Charliebird (2025) Movie Script

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-[insects chittering]
-Yippee yay yay
-[children laughing]
-Yippee yi yi
Yippee yay yay
[children humming]
-[footsteps pattering]
-[crows cawing]
[insects chittering]
[soft dramatic music]
[children laughing]
Yippee yay yay yippee
Yippee yay yay yay
Yay yay yippee yippee yay
Yay yay yippee yippee yay
Yippee yay
Yay yay yippee yippee yay
[soft guitar music]
[woman] Okay. So we're here to
have a good time.
You don't have to sing, but
you can if you want. Okay?
So let's go.
Well come along kids
And listen to my tale
Gonna tell you about my
Troubles on the old Chisholm
Trail
Yippee yay yay yippee
Yippee yi yippee yay
Yippee yi yi yippee yippee
Yay
-Your turn.
-Yippee yi yi yippee
Yippee yi yippee yay
Yippee yi yi yippee yippee
Yay
-Woo-hoo!
-That's it.
-Ow-ow!
-Do you wanna play the guitar?
[boy] Oh, yeah.
-Yep, that's it.
-[soft guitar music]
-[soft percussion music]
-Okay.
-[boy] Aw.
-Ooh.
-We are going to the Grammy's.
-Mm.
-[person laughing]
-Yes, yep.
We're all gonna die!
We're all gonna die!
[footsteps pattering]
Uh, [exhales]. You know what,
um, kids?
That's okay, we just, let's
just,
let's just keep on singing,
okay?
Here we go.
With my ten dollar horse
And my forty dollar saddle
I started herding them Texas
Cattle
Yippee yi yi yippee
Yippee yi yippee yay
-Yippee yi--
-[traffic whirring]
[Al] Is your heartbeat here?
Is it on your knee?
I don't hear it. Where is it?
It's up here? Oh, oh.
Let me try. Let me try.
[stethoscope rustling]
-[heart thumping]
-I got it.
[knocking]
[in funny voice] Mr. Whale says,
"Good job.
Can I have a hug?"
Mm, yeah!
Okay, I'll be right back. Okay?
-How's it going on in there?
-[door clicking]
Well, good until you
interrupted. What's up?
You look exhausted.
Oh, well, how nice of you.
So good of you to say.
-Yeah, I'm here all week.
-Oh.
[Jack and Elena chattering]
Well, it's good timing
'cause that's who I wanted
-to talk to you about.
-Uh-huh.
[Tish] The patient, their
daughter is Carlotta Reece.
Goes by Charlie, 17.
Just got a new kidney.
Seeing if it'll take.
We don't have insurance.
[Tish] Charlie's had
stage three Wilms' tumor
-for over four years.
-[door clicking]
First complications
happened when she was three,
but she was in remission for a
while.
Then been living in and out of
hospitals
for the majority of the last
four years.
Radiation, chemo.
The transplant took place
about two weeks ago.
Her renal functions
aren't where they need to be
yet.
She needs rehabilitative
emotional care.
-There it is.
-Yep, there you have it.
Happy Thursday.
-Could have been an email.
-Oh.
The Davis's just had a new
baby. They named her Alyse.
[chuckles] Took 'em a couple of
years after Hallie died, but.
Why don't you perk up, Al?
You're getting babies named
after you.
-[intercom beeping]
-Paging Dr. Ruth.
-[group chattering]
-Dr. Ruth.
Paging Dr. Ruth.
I am perky.
[children chattering]
Ah!
[door clicks and creaks]
So, after you get the recording
and you hear the heartbeat,
um, that you got from this.
-[woman] Yeah.
-It's, um, you transfer it
from the voice recording
app to the music app.
-Okay.
-[Al] Okay?
-Yeah.
-And then make sure
you get 10 to 15 seconds.
That way you have it clean,
and then you just put a melody
to it,
um, and you record it that way.
It can be a lullaby, it
can be whatever they want.
For example, Timmy really
wants "Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star," cause he loves it.
-Yeah.
-[Al] Um, so we would be like,
-Twinkle
-Mm.
-Um.
-Like that.
-You gotta do that segue.
-[moans] Okay.
-[papers rustling]
-I'm fucking...
I'm fucking exhausted, y'all,
like, here we go, okay.
Come on. [James beatboxing]
-Ah, ah, Jose is fire
-Mm.
-Hot like the playa
-Mm.
-He loves some ya-ya
-Yeah.
-But Tony the tiger, hey
-Okay.
-You know, that's super good.
-[James] What can I say?
-Super good.
-When you got it,
you got it, come on.
[James rapping in Spanish]
Okay, now. You gonna
have to drop the Spanish.
Your Spanish is horrible. Stop
it.
-Come on now.
-Mm-hmm.
I checked it on Google
translate.
What's the list?
[Al] Oh, uh, these are all
of our bereavement kiddos.
[paper rustling]
[James] I counted...
-So they... all--
-[soft guitar music]
[Al] Y-Yeah.
-[woman] Oh.
-Mm-hmm.
[Clementine] Okay.
[footsteps tapping]
-[Al] Can I help you?
-[file clacking]
I'm looking for this.
Keep singing the patients
better. It works a little.
-Oh.
-[footsteps tapping]
Yeah, I think your mom
works a little, Scott.
-[Ava laughing]
-Up top, come on.
-Mm-mm. [laughs]
-All right.
-After G, what if you did A7?
-[soft guitar music]
-Thank you, that's it.
-[Clementine] Yeah.
-[Clementine] Mm-hmm.
-[Ava] Okay, newbie.
-I know.
-[James] Newbie, newbie
-[Ava] Uh-uh.
-Great, he also yodels.
[Ava] Didn't ask for the yodels.
Yodel, that's what that is.
That's it. I'm getting out, I
cannot...
-Yeah.
-[Ava] Listen, I cannot
concentrate
with all of that madness.
-All right.
-[Ava] Get it together.
Um, do you wanna try?
-[Clementine] Ah, yeah.
-We were born to
Born to be happy
So come on, let's...
[upbeat dance music]
[Ryan knocking]
You to be happy
-Hannah.
-[switch beeping]
[door clicks and thuds]
[chattering on intercom]
Can you follow protocol?
I am following protocol.
[Ryan] She doesn't need
to get excited like that.
Her chart never said she
couldn't listen to music.
It does say she has a
critical heart condition.
Just wait here.
So, we're gonna wait a little
while to go and see Sissy,
'cause she's feeling a little
tired today.
-No, she's sick.
-Yeah, she is,
but she's gonna feel better.
You know why? 'Cause the
grownups are gonna help her.
You gonna get your wrist bands?
-[boy] You mean doctors?
-[nurse] Yes, the doctors.
Yes, doctors are gonna help
'cause that's their job.
And it's a tough job,
but somebody's gotta do it.
[group chattering]
-[crickets chirping]
-[keys jangling]
[footsteps shuffling]
[soft guitar music]
I got Texas on my mind
Southern breeze, little pine

While my girl drinks her wine

I Got Texas
-[static buzzing]
-[voices distorting]
-[hand tapping]
-Piece of shit.
-[static buzzing continues]
-[switch clicking]
[engine humming]
I got George, playing on high

[Al humming]
[engine rumbling]
-[man] Yeah, hey, hey!
