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[woman narrating] When you grow up in LA,
real life and the movies can get a little mixed up.
Just ask 18-year-old Sagittarius Penny Cooper.
As the daughter of a sort of famous actress,
Penny learned the only way to get her mom's attention
was to film her.
Soon, she filmed everything,
even this cockapoo.
Penny spent all of high school
pining for class Casanova Johnny Sanders Jr.
Can you blame her? But they were always just friends.
Like some of us, Penny was a late bloomer.
Last year, when Johnny lost his father,
he needed a shoulder to cry on,
and Penny was there for him.
Romance blossomed like a golden poppy,
which happens to be the California state flower.
Is that still recording?
[narrator] But now, high school is over.
Penny's thoughts are on her future at Northwestern,
but they're also on Johnny,
and the uncertain status of their relationship.
What will become of them?
Could you shut it off? We're not the Kardashians.
[narrator] I wish I could tell her,
"Penny, relax.
It's all just beginning.
You're only young once,
so go have some fun.
And one more thing...
don't forget your sunscreen."
[Tanlines: "All of Me"]
♪ Worn out faces ♪
♪ Hanging on the wall ♪
♪ Foreign places ♪
♪ Names you still recall ♪
♪ You say out loud to yourself ♪
♪ Why you just don't care ♪
♪ Say the things no one else ♪
♪ Will ever dare ♪
♪ So pardon me for asking, pardon me for thinking ♪
♪ Pardon me for asking, pardon me for thinking ♪
♪ All of me is asking, all of me is thinking ♪
♪ All of me is asking ♪
♪ All of me is thinking ♪
♪ So say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ Do what you don't do ♪
♪ So say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ I'm in all of you ♪
♪ Say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ Do what you don't do ♪
♪ Say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ I'm in all of you ♪
♪ So you lie to yourself ♪
♪ Why you're just not scared ♪
♪ All the things that you felt ♪
♪ Were always there ♪
♪ So pardon me for asking, pardon me for thinking ♪
♪ Pardon me for asking, pardon me for thinking ♪
♪ All of me is asking, all of me is thinking ♪
♪ So say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ Do what you don't do ♪
♪ So say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ I'm in all of you ♪
♪ So say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ Do what you don't do ♪
♪ So say it loud when you mean it ♪
♪ With caps lock emotions ♪
♪ I'm in all of you ♪
Subtitles by explosiveskull
[phone ringing]
- [Penny] Hello? - [narrator] And just like that...
- Hey, coz! - ...a force blew in,
hotter than the Santa Ana winds.
I'm coming.
[Penny] Did you just fly in from boarding school?
Yeah, and thank God I'm out of there.
There was just something about the energy at that place
that wasn't totally right for me.
Maybe it was too strict?
I just felt like...
the thinking there had become too linear, you know?
"Camilla, where do you see yourself after graduation?"
I don't know, that sounds like a pretty reasonable question.
Weren't you supposed to be spending the summer in Italy?
Dude, it's your mom's fault.
She asked me to come here.
She wants to help... brainstorm plans for my gap year.
Why is this the first time I'm hearing about it?
Maybe she wanted me to be a surprise?
Or maybe she just loves you more than me.
I am a lot more fun.
[Duran Duran: "Hungry Like the Wolf"]
♪ Dark in the city, night is a wire ♪
♪ Steam in the subway earth is afire ♪
♪ Do-do do do do do do do do do do do do do do ♪
[narrator] Johnny probably shouldn't be driving a motorcycle,
but he inherited it from his dad after the surfing accident.
He hasn't been in the water since.
But now, something "excellent" is pulling him back to the beach.
[Keanu Reeves] "Johnny, mi casa es su casa.
Make this the best summer of your life.
Keanu."
That's what you wore to prom?
What's wrong with it?
Well, now I understand why you're still a virgin.
Yeah, but then I thought about it after, and I was like,
why does my first time have to be on prom anyway?
- [door closes] - It doesn't.
[woman] Hello? Is Camilla here?
- Aunt Faye! - God, I've missed you!
It's like having my own daughter out of the country.
- I'm right here. - You won't believe what happened on the show today.
Turns out, I'm a triplet, and one of me is a man named Bob.
[Johnny] Well, you look sharp.
Hands off. This is for people with money to burn
on the condo I'm showing at 3:00.
Well, I hope you sell it.
[sighs] Me too. We need this one.
[Linda chuckles]
So, I was at Keanu's house today.
Oh, yeah?
How's he doing?
Well, I've been meaning to tell you, he asked me
if I could house-sit for him while he's shooting in Morocco.
House-sit?
