Sometimes it scares
me to think...
where it's coming
from, you know?
Like...
there's someone else
inside there, not me.
Well...
what if I...
what if I lose it and
never get it back?
What would I do then?
Take a listen to this
again, I want to...
do something with it.
Um... I've got... I
think I've got it.
The music part, it worked
out in my head, but...
I don't know anything else
except that it should...
it should sound like,
you know, a cry, but...
in sort of a good
way or something.
I want these voices
at the end just to...
sound...
All right, Chuck, let's have it.
I wish they all could
be California...
We don't want to take 16...
Help me, help me, help me...
Baby...
There we go.
I'm losing it. I'm
losing the whole record.
That'd be great.
Something's going to happen.
All right, here we go.
You're grass and
I'm a power mower.
If everybody had an ocean...
Across the USA...
Then everybody'd be surfin'...
Like Californi-a...
You see them wearing
their baggies...
Huarache sandals, too...
A bushy, bushy blonde hairdo...
Yeah, we all grew up in
Hawthorne, California.
The brothers here,
Dennis, Brian, and Carl.
Carl.
They all live in the same
house and I grew up...
a few blocks down. Al...
Al, where did you live?
Well, it's been building
up inside of me...
for, oh, I don't
know how long...
I don't know why, but
I keep thinking...
something's bound to go wrong...
- Ooh - But she
looks in my eyes...
and makes me realize...
and she says...
I have watched you...
on the shore...
standing by the ocean's roar...
with a different melody, It's
the same chord progression...
- with a spin-off.
- Mm-hmm.
So, my part in the chorus
against the band...
alternates with the intro
backing the new melody.
Just gets around.
Gets around. Clever.
Round, round, get
around, I get around...
- I get around - Yeah
Get around, 'round,
'round, 'round...
- I get around...
- Okay, hold it!
'Round, 'round,
'round, I get around
Get around, 'round,
'round, I get around...
I'm a real cool head...
- I'm making real good bread -
Get around, 'round, 'round...
Well, you knew all along...
that your dad was getting
wise to you now...
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied...
And since he took
your set of keys...
you've been thinking that
your fun is all through now.
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied.
But you can come
along with me...
'cause we've got a lot
of things to do now.
You shouldn't have lied now,
you shouldn't have lied...
And we'll have fun, fun, fun...
now that Daddy took
the T-bird away.
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy
took the T-bird away...
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy
took the T-bird away...
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy
took the T-bird away...
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy
took the T-bird away...
Fun, fun, fun now that Daddy
took the T-bird away...
Excuse me.
What?
Oh.
Hi, how are you?
I'm fine, thanks. Are
these your shoes?
What? Yeah, yeah,
they're my shoes.
I didn't want to, you
know, mess up the car...
because I jog.
See, I jog on the
beach and, um...
I get sand in my
shoes, you know?
So...
Well, that's very considerate.
But I... you know, I also
get sand in my socks.
I got holes in my socks, so
I did make a mess anyways.
So, I'm sorry about that.
What are you going to do?
You're going to get
sand in the car.
It's no problem.
Can I help you today?
I'd like to buy a car.
Cadillac, you know?
Great.
- You've come to the right place.
- Yeah.
This is the Fleetwood.
- Wow.
- My personal favorite.
What do you think?
I don't know.
Well, take your time,
there's no pressure.
Blue is a very calm color.
Is this guy a friend of yours?
I feel like he's watching us.
No, he's not my friend.
He's my bodyguard.
Come on.
Something like that.
It's a funny word,
isn't it, bodyguard?
- Uh...
- Bodyguard.
- Are we on "Candid Camera"?
- No.
No, no, no. I do need a car.
Can we just sit in
here for a minute?
Sure.
Well, the master
lock feature works.
We know that much.
Hmm.
My brother died.
Oh. Oh, I'm...
I'm so sorry.
He drowned.
A few years ago.
Two.
But I'm all... broken up
about it still, you know?
I mean, he wasn't even 40 yet.
That is... that's terrible.
- So sad.
- Yeah.
But I just don't get it.
I think about it every day,
and I just don't get it.
I guess it's better just not
to think about it, right?
Just...
force it out of your mind.
Sure. Yeah, I can
understand that.
I'm not married anymore.
Okay.
Do you have a pen I could use?
I guess I need a little
piece of paper, too.
Uh, sure. Just, um...
Thank you.
Brian, come on out of the car.
- I'm Brian.
- Melinda.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Come on, Brian.
- I want this car.
The Fleetwood?
No, no, yeah, but I want this car.
Okay?
I want this car. This
one we're sitting in.
- Oh, the floor model?
- Yes, it's your favorite, right?
- You want...
- It's special. You understand?
- Can I have it?
- Sure.
- Okay.
- Yes.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- What's happening, guys?
- Hi, Gene.
- Hi, I'm Dr. Eugene Landy.
- Hi.
How are you?
I'm Brian's brother
from another mother.
- What's up?
- I want the blue Fleetwood, Gene.
- Really?
- Yeah.
You sure you don't
want a Maserati?
- No offense.
- None taken.
- No, that one.
- Really?
- It's her favorite.
- Okay.
Well, I'm going to expect a deal here.
You know?
Something worth our while.
Do you know who this man is?
Brian Wilson.
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys.
- You didn't mention that.
- Well, 'cause that stuff doesn't matter.
That's ego stuff. You know?
Are you kidding me?
I love your music.
I grew up on it.
So, thank you.
That makes me feel really
good, Melinda Ledbetter.
Okay.
- Melinda Ledbetter.
- Right? It's a nice name.
Uh, why don't you get
started on the paperwork?
- Okay?
- Will do.
Great. And thank you
again for your help.
Let's go, Brian.
Come on, guy.
I think it's a good choice.
- You feel good about it?
- Yeah.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
Okay.
What the hell was that about?
I'm not really sure.
You okay?
Yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're
about to start our descent.
Please return your seats
to an upright position...
and fasten your seat belts.
You okay?
I think I'm having
a heart attack.
Brian! Brian!
- Brian! Brian! Brian!
- Get him something!
- Bring us a pillow!
- Breathe!
- Give me the pillow!
- Where's the pillow?!
Give me the pillow!
- Brian! Brian!
- Breathe!
Are you choking?
Are you choking?
- I don't want to die!
- Hey!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- I don't want to die!
Brian, look at me. Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me! Look at me.
Look at me.
It's okay.
Hi.
You good?
Nowhere to run to, baby.
It was weird.
It was like I was in a
movie or something.
There was music, like always...
but then it got dark and scary.
I couldn't breathe.
Like someone was holding
his hand over my mouth.
Hey, Brian. You
doing okay, baby?
Yeah, I'm good, Mare.
Okay, just checking.
Yeah, then I started
hearing things.
Strange things.
- People talking.
- What, like voices?
Like, uh...
like voices in your head?
No!
Well, kind of. Yeah.
Maybe I'm cuckoo
for Cocoa Puffs!
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!
It was kind of scary.
I think it's just Dad. You know?
Messing with your head.
We're too big for him to take
the belt to us anymore...
so he's got to use his black
magic sh*t or something.
Ah, come on. It's not Dad.
- Yeah...
- Something's off.
It's being on the road.
You know, being up there.
It's freaky.
I get nervous onstage, too, Bri.
- I mean, we all probably do.
- No, but this is different.
Anyway, you don't need
me standing up there...
looking like a jerk.
I'll be better
back here at home.
Making music.
I just want to be home.
