Last Days of Summer (2025) Movie Script
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[Voiceover] That bike was
the last thing anybody ever saw
of Summer Johansen.
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(car engine revving)
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(water splashing)
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Ricky Gallo was 19-years-old the summer
that Summer went missing.
Fresh outta high school and
figuring out what the hell to do
with the rest of his life.
Ricky came from one of those families
that put on magazine covers
that suburban moms subscribed to.
His mom, Linda, was a former beauty queen,
Miss Indiana, 1982.
She was the smartest in the
family, like women tend to be.
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She was a little critical at times,
but that's just 'cause she knew best.
There was a sadness about her,
but no one ever talked about it.
All right, well when you're finished,
put them in the dishwasher.
You know how I hate
- when the dishes pile.
- I know.
I always do it.
[Linda] Ted.
[Ted] Yeah, hun.
That goes for you too.
[Ted] You got it, hun.
She always does this.
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[Voiceover] And his dad Ted.
Well, they didn't make
men like that anymore.
(garage door dragging)
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Ted didn't talk much, he tinkered.
Ricky swore he broke things
just so he could fix them again.
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There we go.
Oh.
How in the hell.
Hell yeah.
Nicely done.
Thank you.
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[Voiceover] Most people
could hang up a photo
in five minutes.
Ted would take 45,
but you could be sure
that photo would be level
and it'd stay that way
until the day he died.
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And then there was Johnny.
(motorcycle engine revving)
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(motorcycle engine revving)
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Johnny always called him Ricky Boy.
[Ricky] Johnny.
Ricky Boy, come give
your big brother a hug.
He'd say it big and loud
too, like it was a celebration.
What are you doing here, dude?
What am I doing here?
Yeah.
- What the fuck is this?
- What the fuck
are you doing here?
What do you mean?
(both laughing)
And what the is this?
Dude, you got a bike.
This is Brandy.
Aha.
It's the of my life.
Oh, okay,
- not the first time.
- All right.
But Ricky, Brandy.
- Brandy, Ricky.
- Oh,
nice to meet you, Brandy.
How are you?
I'm great.
How are you?
- I'm good.
- Jesus.
[Linda] Hey hun.
Hey Ma.
Oh.
Oh, I've missed you.
Oh, it's good to see you.
(insects chirping)
[Voiceover] Johnny was always destined
to feel like an outsider.
His dad was some asshole,
who Linda married young.
The guy drank too much
and knocked her around from time to time.
Shortly after Johnny
was born, they divorced.
He'd never even met the guy.
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(insects chirping)
Who the fuck
- do you think you are?
- He had it out
for father figures after that.
No, no.
[Voiceover] Ted never
had a fucking chance.
Go sober up.
Go sober up.
- Fuck you.
- Get out.
(car engine revving)
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(car engines revving)
(insects chirping)
[Voiceover] After a
couple years out west,
Johnny showed up out of the blue
as if nothing ever happened.
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Johnny was mythical in Ricky's eyes.
He loved him more than anybody.
Well, almost anybody.
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Summer was the girl next door.
And Ricky had been deeply
in love with her for years.
[Photographer] Big smiles.
[Voiceover] She was
what her parents referred to
as trouble.
But to be fair, that was
mostly her parents' fault.
[Photographer] Great job guys.
You're such a lovely family, okay.
Let's do one more.
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Oh my God.
(Summer laughing)
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(all laughing)
[Voiceover] Her dad,
Charles, was hardly ever around
unless it was a major holiday.
He was usually off on a work trip
in some other city or some
other country, God knows where.
Mostly it was just her
and her mom at the house.
And like a lot of teenage girls
and their moms, the two didn't get along.
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Summer's mom, Kim, was a lonely woman.
But she never stayed alone for long.
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She was having an affair
with the neighbor, Michael.
Summer found out about
it one night by accident.
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(door thudding)
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(insects chirping)
There's still time for
[Voiceover] As a protest,
she made it a point to play her music
as loud as she possibly could.
Music, Kim didn't like the sound of.
Made by boys she didn't like the look off.
'Til we're breaking out
Singing keep going honey
Keep going, now give
me all the love you got
(birds chirping)
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- To what?
- Just hold it tight, Ricky.
I'm holding it tight.
(spanner clanking)
- Fuck.
- Oh shit.
(Johnny sighing)
Are you all right?
I said hold it tight.
- I was holding it tight.
- Ouch.
- Jesus.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't touch it, man.
- Oh my God.
Where'd the rag go.
Where'd your rag go?
(footsteps crunching)
We should sanitize that.
(Johnny sighing)
[Johnny] What's your name?
Summer, my name's Summer.
You?
Johnny.
Nice to meet you, Johnny.
Nice to meet you, Summer.
Okay.
One, two, three.
Gauze.
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Better?
Better.
Thank you, Summer.
All good?
All good.
[Ricky] We ready to go?
Ready, Freddy.
Let's get to getting along, good is good.
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What?
Hmm?
What is it?
What's what?
Why are you smiling?
I'm not.
Yes you are.
Well, it's a nice day out today.
Okay.
Can't the girl just smile on a nice day?
No weirdo.
[Summer] Anywhere in the world?
Yeah.
I always thought Japan was cool.
Tokyo?
Hmm, Kyoto.
What the fuck is in Kyoto?
Cherry blossoms.
A hell of a lot of cherry blossoms.
I guess, fair enough.
[Voiceover] Ricky and Summer
would take long walks around town,
talking about anything and everything.
What about it?
[Voiceover] What kind of
people did they wanna be?
Where did they wanna travel?
What kind of lives did they wanna live?
Like most young people,
the two were concerned about
their own untapped potential.
I'm all right.
Hmm, it's worth a try.
(insects chirping)
(footsteps thudding)
(door hinge creaking)
(footsteps thudding)
(Ricky knocking)
Hey.
Hey.
You know next time
if you could be louder,
I might get up just a bit earlier.
Ah sorry.
What are you doing out here?
Nothing.
(insects chirping)
Do you wanna go somewhere?
Yeah, why not?
(motorcycle engine revving)
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(insects chirping)
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(insects chirping)
You know any constellations?
Big Dipper.
Little Dipper.
Can't find Orion's Belt tonight though.
There.
Where?
Right there.
Ah, there you are, you bastard.
(insects chirping)
Can I ask you something?
Anything, man.