He said I could invite my friends over.
There's going to be plenty of food so you wouldn't have to worry about feeding me.
But you have summer school here.
What are you going to do, drive from Malibu
to the Valley every day?
I'm not going to summer school, Mom.
But if you don't get your credits, there goes your Art Center scholarship.
I have a year to get them.
Does Keanu just want you to move to the beach and spend the summer surfing?
No. You don't have to worry about me.
I'm not Dad.
I love you.
I'm gonna go pack up some of my stuff.
You want to save me a cookie?
[narrator] Meanwhile, in Tennessee,
a fledgling songbird was trying to find his wings
in the cutthroat world of country music.
♪ Well I never ♪
♪ Had a brother ♪
♪ My old man didn't stick around ♪
♪ I got stacks of books ♪
♪ I ain't ever ♪
♪ Gonna read ♪
♪ And I guess I'm ♪
♪ Getting restless in this ♪
♪ Old forgotten town ♪
- Killer. Loved it. - [music stops]
But what do you say we try a couple my way?
With the sax?
No, I told you already, kids hate sax.
[Camilla] I'm pretty attuned to shifts in peoples' energies,
and I'm sensing a bit of hostility flowing from you towards your mother.
- She infuriates me. - Why?
I don't know, let's start with all the boy toys she brings home
after they play waiters on her show?
The raging self-absorption...
Hello, girls. What do you think? Am I a 10?
Or an 11?
♪ I heard you on the wireless back in '52 ♪
♪ Lying awake intent in tuning in on you ♪
♪ If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through ♪
♪ Oh-a-oh ♪
♪ They took the credit for your second symphony ♪
♪ Rewritten by machine a new technology ♪
♪ And now I understand the problems you can see ♪
♪ Oh-a-oh ♪
♪ I met your children ♪
♪ Oh-a-oh ♪
♪ What did you tell them? ♪
♪ Video killed the radio star ♪
[chuckles] Aww, cute.
♪ Video killed the radio star ♪
♪ Pictures came... ♪
[Camilla] Is that Keanu Reeves?
Yeah, he was friends with Johnny's dad.
I'd still hit that.
[chuckles]
♪ We hear the playback and it seems so long ago ♪
♪ And do you remember the jingles used to go ♪
♪ Oh-a-oh ♪
♪ You were the first one... ♪
He used the word "romantic."
[Camilla] I get why you like this guy.
He wants your first time to be momentous.
Well...
he doesn't know it's my first time.
Maybe... you should come with, for moral support.
You gotta put on your big girl swimsuit.
Wait, let me see it first.
You look like a nun competing in the Olympics.
Give me your scissors.
[Penny] Whoa, what are you doing?
You sure it doesn't look too much like a tiger tried to undress me?
Mm-mm.
♪ Video killed the radio star ♪
♪ Video killed the radio star... ♪
Ready to go!
And don't worry, when the time comes and you give me the signal,
I'll disappear.
[whispers] Like a sex ghost.
[sighs] Okay.
["Let Go": RAC featuring Kele and MNDR playing]
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh dear ♪
♪ Oh, oh... ♪
I'm committing to this! I'm doing it! I'm doing Johnny.
You're making sex sound like cutting bangs.
I'm gonna wait till it's moody and dark,
put on a slow jam.
Maybe start with a little of this...
Ah, a little... a little shoulder?
- Why not? - [laughing]
Okay. Okay, pull over.
We have to talk about this before you embarrass yourself.
[Camilla continues laughing]
Okay.
What if I hit him with this one?
That's something.
- Yeah? - You want my best advice?
There you go.
And what? Now I like...
run this down his chest or something?
No, the pony's for you.
You want to get your hair out of the way for when you're, you know,
- rolling around. - Okay.
So you do a lot of rolling around?
I mean, you can if you want.
The point is, you want to...
feel comfortable and have fun.
You can do that, right?
So I don't have to hit him with this one?
- [laughing] - [boy] Damn!
Hey!
- Watch it, losers! - [boy] Did you get it?
God!
♪
[Camilla] So, does Johnny even know who I am?
[Penny] I think I may have told him the story
about how you slept with your French tutor.
[Camilla] And his girlfriend.
♪ You play, you play ♪
♪ You play up to them... ♪
- [Penny] Hey! - Hi.
I hope you don't mind, I invited my cousin, Camilla.
Your cousin?
Howdy, cowboy.
Is this the one you said was such a flake?
[Camilla] I heard that!
- Thanks a lot. - I'm sorry.
[Camilla] Somebody call a doctor, because this house is sick!
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh dear ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
Holy shi...