I got all kinds of new ideas...
new sounds...
new harmonies...
new instruments.
You hear the new Beatles?
- Yeah.
- The "Rubber Soul"? Yeah.
I heard it was about John
Lennon having an affair.
It's amazing!
I mean, it works like a whole.
It's like a whole album.
Everything fits
together, no fat.
Like an album of folk songs, but
the sounds are really far out.
- Lots of overdubbing.
- They stole our backing vocal.
You know, we go, La,
la, la, la, la, la...
And then they changed it to...
De, de, de, de, de,
de, de, de, de...
I thought it said, "Tit,
tit, tit, t*ts, t*tties."
- No?
- Denny.
We can't let them
get ahead of us!
J...
I can take us further.
If you let me stay at
home in the studio.
It's what I need to do.
And I promise, when
you come back...
I will have stuff for you
that will blow your minds.
Bri!
Fine, but you just keep
your head on straight.
- Okay, Bri?
- I will!
- Hey, Brian!
- I will.
Straight as a die.
Hey, straight as a what?
What does that even mean?
You're going to die
in a straight line?
I have no idea. I heard
Dad use it once.
Oh, never use it again.
It's going to be strange to be
in Japan without you, brother.
Yeah, who's going to
fold our clothes now?
Bri!
Carl, Dennis, come on,
guys, come sit with us.
Okay, I'll be right over.
Everybody in!
One of these days, you
are going to break...
your skull open if
you're not careful, Bri.
I'm going to make the greatest
album ever made, Mare!
I know you are, baby.
I know you are.
Ben, two more minutes,
I'm almost ready.
You can lock up.
- This is Melinda.
- Friday night.
- 6:00?
- Hello?
- What? Wrong ear.
- Put it on the other ear.
- Hello? Uh, hi.
- Jesus.
Is this Mel... Melinda?
Yes, this is Melinda.
Melinda Ledbetter?
Yes.
Hi.
It's Brian Wilson
from the Beach Boys.
Hi, Brian Wilson
from the Beach Boys.
Melinda!
Melinda Ledbetter!
Melinda Ledbetter!
Melinda!
Are you there?!
Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm great!
- You look really great.
- Thank you.
- You want to go?
- Oh, did you... yeah.
I...
- I forgot your apartment number.
- Ah. Well...
It's a good thing the
loudspeaker worked.
Yeah.
Why does it feel like the
prom all of a sudden?
I'm not sure.
Thank you.
- Hey, Melinda.
- Hi.
- You look great.
- Uh, hi!
Gazing at people...
- This song is so great.
- Some hand in hand...
I love it.
Such a beautiful song.
- What's that?
- Excuse me?
I couldn't hear what you said.
What'd you say to Brian?
Uh, I... I just said
that this song is...
is so great. I love it.
- Why? Why?
- No, it's a great song.
It's fantastic. You're right.
Timeless.
Thoughts they cannot defend...
Just what you want to be...
Well...
I guess this is good night.
Good night.
- Okay.
- Would you like me to call you again?
Would you like to call me again?
Or... are you just asking
'cause you were told to?
Both things.
- Both.
- I really appreciate your honesty.
I really do. I don't meet a
lot of honest people anymore.
I'll tell you what.
I'm going to be home
most of the day Sunday.
Give me a call if
you feel like it.
If you don't, that's fine, too.
There's no pressure.
I'm going to call you.
- Cool.
- Cool.
Good night.
Good night.
I may not always love you...
but long as there are
stars above you...
you never need to doubt it.
I'll make you so sure about it.
And God only knows...
what I'd be without you.
If you should ever leave me...
well, life would still
go on, believe me.
The world could show
nothing to me...
so what good would
living do me?...
And God only knows...
what I'd be without you.
And God only knows...
what I'd be without you.
And the last verse
repeats one more time...
and the chorus will harmonize
over and over at the end.
It's still rough, I know,
but it's getting there.
It's right for Carl's voice.
You like it, Dad?
I mean, it'll get better.
The vocals will...
counterpoint the backing track.
Real soulful.
Oh, you don't want my
advice or my meddling.
Well, just tell me
what you think.
Not much use for me, is there?
With your mom living on her own.
Come on, we're still a family.
Families don't fire
their own father.
I don't want to start
that argument again.
- I'm not arguing.
- If I say something now, you'll argue.
Then don't say anything.
Forget it!
Forget what? Forget what?
- You don't like the song.
- I never said that.
I can tell.
Just say something!
I would change the title.
The Capris had a tune out
called "God Only Knows"...
- in '55, '54.
- Never mind that.
Did you close your eyes
like I asked you to?
Tony and I think...
if you close your eyes,
you can see a place...
where something is happening.
It's like being blind, but because
you're blind, you can see more.
Don't you think it's a
spiritual kind of thing?
I don't know what the hell
you're talking about.
I closed my eyes,
didn't see a thing.
I don't know, maybe it
could be something...
with the right arrangement.
Well, yeah, I have
French horns on it...
and flutes, tambourines,
sleigh bells, piano, bass...
real complex key shifts.
Frankly, if you really
want to know...
I don't care for it.
It's too wishy-washy.
If you leave me, why leave me?
Life will go on,
why go on living?
It's not like a Beach Boys song.
Your brothers are
going to hate it.
- It's a love song.
- It's a suicide note.
Didn't you just say it could be
something with the right arrangement?!
Well, I gave it another
thought, okay?
And if you can't keep your
voice down in my house...
get out!
Hey, Carol.
- How's it going?
- Good. Good to see you.
Groovy shades.
Lyle, how's it going?
- Hal, hey. Good to see you.
- Hey. You, too.
I want you to meet Tony Asher.
Tony Asher, this is Hal Blaine.
The greatest drummer
working today.
And you never heard
of him, have you?
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
That's the secret. All these
guys, Hal, Tommy, Carol, Earl...
the whole band. I mean,
they're probably...
the best in the business, but
they're studio musicians...
so nobody's ever heard of them.
It's crazy!
- Huh?
- Yeah, oh, yeah.
Yeah. Here you go.
Kettle drums? Thought we
were doing rock 'n' roll.
Ah, a whole new bag.
So what do we got
going here, Brian?
Uh, I don't know, Hal.
Just some ideas.
Try something.
Oh, excuse me.
- Bum, bum, bum.
- Yup.
Yeah, let's try it.
Mmm.
That's exactly how I want it.
You know what I'm going to do?
Let's add a little
tie right here.
I think this will
sound better...
- a little smoother right there.
- You want to tie the first one?
Okay, this is "I'm Waiting
For the Day," take six.
Here we go. One, two,
one, two, three.
Oh, hey! That was out of sight.
I mean, it really was, Al.
How did you play that?
- I don't know.
- What?
The, uh...
How did you play that?
- It was a mistake.
- Well, if you repeat a mistake...
every four bars, it's
not a mistake anymore.
- See what I mean?
- I love it.
All right.
That was great. Okay,
let's do it again.
Remember, it's the higher octave
on the upbeats and the bridge.
Hey, Brian?
- Yeah, I love that.
- Brian?
- Yeah?
- I think you might've screwed up here.
Really? Let me see.
Well, you've got
Lyle playing in D...
- and the rest of us are in A major.
- Yeah, that's right.
How does that work? Two bass
lines in two different keys?
Well, it works in my head.
It's all playing in my head.
The orchestration and
the five vocal parts.
I think it's going to work.
Let's try it.
Oh, Hal? Hal?
Here's how I want you to do it.
It goes, uh...
Two, three, four.
