I've been wondering about this free will shit,
why we still keep doing the same dance
long after we figured out it's not fun anymore.
Yesterday.
Back up, guys! Back up!
April! Hey, give me that!
Back it up! Back it up!
Picture this, assholes!
We pay a lot of money for you to sit on April
and make sure that this stuff does not happen.
Okay, we pay a lot of money.
Ma? Ma, what is it?
Yeah, dad won't what?
No, I'll talk to him.
- I can talk to him. - You know,
I'd kind of like to make an amendment to the manstitution
that I'm allowed to deck any chick that ever goes that batshit...
Swenton, no excuses.
Look, I know we gotta keep the lights on and all, but how many times are we gonna go through this with her?
Look, we signed a contract, we finish the job.
What she needs is honest to God rehab, not a sober companion.
Ma, I cannot do that.
- Look, tell it to her manager, okay? - Isn't that your job?
Ma, I... I cannot invite Frank Sinatra to the wedding
because Frank Sinatra is dead.
Well, clearly you two have a lot on your hands and I got a plane to catch.
No, you don't.
Swenton, you're taking the cabo run. Akani, you're taking over with April.
- No. - Yes.
Seriously?
- Cabo? - You're joking.
Okay, you claim to provide a service.
Okay, you claim to provide some security and safety.
- Look, I get that you're pissed, all right. - Pissed?
Damn it. You know,
I have got three million hits so far this morning,
400 phone calls, okay,
every major news outlet is covering this.
Pissed does not even begin to...
Hey, I never guaranteed this is unavoidable.
You know what? Just get her on the damn tour bus and make sure she stays standing, okay?
That is what the record company pays you for.
Ma, would you pl... Just give me a minute to myself! God!
Well, as they say on the kibbutz...
Adios. And hasta luego.
Hey, Michael?
Michael.
We been working together for a long time, man. I've never seen you like this.
Yeah, well, you know what, man, maybe I've never had this much pressure on me.
Well, what's going on, huh?
I mean, this kind of thing happens with April every other month.
Look,
I'm getting married in two weeks.
It ain't that bad.
I mean, it can get bad, but at the start it should be something to be celebrated.
No, no, no, man. My fiancée is amazing.
She stands squarely on the ground with her two feet.
Then what is it?
I've never had a drink in my whole life.
Now, tell me with your vast experience,
how do I end up surrounded by addicts?
Well, look, that's... that's what we're here for.
All right, so you let us worry about April so you can enjoy your wedding.
Yeah, well, it's not just about April.
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- Does everybody have a drink? - Yeah.
I don't think I've known them to be sober a day in my life.
Soda water, please.
Hmm, I see a lot of familiar faces out there. Don't you, Lola?
Sure do, sugar bear.
Lola and I have been married 37 years, cats and kittens.
Look, couples can be rough, man.
And out there is our son, Michael.
Aren't you just the sweetest?!
If you want them clean, you have to prepare them for some... some type of separation.
He's getting hitched later this month to a lovely Mexican girl.
Can't you see she's using you?
- No, no, no, no, not them. - They'll make it.
... and his bride.
You got a drink, son?
I promise y'all one thing, there is no rum in that boy's coke.
So, in honor of our boy and his senorita,
we're gonna sing a little song and have a little toast.
It's a fiesta!
Here's to a nice jewish boy marrying a girl from south of the border!
Exactly how many people are actually coming from Guatemala?
Just get them clean for the wedding,
and I'll worry about the rest, okay.
Once more in Spanish, everybody!
Saw your video online, so charming.
And this,
kind of pathetic, don't you think?
Sitting here listening to your own songs...
Alone,
it's kind of pathetic.
- Where's William? - Oh, he's, uh, with another client.
That song sold nine million copies.
What's pathetic is...
Well, your excuse for a career.
No drugs around me. Understood?
I want William.
Well, then come back with me to the shop. We can get a handle on your 'scrips there.
- I got a handle on them right here. - That's the problem.
I don't know
who...
Who Michael thinks he's kidding. Some manager.
The tour is gonna go one way or another.
Really, it doesn't matter
if I'm high or if I'm low,
'cause that bus is just gonna pull out.
Why don't you pack a bag? I'll make you some tea.
Everything's gonna be great. Do you want chamomile or chai?
I'm not going back to the shop.
