Quantum Leap s03e17 Episode Script
Glitter Rock - April 12, 1974
And so Dr Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
' ROCK (CHEERING) Are you gonna do it or not? Come on! Oh, boy! ROCK (CHEERING) OK, we're coming through.
Move out of our way.
Come on, guys.
Move it! Move it! OK, I got it.
Come on! Get out of our way! Move it! Come on! (SCREAMING) Stop now! Come on! Let them get in here! Move on now! Come on! That's better! What the hell was that on stage? What you wanna go do another encore? No, I don't wanna do another bloody encore! You were supposed to play my song! You didn't! Yeah, well, I'mI'm sorry.
I-I-I just forgot.
You forgot?! Yeah.
Well, the next time you forget, I'm gonna knock your head in the ground! OK, OK! Let's get all these people out of here! Hey, Whittler, get 'em all out of here! Come on! Everybody out.
Excuse me, ladies.
Thank you.
We're ready to go, Dwayney boy.
So much for tonight's entertainment! WHITTLER: Yes, you two.
Out of here! Well, what about me? Oh, well, the more the merrier, I always say! (GROWLS) (CHUCKLES) We need something to remind us.
Remember that.
Hey, hey, Tonic.
What are you doing? I'm just gonna take my make-up off.
(LAUGHTER) How many times do we have to go over this? The make-up adds an air of mystery, and mystery means BOTH: Record sales.
You don't take off the make-up until ALL: We get back to the hotel! Before me, you guys were nothing.
And so were you! Huh, nothing? I came up with the idea for make-up and now look! You guys are playing in front of 90,000 fans.
So let's not spoil a good thing, OK? Come on.
Give us a kiss! We're hear, and we obey! Oh, come on! Let's go! Come on! (FANS SCREAMING) (INDISTINCT CHATTING) Guard it with your life.
Hey, Tonic, what the hell were you doing tonight on stage? You guys sounded horrible! Maybe it was the lyrics.
But you wrote them! Come on, lads.
Get ready for this.
OK, let's, let's do it! Oh, God, I hate being a superstar! (SCREAMING) Bog off, you bunch of bleeding piranhas! Maybe you wanna take it a little easy with that stuff, huh? Just cos you can't hold your own liquor, there's no reason to go sounding like a bloody bumper sticker! You don't wanna pass out and miss all the fun, huh? Ha! I AM the fun! (LAUGHS) Especially when he's snoring.
I bet you've never fallen asleep on a girl, have you? (CHUCKLES) Well, a gentleman w-would never would never kill.
Unless he's alone with his mates! You can bet your pounds on that! Speaking of which, how much are we making tonight, Dwayney boy? We did OK.
OK? We had 80,000 screaming fans out there! And 80 tons of equipment and 80 roadies and crew.
Not to mention the hotels and the limos.
Or, or T-shirt sales.
Or your personal living expenses which have to be paid for by the corporation.
Which is us, right? Right? Right, Tonic? Yeah.
Right.
And I say the corporation wants to buy me a Ferrari! Don't you think you'd be smarter investing your money instead of wasting it on toys? I don't wanna invest! Flash McGrath wants to spend! That's like really smart(!) What? I-I think what Dwayne means to say is that, uh, we should all save our money for a rainy day.
Let it pour! We have more money than Croesus! We're gonna make The Beatles look like ants.
Yeah? Aren't we? (CHUCKLES) I don't remember them.
Huh? I-I mean, that's what people are gonna be saying about The Beatles, "I don't remember them," you know, when we get really big! I mean, The Beatles, they're like an insect infestation! Yeah! And we're the bloody exterminators! (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) (KNOCK ON DOOR) I'm coming, I'm coming! Hold your horses! I'll be right there! Who is it? Surprise! (SCREAMING) No, listen! Do Ido I know you girls? All right.
That's it now.
You better get out of here.
How did you girls get past security? We used our feminine wiles, if you know what I mean.
Well And we'd like to use 'em on you too.
Look, look, I'm very flattered, OK, but right now I'm really- Tired? Oh, I know how to wake you up.
No Well, I must say this is a neat way to get undressed.
No, no, no! Don't do that! Leave those on! Leave Girls, you're gonna have to You're gonna have to leave! Girls We don't wanna leave! Let us stay! (SCREAMING) Thanks for coming! Sam, they just got here! I appreciate it! Oh, no! Please don't make us leave! Please! We wanna stay! No! Don't make us leave! Oh, goody! No! (SCREAMS) No, no I only wanna talk! Sam, what are you doing?! You're throwing away a perfectly good fan sandwich! (BANGING ON DOOR) Oh, Sam! Sometimes you are just pitiful! Why? BecauseI won't take advantage of some deluded girls who are .
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throwing themselves at me like some bad writer's dream? Yes! Look, Al, this is demeaning to them! This is worse than when I was a Chip 'N Dales dancer! Yeah, but they're dying to be demeaned with you! Repeatedly.
I swear, it boggles the mind! (BREATHES HEAVILY) Look, I'm gonna boggle you! Now, tell me, what is going on? Not much.
OK, OK, OK, OK! April 12th, 1974.
Your name is Jeffrey Mole, and you're the lead singer in an English rock group called King Thunder.
Yeah.
I never heard of them before.
You were a nerd back then.
You wouldn't know them.
Your nickname is Tonic, which is short for Vodka Tonic, which relates to some drinking escapade you had early in your career.
So, what, I'm here to help them play Madison Square Garden, or become bigger than The Beatles, right? No, no.
You don't remember? What? This was big news.
It was in the papers, on TV.
What? Well, two night from now, right after the concert, some crazy nut stabs you just as you're getting into your limo.
You get killed.
So who kills me? Who kills Tonic? We don't know.
He disappeared into the crowd.
How can you stab somebody in front of hundreds of witnesses, and then just disappear? I'm trying to tell you what happened.
I can't explain it.
It was probably some nutcase like that Mark David Chapman.
Who? The rat that shot John Lennon.
Al, II saw somebody like that today.
You did? What did he look like? Uhblond.
Uh, young.
16 or 17.
He had on an army jacket and What? Well, a k-kind of ahaunted expression.
Well, Ziggy can't find anyone that fits that profile in your probability matrix.
It must be a stranger.
Why would a complete stranger wanna kill me? That doesn't make sense! You're the one with all the PhDs.
You tell me! (SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE) Process schizophrenia.
Yeah, that's a possibility.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, sure.
Process schizophonic, yeah.
No, no.
Process schizophrenia.
Most schizophrenics never become violent, but in process schizophrenia a person's sense of self is slow in developing.
It's kind of like they don't have a complete personality, so they fill up what's missing by imitating something that they see.
Like that kid who shot President Regan.
Oh, Hinckley? Yeah, Hinckley.