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh dear ♪
[narrator] What Penny didn't tell Camilla about prom night
is that her nerves got the best of her, and the moment passed.
But now she finds herself here,
standing on Keanu Reeves' deck overlooking the Pacific,
ready for her second chance.
Hey, Penn.
That's some swimsuit.
Thanks.
It's new, kind of.
Well, you look beautiful.
So do you think you're going to surf while you're out here?
[Camilla] Hey, humans.
Hey. Do you guys want smoothies?
Sounds good.
Um, hello?
Put the camera away.
Be present in the actual world.
Virgin daiquiris.
- Thank you. - Oh.
- Fitting. - Huh?
[slurping]
Isn't this relaxing? I could just lay here all year.
Yeah, I don't think Northwestern is going to let you major in house-sitting.
Is that where you're going to?
Me, Northwestern?
Nah. Not smart enough.
You're smart. There's just different kinds of smart.
He is a great artist.
But I don't know if I should do that.
I mean, a year ago, I wanted to be a pro surfer.
So maybe art school's just a way of buying time.
Mmm. Why do you have to decide now?
Because my mom's on my ass? Because I'm expected to do something?
At least she cares, right?
So, what do you think you'll do next year?
I had to grow up pretty fast with my parents shipping me off
to boarding school as a kid, so...
I actually want to slow down for a second.
Well, cheers to that.
[glasses clink]
So, that disco ball just gave me an idea...
Prom do-over?
I think I still have my prom dress
in the bottom of my bag.
I could borrow something of Keanu's.
[The Cars' "Magic" playing]
Oh!
Honey, you're so beautiful. I'm so proud.
Thanks, Mom. I love your Botox.
Now what am I gonna wear?
♪ Summer ♪
♪ It turns me upside down... ♪
Silk sheets.
- ♪ Summer, summer, summer ♪ - Hey.
Did I tie this right? Does it look okay?
- There. You look sharp. - Thanks.
So, it's a big night for you and Penn.
Mmm. What did she say?
Oh, you know, nothing, but, um...
- if you want my advice? - Do I?
She's going to require some wooing.
You know, be poetic.
And pay attention to her earlobes.
They're an erogenous zone.
I didn't know that Penny came with instructions.
Hmm. Then you must not know her that well.
♪ I've got a hold on you ♪
♪ Tonight ♪
♪ Oh got a hold on you ♪
♪ Got a hold on you ♪
My baby's all grown up.
♪ Oh oh it's magic ♪
♪ When I'm with you ♪
♪ Oh oh it's magic ♪
♪ Just a little magic ♪
♪ You know it's true ♪
♪ I got a hold on you ♪
♪ Oh twisted ♪
♪ Under sideways down ♪
♪ I know you're getting twisted ♪
♪ And you can't calm down ♪
♪ I see you under the midnight ♪
♪ Love darts in your eyes ♪
["True": Spandau Ballet]
[narrator] Be cool, Penny. Act like you're in a movie.
♪ Ha-ha-ha ha-ah-hi ♪
[Camilla] I'm dying for some guacamole.
I guess I'll go whip some up.
♪ Ha-ha-ha ha-ah-hi ♪
♪ So true ♪
♪ Funny how it seems ♪
♪ Always in time ♪
♪ But never in line for dreams... ♪
[laughter]
♪ Head over heels when toe-to-toe ♪
♪ This is the sound ♪
♪ Of my soul ♪
♪ This is the sound... ♪
[sighs]
I'm a virgin.
Say what?
I just wanted to be honest with you.
But don't worry. It's not like I expect you to hold me
for 48 hours after or anything.
I just wanted you to know.
Okay. Well, is there anything else
that you really want me to know?
Glow in the dark? Or...
tingly-warm?
You are so prepared.
I mean...
in a sexy way.
- And I really like your earlobes. - [chuckles]
♪ I know this much is ♪
♪ True ♪
[waves whooshing]
Hmm.
Hello!
Where did you come from?
[giggles]
What's up?
[door closes]
[sighs]
[Camilla] So how was it, champ?
How was it? How was it? How was it?
How was it? How was it?
[laughing]
- It was good. - Mmm.
[Penny] I mean, we were very naked,
and it was definitely kind of awkward,
but he was sweet.
Did you see where he went?
[Camilla] I think he was heading out to surf.
[saxophone playing jazzy melody]
[Johnny] Yo, yo, yo, dude!
Hey, yo! Kenny G!
The tide's coming in! Let's go!
[beeps]
[man on radio] Yo, dude. We got a complaint.
Some kid parked his van overnight just north of El Matador.
Tennessee plates.