(insects chirping)
[Ricky] What are you running from?
Running from?
Why do you always think I'm running?
[Ricky] Johnny, you
showed up unannounced.
Usually you send a card or something,
or you know, phone call with a heads up.
What are you running from?
What's bringing you back here?
Where's this coming from?
Man,
you got out of here as fast as you could,
as quick as you could.
(insects chirping)
Just curious is all.
Let's just say there ain't
nothing left of me in Tucson.
What happened?
(insects chirping)
I'll spare the details.
Long story short, I got
into a fight with someone
and hurt him pretty bad.
Had to skip town is all.
He's not dead or nothing, just hurt,
hurt pretty bad.
(insects chirping)
[Ricky] Why were you fighting?
People only fight for two reasons, Ricky,
love and money.
Love is a perilous thing,
Ricky, remember that.
I mean, especially nowadays.
It's a dangerous game.
Good thing I am not a romantic.
I like to think I'm more pragmatic.
(both laughing)
Pragmatic?
- Yeah.
- Fuck you.
What?
I see the way you
look at that girl next door.
You're a romantic, just like I am,
and just like every
man with a beating heart
- who walks God's green Earth?
- Mm.
We're all fucked.
Well, Summer and I are just friends.
You're so fucked.
[Ricky] Dude, Summer
and I are just friends.
You're fucked.
I mean, it's not even funny.
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(insects chirping)
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Ricky Boy.
Morning.
So, what'd you get mom?
I did not get her anything,
I just signed a card,
but I think Ted got her
like a massage gift card
or something.
(insects chirping)
What'd you get her?
(insects chirping)
That's fucking odd.
(insects chirping)
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Mom
Happy birthday to you
Yeah.
(all cheering)
[All] Many more.
[Johnny] Yeah.
[Ted] All right, all right.
[Linda] What's this?
[Johnny] Just a little something.
You didn't have to do that.
Mom, it's your birthday.
Go on, open it.
Oh, Johnny.
Oh, it's beautiful.
You like it?
Oh, I love it.
Happy birthday Mom.
Thank you.
Here, let's try it on.
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All right, there we go.
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How's it look?
Oh, so good.
- Really good.
- It looks good, hun.
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Can I have another piece?
No high life, huh, Ted.
Nice gift you got for your mom.
Yeah, think so.
I was hoping she she'd like it.
I'm on to you kid.
On to me, Ted.
Just because some years have passed
that don't mean you've grown any,
don't mean you're changed none.
You don't know a thing about me.
I can see right through you Johnny,
right fucking through you, always have.
I think you're still mad
'cause I never called you daddy.
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I give it a week.
A week?
A week.
Give what a week?
'Til a cop comes knocking on the door
asking about that nickel
on your mom's neck.
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I think you got me figured out wrong.
I think I got you
figured out pretty well, kid.
Hmm.
So, why don't you tell me then,
tell me all about me.
Ever gone camping,
hiking, anything like that?
What?
Hiking, camping, any of that?
You lost me.
I got these signs on
the trails in camp ground
that say, "Leave No Trace."
Mm-hmm.
Leave no trace.
Leave no trace is a philosophy of sorts
for the people that are
visiting these places.
The gist of it is,
is that when you're visiting these places,
you take care of the area you're staying.
You don't make a mess,
you clean up after yourself.
You don't destroy the ground you stand on.
Oh, I think I see where this is going.
You put out your fires before you leave.
You, Johnny, you leave a trace.
Everywhere you go, you
have people around you
that put out your fires.
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You calling me a visitor in my own home?
A visitor?
(Ted laughing)
You're a tourist, a fucking tourist.
Look at mom over there.
One big happy family again.
And you wanna take that away from her?
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That's a little selfish, don't you think?
A week.
(Johnny laughing)
(glasses clanking)
Lighten up, Ted, it's a party.
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What size you want?
That's what I'm trying to figure out.
For popcorn?
Yeah, for popcorn.
Well, we have the small for $2
and then we have the medium
for $4, which is just $2 more.
And then for an extra
$3, we have the jumbo.
And that one, that one
comes with free refills,
but they all kind of do.
But that one's the jumbo,
so, like you might as
well get the jumbo, right?
Geez, this is highway robbery.
What do you want?
We might as well get the jumbo.
Right, does that jumbo at
least come with like a diabetes
or a heart attack on the side?
[Ricky] Depends.
Depends on what?
Do you want butter on that?
Yeah, it's popcorn, I want butter.
Any soft drinks today?
We'll take a diet Pepsi.
Perfect.
What movie are you guys seeing today?
There's only one screen
pal, so I think you know.
I'll have that right out.
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(car engine revving)
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(Summer laughing)
Hi.
Wow.
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Yeah, come on.
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(insects chirping)
That's fucking sick.
This is delicate,
1998, Malbec with hints of cherry and Coke.
(insects chirping)
Taste just like juice.
(insects chirping)
How was work?
Work was, work was work.
Meet any nice ladies tonight?
You know, unfortunately
this job doesn't ooze as much
sex appeal as you would think.
With that uniform?
Shocking, I know.
I think it's this.
(both laughing)
Would you like to make
that popcorn a large?
(Summer laughing)
(insects chirping)
Maybe I should have
been a barista like you.
Yeah, because even though
you don't get the numbers,
at least you get the tips.
That's smart.
(insects chirping)
I mean, it can't be that bad.
You do get free tickets, right?
Oh yes.
You should take me to a movie sometime.
(insects chirping)
What kind of movie do you wanna see?
(insects chirping)
I haven't seen a shitty
action movie in a while.
Fucking stupid action movies.
(Summer laughing)
(insects chirping)
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(insects chirping)
What are you looking at?
That little shit.
What?
[Kim] That's my Malbec.
She's trouble.
[Kim] She certainly fucking is.
Apple doesn't fall
far from the tree, huh?
What do you know about trouble?
I know you.
And that is plenty.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
I don't think I could handle
any more trouble in my life.
Is that right?
(insects chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(door thudding)
All dressed up for Charles.
You know what I wonder?
What's that?
What made you such an asshole?
So that's it, huh?
[Kim] That's it.
I guess that's the part
where I'm supposed to say
I wish you well.
It'd be nice.
Yeah.
I don't feel like it.
Have a shitty life, Michael.
Hey, if you see Charles again,
tell him thanks for the loaner.