If William wants me, he can come and get me.
Well, William Banks,
aren't you easy on the eyes?
- Ma. - What?
Looks like a young rock Hudson.
Ma, he looks nothing like rock...
Hush.
You know that rock and I dated for a few months?
Of course, that was before your father decided to stop tomcatting around.
What?
He was a very good kisser.
Well, not as good as your father, but very good.
You know why I'm here, Mrs. Zellman?
Lola, please.
I refuse to feel as old as I look.
Lola, do you, uh, do you know why I'm here?
I believe you're the one that's kept our sweet little April standing upright
for the last few years, right?
I... I do my best.
Do you know th... th... that she and Michael met right here?
Mom, mom, please,
just listen to what William has to say, okay?
Lola, Bernie...
Michael has asked me to talk to you about your drinking.
I'm 67 years old.
I'm not interested in any major life changes.
Well, let me ask you this.
If you're not interested in life changes,
are you interested in these?
Oh, ma, ma...
Miss... mrs. Zellman, could you-could you please... ?
Ollie, ollie oxen free!
I'm in the bathroom, do you mind?
April, I'm trying to take a piss.
I bet you're glad you took the locks off the door. You finding the speed okay?
Swenton deserves a medal.
Ah, yes... Here we go.
I hate
to waste these placebos but, you know,
they make me, uh,
quite bloated. Oh, and
thank you very much for the tea.
But
I don't feel like taking a long nap. And don't tell me that you didn't spike it.
- What are you talking about? - You don't think that I haven't seen
every trick in willie's book?
Go back to your clubhouse
and tell them that I don't want to play anymore.
Listen, I... I...
I can't really force anyone to get clean.
Who said anything about forcing?
I guess I'm ready as I'll ever be.
So...
When do we start?
You're disrespectful. You've been like that since you were a kid!
April's wise to all the old tricks.
Okay, uh,
well, I'll tell you what, I'll talk to her, see if I can get her to come with me.
How?
Well, I'll figure it out.
Sometimes asking nicely does the trick.
We need to stop treating her like a child.
If she were any other client...
She's not any other client.
- An addict's an addict. - And some have
multi-million dollar insurance policies
and tour dates across every major city in North America.
And others let business get in the way of what they believe in.
Good night, Akani.
Josefina?
Dear, you really don't have to stay.
- Is that really Frank Sinatra? - I was a dancer at the copa.
You must be really busy with the wedding with all those family members.
I want to spend time with you, Lola.
- Where's Bernie? - Bernie!
Present and accounted for.
Lola and I are ready to go.
Batten down the hatches, so to speak.
Mm, smells a little curdled to me.
What's next?
Well, we're going to try to keep you two as comfortable as possible.
Michael, are you staying here today?
Uh, Josefina's going to help out around here.
I thought Josefina had a job at the record company.
- Ma. - We don't need anyone else.
I want Michael here!
Look, I know what a comfort to you your son is.
But I promise you, I'll get him back as soon as I can, all right?
Let's go.
She's got more hidden stashes than an offshore bank.
Okay, April, here we go.
Okay, so what did you take last night, huh? Um...
I wanted the green ones,
but someone threw it down the sink.
So I guess I took the yellow...
the... ooh... the yellow and the blue makes green.
The blue and the yellow, huh? How many? How many did you take?
Hey...
Let me take your pulse. Let me check... Let me check your heart.
You know what? Everybody wants a piece.
You have the photographers.
And then you have the... the stalkers.
And then, you have the cops...
you know what? We've been through this, okay? You cannot go out on the road high.
And I don't want to talk to you!
- I don't have to talk to him. - No, you don't.
- I know I don't. - You don't have to... in fact, you know what?
Look at me. Look at me.
I think that you're dreamy.
Come here.
And I think you're really dreamy.
- Okay, that's good. - Oh, kill me.
- I'm dreamy. Okay. Listen, I'll tell you what. - What?
- You think I'm dreamy... - yes, I do.
- I'm going to take you with me, okay? - Yeah.
- You're going to come with me. - I...
- Come here. - Hey. Hey.
- You know, um... Let me just see something. - No, no... no. What?
You used to look at me when you were sitting at the bar
with these, like, giant doe eyes,
so happy.
And you used to sit at the bar,
and you used to sip your soda
like a little puppy dog,
who was always just following and following and following...
