That Alien, Sound (2025) Movie Script

1
-[static warbling]
-[man 1] You were the only one
who knew my true identity.
[static warbling]
[man 2]
And then the caller was, uh...
[static warbling]
[man 3 speaking other language]
[DJ over headphones]
Welcome back to KSMD.
Live in the studio, we have
the Death Valley Girls.
And today, they will be
playing their hit song "Disco."
["Disco" by Death Valley Girls]
Come on, everybody
Is anybody out there
who wants...
[screaming]
[continues screaming]
Oh, oh, oh
We're going to the disco
-[music stops]
-[gasps]
[breath trembling]
[breathing heavily]
Wah.
Wah.
Wah. [sobs]
Wah!
[sobbing]
[wailing]
-[door opens]
-[Shannon] Micah.
Micah, what's wrong?
-Micah. Micah.
Micah, what's wrong?
-[crying]
What's wrong?
What's wrong? Micah?
Micah... what's wrong?
What... am I doing... here?
Micah. Micah, I don't know
what you're talking about.
-You're kind of
freaking me out right now.
-So, this... is color?
-Micah, what the fuck?
What are you talking about?
-Who's Micah?
-Why are you being so hostile?
-Because you are Micah.
No, I'm not.
I'm nobody.
-I'm a sound wave.
-Are you okay? Do I need
to take you to a hospital?
[laughing]
A hospital? Ew. What?
I just became a human.
-[chuckles nervously]
-A hospital?
-Can we go to a concert?
-[chuckles]
I've always wanted to see
a band play live music.
I've listened to so much music.
You have no idea.
But, oh, a, a show,
a live show--
-Okay, that's, that's really,
that's, that's really funny.
-[laughing]
Can you just chill out
for a second?
That's, like, a really...
That was, like, a really scary,
like, jarring way to ask
for tickets.
I asked you for tickets
because I have a voice.
-Uh-huh.
-I have... a voice.
-I have a voice.
-Micah. Micah, stop, okay?
-Stop, stop, stop.
You got me, okay?
-I have a voice!
-Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Okay, okay, okay.
-[protesting]
Micah, that's funny, okay?
You got me. You got me.
-[chuckles]
-[Micah sobbing]
I'm sorry
that I sounded hostile.
I'm just, like, genuinely
concerned for you right now.
Like, like,
my heart is pounding.
[Micah panting]
[quirky music]
[moans softly]
[quirky music continues]
There's a...
-[record scratches]
-So, this is eating?
Mm-hm.
Never eaten before?
-I've never had a mouth before.
-[snaps fingers]
I hadn't thought about it
until you got mad at me.
But, over there,
on the ground...
...that was the first time
I've ever spoken.
So, how do you know
how to speak?
I listen to a lot of radio.
Oh, right, that's because
you're a sound wave
-that listens, right?
-You're a good
listener yourself.
-[both laugh]
-Okay.
So... why are you here?
Why did you take over
my girlfriend's body?
Easy, man.
I didn't take over
anybody's body.
-I just ended up here.
-You just ended up here?
Yup. Same as you.
Yeah, but I didn't
just assume this body.
-You didn't?
-No.
And, besides,
like, where were you
before you ended up here?
Oh, oh, oh
We're going to the disco
[Micah sighs]
I was in KSMB.
You were in KSMB?
I was listening to
a live broadcast of a concert
by this band,
the Death Valley Girls.
They rock.
-[chuckles]
-And... [sighs]
I was listening to this song.
And... it was one of those songs
that really felt amazing.
It made me forget
what or who I was,
just like when
I discovered the radio,
when "Strange Magic"
was playing,
all of those years ago.
And... [sighs]
I got lost in the song.
And before I knew it,
I found myself... here.
All of a sudden, I had a pair
of eyes that I could open.
And it, it's like that song,
for whatever reason,
gave me more... life.
[Shannon]
That's... I mean,
that's beautiful and all,
but... if it gave you life,
then it took Micah's away?
Well, m-- maybe we can find her.
Yeah, I hope so. [scoffs]
-So, what's your name?
-[scoffs]
Um, my name is Shannon.
-[gasps softly]
-What's your name?
I've never had much use
for a name before.
-That's okay.
-I, I don't know.
Um, okay, say,
since you've never, you've never
been in a body before,
and you've never,
like, never seen anything...
...what if we went for a ride
when we're done eating?
-Go for a ride?
-Yeah, like a drive in my car.
[gasps, laughs] A real car?
Yeah. Yeah. You know,
you got to, you got to see
some trees.
You got to see some sky,
you know?
The world's pretty beautiful.
You want to see the world?
-[sneezes]
-["Feel It" by Dizzy Dames]
-[door squeaks]
-[traffic noise]
[birds chirping]
[muted]
[door squeaks]
-[hand thumps]
-["Feel It" by Dizzy Dames]
Feel it all around...
[laughing] This is so cool!
-Oh.
-Quit it.
Wait, wait. Stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop. Sure.
-Okay, can I drive too?
-No, no, no.
-[horn honks]
-Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Stop. Just stop.
[Shannon]
Careful.
-Ooh!
-[both laugh]
[squeals]
Feel it
-[gasps] I don't like that.
-Yeah, you do.
-You always laugh
when I do that.
-How can I always do anything?
I just met you. I just got here!
Okay. So, I guess you don't,
you don't want to go
to the pond, then?
-What pond?
-Our pond, you know?
I don't, I don't know.
I thought... Don't really get
what this whole alien bit
that you're doing is.
But I thought
I would just
take us somewhere
and get some fresh air,
-a place we've had some
good times, you know?
-[gasps]
You know, I'm trying--
I'm sorry. I'm trying
to be cool. I'm trying
to be cool
and, like, go with it, but,
like, this is, like, really--
It's not fun for me.
Okay.
You're freaked out,
understandably.
I am also freaked out.
But the truth is,
there is life that exists
outside of humanity,
outside of you.
And... [sighs]
I'm not just some UFO.
I do have an identity,
whether you choose
to see that or not.
[gasps] What is that?
-You knew, didn't you?
-Knew what?
I was gonna ask you to move in.
That's what
this is all about, right?
I don't know you, man.
Jesus, Micah!
-I'm not Micah.
-Fuck!
They only say "fuck"
in the movies.
-Sorry, can you--
-Is this a movie?
-Get out.
-That's a movie.
Look, I'm, I'm all
for dicking around,
but I've tried many times
this morning
to be honest about my feelings
and express myself.
You continue to play
this fucking alien part.
And I'm...
I'm fucking over it.
I've had enough.
Okay. So...
...this woman, Micah,
-who you're supposedly
in love with...
-[scoffs]
...you would just drop her off
in the middle of nowhere
-to fend for herself?
-No, just look out the window.
-We're at Debbie's.
-Who's Debbie?
Debbie is-- She is the president
of the United States.
-You, you suck, man.
-What?
I don't know if Micah
is cool or not, but... you...
[engine idling]
-...you are not cool.
-[scoffs]
-[Shannon]
Careful. Jesus, Micah.
-[bird chirping]
-[dog barking]
-[car door closes]
[birds twittering]
Debbie.
Debbie.
Debbie, Debbie, Debbie,
Debbie, Debbie, Debbie, Debbie,
-Debbie, Debbie, Debbie!
-What is wrong?
What is wro-- [gasps]
Oh. [laughs]
This is a nice surprise.
I don't know
what all the yelling was about,
but I'm glad
you finally came to see me.
[chuckles]
Are you hungry?
[Debbie chuckles]
-[hand patting]
-[Debbie] Oh! Oh!
[Debbie]
Mm-hm.
[sighs] This is nice.
You haven't hugged me
like that, since-- Oh, oh.
Since you were little. [laughs]
Where am I?
What's wrong?
Did you do a molly?
This is your home, sweetheart.