(footsteps thudding)
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(water splashing)
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(insects chirping)
(glasses clanking)
(Kim laughing)
Mom.
Yeah, hun.
What did you wanna be?
[Kim] Sorry.
When you were young like me?
Young like you?
(Kim laughing)
You said that like I'm ancient.
You know what I mean?
Elaborate.
What did you wanna be?
What did you want to do
when you were my age?
What did you wanna do with your life?
When I was your age, all I
ever wanted to be was pretty.
[Summer] You are pretty, Mom.
Look what good that did me.
You know what I wish,
I wish I was fat and ugly.
I wish I was one of those fat, ugly women
in the grocery store riding
around in those scooters,
knocking into people's
ankles, honking that horn.
Beep, beep.
Probably be easier then.
That's kind of fucked up, Mom.
I wish you were too.
I wish you were fat and ugly.
And then maybe we figure
something out to do with ourselves
besides chasing around boys.
Let's not do this again, Mom.
I just,
I don't want you to waste your life.
Like you?
I'm just afraid.
I'm afraid you're gonna wake up one morning
and wonder what the hell happened.
I just need a little time.
You and me both kid.
Do me a favor.
Mm?
Don't touch my fucking Malbec.
Wouldn't want you to run out, would we?
You know what I didn't
wanna be when I was your age?
What's that?
A mom.
(footsteps tapping)
(Ricky groaning)
(motorcycle engine revving)
[Voiceover] Summer
had been in love three times
in her short life.
First there was Jerry.
Take her again.
[Voiceover] Jerry was a theater kid.
He was loud and enthusiastic and ambitious.
Show of truth.
[Voiceover] He would be the first boy
to break summer's heart.
The blood as modest evidence.
[Voiceover] The two split
when Summer found out
he'd gotten the from his co-star Susie,
backstage, on opening night,
of the school's production
of, "Much Ado About Nothing."
She knows the heat of a luxurious bed.
Her plush is not of
modesty, but of guiltiness.
[Voiceover] Then there was Mr. Gilbert,
the art teacher and girls soccer coach.
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He used to take her into the city
where they wouldn't
get caught fooling around
in empty parking lots.
He was married after all.
He introduced her to French kissing
and the works of Henry Miller.
She loved, "Wisdom of the Heart."
"And to live means to be aware.
"Joyously, drunkenly,
sincerely, divinely aware."
[Voiceover] Things ended between them
in the spring of her junior year
because Summer refused to
do more than just hand stuff.
That one hurt a little more than the first.
(Summer screaming)
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Last but not least was Lance.
Lance was the All-American type.
He was the captain of the basketball team.
He was tall, handsome.
And if he had been a little smarter,
he might've been just about perfect.
(ball bouncing)
But he was nice.
The two dated a whole
seven and a half months.
In that time, summer lost her virginity
and earned the coveted
position of Homecoming Queen.
To the naked eye, they
were a match made in heaven.
But Summer found out that while she was
throwing up peach Schnapps
in the bathroom of the after party,
Lance was fucking Sandy Pharaoh
in his parents' station wagon.
That one hurt the most.
Ricky was there through all of it.
Through all of 'em.
He had hoped that maybe it was his turn,
but that didn't seem to be the case.
(insects chirping)
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(birds chirping)
(officer knocking)
Police, open the door.
(officer knocking)
Police, open the door.
(gentle music)
(officer knocking)
Fuck.
(officer knocking)
Police, open up.
Yo, what's?
Johnny, what the fuck is happening?
Johnny.
(footsteps thudding)
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Tick tock, motherfucker.
Fuck you, Ted.
Johnny, Johnny, what did you do?
What did you do?
[Johnny] Sorry.
Johnny, what did you do?
(footsteps thudding)
Johnny, Johnny.
Johnny.
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What, why are you leaving?
Why are they here?
(motorcycle engine revving)
What the fuck did you do?
(officer screaming)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(officer screaming)
Fuck.
(motorcycle engine revving)
(insects chirping)
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(motorcycle engine revving)
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(insects chirping)
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(insects chirping)
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(water splashing)
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(water splashing)
(gentle music)
Evening.
Hi
Mind if I join you?
Malbec?
Had this one before?
No, it's just a lucky guess.
(water splashing)
Was it?
Pardon?
Was it?
Was it a lucky guess, Michael?
(water splashing)
What are implying, Summer?
You know what's curious?
What's that?
It's how is it you know my
name and I know your name.
We've never even met before.
Small town.
That it, Michael?
I've lived here a while
and if you know your family.
Mm.
My family?
Yeah, your family.
And by that, you mean by mom.
(water splashing)
You usually take runs this late?
Can't sleep.
Got something keeping you up,
something you can't sleep over?
(car engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(water splashing)
Yeah.
Don't you?
Tonight,
I suppose I do.
(insects chirping)
(water splashing)
(insects chirping)
What were you crying about?
What are you talking about?
Your eyes, they give your away.
Don't just get puffy
on their own like that.
Mind your own business.
At your age, it's always a boy.
Don't talk down to me, Michael.
(water splashing)
(insects chirping)
What?
(insects chirping)
You don't have cooties, do you?
Grow up.
Yeah, I tried that once.
It wasn't much fun.
(water splashing)
(insects chirping)
Can I ask you a question?
Shoot.
Now you've gotta promise
me to answer it honestly,
before I ask the question.
No bullshit answers, no
pussyfooting, just truth.
I need something.
Promise?
(water splashing)
Okay, fuck it.
Yeah, I promise.
What's up?
A pinky promise.
Highest form of promise, this.
Yeah, I already said, I promise.
Yeah, but a pinky promise makes it real.
Can't go back from it.
Summer, my word means
a hell of a lot more than that.
I said I promise.
Trust me, no bullshit.
(water splashing)
All right.
What's the question?
Are you trying to fuck up my life?
No, Summer, I'm not.
Well, you might wanna
stop doing what you're doing
because you just might.
(water splashing)
Don't worry about it,
it's over.
(water splashing)
Trust me.
Kim made it very clear, it's over.
(water splashing)
I don't know what you see in her.
She's not that bad.
She's awful sometimes.
What?
(water splashing)
But you remind me of her.
(water splashing)
Not the awful part, just,
there's something of her in you.
I am nothing like that woman.
I don't know.
