but I dont.
I thought it was going to be this whole romantic man-love thing.
Teacher-student; mentor-mentee, whatever.
Its okay, dont worry about it.
You can still find another teacher though, right? Maybe.
They might even be as good as Will.
Maybe not as good.
I could.
Its not about that.
I liked playing with him.
Really? Is it the constant barrage of insults? No, that actually I can do without.
Its like he-he exists in this place in his head where theres music and nothing else.
He talks about music like its this girl hes been trying seduce his entire life, but its not a metaphor to him, its real.
I mean, he actually talks to her.
Yeah, thats weird.
Uh, its beyond weird.
Its insane.
Thats why he didnt care when he lost his hearing.
As long as he could still talk to her in his head, it was like he could still see it.
Like Beethoven.
He He doesnt care about performing.
He doesnt care about school.
He doesnt even care about showing people what hes doing.
Its like those monks who do those sand paintings and then open the door for the wind.
Music is like this pure thing that exists for its own sake.
Just to make something perfect for no reason other than to show the world can hold.
I used to feel that way about music.
But now Now, now Now its just Like a job.
Yeah.
Yknow when I play with him, its the only time its not about a career or school.
I dont have to worry about the future or yesterday.
Its just now.
Now and the piano.
When I play with Will, its the only time I can remember why Im doing any of this.
Now I dont even have that.
I pegged you as a scotch man.
Well.
Well.
Well.
Dr.
Jake, hope you brought your fake ID.
Can I, uh, buy you a drink? You dont have to do that.
Nah, its about time.
So what are you L.
A.
guys into these days? Is it like citrus vodka, cosmos? Here you go, Dr.
Jake.
You ready for another one, its on the house.
Everybodys talking about what you did.
Hmmm.
Why not? Thats right.
Congratulations.
Genius doctor rise again.
Miracles available, inquire within.
Yeah, you may not know it yet, but you will.
This town would call cheese a miracle if they thought it would solve crackers.
Alright quit being modest.
Im trying to give you your props here.
Emotional response from a stroke patient locked in with aphasia.
Call it jamma because I will.
You know what I miss.
I miss the subway.
Okay.
Random.
We used to live midtown.
When I worked at Columbia Presbyterian up in the 160s and I always took the train.
It drove Julia crazy.
She thought it was beneath a department head, yknow.
I should take the car service.
But I gotta tell ya, that train ride best part of my day.
Didnt matter if it was 6 oclock in the morning or midnight that train was always full.
Just me and a hundred strangers.
And they didnt care if I had just given a patient bad news or I had just yelled at a scrub nurse in the O.
R.
I was just another guy on the Number 9 train.
Thats the same way in L.
A.
Seven million people all of them trying to get off the freeway at your exit and you never talk to anybody cause youre always in your car with your cell phone and a gun.
Guess its a little different here, huh? Everybody wants John Hayes to be a miracle but the reality is there are a lot of possible explanations for those tears.
It couldve been a cold, allergy.
I mean, it couldve even been just a gust of wind.
Yeah, but you ruled all that out, didnt you? Andy, youve got to look into that.
I know.
I will.
Its just you didnt see her.
She was so happy, so grateful.
She couldnt stop thanking me.
Theres nothing wrong with that.
I mean, what if it isnt what she thinks? I mean what if it was a cold or allergy? Yeah, but shes not the patient.
He is.
Man, I still cant get used to the country music.
Oh, you get used to it.
Its just three chords and the truth.
Okay, thats it, my friend, you are officially cut off.
Oh, well, thank you so much, Brooks.
Yes, I will.
Yeah, and my best to Chloe and the girls.
Bye now.
Who was that? Brooks Randolph at the Clerks office.
There was an opening in his department.
Ive asked him if he could take one more interview.
I thought we discussed this.
You heard what he did, Rose.
The boy was fired.
I explained to them that Brights last job was as a waiter and that references were irrelevant to his office skills.
They agreed.
Well, of course, they did, because youre their boss.
You couldve told them that he was a marmoset, they would have found a desk for him.
You didnt get him the interview, Madame Mayor, you got him the job.
Lets hope so.
This isnt Washington.
Our local governance is supposed to have some standards here.
It does.
Well, evidently not.
The boy lied to us, Rose.
Gladly.
Well.
More than once.
Youre exercising nepotism here; you should be unleashing the furies.
Oh, youre overreacting.
You know, weve been to this place before, Rose.
Last year, I was all too willing to let my sympathies for Amy allow me to excuse the inexcusable and you were there to tell me that enough was enough and Rose, you were right to say so.
Bright is not out of control.
Its hardly the same thing.
No, no, this is worse, because Bright is perfectly aware of his choices.
Perhaps I expected more from him than you do.
Hes losing his ability to see the difference between right and wrong any more.
Hes mistaking charm for accomplishment.
So he needs our help and he deserves it.
