["LOST IN A CROWD" PLAYING]
¶ Today you wake from a dream ¶
[GROANS]
¶ A nightmare it seems As the darkness unfolds ¶
¶ A light drips from your eye ¶
[EXHALES]
¶ And falls to your hand As you forget that night ¶
¶ Just when we thought That it couldn't get worse ¶
¶ I'm lost in a crowd And a standing darkness ¶
¶ And it feels like a dream But the trip gets worse ¶
¶ And I'm lost in a crowd ¶
¶ You came And painted the sky ¶
¶ You painted it white Behind our back ¶
¶ The lies that dripped From your tongue ¶
¶ And fill up our ears As we say our goodnight's ¶
¶ Just when we thought That it couldn't get worse ¶
¶ I'm lost in a crowd And a standing darkness ¶
¶ And it feels like a dream But the trip gets worse ¶
¶ And I'm lost in a crowd ¶
DR, STREET: Okay, how bad is the pain from one to ten,
with ten being the worst pain you've ever felt?
FRED: Ten,
DR, STREET: Okay, ten is the most pain you've ever felt,
FRED: Yeah, I understand the scale,
DR, STREET: Then why are you not screaming?
FRED: Not one for hysterics,
I just don't see the point,
All right, well, you my friend have sciatica,
-[GROANS] -Now, the sciatic nerve
runs from the lower back and when there's pressure on it,
then you-- Are you okay?
No, I'm good,
So, uh, how do we treat it?
Actually, not so fast, your MRI shows
you have a herniated disc in your spine,
There are several compressions along the vertebrae,
which makes it very hard to know who the culprit is, that's giving you pain,
And in your neck, you also have a pinched nerve at C-4,
Congratulations, my friend, you have the trifecta of back and neck problems,
[CLICKS TONGUE] Uh, so, do you do the operations yourself or you supervise,
-or you have a machine? -Well, let's slow down,
Well, what you have to put into the equation is the recovery time
for both the neck surgery and the two back surgeries
and also the need for physical therapy
because you're gonna have to have at least three operations,
Which means you'll be in and out of surgery for about ten years
without any real guarantee of success,
What about treating this with medication?
I can't put you on an endless stream of narcotics,
Uh, you would basically be walking around in a permanent fog
and most likely you'd become addicted,
Anti-inflammatories?
Again, I got to give you so many it would cause damage to your liver and kidneys,
You can always fight inflammation with an ice bath,
No, it's too cold,
-Physical therapy, -Your problem is not muscular,
-What about a chiropractor? -Your problem is not structural,
-What about acupuncture? -[CLICKS TONGUE]
Yeah, or we could just get some leeches
and then I can bleed you out,
-So, -So?
So,,, so, what do we do?
I'd do nothing, Um,,, I can't help you, nobody can,
I mean, look, these things sort themselves out from time to time, occasionally,
And other times, the doctor fixes them,
Not this time,
Look, I don't mean to be rude but you're the top orthopedist in the state, uh,,,
I waited for months to see you,
How is that rude?
You just said something incredibly nice to me, Thank you,
Quite honestly, I came in today with,,,
some very high expectations,
-You're frustrated, -Look, if this were your back and neck,
-what would you do? -My back and neck?
Whew, Hmm, Yikes!
Thank God, it's not, [CHUCKLES]
I would do everything,
And if I was still in unbearable pain, then I would
probably do the operations,
Even though there is very little chance of it helping,
But that's just me,
Maybe, I'm just one of those guys with back pain,
[CLICKS TONGUE] There you go,
[DOOR OPEN, SHUTS]
¶
-Hi, Beverly, -Hi, Fred,
-Hi, Charles, -Hi, Fred,
-[PANTING] Morning, -Hi, Fred,
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
Hi,
The client is Regan Stearns,
Her husband is worth a few $100 million from what I can gather,
Imports tools from China, built the business from nothing, so,,,
in choosing her divorce lawyer she needs to feel that her team is equally tough,
-Got it, -Got ya,
Just, just sit there, Don't say anything,
He needs to make the team seem big,
Ya, [CLEARS THROAT]
Nice to meet you, too,
Well, this is Fred Trolleycar, he'll be working with us,
Oh, isn't Trolleycar, Foxen and Berg?
Does my case really warrant two of the founding partners?
Fred, is actually a paralegal not a lawyer
-but he will be assisting us, -Okay,
Fred's father is my partner, But, Fred has worked here since he was this high,
I think his first task was to get my coffee,
Well, it's nice to meet you,
ATKINS: Speaking of, uh, would you like some coffee?
Uh, yes, thank you,
Great, Fred,
Oh, I can get it,
No, no, no, don't be silly, Fred's got it,
Yeah, no, I like getting my own coffee,
[COFFEE SPLASHING]
REGAN: Oh, shit,
Do you need a hand?
Oh, no, I got it, thanks,
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
You're sure I can't give you a,,,
No, I'm good,
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[COFFEE SPLASHING]
[SPLASHING CONTINUES]
[REGAN EXHALES] Okay,
[REGAN SIGHS]
So,,,
I suppose you need to hear my sob story,
Typically, it's not relevant in divorce cases in the State of California,
Oh,
Well, unless, of course, it has some bearing on how we proceed with your case,
[SIGHS] Well, um,
we were young, [CHUCKLES]
I don't know, you know, a love story
progresses along familiar lines,
A girl gets swept off her feet,
A marriage in the back yard,
We didn't have any money but we didn't care,
And then, um, a child happened, a boy,
And then,,, [INHALES]
poof, disappearing husband,
REGAN: Does a deal in China, Does another deal in China,
Makes us rich but I don't know, does he really? Heh,
Uh, well so, you know, long story short
we're divorcing because I need
more from a marriage than a four-day-a-month husband,
REGAN: He's gonna fight this,
I mean, when it comes to just getting meat off a bone
he's like, um, a,,, you know like,,,
a meat removing machine,
Don't you worry because that's what you have us for,
We're wolves when we need to be,
Oh, wolves, wolves that's, uh,,, no way, I said machine, [CHUCKLES]
Hey, a meat processing plant would have a machine,
you know, they can't use wolves, they'd eat their meat,
Thank you,
Fred, are you getting everything down?