-[fireworks popping]
-Over here, go, go, go!
-Woo!
-[man] Come on, yeah!
-[high-pitched ringing]
[tense electronic music]
[tense electronic music
continues]
[static buzzing]
[Al inhaling]
-[engine rumbling]
-[horn blaring]
[horn honking]
[engine humming]
-[coffee machine beeping]
-[coffee pouring]
-[pot clacking]
-[dog barking]
[traffic whirring]
[Al sipping]
[birds chirping]
[engine rumbling]
[footsteps shuffling]
-[newspaper rustling]
-Mm.
[newspaper tapping]
[footsteps shuffling]
-[Al humming]
-[toothbrush scratching]
-[water running]
-[toothbrush tapping]
[Al doing vocal warm ups]
-[birds chirping]
-[footsteps shuffling]
[traffic whirring]
[upbeat rock music]
And anything unclear
I reached out with a
Spotlight
At least just long enough
To let you interfere
The lines are blurred
By the beast we steer
-[Al] Hello, hello.
-Oh my God!
-[Al] Sorry.
-What is wrong with you?
Privacy.
-You swallow the nails
-Sorry.
-I'll swallow--
-[switch clicks]
[door clicking]
You okay?
Those were some, uh, cool moves,
bro.
-Dude, don't call me bro.
-Okay, d-dude.
[seat creaking]
Who are you?
[Al] I'm Al. I'm the music
therapist-
-Al?
-[Al] Mm-hmm.
[scoffs] Okay.
-[headphones clattering]
-[Charlie exhaling]
Okay, Al, I'm kind of in
the middle of something,
and I def don't want any of
that uke shit, so I'm good, Al.
Okay. Well, I don't play the
uke.
-Um, I can help you with...
-[upbeat pop music]
All right, good talk.
[Al] Charlie?
[pen scratching]
Hello?
-Huh?
-You listen to music, right?
The singing Disney princess
remains.
Okay, I'm sorry I didn't
knock. That's on me.
[Charlie] Thank you, Al, and
whatever,
but let's just not and say we
did.
This shit never works anyway,
so.
-[Al] Okay, well, kid
-Kid?
-Don't call me kid.
-[Al] Your parents requested
-My parents, dear God!
-[Al] this shit.
-Great.
-[Al] They must really love you
-or something.
-I guess so.
Okay, I promise I'm
not gonna make you do
anything you don't wanna do.
Yeah, well, everyone makes me
do things
I don't wanna do, so.
[upbeat pop music continues on
headphones]
[pen scratching]
[traffic whirring]
-[Al inhaling]
-[cap clicking]
[pen scratching]
[paper rustling]
[Al inhales and exhales]
All right. See you later, dude.
[cart clattering]
[door creaks and clicks]
-[Charlie exhaling]
-[paper rustling]
[upbeat pop music continues]
[paper crinkling]
-[group chattering]
-[machinery whirs and beeps]
[footsteps shuffling]
[group chattering continues]
[door clicking]
[footsteps shuffling]
[mop scratching]
[Host] A simple yet
incredibly flavorful dish,
straight from Rome, no cream,
no fuss,
just a few ingredients
coming together perfectly.
Here's what you'll need, 14
ounces of...
-[crickets chirping]
-[cigarette sizzling]
-[Al exhaling]
-[plane whirring]
[mellow country music]
As I sat on a bench
In the park yesterday
A little boy sat down beside
Me to watch his brother play
I asked him if they came here
Often
And though he was just a lad

[engine humming]
-[shift clanking]
-[ignition clacking]
-[birds chirping]
-[footsteps shuffling]
[chime jingling]
[glasses clattering]
[door clicking]
[newscaster] Well, South
Texas is getting a look
this morning at all the damage
left behind
by Hurricane Beryl.
Fox Correspondent Katie
Burn is with us this morning
from Galveston, and Katie,
you--
[button clicking]
[bag rustling]
[dogs barking]
-[hose trickling]
-[sprinkler rattling]
-[dog barking]
-[bottle clinking]
[garbage drawer clicking]
[bottle clinking]
[dishes clacking]
[faucet running]
[sponge scratching]
[hose trickling]
[dishes clacking]
[reporter] And Brian, today is
Texans
are going on day two without
power.
We're expected to hit feels
like temperatures today
of 103 degrees.
So just to give you some
perspective,
we can only find one hotel...
You need anything from the
store today?
[inhales and exhales] I'm okay.
[reporter] On how
they're gonna get through
the next few days and the
next...
[mellow hip hop music]
[costume rustling]
[costume rustling]
[footsteps pattering]
[crickets chirping]
[door clicks and bangs]
[cart clattering]
[door clicks and creaks]
[cart clattering]
Oh my God.
-What?
-What are you wearing?
Oh, this?
This is just my Disney princess
outfit.
Dude, wow.
[switch clicking]
[costume rustling]
What? So you're just gonna like
sit there?
Yep.
It's not the ukulele.
Try it.
Take the headphones off. There
we go.
Okay. You see the needle with
the red?
[Charlie] Mm.
[Al] Move it to the middle
of the, of the record.
There we, there we are. Yep.
Now see that lever in the
back? Flip it forward.
-[lever clicking]
-[mellow blues music]
Oh you know I'm coming down
[Al] What do you think?
-It's okay.
-[pen clicking]
[Al] I like listening to vinyl.
I think it sounds better and
it helps me get outta my head.
You know I'm coming down
-What?
-[Al] What?
And I've been so high, mama
-My eyes only.
-[Al] Yes, ma'am.
-Ew, don't be suss.
-You know I love you now
-[door clicking]
-[Elena speaks in Spanish]
-What are y'all listening to?
-[switch clicking]
-[man] Put your hands up.
-Oh my God, y'all.
-Privacy, please.
-I see, sorry.
We really wanted to meet Alyse.
-She goes by Al.
-You know, I, I, I left my,
ah, my Little Mermaid costume in
the car.
[Al] Oh yeah. Sorry, pediatrics.
-It's so pretty.
-[Al chuckling]
-Elena, hi.
-[Al] Hi.
-Jack.
-Hi, nice to meet y'all.
Okay, can we stop now, please?
Oh God.
Wait. Shh.
It's 95.7
-You're healthy as a horse.
-Always a horse.
Please forgive Jack.
He thinks he was a doctor in a
past life.
Except yesterday was
"as fit as a fiddle."
-It's 110 over 80.
-You don't even know
-what those numbers mean.
-It's good.
[Al] Well, I'll let y'all visit.
We were just finishing up
anyway.
-[Jack] Actually, Alyse, uh.
-[Charlie] Oh, here we go.
Well, we, we were about to
start the day
with a little prayer, and
you're more than welcome
-to join us.
-[Charlie] Dude, God, please.
qu pasa? you're embarrassed?
Well, okay, look, you don't
have to.
I just, we're not, we're
just a spiritual family.
We're, we're not Bible pushers
or nothing.
Ya know, I don't go to church.
[Elena] come on.
Yeah, I can do that. [chuckles]
-Okay.
-[Charlie inhales and exhales]
Dear, uh, dear God,
ah, dear Heavenly Father.
-Dad.
-Okay, what?
[Charlie] Just don't be so
formal. Also, God could be a
woman.
