My heart has been broken for a long time.
I started to make myself vulnerable again,
but I'm scared.
How can I trust myself to make the right decision?
Sincerely, G.
Dear G,
I know that feeling -
when the thing you're trying to protect
is the same thing that's aching.
What's the point of opening yourself up
when it will inevitably lead to pain and hurt?
But it's better to grow old
and die alone in a room full of memories
than to lock yourself away so there's nothing to remember.
Every element of you was made in a star.
We all burst out of this darkness,
and in the grand scheme of things,
we're nothing but a momentary, meaningless blip.
Your heart can again be a star -
a living flame to light the darkness.
We all have the choice to carry the universe in our heart,
or be crushed by it.
So, G, is the universe trying to tell you something?
Dad!
And are you ready to listen?
Dad!
You hit someone.
It's just a coincidence.
What?
It's just a coincidence.
OK!
Doesn't mean anything. It's just a coincidence.
- Fuck!
Um...
-Everyone's OK? -I think I am
Oh, shit.
# Oh, ooh
# Oh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh... #
No, no, no! No.
Get out of my fucking way!
I read Contact.
Five times.
- Wow. - I liked it.
Obviously.
It's a beautiful story.
That's not even his best one.
What's that?
The one he wrote with his wife.
- What's it called? - It's not actually a book.
Hey! Hey! Emma, get away from her!
- Why? - It is not safe.
What are you talking about? You're the one who did that.
I am not having this argument right now with you!
- Hey, hey! - What's there to argue about?
Hey! Emma, he's right. I've got to go.
Why don't you watch where you're going?
Yeah? Why don't you eat my dick?!
Fucking hell...
- I'll be back. Emma! - You better be back!
- Or I'll send the boys to break your legs! - Emma!
Sorry about the, uh, accident.
It's OK. Everybody alright in there?
No. No, not really. No.
But at least I didn't kill any Italian people.
That must be a relief.
- Really is.
- Going somewhere? - I was.
Mmm. Taking the chicken with you?
I didn't know what else to do with it. Give it a month.
Well, I believe we already have each other's insurance information,
- so we'll just... - I think we do.
Can we... invite Mary to dinner tonight?
- Why? No. - No.
I brought red.
Already got one open.
Emma did that.
That's a nice dress.
- Thanks. - She bought it.
- Yep. - Today.
- Mm-hm. - After the accident.
Accidents.
Well, I think you look lovely.
And I'm wearing florals too.
Dad's cooking vegan food.
Oh, um, I'm not hungry.
I ate before I got here.
I'm just kidding.
Hey, Ems, can you do daddy a favour
and maybe go out to the garden and pick a little basil for me?
- Yeah, sure. - Great.
Also, maybe some parsley? A little thyme.
- OK. - Great.
Did you tell anyone?
What, that you murdered a poor Italian family?
I never said they were poor.
Circumstantially, not socio-economically!
Did you tell anyone about me?
- Is that a threat? - No, it's not a threat.
'Cause it certainly sounded like a threat.
Well, I could have eaten you already.
When you came to my house,
I could quite easily have locked you in the basement.
And you know what? You look fucking delicious.
That's a joke. I don't want to harm you or Emma.
That's why I tried to stay away from you!
Well, you certainly did a really good job of it.
You're the one that came to my house.
You're the one who hit me with your car.
And I only came tonight because she asked me.
- Let me tell you, you'll never see me again! - Good.
Ugh, are you going to tell anyone?!
No! No.
No, I didn't tell anyone, OK?
Can you please stop asking me that?
Good, because you have no fucking idea
how fucked I am if you do.
I have a feeling I might just know how fucked you would be.
Oh, you really do?
You have no fucking idea what it's like
to live isolated away from everyone that you care about.
OK? I never asked you to see who I was.
- Well, I certainly didn't ask...
- Hi! - Hi, baby.
Your table looks amazing.
Great job, baby. Thank you so much.
I was just saying to your dad it looks so nice.
Aw.
Help yourself.
Thanks. I will.
Wait, Dad, have you checked it?
Have I checked IT?
If it's vegan. Most red wines use eggshell.
Eggshell? Like, from chickens? Hmm.
I don't think that'll be a problem.
I don't mind.
Dad.
It's all good.
To chicken wine.
Mmm.
This is yummy.
Dad's a great cook.
We don't usually eat vegan.
That's what makes it...
..good.
Have you always been vegan?
No, not always.
I still eat meat occasionally.
Why?
Dad said you learnt psychology.
Oh, he did?
She wanted to know something about you,
so I chose to tell her that.
Do you have any people that come and see you?
No, they don't.
Yeah. Um, that would be tricky.
Why?
Uh, just after my degree, I wasn't...
I wasn't able.
What happened?
Um...
You know, I now get to write for a much bigger audience,
for websites.
What sort of websites?
Like an advice column that goes to a bunch of websites.
So I'm still helping people.
- Is that fun? - Yeah.
It's actually a great way
to get to know more about yourself.
Mmm.