I think we all got pieces
of our parents in us
that we just can't shake.
No matter how hard we try.
That's just the way it is.
Do you love her?
(water splashing)
I suppose I do.
(water splashing)
She know, you know about us?
Probably not.
Does she know you love her?
Probably.
(water splashing)
Bummer.
(water splashing)
You gonna keep it a secret?
I'll think about it.
(water splashing)
One more.
Shoot.
(water splashing)
What did you want to
be when you were my age?
(water splashing)
A hero, I suppose.
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
God damn it.
(gentle music)
Fucking assholes.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
Miss me?
What are you doing out here?
Uncovering the truth of
this fragile little world of mine.
(insects chirping)
How's that going?
Well Ricky Boy, I've had better nights.
Don't call me that.
What, Ricky Boy?
That's what Johnny calls you, isn't it?
Come on Ricky Boy, it's cute.
All right.
Wait, wait, I'm sorry okay, I'm sorry.
I just, fuck.
What are you doing?
[Ricky] Right now?
Right now.
Take me somewhere.
Where do you want to go?
Anywhere but here.
Just get me the fuck outta this place.
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
You've been here before?
Yeah.
He's bastard for that.
(gentle music)
Look, Summer.
Please don't.
I have to.
- No, no.
- I have to.
No, you don't.
Summer, please just.
- Wait.
- No.
(gentle music)
(car door thudding)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(car door thudding)
Summer, I love you, okay.
I always have.
But.
(gentle music)
You knew that already, right?
(gentle music)
Yeah,
I know.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
And does it make a difference?
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
No.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
What about when we're 30?
What about then?
What if I don't have anybody,
you don't have anybody?
Do you know what I want?
(insects chirping)
Do you know what I want?
I want us to sit, okay, just please.
I want us to sit and when the time comes,
you can take me home.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(Kim knocking)
(Kim crying)
(door hinge creaking)
I am sorry.
I'm sorry.
I know I fucked up.
Please, please just talk to me.
I'm sorry okay.
(door thudding)
I'm sorry.
I know I'm a fucked up
person okay, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Please.
Please, I know I fucked up.
I'm so sorry.
(Kim crying)
Just talk to me.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(car door thudding)
(car engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(door hinge creaking)
Hey, Pops.
Hey, bud.
Did you have good night?
No.
Not really.
Yeah, me neither.
Night, Pops.
Night, bud.
(gentle music)
[Johnny Voiceover] Sorry
for fucking it all up again.
I don't know, I love you guys.
Try not to worry about me.
And until next time, right.
Johnny.
(gentle music)
[Voiceover] That bike was the last thing
anybody ever saw of Summer Johansen.
It didn't take long for the missing posters
to line every empty telephone pole
and bulletin board in town.
Then came the search parties.
After a few weeks passed,
they held a visual to celebrate her memory.
Since there wasn't a body or anything,
it was the closest thing
Summer ever got to a funeral.
(lawnmower engine revving)
Mom.
Yeah.
You all right?
Yeah.
You thinking about her?
No, no.
Thinking about him.
Yeah.
It's Johnny.
Just like the postcard
said, he'll figure it out.
He's a bastard, but he's
resourceful, he'll be all right.
Sure.
(gentle music)
[Voiceover] The neighborhood
never did go back to the way it was
and neither did Ricky.
(gentle music)
Sometimes when Ricky missed her,
he'd go see a shitty action movie.
(police sirens blaring)
Other times a rumor would give him hope.
One of the neighborhood kids told Ricky
they saw her in a dirty movie.
Said she'd changed her
name to Cherry Long stocking
and moved to L.A. to star in pornos.
Ricky looked into it, there
was a Cherry Long stocking
and she did look a bit like Summer,
but he could tell you
for sure it wasn't her.
The hope never lasted long.
(Ricky sighing)
Oh fuck me.
(woman moaning)
(gentle music)
(door thudding)
(gentle music)
[Voiceover] But Ricky
never stopped looking for her,
even after everyone else gave up.
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(door hinge creaking)
(birds chirping)
(door hinge creaking)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(car door thudding)
Ricky Boy.
Fuck man.
What the fuck was that, Ricky?
What the fuck was that, huh?
(people speaking indistinctly)
Get off me.
Fuck you.
Stop, don't.
Motherfucker.
What the fuck?
What has got into you, Ricky?
What the fuck got into you?
Summer.
What about her?
Fucking Summer.
(gentle music)
I loved her.
I loved her and you still did it.
You still did it to me, Johnny.
Well, maybe I fucking loved her too.
[Ricky] Oh fuck that.
Well, maybe I fucking
- loved her too.
- Fuck that.
Huh?
- Fuck you, Ricky.
- Whatever.
Yeah, go fuck yourself.
(gentle music)
(Johnny panting)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(lighter clicking)
(gentle music)
She's all right.
You don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know what I'm talking about.
She's missing Johnny.
She's been missing for a while now.
And you've been gone a long while too.
And you wouldn't know nothing about that.
She's not missing.
Summer's not missing, Ricky.
What do you mean?
[Johnny] Summer isn't missing?
What are you trying to say, Johnny?
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
She skipped town, she came with me.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(car door thudding)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
Fuck.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
(Summer screaming)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(motorcycle engine revving)
Fuck no.
I thought you were gone.
Haven't you heard, I am gone.
Where to?
Anywhere by here, obviously.
Funny, that is exactly
where I was headed.
You don't say.
(gentle music)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(gentle music)
[Ricky] Where is she?
[Johnny] No idea.
What do you mean you have no idea, huh?
You just leave her out there.
[Johnny] Out where?
Fucking wherever you go when you go.
Nah, man.
She left me.
(gentle music)
You just, you just had to.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
One day, Ricky, you'll
realize this wasn't about you.
(gentle music)
It's fucking shame too.
What is?
I've always liked this place.
Yeah, this place is all right.
(insects chirping)
Sure was.
Where you going?
[Ricky] Home.
I'll see you later then, yeah.
(gentle music)
(footsteps crunching)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
I just thought of a quote,
"The only thing you don't
give enough of is love."
"And the only thing you
don't get enough of is love."
(gentle music)
And who said that?
Henry Miller.
Fuck Henry Miller.
(Summer laughing)
Fuck Henry Miller.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(dog barking)
(gentle music)
At least you didn't
quote Shakespeare at me.