[Elena] As es mija
Dear God, thank you for
allowing us to be here today.
Thank you for our baby girl.
-[Charlie clearing throat]
-Our young woman,
child of ours.
Thank you for bringing
Alyse into our lives,
to Charlie's life.
And Lord, please give us the
patience
and the strength to see through
this,
-through the other side.
-All right, amen.
-[Elena] Okay, okay, amen.
-[Jack] Okay, amen.
God.
[hands clapping] Amen.
Yeah.
[costume rustling]
-Okay.
-[door creaking]
-So.
-[chattering on intercom]
-[cart clattering]
-Sorry.
-Thanks.
-No, thank you.
I mean it. Thank you.
-[crickets chirping]
-[children chattering]
[inhales] Top of the morning
to ya.
-[box tapping]
-[gasps] Oh, oh!
[scoffs] No kolache's today?
Uh, you're welcome. They ran
out.
Thank you, Al. Thank you very
much.
-[chair scraping]
-Mm.
Y'all, why is she lost?
[James] She's looking for
a room that does not exist.
[Ava chuckles] Ooh. Are those
glazed?
Yes, ma'am. And you just said,
"y'all."
Uh, I really have assimilated.
-[James] Gimme the sugar.
-You don't need
-any more sugar.
-[James] I heard that teen's
-a little feisty.
-[Ava] Ooh, I heard
that her parents got you doing
prayers.
-[James] Ooh-mm!
-Oh, the teen
is just a know-it-all.
And the parents are fine.
[James] If I get another
misplaced quote unquote,
"thank you" note for the canine
therapist,
-[Ava] Oh, everybody loves a
dog.
-I'm gonna lose my mind.
Okay, well they probably
get paid more than we do.
-I'm getting coffee.
-[Ava] Well, they definitely
get paid more than we do.
Ah, Clem? Clem?
There's no 33A. I was
just messing with you.
Good morning. Good morning.
-[Ava and James laughing]
-[Ava] You ain't right.
-[shirt rustling]
-[door creaking]
[mellow rock music on
headphones]
[cart clattering]
[door clicking]
[shirt rustling]
-[cart clattering]
-[Al inhaling]
[lid clicking]
-[Charlie exhaling]
-[headphones clattering]
[sniffs] That was the one.
[Al] Okay.
[door clicking]
Hey, we talked about this.
You have to be mindful of your
incision.
Thank you so much. Bye.
[door clicking]
[pencil scratching]
-[record player tapping]
-He's such a dick.
[cord rustling]
[book cover tapping]
[record player clicking]
What?
[record crackling]
-Are you sad?
-I'm not sad.
-[upbeat hip hop music]
-Left, right, left
Left, right, left
-Left, right, left
-I miss you
-Keep baggin' shifts
-Please hold my drink
I'll be back in a minute
See some business I need to
Go finish
There's no competition
With none of these women
-[Charlie chuckling]
-I stay on my toes
This is actually kind of sick.
Yes!
[upbeat hip hop music continues]
-So what's your deal?
-[Al] My deal?
Yeah, your whole job is to like
go around dying kids and
play the yuke and shit?
Okay, number one, I don't play
the yuke.
And number two, um, I
don't see it like that.
I, I feel like I go around
kids in tough situations
and try to make them feel
better.
Yeah. Dying's like a really
tough sitch.
Not everybody dies.
[Charlie] Dude, literally
everyone dies.
No, I mean in here.
Estoy aqu, no estoy aqu.
[Al] Come again?
'Cause a man's word ain't
Nothing
If he wasn't into you
Do you wanna hear something?
Always.
As long as I stay on my toes

Gonna follow my billing,
I'm not that type of puppet
[switch clicking]
[mallet clinking]
Come closer.
Okay.
-Cross your legs.
-Okay.
[Charlie] And close your eyes.
[Al inhales and exhales]
-[mallet clinking]
-[bowl humming]
[high-pitched ringing]
Cool, right?
[Al exhaling]
Yeah. That was cool.
[group chattering]
What's going on up there?
Nothing.
-[switch clicking]
-[upbeat hip hop music]
Watch the trip I've been
Bringing on
Watch I'm coming to save your
Tone
I'm a queen I'm just missing
My throne
-[Al gasping]
-[fingers snapping]
[laughs] You're such a white
girl.
[Al] Woo, ladies and
gentlemen, Houston, Texas,
we have laughter from Charlie
Reece!
And the crowd goes wild! Ah!
[Charlie] Shut up. You're such a
freak.
Yeah, well, freaks rule.
[Charlie laughing]
You think I'm freak or
like weird or whatever?
Weird is cool.
Gonna take some notes, hey
Man, what did you say bought
You got the money, no you
Don't
Oh yeah. Okay.
All right. I'm gonna let you
keep that.
Okay? I will see you later.
[feet scraping]
This really good moonwalk.
[Charlie] Freeze.
Bring your right arm up.
Now bring your left arm up
while your right goes all the
way up.
-Your right.
-Ah! [laughs]
-Your right.
-[record crackling]
[Charlie] Now do the same with
the left.
Way up more, up here.
Look up.
Close your eyes. Close your
eyes.
Now bring your hands...
down to your face.
Ests bien?
Yes. That was cool.
-What is that?
-Can't tell ya.
-[upbeat hip hop music]
-Forward, left
Left, right, left
-Hey, Al.
-[Al] Yes, ma'am?
Please hold my drink,
I'll be back in a minute
See some business I need to
Go finish
There's no competition
When money's winning
Just stay on my toes
-Never mind.
-[Al] Okay, adios.
[cart clattering]
[door creaks and clicks]
Trying to think nobody
Putting me on
See I did all of this on my
Own
Got healthy but can't even
Get along
-[mellow country music]
-[footsteps shuffling]
[costume rustling]
[crickets chirping]
[coffee machine percolating]
[birds chirping]
[coffee dripping]
[coffee dripping continues]
[mellow country music]
[mellow country music continues]
[stand clattering]
[Charlie] And you have the
world's worst headache here.
You're so tired. Someone
please put me out of my misery.
Terrible. It sucks.
It's too much. It's too much.
You have to get on your back
now.
You're on your back, you're
like,
"Please, someone put me out of
my misery.
-[Al laughing]
-Please, help."
Help!
[Charlie] Now throw your legs up
too and kick 'em like a dying
bug.
[Al] You wanna join us?
No, thank you.
-Mm, see you.
-See you.
[laughs] Uh. Okay.
I didn't think I was coming
to a workout class today.
-[Charlie chuckling]
-[mellow rock music]
[Al] Mm.
[sniffs] Hey, white girl.
-[Al] Hey, Charlie.
-So sorry
Have you ever been to a funeral?
Um, yes. One.
[Charlie] How was it?
[Al inhales and exhales]
That great, huh?
It was a long time ago.
[Charlie] You can tell me.
So why only one?
Have you ever been to one?
[Charlie] No.
What's it like?
All of a sudden
You know, I don't really
like to think about it.
It just seems so
depressing. All the black.
Can you help me turn that off,
please?
[switch clicking]
Maybe you could sing.
-[Al] Oh, now you want me to
sing.
-[Charlie exhaling]
-Hey Charlie
-[Charlie chuckling]
You're feeling tired today
-Oh God.