He repeatedly watched Taxi Driver, the movie, over and over again, about this guy who stalks a political candidate.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then the rest is history, as they say.
Yeah, right.
But we don't even know if that's what this guy is or According to Ziggy, these anonymous killers come in all types.
Most of them are obsessive and some of them are loners.
If you ask them about their lives, they say one thing but in reality- The truth is completely different.
That's right.
And this one is apparently obsessed with you, with Tonic.
Yeah.
Listen, on this leap, I want you to stay really close, OK? Because if we see him, I don't wanna take a chance on losing him.
I'll stick with you like glue.
Right.
MAN: Rock and roll! WFGF! We got the beat and we got the heat, man! Hey, you're back on the case with Eliot Chase.
Listen, we're broadcasting live today from a rather- A rather tacky establishment.
Yeah, t-thank you.
Yes, it is a rather tacky shopping mall here.
If you're just turning in, man, you have been missing out, because my very special guest with me right now is King Thunder! (CHEERING) All right.
Tonic, let me just talk to you for one second here.
Your last album, Five All Night, was heavy, man.
The best track on it by far was Faith's Wide Wheel.
How did you write that song? Holding a pen.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah! Yeah, but I mean, what was going through your mind? Well, nothing.
He hasn't got one! (LAUGHS) Honestly, Tonic's got a great mind.
Oh, yes.
It's just a bit of bother to get him to think about something besides Besides women, you were gonna say, right? Yeah, well, who can blame him? But if I can get back on track for just one second.
Tonic, what were you thinking when you wrote, "As I travel in space and time, I wanna stay, I wanna go.
You can see my face, but it's not mine.
What you can't see, you'll never know"? What can't we see? Our ugly faces for one thing.
Why do you think we wear this bloody make-up? (LAUGHS) Well, I guess what I, what I really wasmeaning to say was, uh, that we all live our lives behind masks.
But the real point of living is to get beyond, to break through those masks, from the outside and from the inside, so that we can really communicate.
Unfortunately, most of us don't.
That's so true.
Great, great! Hi.
Hi.
Do you have something for me to sign? Uh, yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thanks! Do come back soon! All right! Al! Got him! Excuse me, Tonic? OhI, I thought I saw someone that I hadn't seen in a really, really long time.
But I-I guess it really wasn't him.
Gushie, he's still moving.
Keep me centred on him.
Tonight's gonna be your next-to-last concert in Detroit, right? Right, and we'll be world-premiering some new songs, which I've written.
Really? What? Now that's a first.
You must be really excited.
Oh, not at all, actually, cos I know Tonic's gonna do a bang-up job! (CHUCKLES) It should really be exciting.
Looking forward to it! Yeah.
(CLEARS THROAT) I'm just a traveller upon the scene The time of life of faith's wide wheel All right, kid, what is your story? What are you up to? Let me see.
April 23rd, 1974.
This is room 23, so according to the records, your name Your name isJohn Doe.
Damn! That's a big help! (HUMS) Oh, I see.
There must be something around here with your name on it.
Traveller! Can you give me a little hint, a little clue here? Come on! What's your name? Give me a break! I don't know! How do these private eyes do it? (CONTINUES TO HUM) What was that? Thanks.
Philip Silbart.
Born July 27th, 1957.
Hastings, Nebraska.
(CHUCKLES) Gotcha! SAM: 'Leaping about in time has put me into some unusual situations, but some leaps are definitely more difficult than others.
It's one thing to study lyrics and guitar charts in the privacy of your own hotel room, but it's another thing to remember them when you're in front of 80,000 screaming fans.
' Where have you been? Huh? Oh, I've been, I've been running some scenarios through Ziggy on this kid, Philip Silbart.
You found out his name.
What else? Of course I Oh, well, he was born in Hastings, Nebraska.
He was raised by his mother, Priscilla, and his Oh, that poor kid's illegitimate.
Anyway, his mother died in 1970, two years after they lost this little farm they were living on.
And since then he's been running away from a series of foster homes and county agencies.
His social worker says he's emotionally disturbed.
Anyway, Ziggy thinks he's gonna end up homeless, and he's a perfect candidate.
Well, look- Tonic? Some bank bloke called for you from Utah about a ranch.
Uha ranch? He wanted me to give you a message.
He said your cheque bounced and unless you give him another one, you can't do it.
OK.
Thanks.
Any time! Let's get this sound check over with.
I'm starving! I-I gotta talk with Philip.
Man, this kid doesn't want to talk to you.
He wants to kill you! Now, come on! You gotta rehearse the song! Just rock the redhead.
And plug that in.
One, two, three! (OUT OF TUNE) # She stood six foot four Barely fit through the door But the hair was the colour of fire She said, "Baby, what you need is some horizontal speed And I'm the one to take your desire Baby, let me take you higher Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead (GRUNTS) Whoa! Tonic, are you all right? Are you OK, Sam? I think so.
I just banged my head a little.
Oh, damn! It might have knocked some sense into him! Where's Philip? Philip? Maybe it did hit him after all.
He's still back in his hotel room.
He couldn't have done this.
Tonic, are you OK? How the hell did this happen? Something must have come loose.
Oh, no kidding, Sherlock! Maybe it was just an accident.
Unless somebody else did it.
A rest, a hot shower, and you'll be as good as new.
Whittler, I want you to find out who's responsible for this! You got sloppy! And then get this thing back up there.
And this time make sure it stays! Yeah, sure.
Everyone back to the hotel! We've got a big night ahead of us! Yeah, I'm coming.
The only safe place for these drums is off stage! Maybe Philip set this thing up in advance.
Well, even if he could have, how could he have triggered that thing to make it fall? How do you know? Especially since he's not even here.
He couldn't.
Not unless he's a psychic.
Like one of those guys that can bend spoons.
OK, so Philip didn't do it, so we're back to it either being an accident, or somebody else setting it up.
It had to be someone who could get past security.
Unless security did it.
Have anything on Whittler? Rode with a biker gang, a bunch of arrests.
Ah, did two years for armed robbery.
And once he, he was arrested for attempted manslaughter.
But he wasn't convicted.
He's real buddy-buddy with Flash.
And Flash would become the leader of this band if If you went up to the big amplifier in the sky.
DEWAYNE: Who is it? Tonic.
Oh, come in, Tonic.
The door's open.
Tonic, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be resting.
Yeah, I know.
I-I just wanted to talk to you.
You got a second? Sure.
What's on your mind? You know that ranch I'm buying in Utah? Ranch? What ranch? My bank called today.
Told me that the cheque bounced.
Of course the cheque bounced! I don't leave money lying around in your check-in account.
I've got it working for you.
I understand that- I've told you a million times not to go off on these wild spending sprees without talking to me first.
That way I can transfer the right amount of money to your account.
