Waves (2019)

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(WOMAN BREATHING HEAVILY)

(SOFT RATTLING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(CHILDREN CHATTERING
IN DISTANCE)

(DRUMS BEATING)

TYLER: (TRILLING)
Come on, Mami!

Come on!

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

♪♪ Oh, a bridge that
someone's fighting over

♪♪ A bridge that
someone's fighting over

♪♪ A bridge so old
so let it go

♪♪ Where's the bridge
that's gonna take me home?

♪♪ A bridge that
someone's fighting over

♪♪ A bridge that
someone's praying over

♪♪ A bridge so old
so let it go

(TYLER VOCALIZING)

Wait. Ready? Ready? Ready?

Trust me?
Do you trust me, baby?

Do you trust me?
Do you trust me?

Put your f*cking...
Put your hands on the wheel.

- Give me a kiss.
- Put your...

♪♪ The bridge that
someone's fighting over

♪♪ A bridge that
someone's fighting for

♪♪ A bridge so old
so let it go ♪♪

(BELL RINGING)

COACH WISE: All right.
No lazy steps.

Let's go ahead and run it off.

I want constant
fluid movement today.

- Is that understood?
- WRESTLERS: Yes, coach!

COACH WISE:
And you better come

into every single match
with a plan,

because you better believe
if you don't have a plan,

your rival does.

- (WHISTLE BLOWS)
- All right!

Go ahead and pair up.

Find your battle buddies
right now.

I need you to leave
everything on the mat

and keep it
in the circle.

Remember,
you are future holders

of the great machine.
Let's go!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)

TEACHER: Every time
you walk out this door,

you look at that sign,

Carpe Diem. Seize the day.

There are no second chances.
There are no second acts.

There is no g*dd*mn
m*therf*cking second place.

You better come in to every
single match with a plan.

Because if you don't
have a plan,

I can tell you right now,

your rival has a plan,

and it will manifest
itself in your defeat.

And you will lose.

Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go. And up!

Over your heads.
Over your head. Hold it!

CHEERLEADERS:
...five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four,
five, six seven, eight.

One, two...

WRESTLERS:
...cannot be taken down,

I am a new machine.

I cannot be taken down,
I am a new machine.

I cannot be taken down,
I am a new machine.

(LOUDLY)
I cannot be taken down,

I am a new machine.

(DOG BARKS)

I beat you home?
That's a first.

Yeah. Today was
a long one.

- Long, but good?
- Yeah.

Mmm. I know exactly
how you feel, babe.

- You want some food?
- Yeah.

- I want what they're having.
- (CHUCKLES)

- It's high protein.
- Yeah.

- RONALD: How was school?
- It was good.

You do realize there are more
words in the English language

you can use to speak
with your father, yeah?

- School was good.
- Uh-huh.

But practice went over

and I have
a history test tomorrow,

- so I need to start homework.
- Okay.

- All right.
- There you go.

I still need you
down here by : .

- I know.
- All right.

(EXCITED CHATTER)

(LAUGHS)

Come on. Okay now I'm gonna

- let my hands down.
- TYLER: No.

- Come on.
- No, I don't trust myself.

I don't trust myself.

- I don't trust myself.
- (SHRIEKS)

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

ALEXIS: Goddess is
about to arrive.

TYLER: Don't play like you
don't want me right now.

ALEXIS: You're obsessed
with me.

- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
- (ALL CHEERING)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

(VOCALIZING)

ALL: ♪♪ Shut the f*ck up

♪♪ Shut the f*ck up

♪♪ Shut the f*ck up

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

♪♪ Shut the f*ck up

♪♪ Shut the f*ck up

♪♪ Shut the f*ck up

♪♪ Shut the f*ck up ♪♪

STAN: All right,
one of y'all put a song on.

Like it was cool, but...

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

- (KNOCK AT DOOR)
- RONALD: Hey, wake up.

- Let's go!
- Yeah, I'm up.

- RONALD: Downstairs in five.
- All right.

- You ready?
- Yeah.

Go.

MINISTER: Love is patient.
Love is kind.

Love is not rude.
It doesn't boast.

Love also forgets wrong.

If we spent more time
loving one another,

hate would cease.

So you have a choice.
Love works better.

Love is better for us.
It makes the world better,

but we have to be in action.
How much...

How do you want to love?
How can I love?

Well, you know what,
it could be just by a smile.

- A smile on your face could...
- A smile. Amen.

- ...change somebody's day.
- CONGREGATION: Yes. Amen.

(APPLAUSE)

MINISTER: Now you choose

whether you use
the love correctly.

So I want to remind you
that love is

a four-letter word,
and so is hate.

We're in a world full
of hate right now.

Everybody's pointing a finger
at somebody else.

And you're no good.
And you're no good.

And we're no good.
And they're no good.

Ain't nobody good right now.

(CONGREGATION MURMURING)

So we need love
to bring people back.

There used to be an old thing
when I was growing up

that says it takes a village
to raise a child.

It's gonna take
that same village

to bring us back to love
as a country.

(SINGING ALONG WITH RADIO)
♪♪ What a difference a day made

♪♪ Twenty-four little hours ♪♪

RONALD: You get in late
last night?

Not really.

Not really, huh?
You're just falling asleep

- in church for no reason?
- TYLER: No, I mean...

Were you bored with
that service today?

No, I mean, it's just...

How's your shoulder, Ty?
Still sore?

- On and off.
- I'm gonna call Steve.

Just get an appointment
to make sure.

- No, it's fine.
- He's fine.

- You're one to talk.
- I got my eye on it.

You had your eye
on your knee, too.

- Look where that got you.
- (SIGHS)

I'm sure he's fine, but we
have a whole season ahead.

And I'm sorry again
I'm gonna miss this one,

but your dad will be there,
and Em will be there,

- and I'll be at the next one.
- No, I can't be there either.

CATHERINE: What?

I told you.
Practice got moved.

It's your brother's
first meet.

EMILY: (STAMMERS)
I have to study.

Everybody else
can't meet that late.

And Bethany's mom says
that we can't...

CATHERINE: Oh,
that's what this is about.

Your friends at
Bethany's house.

Mom, he doesn't
even care if I'm there!

- Very true.
- Do you care if I'm there?

No, I don't care
if you're there.

CATHERINE: You do care.
And you should care.

- EMILY: He doesn't.
- Okay. All right.

There's nothing to worry
about here. And you know why?

Because the wise
and noble father

is gonna be there
to hold it down.

(LAUGHING)

Really? Where is he?
Where is he?

If you see him, will you
send him my way, please?

(LAUGHS MOCKINGLY)

- (CHUCKLES)
- RONALD: Shame on you.

TYLER: If you see him,
send him my way too.

- RONALD: We can go right now.
- We can go?

- Oh, we can go right now.
- That's what's up?

RONALD: You think you can
take your old man?

TYLER: (LAUGHING) Hold on.

RONALD: You think
you can mess with this?

- You guys.
- What's up?

- Can we not?
- What's up?

RONALD: It's that shoulder,
right? Come on.

What's up?

- RONALD: Did you start?
- Did I start?

I'm just making sure
you started.

- No.
- Did you?

- EMILY: (WHISPERS) Dad started.
- TYLER: Get out my ear.

You let me know
when you're ready.

EMILY: Yeah, can you not
hit your sister?

(TYLER GRUNTING)

- RONALD: You all right?
- I'm fine, man.

RONALD: You let me know
when you're ready.

- (GRUNTS)
- You okay?

You let me know.
You let me know.

Can we not scare
the people, please?

RONALD: Shh. Quiet. Quiet.
Quiet. Quiet. Quiet.

- (GRUNTING)
- RONALD: Come on!

One more.

- Let's go.
- One, one more.

- One more?
- One more.

(GRUNTING)

I see you. I see you.
Come on.

What you... What you got?
What you got? Get in there.

(GROWLS SOFTLY)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(EXHALING)

(RONALD BREATHING HEAVILY)

- TYLER: You good, brah?
- I'm good.

Flex too hard?

- (BOTH LAUGHING)
- You flex too hard?

You got me. You got me.
This hurts.

But it all starts
with a piece of dirt,

and it turns into
something magnificent.

Something that makes

a contribution
to your community.

It's a beautiful thing.

You gotta take pride
in what you do, son.