Are you getting all this down, all the,,, feels like--
Given your husband's international ventures,
I think it would be best for us to try and establish his wealth,
You say he's away?
For a month, uh, I believe in China
but I don't know, he doesn't even tell me anymore,
-Files are in the house? -Yes, he's got tons of them,
Mr, Foxen, you really must leave for court,
Oh, yes, um, I'm so sorry please forgive me,
Make arrangements, you know what to do,
Ahem,
So, Mrs, Stearns, what I'm gonna ask you to do is to look through those files
for anything that might indicate hidden income of any kind,
Actually, we should do a really careful inventory of those files,
If-if we're looking for that one document,
you know, that he's forgotten to shred,
Well, I disagree, Uh, we can't possibly know what's in those files,
So, let's just see what you come up with,
Okay,
I'm not being insolent, you're being insolent,
I can't be insolent, I'm above you,
I think that's a naive view of how the world really works,
[EXHALES] Congratulate your father on his retirement for me, would ya?
It's because of his retiring that a partnership position's opened up here at the company,
For me,
Well, uh, congrats back at you,
And if you'll excuse me,
I need to use the bathroom,
-Hi, Maurney, -Hi, Fred,
-Hi, Beverly, -Hi, Fred,
Each of you say you want the kids full-time,
and the other is an unfit parent,
And each of you say you want the convertible,
uh, because the other is better suited for the station wagon,
-FRED: Are you retiring? -Well, uh,,, [MUMBLES]
Yes, th-th-this is my,,, son, Fred,
And yes I am retiring, [CHUCKLES]
but not before the successful dissolution of your marriage,
So, I don't want you to worry,
[EXHALES] Fred, you can go,
We'll talk later,
[EXHALES] I'm sorry,
Um, so,,, [SIGHS WEARILY]
[EXHALES]
[CLICKS TONGUE] Excuse me for just a minute,
Your back again?
Did you get the orthotics?
It's not the feet,
It all starts with the feet,
Now, you've gotta go to the podiatrist,
When were you gonna tell me?
[GRUNTS]
Did you not get the email about the retirement party, it's next week,
Email, Yeah, I got an email about a retirement party,
which I didn't look at very closely
because I figured it's probably not somebody in my own family,
Well, you should've read it,
I thought this firm was something we were building together,
-Trolleycar and Son, -[SIGHS WEARILY]
Fred, I built this when you were in kindergarten,
Now, if you felt this way, why didn't you go to law school,
Well, I should go, I'm having a meeting,
-Oh, can you get up? -Yeah, I'm,,,
[TALKING OVER EACH OTHER]
-Okay, hang on, Get up, -[GRUNTING]
-There you go, -I got it, I did it,
-Okay, -Okay, Sure you did,
-Hi, Beverly, -Hi, Fred,
-Hey, Charles, -Hi, Fred,
-Hi, Maurney, -Hi, Fred,
Ten years is usually the limit in a no-cutoff state,
-How was the bathroom? -Uh, the bathroom was fine,
Great, 'Cause the bathroom is that way and you came from that way,
so I'm not sure how that works,
[GROANS]
-Are you all right? -Fine, in severe pain,
You know, debilitating, at times,
You know, I have an amazing acupuncturist,
I was having really, really bad neck pain,
I couldn't turn my neck or drive my car,
And I'm like 80% right now,
-Uh, I'm pursuing western medicine, -His name is Dr, Huang,
Here,
His father was an acupuncturist,
His grandfather was an acupuncturist,
Must've been under tremendous pressure to become an acupuncturist
Are you calling right now? Don't call right now,
-I'll forget, -Hang it up,
-It's ringing,
[PHONE RINGING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Mr, Trolleycar?
-Yes, -We're ready to see you,
Uh, great, Not exactly sure how this works,
but I have written down a fairly comprehensive medical history
for the, uh, doctor,
Uh, no, that won't be necessary,
Dr, Huang will learn what he need to know from your body,
[WOMAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ON TV]
¶
What?
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
He's sure everything is fine,
But he didn't say anything to you,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
How do you do that?
Do what?
It's very unusual for needles to make noise when they vibrate,
Huh,
Try to relax,
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
¶
[MUSIC STOPS]
That's it,
-Yeah? -Yup,
-All? -Yup,
Okay,
There's not one like hanging out,
that's gonna go into my lung?