-[Al chuckling]
You're nicer when you're
Quiet
[Charlie] Mm.
That's all I have to say
-[Al] Hmm.
-[Charlie] You know,
I once had a choir teacher tell
me
that our voices make
sounds that exist forever.
[Al] So you were a choir nerd,
huh?
Sing, white girl, sing.
La, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la
Did you mean what you
said? What you signed?
Yes, ma'am.
-Okay.
-[Al] Okay.
Why don't you get some sleep?
Okay.
[soft guitar music]
[birds chirping]
Twinkle, twinkle
Little...
Star
How I...
Wonder
[soft guitar music continues]
What you...
Are
[soft guitar music continues]
[chair creaks]
[rustling]
[footsteps shuffling]
[Ava] You okay?
Yeah, uh, I think so. [sniffing]
Hey, you'll be all right,
buddy. Okay?
Al, you wanna join us for happy
hour?
Uh, no, that's okay.
-I'm good.
-[bag zipping]
[Clementine sniffing]
[bag rustling]
[lamp clicks]
[reporter] Places of
people keeping hope alive.
We ask why this keeps happening
in Houston
and what it will take to
prevent this from happening
again?
-Work going good?
-For now says
they will restore power to 80%
-of customers by Sunday night.
-Yeah.
-But that will still leave
-Good.
[reporter] hundreds of
thousands of people...
Grass finally grew back.
-Good.
-Yeah.
Tomatoes died though, yeah.
[exhaling]
[reporter] Customers
that have trees down.
[inhales] Yeah, well.
-You finished?
-Oh, thank you.
[dishes clacking]
Hey, you wanna go for a
walk today? It's nice out.
No.
[reporter] Messaging is
falling flat.
You sure? It could be good.
Oh. [inhales and exhales]
Could be.
[Elena and Charlie arguing in
Spanish]
-[Al] I'm Sorry.
[Al clearing throat]
Sorry, I, you know what? I can
come back.
[Charlie] No, no, no. It's fine.
It's fine.
No, it's okay.
You stay, I'll go.
[exhales] Charlie needs her fun
time,
which apparently I can't do.
[sighs]
-Hey? Te amo.
-Mm-hmm.
-[Elena kissing]
-Yeah, yeah, Mommy.
Por favor.
[Elena exhaling]
[door squeaks]
I'm sorry, it's just my dad
can really fucking piss me off.
[Al] Yeah?
Just like he has this way
of pissing me off the most,
but at the same time, he just,
he... he doesn't-- [exhales]
You have to show up, you know?
[Al] Yeah.
You wanna talk about it?
-Mm-mm.
-[Al] Okay.
Well, not that you asked, but my
two cents.
If you have parents that try
their best
and they really wanna do their
best,
I think you have good ones.
-Do you?
-[record player clicking]
They tried their best.
[Charlie] I guess not
not everybody has that.
-No.
-[Charlie inhales and exhales]
[mellow music]
[Charlie groaning]
[bed creaking]
[Charlie exhaling]
What do you wanna do today?
[chuckles] Fucking kill myself.
[Al chuckles] Besides that.
Mm, I thought maybe,
do you think it's okay
if I record something?
Like not just on my phone?
Ah, yeah. I can reserve the
very fancy recording closet.
[Charlie] Cool.
Also, I thought maybe
I could paint something
with Ava, Ava, right?
-[Al] Yeah, Ava.
-Yeah.
-She's the art person, right?
-Mm-hmm.
-[Charlie] Yeah.
-Um, yes.
I just have to clear that with
your doc.
-Ugh, that guy.
-[Al] That guy.
-[Charlie] Will you take my
picture?
-Yeah.
[shutter clicking]
-[Charlie] How do I look?
-[shutter clicking]
-Really cool.
-[Charlie laughing]
[Charlie] Wait, let me see.
[laughs] That looks sick.
I love that.
I know
Come up here.
-Mm, no.
-[Charlie] Dude.
Dude, mm, no.
Come up here.
-Dude, just do it.
-Okay, okay.
[Charlie laughing]
[mellow rock music continues]
[both laughing]
[both laughing]
See? We're flying.
[both laughing]
Your darkest of thoughts
[Al] You better watch that scar.
-I better watch my head.
-Yeah.
I can hear my, I can
feel my thoughts, dude.
-Dude.
-Bro.
-Bro.
-[chuckles] Low-key.
-Low-key.
-[Charlie laughing]
This is rizzle.
-What did you say?
-[Al laughing]
-Did you say "rizzle?"
-I don't know.
[laughs]
[Child] Five, six,
five, six, seven, eight.
-[chaotic music]
-[group singing]
[group singing continues]
[James] Okay. Two, three, four.
Home, home on the range
[James] Woo-hoo!
Where the deer and the
Antelope play
-[James] Come on.
-Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
Do they feel good?
Where the air is so pure
And the zephyrs so free
[Jack] When was the
last time we had date?
When was the last time we had
date night?
[Elena] You wanna push--
-[group singing]
-[Jack] I don't know, so tell
me?
-Then I would not exchange
-[Jack and Elena yelling]
My home on the range
[Jack and Elena yelling]
Okay.
-That's all right?
-Mm-hmm.
And say test, one, two,
three for me, please.
"Test one, two, three for me,
please."
That's hilarious, that's the
first time
anyone's ever done that.
-I'm here all week.
-[mouse clicking]
Okay.
When you're ready, you are going
to press
that red record button, that
will turn on,
and when you're finished, you
come around,
we'll press stop.
That will turn off. Got it?
-[inhales] Okay.
-Okay.
-Get out. [laughs]
-Wait, what?
You can't be here. Come on.
-Okay.
-Let's go.
-You'll listen to it later.
-Okay, okay.
Okay, okay, I'll go.
Thank you.
[sniffs]
[Charlie knocking]
-[upbeat drums]
-[group laughing]
-Get in there.
-[Al] Get on there.
-[hands rubbing]
-Yes.
-Yes.
[Charlie laughing]
-[Al] There you go.
-[hands patting]
[group laughing and chattering]
-Step back.
-Oh! Ooh!
-[group laughing]
-[Al] Yes!
Oh!
Oh my God.
[]
[hand rubbing]
-[Charlie] Can you help me up?
-[Al] Mm-hmm.
Ah.
[bright guitar music]
[bright guitar music continues]
-[Charlie] Help me grab that
paint.
-[Al] Okay.
[gloves snapping]
[hand slapping and rubbing]
[Ava] Hmm.
That's for my ex. Didn't
know how to handle me.
-[Ava] Well, bye bitch.
-[Charlie chuckling]
It's really beautiful.
[Ava] Yeah. And we used up all
my paint.
-[Al] Worth it.
-[Charlie] Worth it.
Too bad I'm dying.
[Al laughing]
[all laughing]
[Elena] There you are.
What's so funny?
What's going on?
Painting stuff. Yeah,
just, just painting stuff.
-[Ava] A little art
therapy today.
-[Charlie chuckles]
-[Charlie chuckling]
-Okay.
[birds chirping]
Well, Charlie, I'll just
meet you in your room.
-Okay?
-[Charlie] Yeah, whatever.