- (MACHINERY WHIRRING)
- Never forget that.

Check this out.
Show you this master bedroom.

If you could be
so lucky one day

to have a bedroom
like this bedroom,

then you'd be doing all right.

You'd be doing all right.
Check it out.

(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

BOBBY: You know spaghetti is
Alexis' favorite dish, right?

You should have seen
the first time that she had it.

We got it on video, okay?

We got to find it.
I got to find it for you.

- Dad!
- BOBBY: It's hilarious.

She ate it with her hands,
and it got everywhere.

I'm talking chunks
of meat and red sauce,

just all over the place
like a wild animal.

- Dad, shut up!
- ELENA: So cute!

- So cute.
- (TYLER LAUGHS)

BOBBY: It was adorable.
It was the most lovely thing.

Oh, my God.

It's beautiful.
It was beautiful.

ELENA: Plus, you were so cute.

(PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES)

What?

COACH WISE:
Now in the eye of your mind,

in your mind's eye,

I want you to fixate
on your source code,

on your soul's source of pure
unadulterated inspiration.

Something that is inspiring
to you and you alone.

I want you to look at it.
I want you to take it in.

I want it to be your guiding
light right now, all right?

And then I want you to
repeat after me...

I will not let you down.
Repeat.

WRESTLERS: I will not
let you down.

COACH WISE: You will not
let me down. Repeat.

WRESTLERS:
You will not let me down.

COACH WISE: My folks
won't let me down.

WRESTLERS:
My folks won't let me down.

COACH WISE:
My coach won't let me down.

WRESTLERS:
My coach won't let me down.

I cannot be taken down.
I am a new machine. Say it!

WRESTLERS:
I cannot be taken down.

I am a new machine.

COACH WISE: One more time!

WRESTLERS: (LOUDLY)
I cannot be taken down.

I am a new machine.

One more time with me!

ALL: I cannot be taken down.
I am a new machine.

One more time!

ALL: I cannot be taken down.
I am a new machine.

COACH WISE: All right,
Mavericks on three.

One, two, three.

- WRESTLERS: Mavericks!
- Mavericks!

- (BUZZER SOUNDS)
- CROWD: (CHANTING) Mavericks!

Mavericks! Mavericks!
Mavericks!

(BLOWS WHISTLE)

(CROWD CHEERING)

REFEREE: One, two, three!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(CROWD CHEERING)

- RONALD: You see it?
- Yep.

You see it?
You feel the difference?

Yeah, I feel the difference
all right.

- Can you get up?
- All right. Yeah.

All right. If you did it
the way I taught you,

you would have had him
seconds earlier, all right?

Get up.

(TYLER GRUNTS)

The kid was
a chump, man.

You may have been
able to pin him quick

because you're faster
and you're stronger,

but your technique...

Getting to State
is about technique.

- You feel me? You good?
- Yeah. I'm good.

Your shoulder's good?
It's not hurting?

- No.
- You sure?

- I'm sure.
- All right. Come on.

Let me see that fireman
one more time.

Come on. Come on.

(UPBEAT ELECTRONIC
MUSIC PLAYING)

♪♪ Clams Casino, n*gga

♪♪ ASAP ♪♪

(MUSIC STOPS)

(EXHALES)

(COMPUTER CHIMES)

(MUFFLED THUD)

- Emily!
- EMILY: What?

- TYLER: Em!
- EMILY: What?

Emily!

- Hurry up, man.
- Shut up.

Michael J. Fox looking n*gga.

- Come on, brah.
- (CAT MEOWS)

- Close my door.
- EMILY: Close your own door.

- Yo, yo, yo.
- And there... Hello.

- How was your day?
- It was fine.

Could've been better,
but it's cool...

I got a suit fitted.

- For the Maverick Ball?
- Yep.

You're gonna look good.
Oh, your sister's going.

- What group is she going with?
- You think I would know?

She just better not be going with my
a*s, all right?

- You are your sister's keeper.
- (SCOFFS) Since when?

- It's not like it's your prom.
- (SIGHS)

Is Alexis excited?

Yeah, I hope so. She's had
her dress for long enough.

(CATHERINE CHUCKLES)

- How was your day?
- Exhausting.

Oh, that divorce
is happening.

I have some notes
for you to do.

RONALD: I keep telling her
if she'd spread her schedule out

and worked Fridays,
she wouldn't be so exhausted.

My patients have me
until Thursday.

Come Friday I want to
be with my babies.

RONALD: Kiss?

There's my girl.

Good day?

Yeah. Not bad.
(CLEARS THROAT)

- You done with your homework?
- Not yet.

RONALD: What you
waiting for?

I just came down
to say hi to Mom.

It's a two-second break.

- Oh.
- CATHERINE: How's your knee?

The usual.

- Go make your bath.
- Yes, ma'am.

Hey, you didn't take any
of my pain pills, did you?

- CATHERINE: No. Why?
- RONALD: It's all good.

DR. STEVE: SLAP stands for

Superior Labrum
Anterior and Posterior.

This top area here
is where the biceps tendon

attaches to the labrum.

That's why
you are also feeling pain

running up your arm.

Now, in your case,

if you don't remember
a specific event,

then you could have
aggravated your shoulder

and then over time,

with repetition,
made it worse and worse.

Since it's the labrum,

it's not just
overhead activities.

Any strenuous activity
on the biceps tendon

will enhance it, as well.

TYLER: Okay, um... I'm sorry.
So, like, what...

What does that mean?

Well, you've done
extreme damage.

You have a level five
out of five SLAP tear.

I've never actually seen
this level tear in person.

Well, I mean,
it's not that bad.

I could easily
push through it.

I'm afraid you need surgery
or you're running the risk of

permanent, irreversible,
damage.

But I'm...
But I'm in season right now, so...

I understand. But Tyler,
this is very serious.

I highly recommend you stop

all physical activity
immediately

and we get you surgery
as soon as possible.

Wait, what if...
What if we did it, um...

What if we did it
at the end of season

and I could, you know,

I could recover
over the summer?

And I could be ready
for next year for college?

I can't see you
making another match,

let alone
an entire season.

Then, to be honest,
recovery would take much longer

than just the summer.

You're likely never to fully
recover to the way you were,

but the sooner we address
this, the better.

(SIGHS) You're young
and you'll heal very well.

It's going
to take time.

I can call your mom if you...

TYLER: No,
you don't have to do that.

I'll... I'll talk to her.

DR. STEVE:
I'm very sorry, Tyler.

WALLY:
That's one bottle of vodka.

There you go.

- You got it, bud?
- Yeah.

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING
IN DISTANCE)

(BELL DINGING)

(TRAIN HORN BLARING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(WOMAN PANTING ON VIDEO)

(WOMAN MOANING)

(WATER RUNNING)

(BANGING ON DOOR)

EMILY: Ty, there's water
coming through my door!

Ty, there's water everywhere.
What are you doing?

Tyler?

COACH WISE:
Geez. Every practice.

(GRUNTING)

(STRUGGLING)

TYLER: (WHISPERS)
Don't be a p*ssy.

- COACH WISE: Let him up!
- (GRUNTS)

RONALD: What's the matter, Ty?

Let's do this.
I'm right here with you. Come on.

Go.

(GRUNTS) Come on. One.

(GRUNTING) Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six. Come on.

Seven.

Eight. Two more.
(GRUNTING)

One more, baby. (GRUNTS)

- How you doing?
- (WEIGHT PLATE CLATTERS)

- You done now?
- Yeah, I'm good.

- That's it?
- I'm done.

(PANTING)

CATHERINE: (ON RECORDING)
...broke down in tears today,

and Linda continues to refuse
any type of communication.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

- RONALD: How's it coming?
- Good.

- How many more you got?
- Halfway.

What's this format?
Why's the date over there?

It's the format
she told me to do.

Can you just let me
do my thing?

I don't pay you
to do your thing.

I pay you to do my thing.

- Technically she pays me.
- You know, there you go again.

- What's that attitude about?
- What do you mean?

You know exactly what I mean.
Hey, stop!

Turn it off and look at me.

- (BEEPS)
- (RECORDING TURNS OFF)

Look around here for a sec.

Who do you think
keeps all this running, hmm?

Now, your mother may be
great with the patients,

but she don't know nothing
about running a business.