Let me feed you, okay?
-[laughing]
-So, I found these
at a flea market
in Rancho Cucamonga.
-[Deyo] Ooh.
-[Debbie] Yay.
-Cool, huh?
Aren't they beautiful?
-[Deyo] It's pretty.
[Debbie]
Yeah.
And a lady was telling me
that a little animal
lived in this little room.
And then, as it got bigger,
it moved here and then here,
and so on.
Cool, huh?
See, that is a nautilus.
You know,
that's a fossil of a nautilus.
A nautilus is an animal
that, yeah,
it builds its shell,
and as it gets bigger,
it keeps building
more and more shell,
and then, you know,
the Jules Verne,
that, that, that story,
the, the Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea,
well, Captain Nemo,
who was, you know,
the kind of bad guy in,
his submarine...
-Honey? Where are you?
-...was called the Nautilus.
Where are you?
What's wrong? Did you read
something upsetting
in your horoscope?
I don't even know how to read.
You did do a molly, didn't you?
-Oh, damn it.
-I didn't do a molly.
I'm a sound wave.
I'm not Micah.
[voice breaking]
Stop calling me Micah.
I don't even know who Micah is.
I've never made a noise,
before today.
I've never seen, before today.
I've just been listening
to sounds.
I've been listening
to human sounds for a long time,
and I've never had
so much going on.
And I don't know where I am!
And I don't want to upset
you all, because, clearly,
you think that I'm someone
who you care really deeply for.
But I don't know where Micah is.
And I'm sorry! [sobs]
Okay. It's okay.
It's okay. It's okay.
[Micah sobbing]
It's okay, Mi-- Uh...
It's okay.
It's okay, little alien girl.
[Alan]
Who's, who's hungry?
Yeah, I could eat.
Oh, honey.
-[Debbie] Oh.
-[Deyo] Oh, snap.
[sighs] I can't believe
I have to do this again.
I haven't done this
since you were little.
It's like having a toddler.
Okay, here we go.
[Debbie grunts]
Here we go.
Oh, Lord, this is... Ugh!
Okay. Come on,
give me some help here.
All right, the socks.
Okay. Thank you.
Stay right here.
[quirky music]
[music stops]
[wood creaking]
[chuckles softly]
[chuckles]
[laughing]
Mm. So, you're an alien spirit
that took over
my daughter's body? What am I
supposed to do with that?
Let, let's be honest, Debbie.
This is obviously just Micah
having some kind
of mental episode.
Oh, no.
Real sensitive, Alan.
[Micah]
I think... I hope it was
some sort of mistake.
I know that in movies,
it's relatively common
in a body swap situation.
[stutters] A spirit swap
would make more sense,
to try and recreate
the experience
of the initial switch.
Wait, wait. Hold on.
If you've never been
a human being,
why do you know so much
about cinematic tropes?
"Just because it's a body swap
premise doesn't mean
the filmmaker couldn't have
treated the characters
like real people."
I've been a huge fan
of Kermode & Mayo's
film review program
on BBC Radio 5 for years,
not to mention Ebert and Roeper,
uh, Elvis Mitchell,
Blank Check's
Griffin and David.
I could go on.
I've also listened to, like,
endless movies through drive-in
theater audio broadcasts.
So, uh, what was the occurrence
of your spirit swap
with my Micah?
I want her back.
I mean, she's my daughter,
and that's her body.
I understand.
I was listening
to a live broadcast
of a concert by this band,
and all of a sudden,
I experienced vision
and I screamed.
I've heard readings of Plato's
Allegory of the Cave before.
That story is no joke.
I see now.
Vision... is a lot.
Well, uh, is,
is there anything you want
to, like, see while you're here?
[Micah]
I want to go to a concert,
like, so bad.
Like, to see and feel
a live music experience.
[Deyo]
You okay?
-Micah?
-Oh, wow. [gasps softly]
I could feel my heart pounding.
[chuckles] I have a heart.
I have a big, beating heart.
Micah's always had a big heart.
I-- I'm glad you feel it,
but, uh, how is a concert
going to get her back?
[Alan] No, no, it's fine,
Debbie. Uh, kid wants
to blow off some steam.
Let, let 'em go to the concert.
Maybe after they've danced,
Micah will "identify"
as Micah again.
What's your problem, man?
What?
Okay, I, I think, um,
you should go to a concert
that's being broadcast
on the radio.
That makes sense.
So that you two
could get on the same,
um, what's it called?
-Wavelength?
-Yes.
[Micah]
I, I could try.
I don't wanna
steal your daughter.
Plus, if going to a concert
means switching back,
then that's cool too.
[Micah chuckles softly]
[chuckling]
Mm, this is delicious.
What is this?
-You like my signature sandwich?
-Mm-hm.
Well, Micah never even tried it.
She doesn't eat meat.
I'm amazed you actually did.
-So, now I'm not Micah?
-Well, y-- you like my sandwich.
I'll call you anything you want.
Nothing makes me happier than
people appreciating my food.
-Thanks.
-Well... [stutters]
You know what?
Let me tell you
how I make my homemade
-marbled rye there
that you're eating.
-[Debbie] Yeah, yeah, okay.
-That's enough
with the marbled rye.
-Yeah, I'm... Hey. Uh...
-[Alan whispering]
-Yeah, it's not
like radio or anything,
but me and a few of my friends
are gonna, like,
play some live music later,
if you're down to watch.
-More than anything.
-[Alan] Yes, I do.
-You know I do. Look.
-Cool.
-That's so cool. [chuckles]
-Really?
-[Alan talking indistinctly]
-[Deyo] Take it
from the top, okay?
We'll drop, like,
a ceremonial thump, okay?
-And then, from there,
we'll just start.
-[drum sticks clacking]
[drum thumps]
[rhythmic percussion music]
[energetic metal music]
Yeah
Living and feeling
the vibration
I think my spirit
is digging around
A dance so deep for any vibe
For a feeling
I can't describe
Transcendental vibrations
Situation meditation
Transcendental vibrations
Situation meditation
Pretty fucking weird, huh?
-What?
-[laughs]
[lively harmonica music]
Whoo!
Give me a rocking tone
that gets me high
Those bumper reds
I want them to the side
Get me up, get me down
I wanna hear that song
Till we was entering
here again
Transcendental vibration
Situation meditation
Transcendental vibration
Situation meditation
Transcendental vibration
Situation meditation!
Yeah!
-Wait, you've never seen
live music before?
-No, I, I think what she means
is that she hasn't
seen live music
like, like this before.
-Right, Micah?
-[Micah] No.
And I'm not Micah.
Okay, if, if
your whole existence
has been listening
to human radio,
then you should probably know
that telling people
you're an alien... [whispering]
is gonna make you look crazy.
What are you guys talking about?
[Deyo sighs]
This, this isn't my sister.
Uh, y-- yeah, it is, dude.
Yeah. Uh...
Yeah, yeah, and I, I know.
It, it looks like her,
but earlier today, her, um,
her soul swapped with Sound's.
Yeah, this is Sound.
Sound?
Yeah. What else
am I supposed to call you?
-What was that?
-You,
you said you don't know.
I, I didn't say anything.
Yeah, 'cause you, you shrugged.
[laughing] H-- how did I know
how to do that?
Shrugged. Shrugged.
[Nora]
Um, do you guys think
it's morally irresponsible
for us to not reach out
to a mental health
professional here?
It's not
a mental health emergency.
It's a soul swap.
Okay. Sure.
But, theoretically, if it were
a mental health situation,
you probably wouldn't
be aware of it. You know,
you would probably think
this whole
alien soul swap thing is real
when it could never be possible
in the first place.
And my mind could just fabricate
over a half century
of memories, music,
talk shows, and Christian radio?
Yeah. It could.
And how do you know, Nora?
