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I'm leaving the marina at

2:
00. You should really come.

Bring your wackjob friends too.

Is this the only color you have?

Sorry, I left the purple

polka-dotted ones back at my place.

I'm gonna guess you're virgins?

No! And that's really

none of your business.

Oh, you're talking about surfing. Hah!

Penn, did you bring any sunscreen?

SPF-18.

You know Icarus, right?

He's that dude you met in the Alps?

Icarus is the guy whose

wings were made of wax,

but then he flew too close

to the sun, and they melted.

And then he fell into the Aegean Sea,

and he died.

Cool story, dude.

One, two, three.

Perfect.

When you're out there,

you don't want to force

your will on the waves.

You want to accept

whatever they're giving you.

Hard to believe you're

still spouting that crap.

It's all scientific.

Waves aren't just water, they're energy

generated from thousands of miles away.

And the waves we're riding

today were started by an eruption

in the Marianas Trench...

the deepest known spot on the planet.

The whole "one with the wave"

thing is a waste of time.

You have to impose yourself on

them. That's what my dad taught me.

Your dad taught me that

surfing's like making love...

it feels good no matter how you do it.

I'm ready to absorb some primal

energy from the Earth's core.

Far out.

Believe me, being pissed

off will get you nowhere,

and Johnny has spent a lot

of time being pissed off.

Mostly at the ocean

for taking his father.

But deep down, he also knows that surfing is

the best way to honor his father's legacy.

So, the only thing left

to do is to paddle out.

Look at Johnny over there.

He should get grounded on a

longboard, like his dad did.

Maybe he will.

All right. Our turn. Ready?

Paddle. Paddle, paddle, paddle, paddle!

Ah!

Hey! You're not connecting with your board.

You're not my coach.

Oh, my God, you're bleeding.

Let me get you something.

You carry Neosporin?

I grew up being my own mother.

- Oh.

- Ow.

- Watch it.

- Sorry.

Johnny's gonna find

his sea legs again,

he just has to figure out how.

What do you need, chef?

Oh, more honey, honey.

I thought you were making tacos?

Just trust.

- Where's Johnny?

- Napping.

He said he'd meet us at dinner.

I just wanted you to know I love you.

Hello?

Hello?

Agh.

Was that your girlfriend back in Tennessee?

It was my grandma.

Yeah, right.

True story.

You play all these?

Uh, little bit here and there,

for quick cash.

I might go play at the pier tomorrow.

Are you, like, some kind of

musical genius on the run?

Something like that.

How cryptic.

Well, I guess I'm just

trying to start over.

It feels like...

going backward to talk about anything

from the past, you know?

Yeah, I'm happier as a lifeguard.

I am.

I had a moment where I tried drugs,

but they kind of made me hate myself.

Completely.

It wasn't like I was doping to

surf better or anything like that.

It was more that steroids

made me aggressive out there.

Johnny's dad begged me to

stop using, so I fired him.

That's when everything went bad.

Why do you record everything?

Sometimes things feel more real on video

than they do in real life, you know?

Sure.

I feel that way about songs.

I find myself thinking, you know,

"That song is more true

than back when the thing I'm singing about

actually happened."

- You know?

- Yeah.

Is that your favorite instrument?

I'd play it for you, but...

Or...

you could play it for me.

No. I don't play.

They took the triangle away from me

when I was in kindergarten

because I hit it too hard.

I'll finger, you blow.

I think the perfect situation

is you get two houses

right next to each other,

and you live in one, and your

partner lives in the other.

Then you can be intimate

without being codependent.

I think if you need two houses,

you've picked the wrong person.

But what if it's a huge house like this?

A couple could live

here and still be lonely.

No, the house doesn't matter.

You could fail anywhere.

My parents...

they're gone now... they used to say,

you can choose not to fail.

Come on. You can refuse to

accept failure in yourself.

But in a relationship?

You don't know what's gonna

happen to the other person.

I'm honestly more worried

that I'll fail myself.

My partner can figure

him-slash-herself out.

When you lie in bed awake at night,

there's nothing you picture

yourself doing when you grow up?

I hear that phrase "when you grow up"

and I just go blank.

You don't think I'm grown up?

That's not true, though, because...

you were just talking

about the tandem houses.

So there's something brewing

in that head of yours.

Place an older version

of yourself in the house.

How old are you?

Sixty-one...

and I'm wearing this super chic caftan

with these big gold hoops.

Now... what are you thinking?

That I miss being young.

How about some music, huh, Penn?

"Penn"?

I can't hear you!

Did Johnny just up and go to bed?

Here, just leave 'em. I'll

finish up. Go check on him.

- Thank you.

- No worries.

Hey, where are you?

Are you okay? I'm getting worried.

Call me if you want. You

know I'm here for you, okay?

Bye.

Hey.

You're not planning on sleeping

out here again, are you?

Yeah.

I don't want to impose,

more than I already have.

There's more than enough room in the house.

I'm sure Johnny would be cool with it.

Aren't you two together?

There was something going on, but

it was always just a "something."

I chalked that up to him

needing more space, but...

that's not it.

Uh, I don't think that

he wants space from you.

Honestly?

I think he just doesn't want to

go through losing somebody else.

I like you.

So even if there's just a... "something,"

you have to sort it out.

You know?

Okay.

- Aw!

- Okay, that was bad. Try again, try again!

- Oh!

- Yes!

- I'm going to bed.

- So early?

Good night.

Love is crazy.

How is it possible to feel so distant

from a guy you just slept with?

And so close to a guy you just met?

Oh, Penny, Penny.

My two cents?

Follow your heart.

Penny.

Wake up, lady! Rise and shine!

You've got to learn some morning etiquette.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's go into town.

I want to go look at wet suits.

I think I might start getting into surfing.

I think Ash was planning

on busking at the pier.

Maybe we can go there after?

Did Johnny never come home?

Nope.

He never answered any of my calls.

Can I help you?

What's with all the Goth wetsuits?

It's like, have the balls to wear something

that reflects your

personal style, you know?

Personal style is for your board.

These speak to me.

Thanks.

I put my heart into each

and every one of them.

- You made these?

- Sure did.

My guitar's the only friend

I'm gonna need

Through thick and thin

She's always been

Beside me all the way...

What are these?

Oh, those old things?

I don't know.

Let's see that gun.

I don't got another prayer

left inside my bones

Me and Carolina

are takin' it home

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