Did Dad tell you I've been going to a psychiatrist?
Um...
How are you finding it?
It's OK, I guess.
Is it, um... Is it helpful?
I still get sad.
Yeah. Well, we all get sad sometimes.
Um...
- Do you feel safe? - What do you mean?
Well, do you feel like, um...
You know, you can trust
the person that you're sharing with?
Like he won't tell anyone what I'm saying?
No, like, do you trust them, to be vulnerable in front of them?
Do you feel like you could talk to them about anything?
She doesn't talk to anyone.
Dad!
Where did you find them?
I don't need advice on my parenting choices.
She has a degree in psychology.
An undergraduate degree. Trevor came highly recommended.
Mmm.
Well, maybe it's just not a good fit for you right now.
He keeps on getting me to try these different pills.
They don't really make me feel good.
Right. Yeah.
And sometimes we have these big feelings
and we don't know what to do with them.
But if you find the right person to talk to,
then it can help you understand them.
Maybe she could lock herself in a basement
with a bag of meat and some chickens.
Dad, stop being weird.
You need to feel safe,
so you can be vulnerable.
In the grand scheme of things, I'm not sure
if you're the right person to be handing out advice.
- She's trying to help. - We are all trying to help, Emma!
Emma?
You can come in.
I just wanted to say goodbye.
My mum gave it to me,
if you think I'm too old to have one.
I still sleep with my husband's teddy.
Really?
He died a really long time ago.
Oh, wow!
- I fixed it. - Huh.
It's better than before.
It's a lot better than the last time I saw it.
- What's that story? - What story?
The one about Carl Sagan that he wrote with his wife.
Yes. The story of the golden record.
Record?
A vinyl music record, except made out of gold.
It was shot into space a really long time ago.
So NASA compiled all these images and sounds and music,
in case an alien civilisation ever found it
and tried to work out who we are.
And it was up to Carl Sagan to decide what went on it.
So he put pictures of animals and architecture and food,
and music like Chuck Berry and Bach and Mozart and Beethoven
and tribal music and electronic music and classical music.
And there's even a wedding song from Peru.
But the most important thing came from his wife, Ann Druyan.
Now, she was on his team,
but they weren't married when they began working together.
But it's when they fell in love.
And she found a piece of music that was 2,000 years old.
And when she rang him up to tell him,
they got engaged on the phone.
Must have been a pretty amazing piece of music, huh?
Yeah.
So the next day, after the phone call,
Ann had an idea of something else
that should go on the record.
They could measure the electrical impulses
of a human brain
and turn it into sound.
So Ann meditated,
and they recorded the sounds of her brain.
And during that meditation,
she thought about the man she loved,
and now there's a record of her and Carl's love
echoing its way across the universe.
My mum told my dad that she wanted him to be happy.
Before she died of cancer,
she said that she wanted my dad to find love again.
My aunty told me that.
Do you like talking to your aunt?
Yeah.
I bet she likes talking to you.
I'm going to leave you now.
Emma, I, uh...
Hey, I wasn't sure I was going to give you this.
- We don't have a CD player. - We do in the car.
- We do? - You never used it.
Listen to track 4. It's how your dad feels about you.
Hey, sweetie, when, uh, when did Aunty Sarah tell you that?
- What? - About what your mom said.
When did she tell you that?
You said that I could talk to her about anything.
She told me this morning.
Why?
Hey! Where do you think you're going?
To the car.
Hey!
Don't worry, I'm going for good!
Where?
I haven't worked it out yet.
Do you have any idea
how confusing this entire situation is?
I mean...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I felt that
there was a real connection between the two of us.
And Emma - Emma said more to you this evening
than she has to anyone in...
But I watched you eat a live chicken
and an entire goat.
Nobody's perfect.
Uh...
Just...
Gary?
Hey, Sarah.
Is everything OK?
Uh...
What's happened?
Nothing. Nothing.
Um, don't worry. Everything is fine.
I think.
What are you doing?
I'm just watching some shitty romance thing.
- Could I ask you a favour? - Of course.
Could I possibly drop Emma off at your place, for a bit?
Are you OK?
Yeah.
I just need to figure something out.
Is she OK?
She's been listening to the same song on repeat
for the last hour.
What are you talking about?
Gary?
I'm not perfect either.
# Don't care 'bout what you do
# Don't care 'bout what you done
# Don't care 'bout who you knew
# Don't make you anyone
# Don't care how much you got
# Don't care how much you make
# Don't talk 'bout what you're not
# Don't play the record straight
# No need to put a front
# No need to lay it on
# Say people are too hard, tryin' to get it
# Tryin' to get it wrong
# You say you got a ride
# You got a stack of bills
# You say you got your pride
# You got your happy pills
# You say you got your gold
# You say you're rich and well
# You say your body's old
# But you got the magic spell
# Well, no need to put a front
# No need to lay it on
# Say people are too hard, tryin' to get it
# Tryin' to get it wrong
# People are too hard, tryin' to get it
# Tryin' to get it wrong, yeah... #