Because I read
studies on Reddit,
like, every single day.
[scoffs] I mean, the human mind
is fucking fascinating.
-You know what I mean?
-Look, Sound is noticeably
different from Micah.
[stutters] What do I know about
the reality of the situation?
L-- literally, nothing.
So, what, what,
what, what do we do?
We... could hang out
and get along, and...
...and then try
and figure out how
to get my sister back, maybe.
Not that we don't love Sound,
but, you know,
it's, it's my sister.
I get it.
I'm no occupying force.
[Lee]
So, then, in your reality,
this was the first time
you'd ever seen
live music before?
[Sound]
Correct.
I've listened
to live broadcasts,
but I've never had a body.
I've never had eyes
to watch a band play before.
And how was it?
-It was amazing.
-[both chuckle]
-You think we were amazing?
-Oh, no, I hated the music.
But, oh, my God,
feeling the vibrations
of the sounds in the air
and, and seeing
you all so into it,
and the head...
[laughs] the head, um,
moving up and down thing.
-Head banging?
-Yes, yes, the head banging.
[chuckles]
That's head banging. Oh.
I bet head banging to music
I love would be awesome.
Just because you're pretending
to be an alien doesn't mean
you can be a total asshole.
[Lee]
Oh, buzzkill, Sadie.
[Sadie]
What? She's trashing your music.
I'm not trashing their music.
I said that I hated it.
That kind of means,
like, you're trashing on it.
[Nora]
I'll trash on it.
It's not very good.
I didn't say it wasn't good.
I said that I hated it.
And people hate every band.
People hate Sabbath.
Do you think
you're better than Sabbath?
I don't know
who you're talking about.
-We're not.
-Okay.
So, if hate can exist for even
a great band like Sabbath,
then how is my opinion
trashing your music?
I didn't say it was bad.
I don't think music can be bad.
It's sound, arranged sound.
Some of it feels good to me.
Some of it feels good to you.
It's all chaos.
It all exists at once.
Someone's eating a pineapple.
Someone's flying an airplane.
Someone is floating
in the ether,
listening to the radio.
And someone is playing a song
that they haven't heard
from an old record
since they were a kid.
I hate most metal.
But I respect it, though.
It's loud, complicated,
energized. [laughing]
Rah!
But a lot of it makes me feel
lost and overwhelmed...
...which is a feeling that's
sort of inherent in my life.
So... having it amplified
is, like, a lot.
Sabbath does it for me, though.
I don't know why. [chuckles]
Maybe 'cause I hear
Zeppelin in there.
Bonham's, like, my god.
As he should be! [laughs]
I love Zeppelin.
I know that they stole
from a lot of people,
but I'm just a receiver,
you know? [sighs]
The amalgamation
of Zeppelin's rip-offs,
the blues, the folk,
and, and Page's riffs,
all came to life with the power
and precision
of Bonham's sticks.
Yes, yes. [laughs]
Spea-- speaking of the sticks,
you, you want, you want to try?
[Sound]
Really?
Yeah. Come on.
[Deyo grunts]
[drum sticks clacking]
Nice. Okay.
Yeah, we could probably
go slower tempo.
Let's, let's do...
[chuckles] Um, let, let...
You're gonna press that pedal
the whole time.
It's just going to stay flat.
Yup, that's how
you get the... Yeah.
So, let's do that.
One, two, three.
-All right, stick is backwards.
Good, good. There we go.
-Oh.
And then, one, two, three, four.
One, two. Yes.
Now we're gonna add
that right foot.
And it's gonna go,
-one, two, three.
-[Sound laughs]
[Deyo laughs]
-Boom.
-[drum thumping]
-Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
-[laughing]
-Deyo!
-That's disco.
-Disco.
-[laughs] Yeah.
-All right. Now, on--
-I'm doing it.
We're gonna start spacing
in the snare
on the one's and three's.
-So, just try that.
One, two, three, four.
-[laughs]
One, two-- Yeah.
Yes. Yes.
Now, keep that.
Good, good, good.
-Yeah. [laughs]
-[gentle harmonica music]
[Sound laughing]
Aw. [laughs]
She's kind of cooler
than your sister.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Maybe Micah just needs
a little break
-from herself, you know?
-Mm-hm.
An alien soul swap?
Maybe I'll swap souls
with an asexual alien
-next time you try to kiss me.
-Oh. Oh.
-Mm-hm.
-[laughs] Maybe I'll swap souls
with an illiterate alien
next time you try to make me
read one of your screenplays.
Well, maybe I'll swap souls
with an alien who can't smell
-next time you try
to fart on me.
-Oh.
-Ugh!
-[laughs] Wait.
[harmonica music]
[laughing] The disc...
-Go to the disco, living...
-[both laugh]
Disco.
[fingers clacking]
-[both laughing]
-[Deyo mumbling]
-It's the same thing
as the hi-hat's.
-Yeah, I'm learning.
-We're on the floor.
-Yes.
It's getting kind of late,
though. You, you want me to
take you back to Shannon's now?
Not really.
All right. Uh... [exhales]
[stutters] Sorry, Sound,
but, uh... I'm just having
a really hard time believing
that this isn't Micah
having some sort of delusion.
Well, then I'll have
to prove it to you.
Yeah, well, if I were you...
...like, you know, the Sound,
alien version you,
then I'd, I'd have no idea
how to prove I was an alien.
-Yeah.
-Hm.
I don't know.
-I know. I'm sorry.
-Can I try one of those?
[chuckles]
Okay, funnily enough...
...that would be a great way
to prove you're not Micah.
Why? She doesn't
smoke cigarettes?
[stutters] She, she hates it.
She absolutely hates...
-...hates it.
-Well, then hand one over
and let me prove I'm not Micah.
Why? Why do you, why do you
wanna smoke a cigarette?
I don't know.
Why not?
I have a body.
I want to do something with it.
I want to do something
with my time here.
I want to be myself.
And if I'm truly,
authentically myself...
...even if it's a possibly
brief stint in this body,
then you or...
anyone else who gets
to know me will know that...
...I'm not Micah.
I'm Sound.
[Deyo]
Hm.
I don't know
if that makes sense.
I just want experience.
[laughs]
So, hand one over
-and let me try
a little cigarette.
-[chuckles] Uh...
Okay. No... [stutters] Mm-mm.
You know, now,
thinking about it,
I'm kind of figuring out that...
...like, an alien that zapped
into Micah's body
shouldn't really have the right
to inhale toxic
smoke into it... maybe.
I don't know. Like...
...she doesn't condone this...
at all.
So, I know that.
And what kind of brother
would I be if I just let you
inhale this into her lungs
without her consent?
I dig that, Deyo.
Cool.
[Sound laughs]
Debbie, Debbie,
Debbie, Debbie, Debbie,
-Debbie, Debbie. Debbie,
Debbie, Debbie, Debbie.
-[dog barking]
[Debbie]
Shut up! Shut up.
Come in.
Stop yelling when you come over.
-[Sound]
What do you want me to do?
-Just walk into the house!
[Shannon grunts]
What are you doing awake?
[sighs] I had a bad dream.
[Shannon]
I'm sorry.
-What happened?
-[sighs]
I dreamt that I was
in some Eastern European city.
Probably wasn't even real.
Just whatever my mind's idea
of one was.
You were there,
and Deyo was there.
It was, like...
...a huge building exploded.
And seeing, like,
the mushroom clouds in the sky
just... shook me to my core,
like, the scale of it.
[Shannon]
Sorry.
-Thanks.
-Sounds really shitty.
-[both chuckle]
-It was.
-[Micah chuckles]
-[kisses]
It's probably just that...
-...existential dread
we're all feeling.
-What do you mean?
[bowl clacking]
-[Sound] Jack.
-Close. It's a king.
-[Sound groans]
-Close.
[Sound laughs]
-Can you shuffle them again?