No,
[SIGHS IN RELIEF]
Huh, Well, okay,
That's a better range of motion than I had before,
Not perfect, but, yeah,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dr, Huang recommends a series of treatments,
Oh, he does, does he? Okay, yeah, braggart,
Um, yeah, let's set it up,
["LIBRE" PLAYING]
¶ Last night While I was dreaming ¶
¶ I thought I fell asleep ¶
¶ But what was a dream ¶
¶ What was a dream Were my traveling eyes ¶
¶ I heard a streaming ¶
[SIGHS]
¶ Coming straight out Of the evening ¶
¶ Where all the animals Came together ¶
Huh,
¶ They spoke to higher places ¶
¶ To protect of what They claim to stalk ¶
¶ And all the fruits That if they know so well ¶
¶ If they come or not ¶
¶ When water meets the air ¶
¶ And the grass and the grass and the grass starts to not ¶
¶ And all the colors Were mysterious ¶
[SONG CONTINUES IN SPANISH]
[DOORBELL RINGS]
-Hi, how are you? A house call, -Hi,
Oh, well not exactly, I was literally kind of zooming by and, um,
um, I, uh,,,
I went to Dr, Huang yesterday,
And he was really great,
-I told you, -Well, you were right,
It can really seem to help,
-I told you, -And I'm telling you,
Thank you,
And I'm responding, you're welcome
-Well, well, -Well,
-[BOTH CHUCKLE] -Oh, okay, yeah,
Look, I was thinking as-as a thank you,
if you wanted I could go through your husband's documents
-and see if I could find something, -Yes,
That, that would be amazing,
-Sure, it's no problem, -They're in the garage,
-Why don't you walk this way and I'll open it, -Yeah,
[GARAGE DOOR OPENING]
[CHUCKLES]
[INHALES]
-That's a lot, -It's a lot,
Yeah, um, okay, We should, we should attack this with some sort of game plan,
sounds like great, um,,,
If you need me, I'll be inside, I'm actually in the middle of a yoga private, so,,,
-Oh, Okay, -Is that okay?
-Yeah, Of course, -Yeah,
Good luck,
[,,, PLAYING]
¶ I could go out ¶
¶ But I rather not have ¶
¶ Enough to drink ¶
¶ To be outside ¶
¶ I should watch the waves ¶
¶ 'Cause you're sitting still ¶
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
Try to make the back of your neck as long as possible,
You know, I feel like it's as long as it goes,
-No,,, just let your head hang-- -Ow! Ow!
-it hurts, -Okay,
-It shouldn't hurt, -Ouch, it's so long right now,
Right, just let your head hang, try to relax into it,
There's a school of thought
that says stretching's actually bad for you,
It increases your-your tolerance for pain,
making you more susceptible to, um, injury,
Uh, stretching is the basis of yoga,
The healing art that's been proven effective for thousands of years,
Well, all right, You got the new information, too, so,
do with it, what you will,
-Should we close the door -No, it's okay, we could, um,,,
Let's just do the shivasana,
Oh, yeah,
-He said it's in theaters now? -Yeah, it opened last night,
-I cannot wait, -We should go, you wanna go tonight?
Tonight?
Ugh, I have a friend's engagement party tonight,
-Okay, well, I'm free all weekend, if, uh,,, -Okay, yeah,
Yeah, maybe, And if not I have you down for next Tuesday, 3:00,
-Yeah, -And did you get a chance to write--
-Oh, yeah, Here, -Thank you,
Thank you, It was really good, That was great, It was so good,
-Yes, see you next week, -[CLEARS THROAT] Okay,
¶
[CAR DOOR OPENS]
So, then, Jenny's like, "What the fuck, you cheated on me!"
And I'm like,,, you know, I've gotta think faster than normal, you know,
but my brain's coming up with nothing,
So, I'm just staring at her, and I start screaming back,
"I didn't cheat on you, I did this for you, Ally, the girl I banged,
"I'm just seeing if she's, you know, like, the right fit for us,"
and I end up way madder at her for not wanting to have a threesome with me
than she is with me for cheating,
And-And now she's just gonna go, like, get back to me which is,,,
Who are you?
Hey, you must be, Alex,
-Who are you, though? -Hey, Alex, This is, Fred,
He's with the, uh, closet design company, He's gonna help us fix the, uh,
[SIGHS] the garage up,
-Uh, dude, let's go, -Okay, yeah,
REGAN: You gonna be home for dinner?
[MUTTERS]
[REGAN EXHALES]
When you gonna tell him?
It's not really your business,
Right, I'll just work on these closet designs,
-I'm thinking maybe, like, a couple of tiny closets, -[CHUCKLES] After,
It's, like, with little, little doors,
Each the size of a shoe,
-Like, hamster size-- -After, I'm gonna tell him after
-I tell his father-- -Thinking two tiny little closets, like, a-a foot,
by a foot, Two square feet,
[REGAN SOBBING]
¶
-[EXHALES] I'm okay, -Are you?
Yeah, my neck is out,
-Can you get me a heating pad, please? -Yeah, sure,
But ice is better, though,
-they say-- -Neither work and ice is too cold,
Yes, isn't it?
Actually, can you pull up Dr, Huang's number for me?
-It's in my phone, -Yeah,
Thank you,
Okay, There you are,
Should be ringing,
Up higher, Oh, I have an itch on my nose,
Can you scratch like right-- [CHUCKLES]
No, under the right nostril to the right,
Oh, please, come on use your finger,
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
That works-- [LAUGHS]
Hi, this is Regan Stearns, how are you?
Oh, I have a bit of an emergency,
Do you think you can see if Dr, Huang has an opening for today?
Does it hurt all the time or just when you move?
Why?
I don't know,
I have pain pills, right in front of me, that cabinet,
Okay,
-Let's see, there's, uh, Percocet-- -Percocet,
Percocet it is,
Huh,
[GROANING]
Two, please,
-Two? -Yeah, I always double the dose,
[SCOFFS]
Can you,,,
FRED: So, this box, Is this any good?