I'm not that good.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Voiceover] That bike was
the last thing anybody ever saw
of Summer Johansen.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
Ricky Gallo was 19-years-old the summer
that Summer went missing.
Fresh outta high school and
figuring out what the hell to do
with the rest of his life.
Ricky came from one of those families
that put on magazine covers
that suburban moms subscribed to.
His mom, Linda, was a former beauty queen,
Miss Indiana, 1982.
She was the smartest in the
family, like women tend to be.
(gentle music)
She was a little critical at times,
but that's just 'cause she knew best.
There was a sadness about her,
but no one ever talked about it.
All right, well when you're finished,
put them in the dishwasher.
You know how I hate
- when the dishes pile.
- I know.
I always do it.
[Linda] Ted.
[Ted] Yeah, hun.
That goes for you too.
[Ted] You got it, hun.
She always does this.
(gentle upbeat music)
[Voiceover] And his dad Ted.
Well, they didn't make
men like that anymore.
(garage door dragging)
(gentle upbeat music)
Ted didn't talk much, he tinkered.
Ricky swore he broke things
just so he could fix them again.
(gentle upbeat music)
There we go.
Oh.
How in the hell.
Hell yeah.
Nicely done.
Thank you.
(gentle upbeat music)
[Voiceover] Most people
could hang up a photo
in five minutes.
Ted would take 45,
but you could be sure
that photo would be level
and it'd stay that way
until the day he died.
(gentle upbeat music)
And then there was Johnny.
(motorcycle engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Johnny always called him Ricky Boy.
[Ricky] Johnny.
Ricky Boy, come give
your big brother a hug.
He'd say it big and loud
too, like it was a celebration.
What are you doing here, dude?
What am I doing here?
Yeah.
- What the fuck is this?
- What the fuck
are you doing here?
What do you mean?
(both laughing)
And what the is this?
Dude, you got a bike.
This is Brandy.
Aha.
It's the of my life.
Oh, okay,
- not the first time.
- All right.
But Ricky, Brandy.
- Brandy, Ricky.
- Oh,
nice to meet you, Brandy.
How are you?
I'm great.
How are you?
- I'm good.
- Jesus.
[Linda] Hey hun.
Hey Ma.
Oh.
Oh, I've missed you.
Oh, it's good to see you.
(insects chirping)
[Voiceover] Johnny was always destined
to feel like an outsider.
His dad was some asshole,
who Linda married young.
The guy drank too much
and knocked her around from time to time.
Shortly after Johnny
was born, they divorced.
He'd never even met the guy.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
Who the fuck
- do you think you are?
- He had it out
for father figures after that.
No, no.
[Voiceover] Ted never
had a fucking chance.
Go sober up.
Go sober up.
- Fuck you.
- Get out.
(car engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
(insects chirping)
[Voiceover] After a
couple years out west,
Johnny showed up out of the blue
as if nothing ever happened.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Johnny was mythical in Ricky's eyes.
He loved him more than anybody.
Well, almost anybody.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Summer was the girl next door.
And Ricky had been deeply
in love with her for years.
[Photographer] Big smiles.
[Voiceover] She was
what her parents referred to
as trouble.
But to be fair, that was
mostly her parents' fault.
[Photographer] Great job guys.
You're such a lovely family, okay.
Let's do one more.
(gentle upbeat music)
Oh my God.
(Summer laughing)
(upbeat music)
(all laughing)
[Voiceover] Her dad,
Charles, was hardly ever around
unless it was a major holiday.
He was usually off on a work trip
in some other city or some
other country, God knows where.
Mostly it was just her
and her mom at the house.
And like a lot of teenage girls
and their moms, the two didn't get along.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Summer's mom, Kim, was a lonely woman.
But she never stayed alone for long.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
She was having an affair
with the neighbor, Michael.
Summer found out about
it one night by accident.
(gentle music)
(door thudding)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
There's still time for
[Voiceover] As a protest,
she made it a point to play her music
as loud as she possibly could.
Music, Kim didn't like the sound of.
Made by boys she didn't like the look off.
'Til we're breaking out
Singing keep going honey
Keep going, now give
me all the love you got
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- To what?
- Just hold it tight, Ricky.
I'm holding it tight.
(spanner clanking)
- Fuck.
- Oh shit.
(Johnny sighing)
Are you all right?
I said hold it tight.
- I was holding it tight.
- Ouch.
- Jesus.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't touch it, man.
- Oh my God.
Where'd the rag go.
Where'd your rag go?
(footsteps crunching)
We should sanitize that.
(Johnny sighing)
[Johnny] What's your name?
Summer, my name's Summer.
You?
Johnny.
Nice to meet you, Johnny.
Nice to meet you, Summer.
Okay.
One, two, three.
Gauze.
(gentle music)
Better?
Better.
Thank you, Summer.
All good?
All good.
[Ricky] We ready to go?
Ready, Freddy.
Let's get to getting along, good is good.
(gentle music)
What?
Hmm?
What is it?
What's what?
Why are you smiling?
I'm not.
Yes you are.
Well, it's a nice day out today.
Okay.
Can't the girl just smile on a nice day?
No weirdo.
[Summer] Anywhere in the world?
Yeah.
I always thought Japan was cool.
Tokyo?
Hmm, Kyoto.
What the fuck is in Kyoto?
Cherry blossoms.
A hell of a lot of cherry blossoms.
I guess, fair enough.
[Voiceover] Ricky and Summer
would take long walks around town,
talking about anything and everything.
What about it?
[Voiceover] What kind of
people did they wanna be?
Where did they wanna travel?
What kind of lives did they wanna live?
Like most young people,
the two were concerned about
their own untapped potential.
I'm all right.
Hmm, it's worth a try.
(insects chirping)
(footsteps thudding)
(door hinge creaking)
(footsteps thudding)
(Ricky knocking)
Hey.
Hey.
You know next time
if you could be louder,
I might get up just a bit earlier.
Ah sorry.
What are you doing out here?
Nothing.
(insects chirping)
Do you wanna go somewhere?
Yeah, why not?
(motorcycle engine revving)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
You know any constellations?
Big Dipper.
Little Dipper.
Can't find Orion's Belt tonight though.
There.
Where?
Right there.
Ah, there you are, you bastard.
(insects chirping)
Can I ask you something?
Anything, man.