-Shuffle?
What's with the shuffling?
I'm trying to teach you
something important here.
-[Sound] Can you please?
-Okay, okay, okay, okay.
-[Sound] Yes.
-[pan sizzling]
-[cards clacking]
-[laughing]
I've heard
a lot of music in my time.
A lot of people
talking into the sky.
But I never would've guessed
how many sounds
you all live with,
every second.
-[pan sizzling]
-[Sound] Mm.
The sound of your food
is making me hungry.
And something else is.
That's the smell,
my little alien impostor.
[laughs] The smell.
I, I can smell.
-[gasps]
-Yeah, the delicate bouquet
of the salami
is what really gets you,
you know.
I mean, I've always wondered
about the senses.
Not gonna lie,
they're pretty great.
Do you mind
if I touch your head?
Oh... wow.
-Right? Right?
-[Debbie] Alan.
-[Sound laughs]
-What?
[Debbie]
She's not a dog.
No, well, the alien's never had
her head scratched before.
I'm not a dog.
I love having my head scratched.
I know, but it's weird.
[Alan]
Oh, it's not weird, is it?
[Sound yells]
-[Sound crying]
-[Debbie] Oh! Oh, no! Oh!
[Sound crying]
-I'll get some ice.
-It'll be okay.
It'll be fine. It'll be fine.
-Oh, baby, I'm sorry. Oh.
-[Sound sobbing]
Here we go.
This is gonna hurt for a second,
then it's gonna
feel better, okay?
-[Sound sobbing]
-Okay, okay, okay, okay.
[Alan]
Maybe she really is an alien.
I shouldn't have
to be doing this.
I already taught her
how to survive.
-Where's my daughter?
-[Alan] Honey,
let's go lie down.
Uh, we can watch
some Man v. Food.
[sighs] Where is she?
Honestly, if she's where I was,
then she's somewhere
up in the sky,
wherever sound waves
or listening waves float.
-Is she right above us?
-[Sound] Kind of think
it depends on
what she's listening to.
What if, what if she hears
a sound from outside Earth?
Will she float away?
[Sound]
I think so.
But I don't know why she would.
I wouldn't.
I floated through space
for a long time.
And it sucked.
But then I heard music.
And I heard people talking.
And I became fixated
and knew I would never leave.
So, even if I heard sounds
of the galaxy, on occasion,
nothing could
pull me away from here.
But you're an alien.
You had that experience.
You know that a sound
could... take you
to a desert of empty space,
just like Micah knows
not to touch frying eggs.
-What if she floats away?
-[Alan] Jesus fucking Christ,
that's enough.
[Debbie]
Excuse me?
You're freaking her out.
She's starting to believe you.
[stutters] It's enough
with this alien nonsense.
It's not nonsense.
Why don't you believe me?
-Because it's insane.
-Alan, stay out of this.
She's about to have
a panic attack thinking about
her daughter drifting off
into the darkness of space
and...
-[stuttering]
So, cut it out. Cut it out.
-[Sound sobbing]
You're, you're-- Stop playing
with your mother's emotions.
I'm not her fucking daughter!
I don't know
what to tell you people!
-[Alan] Micah, come back!
-[Debbie] Alan,
you're not helping.
-[Alan]
You're enabling this craziness.
-[door opens, closes]
-Oh, fuck, it's you!
-Wait.
Wait. Micah.
Micah. Micah, just...
Alien-- Miss Alien,
Miss Alien, I'm... [chuckles]
-I'm sorry. I want to help you.
-[sobbing]
Everyone's calling me Sound now.
Okay, well, Sound...
...Micah and I were gonna have,
like, a really serious
conversation, okay?
And then she had to listen
to that radio broadcast,
which was, like,
annoying already,
but then you came and...
I'm sorry. It's just,
it's a hard pill to swallow.
[chuckles]
Then what are you doing here?
I want to get Micah back.
And if you want help,
I want to be someone
that can help you.
I don't know what I want.
That's okay.
I mean, do you want
to go back, like...
-...where you came from?
-[Sound] What?
No. You go exist in darkness.
I just got a mouth.
I, I just got feet.
I just got hands.
-I just got eyes.
-Totally.
I, I know, but if you are
-who you're saying you are--
-I am who I say I am.
I'm done trying to prove it.
I've been a human
for one day and one night,
and this whole time,
I've been trying
to convince people who I am.
What is with people?
Why are you all
so fucking suspicious
-all the time?
-Because we lie. We...
...lie to each other,
and we cheat each other,
and we kill each other.
And... we have forever.
That's not
what existence is about, man.
I know, but... it's just
the truth. [chuckles]
[birds chirping]
Have you had a burrito yet?
[gentle music]
Shade
From a tall tree
Shade
From a tall tree
Cool hand
Over me
Squinting
Just to see
Wanting you
Wishing you would stay
Wanting you
The way
We were yesterday
Losing sight of you
With the sun in my eyes
Waving goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
[Shannon]
Hey.
You want to come home?
To your home?
Yeah.
I mean, Micah and I were talking
about moving in together soon.
[geese honking]
I don't want to go there.
Okay.
Where do you want to go?
[clerk speaking other language]
[gentle piano music]
[chuckles]
[gentle piano music continues]
[Sound]
Hi.
Hi.
-Oh, so cute.
-[woman clicks tongue]
[Sound exhales]
[gentle piano music continues]
[mirror creaks softly]
[gentle piano music continues]
[gentle piano music continues]
-Hey there. This thing work?
-[clerk] I don't think so.
[Shannon] You don't think so.
I, uh, I don't care about
the speakers or anything.
I just need the FM signal
inside to be reversed,
like, into, like,
an outgoing broadcast.
Does that make sense?
I don't--
I, I just Googled this.
Yeah? I don't know
nothing about any of that.
[gentle piano music continues]
[clerk speaking other language]
[gentle piano music swells]
[clerk speaking other language]
Hey, I think I'm just gonna--
I'll take my chance
with these two.
-Okay, that'll be 20 bucks.
-Sound.
Sound. Sound.
Oh.
All this too? Okay.
[speaking other language]
[Sound speaking
other language]
You need to pay.
Okay.
That'll be another 20 bucks.
Forty, uh, total.
-Thank you so much.
-Thank you.
-Take care, man.
-[Sound speaks Mandarin]
[clerk speaks Mandarin]
[Shannon]
Hey.
Yo. Hey. What's up?
What, what, what,
what are all these radios for?
What, you trying
to have a yard sale?
What's going on?
Uh, no, I need to figure out
how to turn one of these
into, like, a, like a, um,
like, a broadcasting
machine. Like...
-A, a broadcasting machine--
-...like-- I don't know.
-What do you call it? Like, a...
-You mean a transmitter?
-Yes! One of those.
-Oh, Shannon,
radios are receivers,
not transmitters.
Like me. I'm a receiver.
-[Frank] Yeah.
I-- I'm sorry, what?
-I'm a sound wave.
[Shannon]
I read somewhere that you can
turn a radio into a transmitter.
[Frank]
Maybe. But you can also
just go to the electronics store
-and buy a transmitter.
-[Shannon]
Are you fucking kidding me?
[Frank chuckles]
Look, let me see
if I have one
lying around in my workshop.
-Remember when I tried
to broadcast my podcast?
-I do.
-[Frank] Oh, boom, there it is.
-Oh.
All right, all right,
give me one sec.
-Okay.
Which one of these radios work?
-Uh, okay.
I should plug this in?
-[crackling]
-Oh, there we go.
Boom. Okay, okay, okay, okay.
All right, I want you to try it
at a low frequency
without a station.
-Maybe something
like the low 80s.
-Okay.
How's, uh, how's that?
-What number is that?
-88.2.
[Frank]
Okay.
Okay. Want to say something?
[echoing] Micah.