Yeah, I hate it, but it works for me,
-Huh, -You gotta do the work,
-What work? -This guy came up with his own diagnosis,
[SIGHS] called TMS,
He says it's the root of all long neck and back pain, There's a checklist,
I highlighted it, I'm gonna check it out,
-[REGAN GROANS] -Here it is,
"TMS is a harmless condition caused by myo repressed emotions,
The difference of all emotion is my repressed anger,
TMS exists only to distract my attention from the emotions,
I will not be concerned or intimidated by the pain,
I will shift my attention from the pain to emotional issues,
I intend to be in control,"
[REGAN GROANING]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Dr, Huang?
Excuse me,,,
In your opinion, could this maybe be psychological?
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
He says he hears your back,
We all hear it, It must be physiological,
How could it be in all our heads?
Right?
Yeah,
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
I was married once,
-You were? -Like two years, almost
Almost hit the two-year,
What happened there?
We were terrible together, [CHUCKLES]
It was awful,
Got out-Got out [CHUCKLES] just in time,
-So you both wanted the divorce? -Neither of us wanted it,
but it had to happen, you know,
I mean, people don't get that they don't get, like,
how hard it is to deal with
the loss of even, like, ugly, miserable love, you know,
It's still love,
You wanna try?
-You want some of mine? -Thank you, Not now,
Can you keep a look out to the left,
-Why's that? -I can't turn my neck that way,
-[CHUCKLES] -No way really?
I can't turn to the right, my left is just, like,,,
spot on, though, - Look,
-Oh, that's awful, -[LAUGHS]
-But look at the right, -That's like an Olympian's right,
-Whoo! -That's great,
-Together we have a great neck, -Oh, yeah,
-No, shit, -Oh!
[THUD]
Shit,
-You want a Percocet? -FRED: Hurts my stomach,
Well, I don't know, Tylenol?
-My doctor won't let me have it, -[REGAIN CHUCKLES]
REGAN: It's like the most benign drug ever,
[CLEARS THROAT] Doesn't even do anything,
It's like baby food,
Dull the pain?
I'll take it,
REGAN: You should do the work,
What are you so angry about that you're repressing,
I'm not angry, I fell in your garage,
[CHUCKLES] You didn't even crash that hard,
You're supposed to go through your body
and feeling by feeling, thought by thought,
figure out what's making you so mad,
I don't think I'm gonna do that,
-[LAUGHS] Why? -It's horrible,
I don't-I don't approve of it,
You don't approve, what does that even mean?
[CHUCKLES] All right, I have known people who are very
in touch with their anger and very comfortable showing it,
And they make life miserable for everyone around them,
It creates this terrible environment,
I mean, I know-I know our society, right now, says
whatever you're feeling it's valid
and let it out, but I think that's really selfish,
[SIGHS WEARILY]
I was a hostess,,,
at, um, you remember Shay La, no, Shay Tu?
-La, L-La, -L-La?
That sounds right, that sounds about right,
-The-the-- -Wh-What's with "the"?
Um, anyway,,,
Stone would come in all the time,
and all these regulars would hit on me,
And one day, he came up to me and said,
"My turn,"
-[LAUGHS] -I was,,,
I was like, "I don't date customers,"
Good,
And he said, "Come on, let's just get this over with
so I can get you out of my dreams,"
-[SCOFFS] -Oh, boy,
-And I was like,,, -Oh, come on,
It was so cheesy and I loved it,
-And that was it, huh? -No,
[CLICKS TONGUE] I played hard to get,
He chased,
Big time,
Thought it was fun,
[SIGHS] Ha-ha,
[CLEARS THROAT]
I didn't realize what I was doing,
What were you doing?
I was turning myself into a trophy,
[BLOWS RASPBERRY]
Man, I don't even know what I did with my wedding ring,
Just gone one day,
-Maybe it's on your nightstand, -I checked the nightstand,
I checked it hard 'cause, man, I wanted to throw that thing out in the ocean,
Oh, yeah, you need that cathartic moment,
I did throw away my wedding shoes, though,
-Oh, -Perfectly good shoes,
-Well, that'll show 'em, -Yeah,
You can see, you know,
You can just try if it doesn't feel good, you can put 'em back on,
[CHUCKLES]
I'm free,
[EXHALES]
¶
-[REGAN SIGHS IN RELIEF] -[GLASSES CLINK]
[MUSIC VIBRATION]
You guys ever heard of chess boxing?
I just saw it on YouTube,
One round of chess, one round of boxing,
Yeah,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
My father would like to know--
He's your father?
Yes, Dr, Huang would like to know
if, it's okay with you, if my brother plays along,
-What do you mean? -He's a cellist,
He's here now and would like to play along with your back,
You serious?
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
No, I honestly didn't know if you were serious,
It's fine, Yeah, bring him in,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
It's nice working for your father,
Yes,
I mean, it has its issues, but the security is priceless,
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[PLAYING CELLO]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[PHONE VIBRATING]
¶
-Hey, -REGAN: I didn't hear you leave,
Um, I gotta go,
Listen, I found more files,
-if you have time this week, -Yeah,
Oh, my, my--
I know, don't even get me started,
It's our longest-standing fight, he won't get rid of anything,
-FRED: Look at this,,, -REGAN: He's proud
to be important, Nice, Suits you,
Well, thank you,
¶
,,,then I highlighted it in blue,
[CLEARS THROAT]
-Look, I couldn't see the number anyway, -[BOTH LAUGHING]
["DANCE CARD" PLAYING]
¶ How am I ¶
¶ On your dance card? ¶
¶ You and I ¶
¶ We never seem To work that hard ¶
¶You and your golden ¶
¶ Rising stairs ¶
¶ You and your best friend ¶
¶ But who cares ¶
¶ Take me off ¶
¶ Of the back wall ¶
¶ Dress me up ¶
¶ Walk me down the hall ¶
¶ You and your golden ¶
¶ Rising stairs ¶
-That was-- -It was funny, yeah,
Off we go,
-This is nice, -It is, And here's my dad,
Let me introduce you, Hey, Dad,
Oh, excuse me,
-Want a glass of wine? -Yes, please,
This is Regan,
-Hi, -Hey, Regan,
-Nice to meet you and congratulations, -Thank you,
Oh, well, thank you very much,
And, thank you for dressing for the occasion,
[ALL CHUCKLE]
Uh, have you known each other long?