[Elena inhaling]
[footsteps tapping]
[Charlie inhales and exhales]
[Charlie] Okay.
-Okay.
-Yeah.
[Ava chuckling]
All right, I'm gonna
go change. [sniffing]
Okay. You need some help?
-[Charlie] I'm okay.
-[Al] Okay.
So, you two are getting close.
-Are we?
-[Ava] Mm-hmm.
Why? Because she's not like
five?
Okay. [inhales and exhales]
[wheelchair clattering]
[Al] Elena, do you want a
chamomile tea?
Oh, that's sweet. Thoughtful.
Thank you.
Doing okay. How's today going?
[exhales] I... Yeah.
I started talking to
a psychic today, so.
A psychic.
Jack has God, I have a psychic.
-Mm. I mean,
I believe in God too, but...
I'm a little...
desperate.
I feel... desperate.
Yeah.
[Elena] I, I was, uh, reading,
uh,
that the sense of hearing is
like one of the last things
we experience when, you know.
Yeah, that's exactly right.
I think if I can keep
myself doing stuff.
[Al] Yeah.
Jack, he wants to figure
it out, solve it, but...
And you get to do all the
fun stuff with her, so.
Mm.
You married?
Me? No.
-[Elena] No?
-Mm-mm.
I'm surprised.
Siblings?
-Uh, sorry, just cut me off
-No, no, no.
at any time.
No, no, you're fine.
Um, yeah, one.
Oh. It was so hard
when we tried for her.
We kinda, I don't know.
And then she got sick, and
just...
everything under the goddamn
sun became about that.
-I'm sorry.
-No.
[Elena exhaling]
This was nice of you. Thank you.
[Al] Yeah, of course.
Um, I'll see you later.
-[Elena exhaling]
-[Charlie] Did I tell you
it's my birthday next week?
-Your birthday?
[Al] You're turning 18 next
week?
Is there an echo in here?
Charlie, we have to celebrate
you.
I don't, I don't know
about that. It doesn't--
I do. What do you wanna do?
Mm, ooh, I wanna drink,
I wanna drink champagne.
Like real French champagne
out of a coupe like a queen.
Okay, well, you know, you're
turning 18,
not 21, number one.
Number two, did you know that
those coupes
are shaped like a certain
queen's, um...
-[Charlie] Shut up.
-Her chest area.
-Like her tits?
-Yes. [laughs]
-Dude.
-[Al] Like her... breasts.
-Like her tits. [laughs]
-[Al laughing]
Dude, I wanna drink champagne
out of a boob coupe like a
queen.
-[Al] Don't we all.
-So when you get yours?
-My what?
-[Charlie] Your tits.
-[Charlie laughing]
-Um...
-[Tish knocking]
-[Al clearing throat]
-[door creaking]
-[Tish] When you're finished,
can you swing by my office,
please?
-Yes, ma'am.
-Thank you.
[Al] Bye, Tish.
-[door clicking]
-[both chuckling]
Ah, she's got great tits.
Okay. This is a
professional... environment.
Uh, so when?
[inhales] Okay. I was like 12
or 13.
I bloomed kind of early.
I was awkward and...
-Whoa, dude.
-[Al] Dude.
I have like small fucking tits,
and I've never had sex.
What? Too far?
-[Al] No.
-No?
[Al] No. [chuckles]
So, when was your first time
having sex?
-[Charlie chuckling]
-Okay, um, 16.
-[Charlie] 16?
-I know, I know.
-It was early.
-[Charlie] Ugh.
[Charlie] I'm like so fucking
behind.
No, you're not. I, I
was, it was soon for me.
Man, I just, I really
wanna know what it's like.
[Al] You will.
So, was it like vanilla sex?
[Al] Okay, this conversation's
done.
-[Charlie laughing]
-Um... [chuckling]
Here is your recording.
[Charlie gasping] Ready?
-[Charlie groaning]
-You okay?
-[Charlie] Yeah, I'm okay.
-Okay.
-Wait, did you listen to it?
-[Al] Hand to God, I did not.
[Al clears throat] Just
gonna press play. Ready?
[button clicking]
Good?
Mm-hmm.
[Al] Yeah. Okay.
[birds chirping]
[door clicks and creaks]
Sorry, I don't mean to disrupt,
-[Al] Hi, no, no.
-but our mom said today
was tiempo libre.
[chuckles] Okay.
-Come on in, please.
-[Jack] After you guys are--
No, no, no, no. You're good.
Come in.
-Thanks for this, um.
-[Al] Yeah, you good?
[Jack] Pardon me, I didn't
mean to interrupt you.
-Yeah.
-[Al] No, you're fine.
[Al] You can keep that. Okay?
-[Charlie] Okay.
-[Al] No, we're good.
-Nice to see you, Jack.
-Mm, thank you.
-[Al] Bye, Charlie.
-Bye.
-[Jack] Hey, baby girl.
-Hi, Dad.
What are you doing here?
I'm wondering if you would
share some chocolate with me.
Mom's gonna kill you if she
knows.
[Jack] Mom's gonna kill you
'cause you got tattoos on your
face now.
-[laughs] It's makeup.
-[Jack] Let me see.
-[Jack] Do they come off?
-Stop.
You can't touch it.
[wrapper crinkling]
[both chewing]
Mm.
Not bad.
So you're here.
I'm sorry.
[Al knocking]
You wanted to see me?
Uh-huh. Charlie is doing well.
She's gonna go home.
-It took?
-[Tish] It took.
-[fist pounding]
-Well fuck yeah.
-[Tish chuckling]
-Pardon my French.
Keep it to the entertainment,
okay?
-Okay.
-Remember to keep
-your distance.
-Yes, ma'am.
Do not update her.
Her parents already know
and they're gonna tell her
after they've signed the
discharge papers.
-Okay.
-[Tish] Okay.
-Okay.
-[Tish] That's all.
But it does seem my
entertainment helped a little.
Yeah, you're a regular Patch
Adams, Al.
See? Perky?
-Yeah.
-Tish, you need a coffee
-or anything?
-No, thank you.
[Al] Got it.
-[chalk scratching]
-[Al humming]
-Am I standing on water?
-How's it coming?
It's coming along. Coming along.
I've lost all inspiration!
-Oh, the drama.
-Too distracted!
[Ava] Okay, well just
take a deep breath.
-Question, um.
-Mm-hmm.
Can we throw a tiny,
little birthday party
in here for Charlie?
-A birthday party?
-For Charlie.
-She's turning 18.
-[girl] I throw a superb
-birthday party.
-[Al chuckling]
That's not, it's not
necessary. It's, we don't do
that.
-[Al scoffing]
-You just,
I mean, you're doing a bit much.
-Like this is extra.
-No, I'm not.
Tish told me that she's
being, she's being discharged.
-Really?
-[girl] I can't hear
-what you're saying.
-You, pump the brakes.
You, developmental milestone
attainment.
-Positive peer...
-Positive peer psychosocial.
You're saying the credo to me
right now?
-Well, yes I am.
-Okay.
-I know the credo.
-[girl] What's a credo?
-It doesn't matter.
-It doesn't say anywhere
in there that you should
become best friends with her.
-[Al] I'm not becoming best--
-Or dying, discharging,
-or otherwise.
-Ava, can we have
the birthday party in here or
not?