Micah, Micah, Micah, Micah.
Is it-- Are you there?
Micah?
She could be anywhere.
If that's gonna work,
you're gonna have
to keep trying.
-Micah, Micah, Micah, Micah.
-Wait. Wait.
What, what, what,
what are y'all up to?
-What's going, what's going on?
-We're trying to summon Micah.
But aren't you Micah?
No, I'm a receiver spirit
who swapped souls with Micah
during a radio broadcast.
We're trying to recreate
the whole thing.
-And Micah is where?
-[Sound] Up in space.
Oh, oh, okay. Well, look, um...
...look, I don't know how much
distance this bad boy has,
but, um, uh,
Shannon, why don't you,
why don't you take this outside
and see if you can hear
from out there, all right?
-[static crackling]
-Let me try something.
All right.
[Frank exhales]
[Frank]
Have you ever been on the radio?
-Like, with my voice?
-Yeah.
Oh, I've barely
even had one of these.
Well, let's try.
Let's try something.
Just sing something, all right?
Goo!
Ah-hah!
Ah, sweet mystery of life
At last I've found thee
Ah, at last I know
the secret of it all
All the longing, seeking
striving, waiting, yearning
The idle hopes and the joys
Of burning tears that fall
For 'tis love and love alone
the world is seeking
And 'tis love and love alone
I've waited
For
All the longing, seeking
striving, waiting, yearning
In idle hopes...
[Shannon]
Micah! Micah!
-Micah. Is that you?
-[distorted music]
[echoing]
Why did you interrupt her?
-[Sound thuds]
-Shit.
Micah.
Micah.
[Sound exhales]
Micah.
["Disco" by Death Valley Girls
playing distortedly]
Oh, oh
we're going to the disco
-Micah.
-Micah. Micah.
Micah, come on. Micah.
Micah?
[Sound]
Sorry.
Was that her? Did she come back?
[Sound]
I think.
[whispering] Let's get her up.
She's got to get up. Stand up.
Come on, Micah.
[grunts]
[Frank]
Whew. Okay.
[Sound exhales]
Boy, you sure can sing.
[chuckles]
-Wow. Just maybe not,
maybe not sing...
-[chuckles]
...on an empty stomach
next time, okay?
Singing felt so good.
Oh, Micah's got some pipes,
doesn't she?
-Yes.
-Did Micah sing?
-Let's go.
-She can really
let 'er rip, huh?
-Come on.
-[Sound laughs]
-Jesus.
-Was Micah in a band?
-I don't know.
-I thought you were in a--
I mean, I thought
she was in a band. Wasn't sh--
-Me or Micah?
-Micah.
[Shannon]
No, she's not
in a band anymore.
[Sound]
Why isn't she in a band anymore?
-I don't know.
-You don't?
You don't?
What do you, what do you mean,
-you don't? Like, how...
-Can you tell us...
-[both talking at once]
-I don't know.
-Well, she can sing.
Like, she's good.
-Why are you--
-Why are you hiding?
-I don't know.
Because it was eating
our relationship.
And, like,
when you were in a band,
you'd spend every night,
like, partying and rehearsing,
and, like, never made any money,
but were refusing
to get a real job
and, like, talking about,
like, getting a house
and, like, settling down.
But I was the only one
that was putting together
any sort of a plan to do that.
And, like... [stutters]
I'm not being a prude.
I didn't ask you
to get a job that you hated.
I just wanted to be like,
like, a normal couple,
like, with, like,
some kind
of a dependable income and...
Stop looking at me like that.
I just, like...
I didn't kill her dream.
I just...
We had our own dream.
And she chose that.
Can we go?
[Frank]
Huh.
The world is falling apart.
And I had a dream
that I was in a city
that was falling apart.
It's not the longest sleep.
-The world's not falling apart.
-What are you talking about?
We are poisoning
our planet so much
that it's going to kill us all,
like terrifyingly soon.
-When?
-The effects
are already showing.
And there are
going to be so many
-unnecessary catastrophes
in our lifetime.
-You're just like them.
My friend, who's a biologist,
is, is saying
-that's gonna be in our
kids' lifetime. And then...
-[sighs]
-...like, you know, farmers--
It's like the Earth--
-Shannon, look, I hope
this isn't a real debate.
You do know that
-global warming is real, right?
-Yeah, I know. Duh.
I just, like--
I don't think that I identify
with the dread
that you're feeling.
[echoing] Micah?
Micah, are you there?
It's Shannon.
Micah. Micah.
-Maybe hearing
your voice is part of it, but...
-Micah. Hello.
...maybe we need
the power of music.
-[static crackling]
-I lost...
...everybody
Is anybody out there
Who wants
to rock and roll...
Micah?
[song continues playing]
No?
Guess we're gonna have to do
the whole live show thing.
We're not gonna make
the Portland shows.
-Right.
-Micah.
-Micah, Micah.
-What are you doing?
I don't know.
Maybe if she heard my voice,
then we wouldn't have
to go through all this stuff.
Okay, but what...
[chuckles] what if it has to be
that band or that song
for the switch to happen?
What if it's not about you?
I never said it was about me.
Deb...
[TV narrator]
Army needs
and can use all it can get.
-Hey.
-And listen to the women
of the United Nations.
They too have some ideas
on the subject.
-The English,
with their calm courage...
-That is so weird,
to hear about something
for so long...
...and then to see it
for the first time.
[Alan]
What, you mean World War II?
[chuckling] No.
Television.
[Alan]
Television?
Oh, right, television.
Say, why don't you come
sit down here next to me, okay?
Yeah. You can see
better from here.
[TV narrator]
Where will the United States
Army get thousands more,
thousands of backup manpower
for battle abroad?
Who are the women who will help
retain the needed manpower...
I could never even imagine
what imagery was like.
Like...
...have you ever tried
to imagine nothingness,
you know...
...just in case
your consciousness
just stops and...
What? [stutters]
You mean, like, when I die?
Exactly.
Well...
[TV turns off]
...well, yeah. I'm... [sighs]
...I'm, I'm terrified
of the nothingness. [stutters]
Though, I, I don't know
what that is.
I don't know
what I'm terrified of.
And in the absence
of everything,
terror can exist.
So, I don't know, I, I just...
...kind of... quit
thinking about it.
Me too.
And that's how I felt
about the senses.
You know, I could hear
and receive audio
from the Earth and the radio
and whatnot.
But... you all were talking
about tasting,
and watching,
and fighting, and running.
And all these things
were as mysterious
to me as nothingness.
You know, it's funny. I--
I've had all five of my senses
for quite a long time,
but, but, sometimes I'll, I'll,
I'll see a movie or hear a song,
and it'll make me feel
the exact same way.
Really?
Who do you like to listen to?
Well-- You know Nina Simone?
-[chuckling] Nina Simone?
-Yeah.
-She's iconic.
-Yeah, exactly.
In "Ain't Got No, I Got Life,"
when Nina starts singing
about the things she has
in spite of all the essentials
she's lacking,
it's, it's so powerful
and, and so uplifting. I...
Well, I, I just tear up
every time that song turns,
and...
Yeah, I love that song too.
Well, so, if, if
you've never seen TV,
then you've never
experienced channel surfing.
I've surfed many radio stations,
never any TV channels.
This is totally different. Here.
Ooh, what do you want to be?
-I want to be Mozart.
-[Nora and Deyo laugh]
What's so funny?
So-- Just so--
Like, you were so certain.
-[all laugh]
-No, that's nice. That's nice.
[Sound]
So, when we find
the Death Valley Girls,
and they hit the stage,
we can broadcast it
with our transmitter
-and hopefully catch Micah.
-Oh, no, no. No, we can't.
Y-- you can't really
bring in a transmitter
or music equipment to, like,
a music festival like that.
Like, you're gonna need, like,
a press pass or something.