You think if I quit my job

and stopped running
your mother's business,

that you'd have a place
to even

lay that big head
of yours? Huh?

- No.
- Then what's up?

I mean, I just have a lot
going on right now.

Do you really? What,
you think me and your mom

don't got a lot going on?

Wait until you get out
on your own in the world

and have
real responsibilities.

You got to be able
to balance it, Ty.

Now, we talked
about this, brah.

If you can't keep it going,
you can forget about

hanging out with your friends
or running around

with that little
girl of yours. You...

Quit shaking your head
at me, boy.

This is my house.
If you don't like the way

I run things,
then you can be up out.

I told you you didn't
have to work for me

and you didn't
have to train with me.

You asked for that.
That was your choice, right?

And I'm not the one
who chose wrestling,

but if you're gonna
do something,

you might as well
do it right.

I said it before,
I'll say it again.

The world don't give a sh*t
about you or me.

We are not afforded
the luxury of being average.

Got to work times as hard
just to get anywhere.

It's... (SIGHS)

Ty, I don't push you
because I want to.

I push you because
I have to.

Do you hear
what I'm saying, son?

- Do you hear what I'm saying?
- Yeah. Yeah.

Good.

Good.

Man, I look at y'all
sometimes and think of

all the opportunities
you have that I didn't.

Wishing Nana and
Three Papa had done for me.

You don't know
how good you got it.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(WRESTLERS GRUNTING)

COACH WISE: Pin! Pin!

Get him, Ty!

(CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

WOMAN: Pin him down!
Pin him down!

(BLOWS WHISTLE)

- CATHERINE: Yes! Go, Tyler!
- Come on, Ty!

Let's go! Let's go!

- Single leg. Single leg.
- CATHERINE: Yeah!

RONALD: Get his
shoulder down, Ty!

Get his shoulder down.

CATHERINE: Come on.
Come on, Tyler!

RONALD: Can't let him work
like that, Ty! Come on!

CATHERINE: Come on, babe!
Get up! Get up!

(TYLER GRUNTS)

(TYLER PANTING)

(GRUNTS)

- (GROANS)
- (BUZZER SOUNDS)

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

ANNOUNCER: Match. Dragon win.

REFEREE: Get up!

CATHERINE:
It's all right, Tyler!

Good job!

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

CATHERINE: It's okay!
It's all right, babe!

It's all right!

COACH WISE: (ECHOING)
Let's go, Williams!

- Let's go!
- RONALD: You can do better.

You can do better.

COACH WISE:
Let's do this, Tyler!

Come on now, Tyler!

Come on now, Tyler!

CATHERINE: Come on, Ty!
Come on, you got this!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

(CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

(TYLER GRUNTING)

(TYLER GROANING)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

CATHERINE: Get up, Tyler!
Get up, babe!

- COACH WISE: Roll out!
- (GROANING)

COACH WISE: Spring out!
Spring out!

(WHISTLE BLOWS)

CATHERINE: It's okay.
It's okay.

(SOBBING)

RONALD: Calm down.
It's all right. It's all right.

(SNIFFLES)

(PILLS RATTLING)

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(CATHERINE AND RONALD
ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)

RONALD: He did this to himself
through sheer stupidity!

CATHERINE: Watch your voice.
Steve should've told us.

RONALD: So much
for a scholarship.

I don't know what
the hell he was thinking.

CATHERINE: Steve said
he didn't call

because Tyler wanted
to tell us personally.

RONALD: So he's been lying
to us this whole time?

It's his attitude,
I'm telling you. The boy...

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

♪♪ Gonna be somebody,
oh I follow

- ♪♪ Oh and it's so cloudy
- ♪♪ Running showers and the mist so fly

ALEXIS: I feel like I haven't
seen you in forever.

TYLER: I feel the same way.
(CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)

- I missed you.
- I missed you, too.

Your callouses are
getting better, at least.

Yeah, that's because
I haven't been lifting.

Oh, right. sh*t. Sorry.

I'm not really in the mood
right now.

Why not? I mean, it's...

Baby, it's been forever.
I mean...

(SNIFFLES)

I know you're under
a lot of pressure right now,

but I'm just getting
really scared.

About what? What's going on?
Are you okay?

I still haven't gotten
my period.

What?

It's been like two,
three weeks.

I don't know. I'm just...

I have nobody
to talk to about it

and I'm just getting
really scared.

Don't be...
Don't be scared.

First of all, you can
always talk to me.

All right?
Look, you can always talk to me.

- We're in this together.
- (SNIFFLES)

I don't want you
to ever feel like

you should be scared
or anything like that.

Look at me. Babe, look at me.

Everything's going
to be okay, all right?

All right?

Yeah.

Come here.

♪♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪♪ I be up to my feet

♪♪ I'll wake up feeling weak

♪♪ Wake me up in a week ♪♪

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

- I love you.
- I love you too.

TYLER: I love you so much.

I think this is it.

Yeah?

- ALEXIS: f*cking assholes.
- Just don't look at them.

ALEXIS: Why do they
have to do that?

TYLER: Do what?

You want me to
drop you off here?

- ALEXIS: Drop me off?
- I mean, where do you...

What else
do you want me to do?

ALEXIS: Are you kidding? Just find...
Get parking. Just park.

(PROTESTORS SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY)

- TYLER: Right here cool?
- Yeah, it's fine.

WOMAN: You know
you're going to go to hell!

(TYLER SIGHS)

- WOMAN: Don't be a m*rder*r!
- MAN: Thou shalt not k*ll!

(DOOR SLIDING OPEN)

(PROTESTORS SHOUTING
IN DISTANCE)

GUARD: All right, let me have
everybody's attention.

All right.

Look, these people
out here are crazy, man.

And these women, they carry
g*ns on them. I seen it.

All right, I also seen them
try to convince

a young woman not to
go through the procedure,

because they promised her
to adopt her child.

And guess what?
They didn't.

Didn't help her out at all.

And guess what?
She's stuck.

They tell people
the worst things

every single day
and I got to take it.

But listen, I'm here
for y'all, all right?

But all I ask in return

is that you're here
for me as well.

So please,

do not go out here and mess
with these crazy women.

Okay? All right.

- WOMAN: Thanks.
- GUARD: Thank you.

(DOOR OPENS)

Can we go? Just...
Can we please leave?

TYLER: Yeah.

You all right?

ALEXIS: (SNIFFLES) I just want
to get out of here.

WOMAN: (SHOUTING) You'll go to hell
for what you've done! m*rder*r!

- Thou shalt not k*ll!
- GUARD: Hey!

Leave them alone!

- WOMAN: n*gg*r!
- TYLER: What?

- WOMAN: I said "n*gg*r!"
- What the f*ck

- you just say to me?
- I said "n*gg*r!"

Don't f*cking say
sh*t like that!

- You can't say that, b*tch!
- I said "n*gg*r!"

No, get in the car, Alexis!
Get in the car!

Don't be saying sh*t like...
You r*cist!

- ALEXIS: Go!
- Get in the car! Come on.

- Let's go!
- WOMAN: n*gg*r!

f*ck you, b*tch!

(ALEXIS SOBBING)

(SNIFFLES)

I'm sorry. You shouldn't have
had to see that. I'm sorry.

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

(SIGHS)

You okay? What happened?

I couldn't do it.

- What?
- I couldn't do it.

(CAR BEEPING)

What do... What do you mean
you couldn't do it?

(SNIFFLES) I don't...
I don't know.

- I just... I don't know.
- Babe, why didn't you just

do it while we were there?
We could've did it

- while we were at... We...
- I'm just confused.

- I'm just confused.
- I don't have to go...

- Confused about what?
- We need to talk

- about it again.
- Talk about what?

We need to just
talk about it again.

We talked about it! What more
is there to talk about?

Why are you yelling at me?

- I'm not yelling at you.
- You're yelling at me.

- I'm not yelling at you!
- Yes, you are!

No, I'm not!

- God.
- (BEEPING CONTINUES)

(BEEPING STOPS)

All right, whatever.
I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry!
- You don't understand how hard this is.

- It's my body.
- I get it's your body.

- Relax! You...
- No, you don't get it.

You don't get it.
And I... You...

I don't know
if I can do an ab*rtion.

What the f*ck are you
talking about?

- Huh?
- (SOBBING) I don't know if I can do it.

What do you...