(insects chirping)
[Ricky] What are you running from?
Running from?
Why do you always think I'm running?
[Ricky] Johnny, you
showed up unannounced.
Usually you send a card or something,
or you know, phone call with a heads up.
What are you running from?
What's bringing you back here?
Where's this coming from?
Man,
you got out of here as fast as you could,
as quick as you could.
(insects chirping)
Just curious is all.
Let's just say there ain't
nothing left of me in Tucson.
What happened?
(insects chirping)
I'll spare the details.
Long story short, I got
into a fight with someone
and hurt him pretty bad.
Had to skip town is all.
He's not dead or nothing, just hurt,
hurt pretty bad.
(insects chirping)
[Ricky] Why were you fighting?
People only fight for two reasons, Ricky,
love and money.
Love is a perilous thing,
Ricky, remember that.
I mean, especially nowadays.
It's a dangerous game.
Good thing I am not a romantic.
I like to think I'm more pragmatic.
(both laughing)
Pragmatic?
- Yeah.
- Fuck you.
What?
I see the way you
look at that girl next door.
You're a romantic, just like I am,
and just like every
man with a beating heart
- who walks God's green Earth?
- Mm.
We're all fucked.
Well, Summer and I are just friends.
You're so fucked.
[Ricky] Dude, Summer
and I are just friends.
You're fucked.
I mean, it's not even funny.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
Ricky Boy.
Morning.
So, what'd you get mom?
I did not get her anything,
I just signed a card,
but I think Ted got her
like a massage gift card
or something.
(insects chirping)
What'd you get her?
(insects chirping)
That's fucking odd.
(insects chirping)
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Mom
Happy birthday to you
Yeah.
(all cheering)
[All] Many more.
[Johnny] Yeah.
[Ted] All right, all right.
[Linda] What's this?
[Johnny] Just a little something.
You didn't have to do that.
Mom, it's your birthday.
Go on, open it.
Oh, Johnny.
Oh, it's beautiful.
You like it?
Oh, I love it.
Happy birthday Mom.
Thank you.
Here, let's try it on.
(gentle music)
All right, there we go.
(gentle music)
How's it look?
Oh, so good.
- Really good.
- It looks good, hun.
(gentle music)
Can I have another piece?
No high life, huh, Ted.
Nice gift you got for your mom.
Yeah, think so.
I was hoping she she'd like it.
I'm on to you kid.
On to me, Ted.
Just because some years have passed
that don't mean you've grown any,
don't mean you're changed none.
You don't know a thing about me.
I can see right through you Johnny,
right fucking through you, always have.
I think you're still mad
'cause I never called you daddy.
(dramatic music)
I give it a week.
A week?
A week.
Give what a week?
'Til a cop comes knocking on the door
asking about that nickel
on your mom's neck.
(dramatic music)
I think you got me figured out wrong.
I think I got you
figured out pretty well, kid.
Hmm.
So, why don't you tell me then,
tell me all about me.
Ever gone camping,
hiking, anything like that?
What?
Hiking, camping, any of that?
You lost me.
I got these signs on
the trails in camp ground
that say, "Leave No Trace."
Mm-hmm.
Leave no trace.
Leave no trace is a philosophy of sorts
for the people that are
visiting these places.
The gist of it is,
is that when you're visiting these places,
you take care of the area you're staying.
You don't make a mess,
you clean up after yourself.
You don't destroy the ground you stand on.
Oh, I think I see where this is going.
You put out your fires before you leave.
You, Johnny, you leave a trace.
Everywhere you go, you
have people around you
that put out your fires.
(dramatic music)
You calling me a visitor in my own home?
A visitor?
(Ted laughing)
You're a tourist, a fucking tourist.
Look at mom over there.
One big happy family again.
And you wanna take that away from her?
(dramatic music)
That's a little selfish, don't you think?
A week.
(Johnny laughing)
(glasses clanking)
Lighten up, Ted, it's a party.
(dramatic music)
What size you want?
That's what I'm trying to figure out.
For popcorn?
Yeah, for popcorn.
Well, we have the small for $2
and then we have the medium
for $4, which is just $2 more.
And then for an extra
$3, we have the jumbo.
And that one, that one
comes with free refills,
but they all kind of do.
But that one's the jumbo,
so, like you might as
well get the jumbo, right?
Geez, this is highway robbery.
What do you want?
We might as well get the jumbo.
Right, does that jumbo at
least come with like a diabetes
or a heart attack on the side?
[Ricky] Depends.
Depends on what?
Do you want butter on that?
Yeah, it's popcorn, I want butter.
Any soft drinks today?
We'll take a diet Pepsi.
Perfect.
What movie are you guys seeing today?
There's only one screen
pal, so I think you know.
I'll have that right out.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(Summer laughing)
Hi.
Wow.
(gentle music)
Yeah, come on.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
That's fucking sick.
This is delicate,
1998, Malbec with hints of cherry and Coke.
(insects chirping)
Taste just like juice.
(insects chirping)
How was work?
Work was, work was work.
Meet any nice ladies tonight?
You know, unfortunately
this job doesn't ooze as much
sex appeal as you would think.
With that uniform?
Shocking, I know.
I think it's this.
(both laughing)
Would you like to make
that popcorn a large?
(Summer laughing)
(insects chirping)
Maybe I should have
been a barista like you.
Yeah, because even though
you don't get the numbers,
at least you get the tips.
That's smart.
(insects chirping)
I mean, it can't be that bad.
You do get free tickets, right?
Oh yes.
You should take me to a movie sometime.
(insects chirping)
What kind of movie do you wanna see?
(insects chirping)
I haven't seen a shitty
action movie in a while.
Fucking stupid action movies.
(Summer laughing)
(insects chirping)
(upbeat music)
(insects chirping)
What are you looking at?
That little shit.
What?
[Kim] That's my Malbec.
She's trouble.
[Kim] She certainly fucking is.
Apple doesn't fall
far from the tree, huh?
What do you know about trouble?
I know you.
And that is plenty.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
I don't think I could handle
any more trouble in my life.
Is that right?
(insects chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(door thudding)
All dressed up for Charles.
You know what I wonder?
What's that?
What made you such an asshole?
So that's it, huh?
[Kim] That's it.
I guess that's the part
where I'm supposed to say
I wish you well.
It'd be nice.
Yeah.
I don't feel like it.