-[Deyo] Yeah.
-[Nora] Like, I, I,
I do it all the time.
-Ooh, Nora got the hook-up.
-Oh, then can...
-Yeah.
-...can you
help us get the transmitter in?
Well, yeah, I can.
I mean, I can get a,
a press pass through my work.
-[Deyo] Journalist.
-[Sound] Are you free
this weekend?
-[Deyo chuckles]
-[Nora] I'm not
doing shit this weekend.
[Deyo]
You serious?
-[Sound] Deyo?
-[Deyo] Fuck it.
-Okay, let's do it.
Let's go to boogy man.
-[laughter]
-[Sound] Really?
-[Deyo] The boogeyman. [laughs]
-[Nora] Okay, I have a costume.
-[Deyo] I get to be
a journalist.
[Nora]
I think you two
need some as well.
-[Deyo] Yeah.
-[Sound] Mm-hm.
Chaos is a near star to me
Might stay here or not
Swaying in assorted shimmy
Skinny stocks...
[Debbie]
Uh-huh. Oh, yes.
Deyo's good.
Yeah, he's home. [chuckles]
I think he has a girlfriend,
although he won't say
she's his girlfriend. [chuckles]
I don't know why.
[sighs] Micah?
Yeah.
I'm a little worried
about Micah.
Oh... Micah's, um... lost.
Yeah, she's a little bit lost
right now.
-It's just a dream.
-It's not just a dream.
It's more than that.
Do you ever feel lost
in being a human?
Like, I see an explosion
in my mind's eye.
And I feel horrible.
So I, I donate to charity.
And then I see
a super-rich person there,
and I, I become bitter
and buy a pint of ice cream.
And, and then I get
the plastic to-go bag.
But, a tree...
...a tree doesn't do
any of that.
A tree doesn't look at anything.
It just connects
and collects sun and water
and distributes oxygen.
Like, if I can't be
as accountable
or as productive as a tree,
then why am I all high
and mighty about having
an, an iPhone,
and senses and whatnot.
-You don't sound
high and mighty.
-But I am. Humans are.
Everybody talks about us
being the dominant species.
But what other species
build cities?
What other species
blow up cities?
I think this dread
that we're talking about
is about
continuing this charade,
-this charade that we're better.
-[scoffs]
You know, Micah, like, I get it.
And I empathize with you.
I just--
Like, I'm fucking scared
of the apocalypse too.
-Oh, you did not
just call it the apocalypse!
-No, but it's, like,
but it's, like, why, like...
[sighs] I don't know
if you remember, but we got to
get brunch with Jess and Craig
in, like, half an hour,
and you asked me to make
more of an effort
with plans and, like...
I'm trying. It's just, like,
hard to get excited about
when you're talking
about how nothing matters.
Like, I get it.
Like, we're fucked!
But I don't know
what to do about it. So, like...
[chuckles exasperatedly]
can we just
be excited for brunch?
-I didn't say...
-Can I just be excited
for brunch?
...that you couldn't
be excited for brunch!
No, I know. I just...
[inhales deeply]
Oh, never mind.
I'm sorry. [sighs]
-[door slams]
-[sighs]
Micah, can you please fucking
stop this and just come back?
I'm making you a plate.
Go, eat.
You got to eat.
I don't know
how any of this happened...
...but I'm confident
we'll find your daughter.
For you.
I'm determined to do that.
It's difficult
to adore someone...
...who I find so frustrating.
It's been fun
having you in the house.
You bring a fresh take to things
that we all could hear
now and again, but...
[sighs]
You know, normally...
with someone so lovely,
I would say, "Please come back.
You always have a place here,"
but the truth is...
...I'm eager for you
to fulfill that promise,
because I need to talk
to my daughter again.
I've never said this to someone
I liked so much before,
but I hope
I never see you again.
Now eat.
Could we not listen
to the radio, please?
[man talking on radio]
I'm kind of enjoying
my hiatus from it.
Say, say no more.
-[radio stops]
-[Sound] Thanks.
We could sing a song.
[Sound gasps] Well...
-I-- Oh.
-Twinkle, twinkle. You were
thinking the same thing!
-[Nora] Yes!
-[Sound] I know that one.
-Be--
-Five, six, seven, eight.
Twinkle, twinkle
little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
-Like a diamond in my eye
-Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle
little star
How I wonder what you are!
-[Sound and Nora laughing]
-[Sound] In my eye?
-[Sound] I love that one!
-Yeah!
-[Deyo laughs]
-[Nora] Oh!
[laughter continues]
-[Nora] That was beautiful!
-Oh, um, do you know
"Wheels on the Bus"?
-[Nora] Yeah.
-Uh, sorry. Deyo, is it cool
if we just, like, take a break
from the singing for just...
Yeah. Okay.
-Okay.
-[Shannon] Sounded good, though.
It's no surprise
No surprise
No surprise
[muted]
No surprise
Too bad I told ya
Too bad it's a tired tune
It's so nice to meet ya
Too bad we're dying soon
And all of the lights
are on
But nobody's home
It's so much darker
in winter
But that's okay
We'd rather be alone...
[speaks other language]
Polish.
-[speaks Polish]
-[chuckles]
-Indonesian.
-[speaks Indonesian]
[speaks other language]
-Italian.
-Buongiorno.
[shouting, laughing]
All the right people
in all the right places
Polaroid pictures
of our family vacations
All the right people
in all the right places
Polaroid pictures
of our family vacations
All the right people
in all the right places
-[music stops]
-Oh.
You wanna cheers?
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
[Nora]
Mm.
Oh.
[laughs] Okay, you went for it.
[both]
Mm.
[Nora]
Mm.
-Shannon!
-Bobby!
-Favorite man
with a lady's name.
-[chuckles]
Get your ass up here.
[Bobby sighs]
Okay.
"Oh, it's better
for the environment. Oh."
And, and I've had some friends
skirt their investments
because of that.
But they're fucked.
They're, they're way off, bro.
You got to hold,
I'm telling you.
-Like, I'm telling you,
you got to hold. Okay?
-[Shannon] Okay.
-Hold.
-Okay.
Did you smell this?
I have to go to the bathroom.
-Okay.
-[energetic electronic music
playing over speakers]
Oh, it's, uh, right inside,
through the kitchen
and living room,
back right corner.
So, what's up with your girl?
She's pretending
-to be an alien or something?
-[chuckles]
[sighs]
-Yo, did you get a new car?
-Oh, yeah, it is.
-You bet your ass it is. Yeah.
-Are you kidding? Is it new?
-[Bobby] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
-Wow.
[Bobby]
Yup. Yup. 2024.
[suspenseful music on TV]
Hi.
-What are you watching?
-[Rita] Just a movie.
[gasps]
-What movie?
-The Hitchhiker.
What are you,
what are you doing?
Watching a movie.
Who are you?
I'm Sound.
I'm a sound wave.
A sound wave who recently
zapped into this body
that I'm talking to you with,
right now.
The zap is still unexplained,
but I'm here
with the boyfriend
of the girl whose body I'm in
and her brother and his friend.
And... we're going
to a music festival tomorrow
to try and zap back so... that
I can go back to the cosmos...
...and not have
a body anymore...
...and not be able
to see anymore, and...
...not be able
to eat... anymore.
And... I don't want to go.
-[sobs] I don't want to go.
-Oh. It's okay.
Hey, hey, hey. Hey.
It's okay. Aw.
I don't want to go.
-[Sound sniffles]
-Okay.
Okay, you don't have to go.
You don't have to go nowhere.
[stutters]
-Don't go where
you don't want to go.
-I want to be alive.
You are.
You're alive.
Hey, you're alive.
It's okay.
You're alive, I promise.
Or we're both dead,
and that would suck.
So... I think we're alive.
Okay, so...
you've just been listening
to the radio
for, like... decades?