Stop crying! What do you mean
you can't get an ab*rtion?

f*ck you! Don't tell me
to stop crying!

This is my body and you have
no idea what it's like!

I get it's your body!
I know! Whatever.

We're seniors
in high school!

We shouldn't be f*cking
having a baby right now. Like...

Yeah, that's your
point of view!

Thank you for
caring about mine.

- Why would I care about an...
- What is wrong with you?

- What is wrong with you?
- What the f*ck is wrong with you?

What the f*ck
is wrong with you?

- Stupid. God.
- Stupid what?

- Stupid a*s b*tch! What the f*ck...
- Stop the f*cking car!

- ...are you talking about? I'll stop the f*cking car!
- f*ck you!

- Stop the f*cking car.
- Get out the f*cking car

if you wanna get out
the f*cking car! Ow!

- What the f*ck is wrong with you?
- f*ck you!

(SPITS)

- f*ck you!
- f*ck you!

f*ck you!

- f*ck you!
- f*ck you!

- (ALEXIS SNIFFLES)
- You're just going to f*cking

walk out of the f*cking car
like that?

Yeah, I'm going to walk
out of the f*cking car!

- TYLER: Why the f*ck...
- Leave me the f*ck alone!

- f*ck you!
- f*ck you!

Come on, Lex! Lex!

I can't... I...

I can't just leave you
out here! Just get...

- Just get in the car, Alexis!
- Just leave! Just leave!

- Just get in the car!
- Leave me alone!

I'll take you
f*cking home and...

- It doesn't even make sense!
- No, just leave me alone!

Just go!

TYLER: Whatever, brah.

You want to walk?
Whatever. f*cking walk then!

ALEXIS: Bye!

How she going...

f*ck.

- f*ck! f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!
- (HORN HONKING)

f*ck! f*ck!

(GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION)
f*ck!

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

(GROANS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

ALL:
♪♪ Martin had a dream

♪♪ Martin had a dream

♪♪ Kendrick has a dream

Ha!

♪♪ All my life I want
money and power

♪♪ Respect my mind
or die from lead shower

♪♪ I pray my d*ck get big
as the Eiffel Tower

♪♪ So I can f*ck the world
for hours

♪♪ g*dd*mn, I got b*tches

♪♪ Damn, I got b*tches
Damn, I got b*tches

♪♪ Wifey, girlfriend
and mistress

♪♪ All my life I want
money and power

♪♪ Respect my mind
or die from lead showers ♪♪

♪♪ I got lighter
on my dresser, yes, sir

♪♪ Put fire to that a*s
Body cast on a stretcher

♪♪ And her body got that a*s
that a ruler couldn't measure

♪♪ And it make me c*m fast

♪♪ But I never get embarrassed

♪♪ And I recognize you have
what I've been wanting

♪♪ Since that record...

♪♪ That Adina Howard had pop it
fast to impress her... ♪♪

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

- Come on. Dude, dude, dude.
- Lay off me, man.

Yo, let's go.

Yo. Let's get the f*ck up
out of here, bro.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

He said he can feel
my f*cking presence.

- Yo.
- Yo.

- Yo.
- Yo.

I can't open my eyes.

(LAUGHING)

Every time I start
opening them, they close.

You're f*cking faded.

Wow, you're f*cking
faded, son.

Every time I try
to open them, they close.

(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

You want me
to open them, brah?

- I can't open my eyes!
- Yo! Get the f*ck...

Yo, get back in here,
brother! No f*cking joke!

Stop! Yo! Get back in...
Bro, get back in here!

I can't open my eyes!

(RETCHING)

EMILY: Ty, what is going on?

Ty, what...

- Oh, my God, Tyler.
- I'm sorry.

Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

(WHISPERING)
You want to get in the bath?

You should be quiet.

You should be quiet because Mom
and Dad are gonna hear you, okay?

- Okay?
- Okay.

Yes, yes, yes.

Do you want
to take a bath?

Did I wake you?

No, it's fine.
You didn't wake me.

- I'm sorry.
- I know.

I just had a really
bad night, you know?

I know.

I know, I know.

(SOBBING)

I just had a really
bad night, you know?

- I know. Shh...
- And I didn't mean to, like...

I didn't mean to
wake you, you know?

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

- I didn't mean to...
- I know.

- I didn't mean to...
- Shh, shh, shh.

I didn't mean to.

Ty, you have
to be quiet, please.

- I'm sorry.
- I know, I know.

I know, it's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

- I'm sorry. I'm... I'm...
- It's okay. It's okay.

♪♪ Me

♪♪ Can you focus on me?

♪♪ Baby, can you focus on me?

♪♪ Babe

♪♪ Hands in the soap

♪♪ Have the faucet's running

♪♪ And I keep looking at you

♪♪ Stuck on your phone
and you're stuck in your zone

♪♪ And you don't have a clue

♪♪ But I don't wanna give up

♪♪ Baby, I just want you
to get up

♪♪ Lately I've been
a little fed up

♪♪ Wish you would
just focus on me

♪♪ Me

♪♪ Can you focus on me?

♪♪ Baby, can you focus on me?

♪♪ Me

♪♪ Me

♪♪ Can you focus on me

♪♪ Baby, can you focus on me?

♪♪ Lazy and broke?

(LINE RINGING)

♪♪ But I feel alone even
when we're alone

♪♪ And that don't cost a thing

♪♪ But I don't wanna give up

AUTOMATED VOICE: Your call
has been forwarded...

♪♪ Baby I just want you
to get up

(SIGHS)

♪♪ Lately I've been
a little fed up

♪♪ Fed up, yeah

♪♪ Wish you would
just focus on me

Can you focus on me?

♪♪ Oh, yeah

♪♪ Baby, can you focus on me?

♪♪ Yeah, me

♪♪ Can you focus on me?

♪♪ Baby, can you focus on me?

♪♪ Me

♪♪ Baby, focus

♪♪ Can't you see

♪♪ I just wanna love you, baby

♪♪ Look me in my eyes

♪♪ Ooh ♪♪

(TYLER SCOFFS)

♪♪ I never would've thought that

♪♪ Feelings could get
thrown in the air

♪♪ I accidentally
caught that

♪♪ I need some new boxing gloves
sh*t got hectic

♪♪ Whenever I fought back
For example

AUTOMATED VOICE: Your call
has been forwarded to a...

♪♪ The f*cking thought of you with
somebody else I don't like that

f*ck!

♪♪ Cellular convos getting
left in the wrong

♪♪ 'Cause I get
so f*cking mad

♪♪ When you don't write back

♪♪ This isn't a song

(GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION)

♪♪ I just happen to rhyme
when I get emo

♪♪ And find time
to write facts

- ♪♪ I f*cking hate you
- (GRUNTING)

♪♪ But I love you

♪♪ I'm bad at keeping
my emotions bubbled

♪♪ You're good
at being perfect

♪♪ We're good
at being troubled...

CATHERINE: Tyler?

I'm fine!

Tyler, what is going on?

♪♪ I f*cking hate you

- ♪♪ But I love you
- ♪♪ I love you

RONALD: Tyler!

- CATHERINE: Tyler! Tyler!
- RONALD: Hey, man!

♪♪ We're good
at being troubled

RONALD: Open the door!

- (BANGING ON DOOR)
- Open the g*dd*mn door, Tyler!

♪♪ Girl, you f*cking
with my emotions ♪♪

RONALD: Hey!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER
AND LAUGHTER)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

(PILLS RATTLING)

(EXHALES)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(GRUNTS)

(INHALING)

(PANTING)

- Hey. (GIGGLING)
- Hey.

- Girl, you look beautiful.
- No, you look...

- You are.
- You look way more beautiful.

No, that's not true.

I love your dress.

Thanks.

It's cute.

God, I love that color.

What are you
putting on?

Oh, it's just like...

I don't even know
what it's called.

It's just, like,
this new lipstick.

Do you have anything?

I have... Yeah.

- I... (STAMMERS)
- Put it on. Why don't you have it on?

Well, because I have these
stupid freaking braces on.

Oh, my God.
Please give this to me.

- I feel like it's...
- It's going to look good.

It'll look silly.

No. Just like...

Yeah, like,
press them together.

There you go.

It looks good.
Don't worry about your braces.

It looks super cute.
I like it.

