Song One

- The following Brooklyn

- bound "I" train

will depart in

approximately seven minutes.

Hello?

Hello?

Franny.

- Mom?

- Franny.

Mom?

Hello?

Your brother was in an accident.

He's in the hospital.

You need to come home.

- The impact occurred in

what's called the Pterion,

an especially vulnerable

part of the skull.

You see this bright biconvex region here

that looks like a lens?

This is what we call a

hematoma to the brain tissue,

a sort of blood clot...

- Can you just tell me

if he's gonna be okay?

I have to tell you,

he might never come out of this.

We can't really say for sure.

In these situations, we have no recourse

other than to be patient and wait.

You cut off all your hair.

Not all.

I loved it long.

I wanted a change.

Taxi driver's name is Rumnesh.

He has a wife and two kids.

They think he tried to

stop the car in time,

but Henry had his headphones on,

and I guess he didn't

look when he was crossing.

I haven't been paying attention.

He's been, just, living

somewhere in Brooklyn.

He comes home sometimes

to do his laundry,

but it's all about music for him,

and I've been trying to

finish the book and just...

- You couldn't have stopped

him from crossing the street.

I always told him to look both ways.

You just do your best, you know?

You just do your best.

Thankfully your father

isn't alive to see all this.

It's just a lot for

us to handle, you know?

Oh, uh...

You're gonna

have to sleep in Henry's room.

There's so many boxes in your room.

It's okay. I'll just move the boxes.

No, I gave your bed to Sylvia.

Who's Sylvia?

She delivers the mail.

Why'd you give her my bed?

Because, you know,

I asked her if she wanted a

bed, and she seemed so happy,

and you're never here, Franny.

I mean, you haven't lived here in years,

and you always complained

about that mattress anyway,

so just don't get all bent out of shape.

I'm not bent out of shape.

Hey, Franny, I...

I know you're busy,

and I know you think

this is a waste of time.

I'm not sure if you've listened

to anything else I've sent,

but here's another song I just finished,

probably the first one

I'm really proud of.

I hope you listen to it.

Henry.

I:

- I don't really...

I don't...

I don't really know

what to do now.

F***!

Okay. Enjoy.

James forester!

James forester!

Hey.

Hello, new York.

Thank you, forester.

Take care.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- All right, man.

- Bye.

Um, James?

Hey.

Um...

I:

- I really liked the show.

Thanks.

- My brother was hit

by a car this week.

I'm... I'm so sorry to hear that.

Henry Ellis.

You're his favorite.

Is he okay?

He's at memorial intensive care.

He's in a coma.

Jesus, I'm so sorry.

You don't remember him, do you?

He sent a letter to you

or to your record label.

The...

Yeah, the label gets a lot of letters,

and then it takes 'em

a while to get to me,

so unfortunately...

Okay. Okay.

Well, I brought you

something he was working on.

I thought... It's really good.

I guess I'm not the only one.

Thank you. Thanks so much.

- It was nice to meet you.

- Same here.

Oh, I'm Franny, Franny Ellis.

I hope Henry gets better.

Thank you.

Hey, I made you eggs.

Thank you.

I just... I can't...

I can't eat right now.

Hey, how does this sound for a title?

Tales of Monkokobaka

and the Dekay tribes.

Uh, sounds good.

It's so pointless.

How can I even do this right now?

Okay, write.

Hey.

- Hey.

- I was...

Hi.

- I was just in the

area and thought, um,

maybe I'd just, you know, stop by.

Didn't know if you liked sugar.

Thank you.

Thanks.

I'm okay. Thank you.

Um...

Aren't you really busy?

Depends on how you define "busy. "

- I guess I always think

of people like you having...

Things lined up every

millisecond of the day...

Back-to-back meetings

with important people.

I listened to Henry's song.

It's great.

I mean, I liked it a lot.

I know. It's really good, isn't it?

You know, he would really flip out

if he knew you were here.

He's kind of obsessed.

Not like in a freaky way or anything,

just, you know.

I could play him something if...

Not if... Not if you don't want me to.

I don't have to.

- No, no.

That would be great.

I'm sure he would love that.

Oh, mom.

Um...

This is James forester.

The singer?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming

and for the tea.

- Oh, please, this is

the least I could do.

Oh, sorry.

I'm going to this place tonight...

This club Henry likes...

If you want to come.

I:

- I've never been there before,

but the... There's a show at 11:00,

and I'm probably gonna go

to this place beforehand,

this other place that he likes.

You're probably really busy

with a lot of other things.

I- I-I'm

not...

I'm not playing tonight,

and I don't have any meetings

or anything then either.

Oh, good. Yeah, I got it.

Good. Okay.

- Cool.

- Great.

- Oh, where?

- What?

The place.

- Oh, the... Berry

and 11th... north 11th

in Williamsburg.

- 9:
00?

- Uh, okay.

Okay.

- He's the only 19-year-old

I ever saw with a gramophone.

He was telling me that it

broke a couple of weeks ago.

Um, where does Henry sleep?

Um, it's right over there.

- Here?

- Yeah.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Do you have a gramophone?

Uh, no.

Junk market might have

one down by the b. Q.E.

- Thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

What about keyboards?

- Yeah, we just got in

a vintage '59 Rigaledo.

Can I, uh... Can I see it?

Yeah, sure.

Check this sweet thing out here.

Hmm.

So, um...

What's your deal?

Uh, I, um...

I, um... yeah, I put out

an album five years ago,

bought me indie fame

and sort of fortune.

I'm a Libra.

Go on.

Okay, um, I...

I live in a cabin in Maine.

It's where I normally am when

I'm trying to be creative.

I haven't really been able

to write much of anything

since the last album, though.

Last time, I mean with the album,

it was easy.

I just got in my car and drove.

Me and Tessa, my ex-girlfriend.

I mean, well, we...

Yeah, we broke up about a year ago.

We were together a long time.

She found someone else.

Sorry.

It's all right.

What about you?

I'm getting my PhD in anthropology.

Nomadic tribes in

morocco are my specialty.

It must be a lot of work getting a PhD.

I get to ask a lot of questions,

and I listen to people.

It's a lot of reading.

I've been reading Henry's journal.

His... reading his

most private thoughts.

I...

I've been going to places he went to.

I've started recording

sounds he might recognize.

It's just really messed up.

You're his sister. I get it.

We had a fight,

like, our first real

adult fight, you know?

He, um...

He dropped out of

college to be a musician.

I said I thought that he

was making a huge mistake.

I said so many awful things.

We haven't talked in six months.

He sent me all these

links to videos he'd made,

songs he'd recorded, and...

I didn't open a single one.

I'm sorry. I...

- Hey, it's...

It's all right.

I can't even imagine.

You're James forester, right?

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