Sounds like a camper. I'll go check it out.
[sniffs, sighs]
This is a big deal. He hasn't gone out since his dad died.
Who's he with?
[Camilla] Maybe it's the naked guy I saw last night!
[Penny] Naked guy?
[Camilla] Naked... and wet.
Is that your van parked up there on private property?
Is it not supposed to be there?
I'm really sorry. I drove all the way from Tennessee...
I've got to issue a citation for unlawful camping.
Man, cut the guy a little slack.
Johnny.
I can't believe they let you be a lifeguard.
- Is there trouble? - Get that out of my face.
And, you, with the saxophone, I'm gonna need some ID.
It makes me so sad that we as a society
are still so inflexible about public nudity.
What nudity? I'm writing him up for having a sleepover on state property.
I swear, I didn't know you couldn't camp on the beach.
- [Camilla] But whose beach is it really? - [Steve] California's.
[Camilla] Isn't that just what we've been told?
I mean, California is a concept. It's a way of saying,
"We're not Nevada, and thank God for that."
[Steve] That's a fascinating perspective, but...
When I come home from a day at the shore
and I've got sand in my bikini crotch, am I...
stealing from state property, sir?
Okay, cool it with the "sir."
Yet, this young man, who lies upon said sand,
is somehow threatening your concept of ownership?
[Steve] Do you want a citation too?
I'll make it a warning.
And my Gram says there are no good people in LA.
Just move the van.
You can park it in the driveway. I'll show you.
- [Ash] For real? - Yeah. Come on.
I really like lifeguards.
You're like the sons of Poseidon.
♪
Hi, boys.
Was that Pamela Anderson?
Welcome to Malibu.
You live here?
Nah, just house-sitting.
Why were you sleeping on the beach, dude?
Uh, short story is, I wanted to find myself.
Something compelled me to look out here.
The first sight of the ocean and...
I don't know how else to explain it.
It's just where I need to be.
I know the feeling.
[Camilla, on video] ...property, sir?
[Steve] Okay, cool it with the "sir."
- [giggling] - [Camilla] Yet, this young man,
who lies upon said sand...
[Johnny] Hey, this is, uh, Ash.
- He's gonna hang out for a while. - Hey.
Thanks for helping me out back there.
- [Camilla] Namaste. - [Ash] God bless.
Johnny, wait up.
Hey. I saw you with your board.
Is everything okay?
- Were you gonna go surf? - I just... I just need a minute.
- And about last night... - I know. Can we...
Can we just talk about this later?
[narrator] All she wanted to say
was that she was glad it was him.
So it kind of looked like you were giving yourself
a sexy baptism last night.
Uh, not a sexy baptism.
Just the regular ol' baptism.
- Are you being serious? - [Ash] Yeah.
I thought it was the perfect time
to renew my faith in the Lord.
If... I knew I had an audience,
I probably would've worn pants.
You're religious.
I take it you're not.
Let's just say, I operate from this...
awareness that we're all just these...
tiny little specks on this rotating spaceship.
[Ash] I don't mean to be disrespectful, but then...
what is the difference between
spirituality and... astronomy?
[Penny] Found him!
Steve! The lifeguard.
We wanted to find him?
I was pretty happy to see him go.
You noticed how weird Johnny's been acting, right?
Well, I knew there had to be a story.
So, I googled "Steve, lifeguard, Malibu, rude,"
but it wasn't until I added Johnny's dad's name into the mix that I found this.
"Professional surfer Steve Galmarini
has received a three-year suspension after testing positive
for performance-enhancing drugs.
He is the first athlete to be suspended
under the World Surf League's new drug testing guidelines."
[chuckles] That guy doesn't need 'roids, he needs a chill pill.
It says that Johnny's dad was Steve's first coach.
But there was some kind of falling out.
What if it was over the drugs?
It says here that some people think
Johnny's dad died on that wave because he was out there
trying to win back the community's respect after the drug scandal.
[Ash] Yikes.
[Penny] I can't believe he didn't tell me this.
[doorbell rings]
[Johnny] I'll get it.
There's something I have to give you.
I don't want anything from you.
I remember my dad wearing that.
He got it on a surfing trip in Bali.
It's supposed to protect you from, like, yourself.
Everyone was talking about him, putting him on a pedestal,
but... he never bought into it.
I wasn't at your dad's memorial because...
he didn't need the embarrassment.
But that doesn't mean I wasn't gutted.
There's something else too.
Marianas waves are hitting the cove tomorrow afternoon.
You wanna come out?
I gave up surfing.
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?
[Camilla] 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.
[Steve] Far out.
♪
[narrator] 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.
