Memory

#MEMORY#

#THE MENTAL FACULTY OF STORING PAST EXPERIENCES AND RECALLING THEM AT WILL#

#2. THE ACT OF AN INSTANCE OF REMEMBERING, RECOLLECTRION#

#3. ALL THAT A PERSON CAN REMEMBER.#

No! No!

As a researcher in the field of memory loss, I know how daunting

it can be to reach results for patients with Alzheimer's syndrome.

As someone who's felt the effects of this disease personally,

I truly understand that all that matters is life.

And our lives, ladies and gentlemen, are nothing more than our memories.

Alright, thank you.

I'll be back.

Thought you were over doctors. - I'll be all over Doctor Mills tonight, trust me.

Yeah, well, I'll be all over my bed. We got an early start, man, I'm just exhausted.

Don't forget to pack your diapers, little baby.- Look, while I'm working my ass off,

you're flirting with doctors and checking on your fantasy football team.

That's why I'm always in the playoffs, baby!

You think you have problems, try being a single dad. - What are you talking about?

What I'm talking about? I'm talking about I haven't had a decent breakthrough

in over a year and a half, alright? A year and a half.

I'm touring, I'm speaking on what I ask you. - Taylor make sense.

Listen, you're trying to do something good for society as well as for your mom.

Trying to cure a disease takes time.

I look at her, right, and I think in ten years time, that's going to be me.

Pretty soon I'm not even going to recognize you. - Hey, you don't know that for sure.

You know, I've got a 50% chance of having Alzheimer's.

Yeah, but you shouldn't think of it like that.

Come on, you got to live your life, man! One more shot, Rico!

One more shot, please.

Night Dr. Briggs! You have an urgent message. It's from the hospital.

Thank you.

I knew you were in Brazil for the convention.

I am Dr. Costas, Head of Neurology for the hospital.

We got your message. Got here as soon as we could, and here we are,

we don't-- not exactly sure as to why.

At first we diagnosed it

as a cerebral hemorrhage. - Right.

Then the MRIs came back.

We've never seen anything like it. - Really.

Please. Come.

This is Dr. Salvo, the attending physician.

Who is he? - We don't know. We think he's American.

What's that on his skin? - Red ocher. Amazonian Indians up the river,

use it as a tribal body dye.

And how can we help? - If you will just take a look at these scans, you will understand.

As you can see, the tumors have formed in--

Which area dealing, with memory? - We would appreciate your input.

Did he have anything with him? - Just that.

What is this substance? - I'm not sure. He had ingested a great deal of that powder.

When he dies, where will the post mortem be done? - Due to the unknown condition,

the authorities demand that we cremate him immediately.

I want to say cancer, but I've...

never seen cancer attack memory centers so selectively.

You ever seen anything like that? - Never heard of anything like that.

Hey!

Hey! Stop, would you?

Hey!

Taylor, we're going to miss this flight, damn it!

What the fuck happened to you? - I don't know.

You're soaking wet. - I know. I'm dehydrated.

Did you go out again last night? - No.

I took a shower.

You bang your head or what? - God, that all seemed so real.

What was so real? - I thought I was chasing this guy.

He had a black, Burberry overcoat. - Burberry. Nice, buddy.

Crap! - What?

The pow-- I'm such and idiot! The powder, I got that--

It's just-- - Fucking powder! - It's just a rash! - I know man! I got a hole,

We'll miss this flight. - My club had a rip in it. I got--

Ah shit! - Come on!

Excuse me, do you know what happened to the patient that was here?

He die, a few hours ago.

Do you know where Dr. Costas is? - I'm not sure. I think he's gone.

Thank you.

Hey you. - Oh, hey!

How's she doing? - Good, she's been smiling ever since we started watching 'Jerry'.

Started to watch Jerry? What else did you watch?

Well, we do crocodile hunters at seven. Then we shop on QBC for about an hour.

Nice. - Carol dropped of another one of those crazy study things for you. - Crazy.

Okay, I'll see you later. - Drive safe. #KEEP AN OPEN MIND THIS TIME, CAROL#

Thank you. Bye. #NEW AGE HERBAL TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER's DESISE#

Got another one for the collection.

It's good to be home.

I missed you Mom.