[Ava] Oh! [sighs]
Have I ever gotten too close
in all of our years working
together?
Y'all are truly baffling.
Okay. Concentrate on my face.
-[chalk scratching]
-Be careful.
-Okay?
-Okay, great.
We're doing it in here.
-[Ava sighing]
-[Al] And that's you.
Look, look it.
Oh, well, how, am I,
um, standing on water?
[girl] No, it's just I made it
cool.
[Ava] Cool. Okay.
[speaking Spanish]
[group laughing]
[continues speaking Spanish]
No, quatro. Yes.
[Both] Uno, dos, tres, quatro.
[All] Surprise!
You look so good. Wow, just
like, wow.
-Thank you.
-[girl] Can you do my makeup
like that later?
-It looks so good.
-[chuckles] Absolutely.
-[group chattering]
-[soft dramatic music]
-Happy birthday.
-[group cheering]
-Thank you.
-[group] Woo!
-[man] Yay!
-[group applauding]
[]
[indistinct chatter]
[soft dramatic music continues]
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
[]
feliz cumpleaos mi amor.
[Charlie inhaling]
[]
-[crickets chirping]
-[Al knocking]
[door clicking]
Dude, don't you ever go home?
-[Al] I live here.
-[Charlie laughing]
-[Al] Ta-da!
-[gasps] Stop it!
You don't think I forgot did
you? Queen.
Tonight we are going to
celebrate you
and toast to how strong you've
been
with sparkling grape juice.
-Mm.
-[Al] You can drink the real
stuff
-with your parents.
-[both laughing]
[juice pouring]
No me siento fuerte
I've never met anyone as
strong as you.
You speak Spanish now, dude?
[Al] Hell no, but I'm trying.
[both laughing]
[bottle tapping]
[Charlie] You're strong.
Left foot, right foot, kid.
-[Charlie] Whoa. [laughs]
-Sorry
To you, Charlie, on your
birthday.
-[Al] Cheers.
-Cheers.
[glasses clinking]
[sniffing]
[laughing]
Stupid.
[Al] I know.
[Charlie swallowing]
[Al] Yep, that's juice.
[both laughing]
[Charlie] Marie had some small
ass tits.
-So small.
-[Charlie laughing]
-[Charlie] Dude.
-[Al swallowing]
Dude.
Um, so you know that
thing I've been working on?
[Al] Mm-hmm.
I actually have a name for it.
-[Al] Okay.
-[Charlie] It's my Atlas.
-"Atlas," okay.
-Mm.
Um, I can trust you. Right?
-Si.
-[Charlie] Cool.
-Okay. [chuckles]
-[Al] Okay.
My Atlas is the most
important thing I will ever do,
and it is sacred to me.
Okay.
[sighs]
Okay, great.
[pages rustling]
[Charlie] I don't know, I, I
wanted to do something
like a, like a three art,
three-piece art
-moving thing whatever.
-[Al] Yeah. [laughs]
[Charlie] Like with
visual sound movement.
[Al] Wow.
Mm.
I want you to give it to my
parents.
When I'm gone.
Like from this Earth.
-[Charlie] And before you say
anything,
-Char...
just don't, okay?
This is happening, I've
been living in hospitals
for way too long to not know
this.
-Charlie.
-[Charlie] Stop it.
No, you promised me you wouldn't
make me
do anything I didn't wanna do.
And I don't wanna fucking
pretend
that I'm not fucking dying.
-Okay?
-[Al chuckling]
-[Charlie] Sorry, it's just,
this is like
-No.
the one thing I have to like,
I don't know, uh, feel like
myself
and feel like I have control or
something.
[inhales] Okay, so this,
this whole time, this "Atlas."
[Charlie] My parents
are gonna need it to cope.
Charlie, you've been sick.
It's true.
I'm dying, Alyse.
Charlie, I think you're being
a little dramatic. Like...
-Dramatic?
-[Al] Yeah.
Charlie, there's a lot of
people who've been working
really, really hard to make
sure that you're healthy.
Including me.
You know that.
[laughs]
Okay, cool. [inhales]
You don't know what this is like
You have no fucking idea.
-[Charlie] You don't know.
-I have no idea?
[Charlie] You have no idea what
this is like.
Have you lived this?
Have you lived in a fucking
hospital
for three fucking years, have
you?
-[Al] Okay.
-I've been sitting here
after a stupid fucking kiddie
party
where none of my real
friends even came to.
I am tired of doing this. Okay?
Well, a lot of those
kiddies at your party,
a lot of them are a
lot more sick than you.
[Charlie scoffing]
Do you understand that?
You know what? Forget it.
I knew you wouldn't understand.
Charlie, you have got
to get out of your head.
-It's not all about you.
-Says the completely
dead inside, fake fucking
therapist.
Okay. You know what, kid?
You have no idea what other
people are going through.
There are kids in here who will
never see
the light of day ever again!
And you get to go home tomorrow!
There.
Sorry, you're better, you're
gonna win, they're not.
And this? You can give this
to your parents yourself.
[book slamming]
-[high-pitched ringing]
-[Al crying]
-Annie!
-[door slamming]
[Al breathing heavily]
-[footsteps thudding]
-Come back, wait!
-[traffic whirring]
-[door clicking]
[upbeat country music]
[crowd chattering]
[bottles clinking]
[crowd chattering and laughing]
[upbeat country music continues]
[crowd chattering]
-[bartender] Four?
-Yeah.
[bottles tapping]
[glasses clink and tap]
[glass tapping]
-[hand tapping]
-We can
[All] secede from the Union.
-God, yes!
-Yes!
No, and don't, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no!
Do not talk about the
Alamo tonight, I have--
Hey, I just have some pride.
All right, just as long
as you're, all right.
I do know. I know, I
know where you're going.
Where you gonna go?
Where are you gonna go?
You know where I'm going.
As long as I remember
all the sides, and I do.
-All the sides.
-I've been working on it.
-Breathe
-Okay, okay, gold star.
-Come on, come on now.
-Gold star.
-Bullseye.
-Hey, speaking of,
who wants to go shootin'
with me this weekend?
Any takers? Come on.
-Shooting?
-Come on, it's no fun-- yeah.
That, yeah, that's how I wanna
spend
my Sunday off from a hospital.
Where I work longer
hours than all of y'all.
-I would like to say.
-[James laughing]
-[bottles tapping]
-[James] Y'all have to go, hey?
And you know not to
bring that up with... Al.
Bring what up?
[Ava] How is our birthday girl?
Oh, she's intense.
[hand pounding]
[James] Kids these days.
-[Ava] What happened?
-She thinks she's dying
and she's not.
Well, I blame TikTok. You know?
[Ava laughing]
I can't stop thinking
about Timmy's vigil.
Oh my God. Can we not?
-[hand pounding]
-Fucking hell.
-Look.
-[Clementine] No, I'm sorry.
I come here to not think about
that.
We're all tired. Let's just
chill, okay?
Yeah, sorry, uh, like,
but it, but it must be
fine for you to not,
you know, deal with any of
it 'cause you just avoid it.
[James] Yo.
-What?
-Hang on, no, no.
[Ava] Let's just, let's take a
beat.
I'm sorry. Avoid what?
[James] Oh, shit. Love this
song, huh?