OK, OK.
The damage is done.
Why don't you tell me how much money you've blown this time? Uh, well, a lot.
Sort of.
And now it's a ranch, eh? What do you want with a ranch, anyway? I just want a ranch.
There's no problem with the money, is there? No, no! It's just tied up in long-term stuff.
If we cash in right now, well, we won't make quite as much money as we could have.
Get me the name of the bank and I'll get a cheque to them right away.
Yeah, well, I-I got.
.
I got the number back in my room, so I-I'll just go and I'll get it to you later, OK? Right.
Then I'll call them.
And you can go and play Roy Rogers to your heart's content! Now go and get some rest, Tonic.
You got a big night, tonight.
Right.
'This is WFGF Radio here with you King Thunder maniacs partying down at the arena! I want to give a special welcome to all of you WFGF fans' Are you hiding out, Sam? Why do you always do that?! Sorry! Now, look at me.
I cannot do this! I am not a rocker! You can do this, Sam! I can't do it! I'm gonna go out there and they're gonna hear me sing, and kill me! I mean, I don't sing like those people! When I grew up, I listened to Simon & Garfunkel.
Sam, they're not gonna kill you.
They're not! All you do is you go out there and you make an idiot out of yourself.
Oh, fine.
Yes! They'll eat it up! That's what they expect of rock stars! I don't have the faintest idea of how to act.
These people, they got a whole style.
Do Hendrix! You take to the guitar like this and you go (MAKES GUITAR NOISE) He used to pick the guitar with his teeth.
Hendrix? Yeah.
Or do Townshend.
Who? That's right.
What is? Who.
I don't know.
Townshend! Who? Yeah, that's right.
Pete Townshend of The Who.
Of the what?! Never mind.
He used to do the windmill.
Like that, you know.
If it really gets desperate and they start charging up on stage, and they're gonna rip your clothes off, you stick your tongue out as far as you can and you wiggle it like that.
That is gonna make them stop from ripping my clothes off? No, that'll make them start ripping their clothes off.
Then you can take the guitar and you can smash it to pieces.
That always gets 'em! Al, with my luck, they're gonna want an encore, and I'm not gonna have a guitar- Don't worry, Sam! Just go out there and cut loose! I'm gonna be with you the whole time.
If worse comes to worse, do Milli Vanilli.
Who? That's what I suggested first! RADIO ANNOUNCER: King Thunder! Come on! ROCK (CHEERING) She stood six foot four Barely fit through the door But her hair was the colour of fire She said, "Baby, what you need is some horizontal speed" And I'm the one to take your desire Baby, let me take you higher Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Yeah, yeah, yeah Rock the redhead Yeah, yeah, yeah (CHEERING) We love you, Detroit! (ROCK MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND) Nice party.
Yeah.
Hey, hey, hey! What's going on? We thought you could use a bit of cheering up, Tonic! Well, what I could really use is a little quiet.
Ah, all right.
No problem.
(SHOUTS) Quiet! Hey, no problem, man.
Oh, hi.
How are you doing? Listen, I-I-I'll talk to you later, OK? Hey, hey! Hey, come here! (CHUCKLES) How about a nice little vodka tonic, Tonic?! (LAUGHS) Thanks, I'll pass! That's good! You should be in costume! He's right, mate! Listen I'm sorry! Excuse me.
Excuse me Oh, hi, Sandy.
Sorry.
You wanna do it again? Uh, well, no.
Not really, not really.
Oh, TonicI've got this .
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problem.
Take a look! (CHUCKLES) Your bird, right? Come on, come on! Well, I-I'm sure that Flash can handle it.
Well, Flash can handle just about anything excepta real woman.
Yeah, wellthat's, that's great.
I'm glad you told me that.
I really don't think it's wise to go swimming in another man's pool.
I'm not in another man's pool.
Especially if that man is Flash.
Uh, l-look, S-Sandy (CHUCKLES) Uh, I-I'm sure whatever the thing is, the problem is he can handle it.
If you just give him a chance Oh, but I wanna give YOU the chance.
Oh, thanks, thanks.
But why don't we talk about this tomorrow, OK? Or next week? (GIGGLES) I wanna do more than just talk.
Ciao.
Ciao.
Ciao.
Al, it's five o'clock in the morning.
Don't these people ever go home? Tonic, what, you lost in space? It's your party, mate! Yeah, you're right! Ziggy says there's a 60% chance that Dwayne is embezzling you guys.
That's how come your cheque bounced.
The trail is kind of fuzzy, but it appears that he's been trading and losing more money on the stock market than he makes in a year.
What about Whittler? Al, there's gotta be a prime suspect, so just have Ziggy go over the scenarios again.
Well, it looks like a three-way toss-up.
Everybody seems to be equally looking guilty or innocent, depending on which way you look at it.
Yeah, well, then, we're gonna have to keep a close eye on everybody.
Yeah.
Where's Philip right now? I don't know.
Gushie, centre me on Philip.
Gushie, quit fooling around! I'm trying to find Philip! He says he's here.
What? Also, he says there's a fifty-fifty chance that you get it now.
Now? Yeah, at the party.
Whittler! Hey, you're hurting my arm! What's wrong? How did this kid get in here? He must have slipped by when Eddie was on the door.
These kids are all alike.
They get in here and steal everything they can.
I didn't steal anything! What do you call this? Sam, that's part of your costume.
What else you got on you? What about this knife? Take it easy, would you? Look, I don't wanna hurt you, but I don't wanna get hurt either.
I'd never hurt you.
You're my father.
You're his father? Ah, next time, be sure to check your raincoat, sport! Come on.
No, w-w-wait a second.
Listen, I-I'm gonna talk to this What's your name? Philip.
Philip Silbart.
Philip here.
It's cool.
Come on.
(SIGHS) So what makes you think that I'm your father? Mu mom told me.
She always had your picture around and And your albums.
And one day she started crying andand she told me.
Told you that I was your father.
She said that You know, youyou did it after your concert in Omaha, the first time you guys came over here from England.
Well, Sam, King Thunder did play Omaha 16 years ago.
Of course then they were called The Dingles.
Things do happen after concerts.
Look, Philip, I was in Omaha a long time ago, but that doesn't mean- I sound like you.
What? I can play guitar just like you.
I sing just like you.
That's because you're my father.
A lot of people have very similar voices and sound alike when they sing.
Look.
You and I have got the same hand.
See, I got this little web of skin just like you.
I don't want any money from you.
I don't want anything.
I just want you to admit that you're my father.
SAM: 'Even though Philip and I share the set of webbed fingers, there was still only a 50% chance I was his father, but a 99% chance I was still going to get killed.
That meant to catch the killer, I was still going to have to do the concert.
' (CHUCKLES) What the hell is that? Ah, someone nicked me bloody wig! I'll have the roadies go out and fetch another one.