[New Paradise: "I Love Video"]
♪
[women singing in French]
♪
[Steve] 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? [sniffles]
I grew up being my own mother.
- Oh. - Ow.
- Watch it. - Sorry.
♪
[narrator] 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? - [Camilla] Napping.
He said he'd meet us at dinner.
[Ash] I just wanted you to know I love you.
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.
[strums]
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.
[laughing]
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.
[Ash] 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?
[all laugh]
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"?
[playing saxophone off-key]
[music continuing]
[laughing]
[Camilla] I can't hear you!
♪
[Steve sighs]
Did Johnny just up and go to bed?
Here, just leave 'em. I'll finish up. Go check on him.
- Thank you. - No worries.
[Penny, on voice mail] 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.
[zipping]
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.
- [Steve] Aw! - [Camilla] Okay, that was bad. Try again, try again!
- [Steve] Oh! - Yes!
[both laughing]
- I'm going to bed. - [Camilla] So early?
Good night.
[narrator] 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.
[Cocteau Twins: "Iceblink Luck"]
♪ I'm seemin' to be ♪
♪ A little alive ♪
♪ I'm happy again ♪
♪ Caught, caught in time... ♪
[man] 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.
[Ash singing indistinctly]
♪ 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 ♪
♪ I got plans to make ♪
♪ Hearts to break ♪
♪ I don't think I can do it alone ♪
♪ So me and this guitar ♪
♪ Are gonna find me somebody to love ♪
[cheering]
I think I'm in love.
I want to make him into a body pillow.
Would you look at that?
It's art.
Whoa!
That suit is awesome.
[guitar playing]
[Ash, on iPad] ♪ Me and this guitar ♪
♪ Are gonna find me somebody to love ♪
There you are.
[Camilla sighs]
Creativity is so exhausting.
I'm gonna have to take a power nap before my surf lesson later.
Here.
You take my car, and I'll get a ride home with Ash.
Ash, huh?
What?
You're back.
Yeah, I had some stuff I had to take care of.
What are you up to?
I was gonna take a nap,
but then I, like, stopped being tired.
Salt air is magic like that.
So why'd you take off last night?
I just had a lot of stuff on my mind.
And things got kind of weird with Penny.
You guys have known each other for a long time now, right?
She really helped take care of me when my dad died last year.
We're pretty different, you know?
I mean, things change. It's nobody's fault.
It's beautiful.
I was up all last night on Zuma trying to figure out
whether I should go back to surfing or throw myself into art school.
Maybe the problem is that you were awake.
What?
Have you ever heard of lucid dreaming?
[chiming]
[Camilla] I'm gonna wake up your conscious mind during your dream,
but your body's gonna stay asleep.
You sure this isn't just the plot of The Matrix?
[chuckles]
[Camilla] Shut your eyes and relax.
You'll receive a signal from me when you're asleep.
A tap on your nose... that'll be the trigger, okay?
Now...
let yourself drift.
I didn't suck, did I?
You were amazing.
Do you need me to carry anything for you?
That hat full of money, perhaps?
Well, I don't know if I trust you with my life savings just yet.
God, that felt good.
Been a while.
Just wish Grams was here to see that one.
Well, then I have happy news for you.
Did you fly Gram out, hide her behind the trashcan?
- No, but I filmed it. - 'Course you did.
But good luck getting it to her.
Unless your camera converts files to VHS.
She doesn't even have e-mail.
- Not even AOL? - Not even AOL.
[both chuckle]
Well, all she's got to do is look on YouTube.
You didn't put the video up?
And my Instagram. Not to get braggy,
but I do have a lot of followers because of my crazy mom.
But now I can finally use them for good... for you.
I posted it an hour ago, and I already have eleven hundred likes on it!
- Penny... - I know. I know,
you're secretive about your life, but this could be a major boost for your career.
You don't know anything about my career!
You can't just insert yourself into people's business like that.
- Just trying to help. - Yeah, well, you just opened me up
to a whole mess of trouble.
- Ash! - Take it all down.
You didn't have the right.
[Yaz: "Situation"]
[Johnny] I'm dreaming.
[panting]
[woman giggling]
♪
♪ Do I dress for every situation ♪
[Johnny] Can I fly with you?
♪ Moving through the doorway of a nation ♪
♪ Pick me up and shake the doubt ♪
♪ Baby I can't do without ♪
♪ Don't mess around ♪
♪ You bring me down ♪
♪ How you get about, don't make a sound, just move out ♪
♪
♪ I remember only for an hour ♪
♪ Move right through me, can you feel the power? ♪
♪ I don't know what's going on ♪
♪ It scares me but it won't be long ♪
♪ Don't mess around ♪
♪ You bring me down ♪
♪ How you get about, don't make a sound, just move out ♪
♪
♪ Move out ♪
[Camilla] What did you see?