-No, Not long, Um,,, -Okay,
Okay, um,
oh, do you know Fred from pottery? Is that where you--
Actually, I've been, uh, working on Regan's case now for a couple of weeks,
Oh, uh,,, she's a client?
FRED: Dad, don't,
[SIGHS WEARILY] Fred,
Um, excuse me,
Motherfucker,
It's just, you know, about his retirement,
Hi, Mrs, Stearns, great to see you,
Thank you, You as well,
Yeah, you look great, Fred, can I talk to you for a second?
Yes,
-Just give me a sec, -Excuse us, Sorry,
What are you doing?
-Calm down, -Pretty calm,
Well, you aren't pretty calm,
Fred, I think you have to know that dating a client is a terrible idea,,,
I don't know that, No, you don't know that,
,,,on so many levels, ethical, legal,
Really? Really? I do know that, I think you know it, too,
And this is an intentionally aggressive move on your part
-to undermine me, -It' not about you,
And at best it's unintentional and passive-aggresive,
Fred, a divorce puts a person in a fragile state,
-I've been divorced, -Then you should know better,
Fred, [CHUCKLES] are you kidding me?
You are dating a, uh, a client, hmm?
[SIGHS GRIMLY] Do you know that the minute she gets bored with you,
she's going to find another lawyer?
Now, it is not fair to this firm
for you to be putting these billings at risk,
Okay?
Think about that,
-Are you okay? -Yeah, it's just some work stuff
-coming up, -Everyone, could I have your attention, please,
It's not very often in life that we come across a 50-year relationship,
A marriage maybe, if you're lucky, [CHUCKLES]
-[EXHALES] -But who could expect
a business relationship to last for 50 years?
Well, I could,
If that relationship was with David Trolleycar,
-[APPLAUSE] -Thank you for building this firm with me,
You know, I would, um,
come into the city for 50 years,
Fifty years, twice a day, I'd pass this golf course
that was up against, this really, truly, majestic mountain,
And I got the idea in my head that, someday,
I was gonna golf right up that mountain,
[FOXEN CHUCKLES]
What did Atkins want?
Uh, he was just being him,
I hate millennials,
How about a movement in better parenting,
They're just terrible people,
Was it about me?
They say we shouldn't date,
'Cause if it went badly, you would leave the firm,
-That is so selfish, -Yeah,
I should leave just because he said that,
Yeah, they're good lawyers though,
You can't be too happy there,
I'm not,
What are you gonna do about it?
[SIGHS WEARILY] Nothing,
Your making a right?
[EXHALES] Yeah,
Thought I'd drop you off at home,
¶
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[ALL LAUGHING]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[ALL LAUGHING]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Mr, Trolleycar?
Yeah,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Is there something you do to play your back?
Like what?
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Do you think about moving energy through your body?
No,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Do you think about the music?
Are you playing it in your mind?
Um, I think I mostly just think about the pain,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
¶
How many sandwiches are in here,
I thought we'd be here longer,
For several meals? There's gotta be, like, ten sandwiches in here,
Well, if I'd known it was gonna be this easy, I'd,,,
I mean I wonder why I didn't just take a Saturday, 20 years ago and knock this off,
There's harder mountains out there you could climb,
That's not what it's about for me,
It's not that I actually enjoy hiking,
It represented the thing I was giving up,
Well, when you literally try to hike up something figurative,
there's bound to be some disappointment,
Hey, I still don't know what to do about Atkins, What would you do in my situation?
-Well, I wouldn't be in this situation, -Youd don't know that,
Well, I know I didn't spend 25 years of my career, working for my father,
Do you know how many times they would've fired you if I hadn't stopped them,
How many times they threatened me to fire you,
unless I supported Jarred to be head council on our best cases,
It was never about the work,
-Jarred, did that? -Oh, Fred, Fred, Fred,
Are you an idiot?
They squeezed me out,
Tch,
I-I-I had a,,, few bad years of low billings and,,,
I wasn't getting the high-end clients,
referred to me,
I mean, Jarred is,,,
such a cock,,, sucker!
¶
-Good morning, -Hey, Fred,
-Hey, Charles, -Hi, Fred,
-Hey, Beverly, -Hi, Fred,
[EXHALES]
Hey, are those the files?
I was in the middle of digesting those,
Um, I reassigned that to Samantha,
Why? Did you give away all my cases?
Fred, can I talk to you for a second?
Atkins asked me to,
He said he doesn't trust you with clients anymore,
What?
Come on, man,
You know this is a sticky situation,
You started dating one of his clients,
You think he was going to do nothing,
I suppose,
[SIGHS] I'll just use this time to write a letter or, uh,,,
poem or something,
Hope that no one comes into this office with a gun and,,,
shoots Atkins,
Is that something you think could happen?
It's unlikely, I imagine,
¶ I hope no one shoots Atkins with a gun ¶
[HUMMING]
You can't threaten people's lives, Fred,
I know, I know, It was a joke,
Did anyone laugh?
If no one is laughing,
then, you have to ask yourself, was it really a joke?