Stupid fans! Just remember, tonight we do my songs, right? Right.
(CHUCKLES) Right.
Then let's get this bleeding thing over with, all right? Right! Right! Bloody right! Hey, Kev, where are we? Uh, Detroit.
BOTH: Hello, Detroit! AL: Sam! Hey, Whittler, will you take this up for me? Yeah.
I'll be right out.
I justI justthink that you I think you should bail out of this.
I can't bail out of this, Al! I gottaI gotta figure out who kills Tonic and stop him! No, well, I- Hey, Tonic, what are you doing? We're ready for you.
Oh, yeah.
Well Yeah, I'm coming right out.
Coming! Hey, Dwayne, uhgotta talk to you for a second, man.
Listen, how much money of ours have you lost on the stock market so far this year? None! I mean, stocks go up and down, but Dwayne, I had a friend check in to your private account.
Now, you've been gambling more than you make.
That money's coming from somewhere.
And I'd hate to call for a personal audit, because I think we both know where that money's coming from.
Tonic, it just got a little bit away from me.
Ah, see? I told you! He's the killer! You slimy weasel! I can get it back.
Give me time.
You can have all your money now.
But you've just got to give me the chance.
OK.
OK.
Thanks, man.
And, Dwaynetonight when we leave, after the concert, I don't wanna ride in the same limo with Flash.
Andand bring all the limos around to a different exit, you know, because I-I-I hate that exit! OK.
Whatever you say.
OK? I'm sick of it.
OK.
Andthanks, man.
OK.
(EXHALES) You know, that idea about the limos is great.
I always say play it safe.
Tonic? Huh? Don't be coy with me, Tonic.
I can see it in your eyes.
You were just pretending last night.
You want me, and I want you.
What about me? Oh, boy! You got it.
What?! Dwayne told me you were here! Get out! Go on! LookFlash You are a dead man! I told you! It's Flash! He's the killer! And he doesn't wanna kill you about his songs.
He wants to kill you because of that girl, that Sandy! Al, you've been certain about three different people! Yeah, but this time I'm REALLY certain! And now you don't have to know who to look for, because it's definitely HIM! OrDewayne.
Oror Philip.
Are you done? Definitely.
(CHEERING) ROCK As I travel in space and time I want to stay, I want to go You see my face, but it's not mine You can't see, you'll never know How can we meet if I'm not there? Our hearts may touch Our bodies close But time divides what we might share It sings a song where no one goes I'm just a traveller upon the sea The time of life of faith's wide wheel Just a traveller in this mystery The me I am is all that's real to me (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) ROCK Don't forgot this is the last number! Are you gonna do my song tonight or not? Don't worry about it.
Your songs never even got published! No! Here's the song! I got a hot spot She knows how to use it Hot spot, whoa yeah! Hot spot I can't refuse it Baby, won't you turn on the heat? I got a hot spot She knows how to use it Hot spot, whoa yeah! Hot spot I can't refuse it Baby, won't you turn on the heat? Yeah, yeah, yeah Thank you! Good night! (CHEERING) Thank you! We love you, Detroit.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Move it! What was he trying to sing? I was trying to keep the song going.
Hey, hey, hey! We're not supposed to be going this way! Just keep moving! Come on! Al?! Sam, don't go that way! (CHEERING) (SHOUTS) Dad! (SCREAMING) Dad! Dwayne! Have you gone bloody daft? I had to do it to shut him up! I could have got your money back, but you couldn't wait! You couldn't wait! I knew it was you, you greedy twerp! What about our money? Dwayne's gambled most of it away.
What?! You've been losing our money? I only took what I deserved.
All you do is sing! But I put you guys together in the first place.
I made you big! I'm better than all of you put together, but you never saw that! All you thought about was your egos! So I took what was mine! Oh, yeah?! (SHOUTING) You should have let me kill him, the bleeding twit! Oh, kill him? No, no, no.
We should have killed him, brought him back to life and killed him again after what he did to us! What did he do? Oh, I mean besides attack Tonic an' all? He stole our money, you bleeding idiot! Right.
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) We can always make more money, can't we? There's only one Tonic, right? We don't wanna lose him.
Thanks, Nick.
Yeah.
I always knew he was a shifty little twerp.
And in my bleeding wig! We ought to kill him for that alone.
You are one lucky geezer, you know that? He's right.
It had nothing to do with luck.
Actually, Philiphelped me out.
Me? Yeah.
What the heck were you reaching for in your pocket, anyway? I saw you, and then I saw somebody else reaching in their pocket, and then you yelled, and that made me jump back.
And that's why Dewayne missed me.
If you hadn't done that , I- I wanted to give you this.
Is this your mom? Yeah! And you! It was taken after your first concert.
(CHUCKLES) Not bloody likely! He was sick from drinking too many vodka tonics on stage.
He spent the night in the hospital getting his stomach pumped.
That's why we call him Tonic.
AL: He's right, Sam.
Tonic went straight from the concert to the hospital.
Look, Philip, I'm sorry.
Oh, I remember her! She came with you backstage before the concert.
She was a bit of all right, as I recall you telling me.
Before the concert? He couldn't even stand after the concert.
Sam, if Tonic went bingo-bango-bongo with Philip's mother, there's a 98% chance that you're the father.
Maybemaybe I am your father.
(LAUGHS) Hello, Dad! Good on you, Tonic! Very nice! Oh, how sweet! Thanks.
Wait.
Where are you going? I just wanted to meet my father.
I met you.
Time to go.
Wait a second.
After all these years, you don't have to go now.
I told you.
I don't want anything from you.
But if I stayed, what would I do? I hear you playing Tonic's Stratocaster.
You got good hands.
Great hands.
Not as good as my dad.
(CHUCKLES) Are you daft? I've been carrying him for years! Haven't we all? Oh, yes, indeed! What do you say, maybe you stick around, and we'll get you a job as a roadie, and maybe you can teach your old man some new licks? Maybe? I'd say you better! Huh? What do you say? (LAUGHS) Yeah! Sam, Tonic gives the kid a break, and the kid becomes one of the hottest studio musicians in London.
Ta-ta, Sam.
MAN 2: 'Gordon? Gordon? Damn it, Gordon! What's going on? Gordon? Are you there, Gordon?' Oh, God! Please help! Help! Someone help me, please! Quick! I'm being kidnapped! He's my ex-husband! He's gonna kill me! Please! Please! What are you doing in front of our business? Oh, boy! ROCK She stood six foot four Barely fit through the door But her hair was the colour of fire She said, "Baby, what you need is some horizontal speed" And I'm the one to take your desire Baby, let me take you higher Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Yeah, yeah, yeah Rock the redhead Yeah, yeah, yeah (CHEERING)
' ROCK (CHEERING) Are you gonna do it or not? Come on! Oh, boy! ROCK (CHEERING) OK, we're coming through.