So it's, uh...
the first beat on the
last bar of the intro.
Boom! Two, three, four.
There's the North
Star right there.
- That's the North Star?
- Yeah, yeah. You knew that.
- I really didn't.
- Come on.
- I mean, it's a bright star.
- Have you ever...
have you ever seen this before?
- Never like this.
- Yeah.
I used to love coming
here as a kid, you know?
I love the feel of this place.
I really wanted
to take you here.
- You did?
- Yeah.
Demonstration booths.
Do you remember those?
- In the department store?
- Yeah, and that's when I first heard...
The Four Freshmen...
and immediately my mind just...
I mean, it's... like magic.
Something happened and...
so I listened to those harmonies
and study them after school,
and I would teach
them to my brothers.
And we'd all sing.
And then I would teach
them to my parents...
and we'd all be sitting
around singing.
My brothers and my
parents and everybody.
Everybody.
Wow. That sounds like such
a wonderful childhood.
Yeah, it was really nice...
except for when my dad
was beating on us...
all the time, you know? Like...
He was a really hard, hard guy.
You know, like, um...
There's a spanking.
You know that sound?
You know a certain
kind of spanking...
and it sounds like a...
you know, like...
But the way we had it, you know?
When it came out of him, it's...
You know?
Really hard.
Come on, let's give these
guys some privacy.
- You know, we laugh about it.
- Babe, I can't just...
- Doug, come on.
- You know, back in those days?
We laugh about all that, but...
it was pretty tough business.
Pretty tough business.
Hey.
- I'm so sorry.
- No, what? About what?
They're okay. They come
here all the time.
- It's their favorite spot.
- No, Brian, about your dad.
Oh, yeah.
You know, spare...
spare the rod...
spoil the child.
You know I'm 96% deaf...
in my right ear because my
dad whacked me all the time?
He was a really hard man...
and he was a not
very happy man...
but, uh...
in some ways I love my
dad, you know, because...
he scared me and he
scared me so much...
I think he actually scared
me into making good records.
You know? I mean, he
had this, like...
competitive spirit that
really blew my mind and...
What about your mom?
She stayed out of
all of it, mostly.
I think she drank a lot.
You know?
That's how she... she...
she dealt with it.
I haven't seen her in...
three years?
- What?
- Gene doesn't think it's a good idea...
for me to be in touch
with my family right now.
I haven't seen my
daughters in...
two years.
You have two daughters.
Yeah. Yeah.
I wasn't a very good
father to them, you know?
Because I was drinking and drugging
when I should have been...
you know, a parent.
And, uh...
you know, I made a
mess of my life...
lost control of my life.
It's a weird trip...
but...
anyway, they live in
Encino with their mom.
Well, sh*t.
Yeah.
But it's not so bad now anymore.
You know?
- Good.
- Uh-huh.
Good.
Look, listen to me, I'm
just going on and on.
- It's my boring life...
- It's not boring.
It is, but what
about you, Melinda?
I mean, my God, you're so...
You're such good fun and you're...
you're so...
so tender and so sweet.
I mean...
why don't you have a...
boyfriend?
Oh, well...
There was someone.
He was no good. He
broke my heart.
He shouldn't have done that.
Well, I shouldn't have let him.
Aww, sh...
f*ck. Tony, you holding
those keys down?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Okay.
Can I have another bobby
pin, please, Hal?
Okay, keep the keys down, Tony.
Here we go.
Yeah, so, uh, right here.
No, give it, uh...
like...
There's like a gasp in between.
Cut! I think we got it.
Chuck, mix that in, uh, with
the sound of the train...
going by at the end
of "Caroline, No."
- You got it, Brian.
- Hey, Chuck...
you think we could
get a horse in here?
Hey, kid.
Brian.
Brian!
Brian! You got a light?
I spilled coffee on
my matches in there.
Tough day at the office?
Well...
my family is coming
in tomorrow...
the band, they're...
Well, sometimes they're
tough, you know?
Let me tell you something.
We're all pros, you know?
We've played with everyone.
Heard it all.
You name them, we've
played with them.
Sinatra, Dean Martin...
Elvis, Phil Spector...
Sam Cooke, everyone!
And we all studied in g*dd*mn
conservatories, for Christ's sake.
But...
but you...
you got to know...
that you're touched, kid.
You've blown our minds.
- More than Phil Spector?
- Ah, Phil's got nothing on you.
Oh, man.
No, the band is
going to love it.
Every note of it.
You're a talented young man.
Hang in there, man. I'll see ya.
I'll see ya tomorrow, Hal.
- Wow, nice place.
- Yeah, come on in.
Let me show you around.
- Oh, wow.
- This is my room.
This is my room.
- Oh, nice!
- Yeah, I got to pick it.
What do you mean?
Well, you know, I got another house a
little bit up the coast, you know?
- You do?
- But Gene wants me to live, you know...
in a more controlled
environment.
So he's living in that
one and I'm living here.
You know, not so many
distractions and memories.
But I got to pick the room.
- Wow.
- Ch... ch... check this out.
Look at this.
That's absolutely beautiful.
Thanks.
What is it?
Oh, that's just
something that I...
came up with when I saw you.
What are you going
to do with it?
Nothing, it's gone.
That was just for you.
That's so incredible.
Oh, my God...
that just, like,
came out of you.
Is that how it works? Or just...
Yeah. Sometimes.
Sometimes your inner voice
wants to express itself...
and every once in a
while, every blue moon...
your soul... comes out to play.
- You know?
- Wow.
Can't be rushed.
It's like a kid,
it's just nature...
but... yeah.
Can I ask you
something personal?
- Personal?
- Kind of.
Sure, I'm an open book.
Did you really spend
two years in bed?
No...
more like three.
At least, that's
what I tell people.
I got out at night
sometimes in my bathrobe.
Do you like matzo ball soup?
I don't know. I don't think...
- I've ever had matzo ball soup.
- No?
It's really good.
My ex-wife was Jewish,
did I tell you that?
- No.
- That's when I first had it.
- Oh.
- At Marilyn's parents' house.
They're really nice parents.
She saved my life.
Marilyn?
Mare.
I wasn't a very good
husband, I told you...
but...
we were only kids
when we got married.
- She was 16. 16.
- That's crazy.
I think it's an acquired
taste, you know?
- Marriage?
- Matzo ball soup.
We should go one day, you know?
- Go to Canter's and try it.
- Sure.
- Do you want to try it?
- Yeah, I would. Why not?
- I don't want to force you to.
- You wouldn't be.
- It's not going to k*ll you or anything.
- I would hope not.
You know, I mean, just
have a little bit.
- It's good to try new things in life.
- Okay. I will.
I will try to keep an open mind.
- It's important to try things.
- Good.
- New things.
- New things.
I agree.
Brian...
time for your pills.
Come on.
- One minute.
- Oh.
Melinda...
you ever hear of the, um...
"Underground Dictionary"?
Thank you, sweetheart.
- Uh, no.
- Well, I published it.
- 1971.
- Huh.
It's an amazing book.
It's a, uh...
lexicon for subcultural speak.
It's a reference book
for professionals...
of all kinds to learn
how to talk to...
the subcultures of the time.
- Bikers, hookers, surfers...
- Hey.
- Are you okay?
- ...junkies, blacks...
- Yeah.
- What does he have you on?
I get allergies. I get
allergies, so, um...
I get a little drowsy.
They're the toughest
ones to talk to.
Right, Brian?
I'm... I'm... I'm hungry, Gene.