Yeah? I mean...
Cool. [glass tapping]
[upbeat dance music]
-[James] Al.
-[Ava] Al.
No, it's all good. I'm gonna
bounce.
-[hand pounding]
-[James] Al.
-Let her be, let her be.
-[James] Al.
So like, well we can't
talk about this stuff?
Like I, I'm just saying what
we're all thinking, right?
You're new, okay?
All due respect, Al's been
doing this job almost a decade.
You have no idea what
you're talking about.
[crowd chattering]
[door thudding]
[footsteps tapping]
-[upbeat dance bass continues]
-[lighter flicks]
[crickets chirping]
[car door clicks and thuds]
-[engine rumbling]
-[cigarette sizzling]
[muffled country music]
[traffic noise]
-[high-pitched ringing]
-[siren wailing]
[horns honking]
-[door clicking]
-[footsteps tapping]
[crickets chirping]
[bag rustling]
[keys jangling]
[bottle cap clattering]
[Al gulping]
-[tense electronic music]
-[insects chittering]
-[Al exhaling]
-[children laughing]
[footsteps pattering]
-[Al breathing uneasily]
-[hand whacking]
Mm.
[sleeve crinkling]
-[record clicking]
-[needle crackling]
I've cried 10 million tears
10 million tears
10 million and two
[soft country music]
Crying my heart out
For no one but you
I've ached ten million miles

Ten million miles
Ten million and two
Aching, my darling, to hold
Only you
[speaker] Hey, look at this!
[liquor sloshing]
Believing you when you said
That you would be ever true
-[high-pitched ringing]
-[tense electronic music]
While your heart played a
Part
[hand pounding]
[music distorting]
[muffled thud]
[high-pitched ringing continues]
-[hands pounding]
-Uh!
[children laughing]
Then they never came true
[soft country music]
-Believing you
-[children chattering]
[Al groaning]
[siren wailing]
-[children yelling]
-[tense electronic music]
[high-pitched ringing]
[high-pitched ringing continues]
[hand pounding]
[children laughing]
Annie!
-Come on, please!
-[gun blasting]
[distorted country music]
[soft country music]
Sweet dreams, my darling
That never came true
Never came true
-[insects chittering]
-[birds chirping]
-Estoy aqu, y no estoy aqu.
-[dog barking]
-[groans]
-[car approaches]
[engine rumbling]
[newspaper thrown]
-[insects chittering]
-[train horn blaring]
[birds chirping]
[clothes rustling]
[Al sniffing]
[sobs]
[Al crying]
[traffic whirring]
[Al sniffing]
-[group chattering]
-[Al knocking]
I see we're celebrating.
-[Elena] Al.
-Hi.
Al.
Oh. [Elena inhaling]
We really can't thank you enough
for everything you've been
doing.
I don't do anything
here. I just play music.
[Elena chuckling]
You've been such a blessing to
us.
I can't believe this is
happening.
I mean, I can, I wanted
it. I've been wanting this.
-[Elena crying]
-[Jack] It's okay.
-Let's go, waterworks.
-[Elena] I'm sorry.
All right, bye. See you in a
minute.
Well, we we're gonna have a
little, um, welcome home party
for Charlie and we would
love it if you can make it.
[Charlie] She's coming.
Hey Birdie, I love you.
[door clicking]
-Hey.
-[Al] Hi.
[both] I'm sorry. [chuckles]
I'm sorry I yelled at you.
Mm-hmm, it's just you stay
sick for so long, you know.
[chuckles] I don't, I don't
know. Ah.
I don't think I know how to look
forward
to anything anymore.
Hey, you're gonna be okay.
And music.
-[Charlie] Music.
-Yeah.
[Charlie] Mm.
[both] Sound bowl.
[both laughing]
[Al] Last time.
-You wanna do the honors?
-I, okay. I'll try.
I think you have to set
it down on the surface.
Right. That's right, that's
right.
I should know this.
-[mallet clinking]
-[bowl humming]
[newscaster] It really is,
you know, a lot of people say,
"Well, Houston gets a
lot of natural disasters
with some tornadoes or so,"
but it gets to a point
where, okay, now it's,
-it's starting to get...
-[button clicking]
[plate scraping]
[insects chittering]
-[plate clacking]
-[door creaking]
[bushes rustling]
Hey, Dad.
Hey.
How, how are the tomatoes?
[Dad] Same.
You want some help?
[Dad] I'm, I'm good.
[bushes rustling]
[door creaks and thuds]
[birds chirping]
[bright country music]
[indistinct chatter]
-Oh, hi, Al! You came!
-Hey.
-Hey, come on in.
-Thanks, hi.
Oh my goodness. Hi. [laughs]
Come on back. What ya drinking?
Um, beer. Here.
Oh. You didn't have to bring it.
Well it's nothing. Thank you.
House looks great.
[Elena] Look, I got
one right here for you.
Oh, thanks.
-How's today going?
-Oh, I'm so happy.
-Yeah.
-I'm just so happy.
Yeah, me too.
-Thank you for coming.
-Yeah.
[Elena] You clean up
good out of your scrubs.
Thanks.
Jack, look who's here.
-Hi, Jack.
-[Jack] Hey.
[all chuckling]
Look at her. Look who's here.
-White girl. [laughs]
-Hi. [chuckles]
Hello.
-How you doing?
-I'm doing better
now that you're here.
-You look great.
-No scrubs.
-No scrubs. [chuckles]
-We love. [laughs]
-What is that?
-Nothing.
-Okay, cheers.
-Cheers.
-[crowd chattering]
-[bright country music]
[crowd laughing and chattering]
-[thunder rumbling]
-[rain pattering]
[rain pouring]
[soft jazz music]
[Charlie laughs] Dude, you
should wear blue like every day.
[Charlie] Just stay still. I'm
trying to make sure that these.
[Al] I do wanna show you
something.
Well, that is funny 'cause
I wanna show you something.
-You first.
-Okay.
[singing in Spanish]
Dude, shut up.
-It's your painting?
-[Charlie chuckling]
This is fucking amazing.
Ava has to sand it,
but you can roll it up,
move it around.
-I love it.
-Me too.
Wow, um, okay.
Ah, let me go get yours.
Okay.
[Al sniffing]
[paper rustling]
No, stop. You can't read it
right now.
Read it later.
Later, okay Yes, ma'am.
And where's your phone?
-[keypads clicking]
-Five, eight...
-Right there.
-[keypads clicking]
Listen to that later too.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay. [chuckles]
-All right, let me see.
-Okay.
Mm. Yeah, they're there.
All right. Look at yourself.
Ah!
-[sprinkler rattling]
-I got Texas on my mind
[Al] Mind if I join ya?
Like my girl drinks her wine

[Al] It's a good song.
I got Texas on my mind
You know, if the cop
thing doesn't work out,
I think you got a music
career out there for ya.
-[Jack laughing]
-Hmm.
[Jack] Oh, you got all the
jokes, Alyse.
Listen, I'm here all week.
So I was actually gonna
be a baseball player.
-[Al] No shit.
-[Jack] I was shortstop,
and I was, had a full
ride at Dallas Baptist.
Pirates were scouting
me my sophomore year.
[Al] What happened?
I drove my car into a tree.