- April, April, stop. - What?
You're the reason why I wanted to do
all of this.
You made me feel special.
Nobody looks at me the way you look at me.
When I get on that stage, none of them do.
None of them do, so... please.
please.
Please, please don't make me go out there.
Look, we agreed to this tour, April.
- Oh... okay? - Why are you marrying her?
- What? - Why?
I...
because I love her.
Okay. Okay, um...
If you go on the tour with me, please,
I promise that I'll be a very good girl.
Okay? I promise.
Michael, let's go.
- Hey, you know what? - You gotta, you gotta go
with William now.
- Don't touch me. - Don't touch me! No!
- You gotta come with me. Stop! April... - No!
No!
April...
We gotta try something different.
What are you going to do?
We made the deal.
Okay, I cannot just cancel this tour. ...
damn, I've got to postpone the wedding.
William's in the back giving her a sedative.
He's gonna suggest we bring her back to the shop and start flushing her tonight.
- Okay. - You should say "no."
What? Why?
Because waking up in the shop with us treating her like a baby
is hardly the kick in the ass that April needs.
Okay, so then what do you propose?
Stop knocking her out and propping her up.
Make her make a choice for once.
How?
I've never seen her without makeup.
She doesn't look right.
That's early signs of jaundice.
How sick is she?
Well, it can be a long road with alcohol.
But it will kill you in the end.
No!
I can't!
Please!
- What are you, five? - Screw you, Michael!
- He's not here. - I know that he's not here.
Wait, you think I... You think that I don't know that?
You don't think that I can't see?
- All right, so you're clear on your options, right? - Yeah, I'm clear on my options.
He's told me five and eight million thousand times
I'm going to be broke.
I... I want to be broke.
I don't care.
Akani, look at me.
I said look at me.
I want you to see me!
I am broken!
I am broken like a stopped clock.
Do you think the drugs pay for themselves, April?
Huh? Maybe.
Police!
Stay where you are.
- Let me see your hands! Both of you! - What... ?
On your feet.
I'm gonna need to see a warrant.
Here's your search warrant.
We're done here.
- No, her lawyer's on his way. Can you please just wait? - He can meet us down at the station.
- He's just... - Look, you think I give a shit about her being a celebrity?
Huh? All right, you, get up. Let's go.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can,
and will be used against you in a court of law.
I'm gonna... I'm... I'm gonna throw all of it away myself.
Can you... can you please, Akani, please, can you just do something?
Please?
I work with William Banks.
I botched the case, all right?
I'm just trying to keep it under the radar.
Have some mercy, please? Let me help her.
I'll be back in a week.
If I find you here, like this,
no second chances.
Tell William, this makes us even.
Let's go.
What did you do?
I introduced her to some friends.
- What friends? - What's important is she came here willingly
- and she wants to get back on track. - What did you do?
I staged a bust. Scared the hell out of her. Okay?
- Without my permission. - She's here.
You got her in. That is great.
You could've knocked her out and done the same thing.
Yeah. And we would have the exact same result we have every other time.
- This is different. - Look, guys, guys, guys...
She chose to be here. She's here by her own choice.
Okay? At the end of the day, Akani did the right thing.
Hope you're not pissed.
Well, you took a risk.
Let's hope it pays off. I've got to go see Bernie and Lola.
Now that you're getting sober,
Mort's been incredibly understanding.
He says the gig is yours to go back to when you're ready.
- I'm ready to go back to work. - Bernie, it's still early.
It's probably not a good idea to go back into a bar...
Hey. I don't care what kind of expert you think you are,
but I'm perfectly able to determine what I can do.
And I'm telling you, I'm ready to perform.
- Sugar bear... - Shut up.
- What did you say to me? - I said, "shut up!"
I want to die.
I mean, I... I...
You forced me into this, and this is hell.
I mean, the booze is the only way I can stomach it.
Night after night, day after goddamned day,
your nagging, your nonsense... I can't take it.
- Hey, pops... - Don't "pops" me.
I don't care if you like the way I live my life.
You can go to hell.
What'd we ever do to you? We gave you a roof,
we gave you some food, some love. What do you want?
- A roof and some food for sure, but the love... - And this woman of yours,
can't you see she's using you?
You walked into her boss's office, she didn't have anything.