- ...It was a real bitchin' concept book.
- Gene, I'm hungry.
Kind of ahead of its time and
it got a lot of attention.
- Frankly.
- Gene, I'm hungry.
It's coming.
Uh, far out, right
on, out of sight...
uh, smokey t*ts, bonnaroo.
Uh, super wicked, wiggy.
How about that? All right.
We got one ready here.
Guest of honor first.
- Oh.
- There you go, ma'am.
- Nope.
- You know, I'm...
- You... you should have it.
- No, no. He's not as hungry...
- as he thinks he is.
- I'm... I'm hungry.
No, you're not. You know what?
You need to drink more water
and you would be full.
- I think he's hungry.
- Go ahead. No, patience is a virtue.
- Seriously, he can wait.
- I think he should...
- I can share.
- Taste it.
Good? Far out.
Far out.
- Hey, Gene.
- Yeah?
Exactly what allergies does
he suffer from anyway?
Don't you worry about that.
Brian's medications are very
carefully administered...
if you must know.
You know what? No, God damn it!
Jesus Christ!
Seriously?! Seriously?!
You have got to learn to
wait your g*dd*mn turn!
Jesus Christ!
Now this is what happens, okay?
- I'm hungry.
- No!
You are not g*dd*mn hungry!
You think you're hungry!
Do you you understand the
g*dd*mn difference?!
Wait your turn!
You have got to be kidding me!
You have no idea the
consequences from this.
- Okay?
- No.
No idea, man! Come on!
Jesus Christ! Rob?
First of all, I want to apologize
about the other night.
I can get worked up sometimes
when it comes to Brian.
Now, I should have met
with you earlier...
but with all of that said...
I really don't want
you to be alarmed...
by what, uh, I'm going to
talk to you about now.
But you should know that
you are dealing with...
a very, very... sick man.
There's no other way to say it.
Sorry.
Well, how sick is he?
Brian is a... paranoid
schizophrenic.
But you really do not
need to be alarmed...
because I have it under control.
I am the control... so to speak.
When I started working
with Brian...
he weighed, what... 300 pounds?
He spent all day in bed...
eating bloody steaks and
a lot of junk food.
- Self-medicating.
- Oh.
Drinking, among other things.
Uh, just not dealing, not
able to look me in the eye.
Not able to look
anybody in the eye.
Frankly, suicidal.
- So...
- Really?
I pulled him out of the grave...
and I stood him up...
and I taught him how
to start living again.
He was very open, I mean, he...
I... thought.
You know, he told me...
he was taking medication
for anxiety...
- and a little depression.
- First thing, don't...
believe everything
that Brian tells you.
He's, uh...- he's a little
boy in a man's body.
I mean, there's a lot of
playacting going on...
in Brian World. Are
you in love with him?
Please understand something.
I hope you do.
It's my job... it's my duty...
to approve anyone that Brian
is spending time with.
And I mean everyone.
Yeah? So...
If you want to
continue to see him...
well, then there's going
to have to be some rules.
Um, for example...
if Brian calls you, asks
you out for a date...
well, that's fantastic...
but I need you to call me directly...
immediately.
And afterwards, I
think it would be...
therapeutically useful...
if you report to me
everything that happened.
Your thoughts, your feelings.
Uh, his thoughts, his feelings.
And so far as you can report
on those things objectively...
from your perspective.
You follow me?
I'm giving you
unprecedented access here.
But... I need you...
to work with me.
All right, you
want a cup of tea?
But, you know, your suspicion...
is just like Brian's
initial paranoia.
His desire not to get better.
But, you know, that came from...
no sense of self-worth...
no belief in himself,
no ability to trust.
You have the ability
to trust, Melinda?
Come on.
I'm helping a great man learn
how to be alive again.
Why not trust me?
I'm going to try, Gene.
I just don't know you.
But I know you.
As I told you, it is my job.
Okay?
You think of yourself as an
independent woman, right?
Hagerty girl, right?
Successful modeling career...
some long-term relationships...
disappointments.
Your last boyfriend took
you for a bit of a ride.
Had a girl in every port.
And now you...
sell cars.
Well, we all do what we can.
We do.
And life can be painful.
I know. That's all I'm saying.
You know, I don't believe
in coincidences.
There's a reason we met.
All of us. Let's work together.
Help me out and let
me help you...
and help me help Brian. Okay?
Thanks, Gene. Thank you.
Take good care of yourself.
Konnichiwa.
- Where's my favorite big brother?
- Denny!
How you doing? Oh, hey.
Hey, man, forget about
California girls.
- Tokyo is where it's at!
- Tokyo girls? Denny.
- I missed you, Bri.
- Oh, it's good to see you.
Hey, look, I got you a souvenir.
Hey, it matches your shirt.
It's cool.
- Hey, Al, good to see you!
- Good to see you.
- Bruce, thanks for being there for me.
- It's an honor, Brian.
No way to fill your
shoes, but I did my best.
- Cousin.
- Mike!
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you!
- What happened? Look at that beard!
- I know, I know...
but what happened to you? You're
getting a little tubby here.
What happened? You should
go on a fast with me.
Well, I'm already eating
as fast as I can.
Well, fatty, we are ready
to rock to your roll, man.
- Let's... let's listen to some tracks.
- Good to see you.
- All right!
- What you got cooking?
You know, Carl, a samurai
sword would have been...
Well, yeah, but I just...
- it was in the airport.
- Does it look cool?
I try hard to be strong...
but sometimes I fail myself...
And after all I've
promised you...
so faithfully...
you still...
believe...
in me.
I want to cry...
Hey, Brian? This chorus.
The lyrics.
Don't you think it's
a little, uh...
What?
"Hang on to your ego," what
are you trying to say?
Uh...
well...
- "hang on to your ego."
- Yeah, ego.
Are you saying...
Is this a druggie song?
Is this a drug song?
- A drug song?
- Yes, "hang on to your ego."
Uh, "Hang on, but I know that
you're going to lose the fight."
I don't know. I... I don't
think it's a drug song...
- whatever that is.
- "They come on like they're peaceful..."
but inside they're so uptight.
"They trip through the day and waste
all their thoughts at night."
Sounds like a druggie
to me, Brian.
- Druggie?!
- Don't pretend like you don't know...
- what I'm talking about here!
- Okay, it's about ego. That's all.
It's about ego?
That's all? Okay.
I'm not trying to be a
tough guy here, okay?
I'm just asking a question. I just
want to know if it's a drug song.
If it's not a drug song, I
want to know what it's about.
Does it sound like a drug
song to anybody else?
Okay, it's not a drug
song, but is it about...
I don't know, it sounds fine.
Okay, okay, so hang on...
we'll hang on to our ego.
Let's all just hang on to our
egos and record the song.
She made me feel so bad.
She made my heart feel sad.
She made my days go wrong.
And then my nights so long.
You've got to keep in mind...
love is here...
today, and it's gone...
tomorrow. It's here
and gone so fast.
You have that attached
to the flash?
Brian, your voice
is on the track.
Stop, please.
Yeah!
No.
- Yes.
- What do you mean, "yeah"?
I mean, yeah, I left them in.
I like it.
- We're listening here.
- You left them in?
The voices? The
talking in your head?
That's part of the song?
- It's part of the music.
- Keep in mind love is here.
It's just like all the
other instruments we use.
- Play the studio.
- Today, and it's gone...
- Play the studio?
- ...tomorrow, it's here...
- Play the studio?
- I like it, Bri.
They're not going
to hear it anyways.