-Mm-hm.
-That's crazy. [chuckles]
Who's your favorite DJ?
What?
What's wrong?
No one's ever
asked me that before.
You're so kind.
You don't even know me.
Well, you seem really kind.
Okay, Sound,
who's your favorite DJ?
Oh.
Um...
Donna Halper, Yvonne Daniels...
...uh, uh...
...Art Laboe,
um, The Ranking Miss P,
Howlin' Dave, Eric J. Lawrence,
The Wagman, Gary Wagner,
and... Katsuya Kobayashi.
But I also love talk radio
and interviews,
so Stern and Gross.
They're such masters.
And then there's Pearl Ondaatje.
She was the first
female newsreader
for Radio Ceylon in Sri Lanka.
It's the oldest station
in South Asia.
Then, in South Africa,
there's a preacher
of African spirituality
named Ushatu.
And she spoke so passionately
about the simple nature
of being alive.
And... I was listening
to her a lot,
-before I ended up here.
-Wow.
That's a longer answer
than I expected.
I should've had a pen.
[both chuckle]
-Wow.
-Do you know any of them?
No.
Maybe two.
-Do you think I'm an idiot?
-[snickers]
-Okay, three.
-[laughs]
Wow, I guess, like...
I guess listening to the radio
is... I mean,
probably the best way
to learn about humanity, right?
It's better than TV.
But I dreamt of watching TV
my whole life.
And I did, the other night.
-And it was awesome.
-[snickers] Yeah.
I mean, it can be awesome.
But also, like,
TV and movies, they--
It just feels like they can be,
like, a huge waste of time.
And then here you are...
...watching an old movie,
away from everyone.
I would rather sit alone
and stare at a wall
than hang out
with my brother and Shannon.
So, I guess movies
are better than a wall.
-Sorry, that was mean.
-Why?
-'Cause you and Shannon.
-No, no, I'm not with Shannon.
Oh.
He's with Micah.
Or... Micah's with Shannon.
I don't know.
I'm just trying to help...
...him... get her back,
her, her come back.
I don't know.
-Mm.
-I've had mixed feelings
about Shannon.
But... he is trying.
He must really love her
to go through all this.
Yeah.
Or he just... He can't stand
not getting his way.
-Yeah, that too.
-Mm-hm.
-[door opens]
-So cold. I'm just saying.
-[Shannon] Hey, Rita. What's up?
-Hey.
[Shannon]
Hey, Sound,
we're wondering where you're at.
[Sound]
Hi, Shannon.
We were just talking old movies.
-Uh, have you seen
The Hitchhiker?
-Mm-mm.
[gulps] I mean, like--
I love old movies.
It's just, like,
the black and white,
for some reason,
I can't really do.
Oh, have you guys seen
Yellowstone?
[Rita]
Haven't caught it.
-I've heard of it.
-Yeah, I bet you have.
Oh... Bobby's meats are ready.
They're super fucking good.
Uh, if you ladies
want to come and join us.
-[Rita] Ew. Gross.
-What?
Just the way you said "ladies,"
just now.
Oh, you can't
say "ladies" anymore?
No, you can, you can.
You can say it, for sure.
You just sound creepy
when you do.
Maybe just when
you said it. Sorry.
It might not be the word.
It might just be your tone.
Okay.
-See you, lady.
-[clicks tongue]
[upbeat music]
[moaning]
Oh, damn it, Bobby.
-[Bobby] What?
-I really don't want
to give it to you,
but these ribs are delicious.
You can give it to me.
I'll take it.
Holy fuck.
This is the best fucking ribs
I've had in my whole life.
Oh, my God.
Bobby, fire ribs.
Oh, my God.
These are the best things
I've ever tasted on this planet!
Okay. Thanks, Micah.
I'm gonna let that slide.
[Sound sighs]
I'm almost sad about
how good these ribs are.
That's how fucking good
these ribs are.
You don't want ribs?
No, I, I don't eat meat.
Because of the environment?
[Rita]
Yeah, I guess so.
-[upbeat music
playing over speakers]
-What?
-Well, these are yours.
-[chuckles]
And those are somebody else's.
You know what I mean?
I understand.
[both chuckle]
It's okay.
-[Sound sighs]
-[gentle string music]
Fuck.
[fire crackling]
[yells]
[softly] Money.
-Oh!
-Yeah! [laughs]
[inaudible chatter]
Hit that. Hit that.
Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup!
Like somebody? No?
[hip-hop music
playing over speakers]
These belong to someone else.
Yeah.
-[Deyo laughs]
-Oh!
Nailed it!
-[Shannon] We messed that up.
-[Deyo] It's so good!
-[Bobby] Rematch. Rematch.
-[Deyo] Yes, pay her.
-We can do a round two.
-Pay out the lady her money.
And we'll
Keep on fighting
till the end
[Bobby]
All right.
[electronic dance music]
[music continues]
[both chuckle]
[grunts] Give me some.
[Bobby grunts]
Okay, so... [chuckles]
then we got there,
and we looked up on stage,
and guess
who was fucking standing there?
-Who?
-Kaynon.
-[chuckles] Oh, my God!
-I know.
I know. So, everyone
was coming up to me.
Like, all my friends were, like,
patting me on the back
-and, like, congratulating me
like it was my concert.
-[laughing]
-[grunts] I want to go
to a festival like that.
-You are going to one.
Yeah, but not for fun or to,
like, see a band that I like
or anything like that.
-Mm.
-I don't think
there's going to be camping.
-I want to camp.
-Yeah, you do.
I want to see,
see a reservation...
[laughing]
in Upstate New York.
Sorry.
[smacks lips] I need to stop
complaining to you.
No. It's okay.
I get it.
Like... Yeah.
Okay, what do you wanna do,
tonight,
while you still have this body?
We can do anything.
I still haven't seen
a whole movie.
And if I turn back into
a listening sound wave thing...
...I'd really love that memory.
Okay.
Yeah, we can watch
Almost Famous.
-That's a good one?
-Mm.
What you all up to?
Oh, this is warm.
[Nora]
Mm, you toasty
little marshmallows.
What's up with you two kissing?
-[Nora] Ah.
-[Deyo snickers]
Oh, we just do it sometimes,
when we're drinking.
[all laugh]
[Rita]
All right, well,
we're gonna go watch a movie.
We're gonna watch
Almost Famous,
if you want to join.
-You want to come?
-[Deyo] Hell motherfuckin' yeah.
-[Nora] Yeah.
-Have you seen it?
-[Nora] Uh-uh.
-[laughs]
-Me neither.
-[others laugh]
[indistinct chatter]
My final movie.
-[Nora gasps]
-[Rita] Aw.
Half glass empty.
It's your first movie.
-[Nora] Yeah.
-My first movie.
Oh, my God.
All of that
rock and roll stud stuff,
it was really funny. [laughs]
Yeah, that is surreal, isn't it?
No. No way.
Yeah, I think so.
-Mm-mm.
-I think so.
You haven't been on Earth,
-and I think I would know.
-[chuckles]
-[whispering]
Rock and roll forever.
-[snickers]
Okay, what do you want
to do now...
...while you still
have your body?
[Sound sighs]
-What?
-Oh, my.
What?
My heart's beating so fast.
Why?
It's just that...
...when you talk
about my body...
And I had never
even seen a kiss before.
And I feel safe
when I'm with you.
Uh... no human has ever
made me feel this way.
Sound, you are so sweet.
[Rita chuckles]
But you shouldn't
just kiss the first person
that gives you butterflies.
Do butterflies mean love?
I want love.
Lo-- love, uh...
Love is...
I give out love.
I give out friend love
really easily.
And I loved hanging out with you
and getting to know you tonight.
Uh, but I feel
like you're looking
for, like, some big romantic
fall-in-love type tonight.