I've got it!
Is that the final step in lucid dreaming?
No, that was an actual real-time kiss.
Because?
Because it felt like we had this vibe.
You get "vibes" with every living, breathing person you meet.
Right?
I hope you're not suggesting that I should feel bad about being myself?
No, it's just hard to take you seriously.
You're not really that kind of person.
Gee... thanks.
Camilla, wait.
Camilla!
[door opens, closes]
Jesus, I'm an idiot.
I was just got sent this from a friend
who says we should look into signing this kid.
[Ash singing on computer]
[Eliot] Who's this person who posted it?
Send a cease and desist. And you find that kid.
Now.
[Steve] Whoa, check the suit!
Hey. Yeah, I made it myself.
What's going on?
Do you take me seriously?
As a surfer? Look, you just started. It takes years to...
No, as... as a person.
Sure I do.
You're smart.
And you have this mellow open-mindedness, and you're way easy to talk to.
Why? Who doesn't take you seriously?
Johnny, for starters.
Johnny's a tough one.
He always has been.
Yeah, and Penny too.
I mean, she thinks I'm a flake.
Like, I can't stick with anything.
You showed up today.
- I just kissed her boyfriend. - Okay. Whoa.
Which makes me a flake and an attempted...
homewrecker?
When you're out there waiting, you can tie yourself up into knots,
trying to figure out what moves you're gonna pull.
But once you get on the wave, everything becomes pretty simple.
You know who you are. You know what to do.
What if they hate me?
Just face up to how you feel.
And to your cousin. And if you have a thing for Johnny, face up to him too.
Stop dodging yourself. It only makes things worse.
Have you ever considered being a therapist?
[chuckles] Can I get one of those wet suits as payment?
[laughing]
[whirring]
You're destroying your dad's board?
No. I'm just making it my own.
I hope you're okay with that.
Is it an art project, or...
are you planning on getting back into surfing?
It's not, like, a life plan.
More of a flash of inspiration.
So I sold the condo.
Mom, that is awesome. I knew you would.
And I have all the faith in the world in you too, Johnny.
- Whatever path you choose. - Thanks.
I know your Dad was a bit of a live wire,
but that's part of the reason I fell in love with him.
Really?
I can't be mad at him anymore.
He loved us.
And he gave me you.
We're not the same person.
No, you're not.
But you did get some of his magic.
Sundown Records? What the hell?
♪ Oh oh oh oh ♪
♪ I got plans to make ♪
♪ I got hearts to break ♪
♪ I don't think I can do it alone ♪
♪ Me and this guitar ♪
♪ Are gonna find me someone to love ♪
[Penny] They made you wear lip gloss?
Mom? Are you in here?
Oh, hi, hon.
You really should do this Pilates.
- It's so amazing for the core... - Mom.
- I... I really need your help. - For what?
I posted this video of my friend Ash playing at the pier
and people loved it.
But then I got this e-mail
from somebody at Sundown Records
saying they're gonna sue me because I don't own the rights to the song.
And neither does Ash. They do,
and they're trying to turn him into some teenybopper pop star,
but that's not who he is.
- I was just trying to help... - Slow down.
If you're gonna do a monologue, you have to breathe.
[Faye inhales deeply]
You know, it reminds me. A few years ago,
there was a storyline where my character became a secret rock star.
And then when she wanted to reveal her true identity,
the label didn't want her to.
So she made a video, which is something that you could do!
Mom, are you even listening to me?
I made a video!
No, I mean, you can make a real one.
With a song that they don't own.
I mean, you know your way around a camera already.
You're practically a director.
Okay, so say I do, then what?
Well, then you just let the fans decide which version of your friend they prefer.
Then the label will have to listen.
Actually, not a bad idea.
You see? I'm not totally useless as a mother.
Why would you say that?
Well, you've never come to me for help before.
I thought you were embarrassed by me.
I don't know. Sometimes it just seems like...
you wanted a daughter that's more like you.
Oh, please.
I always knew that you were going to grow up to be a thousand times better than me.
Now go on. You have a video to make.
And if you need a totally glamorous, gorgeous, forty...
thirty-nine-year-old,
you know where to find me.
[both laughing]
♪
- Hey. - Hey.
We need to talk.
Yeah. We do.
So clearly, you and Ash have hit it off.
I'm not blind.
And clearly, I've been distant.
Well, kind of.