Have a shitty life, Michael.
Hey, if you see Charles again,
tell him thanks for the loaner.
(footsteps thudding)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(glasses clanking)
(Kim laughing)
Mom.
Yeah, hun.
What did you wanna be?
[Kim] Sorry.
When you were young like me?
Young like you?
(Kim laughing)
You said that like I'm ancient.
You know what I mean?
Elaborate.
What did you wanna be?
What did you want to do
when you were my age?
What did you wanna do with your life?
When I was your age, all I
ever wanted to be was pretty.
[Summer] You are pretty, Mom.
Look what good that did me.
You know what I wish,
I wish I was fat and ugly.
I wish I was one of those fat, ugly women
in the grocery store riding
around in those scooters,
knocking into people's
ankles, honking that horn.
Beep, beep.
Probably be easier then.
That's kind of fucked up, Mom.
I wish you were too.
I wish you were fat and ugly.
And then maybe we figure
something out to do with ourselves
besides chasing around boys.
Let's not do this again, Mom.
I just,
I don't want you to waste your life.
Like you?
I'm just afraid.
I'm afraid you're gonna wake up one morning
and wonder what the hell happened.
I just need a little time.
You and me both kid.
Do me a favor.
Mm?
Don't touch my fucking Malbec.
Wouldn't want you to run out, would we?
You know what I didn't
wanna be when I was your age?
What's that?
A mom.
(footsteps tapping)
(Ricky groaning)
(motorcycle engine revving)
[Voiceover] Summer
had been in love three times
in her short life.
First there was Jerry.
Take her again.
[Voiceover] Jerry was a theater kid.
He was loud and enthusiastic and ambitious.
Show of truth.
[Voiceover] He would be the first boy
to break summer's heart.
The blood as modest evidence.
[Voiceover] The two split
when Summer found out
he'd gotten the from his co-star Susie,
backstage, on opening night,
of the school's production
of, "Much Ado About Nothing."
She knows the heat of a luxurious bed.
Her plush is not of
modesty, but of guiltiness.
[Voiceover] Then there was Mr. Gilbert,
the art teacher and girls soccer coach.
(gentle music)
He used to take her into the city
where they wouldn't
get caught fooling around
in empty parking lots.
He was married after all.
He introduced her to French kissing
and the works of Henry Miller.
She loved, "Wisdom of the Heart."
"And to live means to be aware.
"Joyously, drunkenly,
sincerely, divinely aware."
[Voiceover] Things ended between them
in the spring of her junior year
because Summer refused to
do more than just hand stuff.
That one hurt a little more than the first.
(Summer screaming)
(gentle music)
Last but not least was Lance.
Lance was the All-American type.
He was the captain of the basketball team.
He was tall, handsome.
And if he had been a little smarter,
he might've been just about perfect.
(ball bouncing)
But he was nice.
The two dated a whole
seven and a half months.
In that time, summer lost her virginity
and earned the coveted
position of Homecoming Queen.
To the naked eye, they
were a match made in heaven.
But Summer found out that while she was
throwing up peach Schnapps
in the bathroom of the after party,
Lance was fucking Sandy Pharaoh
in his parents' station wagon.
That one hurt the most.
Ricky was there through all of it.
Through all of 'em.
He had hoped that maybe it was his turn,
but that didn't seem to be the case.
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(officer knocking)
Police, open the door.
(officer knocking)
Police, open the door.
(gentle music)
(officer knocking)
Fuck.
(officer knocking)
Police, open up.
Yo, what's?
Johnny, what the fuck is happening?
Johnny.
(footsteps thudding)
(dramatic music)
Tick tock, motherfucker.
Fuck you, Ted.
Johnny, Johnny, what did you do?
What did you do?
[Johnny] Sorry.
Johnny, what did you do?
(footsteps thudding)
Johnny, Johnny.
Johnny.
(gentle music)
What, why are you leaving?
Why are they here?
(motorcycle engine revving)
What the fuck did you do?
(officer screaming)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(officer screaming)
Fuck.
(motorcycle engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
Evening.
Hi
Mind if I join you?
Malbec?
Had this one before?
No, it's just a lucky guess.
(water splashing)
Was it?
Pardon?
Was it?
Was it a lucky guess, Michael?
(water splashing)
What are implying, Summer?
You know what's curious?
What's that?
It's how is it you know my
name and I know your name.
We've never even met before.
Small town.
That it, Michael?
I've lived here a while
and if you know your family.
Mm.
My family?
Yeah, your family.
And by that, you mean by mom.
(water splashing)
You usually take runs this late?
Can't sleep.
Got something keeping you up,
something you can't sleep over?
(car engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(water splashing)
Yeah.
Don't you?
Tonight,
I suppose I do.
(insects chirping)
(water splashing)
(insects chirping)
What were you crying about?
What are you talking about?
Your eyes, they give your away.
Don't just get puffy
on their own like that.
Mind your own business.
At your age, it's always a boy.
Don't talk down to me, Michael.
(water splashing)
(insects chirping)
What?
(insects chirping)
You don't have cooties, do you?
Grow up.
Yeah, I tried that once.
It wasn't much fun.
(water splashing)
(insects chirping)
Can I ask you a question?
Shoot.
Now you've gotta promise
me to answer it honestly,
before I ask the question.
No bullshit answers, no
pussyfooting, just truth.
I need something.
Promise?
(water splashing)
Okay, fuck it.
Yeah, I promise.
What's up?
A pinky promise.
Highest form of promise, this.
Yeah, I already said, I promise.
Yeah, but a pinky promise makes it real.
Can't go back from it.
Summer, my word means
a hell of a lot more than that.
I said I promise.
Trust me, no bullshit.
(water splashing)
All right.
What's the question?
Are you trying to fuck up my life?
No, Summer, I'm not.
Well, you might wanna
stop doing what you're doing
because you just might.
(water splashing)
Don't worry about it,
it's over.
(water splashing)
Trust me.
Kim made it very clear, it's over.
(water splashing)
I don't know what you see in her.
She's not that bad.
She's awful sometimes.
What?
(water splashing)
But you remind me of her.
(water splashing)
Not the awful part, just,
there's something of her in you.
I am nothing like that woman.
I don't know.
I think we all got pieces
of our parents in us
that we just can't shake.
No matter how hard we try.
That's just the way it is.
Do you love her?