What are you, an idiot? She's using you. Look at her.
- I'm right here, you know? - Yeah. Believe me, I'd make you disappearif I could.
- You're an asshole. - Hey, you're disrespectful! You been like that since you were a kid.
- Do you even remember my childhood? - What the hell are you talking about?
- There's pictures all over the goddamn house. - Oh, my God...
- Pictures? - Yeah!
Pictures of a kid who forgot that his old man gave up everything for him.
I mean, when you came along, I was on my way.
I gave it all up to be a lounge singer just to keep you in diapers.
Ma... You come with me, right now.
You can stay with us at our house.
- Without Bernie? - With us.
- Me and Josefina. - No.
No.
You want to go back to the bar?
You go back.
I'm sorry, William...
- but we're done with this. - Lola, you're through the worst of it now.
- We can just... - We are done!
I'm not giving up on you two.
I want Michael.
Where's William?
- Okay. - Oh, God...
Jeez!
William.
Listen, I'm sorry I haven't called.
- It's been, uh... - Yeah.
I mean, swenton's out of town and Akani's...
Yeah.
Hey, can I come in?
Yeah.
- Want me to get that? - No, I got it.
Come on in.
So I... I got the papers.
- I know. - I got them and I just...
I know.
They're pretty hard to look at.
And, uh... You know, the permanence.
The... the legal shit.
Babe, I know it's hard.
I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm the one who should be sorry.
I don't need any more apologies, honest.
Then...
what do you want?
I signed by my name, William.
When you're ready...
When you're ready, i...
- Want you to pick up a pen and... - Right.
Pick up a pen.
You look so tired.
Yeah.
- I hope you know I'm not angry. - I know.
I hope you know that signing the papers...
... was really hard for me.
It's me,
your new best friend.
I know it looks gross,
but it's going to make you feel better.
Come on.
Oh, God...
You're good.
I see you.
What's your real name?
April May.
Just like it says on the album covers.
I had hippie parents.
Yeah, they were my mom's two favorite months.
I think that's why she, uh...
She married my dad.
Are they still together?
Nope.
My mom died when I was a... a teenager.
And my dad lives somewhere in an ashram in India.
So, you know, I send him money
every couple months to keep him there.
You?
Something like that.
Wow, there's some...
simpatico...
between you and i, huh?
Yeah, well, I haven't felt like slapping you today, so we're making progress.
Does everybody have a drink?
Have a drink, huh?
Does everybody have a drink?
- Does everybody have a drink, huh? - He's got one.
- Our son, everybody. - I got it, got it.
Hey, hey, Mort, Mort... Mo, get off me. Get off!
- No, no, no, no, no, this is what he wants. - Easy, easy.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I want to make a toast. - Take it easy.
Everybody, raise a glass easy, easy...
To the worst damn parents a kid could have.
- Hold on. - To the worst goddamn parents,
Bernie and Lola! Son of a bitch!
- Take him back to the office. - I'm taking him with me.
Kid loves to be onstage.
Hey! Everybody have a drink?
- This is ridiculous.
It's not like him.
You got to check out these maracas. They are the bueno shizito.
They used to be filled with some dried frijoles, but now I think, um, they have,
uh, fermented peas in them or something... I guess 'cause of the timber.
- Swenton. - William,
I want to see him. I need to see my baby.
Look, Lola, he's fine. All right, he's just a little hung over.
- He needs his mother. - Are you crazy?
You two are the reason he's in this mess.
Josefina, please.
Ain't my fault the boy can't hold his liquor.
Bernie.
Honey, please.
Please. We don't...
- Ladies, please. - No habla.
Please, ladies.
Hey, Bernie.
Not in here.
I'm so sorry, sweetheart.
He doesn't mean half the stuff he says.
How does it feel?
Oh, honey...
You know, 'cause this is what I had to deal with every night with you and dad.
Look, baby,
I know you wanted to make a point,
but this is your father. He's just...
He's never going to change.
This is us... Bernie and Lola, your mom and dad.
Lola, you cannot come to our wedding drunk.
Honey, please.
- Then I just won't come. - That's your choice, then.
You got it.
- Hey, ma! - Please.
You know, you cannot just talk to my mother that way.
If you go back there, I won't be around when you get home.
- What? - I can't keep doing this.
- I mean, wh-what am I supposed to do? - Put yourself first.
