All language subtitles for Song.Of.Back.And.Neck.2018.WEB-DL.x264-FGT-en

["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.

-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]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

How do you do that?

Do what?

It's very unusual for needles
to make noise when they vibrate.

Huh.

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

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]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Dr. Huang?

Excuse me...

In your opinion,
could this maybe
be psychological?

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[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]

[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]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[ALL LAUGHING]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[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.

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.
-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

Swim until you can't
See land

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.

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
I want to wake up

I want to wake up
I want to wake up

I want to wake up
I want to wake up

I want to wake up