♪♪ For you I was the flame

♪♪ Love is a losing game

♪♪ Five story fire as you came

♪♪ Love is a losing game

♪♪ One I wished
I never played

♪♪ Oh, what a mess we made

♪♪ And now the final frame

What are you doing?

Stop!

Where are you going, Tyler?

TYLER: I need to go
to the store.

CATHERINE: You're grounded.
You're not going anywhere.

I'm years old.
You can't ground me.

Why do you smell
like alcohol?

Turn around and answer me.

Have you been drinking?

Where is your sling?

Did you just take the keys
from your dad's office?

- Give them to me.
- No.

Tyler. Give me the keys.

I need to go.

You're not going anywhere.
Give me the keys.

- Bullshit. Watch me.
- Watch your mouth!

Hey, what's going on?

Tyler took the keys
from your office

- and he's been drinking.
- This is bullshit.

Don't talk to your
mother like that.

She's not my mom. All right,
you're not my f*cking mom.

My real mom is dead!

All right?
She doesn't talk to me

like a f*cking condescending
b*tch like you, b*tch.

- RONALD: Shut up right now.
- CATHERINE: I am your mom.

No, you're not
my f*cking mom. All right?

- RONALD: Tyler!
- CATHERINE: I am.

- You're pathetic, Catherine!
- RONALD: Tyler, ease back.

- You're pathetic!
- CATHERINE: I am...

- You don't really love me!
- RONALD: Tyler, you need to...

- I am your mother.
- You're not my real mom!

- You can't even have kids.
- I am your mother, Tyler.

You can't even
f*cking have kids!

You say one more thing
like that to her,

I'm gonna come over there
and lay your a*s out...

TYLER: f*ck you! f*ck you!

Yeah, f*ck you.
I f*cking hate you, man.

I f*cking hate you.
I can't stand you, man.

Is that the case?
You hate me, huh?

Come at me, brah.
Just f*cking come at me.

- I swear to God.
- You're drunk?

Yeah, I'm f*cking drunk!

What you gonna f*cking
do about it? (GRUNTS)

CATHERINE:
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

Stop it!

TYLER: Get the f*ck off me,
n*gga!

CATHERINE: Are you okay, babe?

TYLER: Talking all that sh*t!

CATHERINE: Don't you leave
this house, Tyler.

Don't you leave
this house, Tyler!

♪♪ Blazin', mi don't want dem

♪♪ Mi need dem

♪♪ Blazin', blazin', blazin'

♪♪ Yo mi tek har outta bugah red
and put her in a tall skirt

♪♪ And now she find out
what life is really worth

♪♪ No to X-rated

♪♪ I am a God

♪♪ I am a God

WOMAN: We're here!

♪♪ I am a God

♪♪ Hurry up with my damn massage

♪♪ Hurry up with my damn menage

♪♪ Get the Porsche
out the damn garage

♪♪ I am a God

♪♪ Even though I'm a man of God

♪♪ My whole life
in the hand of God

CHANG: All right, who's ready
to raise f*cking hell?

(HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES)

ALL: (CHANTING)
Chang. Chang. Chang. Chang.

♪♪ And here's a few snake-a*s
n*gg*s to bite you

♪♪ I don't even wanna hear
about what n*gg*s might do

♪♪ Old n*gg*s mentally
still in high school

♪♪ Since the tight jeans
they never liked you

Emily, can you
please call me back?

It's an emergency.

(ALL CHANTING INDISTINCTLY
ON VIDEO)

♪♪ We the Rat Pack

♪♪ Virgil Pyrex, Don C snapback
Ibn diamond, Chi-town shining

♪♪ Monop' in this b*tch,
get a change of climate

♪♪ Hop in this b*tch
and get the same thing I'm in

♪♪ Until the day
I get struck by lightning

♪♪ I am a God

♪♪ I am a God ♪♪

CATHERINE: Hello? Hi, Ryan?

This is Tyler's mom.

Yes, I'm so sorry
to bother you tonight,

but we are... We're having
an emergency over here.

We're looking for Tyler.
Have you heard from him?

- (CAR BEEPING)
- (SNIFFS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)

- Tyler. Yo, Tyler.
- Your mom just called me.

She's talking about, like,

a family emergency
or something.

Everything's cool, man.
You want a beer?

Yeah, sure. But, yo,
are you... Are you good?

I'm good, man.
I'll be right there.

RYAN: All right, dude.

(MUSIC PLAYING LOUDER)

(RAP MUSIC PLAYING)

I just texted you
the address.

It's like five miles
north of here. Yes.

- Can you hear me?
- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm gonna go
get him right now.

- Okay, hurry! Please, hurry.
- Yeah.

On my way right now.

(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DISTORTED
HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

♪♪ See things do come around

♪♪ But some things trouble me

♪♪ The people I've met
and the places I've been

♪♪ Are all what make me the man
I so proudly am

♪♪ But I wanna know one thing

♪♪ When did I become a ghost?

♪♪ I'm most confused about
the world I lived in

♪♪ You think that I'm lonely
Well, I probably am

♪♪ One thing that still gets me

♪♪ When did I become a ghost?

♪♪ Hey ♪♪

(MUSIC STOPS)

TYLER: Should you be
drinking right now?

What are you doing here?

You told your parents
without talking to me first?

You blocked me?

I'm trying to talk to you,
but you block me?

- I mean, did you f*ck him?
- What?

- Did you f*ck him?
- Who?

I saw you go upstairs.

I f*cking saw you go upstairs.
Did you f*ck him?

With who? With who? Franky?

Who do you think
I'm talking about? Yes!

What the... Franky's one of my

best friends
since elementary school.

- He's f*cking g*y, you idiot.
- Oh, stop lying, Alexis.

I'm not lying.
You would know that

if you'd listen to
anything that I say!

It's bullshit! It's bullshit!

It's not bullshit.

- It's bullshit like...
- And you would know that

if you listened
to anything I ever say.

And the drinks aren't for me.
They're for my friends.

The ones upstairs that

you never took the chance
to get to know!

- Stop f*cking lying, Alexis.
- You don't care about anyone,

- but your f*cking self!
- Stop f*cking lying.

That's why I can't
talk to you!

- I care about nobody but my f*cking self, right now?
- (BOTTLE SHATTERS)

Don't f*cking
walk away from me!

- f*ck you! Move!
- Listen. Listen.

Look, we can keep it, Alexis.

Alexis, Lex.
Look at... Look at me.

Look at me. Look at me.
We can f*cking keep it.

We can keep it. We don't have
to get a f*cking ab*rtion.

f*ck you! You think I'm gonna
raise my baby with you?

Look at you!

What you mean, "Look at me"?

I'm here for you, b*tch!
I'm f*cking here for...

- Stop calling me a b*tch!
- You f*cking him...

- Go f*ck yourself!
- You stupid a*s b*tch!

Stupid a*s b*tch!
f*cking walk away from me.

- f*ck you!
- You go to the f*cking

ab*rtion clinic

and you're getting rid
of that sh*t!

f*ck you!

(SOBBING)

I'm sorry, Alexis.
I'm sorry, Alexis.

I'm sorry, Alexis.

Come on. Wake up.

Wake up. Come on.
Come...

f*ck. f*ck. f*ck.

(MUTTERING)

What did I do?

I'm sorry. Come on.

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

WOMAN : What happened?
Who is that?

- WOMAN : It's Alexis.
- MAN : Call the cops!

- WOMAN : Oh, my God.
- MAN : No freaking way.

WOMAN : Oh, my God!

- MAN : Whoa...
- WOMAN : Is she dead?

(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

(CAR BEEPING)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

MAN: I don't know the address.

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (WOMEN SOBBING)

- MAN: She's lying there...
- EMILY: Did somebody...

- Did somebody call ?
- ...and she's bleeding.

There's blood near her head.

(SIRENS WAILING)

(SIRENS CONTINUE WAILING)

(SOBBING)

(SIRENS CONTINUE IN DISTANCE)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

Who is it?

(TIRES SCREECH)

- Are you okay?
- (WHIMPERS)

- Are you okay?
- Uh-huh.

Okay. You seen your brother?
Has Tyler been here?

Hey, Em.
Has Tyler been here?

Tyler.
What's going on with you?

Talk to me!

What is going on, Tyler?

- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (WOMAN SOBBING)

(SIREN BLARING)

CATHERINE:
Open the f*cking door, Tyler!

Open the f*cking door!

- You're scaring me!
- (BANGING ON DOOR)

What did you do?
Open the door!

(SIRENS BLARING)

CATHERINE: Open the door!

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

Stop walking when
I'm talking to you!

Tyler, stop!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

DOCTOR: Young female,
blunt force trauma to head.

(MACHINE BEEPING)

(SIRENS BLARING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

OFFICER: Freeze! Right now!
Get on your knees!

Put your hands
behind your back, now!

Huh? Was that his girlfriend?

Was that his girlfriend
in the ambulance?

It was? Yeah?

But you don't know
what happened?

Was he here?

Was he here?

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)

(SNIFFLES)

(SIGHS)

(CATHERINE SNIFFLES)

JUDGE: This is State of
Florida vs. Tyler Williams.

Mister Williams,
will you please stand?

Tyler Williams, for your
conviction of the crime of

m*rder in the second degree,
upon your plea of guilty,

it is the order of this
court that you be sentenced

to the State Correctional
Institution of Miami

for the rest
of your natural life.

Consistent with
the requirements

of the Florida Constitution,

this sentence is
technically with mercy,

which makes you
eligible for parole

after you have served
years.

(HANDCUFFS CLICKING)

(CATHERINE WHIMPERING)

(DOOR BUZZES)

- (SOBBING)
- (DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(CATHERINE CONTINUES SOBBING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

MR. STANLEY: This is your last
shot of this. All right?

Sign up for the tournament,
get those credits in.

Don't embarrass your parents.

You're not gonna go home

and forget everything
I taught you?

I'm going to miss you all.
It's been a great year.

BOY: Hey. Sorry.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(INAUDIBLE CHATTER)

(LAUGHTER)

BOY: Hey. Hello?

Hi. Sorry, I...
I don't mean to bother you.

Did I, um... Did I bump
into you the other day?

What?

Did I bump into you earlier?

Uh, yeah, outside
Mr. Stanley's fifth period?

Oh, yeah, it's fine.
It's cool.

I'm so sorry about that.

Um...

Uh... Sorry to have
bothered you too.

Um, are you here
to judge or...

- The lip sync final?
- Yeah.

Mmm-hmm.

Nice. Yeah, I'm just doing
the improv final.

I just put it off, uh,

all semester,
so now here I am.

- (DOOR OPENS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

What... Do you have a lot
left today or is it just this?

- Just the lip sync final.
- Nice. Yes, nice. Nice, nice.

Same for me. I'm just...

Got this one left
and then I'm done.

(SIGHS)

Um...

Total shot in the dark. Uh...
Would you maybe want to, like,

grake something to
eat with me later?

What?

"Grake something"?
What did you just say?

Would you maybe want to
grab something

to eat with me later?

Um...

Um... Sure.

Awesome. Uh...

- Where?
- I don't know.

Where do you want to eat?

Um...

There's a diner down the
street that we could go to.

Great.

- Cool.
- Awesome.

- Well, I'm Luke, by the way.
- Emily.

- What's your name? Emily?
- Emily.

Okay.
When do you get out?

Um...

I don't... I'm not completely sure yet.
I don't know.

- Okay.
- But before : , I guess.

Okay, well, I'll, uh...
Then when I get out,

I'll just come wait outside
here and we can go.

(SIGHS)

Yeah. Do you want
one of these?

(LAUGHS) Um...

I don't know what flavor it is.
Blue raspberry.

There you go. All right,
I'll see you later.

LUKE: I'm not gonna lie.

I actually didn't think
you were going to show up.

- Really?
- No.

Why?

Um... I don't know.
I've just never...

I've never asked somebody
to hang out like that before.

Someone...
Someone like you.

Like me? I don't...
What does that mean?

No, it doesn't mean...
You're just really beautiful.

And, uh...

I don't know. I don't know.
That's all.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

♪♪ What a difference
a day made ♪♪

- I love this song.
- Yeah? I don't know it.

I mean,
I'm sure I've heard it,

but I don't know what it is.

My grandparents used to
play this stuff all the time.

- Really?
- Mmm-hmm.

Oh.

My grandpa used to
stay up all night

and listen to records,

sometimes dance
with my grandma.

(CUTLERY CLATTERS)

Well, that...
That's cool.

Yeah. Yeah.
They're gone now, though.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- No, it's okay.
- That sucks.

I still see my other
grandma all the time.

Yeah?

Do you talk
to your grandparents?

- Um, yeah, on my mom's side.
- Oh, not on your dad's side?

No, I don't know anybody
on my dad's side really.

Do you want to, um...

Do you want to split a burger?

Um...

I'm eating burgers at
breakfast, lunch and dinner

since the season ended.

Right. You're in wrestling?

Yes, I am.
How did you know that?

Well, I may have
Insta-stalked you

- after the lip sync final.
- Really? Oh, nice!

And maybe Twitter.

I'm not...
I'm actually...

I actually am not gonna lie,
I did the same thing to you,

but I couldn't find anything.

- Yeah, I deleted everything.
- Why?

Um...

I don't know.
Why do you think?

I don't know.
That's why I asked.

Um... You know

- who my brother is, right?
- Yes.

Well, people would just, uh...
(CLEARS THROAT)

Just send me really horrible
messages all the time.

- Oh, f*ck.
- (EXHALES)

(SOFTLY) Terrible, so...

I'm sorry.

You know,
people can be such assholes.

f*ck 'em.

f*ck 'em.

f*ck 'em.

- f*ck 'em good.
- f*ck 'em good.

(LAUGHS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(CAT MEOWS)

(KISSES) Okay.

(CAT PURRING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(LAUGHTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

- EMILY: Hello?
- LUKE: Hey!

- EMILY: Hi.
- LUKE: Where are you?

- EMILY: Um, I'm in my bedroom.
- LUKE: Oh, nice.

EMILY: Where are you?

LUKE: I'm in the, um...
My living room.

- EMILY: Nice.
- LUKE: Sitting on the sofa.

- EMILY: Comfy sofa?
- LUKE: Scrumfy.

EMILY: (LAUGHS) Scrumfy.

LUKE: So I have
a few questions for you.

EMILY: Oh, wow.
Okay, I'm nervous now.

LUKE: I thought
I'd get to know you better.

You know, I wrote a...
I typed up some questions

I thought I wanted to ask you.

Um, are you excited
for college?

EMILY: Um... Whoa. I mean...

f*ck! Holy sh*t!
Do you see that?

That's a manatee.
I f*cking love manatees.

They're like if a cow
and an elephant

had a baby in
the water.

You know what they're
more like is, uh,

like, they move so slow
like a sloth.

- Yeah, kind of. Yeah.
- You know?

We should go see them.

We should go, like,
up north

and swim with them.
Have you ever been?

- Do you know the springs?
- Um, no.

We should go. Do you want...
Would you be down to go?

Yeah, but how
would we do that?

We'd just take my car.
It's summer.

We can just take my car.
Whatever.

EMILY: (ON PHONE)
When I was little,

I wanted to be a vet.

That was one of the
things I wanted to be,

which I still
really care about.

LUKE: Would you then want to,
like, work at a zoo or something?

EMILY: Well, if...
Yeah. I mean...

I like emergency, um,
vet clinics.

- Like that always...
- LUKE: Right.

...excited me just because

I felt like if I can help
this animal in its...

In its moment of
intense need...

(SINGING INDISTINCTLY)

- Do you sing?
- No. I mean, I do sing

but I'm not a good singer
for sure.

It hurts my heart.

- That you can't sing?
- No, totally.

Everybody can sing
in the shower though.

Not me.

I sing Vampire Weekend
in the shower,

sh*t don't sound right.

(TRAIN HORN BLARING)

♪♪ How great is our God

♪♪ Sing with me
How great is our God

♪♪ And all will see
How great...

♪♪ Is our God ♪♪

Yeah. I was raised...
I was raised Christian, so...

LUKE: Oh, yeah?

Yeah.
My dad's dad is a minister.

Okay. Um, that's cool.

I'm sorry, I don't mean...

I hope I didn't offend you
by making this...

Why would you offend me?

I don't know.
I really shouldn't have.

No, it's fine. I... I think
it's weird when people are

judgmental or think people
are evil because they're not...