Move out of our way.
Come on, guys.
Move it! Move it! OK, I got it.
Come on! Get out of our way! Move it! Come on! (SCREAMING) Stop now! Come on! Let them get in here! Move on now! Come on! That's better! What the hell was that on stage? What you wanna go do another encore? No, I don't wanna do another bloody encore! You were supposed to play my song! You didn't! Yeah, well, I'mI'm sorry.
I-I-I just forgot.
You forgot?! Yeah.
Well, the next time you forget, I'm gonna knock your head in the ground! OK, OK! Let's get all these people out of here! Hey, Whittler, get 'em all out of here! Come on! Everybody out.
Excuse me, ladies.
Thank you.
We're ready to go, Dwayney boy.
So much for tonight's entertainment! WHITTLER: Yes, you two.
Out of here! Well, what about me? Oh, well, the more the merrier, I always say! (GROWLS) (CHUCKLES) We need something to remind us.
Remember that.
Hey, hey, Tonic.
What are you doing? I'm just gonna take my make-up off.
(LAUGHTER) How many times do we have to go over this? The make-up adds an air of mystery, and mystery means BOTH: Record sales.
You don't take off the make-up until ALL: We get back to the hotel! Before me, you guys were nothing.
And so were you! Huh, nothing? I came up with the idea for make-up and now look! You guys are playing in front of 90,000 fans.
So let's not spoil a good thing, OK? Come on.
Give us a kiss! We're hear, and we obey! Oh, come on! Let's go! Come on! (FANS SCREAMING) (INDISTINCT CHATTING) Guard it with your life.
Hey, Tonic, what the hell were you doing tonight on stage? You guys sounded horrible! Maybe it was the lyrics.
But you wrote them! Come on, lads.
Get ready for this.
OK, let's, let's do it! Oh, God, I hate being a superstar! (SCREAMING) Bog off, you bunch of bleeding piranhas! Maybe you wanna take it a little easy with that stuff, huh? Just cos you can't hold your own liquor, there's no reason to go sounding like a bloody bumper sticker! You don't wanna pass out and miss all the fun, huh? Ha! I AM the fun! (LAUGHS) Especially when he's snoring.
I bet you've never fallen asleep on a girl, have you? (CHUCKLES) Well, a gentleman w-would never would never kill.
Unless he's alone with his mates! You can bet your pounds on that! Speaking of which, how much are we making tonight, Dwayney boy? We did OK.
OK? We had 80,000 screaming fans out there! And 80 tons of equipment and 80 roadies and crew.
Not to mention the hotels and the limos.
Or, or T-shirt sales.
Or your personal living expenses which have to be paid for by the corporation.
Which is us, right? Right? Right, Tonic? Yeah.
Right.
And I say the corporation wants to buy me a Ferrari! Don't you think you'd be smarter investing your money instead of wasting it on toys? I don't wanna invest! Flash McGrath wants to spend! That's like really smart(!) What? I-I think what Dwayne means to say is that, uh, we should all save our money for a rainy day.
Let it pour! We have more money than Croesus! We're gonna make The Beatles look like ants.
Yeah? Aren't we? (CHUCKLES) I don't remember them.
Huh? I-I mean, that's what people are gonna be saying about The Beatles, "I don't remember them," you know, when we get really big! I mean, The Beatles, they're like an insect infestation! Yeah! And we're the bloody exterminators! (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) (KNOCK ON DOOR) I'm coming, I'm coming! Hold your horses! I'll be right there! Who is it? Surprise! (SCREAMING) No, listen! Do Ido I know you girls? All right.
That's it now.
You better get out of here.
How did you girls get past security? We used our feminine wiles, if you know what I mean.
Well And we'd like to use 'em on you too.
Look, look, I'm very flattered, OK, but right now I'm really- Tired? Oh, I know how to wake you up.
No Well, I must say this is a neat way to get undressed.
No, no, no! Don't do that! Leave those on! Leave Girls, you're gonna have to You're gonna have to leave! Girls We don't wanna leave! Let us stay! (SCREAMING) Thanks for coming! Sam, they just got here! I appreciate it! Oh, no! Please don't make us leave! Please! We wanna stay! No! Don't make us leave! Oh, goody! No! (SCREAMS) No, no I only wanna talk! Sam, what are you doing?! You're throwing away a perfectly good fan sandwich! (BANGING ON DOOR) Oh, Sam! Sometimes you are just pitiful! Why? BecauseI won't take advantage of some deluded girls who are .
.
throwing themselves at me like some bad writer's dream? Yes! Look, Al, this is demeaning to them! This is worse than when I was a Chip 'N Dales dancer! Yeah, but they're dying to be demeaned with you! Repeatedly.
I swear, it boggles the mind! (BREATHES HEAVILY) Look, I'm gonna boggle you! Now, tell me, what is going on? Not much.
OK, OK, OK, OK! April 12th, 1974.
Your name is Jeffrey Mole, and you're the lead singer in an English rock group called King Thunder.
Yeah.
I never heard of them before.
You were a nerd back then.
You wouldn't know them.
Your nickname is Tonic, which is short for Vodka Tonic, which relates to some drinking escapade you had early in your career.
So, what, I'm here to help them play Madison Square Garden, or become bigger than The Beatles, right? No, no.
You don't remember? What? This was big news.
It was in the papers, on TV.
What? Well, two night from now, right after the concert, some crazy nut stabs you just as you're getting into your limo.
You get killed.
So who kills me? Who kills Tonic? We don't know.
He disappeared into the crowd.
How can you stab somebody in front of hundreds of witnesses, and then just disappear? I'm trying to tell you what happened.
I can't explain it.
It was probably some nutcase like that Mark David Chapman.
Who? The rat that shot John Lennon.
Al, II saw somebody like that today.
You did? What did he look like? Uhblond.
Uh, young.
16 or 17.
He had on an army jacket and What? Well, a k-kind of ahaunted expression.
Well, Ziggy can't find anyone that fits that profile in your probability matrix.
It must be a stranger.
Why would a complete stranger wanna kill me? That doesn't make sense! You're the one with all the PhDs.
You tell me! (SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE) Process schizophrenia.
Yeah, that's a possibility.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, sure.
Process schizophonic, yeah.
No, no.
Process schizophrenia.
Most schizophrenics never become violent, but in process schizophrenia a person's sense of self is slow in developing.
It's kind of like they don't have a complete personality, so they fill up what's missing by imitating something that they see.
Like that kid who shot President Regan.
Oh, Hinckley? Yeah, Hinckley.
He repeatedly watched Taxi Driver, the movie, over and over again, about this guy who stalks a political candidate.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And then the rest is history, as they say.