He's a hard guy to respect,
You don't have to respect him, Just do what he says,
Atkins is a partner in the firm, now, He's my partner,
I've been working here since I was seven,
Yes, and you're like a son to me,
-But,,, -But?
[CLICKS TONGUE] Like a son, isn't quite a son,
Like, you wouldn't give me a kidney,
Oh, certainly not,
[PHONE RINGING]
-REGAN: Hello, -Hi,
Hi, Fred,
I'm a,,, [CLICKS TONGUE]
calling because I finished those closet designs,
and I thought maybe I could show 'em to you,
-Aah, well, could you just fax them over? - Um,
I drew the designs on my penis,
-Why didn't you just use paper? - I thought I was,
Um, you see my penis is perfectly flat,
¶
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Mr, Trolleycar,
Hi, do we know each other?
Oh, I see you on Mornings with Zhang and Coca
Ah, good old Zhang, Yeah, Coca's nice, too,
-The other night [SIGHS] -Ah, don't, don't, do,,,
just let it go,
No, To-to set myself,
on a new path in life, a new course,
I had to summon all my courage,
and it felt amazing,
It still feels amazing, it's, like,
you know, the best I feel,
But when something like the other night happens,
and you say you're not happy but you won't
change anything,,,
That's like an anchor on my courage,
Yeah,
I wanna be the wind that blows your courage out to space,
Let me tell you something, I'm gonna make that law office a place that I love to work,
And I'm gonna do it reasonably and responsibly like an adult does things,
Mr, Trolleycar, I just want to thank you,
I have trouble sleeping, but now, I put on your music and I'm out,
-You have a recording? -Oh, um, it's bootleg,
-[REGAN CHUCKLING] -So sorry, Your meal is on the house tonight,
I like you, [SIGHS]
I like you, too,
I feel like,,,
I'm my true self
when I'm with you,
Good,
REGAN: But,,,
I also feel that the feelings I'm feeling
might be transitional,
Like rebound feelings and it might not be about you at all,
No, I don't think so, I don't think that's it,
You know, they may probably,,, They might be real feelings,
Eh,,, [EXHALES]
All right, rebound feelings, right, are strong feelings,
-Hmm, -Yeah, they're strong feelings, about me,
-You just said so, -Mm-hmm,
People fall in love on the rebound all the time,
They get married on the rebound, I mean,,,
So, isn't it possible that these strong rebound feelings
that you're having are also true feelings,
I suppose,
I suppose, too,
This is from table five,
-Oh, -Oh, table five?
I don't know your numbering system, it could be anybody,
-Oh, -Ah, Thank you,
Well, thank you,
There you go,
¶
FRED: Oh, God, Okay, okay,
FRED: " Patients are encouraged to talk to their backs,
The person is asserting themself,
telling the back that he is not gonna put up with the current state of affairs,
Patients report that they can actually abort
an episode of pain by doing this,"
That's just some crazy crap,
I can't believe you believe this,
Don't judge it, till you try it,
[FRED EXHALES]
Hey, back,,,
[MIMICS BACK] Hi, Fred,
-[BOTH CHUCKLE] --Hi, back,
[MIMICS BACK] How's it going?
Really, really well,
-Look who I'm in bed with, -Fred,,,
[BREATHING IN AND OUT] Back I don't want you to hurt me anymore,
[NORMAL VOICE] Well, then I won't do it,
[CAR APPROACHES]
[GASPING] Oh, fuck!
-Hello, -Hi,
-Hey, -[KEYS JANGLE]
-You're home early, -Yeah, closed the deal early,
-Oh, wow, -Almost--
-That early! Uh, th-- -Almost too early,
-Hi, -Hey,
-Uh,,, -Oh, how's it going?
-Hey, -This is Fred,
-Dad, -Hey,
-Hey, did you, uh,
did you go surfing today?
-No, -You wanna head out tomorrow morning?
-Yeah, -Yeah,
-So, uh, Fred-- -He's from the closet company,
-[REGAN CLEARS THROAT] -He's organizing everything,
Really?
Yeah, it's a,,, I wanted to surprise you,
Surprise! [LAUGHS SHEEPISHLY]
Well, I'm surprised,
-Baby, thank you, -No matter,
Can I see, uh, some of your designs?
Uh, yeah, I-I would say, you know, I don't have a design,
-Yet, Phase one is inventory, -It's early,
A careful inventory of your needs that's where I am, right now,
Well, I-I know my needs pretty well,
and now that I know, I'd like to have some input,
Sure,
I really wanna make sure there's a lot of hanging files,
Uh, that's great, that's great, that's where we'll start,
Um, so say this is a wall,,,
-Hmm, -and what we'll do is like a series of
files, filing cabinets,
And each one of those will,,, You can hang files in,
And then, up on top of that,
there seems to be room for the boxes
and you could just go ahead and we could keep all the boxes,
But the whole idea would be to unpack the boxes,
Right?
Of course, so you know what, we could,,,
This happens all the time,
We'll just rethink it, we'll come up with a new design,
Have you seen the plastic bins?
-Sure, -Yeah,
So what we could do is have a bin system,
You know, the bins are, like, slightly different shape,
and they can hold little box holes,
And then, you have a,,, You can see right through the bins,
You know where your stuff is going,
And so, you look at the wall and you know,,,
that's the one,
But I'd still have the problem of having to move a lot of stuff to get at something,
So, we need to get the stuff on the bottom without having
to move the stuff on the top,
Why don't I just take that concept
-back to laboratory, -The laboratory?