(water splashing)
I suppose I do.
(water splashing)
She know, you know about us?
Probably not.
Does she know you love her?
Probably.
(water splashing)
Bummer.
(water splashing)
You gonna keep it a secret?
I'll think about it.
(water splashing)
One more.
Shoot.
(water splashing)
What did you want to
be when you were my age?
(water splashing)
A hero, I suppose.
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
God damn it.
(gentle music)
Fucking assholes.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
Miss me?
What are you doing out here?
Uncovering the truth of
this fragile little world of mine.
(insects chirping)
How's that going?
Well Ricky Boy, I've had better nights.
Don't call me that.
What, Ricky Boy?
That's what Johnny calls you, isn't it?
Come on Ricky Boy, it's cute.
All right.
Wait, wait, I'm sorry okay, I'm sorry.
I just, fuck.
What are you doing?
[Ricky] Right now?
Right now.
Take me somewhere.
Where do you want to go?
Anywhere but here.
Just get me the fuck outta this place.
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
You've been here before?
Yeah.
He's bastard for that.
(gentle music)
Look, Summer.
Please don't.
I have to.
- No, no.
- I have to.
No, you don't.
Summer, please just.
- Wait.
- No.
(gentle music)
(car door thudding)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(car door thudding)
Summer, I love you, okay.
I always have.
But.
(gentle music)
You knew that already, right?
(gentle music)
Yeah,
I know.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
And does it make a difference?
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
No.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
What about when we're 30?
What about then?
What if I don't have anybody,
you don't have anybody?
Do you know what I want?
(insects chirping)
Do you know what I want?
I want us to sit, okay, just please.
I want us to sit and when the time comes,
you can take me home.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(Kim knocking)
(Kim crying)
(door hinge creaking)
I am sorry.
I'm sorry.
I know I fucked up.
Please, please just talk to me.
I'm sorry okay.
(door thudding)
I'm sorry.
I know I'm a fucked up
person okay, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Please.
Please, I know I fucked up.
I'm so sorry.
(Kim crying)
Just talk to me.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(car door thudding)
(car engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(door hinge creaking)
Hey, Pops.
Hey, bud.
Did you have good night?
No.
Not really.
Yeah, me neither.
Night, Pops.
Night, bud.
(gentle music)
[Johnny Voiceover] Sorry
for fucking it all up again.
I don't know, I love you guys.
Try not to worry about me.
And until next time, right.
Johnny.
(gentle music)
[Voiceover] That bike was the last thing
anybody ever saw of Summer Johansen.
It didn't take long for the missing posters
to line every empty telephone pole
and bulletin board in town.
Then came the search parties.
After a few weeks passed,
they held a visual to celebrate her memory.
Since there wasn't a body or anything,
it was the closest thing
Summer ever got to a funeral.
(lawnmower engine revving)
Mom.
Yeah.
You all right?
Yeah.
You thinking about her?
No, no.
Thinking about him.
Yeah.
It's Johnny.
Just like the postcard
said, he'll figure it out.
He's a bastard, but he's
resourceful, he'll be all right.
Sure.
(gentle music)
[Voiceover] The neighborhood
never did go back to the way it was
and neither did Ricky.
(gentle music)
Sometimes when Ricky missed her,
he'd go see a shitty action movie.
(police sirens blaring)
Other times a rumor would give him hope.
One of the neighborhood kids told Ricky
they saw her in a dirty movie.
Said she'd changed her
name to Cherry Long stocking
and moved to L.A. to star in pornos.
Ricky looked into it, there
was a Cherry Long stocking
and she did look a bit like Summer,
but he could tell you
for sure it wasn't her.
The hope never lasted long.
(Ricky sighing)
Oh fuck me.
(woman moaning)
(gentle music)
(door thudding)
(gentle music)
[Voiceover] But Ricky
never stopped looking for her,
even after everyone else gave up.
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(door hinge creaking)
(birds chirping)
(door hinge creaking)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(car door thudding)
Ricky Boy.
Fuck man.
What the fuck was that, Ricky?
What the fuck was that, huh?
(people speaking indistinctly)
Get off me.
Fuck you.
Stop, don't.
Motherfucker.
What the fuck?
What has got into you, Ricky?
What the fuck got into you?
Summer.
What about her?
Fucking Summer.
(gentle music)
I loved her.
I loved her and you still did it.
You still did it to me, Johnny.
Well, maybe I fucking loved her too.
[Ricky] Oh fuck that.
Well, maybe I fucking
- loved her too.
- Fuck that.
Huh?
- Fuck you, Ricky.
- Whatever.
Yeah, go fuck yourself.
(gentle music)
(Johnny panting)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(lighter clicking)
(gentle music)
She's all right.
You don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know what I'm talking about.
She's missing Johnny.
She's been missing for a while now.
And you've been gone a long while too.
And you wouldn't know nothing about that.
She's not missing.
Summer's not missing, Ricky.
What do you mean?
[Johnny] Summer isn't missing?
What are you trying to say, Johnny?
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
She skipped town, she came with me.
(gentle music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(car door thudding)
(car engine revving)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
Fuck.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
(gentle music)
(Summer screaming)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(motorcycle engine revving)
Fuck no.
I thought you were gone.
Haven't you heard, I am gone.
Where to?
Anywhere by here, obviously.
Funny, that is exactly
where I was headed.
You don't say.
(gentle music)
(motorcycle engine revving)
(gentle music)
[Ricky] Where is she?
[Johnny] No idea.
What do you mean you have no idea, huh?
You just leave her out there.
[Johnny] Out where?
Fucking wherever you go when you go.
Nah, man.
She left me.
(gentle music)
You just, you just had to.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
One day, Ricky, you'll
realize this wasn't about you.
(gentle music)
It's fucking shame too.
What is?
I've always liked this place.
Yeah, this place is all right.
(insects chirping)
Sure was.
Where you going?
[Ricky] Home.
I'll see you later then, yeah.
(gentle music)
(footsteps crunching)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
I just thought of a quote,
"The only thing you don't
give enough of is love."
"And the only thing you
don't get enough of is love."
(gentle music)
And who said that?
Henry Miller.
Fuck Henry Miller.
(Summer laughing)
Fuck Henry Miller.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(dog barking)
(gentle music)
At least you didn't
quote Shakespeare at me.
I'm not that good.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
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