Yeah, right.
But we don't even know if that's what this guy is or According to Ziggy, these anonymous killers come in all types.
Most of them are obsessive and some of them are loners.
If you ask them about their lives, they say one thing but in reality- The truth is completely different.
That's right.
And this one is apparently obsessed with you, with Tonic.
Yeah.
Listen, on this leap, I want you to stay really close, OK? Because if we see him, I don't wanna take a chance on losing him.
I'll stick with you like glue.
Right.
MAN: Rock and roll! WFGF! We got the beat and we got the heat, man! Hey, you're back on the case with Eliot Chase.
Listen, we're broadcasting live today from a rather- A rather tacky establishment.
Yeah, t-thank you.
Yes, it is a rather tacky shopping mall here.
If you're just turning in, man, you have been missing out, because my very special guest with me right now is King Thunder! (CHEERING) All right.
Tonic, let me just talk to you for one second here.
Your last album, Five All Night, was heavy, man.
The best track on it by far was Faith's Wide Wheel.
How did you write that song? Holding a pen.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah! Yeah, but I mean, what was going through your mind? Well, nothing.
He hasn't got one! (LAUGHS) Honestly, Tonic's got a great mind.
Oh, yes.
It's just a bit of bother to get him to think about something besides Besides women, you were gonna say, right? Yeah, well, who can blame him? But if I can get back on track for just one second.
Tonic, what were you thinking when you wrote, "As I travel in space and time, I wanna stay, I wanna go.
You can see my face, but it's not mine.
What you can't see, you'll never know"? What can't we see? Our ugly faces for one thing.
Why do you think we wear this bloody make-up? (LAUGHS) Well, I guess what I, what I really wasmeaning to say was, uh, that we all live our lives behind masks.
But the real point of living is to get beyond, to break through those masks, from the outside and from the inside, so that we can really communicate.
Unfortunately, most of us don't.
That's so true.
Great, great! Hi.
Hi.
Do you have something for me to sign? Uh, yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thanks! Do come back soon! All right! Al! Got him! Excuse me, Tonic? OhI, I thought I saw someone that I hadn't seen in a really, really long time.
But I-I guess it really wasn't him.
Gushie, he's still moving.
Keep me centred on him.
Tonight's gonna be your next-to-last concert in Detroit, right? Right, and we'll be world-premiering some new songs, which I've written.
Really? What? Now that's a first.
You must be really excited.
Oh, not at all, actually, cos I know Tonic's gonna do a bang-up job! (CHUCKLES) It should really be exciting.
Looking forward to it! Yeah.
(CLEARS THROAT) I'm just a traveller upon the scene The time of life of faith's wide wheel All right, kid, what is your story? What are you up to? Let me see.
April 23rd, 1974.
This is room 23, so according to the records, your name Your name isJohn Doe.
Damn! That's a big help! (HUMS) Oh, I see.
There must be something around here with your name on it.
Traveller! Can you give me a little hint, a little clue here? Come on! What's your name? Give me a break! I don't know! How do these private eyes do it? (CONTINUES TO HUM) What was that? Thanks.
Philip Silbart.
Born July 27th, 1957.
Hastings, Nebraska.
(CHUCKLES) Gotcha! SAM: 'Leaping about in time has put me into some unusual situations, but some leaps are definitely more difficult than others.
It's one thing to study lyrics and guitar charts in the privacy of your own hotel room, but it's another thing to remember them when you're in front of 80,000 screaming fans.
' Where have you been? Huh? Oh, I've been, I've been running some scenarios through Ziggy on this kid, Philip Silbart.
You found out his name.
What else? Of course I Oh, well, he was born in Hastings, Nebraska.
He was raised by his mother, Priscilla, and his Oh, that poor kid's illegitimate.
Anyway, his mother died in 1970, two years after they lost this little farm they were living on.
And since then he's been running away from a series of foster homes and county agencies.
His social worker says he's emotionally disturbed.
Anyway, Ziggy thinks he's gonna end up homeless, and he's a perfect candidate.
Well, look- Tonic? Some bank bloke called for you from Utah about a ranch.
Uha ranch? He wanted me to give you a message.
He said your cheque bounced and unless you give him another one, you can't do it.
OK.
Thanks.
Any time! Let's get this sound check over with.
I'm starving! I-I gotta talk with Philip.
Man, this kid doesn't want to talk to you.
He wants to kill you! Now, come on! You gotta rehearse the song! Just rock the redhead.
And plug that in.
One, two, three! (OUT OF TUNE) # She stood six foot four Barely fit through the door But the hair was the colour of fire She said, "Baby, what you need is some horizontal speed And I'm the one to take your desire Baby, let me take you higher Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead (GRUNTS) Whoa! Tonic, are you all right? Are you OK, Sam? I think so.
I just banged my head a little.
Oh, damn! It might have knocked some sense into him! Where's Philip? Philip? Maybe it did hit him after all.
He's still back in his hotel room.
He couldn't have done this.
Tonic, are you OK? How the hell did this happen? Something must have come loose.
Oh, no kidding, Sherlock! Maybe it was just an accident.
Unless somebody else did it.
A rest, a hot shower, and you'll be as good as new.
Whittler, I want you to find out who's responsible for this! You got sloppy! And then get this thing back up there.
And this time make sure it stays! Yeah, sure.
Everyone back to the hotel! We've got a big night ahead of us! Yeah, I'm coming.
The only safe place for these drums is off stage! Maybe Philip set this thing up in advance.
Well, even if he could have, how could he have triggered that thing to make it fall? How do you know? Especially since he's not even here.
He couldn't.
Not unless he's a psychic.
Like one of those guys that can bend spoons.
OK, so Philip didn't do it, so we're back to it either being an accident, or somebody else setting it up.
It had to be someone who could get past security.
Unless security did it.
Have anything on Whittler? Rode with a biker gang, a bunch of arrests.
Ah, did two years for armed robbery.
And once he, he was arrested for attempted manslaughter.
But he wasn't convicted.
He's real buddy-buddy with Flash.
And Flash would become the leader of this band if If you went up to the big amplifier in the sky.
DEWAYNE: Who is it? Tonic.
Oh, come in, Tonic.
The door's open.
Tonic, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be resting.
Yeah, I know.
I-I just wanted to talk to you.
You got a second? Sure.
What's on your mind? You know that ranch I'm buying in Utah? Ranch? What ranch? My bank called today.
Told me that the cheque bounced.
Of course the cheque bounced! I don't leave money lying around in your check-in account.
I've got it working for you.
I understand that- I've told you a million times not to go off on these wild spending sprees without talking to me first.
That way I can transfer the right amount of money to your account.
OK, OK.
The damage is done.
Why don't you tell me how much money you've blown this time? Uh, well, a lot.