And I, I don't...
I'm, I'm just not, you know?
I'm just-- I don't want
to feed you a lie.
But you're gonna find it.
You're gonna have that,
definitely.
You just got to wait for it.
I just want to feel a kiss.
Yeah, you will.
You will.
And it'll be organic. And...
You...
...just have to have patience.
But I have to give Micah
her body back.
Why?
If you don't want to, don't.
Sometimes...
Well, a lot of the time,
being a human means,
like, just deciding
that your life is more important
than somebody else's.
Because, if you don't,
then they will decide that
for you.
I get how
it might be that way...
...but... I don't think
I'm that kind of being.
[Rita snickers]
Yeah, I don't think
you are, either.
I can't just be your
Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Sound.
I need a Manic Pixie Dream Girl,
Rita.
This is my last night
with a body.
Okay.
Fuck it.
-[door opens]
-[Shannon squeals]
Is that what
this whole thing's been about?
-I'm leaving tomorrow, Shannon.
-Fuck you, Micah.
-What did you call me?
-Micah.
Fuck you. I'll skip town
-and keep the body.
-This bloody thing
is so fucked up.
If you want to just
break up with me, then...
Fine, go have your fucking
lesbian sex, or whatever.
-Shannon, chill out.
-Shut the fuck up, Rita. I...
[breathes deeply]
I just saw you
kissing my girlfriend.
I'm not your girlfriend.
Physically, yeah, you are.
You're in there.
That's-- I'm in a relationship
with that body. That's my body.
-[others] What?
-Oh, my--
You know what I mean.
Can you... can you
ever just see me as, like...
You know what? We don't
have to fucking go tomorrow.
[Shannon exhales]
Are you okay?
I think I'm gonna go to bed.
That was, like, a lot.
Yeah.
It was so nice to meet you.
It was nice to meet you too.
[car beeping]
-[car door slams]
-Fuck!
[breathes heavily]
[groans, sputters]
[birds chirping]
[scoffs]
[scoffs] Fuck off. Fuck off.
[sighs]
[softly] Fuck.
-[keys jangling]
-[car beeping]
[clicking]
[sighs]
[echoing] Micah, can you
just please come back?
Micah, I miss you.
I've just always really felt
like people don't get me.
And then...
And you were there,
and you laughed,
and smiled, and...
I think you saw me.
[static crackling]
And you're so beautiful, Micah.
I don't mean
just the way you look.
Um, I know I talk about that
all the time. [chuckles]
[sighs]
I'm just trying to be cute.
I mean, you're the person.
Micah, you're so beautiful.
Your honesty,
and... music, and your voice.
And your truth.
I don't know why
it scared the shit out of me.
[scoffs]
[moans]
Hey.
Sorry, I didn't want to...
...do much, just disappear.
Disappear?
-What?
-[chuckles]
I'm gonna go home.
[Sound]
Well, what about the festival?
Don't worry. You s--
You can still go
with Deyo and Nora. Um...
I'm gonna leave my car and,
and take the bus back.
Why are you leaving, Shannon?
[hesitates]
'Cause I made things weird
and...
I don't know. Um...
Maybe Micah left for a reason.
But you came this far
to find out.
You realize if you just let
me go, you can stay, you know?
I don't wanna steal
your girlfriend's body, Shannon.
You do understand that
it's her body, and not yours?
Right?
Yes.
Of course.
It's not mine, either.
So, you still want
to try this thing?
Yeah.
You sure?
Mm-hm.
[Shannon chuckles]
-[Sound chuckles]
-Uh...
Uh, Nora mentioned something
about getting Mozart ready
for the symphony.
[dramatic classical music]
Micah! Micah!
[dramatic classical
music continues]
Come on, Micah.
Micah, listen up. Listen up.
Micah. Micah, Micah, Micah.
Micah. Micah, Micah, Micah!
[music mellows down]
[dramatic classical music]
Hello, Micah.
Micah, listen up. Listen up.
[slow rock music]
Come on, Micah. Come on home.
[slow rock music continues]
Sound.
Sound.
[up-tempo electronic music]
[up-tempo electronic music
continues]
Let's dance
Let's dance
Let's dance
Let's dance
Let's dance
Let's dance
Let's dance
-[music ends]
-[crowd cheering]
-Hey.
-[Shannon] Hey.
The girls go on soon.
So, ready to try this?
Yeah, I am. I am.
Uh, are you?
Let's get Micah.
[crowd cheering]
[music plays, stops]
[crowd cheering]
[muted]
Hey, guys, uh,
I hate to be the bearer
of bad news.
We'll get back
to our sets in a second.
But, uh, uh, Death Valley Girls
will not be performing tonight.
-[crowd groaning]
-They just bailed.
I know. We're bummed too.
But not to worry...
There are plenty of great acts
that are left to go.
We're gonna keep going strong.
Enjoy yourselves!
[crowd cheering]
What the fuck are we gonna do?
[Sound]
I don't know.
You know what,
you should just go,
enjoy the festival. I...
...I should just accept that...
-[Sound] Give me the equipment.
-No, it's okay.
I said give me the equipment!
Come on, everybody
Is anybody out there
Who wants to rock and roll?
Baby, she is ready
Lucy, she is waiting
We want to get
down that floor
Oh, oh, oh
We're going to the disco
Oh, oh, oh...
[snickers]
-Micah?
-[chuckles]
Hi.
Wow.
That worked. [laughs]
[chuckles] I'm Sound.
I'm the sound wave
who's been in your body.
So, the darkness,
and the radio... that's you?
That's me.
I've enjoyed it.
And you...
you have a beautiful voice.
It's your voice.
S-- so... are you ready
to switch back?
Not really.
What?
Really.
I didn't know how bad I wanted
to just turn everything off...
and listen.
But what about Shannon?
I think it's time
for him to let me go.
Why are you doing this?
I love how you sing.
There's still wonder
and... hope...
...in your voice.
You better sing me
a song next year...
...in case I want to come home.
I will.
I promise.
Good.
Have fun.
[chuckles]
[static crackling]
[band playing
bluesy rock number]
Hi, Sound.
How did you know it's me?
I really appreciate
that you tried.
I'm hungry.
[music continues]
[folk music]
June's learned
a lot of things
Out in the country
By simply sitting
Wasting away
Typewriters, pipe dreams
Burnt food
and blue-lit screens
Trey's stuck in traffic
on his way to LA
Say it isn't fair
Say that life is pain
Watching from up there
As June shoots out of range
Say it isn't fair
Say that life is pain
Watching from up there
As June shoots out of range
Trey thinks he's doing well
Riding the carousel
Painting by numbers
He's dressed to impress
But fragile happiness
is all Trey's gonna get
If all he wants to be
is what others expect
-Say it isn't fair
-Say it's not fair
-Say that life is pain
-Life is pain
-Watching from up there
-Watch from up there
-As June shoots
out of range
-Bang, bang
-Say it isn't fair
-Say it's not fair
-Say that life is pain
-Life is pain
-Watching from up there
-Watch from up there
-As June shoots
out of range
-Out of range
-Say it isn't fair
-Say it's not fair
-Say that life is pain
-Life is pain
-Watching from up there
-Watch from up there
-As June shoots
out of range
-Bang, bang
-No matter what you do
-What you do
-Ain't it all the same?
-Life is pain
Watching from up there
As June shoots out of range
Watching from up there
As June shoots out of range
[singer laughs]
[people clapping]
-Ow
-[drum sticks clacking]
[upbeat folk music]
Fog is hanging
around my head
Wear a smile
but it is just pretend
At the party
acting like a ghost
And I don't say a word
Float above the heads
of laughing friends
Waiting for the night
to come to an end
Avoiding eyes
that ask me how I'm doing
I don't have an answer
They're searching
for a sign
That says
that I'm all right
I've fallen in the darkness