It's buried under there. I...
I think it's really cool.
- Can we stop it, please?
- Jesus, come on, Mike.
No, no, no, it's amateurish.
It's amateurish.
It's hip, man! It's fun!
It's now! That's where
things are happening.
- Brian, it's not.
- Now!
No, this is not fun.
- Not the music, not the lyrics.
- I think it's fun.
Now, it's not all bad,
don't get me wrong...
but it's not Beach Boys fun.
- We've done Beach Boys fun.
- And we had hits, we had lots of hits!
- Why are we arguing right now, Mike?
- There's not one hit...
on this album, guys!
I don't care how many car
horns and bicycle bells...
and jingle-jangle or
whatever you put in there.
They're not going to buy
something depressing like that!
- Depressing?
- Even the happy songs are sad.
We need to write some of the
old stuff again, fellas.
- That's all I'm saying.
- The old stuff is old!
- So we'll make it new again!
- I can't go back in time!
We're not surfers, we
never have been...
and real surfers don't
dig our music anyway.
- They don't.
- Okay, I can't write about the summer...
and fun and summer and
summer and fun and cars!
I got different stuff inside me.
I got to get it out.
Oh, jeez, would you
listen to yourself?
You've "got to get it out"?
- Who are you? Mozart?!
- Everyone shut up!
Carl, play it again.
It's a new creative bag.
- We've got to keep growing!
- Oh, jeez.
None of these guys have played one
single note on the entire album.
It's like you're making your own
record with our voices, Brian.
Dennis played.
- A little bit. Carl, too.
- "A little bit."
For crying out loud, would
you listen to yourself?
First you wanted to
stop touring with us...
and we accepted that, that's fine.
Bruce is doing great.
But now it's like we're
barely a part...
of the Brian Wilson Band!
You can't just do whatever
the hell you want, Brian!
The other guys might
not say this...
but you are letting us down.
If you stop thinking about
yourself for two seconds...
you might realize that.
Break my heart.
I want to go and cry.
It's so sad...
to watch a sweet thing die.
Oh, Caroline, why?
Could I ever find
in you again...
the things that made me
love you so much then?
Could we ever bring them back...
once they have gone?
Oh, Caroline, no.
Sorry, sorry, Brian, but
apparently your dad...
just drove up. I thought
you'd want to know.
- sh*t!
- Hide the pot!
f*ck!
- Uncle Murray!
- Boys?
- Hey, hey, hey.
- Mike, Al.
Good to see you, boys.
Dad, good to see you, sir.
Where's Brian?
There you are. How you doing?
Good, good.
Listen to this. Chuck,
if you would be so kind.
My new band.
This is where you guys
need to get back to.
This is a hit.
Check out the harmonies.
- I live...
- And the arrangement?
- For the sun...
- Doesn't this guy sound just like Brian?
I'm telling you, I am
taking these guys...
all the way to the top!
That's great, Dad. You're
doing your own thing.
- Such a lucky...
- Chuck, let me know when we're ready...
- for the next take.
- Sure, Brian.
Brian, come back here. Listen to
what a gold record sounds like.
Sun, sun, sun...
Doesn't this guy sound
just like Brian?
I don't give a sh*t, Brian!
I don't give a sh*t!
I just want to say, man.
Listen man, you're the artist.
Right? You want God.
You should have God.
Don't you want to be out
there rocking the boat?
What is this? 1939? Mike says?
Who cares what Mike says?
Sing what's in your soul, man.
Let the world stand on its head.
Don't listen to the
record company suits.
Don't listen to anybody.
Listen to you.
You're the genius.
We're the band as far as anybody
in the know is concerned.
- Right?!
- Sorry, man. It's true.
Listen, Brian, I got
something for you, man.
Something for you, man.
It'll take all that crap
out of your head, man.
Where were you?
I did LSD.
Really?
Really?
What was it like?
Well...
at first it was nothing...
then everything.
And then I did it again.
Again?
Oh, I heard the most...
a whole other kind of music.
I saw things...
that you can't see.
Like what?
What things that you can't see?
Like...
weird things?
Things like God.
- What?
- I saw God and...
he showed me everything.
Oh, he showed me
the future, Mare.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Brian?
- I'm so sorry.
- Brian, what are you talking about?
Bri?
What is the matter? Hey...
Hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey.
No, hey, hey...
It's okay. It's okay, Bri.
Here, come here. Come here.
- Look at me. Come on, Brian.
- My grandfather and me...
- Look at me.
- ...around Nassau town...
we did roam...
drinking all night.
Got into a fight.
Well, I feel so broke up...
I want to go home.
So hoist up the John B's sail.
See how the mainsail sets.
Call for the captain ashore.
Let me go home.
Let me go home.
I want to go home.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, I feel so broke up...
I want to go home.
The first mate, he got drunk.
Broke in the captain's trunk.
The constable had to come...
and take him away.
Sheriff John Stone...
Why don't you leave me alone?
Hey, Evan!
- Evan, could you turn that off?
- I feel so broken up.
What? It's a tribute
to you, Brian!
We're stoked to have you, man.
Okay. Could you turn
it off anyway...
because it sort of
destroys my brain.
It does.
I can only imagine.
- Are you having fun?
- I'm having so much fun.
I love being with you.
And not with Gene and the
whole g*ng watching us.
Oh, uh, Gene told
me to tell you...
that he was sorry about the
other day with the barbecue.
That Doug gave me the
wrong dosage and, um...
so that's why he
lost his temper...
and that... he's really sorry...
but he wanted us to
have a good time.
And that's why it was
good that Evan was here.
- So, you know?
- Yeah, how do you know Evan?
Evan is Gene's son.
Ah, so we're still
being watched.
Yeah.
But we can do whatever we want.
I think we should do
whatever we want, too.
What do you want to do?
Evan, will you take that...
- Can you swim?
- Yes.
Evan, will you take the boat
in really close to shore?
I want to show Melinda my house.
Go in past the kelp.
Sure thing! Whatever
makes you happy, Brian.
All right, on the count of
three, I want you to get up...
I want you to jump in the water and I
want you to come over to my house.
- Right now. You ready? Come on.
- What?! Are you serious?
Yeah, let's do it.
Let's ditch this scene and
make out like teenagers.
In or out? Come on.
- In.
- One, two, three!
That is not cool, Brian! My dad
is going to go nuts on me!
Whoo!
Cold? You cold?
I'm exhausted. That was crazy!
Come on, come on, come on.
- You want to hear something funny?
- Of course.
Gene's got me on this thing...
I have to say to myself
five times a day...
"I love you."
It's called self-nourishment.
Can you believe that?
- Does it work?
- I don't know.
Sometimes I wish I had
somebody else to say it to.
Coming!
- Honey...
- Doorbell. Somebody's here.
I didn't hear anything.
You got to hide under
the stairs, you know?
- What?
- Hide under the stairs.
Hide under the stairs.
Brian.
- You got to go. You got to go.
- What?
- You got to go now.
- What's happening?
We overslept, they're
going to come back...
- any minute. You got to go.
- Okay, shh.
You got to go. You
got to go now.
- You have to go.
- Did I do something wrong?
No, but they're coming back.
Do you understand?
And when they come back, it's
not going to be a good scene.
- Okay, listen.
- It's not going to be a good scene.
- Hey.
- What?
You're a grown man...
and if you want me to stay,
you can just tell him.
- No, I can't. I can't do that.
- Yes. This is your house.
- No, no, no.
- Do you want me to stay?
He's my legal guardian.