Put us first from now on. This is not fair.
You have a lot to think about.
But I've made up my mind.
I love you, baby.
But you need to figure out how to love yourself.
I can't believe this.
What are you doing?
My whole life has been this. Man, you know?
- It's all I've ever known. - Okay, I get it.
I love my parents.
Yeah. And I've been taking care of them since I was a kid.
I take care of them.
Look, don't, don't... don't go in there. All right, don't go in there, man.
You know what? They are going to die if I don't.
Look, I don't know if you can stop that either way. I don't think that's in your control.
Well, it has been.
Well, you know what I think, man?
You're not afraid of them dying, you're afraid of change.
You see, you go back inside, nothing changes.
They drink, you let them. They die because they don't want to change.
You go back on tour, it's all the same thing.
April takes drugs, you let her.
Same thing. Over and over again.
Josefina's a beautiful woman, man.
And she loves you.
Man, in my whole life, I've never loved anyone more than her.
Then what are you doing here?
Get rid of everything that's in your way. And I don't just mean your parents.
Hi!
Come here!
Hi!
- Hey. - Hey.
You writing?
Yeah.
I feel like I have something to say again.
Are you packed?
Uh, listen, I'm...
I'm not going.
I get it.
You have a lot of stuff going on.
I feel like I pushed you too hard.
- God, no. No. - No, I...
I... I just think that you would've been happy just diddling away in those dive bars and...
We had so much fun.
- I just... - What?
I couldn't stand the thought, you know?
Of you ending up like my parents.
I mean, you are a very special girl, April.
You are out of your damned mind.
I mean, you're... you're certifiable.
- What? - You have a gift from God.
Okay, and I cannot stand the thought
of people not seeing that.
And now they do.
So I am... sorry.
- Oh, you don't have to apologize... - But I quit.
What?
- I'm no longer your manager. - Oh, God.
Is this... is this some kind of a prank?
Hey!
Is this... is this one of your scare tactics?
- No, no-no-no. Listen to me. - What?
This is you and me. On the level.
Huh?
Hey, hey...
You don't have anything without me.
You don't have a career.
Whew. She's all yours.
Her A&R rep's gonna be your new contact until she hires someone new.
We got it covered.
Yeah.
My, uh, my folks?
I'll-I'll do what I can.
Lola went to the store. She'll be back in a minute.
- Actually, I wanted to, uh, I wanted to talk to you alone. - Sure. What do you want?
* La cucaracha, La cucaracha *
* William banks needs to get laid *
* La cucaracha, La cucaracha *
* even if he has to pay. *
You're out of your mind. Come on.
I know you've been, uh, burning the midnight oil with that
menagerie of dysfunction in here the other day. So take a break, huh?
Whatever it is you're doing, just...
Hey, you know what? Tell this guy that, uh, he needs to take a powder, all right?
Everybody could use a little R&R around here; I mean, look at me.
I'm tan. I'm lean and I'm mean.
You're sunburnt and scrawny.
- I love you. - Love you, too.
I just came by to say good-bye. We're taking off today.
All right, well, good luck out there.
Listen, if you start to feel overwhelmed, you don't be afraid to ask for help.
I can always sub in this lunatic.
Actually, you know what? I think that would be a great idea, because I think
- April's music could use a little Latin flavor. -
Are you sure you're gonna be all right, alone here with this yahoo?
Yeah, I'll manage.
Hey.
I don't even know if I want to do this anymore.
Well, you're gonna find out. Get on the bus.
I've never done it without Michael.
I know. Get on the bus.
But I don't... I don't know
Now, on the bus.
Now.
* Maybe I didn't love you *
* quite as often as I could have *
* maybe I didn't hold you... *
William?
Bernie sent me away.
I... I don't know where to go now.
I'll stand here with you as long as you want.
- I don't know if I can do this. - Yes, you can.
Yes, you can. All you have to do is walk through that door.
I don't remember the last time I did something on my own.
You're not alone, Lola.
You have a son,
a daughter-in-law,
a place to go when you get out of here.
Little things we should've said and done.
You were always on my mind.
Come on, Lola.
So we keep shuffling our feet,
dancing that dance over and over again.
And we keep getting the same result.
It ain't the tune, we know that.
It's just real hard to admit that when the music stops,
it's all on us.
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