Kind of? Come on, Penn.
I get it. You think I'm love with you.
And I do love you. But it's not "love" love.
I'm sorry for being a douche.
I love you back.
I'm gonna miss you.
What's going on?
You're looking at Pacific Coast High's Best Former Couple.
Most Likely to Stay Friendly Exes.
Really?
Really.
I was voted Most Likely to Never Leave the Beach, so...
I'm really glad you guys are here because I'm gonna need your help.
Well, actually, Ash is gonna need your help.
[guitar playing simple melody]
I come in peace.
No camera.
What are you doing here?
I'm really sorry, Ash.
I wanted to apologize.
I was a jerk to post that video without your permission.
I realized why you were so worried, now that your label cease-and-desisted me.
You gotta get that video down right away.
If it's still there in the morning, I'm... screwed.
Do you have any songs that your label doesn't own?
I started writing one the first night I slept out here.
Still have to figure out the lyrics, though.
Do you think you could have it done by morning?
Maybe.
Cool.
And also, I wanted to tell you that Johnny and I broke up.
Good to know.
♪
Do you feel good in this?
I feel like myself.
Steve, could you angle that reflector a little bit to your left, please?
Ash, you look like a frickin' angel in this light.
Thanks, Steve.
- You ready? - [Ash] Ready.
[clears throat]
- [Penny] And... action! - [sighs]
Hi, my name is Ash Baker.
There's never been anything I wanted to do more in my life than make music.
So, I jumped at the chance to record with Sundown Records.
But the artist they wanted me to be...
I didn't recognize that guy.
So I ran away from him...
all the way out to Malibu.
And that's where I figured out who I really am.
So if there's anybody out there who's trying to figure themselves out
or who thinks they need to be different than who someone wants them to be...
this one's for you.
♪ I got myself to the oceanside ♪
♪ Sticks and stones in a paradise ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ I bit my tongue when she looked at me ♪
♪ Now my hair got long and my hands are clean ♪
♪ I said whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Are we gonna feel like this forever? ♪
♪ Are we gonna love like this in the morning light ♪
♪ Baby, it's all right ♪
♪ 'Cause you're my beachside, blue-eyed baby ♪
♪ Won't you dance for me? ♪
♪ 'Cause you're my rockabye, late-night ♪
♪ Honey with a mystery ♪
♪ I think I'm gonna stay here, baby ♪
♪ Stay with me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm on the run ♪
♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm ♪
♪ Girl, you've got no idea what you've done ♪
♪ Mmm-mmm ♪
♪ What you've done ♪
- If what I've done here speaks to you... - [cell phone buzzes]
...please let Sundown Records know that you like what you're seeing.
- E-mail them, call them. - [buzzing continues]
- People are actually calling? - [phone ringing]
- All morning. E-mail flooding in. - [cell phone buzzing]
We had to close down comments.
[phone ringing]
- Get that. - [cell phone continues buzzing]
Eliot Webb's office.
It's Dolly Parton.
She's mad about Ash Baker.
Says she won't let us do that tribute album until we make it right with the boy.
Give me the phone.
Dolly!
How you doing, sweetheart?
Not so hot, Mr. Webb.
My heart is breakin' to find out that you're trying to take
this sweet and talented boy...
so unique, like...
like an island in the stream...
Make this go away.
- We did it. - We did?
[all cheering]
Yeah!
[laughing]
- [Steve] Muah! - [Camilla] Yeah.
How does it look?
You look beautiful.
I wanted to say... I'm sorry,
for overstepping my bounds with Johnny.
If you're worried about my romantic feelings,
don't be.
This is how it's meant to be.
I'm really happy you came here this summer instead of going to Italy.
Me too.
I love you, baby girl.
[laughing]
- Hey, man. - Hey, bro.
This is Carlos, one of the scouts.
And this is Johnny Sanders Jr.
Let me tell you, this kid is killer.
I think we have to show, not tell.
Nice to meet you, Johnny. Let's see what you've got.
[Camilla] Nice ride.
I got the idea to cut down this board in my dream.
I didn't ever get to thank you.
It was nothing.
- [Penny, sing-songy] Meant to be. - [Camilla laughs]
[Carlos] So does Johnny want to compete?
'Cause we'd love to have him on the team.
Last I heard, he's taken a few classes at Art Center, but...
he's not ruling surfing out.
What about you? Isn't your suspension up soon?
Me? Nah, not the kind of attention I want.
Thanks for asking, but I'm pretty content with where I'm at.
I get to help people. I'm like a therapist or something.
[Carlos] What about that wet suit he's wearing?
[Steve] You wanna meet the artist?