Do you understand?
He can do things to me.
All right?
- I don't have a choice.
- You know what? Stop.
- Please, Melinda, go.
- You can stand up to him.
You... listen, you have...
you have friends and
family and daughters...
that you're not
allowed to see...
and it's not normal and
you deserve normal.
- Stop.
- He could... he could send me away...
- and throw away the key.
- He's manipulating you.
- No, he isn't.
- Yes.
He's protecting me.
He's protecting me.
No, you're protecting him.
Listen, he is taking
advantage of you.
He's overmedicating you.
I'm really... I think...
I think that you know it, too.
Please leave. Please,
I'm begging you.
Leave, leave.
Just leave, please.
- Okay.
- Don't leave me.
- Just go now.
- Do you want me to go or not?
I want you to leave right now,
I don't want you to leave me.
- Okay, I'm not going to leave you.
- Okay? Please.
- Please, please.
- But I'm going. Calm down.
- Please.
- Calm down. I'm going.
Last thing I want to
say right now is...
I told you so, so I'm
not going to say it.
That's a whole lot of words for
something you're not saying.
"Pet Sounds" didn't sell.
There, I said it. It flopped.
- But critics loved it.
- The critics don't buy albums.
Well, Mike...
the British buy
albums, you know?
- And they went crazy for it.
- It's not even going to go gold.
When's the last time
that happened to us?
Look, you know what I say?
Good. Good. We got
it behind us now.
We can get back to our music.
The proof is in the formula.
Like Coca-Cola?
And geometry?
Penicillin and chicks.
Earth to Brian.
- Cocaine is...
- Brian.
You know, Paul McCartney said
that "God Only Knows"...
is the greatest song
ever written, like...
That's because it was a formula.
I will never tie you down.
Left alone with just a memory...
life seems dead and so unreal...
All that's left is loneliness.
There's nothing left to feel.
You don't have to
say you love me...
just be close at hand.
Cuz...
Listen, about...
I have this song playing
over and over in my head.
I just don't have the
words or the melody.
Do you have anything?
That's good.
Well, piss on you, Banana.
I like it.
You know, Mom told me once
when we were kids that...
dogs can pick up on vibes
from people like...
like they know when
we're happy...
or sad or scared.
Yeah, well...
it's too bad we're not dogs.
Right?
Play that for me again.
There's something there.
Really.
Close my eyes.
She's somehow closer now.
Softly smile, I know
she must be kind.
It's weird...
how she comes in so strong.
And I wonder what she's
picking up from me.
- I hope it's...
- I'm picking up good vibrations...
She's giving me excitations...
I'm picking up
good vibrations...
- Good vibrations - She's
giving me excitations...
Good, good, good,
good vibrations...
She's giving me excitations.
Good, good, good,
good vibrations...
Good! Good, we got that part.
Cut it. I want to move to
Goldstar for the next part.
Oh, not again.
Okay, let's cut, please. Okay.
So try to, um...
more staccato, okay? You
guys are the rhythm now.
Um, so, it's like an engine
underneath the song...
Dennis, can you be quiet, please,
while we find the sound? Thanks.
Okay, let's try it again.
More broken up.
One, two, three, four.
Okay, Scott, that sounds great.
Let's see if we can, uh...
take it even further now.
So, like you're not
even playing the cello.
Just, uh, like a propeller.
One, two, three, four.
Yes! Beautiful! I love it!
Okay, stop. One more time. Okay,
and when we modulate there...
it's like shifting gears, so take...
give me...
Just remember to keep
laying into that change.
Okay? One, two, three, four.
Got to keep those...
loving good vibrations...
a-happening with her.
Got to keep those...
loving good vibrations...
a-happening with her.
Got to keep those...
loving good vibrations
a-happening with her.
Okay, Chuck, let's cut
for a second, please.
Okay, let's go again, please.
Let's think of this feel
a little harder. Okay?
A little stronger. Let's
really hit it now, okay?
Here we go!
Okay, one more time, please.
They know the...
They're doing it! Brian.
They've been doing it for
the past three hours!
- Okay, Mike...
- Oh, my God!
You can leave if you
don't want to be here.
Thank you. I'm working
with the cello players.
Okay, let's try it again, please.
One more time.
Take 32, here we go.
Um, I would like
to make a toast...
um, to "Good Vibrations,"...
Brian's pocket symphony to God.
And the best-selling single
the Beach Boys ever had...
ever.
Brian, the suits at
Capitol must be happy.
Yeah, I guess you can tell the record
company to go screw themselves.
I mean, you can do
whatever you want, Brian.
Right?
Now what are you going to
do with all that freedom?
- Did my dad call?
- No.
He hasn't. Do you
want me to get him?
Hey, Van, what do you
and Brian have cooking?
You know, just your basic... American
songbook, neoclassical ditties.
Basic Copland, Gershwin,
Hank Williams...
a little bit of Irving
Berlin and Kurt Weill.
Just a sprinkle of Beethoven
and the Beach Boys.
So nothing too ambitious.
Brian wants to call it...
"Smile."
Stop! Stop!
Stop.
Um...
Hi, I should have called. I
brought matzo ball soup. What?
What's the g*dd*mn song called?
"Heaven Is A Car"!
Helpful, healing music!
- Wait.
- You just have to just produce something!
- Come on.
- Put your hands on the keyboard...
- Don't say nothing. The doctor's in there.
- ...and make some noise...
- of some kind! I don't care what...
- What's happening?!
At this point!
Come here. Here, you
sit down, you sit.
It's too many. It's too many.
I take away because it
makes him more crazy.
Dr. Eugene give him too much.
He's more loco than Mr. Brian.
It's too many pills...
- and it makes him crazy.
- Write the song!
Okay, okay.
Gloria?!
Go, go, go!
Gloria!
Oh. Hey, Melinda.
- Hi, Gene.
- Wow, uh, what are you doing here?
You know, I brought
Brian some soup.
Matzo ball.
Jesus Christ.
This is like a sodium b*mb.
Brian cannot eat that. Sorry.
Is... is he okay?
He's great. He's never
been better, actually.
Gloria, can you make me a...
make me an Arnold Palmer?
Thanks.
So...
uh... listen, actually, I'm
very glad that you're here.
Um... we are finally
recording the new album...
and, um...
Brian is working on
his autobiography.
So he's very busy...
and he will not be able
to see you anymore.
You can't do that, Gene.
Yes, I can.
Melinda, honest to God...
who are you really
thinking about here?
Brian or yourself?
Thank you.
Well, I'd really like
to say goodbye to him.
Well, he's resting right now.
Well, I can wait.
My rules, Melinda, and
it's for his own good.
And yours, too, frankly.
Can you make me an
Arnold Palmer, please?
What the hell is wrong
with you today?
Just make me a g*dd*mn
Arnold Palmer.
Sure.
No.
You have my sympathy.
Is this Audree Wilson?
You don't know me,
but I am a friend...
of your son, Brian.
Well, I, um...
I'm sorry, this is awkward
calling you out of the blue...
but, um, well, I'm
just concerned...
that he is not getting
the best care.
Oh, well, I met him
a few months ago.
He came... I'm...
I sell Cadillacs.
Carl, hi. My name is
Melinda Ledbetter...
and Dr. Landy is...
I... I understand that there are
some legal complications...
so I... well...
you know I just... I
wanted you to... to...
A choke of grief...
Heart hardened, I...
Beyond belief...
A broken man too tough to cry...
Surf's up...
Aboard a tidal wave...