Sort of.
And now it's a ranch, eh? What do you want with a ranch, anyway? I just want a ranch.
There's no problem with the money, is there? No, no! It's just tied up in long-term stuff.
If we cash in right now, well, we won't make quite as much money as we could have.
Get me the name of the bank and I'll get a cheque to them right away.
Yeah, well, I-I got.
.
I got the number back in my room, so I-I'll just go and I'll get it to you later, OK? Right.
Then I'll call them.
And you can go and play Roy Rogers to your heart's content! Now go and get some rest, Tonic.
You got a big night, tonight.
Right.
'This is WFGF Radio here with you King Thunder maniacs partying down at the arena! I want to give a special welcome to all of you WFGF fans' Are you hiding out, Sam? Why do you always do that?! Sorry! Now, look at me.
I cannot do this! I am not a rocker! You can do this, Sam! I can't do it! I'm gonna go out there and they're gonna hear me sing, and kill me! I mean, I don't sing like those people! When I grew up, I listened to Simon & Garfunkel.
Sam, they're not gonna kill you.
They're not! All you do is you go out there and you make an idiot out of yourself.
Oh, fine.
Yes! They'll eat it up! That's what they expect of rock stars! I don't have the faintest idea of how to act.
These people, they got a whole style.
Do Hendrix! You take to the guitar like this and you go (MAKES GUITAR NOISE) He used to pick the guitar with his teeth.
Hendrix? Yeah.
Or do Townshend.
Who? That's right.
What is? Who.
I don't know.
Townshend! Who? Yeah, that's right.
Pete Townshend of The Who.
Of the what?! Never mind.
He used to do the windmill.
Like that, you know.
If it really gets desperate and they start charging up on stage, and they're gonna rip your clothes off, you stick your tongue out as far as you can and you wiggle it like that.
That is gonna make them stop from ripping my clothes off? No, that'll make them start ripping their clothes off.
Then you can take the guitar and you can smash it to pieces.
That always gets 'em! Al, with my luck, they're gonna want an encore, and I'm not gonna have a guitar- Don't worry, Sam! Just go out there and cut loose! I'm gonna be with you the whole time.
If worse comes to worse, do Milli Vanilli.
Who? That's what I suggested first! RADIO ANNOUNCER: King Thunder! Come on! ROCK (CHEERING) She stood six foot four Barely fit through the door But her hair was the colour of fire She said, "Baby, what you need is some horizontal speed" And I'm the one to take your desire Baby, let me take you higher Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Yeah, yeah, yeah Rock the redhead Yeah, yeah, yeah (CHEERING) We love you, Detroit! (ROCK MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND) Nice party.
Yeah.
Hey, hey, hey! What's going on? We thought you could use a bit of cheering up, Tonic! Well, what I could really use is a little quiet.
Ah, all right.
No problem.
(SHOUTS) Quiet! Hey, no problem, man.
Oh, hi.
How are you doing? Listen, I-I-I'll talk to you later, OK? Hey, hey! Hey, come here! (CHUCKLES) How about a nice little vodka tonic, Tonic?! (LAUGHS) Thanks, I'll pass! That's good! You should be in costume! He's right, mate! Listen I'm sorry! Excuse me.
Excuse me Oh, hi, Sandy.
Sorry.
You wanna do it again? Uh, well, no.
Not really, not really.
Oh, TonicI've got this .
.
problem.
Take a look! (CHUCKLES) Your bird, right? Come on, come on! Well, I-I'm sure that Flash can handle it.
Well, Flash can handle just about anything excepta real woman.
Yeah, wellthat's, that's great.
I'm glad you told me that.
I really don't think it's wise to go swimming in another man's pool.
I'm not in another man's pool.
Especially if that man is Flash.
Uh, l-look, S-Sandy (CHUCKLES) Uh, I-I'm sure whatever the thing is, the problem is he can handle it.
If you just give him a chance Oh, but I wanna give YOU the chance.
Oh, thanks, thanks.
But why don't we talk about this tomorrow, OK? Or next week? (GIGGLES) I wanna do more than just talk.
Ciao.
Ciao.
Ciao.
Al, it's five o'clock in the morning.
Don't these people ever go home? Tonic, what, you lost in space? It's your party, mate! Yeah, you're right! Ziggy says there's a 60% chance that Dwayne is embezzling you guys.
That's how come your cheque bounced.
The trail is kind of fuzzy, but it appears that he's been trading and losing more money on the stock market than he makes in a year.
What about Whittler? Al, there's gotta be a prime suspect, so just have Ziggy go over the scenarios again.
Well, it looks like a three-way toss-up.
Everybody seems to be equally looking guilty or innocent, depending on which way you look at it.
Yeah, well, then, we're gonna have to keep a close eye on everybody.
Yeah.
Where's Philip right now? I don't know.
Gushie, centre me on Philip.
Gushie, quit fooling around! I'm trying to find Philip! He says he's here.
What? Also, he says there's a fifty-fifty chance that you get it now.
Now? Yeah, at the party.
Whittler! Hey, you're hurting my arm! What's wrong? How did this kid get in here? He must have slipped by when Eddie was on the door.
These kids are all alike.
They get in here and steal everything they can.
I didn't steal anything! What do you call this? Sam, that's part of your costume.
What else you got on you? What about this knife? Take it easy, would you? Look, I don't wanna hurt you, but I don't wanna get hurt either.
I'd never hurt you.
You're my father.
You're his father? Ah, next time, be sure to check your raincoat, sport! Come on.
No, w-w-wait a second.
Listen, I-I'm gonna talk to this What's your name? Philip.
Philip Silbart.
Philip here.
It's cool.
Come on.
(SIGHS) So what makes you think that I'm your father? Mu mom told me.
She always had your picture around and And your albums.
And one day she started crying andand she told me.
Told you that I was your father.
She said that You know, youyou did it after your concert in Omaha, the first time you guys came over here from England.
Well, Sam, King Thunder did play Omaha 16 years ago.
Of course then they were called The Dingles.
Things do happen after concerts.
Look, Philip, I was in Omaha a long time ago, but that doesn't mean- I sound like you.
What? I can play guitar just like you.
I sing just like you.
That's because you're my father.
A lot of people have very similar voices and sound alike when they sing.
Look.
You and I have got the same hand.
See, I got this little web of skin just like you.
I don't want any money from you.
I don't want anything.
I just want you to admit that you're my father.
SAM: 'Even though Philip and I share the set of webbed fingers, there was still only a 50% chance I was his father, but a 99% chance I was still going to get killed.
That meant to catch the killer, I was still going to have to do the concert.
' (CHUCKLES) What the hell is that? Ah, someone nicked me bloody wig! I'll have the roadies go out and fetch another one.
Stupid fans! Just remember, tonight we do my songs, right? Right.