It's just what I call the office, um,,,
Don't worry, I'll work this stuff out,
Maybe I'll get, like, model 3-D walkthroughs together,
And, uh,,,
[PAPER RUSTLING]
I think I have your,,, I have your email,
-REGAN: Hmm, -So, I'll go through you,
I'll make some notes now, and we could end this meeting,
And I'll just write down some things we've talked about,
Just not sure how good this guy is,
Yeah, I don't know, he came highly recommended, but,,,
I just wanna say,
I know that my hoarding was our biggest fight,
And, um,,, [SIGHS] I'm so touched by you doing this,
And I'll get rid of some of that junk, I swear, I will,
I'm sorry, We take these stupid positions,
I missed you,
Oh, yeah? I missed you, too,
¶
[FRED PANTING]
Oh, not now,
[GROANS] Not now,
God damn, now?
[GROANS]
Maybe just lay him on the couch,
The couch? [PANTING]
You-you didn't trip on anything that we left out there?
-No, I didn't, -And-and the area
is,,, it's well-lit, wouldn't you agree?
I'm not trying to place blame here, That's not,,,
That's good, I honestly don't think there's any blame
to place, other than of course the bad decision to rollerblade at night,
I just need a minute to gather myself,
And I'll be out of your hair,
You stay until you are ready to go,
And, of course, it is your decision and your responsibility
to seek medical attention if you feel it's appropriate, we're not preventing that,
You're in no condition to go anywhere,
you should stay in the guest room,
You should stay in the guest room,
¶
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[LAUGHTER]
[GROANS]
[FRENCH SONG PLAYING]
FRED: Oh!
[GROANING]
[REGAN LAUGHING] Okay,
[REGAN MOANING]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
¶
[FRED GROANING]
[ALARM BLARING]
[FRED EXCLAIMS]
Ow!
Fred, come on, you are not well,
-I'm fine, -You didn't hit your head, did you?
-It's the best its ever been, -Oh, come on, we need to get you inside,
-No, you don't, -Yes, you do, Come on,
-Okay, -Are you okay?
I'm fine,
I will sign any waiver,
-I gotta go, -We need to get you--
I gotta go, [WHINES] Let me out,
I need to see him right away,
I'm in a tremendous amount of pain, I'm really desperate,
-You know where the Minh Theater is? -CAB DRIVER: Yeah,
Do you live upstairs from here?
No, the owner is a patient,
He'll let us perform,
And I wonder, if he's referring to me,
-FRED: I don't wanna have acupuncture in here, -Find me,
referring to me,
Well, my father said if you don't wanna perform,
you're going to have to make an appointment during his normal office hours,
ACTRESS: ,,,the label on everything,
I think he doesn't wanna say that we're dating,
[APPLAUSE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
¶
Your back, it's producing a diminished chord, do you know that?
Do you know what a diminished chord is?
A record that's been reduced in size,
Well, it conveys this deep, constant sadness,
Oh!
Do you have a sad body?
["SWIM UNTIL YOU CAN'T SEE LAND" PLAYING]
¶ I salute at the threshold ¶
¶ Of the North Sea of my mind ¶
¶ And I nod to the boredom That drove me here ¶
¶ To face the tide ¶
¶ And I swim ¶
You can get up now,
[FRED GRUNTS] Ho! What's going on?
Do you know why my back still hurts?
No,
¶ The sea has seen My like before ¶
¶ Though it's my first And perhaps last time ¶
¶ Let's call me a baptist ¶
¶ Call this a drowning Of the past ¶
I love your sound,
It's like this freaky, grotesque beautiful thing,
And it could get some attention,
you know, like weird press is good press,
My band's playing at Coachella next week,
You guys should come, play with us,
There's gonna be thousands of people there,
So many people,
I don't know,
Well, think about it, you could be a rockstar,
It's good playing with you, kid,
No, he doesn't understand you,
Thanks that means a lot, I love Frightened Rabbit,
¶ Dip a toe in the ocean ¶
¶ Oh, how it hardens And it numbs ¶
¶ The rest of me Is a version of man ¶
¶ Built to collapse in crumbs¶
¶ And if I hadn't come ¶
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
¶ to the coast to disappear ¶
¶ May have died In the landslide ¶
¶ Of rocks and hopes And fears ¶
¶ Let's call me a baptist ¶
¶ Call this a drowning Of the past ¶
¶ She is there On the shoreline ¶
¶ Throwing stones at my back ¶
¶ So I swim Until you can't see land ¶
¶ Swim until you can't See land ¶
¶ Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? ¶
¶
-Hi, Maurney, -Hi, Fred,
-Hi, Charles, -Hey, Fred,
-Hi, Beverly, -Hi, Fred,
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
You got a minute?
Are you armed?
I'm non-violent,
Come on, just close the door,
[DOOR CLOSES]
[EXHALES] Huh!
[CLEARS THROAT]
Setting the hand brake, huh?
We're not on a hill,
Yeah, you never know,
[SIGHS]
I never thought you were violent,
That's not what bothered me, That's not the problem,
Do you know what the problem is?
Ah,,, [SIGHS WEARILY]
Okay, let's,,,
Let's just say I'm not gonna say what I'm thinking,
You won't accept that I'm your boss,
Well,
You can't accept what your actual [CHUCKLES] position is here at the company,
Yeah, you're no longer the nine-year-old son of the managing partner
-and you can't keep acting like it, -All right, we're, uh,,,
We're saying the unsaid, so, good, you know, maybe,,,
Maybe this will help us appreciate each other a little bit more,
No, I shouldn't need to appreciate you,
Appreciation should be a bonus, [EXHALES]
ATKINS: I want you to take a few days,
I want you to really think about what we talked about here today,
Because if you can't come back with a very different attitude,
then we're gonna have to consider this a permanent break,
Understood?