Come about hard...
and join the young...
and often spring you gave.
I heard the word...
Wonderful thing...
A children's song...
What do you say, Brian?
It's been over two hours.
I'm not sure.
It's just hostile
in here right now.
The vibrations aren't right.
Okay, let's cancel the session.
Are you sure?
It's going to cost like
$5,000, with everybody here.
Let's cancel it.
I can't work.
I don't know, the vibrations
are just all wrong tonight.
Two, three, go.
That was it. That was the one.
Cut it, print it.
That's about as good a job as
it's going to get, right there.
Don't have to be that way.
It's not my fault.
All right, it's late. I
know, let's go then.
We're waiting around,
waiting on you.
Brian, we've been
waiting on you, man.
Brian!
Brian, come on.
Brian, I thought we were going
to have a serious meeting.
A band meeting.
Hey, you guys shouldn't
talk over there.
Let's everybody come
to the deep end.
We can't stand in the
deep end, Brian.
We're too shallow
for the deep end.
Listen, cousin, we're not...
we're not going to let you
do this to us anymore.
The lyrics on this album
do not make any sense.
"To ride in the rough
and sunny down snuff"?
What is that?
It's a gothic cowboy trip.
Brian, tell them. The lyrics
don't matter, all right?
It's about the music.
Throw the lyrics out.
They're just words.
We need to throw you out.
I'm telling you, Brian, we
need to destroy this sh*t...
- before it destroys us.
- Hey...
everybody please whisper. Let's...
let's come to the other side.
I have been writing lyrics
professionally since I was 14 years old.
- I don't need to be here.
- Good, then go! Please.
It's safer for everyone
on the deep end!
We have got to finish this album and
we are not going to do it this way.
Not in these fragments!
Breaking it up and
moving us all around.
The house is bugged.
Okay, Phil Spector has
the house bugged.
He's a violent gangster
and he's angry at me.
Dad is listening
in all the time!
Just whisper, okay?!
- I know what I'm talking about!
- We're not going to whisper, Brian!
Jeez.
Tell him it's over.
You and I are going to
rewrite these songs...
put them together in a normal
album and get on with it.
Just us!
Family first, right?
Okay, right, well...
Now, can we have a
serious meeting now?
I want to do a chanting album.
Okay? No words. All
Hawaiian singing.
And we can turn it into a
children's show for television.
And it'll be completely
unstructured...
and it'll be about animals
and eating right.
Ma ha le lu lei...
Ma ha le lu lai...
Keene wakapulah...
Everyone.
Ma ha le lu lei...
Ma ha le lu lai...
I'm worried about you, brother.
I think I might be losing it.
I don't blame you.
There's a lot to lose out there.
It's a lot harder than
I thought it would be.
Yeah, it is.
We just got to stick
together, brothers.
We just got to stick together.
It'll all be okay.
Where is everybody?
Did you fire them, too?
They're working
on the new album.
They think they can simplify
what I was doing and release it.
So, uh, to satisfy
the record company.
"Smiley smile."
Your masterpiece.
Cheer up, I got good news.
I sold the publishing
rights to A&M Records.
$750,000.
What?
I sold the rights to
the Beach Boys music.
Got the most I could for it,
not as much as I wanted...
but something.
They're...
our songs. You can't do that.
I did.
Anyway, what are you
worried about it?
They're never going to
amount to anything.
You've peaked, Brian.
Look around.
Five years from now no one
is going to remember you...
or the Beach Boys.
What was I supposed to do?
That's all I got. You fired me!
Your own father.
Now...
maybe we can be a family again.
So, in fact, you're saying...
that there should be
a code of ethics...
that we abide by. Correct?
Absolutely, and that's what
the entire argument's about.
Dan Rather just wanted
to get to the bottom...
of the Iran-Contra situation...
What do you want?
I'm sorry to bother you,
but he wants to see you.
Now.
I have nothing to
say to that man.
I'm not talking about Dr. Landy.
I'm talking about Brian.
Gene doesn't know I'm here.
Brian sent me.
He needs you, Melinda.
Can I take you to him?
- Hey.
- Hey.
I'm glad you came.
- It's been a while.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm sorry I couldn't come to see you.
It's been a...
Gene had to give me a
day off, you know?
It's been real, real busy.
He wouldn't let me out.
Well...
It's really hard
making a record.
- You know?
- You don't... you don't look well.
- Are you okay?
- Nuh-uh.
I feel awful.
I fall asleep everywhere I go.
I'm nauseous all the time.
Gene is really a tough
producer, you know?
I mean, I don't really, uh...
know what he wants.
He's really demanding.
And, uh...
I'm, uh... I'm...
I'm signing contracts all
the time and documents.
Making record deals
and I don't know...
I don't know what's... I
don't know what's going on.
- You know what I mean?
- Brian, you need...
- you need real care.
- I miss you. I miss my family.
I miss you. I want to be with you.
You understand?
- I want to be with you.
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Okay.
But, I, um...
I hear voices.
I hear voices.
- Since when?
- 1963.
- Are you kidding?
- No kidding.
I just didn't tell you 'cause I
didn't want to scare you away.
I'm right here.
- I'm right here.
- I can't live this life anymore.
- Okay.
- It's a hellhole.
- Please.
- Then let's go.
I don't... how?
You and me...
we're going to walk out
of here right now.
And everything will change.
Okay?
- Yeah, that's what I want.
- Great.
If you're ready, I'm ready.
- Yes, I want to be with you.
- I'm ready.
- Okay.
- Let's... let's go.
All right.
Hey, guys.
Wow, it really sounds like I
missed something here. Huh?
Hey, Brian?
- Brian.
- Listen to me, man.
- No.
- I'm really sorry that you feel like...
you live in a hellhole.
I had no idea.
You know, I've really tried to
make you feel comfortable, man.
Why can't I be with her, Gene?!
For the same reason, man, that
you cannot be with anybody.
You're sick.
Look at you, man. You're sick...
but you're going to get better.
Come into the control
room, please.
- Let's walk out of here.
- Hey, what's it going to take, Melinda?
A court order? You really
want to push it that far?
I told you to stay away.
- Come on, let's go.
- If you stray from the program, you lose.
Everything will change.
We'll walk out of here.
- I can't be here.
- You can see your friends...
and your family and you
can get your life back.
- Brian, please.
- Do you understand?
- You asked me here.
- If I let you go...
- you're going to spiral down.
- Well, I'm here!
I came! You'll come with me.
I love you. I love you.
- And you're going to die here.
- I'll have to put you in an institution.
Brian, look at me.
Look at me, stay with me.
Listen...
you need to get
back to your life.
You need to get
back to yourself.
Who you are inside.
Please, baby, please
come with me.
There's no way out.
No way out.
You know I love Brian.
I love him very much...
but with everything that
he's gone through...
it feels a little selfish wanting
to be with him right now.
I do not want to be one
more person in his life...
who wants something from him.
So I'm going to walk away.
But I cannot leave him
in that house with Gene.
I can't.
I can't even think of him there.
Gene is k*lling Brian.
Gloria, I know you know.
You know better than anyone.
You're seeing it every day.
I need your help.
Dr. Eugene said he's going
to call immigration...
because he knows I
have no papers...
- but I don't care.
- What he is doing to you...
to Brian, he is a monster.
We cannot let this go on.
I just need something.
Something to bring
to Brian's family.
Something we can
use against Gene.
Help me.
Brian! Come in here!
I think she just smiled!
Oh, man. Come... come see.
It's her first smile!