What as a reward for deception? For being our son.
Bright is at a point where his life could turn one direction or another.
I am not going to let him make the wrong decision on his own.
He-Hes dragging you down to his level.
Now, I played along.
Yknow, I-I clapped when he took that asinine job because you asked me to.
I smiled when he took time off from his studies to find some special purpose, well no more.
Consider carefully if you choose to go ahead with this, because if you do, you do so without my consent, without my approval, and without my respect, Rose.
The choice is yours.
Andy! Come on in.
Oh, this is perfect, Johns parents are here.
Theyve been dying to meet you.
Can I talk to you? In private? Whats up? I dont know how to do this other than just to say it, but I dont think Johns tears were a breakthrough.
That drug I gave him one of the side effects is lacrimation which is excessive tearing and with the timing of the dosage plus the wind and the cold, it all makes sense.
The tears were a reaction, but I just dont think it was emotional.
Dammit.
Im so sorry.
Dammit.
I shouldntve called them.
I shouldve waited.
Well, it wasnt your fault.
You had every right to be excited.
About what? You just said it was nothing.
Uh, I dont believe this.
Listen, Amanda, if you dont want to pursue this any further, Ill understand if you if you want to go back to Harold and continue with the speech therapy.
Its not that.
Im not upset with you.
Honestly, its not like I was expecting anything to happen anyway.
What do you mean? Its been five years, Andy.
Ive been through so many highs and lows Ive learned not to get my hopes up.
Im sorry I dont understand.
I mean why would you put yourself through all of this if you -if you-if you didnt think it would work? Uh, for them.
For Charlie.
-Maybe even a little bit for you.
-For me? Youre a wonderful doctor, Andy.
Now see, you need to hear that part.
You dont realize it, but you have this effect on people.
Youre so damn enthusiastic it just rubs off.
I see this light in your eyes every time you work with John.
Its like-Its like you can see his future.
This future that I dont even see for him any more.
God, I want you to make it happen.
So do I.
But its more than that.
I want you to feel success again.
I want you to know that you can be hopeful for every patient that comes through your door so you dont have to think about Colin any more.
You can -You can think about John and the life youre giving him.
So we keep at this? If thats okay with you.
Just one thing? Is there any chance the tears were real? Maybe 1%.
Good, then they dont need to know.
I got the job.
You did.
I did.
I totally nailed the interview.
Uh, it turns out Mr.
Randolphs son also played football at County so We ended up spending the whole time talking about my undefeated season sophomore year and, uh, the guy loved me.
Oh, Bright, Im so happy.
Yeah, I get my own desk.
I, uh, get a computer with free email.
Umm There are no weekends, so I can be a normal person again.
No more restaurant hours for the kid.
When do you start? Uh, Monday.
Isnt that great? Dad? Uh, look I know Ive been a total screw up lately and, uh, you were probably wondering if I would ever get my crap in a pile, but I swear to you Im gonna make you proud on this.
You know, uh, you guys really went to the mat for me and I-I completely appreciate it.
Yknow, I-I needed somebody to believe in me and you guys did.
So seriously, thank you.
You can thank your mother.
I had nothing to do with it.
Surprise.
Seriously.
So this is where the magic happens? Well, I wouldnt exactly call it that.
Me neither.
I thought Id stop by and see this computer set up youve been talking about.
Uh, its right here.
Uh, its midi so all-all I have to do is -is play here and it comes up on the screen.
Its pretty cool.
All I have to do is press print.
It changes everything doesnt it? You got Bella in there? Yeah.
With your changes? Yeah.
Lets hear it.
Really? Oh, press the issue.
See how that works for you.
Play.
Well, I cant hear anything with the volume down.
You dont have to.
Play.
See it.
Left up.
Bup.
Thats it.
Thats it.
Howd you come up with that? I just felt it.
I mean, it didnt seem like the right place for a minor.
Is it all better now? I dont know, I couldnt hear it.
But you can see it.
Yeah.
I think its better.
Then you gotta do what you gotta do.
I gotta do something else too, Will.
I-I gotta find a new teacher.
Its about time you said so.
Allan Zaneman? You start with him tomorrow.
Hard core classical and bitch mean.
Hell round you out where I let you slide.
He may even help you with that Lizst you got your eye on.
Yeah, about the changes.
I mean springing that on you was probably not my best move.
No it wasnt.
Truth is, I wouldntve minded if you made it worse.
Anyway, Im sorry.
Dont be.
Im all out of tricks to show you.
I seriously seriously doubt that.
You gonna argue with everything I say? We can still play together some times right? I mean, I can still come over.
Youre on the path.
You got a long walk ahead of you.
Cant let things like sentiment get in the way.
Bella Rae was always a going away present.
I dont think that Im going anywhere.
Trust me, Ive seen your future and it aint here.
Now shut up and play me out, genius.
Script: Rosemary Srt: Juanfran