Gleason Page #6

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...three, go.

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Damn!

Rivers, be a part of

the f***in' team,

and eat your goddamn food.

Hey. Hey. Hey.

A-shoo, a-shoo.

Hey. Hey.

[BLOWING]

How long have I known you,

brother?

Hundreds of lives,

thousands of years

I feel like, in many ways,

I'm fulfilling my purpose.

I feel excited every day

to get up and-- And make

a difference and an impact

on people's life.

I feel like I've put together

a good team of people

to help take care of me.

Um, I've put together

a good team of people

to look for solutions.

People will say, "Oh, it's such

a sad, tragic story."

It is sad,

and so they're right,

but it's not all sad.

I think there is more

in my future than in my past.

I believe my future

is bigger than my past.

And so that's uplifting.

That's inspiring.

[BABBLING]

Bah!

[GIGGLING]

Bah!

[GIGGLING]

Lately, the coolest stuff

for me has been

you falling asleep

on my, uh, lap

while we drive around

in my chair.

MICHEL:

Which you need to name,

by the way.

You mean my

electric chair.

This isn't the

electric chair, though.

MICHEL:

EC.

You should call it gonorrhea

because it's temporary.

[LAUGHING]

MICHEL:

Gonny?

Gonny.

MICHEL:
Gonny.

Gonorrhea's temporary?

MICHEL:
You just coined it--

Yeah. Penicillin

cures all that sh*t.

And doxycycline.

Somebody told me that.

[BABY FUSSING]

June 17, 2012.

Are you gonna shoot it?

MICHEL:
It's a--

Look at the camera, Rivers.

Oh, Dad--

What?

MICHEL:
It's a video.

Oh, it's a video.

I didn't know that.

Why didn't you--

Why didn't you tell me that?

Then I won't be

sitting here like a s--

Stuffed, uh, pepper.

Hey, buddy.

So what are all

the numbers for, Steve?

[LAUGHING]

What am I missing?

Am I missing something?

MICHEL:

All right,

he's doing his, uh--

June 17, 2012.

Oh, I get it.

[LAUGHING]

All dads never think

that they're, uh,

annoying their kids

like they do,

so I have no idea

how I will annoy you.

[SIGHS]

I hope it's not the way

that my dad annoys me.

So your taste buds

still working pretty good?

You still taste stuff?

You act like you've been

eating [BLEEP].

You got all embarrassed.

Your sense of humor

still working?

[LAUGHING]

I'm sorry, Steve.

Dad.

What?

I just asked if your

taste buds were working.

Do you know anything about ALS?

Not a lot, but it

looks like it's not--

It's--

It doesn't affect

your taste buds.

I didn't know that.

Didn't know that.

I was not embarrassed.

I was laughing at you.

Oh, you were laughing at me.

'Cause I didn't know that.

Okay. All right.

MICHEL:

That was

one of the best just now.

What-- He's got--

My dad will go from zero

to over the line.

Then like you're like,

"Wait, what?"

So weird.

STEVE:

There's almost

nothing more personal than

a father-son relationship,

you know.

What I think is

so interesting is that, uh,

this is obviously--

This whole thing,

these video journals,

this film,

all this is about

a father and a son.

Um, my dad and I, I think,

believe a lot of

the same things,

but he's this wacky,

fundamental, literal, uh,

kind of single-minded man

who thinks that

I should believe

exactly what he believes

in order to be saved,

I guess.

I was diagnosed

with a terminal illness

and I know that

when you get scared

you're going to jump

to your camp

that I need to pray like you.

I need to believe all the same

things that you believe.

You promised me that you would

not question my faith.

Okay.

But every time you question

my faith it crushes me.

I-- I can understand that.

Because here's the thing

about faith,

you can't argue

with someone's faith.

That's true.

You can't debate

with someone's beliefs.

That's true.

Because there's no proof

either way.

Stop trying to understand

with your mind

the relationship

between my heart and God.

Okay.

My soul is saved.

Okay.

Don't be angry at me.

Please.

[SOBBING]

Stephen, you're my son.

[SOBBING]

You don't know

what it feels like inside

that-- That I might

lose you, man,

you don't know

what if feels like,

it's killing me.

[SOBBING]

Glad you came.

I love you, Stephen,

with everything inside of me.

I love you too, Dad.

[BABY CRYING]

Who the hell brings

their kid to this thing?

All right, ready?

[LIP BUZZING]

[COOING]

I'm out of breath.

I think part of what we

do every day is search for

something that's....

permanent stabilization,

and,

you know,

maybe that's not out there,

but I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful.

All right, bud.

You'll be great.

Prick you here, okay?

All right.

[MACHINE HUMMING]

There's been cases where

stem cell has worked.

Some ALS patients

will have the procedure,

and they will not progress

any further.

MICHEL:

We spent lots of time

in the hospital.

Like, just sitting there,

so I needed to do something

so I just started drawing.

When I was drawing,

I could completely ignore

any doctors that came in,

or anybody who came in

that I didn't want

to talk to.

I just completely

can zone out.

He wants us to call

an ambulance.

Ask him if we should.

Ask him if we should.

BLAIR:

After that surgery,

there was definitely

an adverse effect,

and he was in such

a large amount of pain,

he was convinced that

he was gonna die.

I love you.

You love me?

I love you too,

are you scared?

You are?

Earlier this week

I had stem cell therapy.

And, uh...

so far, not so good.

MICHEL:

All right,

with steady pressure

gently insert enema tip

into rectum

with a slight

side to side movement

with tip

pointing toward navel.

Michel, look,

you have to be able to do this.

Okay.

Don't get me down there

and make me wait

for f***ing 10 minutes, okay?

Okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Is this your butt?

BLAIR:
Oh, my God.

[LAUGHING]

MICHEL:
Okay.

BLAIR:
Is it all in?

It's all in.

Besides the stuff

that's in his--

I don't think anything went in.

You didn't feel it?

Nothing.

God-f***in'-damn it!

Who knows about enemas?

Judy Robert,

thank you for coming.

We have some--

We have some

questions for you.

Judy, do you know

what you're about to

get yourself into?

I have a whole bottle

of lube.

What kind of lube

did you bring?

Is it scented?

I have--

Actually, I think it is.

It is.

What scent did you get?

Um, baby powder fresh.

Baby powder fresh.

I love that smell.

It's a truly

beautiful smell.

So, what are you expecting

out of Steve today?

Um, a lot of sh*t.

[LAUGHING]

I hope to get a lot of sh*t out.

All right.

I'm gonna know you

in a whole new way.

So do you feel it?

I mean, does it feel--

We record--

Recorded Steve earlier.

"I feel like

there's a football

lodged in my ass."

Okay, so, yeah,

there's probably like this.

You all right?

[STEVE GROANS]

Judy,

What?

am I the hottest guy

you've ever ass fingered?

[LAUGHING]

[STEVE GROANING]

JUDY:

That's it. That's it.

Rivers.

I'm having a bad day.

I'm an a**hole to people,

and I don't care.

I can't talk.

I think the--

The last of my

talking days are here.

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