- Exactly.
- ...Christian or Catholic,

- or whatever they may be.
- Completely.

I completely agree.

Here, check the...
Wait for this part.

This sh*t's fire.

This is fire.

Give it a second.

(R&B MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

(HONKS HORN)

Whoo-hoo!

MAN: The first is
that God is better

than the world's best thing.

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON PA)

MAN: God is better than...

- (APPLAUSE)
- (BOTH WHOOPING)

(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)

♪♪ Magnify, magnify
Lift it on high

♪♪ Spit it Spotify to qualify
a spot on His side

♪♪ I cannot modify or ratify
My momma made me apple pies

♪♪ Lullabies and alibis

♪♪ The book don't end
with Malachi

♪♪ Devil will win employee
of the month by the dozen

♪♪ 'Till one score
and three years

♪♪ From the third
when he doesn't

♪♪ My village raised 'em a child
Come through the crib

♪♪ And it's bustin'
You meet anyone from my city

♪♪ They gon' say that we cousins

♪♪ Shabach, Barak
Edify, electrify

♪♪ The enemy like Hedwig
'till he petrified

♪♪ Any petty Peter Pettigrew

♪♪ Could get the pesticide
th, th

♪♪ I don't believe in science
I believe in signs ♪♪

BOY: All right.

- You got it.
- GIRL: Come on, you got it.

- BOY: You got it! Go on.
- Yeah, you got it.

- Go! You got it. Come on.
- LUKE: Don't drop...

Just don't drop straight down.

GIRL: Come on!

- EMILY: But I'm jumping down!
- LUKE: Jump that way.

- BOY: Go, like, forward.
- EMILY: Like, jump out?

LUKE: Yeah,
like a little forward.

- GIRL: Yeah, you got it.
- Take a leap. Come on.

- Take a leap of faith.
- GIRL: Yeah, there you go.

(LUKE LAUGHS)

ALL: Jump. Jump. Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!

Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!

Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump!

(EMILY LAUGHS)

(GASPS)

(SIGHS)

(GROANS SOFTLY)

(MUFFLED CONVERSATION)

RONALD: So when can you?
When can you do it?

CATHERINE: You really want
to start this fight right now?

With everything?

RONALD: We both know that
this started before, okay?

- It's just gotten worse.
- CATHERINE: Unbelievable.

RONALD: What?
What's unbelievable?

Will you say something to me?
Tell me. What is it? What?

What's unbelievable?
Catherine, please.

I'm right here.
I'm all ears. What is it?

CATHERINE: I'm sorry I don't
want to f*ck you right now.

Okay?

We are in crisis here.
Remember?

Mmm-hmm.

It's so much.
There's so much to push through.

We shouldn't have to
think about that.

It's not just about
the sex, Catherine.

You're not here.
Like, you're not here.

You're not.
It's not a family anymore.

I...

(SIGHS)

We still have other things
to think about. All right?

- We still have a daughter.
- We still have a daughter?

Where are you?

- What do...
- What have you done for her?

- What's that supposed to mean?
- What are you doing for her?

- What are you talking about?
- You have... (LAUGHS)

You're not there for her.
You were never there for her.

- Even before.
- What? No.

You show up,

you play Mr. Nice Guy, and
you leave all the work for me.

Is that what
you want me to do?

What in the hell
are you talking about?

You want me to go take care
of her again for you?

What are you talking about?

You pushed him!

(SHOUTS) You pushed him!

You pushed him!

That's not...

You were not there for her.

It was different with Tyler,
and you know that.

- You know that I raised...
- You don't listen.

...these kids
the best way that I know.

You're not listening to me.
You don't listen to anyone!

Well, at least I'm here,
Catherine!

I'm the one that's trying to
hold this family together.

Where are you?

There's a little black boy
going out into this world...

I'm grieving!

I'm just asking you, can I
grieve in my way, please?

Yeah. That's not fair.

I've done nothing
but be here for you.

That's all I've done.
I'm just trying to be a good...

I can't be around you. God.

Oh, God, you make me sick.

Wait... I make you sick?

What did I do
to make you sick?

Like, honestly,
I just want to be here for you, with you.

We're going through
this together.

We're going through
this together.

- (WHIMPERS)
- Hey.

(SNIFFLES) I can't.

I can't.

I can't look at you
and not think of him.

(WHIMPERS)

I'm sorry.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

LUKE: You'll love my mom.
She's the f*cking greatest.

She drives me crazy,
but she's the best.

What about your dad?

- My dad?
- Mmm-hmm.

Um...

He's not the best dude.

Do you want to talk about it?

Um, sure, yeah. Uh...

Well, when I was a kid,
he was just drunk

and on drugs a lot and, um...

Just did some pretty terrible
stuff to me and my mom.

I mean, especially my mom.

And I couldn't do
anything about it,

because I was just a kid.

But, yeah, eventually
my mom cut us off.

(SIGHS)

And you haven't
talked to him at all since?

No. No,
he actually has cancer.

- Really?
- Yeah, he has cancer.

- I'm sorry.
- No, it's all right.

He's a piece of sh*t.
He deserves it.

So... He's not in my life.
I don't know him.

I really wish I could
talk to my mom.

- You don't talk to her?
- No, she's dead.

Really? Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry.

No, it's fine.
It's okay. Um...

My stepmom is really my mom.

I mean, she's the one
who raised us, so...

Yeah, I haven't seen
my biological mom

since I was, like,
a little girl.

Oh, no. Um...
How'd she die?

She overdosed.

- Really?
- Mmm-hmm.

- I'm so sorry.
- It's fine.

I'm sorry too.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

What are you going to do?

What are you going to do?

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

Do you know this song?

Is it Blood Orange?

(CHUCKLES) Mmm-mmm.

I don't... No, I don't.
Who is it?

Animal Collective.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(MUSIC GROWS LOUDER)

♪♪ But you claw me like a cat

♪♪ I'm beaming ♪♪

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(LAUGHING)

You totally
don't have to do that.

Wait, what is it?

It's X. But seriously,
there's no pressure at all.

Whatever you want to do,
I'm up for it.

EMILY: Okay.

- What do you think?
- Um... Like, want to do it?

- Yeah. Yeah, of course.
- Really? Okay, cool.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

EMILY: I like this.

- Like, your lips are so soft.
- LUKE: I know.

- EMILY: So f*cking beautiful.
- LUKE: Yeah.

- (BOTH MOANING)
- (SPRINKLERS WHIRRING)

Whoa! Whoa!

♪♪ When you're alone
I wanna say

♪♪ "Let's just stay in"

♪♪ No one's here
in our apartment, babe

♪♪ Put on the dress that I like

♪♪ It makes me so crazy

♪♪ Though I can't say why

♪♪ Keep on your stockings
for a while

♪♪ Some kind of magic in...

- ♪♪ The way you talk about your
- LUKE: Look, look, look! It's a rainbow.

- ♪♪ Blue eyeshadow ♪♪
- It'll come back!

Look, look, look!

Look, look, look!

Way too cold!

(EMILY LAUGHING)

♪♪ You are but a phoenix
among feathers

♪♪ You're broken
by the waves among the sea

♪♪ They'll let you die
They'll let you wash away

♪♪ But you swim
as well as you fly

♪♪ Pretty little bird
Pretty little bird

♪♪ You've hit the window
a few times

♪♪ The window a few times

♪♪ You pretty little bird
Pretty little bird ♪♪

LUKE: You got so much
schmutz on your face.

♪♪ You still ain't scared
of no heights

♪♪ When the spiral down
feels as good as the flight up

♪♪ When hating you
feels good for the night

♪♪ When the morning comes
I hope you're still mine ♪♪

Okay.

Yeah?

Oh, yeah!

- (EMILY MOANING)
- (CHUCKLES)

Okay. I'm sorry.

Hey, baby. I think...

I'm sorry.
I think... I'm sorry.

(PANTING) It's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.

Okay, f*ck. I'm gonna c*m.

f*ck. Okay. Sorry.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- Did... Did you c*m?
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- I'm so sorry.

No, it's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.

- Jesus Christ.
- No, no, no. Don't get...

No, it's fine. It's fine.
It's really fine.

We can go again
if you want, maybe?

Yeah, of course.

Yeah, it's okay.
You can take your time.

- It's okay. Don't worry.
- Okay.