(CHUCKLES) Right.
Then let's get this bleeding thing over with, all right? Right! Right! Bloody right! Hey, Kev, where are we? Uh, Detroit.
BOTH: Hello, Detroit! AL: Sam! Hey, Whittler, will you take this up for me? Yeah.
I'll be right out.
I justI justthink that you I think you should bail out of this.
I can't bail out of this, Al! I gottaI gotta figure out who kills Tonic and stop him! No, well, I- Hey, Tonic, what are you doing? We're ready for you.
Oh, yeah.
Well Yeah, I'm coming right out.
Coming! Hey, Dwayne, uhgotta talk to you for a second, man.
Listen, how much money of ours have you lost on the stock market so far this year? None! I mean, stocks go up and down, but Dwayne, I had a friend check in to your private account.
Now, you've been gambling more than you make.
That money's coming from somewhere.
And I'd hate to call for a personal audit, because I think we both know where that money's coming from.
Tonic, it just got a little bit away from me.
Ah, see? I told you! He's the killer! You slimy weasel! I can get it back.
Give me time.
You can have all your money now.
But you've just got to give me the chance.
OK.
OK.
Thanks, man.
And, Dwaynetonight when we leave, after the concert, I don't wanna ride in the same limo with Flash.
Andand bring all the limos around to a different exit, you know, because I-I-I hate that exit! OK.
Whatever you say.
OK? I'm sick of it.
OK.
Andthanks, man.
OK.
(EXHALES) You know, that idea about the limos is great.
I always say play it safe.
Tonic? Huh? Don't be coy with me, Tonic.
I can see it in your eyes.
You were just pretending last night.
You want me, and I want you.
What about me? Oh, boy! You got it.
What?! Dwayne told me you were here! Get out! Go on! LookFlash You are a dead man! I told you! It's Flash! He's the killer! And he doesn't wanna kill you about his songs.
He wants to kill you because of that girl, that Sandy! Al, you've been certain about three different people! Yeah, but this time I'm REALLY certain! And now you don't have to know who to look for, because it's definitely HIM! OrDewayne.
Oror Philip.
Are you done? Definitely.
(CHEERING) ROCK As I travel in space and time I want to stay, I want to go You see my face, but it's not mine You can't see, you'll never know How can we meet if I'm not there? Our hearts may touch Our bodies close But time divides what we might share It sings a song where no one goes I'm just a traveller upon the sea The time of life of faith's wide wheel Just a traveller in this mystery The me I am is all that's real to me (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) ROCK Don't forgot this is the last number! Are you gonna do my song tonight or not? Don't worry about it.
Your songs never even got published! No! Here's the song! I got a hot spot She knows how to use it Hot spot, whoa yeah! Hot spot I can't refuse it Baby, won't you turn on the heat? I got a hot spot She knows how to use it Hot spot, whoa yeah! Hot spot I can't refuse it Baby, won't you turn on the heat? Yeah, yeah, yeah Thank you! Good night! (CHEERING) Thank you! We love you, Detroit.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Move it! What was he trying to sing? I was trying to keep the song going.
Hey, hey, hey! We're not supposed to be going this way! Just keep moving! Come on! Al?! Sam, don't go that way! (CHEERING) (SHOUTS) Dad! (SCREAMING) Dad! Dwayne! Have you gone bloody daft? I had to do it to shut him up! I could have got your money back, but you couldn't wait! You couldn't wait! I knew it was you, you greedy twerp! What about our money? Dwayne's gambled most of it away.
What?! You've been losing our money? I only took what I deserved.
All you do is sing! But I put you guys together in the first place.
I made you big! I'm better than all of you put together, but you never saw that! All you thought about was your egos! So I took what was mine! Oh, yeah?! (SHOUTING) You should have let me kill him, the bleeding twit! Oh, kill him? No, no, no.
We should have killed him, brought him back to life and killed him again after what he did to us! What did he do? Oh, I mean besides attack Tonic an' all? He stole our money, you bleeding idiot! Right.
(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) We can always make more money, can't we? There's only one Tonic, right? We don't wanna lose him.
Thanks, Nick.
Yeah.
I always knew he was a shifty little twerp.
And in my bleeding wig! We ought to kill him for that alone.
You are one lucky geezer, you know that? He's right.
It had nothing to do with luck.
Actually, Philiphelped me out.
Me? Yeah.
What the heck were you reaching for in your pocket, anyway? I saw you, and then I saw somebody else reaching in their pocket, and then you yelled, and that made me jump back.
And that's why Dewayne missed me.
If you hadn't done that , I- I wanted to give you this.
Is this your mom? Yeah! And you! It was taken after your first concert.
(CHUCKLES) Not bloody likely! He was sick from drinking too many vodka tonics on stage.
He spent the night in the hospital getting his stomach pumped.
That's why we call him Tonic.
AL: He's right, Sam.
Tonic went straight from the concert to the hospital.
Look, Philip, I'm sorry.
Oh, I remember her! She came with you backstage before the concert.
She was a bit of all right, as I recall you telling me.
Before the concert? He couldn't even stand after the concert.
Sam, if Tonic went bingo-bango-bongo with Philip's mother, there's a 98% chance that you're the father.
Maybemaybe I am your father.
(LAUGHS) Hello, Dad! Good on you, Tonic! Very nice! Oh, how sweet! Thanks.
Wait.
Where are you going? I just wanted to meet my father.
I met you.
Time to go.
Wait a second.
After all these years, you don't have to go now.
I told you.
I don't want anything from you.
But if I stayed, what would I do? I hear you playing Tonic's Stratocaster.
You got good hands.
Great hands.
Not as good as my dad.
(CHUCKLES) Are you daft? I've been carrying him for years! Haven't we all? Oh, yes, indeed! What do you say, maybe you stick around, and we'll get you a job as a roadie, and maybe you can teach your old man some new licks? Maybe? I'd say you better! Huh? What do you say? (LAUGHS) Yeah! Sam, Tonic gives the kid a break, and the kid becomes one of the hottest studio musicians in London.
Ta-ta, Sam.
MAN 2: 'Gordon? Gordon? Damn it, Gordon! What's going on? Gordon? Are you there, Gordon?' Oh, God! Please help! Help! Someone help me, please! Quick! I'm being kidnapped! He's my ex-husband! He's gonna kill me! Please! Please! What are you doing in front of our business? Oh, boy! ROCK She stood six foot four Barely fit through the door But her hair was the colour of fire She said, "Baby, what you need is some horizontal speed" And I'm the one to take your desire Baby, let me take you higher Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Rock the redhead all night Rock the redhead so right Rock the redhead tonight Baby, take me higher Baby, take me through the night Yeah, yeah, yeah Rock the redhead Yeah, yeah, yeah (CHEERING)