Yeah,
Great,
Fred, uh, I'm not saying this to make you feel bad,
but I gotta ask that you stop saying hello to everyone as you pass by,
-It's just too much, -[SNICKERING] Yeah,
Um, I think they expect it, It's been many, many years of being friendly,
I know for a fact that they'd be relieved,
You don't know that for a fact,
I do,
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[FRED GROANING]
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[ICE CLATTERING]
[PANTING]
[SCREAMING] Fuck!
[EXHALING RAPIDLY]
[SCREAMING] Oh, Fuck!
A 12,
-Okay, what if we rotate just a little-- -Fifteen,
Out of ten, I still maintain you do not get the scale,
I get it, It's every body's one through ten scale,
-That's a 17, -Oh, Jesus Christ!
DR, STREET: All right, let's operate, [SIGHS WEARILY]
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
Hello?
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
MALE NURSE: All right, Mr, Trolleycar, Oh, my God, Hold on, I'm coming,
Here we go, let's get you up,
FRED: In a minute, the pain will lessen and then, I'll,,,
And then, I'll get up, Just gonna wait it out,
It smells bad, did you-did you go to the bathroom?
-Yeah, I did, -Great, okay,
I'm gonna wait right here outside the door, okay?
FRED: All right,
Ah,,, [EXHALES]
FRED: You know, I tried to be a good person,
I tried so hard,
What is a good person? What does that even mean?
Gandhi's a good person,
Gandhi? Okay, you're not a good person,
I don't treat anybody poorly,
I never have,
I don't get angry,
I'm understanding,
I try to see the big picture,
I think that's a kind of enlightenment,
You have the best attitude of anyone I've ever met
at such a low point,
FRED: Is it a low point? Or is that the outside world judging?
I'm just at a point,,,
[CLICKS TONGUE]
I think it's a low point,
You know, you're lying in your own shit and you're trapped and you're in pain, and,,,
-[CELLPHONE VIBRATING] -Oh, sorry,
[EXHALES] Hey,
How are his tap shoes not there?
Okay, can you check his room because he sleeps with them, sometimes,
MALE NURSE: Yeah, no, I brought 'em to work,
I wanted to show my friends my son's tap shoes,
[WATER DRIPPING]
[DRIPPING CONTINUES]
[SLAPPING ON ARM]
[TAP DANCING IN DISTANCE]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[ECHOING LAUGHTER]
¶
-[SMACKS] -[GRUNTS]
[WHEELCHAIR MOTOR WHIRRING]
[CARS HONKING]
[WHEELCHAIR MOTOR STARTING]
[THUD]
¶
[WHEELCHAIR MOTOR REVVING]
Atkins!
[CLATTERING]
Can I help you, Fred?
Fuck you!
From me to you, "Fuck you!"
All right, you know what, Fred? You're fired,
It is ridiculously obvious that I am quitting, asshole,
[WHEELCHAIR MOTOR REVVING]
¶
[KIDS CHATTERING]
[WHEELCHAIR CRASHES]
[SIGHS]
Regan! Regan, come to the door, Regan!
Hey, Stone,
Could I speak with Regan, please?
She's not home,
Her car is here,
She's not home,
[DOOR SLAMS]
[WHEELCHAIR MOTOR STARTING]
[MOTOR STOPS]
Go home,
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[WHEELCHAIR MOTOR STARTING]
Tell your dad to meet me at Coachella,
We're gonna play with Something Rabbit,
I'll meet him at will call, I gotta go,
What's up?
-You really going to the desert? -Yeah,
-You're not going to make it, -I know,
We'll take you out if you get us into the concert,
You pay for gas,
We'll split the gas,
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING]
¶
Atkins!
Twenty-five years, Fred, you stayed your whole adult life,
If you didn't respect my decision to stay, why did you defend it?
It's not okay for a father to want to work with his son?
It's not okay to disrespect my decision to do it, At least think well of me,
You're a grown man, Fred,
What are you doing still looking for my approval?
It's pathetic,
[OPERATIC MUSIC CONTINUES]
FRED: Regan!
Regan! Regan!
[SIGHS] Regan!
Regan!
Come with me,
Hey, have some respect for marriage,
You can do this, We can do this,
It didn't mean anything, by the way,
-It did, -STONE: It did not,
-Yes, it did, -STONE: It did not,
That's not true!
The only reason she did it is because she gets lonely,
Don't waste the rest of your life in what's best a B-plus marriage,
- I'm gonna kick your ass, - Stop stalking us, freak,
Come on, Come on down,
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
I wish I could,
Change your mind, Come to Coachella with me,
Just come with me,
This is my family,
We were having an affair, Fred, can't you see that?
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING STOPS]
[MUSIC STOPS]
-Mr, Trolleycar? -Mr, Trolleycar?
Hey, pull over,
[ENGINE STOPS]
This way,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[MUSICAL VIBRATIONS]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC SOFTENS]
["KARMA KING" PLAYING]
¶ Karma King yeah Karma King ¶
¶ Tell us what you're doing ¶
¶ Break your back Crackerjack ¶
¶ Karma King, yeah Karma King ¶
¶ Do everything ¶
¶ Karma King Come set us free ¶
¶ The junkies crawl On wounded knees ¶
¶ The freedom fighters Never call ¶
¶ Karma King, Karma King ¶
¶ Do everything ¶
¶ Karma King Come set us free ¶
¶ The junkies crawl On wounded knees ¶
¶ The freedom fighters Never call ¶
¶ Karma King, Karma King ¶
¶ I want to wake up I want to wake up ¶
¶ I want to wake up ¶