(AIRPLANE PASSING OVERHEAD)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(BIRD CHIRPING)

(BIRD CHIRPING)

(AIRPLANE PASSING OVERHEAD)

RONALD: I don't think you've
been fishing with your daddy

since you was a little girl.

Thanks for coming.

I, uh...

I just wanted to apologize.

I feel like we haven't
spoken in some time

and I'm responsible for that.

Well... (SNIFFLES)

I don't even really know
what's going on with you.

How you doing with everything?

I'm good.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You know it's okay
if you're not.

You can tell me anything.
You know that, right?

Yeah, I know.

I worry about you.

(CHUCKLING) Dad,
you don't need to worry about me.

Okay.

- Okay? I'm fine.
- All right. All right.

How are you doing
with everything?

Me?

It's been hard.

Hasn't it?

(SIGHS)

Don't know how to connect
with your mother anymore.

- What do you mean?
- She won't look at me.

She won't talk to me.

I think she hates me.
I really do.

- Dad, she doesn't hate you.
- No, she might.

She's just shutting down,
you know?

She won't go to work.

Couldn't even if
she wanted to.

The business will not recover.
We're just losing money.

Just...

I just love her so much

but I'm losing her,
and I don't know what to do.

I'm sorry.

Dad, don't apologize.

- I shouldn't be telling you all this.
- Dad, don't apologize.

No, it's okay.

It's just... (SNIFFLES)

I don't have anyone else
to talk to.

I know. It's okay. Dad.

- Dad.
- Yeah?

Look, I'm really happy
you're telling me this stuff.

- I promise, okay?
- Okay.

Thank you. (SIGHS)

Thank you.

(SNIFFLES)

(EXHALES)

(SIGHS)

You know,
I could've stopped it.

Stopped what?
What do you mean?

Well... (CLEARS THROAT)

I was there that night and...
(SIGHS)

I saw him following her.
And I...

I had that sick feeling
in my stomach.

Um...

I don't know what happened.
I kind of just froze.

Baby.

It's just so crazy,

'cause if I just
would've gotten up...

- You know?
- No. No.

If I just would've
gotten up, then...

I would've went up to him
and stopped him,

- and she would still be here.
- Wait. Listen to me.

- This is not your fault.
- So I just... Yeah, it is.

- No, it's not.
- It is.

- Because I was there.
- No, and you can't blame yourself for it.

- I could've done something...
- You understand me?

- ...and I just didn't.
- You didn't do this.

Your brother did it.
It's not...

I chose not to do anything.

Sweetheart, you didn't do it.
This is not...

And I don't know
why I did that.

This is not your fault.

It is.

- It's not your fault.
- (SOBBING)

Emily, hey.

And I hate him so much.

- I hate him so much!
- I know.

What he did is evil, Dad!
He's evil.

- He's a... He's a monster!
- I understand that...

He's a monster for
doing that to her! I don't...

I understand
that you're angry.

- How does somebody do that?
- You have every right to be.

Do you hear me?
But your brother?

He's not a monster.
He's not evil.

He's just a human being.

I know the pain that
you're feeling right now.

Believe me, I know it.

I think about your brother
every day

(SNIFFLES) and the things that
I could've done differently.

But we can't change it,
you know?

All we have is now.

All we have is now.

And I'm telling you this
because I love you.

Holding on to that much
hate will destroy a person,

and I'm not about to let
that happen to you.

You have so much love
to share with the world.

And so much life yet to live.

Hey, you remember
Papa's favorite scriptures?

It said,
"Hatred stirs up strife,

"but love,
love covers all offenses."

And I love you so much,
baby girl. Come here.

(SNIFFLING)

It's okay.

- I love you too.
- I know you do. I know.

(EMILY SOBBING)

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING
ON CELL PHONE)

What are you thinking about?

(SIGHS)

Uh, the hospital where
my dad's at called today.

Really? What did they say?

They don't think
he has much longer.

Oh, um...

Do they know how long?

Um...

I don't know.
Like, not long at all.

They said he doesn't
have more than a week.

Um, what are you going to do?

What do you mean?

- Well, you have to see him.
- Why?

Because he's your dad.

Okay, I don't want to see him.
And besides,

my car's in the shop
and he's in Missouri.

Well, we can take my car.

You have to see your dad.

You will seriously regret it
if you don't.

Okay, it says it's gonna
take two days to get there,

but we can leave tomorrow.
We could...

We could stop and we could
break it up along the way.

Do you think you could make up
an excuse for your mom?

- (SIGHS) Are you serious?
- Yes.

- Can you make up an excuse?
- Yeah, yeah.

I guess I could
make up an excuse.

Do you think... Could you?

(SIGHS)

I think we should do it.

♪♪ This is not my life

♪♪ It's just a fond
farewell to a friend

LUKE: Unreal!

♪♪ It's just a fond
farewell to a friend

♪♪ This is not my life

♪♪ It's just a fond
farewell to a friend

♪♪ It's not what I'm like

♪♪ It's just a fond farewell

LUKE: Yeah! Whoo!

(EMILY SHRIEKS)

♪♪ Speaking of Nirvana

♪♪ It was there

♪♪ Rare as the feathers
on my dash

♪♪ From a phoenix

♪♪ There with my crooked teeth
and companions sleeping, yeah

♪♪ Dreaming a thought that could

♪♪ Dream about a thought

♪♪ That could think of
the dreamer that thought

♪♪ That could think of dreaming
and getting a glimmer of God

♪♪ I be dreaming a dream
in a thought

♪♪ That could dream
about a thought

♪♪ That could think
of dreaming a dream

♪♪ Where I cannot

♪♪ Where I cannot ♪♪

EMILY:
Hey, I think this is it.

LUKE: This is the slowest
f*cking elevator.

Yeah.

(MACHINE BEEPING)

Hey, Dad. Hi.

(BILL BREATHING DEEPLY)

(SNIFFLES)

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

BILL: I missed you.

(BILL WHIMPERS)

This is my girlfriend, Emily.

EMILY: Hi.
It's nice to meet you.

BILL: Beautiful.

Thank you.

(COUGHING AND RETCHING)

DOCTOR: Well, he's fighting.
Everyone is different.

Sometimes it's rapid,
sometimes it takes time.

He might be holding on more
because you're here now.

However, this is taking
longer than usual

and longer than
we had anticipated.

Obviously,
he's not ready to go yet.

And the best thing
that you can do

is to help him feel peace
and comfort when he's lucid.

So if there's anything
that you need,

please let us know.

And I'll be back tomorrow
to check in.

EMILY: Thank you very much,
Doctor.

LUKE: Thank you very much,
Doctor. I appreciate it.

- (MACHINE BEEPING)
- (BILL BREATHING RAGGEDLY)

Babe.

Baby, baby, wake up.

- Wake up.
- What's up?

It's your dad. Your dad.
Baby, your dad.

Hey. Do you have to
go to the bathroom?

Bathroom?

(BILL COUGHING)

(COUGHING CONTINUES)

(BILL RETCHING)

(COUGHING)

(GROANS)

(SIGHS)

What are you
holding onto, Dad?

What's going on?
What are you feeling?

Talk to me.

Or not.

(SIGHS) You know, um...

You don't need
to fight anymore.

I just want you
to be at peace.

Um...

You know you're going
to someplace better.

- Right?
- (QUIETLY) I know.

Yeah. You know.

You don't have any regrets?

Kind of.

Yeah?

Yeah? Well,
you don't have to.

- (SOBS)
- You don't need to.

You're okay.

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

LUKE: Yeah, Dad.
Just let it out.

(BILL CONTINUES SOBBING)

(EXHALES)

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON PA)

(ELEVATOR RUMBLING)

(SOBBING)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(PHONE CLICKING)

(EKG FLATLINING)

(SOBBING)

(SOBBING)

(SIRENS BLARING)

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

(SIGHS)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

GUARD: Okay, folks.
minutes.

(ALARM BUZZES)

MINISTER: God wants us...

- MINISTER: Amen.
- Amen.

MINISTER: It doesn't matter
what happened.

What I'm talking about...

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(DOOR OPENS)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(EMILY PANTING)

(BICYCLE WHEELS WHIRRING)

(CONTINUES PANTING)

(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)

TYLER: I love you.

ALEXIS: I love you too.

TYLER: I love you so much.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)