-[Al] Nah-uh.
-Yeah, that, yeah.
And I broke my leg in like a
million
little different pieces--
-Well, sorry.
-[Jack] But, yeah.
Well I would never have met my
wife
or had Charlie or my faith, so.
Because when, uh, the
police academy, they told me
that I wouldn't be able
to pass the physical exam.
-[Al] Mm-hmm.
-I told them, "Okay."
And then I broke like half
their records. [laughs]
Showed them.
[Jack] Yes, damn straight.
Did you ever go to, um,
Putt-Putt?
-[Al] Like the mini golf place?
-That's the very one.
-You...?
-[Al] It's been a minute.
Have you ever, did you ever have
a birthday party there or?
-[Al] I can't say that I have.
-I did.
-[Al] Okay.
-Yeah.
But I was, it was my
eighth birthday party,
and I remember because I
was crying the night before
because I was never gonna be
seven again.
-Oh.
-[Jack] So anyway,
I believed that we all
died on our 100th birthday
and it was gonna be at Putt-Putt
Golf.
[both laughing]
And you know, all your
little friends would be there
and they'll have their
little cone-shaped hats,
and then they'd bring out
that big birthday cake.
And, uh, everybody'd start
singing.
And then, then the hundred
candles.
And then you'd blow 'em
all out and that'd be it.
-That'd be it.
-[Jack] Yes, that'd be it.
[soft country music]
Night in the city
Big house on the corner
[door banging]
-[engine rumbling]
-[Al] There you go.
Yeah, so your foot on the gas
pedal.
-[Charlie] Foot on the gas.
-Try it.
-[engine rumbling]
-[Al] Yep, that's it.
-[both laughing]
-[Al] Okay, look forward.
-Look forward.
-[Charlie] Sorry, looking
forward.
-Think your, yep.
-Great.
Here we go. Here we go.
Here we go. Here we go.
-Of the country
David says, "Trust me,
I let him off leash
But he always comes home
Like old synesthesia
Ringing for ages, let it off
Leash
But it always comes home
And we wait on the lawn
Under stars so much sharper
They tear up the night
Like a wild pack of dogs
Out in the country,
The train has a timber
Cuts through the
Silence, cradle me home
And it stirs something in
Them
Seven coyotes and
Though it won't answer
They're calling it home
Seven coyotes howling for
Ages
-[Charlie] Wait, right here?
-[Al] Okay, just a little bit.
Yep, and then put the,
you can use the button, push it
down.
Use that foot girl. Pedal to the
metal.
Okay, now do that. Yeah, that's
good.
-That's good.
-[Charlie laughs]
-Okay.
-Am I ready to drive
-with people yet?
-Mm, no.
-Probably not.
-Okay.
That's a negative. That's a
negative.
All right, well, here we go.
-All right.
-[engine rumbling]
[Reporter] What's going on?
Yeah, the 'Stros are now out
for the rest of the season
after being eliminated
in the playoffs.
[reporter] A, attitude.
An October without Astros
baseball?
Like "Wheel of Fortune" with no
wheel.
Just hours after being
eliminated,
here's the ABCs of what comes
next
in order to get back to the
postseason.
-[door banging]
-[keys jangling]
[engine rumbling]
[mellow music]
I see my darling
[dog barking]
In the pillow of the night
-I--
-[door banging]
[Al] Morning.
Sorry, Al.
-[door clicks]
-[Al] Tish, what is going on?
-Good morning, Al.
-[Al] Good morning.
I'm afraid we have some news.
Okay.
[Tish] Charlie is currently on
the ICU.
She's been intubated and
sedated.
The anti-rejection transplant
meds
lowered Charlie's immune system
threshold
and infection took hold.
She's in multi-organ failure.
-She was admitted yesterday--
-[door clicks and bangs]
[tapping]
[footsteps shuffling]
Elena.
[group chattering]
Where's Jack?
He had-- I don't know.
[Al] When did y'all get here?
Friday.
Couple of days ago she said
she felt a little weird,
but we didn't think much of it.
Saturday was pretty slow,
and by Sunday, she just
started shutting down.
[breathes uneasily] I don't
know what we're supposed to do.
They say that they don't know
how much damage has been done.
They can't reverse the damage.
But if the other organs
keep from the infection...
I gotta go talk to people,
someone. I need to go.
[machinery beeping]
[machinery whirring]
[machinery whirring and beeping]
[insects chirping]
[cigarette sizzling]
[Al exhaling]
[glove compartment clattering]
[paper rustling]
[crickets chirping]
[paper rustling]
Her liver has failed.
Her heart is failing.
She has severe brain damage.
Over the last few days,
we've checked every box
for Jack and Elena, so if you
need me,
I'm gonna be upstairs.
[door clicks and thuds]
[Tish] I'm sorry, Al.
We've really tried everything we
could.
Can't save 'em all. I've tried.
We're just waiting on Elena and
Jack.
So we'll need to get her
heartbeat and prep for the
vigil.
[machinery whirring and beeping]
[heart thumping]
-[heart thumping continues]
-[machinery beeping]
[footsteps tapping]
-[Jack exhaling]
-[Elena sobbing]
[foot pounding]
[Jack breathing uneasily]
[Jack] Hey.
[Elena sobbing]
[Jack exhaling]
[Elena] How do I say you
can take my baby away now?
[Elena sobbing]
How do I say that? [sobbing]
[Jack exhaling]
How do I say that?
[Jack exhaling]
[Al] I'm good.
Okay. Okay.
Thank you. Good night.
-Good night.
-Get some rest.
[footsteps tapping]
[inhales] You want me to stay?
[Al] No, I'm good.
Okay.
-[Al] I love you.
-I love you too.
-I'm good.
-Okay.
[footsteps tapping]
[Al inhales and exhales]
[plate scraping]
[Jack breathing uneasily]
[door clicking]
[Jack exhales and sniffs]
[door closes]
Charlie wrote this for y'all.
[soft guitar music]
Hey, bird
Where'd you go from here
Where'd you fly, my dear
My bird
[soft guitar music continues]
Hey
[Elena sobbing]
Don't be sad today
I was messy anyway
You won't have to clean
Up my shit everywhere
[Jack chuckling]
Yeah, now I can swear
Hey, Mom
Te amo
Dad, I love you, okay
Hey, me
There's no back to school
No jumping in the pool
Or climbing trees
You're free, bird
You're free
[door clicking]
[bag rustling]
-[sniffs]
-[badge clattering]
[switch clicking]
[footsteps]
[passing traffic]
[Charlie] Hey.
What's going on in there?
Don't forget to drop off
the "Atlas" to Mom and Dad.
[traffic whirring]
[engine humming]
[Charlie] Whatever you're doing,
stop.
I'm serious...
mrame, stop.
-[turn signal clicking]
-I'll wait.
[sighs]
[passing traffic]
[seatbelt clicking]
[Charlie] Get somewhere you can
move.
[door clicks and bangs]
[Al breathing uneasily]
-[Al inhaling]
-[Charlie] You know what's
coming.
Elbow up.
-[Al cries]
-[Charlie] Now the other.
Vamos chica.
Arms up.
Head up.
Elbow up.
-Now the other.
-[soft dramatic music]
Arms up.
Head up.
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