She's got your smile.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah, this is it.
They find it in the printer.
It's very lucky.
Very, very lucky.
- Sí.
- Oh.
Oh, this is it.
Carl Wilson, please.
Carl, hi.
It's Melinda Ledbetter.
I'm fine. Thanks.
Listen, I have some
important information...
that I need to share with you.
It's about your brother and Dr.
Landy.
Yes. Yes.
It's that way.
Oh, really? Oh, wow.
Her own little office, huh?
Private office. Wow.
Our little girl is really
moving up in the world, huh?
Oh, for Christ's sake!
Don't tell me she's not here.
- Dr. Eugene Landy?
- Yes, what?
You've been served.
Oh, wow.
Oh, you b*tch.
Um, do you think that
you've won, Melinda?
You know what?
I'm going to beat this and
I'm going to beat you!
Oh, my God.
You know, this kind of
behavior is so transparent.
It is so sick and manipulative!
Do you really think that
you are so different?
Oh, my God. You...
sl*t!
sl*t!
And what is it? What
are you going to do?
You're going to make yourself
believe that you love him?
Is that it?
And that's going to make you feel
better about yourself, isn't it?
And it's going to assuage your
filthy little conscience...
while you are sucking him dry!
You are robbing him blind!
Well, get in line...
you little b*tch!
Open the door! I know
you're in there!
You all right?
I'm fine. Yeah, I'm fine.
So, what are you
going to do now?
I'm going to go sell some cars.
- You disgust me.
- They call you a genius.
- Well, I'm a genius, too.
- Family first.
- You are nothing.
- You stole everything from me.
- You're amazing.
- I want you to see yourself dead.
- You're nothing.
- Listen to me.
I'm the way out.
- You need to get back to your family.
- I'm going to k*ll you.
- A winner never quits...
- You need to get back to yourself.
- Dad? Dad?
- ...and a quitter never wins.
- You need to get back to you.
- ...such a disappoint... Brian.
- Who you are.
- You disgust me.
- What's wrong with you?
- You need to get back to you.
There's a world
where I can go...
and tell my secrets to.
In my room.
Brian.
Your dad...
In my room...
My room.
How many times do I have
to tell you this, Brian?
You don't do it all
by yourself, Brian.
You need us as much
as we need you.
Brian, I love you! Get up!
I won't desert you, Brian.
Don't worry.
Brian, I spoke to Carl.
He's going to get
you out of here.
They say I can't see
you anymore, Brian.
How long will the wind blow?
You need to find a way
to get back to yourself.
Until I die...
Till I die...
These things I'll
be until I die.
Come find me, Brian.
Until I die...
These things I'll
be until I die.
These things I'll
be until I die.
These things I'll be...
until I die.
These things I'll
be until I die.
These things I'll be...
Hi.
- Hi!
- How are you?
Well, gee, you just
scared me half to death.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry about that.
What are you doing here?
Looking for you.
Well, you look good.
You look really good, too.
Do you think it's a sign?
- What?
- You almost k*lling me?
I did not almost k*ll you. You
jumped in front of my car.
- What are you doing here?
- Oh, no, no.
Do you think we could
go out on a date again?
What?
Can we... me and you...
go out on a date?
Gene's gone. Look, I'm alone.
Really.
I got some state-appointed
someone or another...
managing all my things and...
Could you at least
drive me home?
- Right now?
- Yeah, yeah.
Brian, I...
You know, I have an appointment.
I'm on my way somewhere. I don't
think I can get all the way...
- to Malibu right now.
- I don't live in Malibu anymore.
I'm off the beach for good.
- Really?
- Just... let me get in. Just five minutes.
I want to show you something.
Okay?
- Let me show you something.
- Okay, getting in my car.
It won't take long.
- Okay, where are we going?
- Uh, take a right.
Turn here to get on.
Yeah, okay, that way.
So you live here now?
I didn't say I wanted you
to take me to where I live.
I said I wanted you
to take me home.
This is where I grew up.
I wanted to show you.
All right, see that street?
119th Street?
- Yes.
- See that street? Do you see it?
Take a left here.
Uh-oh.
Welcome home.
You didn't know?
You hungry? You want
something to eat?
You want, maybe,
to go for a drive?
Or, maybe we could find
someplace to drive together?
And then what?
Wouldn't it be nice
if we were older?...
Then we wouldn't have
to wait so long...
And wouldn't it be nice
to live together...
In the kind of world
where we belong?...
You know, it's gonna make
it that much better...
When we can say good night
and stay together...
Wouldn't it be nice if
we could wake up...
In the morning when
the day is new?...
And after having spent
the day together...
Hold each other close the
whole night through...
Happy times together
we've been spending...
I wish that every kiss
was never ending...
Well, wouldn't it be nice?...
Maybe if we think and wish...
And hope and pray, it
might come true...
Run, run, wee-ooh...
Baby, then there wouldn't be...
A single thing we couldn't do...
- We could be married -
We could be married...
And then we'd be happy...
I was sitting in a
crummy movie...
With my hands on my chin...
Thank you.
Oh, the violence that occurs...
Seem like we never win...
Love and mercy, that's
what you need tonight...
So, love and mercy to you
and your friends tonight...
I was sittin' in my room,
and the news came on TV...
Na, na, na, na...
A lotta people out
there hurting...
And it really scares me...
Na, na, na, na...
Love and mercy, that's
what you need tonight...
So, love and mercy to you
and your friends tonight...
I was standin' in a bar and
watching all the people there...
Na, na, na, na...
Oh, the loneliness
in this world...
Well, it's just not fair...
Na, na, na, na...
Hey, love and mercy, that's
what you need tonight...
So, love and mercy to you
and your friends tonight...
Love and mercy tonight...
Good night, everybody.
Drive safely.
Just driftwood
floating on the sea...
Searching for the me...
And all that I have
known to be...
Thank God that you noticed me...
And brought back harmony...
To this lonely soul...
Oh, it's a revelation...
I feel alive again...
There are no limitations
with love...
The day you said that
you'd be mine...
I can see Cloud Nine...
'Cause I was flying over it...
I wasted so much time...
Running in circles in my mind...
I couldn't hear my heart...
Calling out for you...
There's only one kind of love...
The kind that I've
been dreaming of...
Don't you know it's
unconditional?...
And when you hold
love in your hand...
Only then you'll understand...
It's everything that
you've been wishing for...
Sometimes from out
of the blue...
An angel comes to you...
But you've got to
have an open heart...
I nearly failed the
test of time...
But now that you are mine...
Girl, I'm here to stay...
Oh, it's a revelation...
I feel alive again...
There are no limitations
with love...
There's only one kind of love...
The kind that I've
been dreaming of...
Don't you know it's
unconditional?...
And when you hold
love in your hand...
Only then you'll understand...
It's everything that
you've been wishing for...
Da, da, da-da...
Doo-doo, doo-doo...
Da, da, da-da...
Doo-doo, doo-doo...
Da, da, da-da...
Da-da...
Da-da...
There's only one kind of love...
The kind that I've
been dreaming of...
Don't you know it's
unconditional?...
And when you hold
love in your hand...
Only then you'll understand...
It's everything that
you've been wishing for...
Okay, it'll be at this tempo.
One, two...
one, two, three, four.
One, two...
How far are we going, Brian?
Where we were originally.
As soon as... let's see...
- Gotta keep...
- New track. Take one.
- Count it, please.
- One, two, one, two, three.
All right, hold it for
a second, please.
Just rest for one second.
I'll be right out.
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