Camilla?
Yeah?
Would you be down to make a bunch of your wet suits for the team?
We could commission a whole line.
Um... Yeah, I think we could work something out.
♪ You've got time and I got lovin' ♪
♪ Bring your camera, bring your cousin ♪
- ♪ Whoa ♪ - [crowd cheering, whistling]
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ That Cali sun got the best of me ♪
♪ This don't feel like Tennessee ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Beachside baby, come home ♪
♪ 'Cause you're the only song that I know anymore ♪
♪ 'Cause you're my beachside, blue-eyed baby ♪
♪ Won't you dance for me? ♪
♪ 'Cause you're my rockabye late-night honey ♪
♪ With a mystery ♪
♪ I think I'm gonna stay here baby ♪
♪ Stay with me 'cause I'm on the run ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Girl, you've got no idea what you've done ♪
♪ You're my beachside, blue-eyed baby ♪
♪ Won't you dance for me? ♪
♪ 'Cause you're my rockabye late-night honey ♪
♪ With a mystery ♪
♪ I think I'm gonna stay here baby ♪
♪ Stay with me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm on the run ♪
♪ Mmm-mmm ♪
♪ Girl you've got no idea what you've done ♪
♪ Mmm-mmm ♪
♪ What you've done ♪
[applause and cheering]
Thank you.
[narrator] Every fairy tale must come to an end.
But first, you have to clean up the castle.
[Fleetwood Mac: "Everywhere"]
♪ Calling out your name ♪
♪ Can you hear me calling ♪
[glass shatters]
♪ You know that I'm falling and I don't know what to say ♪
♪ I'll speak a little louder ♪
♪ I'll even shout ♪
♪ You know that I'm proud and I can't get the words out ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I want to be with you everywhere ♪
♪ Oh I... ♪
So... I'm hoping that you can take me seriously.
We'll see.
♪ Something's happening ♪
♪ Happening to me ♪
♪ My friends say I'm acting peculiarly ♪
[narrator] It's funny how people you thought drove you crazy,
can actually turn out to be your best friends.
Penny Cooper thought she was going to run off into the sunset
with one guy,
but she ended up running off with another guy,
and a girl, and the first guy.
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I wanna be with you everywhere... ♪
[narrator] Real life isn't always like the movies.
Sometimes, it's better.
What happened to my disco ball?
♪ Can you hear me calling ♪
♪ Out your name? ♪
♪ You know that I'm falling and I don't know what to say ♪
♪ Oh come along, baby ♪
♪ We better make a start ♪
♪ You better make it soon before you break my heart ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I want to be with you everywhere ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I want to be with you everywhere ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I want to be with you everywhere ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I want to be with you everywhere ♪
♪ Want to be with you everywhere ♪
So, I haven't seen you in a while.
- What's been going on? - I came back to do a little art film with a friend.
Cheers to that.
[Men Without Hats' "Pop Goes the World" playing]
♪ Po-po-po ♪
♪ Johnny played guitar Jenny played bass ♪
♪ Name of the band is The Human Race ♪
♪ Everybody tell me have you heard? ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ Po-po-po ♪
♪ Jenny played keyboard Johnny played drums ♪
♪ Called Little Baby and a big Bonhomme ♪
♪ Everybody tell me have you heard? ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
It goes something like this.
♪ Johnny and Jenny had a crazy dream ♪
♪ See their pictures in a magazine ♪
♪ Every little boy needs a girl ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ Jenny and Johnny getting smart it seems ♪
♪ Made more money on a movie screen ♪
♪ Every little nest needs a bird ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ One, two, three and four is five ♪
♪ Everybody here is a friend of mine ♪
♪ Whatever happened to the Duke of Earl? ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ Six, seven, eight and nine is ten ♪
♪ Send Al Gunn to see the Doctor Ben ♪
- ♪ Say what planet are we on? ♪ - ♪ The third! ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ And every time I wonder ♪
♪ Where the world went wrong ♪
♪ End up lying on my face going ringy-dingy-ding-dong ♪
♪ And every time I wonder ♪
♪ If the world is right ♪
♪ End up in some disco dancing all night ♪
♪ Johnny played guitar Jenny played bass ♪
♪ Name of the band is The Human Race ♪
♪ Everybody tell me have you heard? ♪
- ♪ Pop goes the world ♪ - ♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ Johnny played guitar Jenny played bass ♪
♪ Ain't nobody couldn't take their place ♪
♪ Everybody tell me have you heard? ♪
- ♪ Pop goes the world ♪ - ♪ Pop goes the world ♪
♪ Pop goes the world ♪
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