#TO DO LIST 1) PICK UP SCUBA GEAR 2) DAY CLEANING 3) PRESCRIPTION FOR MOM#

Run a check on that, will you?

Carol? - Surprise!

Surprise, how are you?

Happy birthday

Happy birthday buddy.

I told you I'd get you. - Thank you, girl.

Hi everybody. - Have a drink. - It's exactly what I need.

See ya darling. - Excuse me. How are you?

Didn't know I had so many friends. - They just came here for the free booze.

It ain't the art.

You know, I--

I went to see your mother, while you were gone.

Did you happen to get the report that I left for you?

I did, but I didn't get a chance to look at it.

You know, I think that I finally found someone for you.

Believe it or not, just easy going, a good listener, and very lonely.

I want you to meet Barb. Barb, Taylor.

Aren't you going to say hi? - Hi, Barb.

That's right. Now Barb, this gentleman is going to take care of you from now on,

and I want you to be nice to him, stay with him and make sure he doesn't get introuble.

Carol, I don't know how to take care of a fish. - It's not organic chemistry.

Anybody seen Max? - He's late as usual... excuse me.

I, you, that's, I'm going to... - Talk to him, talk to him.

Would you like a... - No, I'm good. I'm good, I'm good.

I just had one. I'm... new friend? - Thanks for asking.

Do you feel any better? - Well, yeah...yeah.

No, I just think I had too much to drink, you know. - Good.

What do you think of those three artists over there?

Yeah, you know, we'll see. - Usually I don't mind a little moustache,

but I think that is out of the question. That's all I've got to say.

What are you two delinquents up to? - Max, you missed the whole party, buddy.

Hey slick, it wasn't my birthday, you know what I mean.

But I did have to close a little deal. - Cubans.

250 a box baby, and I got a box for you in the car. - I love you Max.

And happy birthday Deep... - Come on now. I got you a fish. Hope you don't mind.

Hey birthday boy, I got a little something for you. - No, for me? - Yeah, for you buddy.

And we're going to open this downstairs. You want to come with us, Deep?

I think I'm going to go check out some art. - Yeah, right.

Save the two brunettes for me, will ya?

Hey. You want the little cracker and some cheese? - Yeah, maybe in Carol's office.

This is supposed to be 'Numero Uno'.

It was grown, on the lushest hill in Bordeaux

by a one-legged man named Pepe.

And it was bottled in 1971, the year of your birth,

and my marriage,

and Pepe's untimely divorce.

Let it breathe now.

Alright. - Cheers.

That's kind of weird. - It's dog shit.

I spent 400 on this garbage.

I'm sorry. Let it breathe a little bit. - Let it breather nothing.

See if there's any beer in there. God!

In there.

God. - We're in luck. Two Miller's.

Good, yeah, well. It's Miller time now.

Get this taste out of my mouth.

Oh yeah.

Oh, Taylor...

I'm getting old.

Seems like yesterday, that I was toasting your arrival with champagne.

It was pretty good stuff too. Your mom, she'd bring you by to visit.

You're like the son I never had.

Look at you now.

And me.

And that's our future, Taylor Briggs. Never turns out the way

you think it's going to. - Well, cheers to that.

Are you going to still help me, move my Mom's stuff? And buy the beer?

How am I going to move the stuff if I'm drunk?

Hasn't hurt your golf aim has it?

Well, if I haven't told you, sport, happy birthday.

#SUNDAY, MARCH 21. 1971#

Hey!

Wait!

How did he do? - Well, Nick dropped the ball in the outfield and lost the game.

Oh man, I'm sorry. - And, you know, I've been working with him,

I don't know.

You look like shit.

Thanks. You're a good friend, Deep. - Yeah.

Hey little man. - Hey, bud. - What's up, Taylor? - Nothing.

What do you mean nothing? There's always got to be something?

Yeah, right, there's something. - Hey, Nick, check this out.

Yeah, you just build on that. - You got it.

It happened again. - What, puberty?

No, I saw the guy in the trench coat.

So, who is this guy? - That's just it, I don't know, I, I can't see his face.

Taylor, you banged the crap out of your head in that hotel room.

You know, concussions can cause memory loss, memory regression,

all kinds of stuff, you know this. - That's just it, it's not my memory.

He had a newspaper dated March 21st, 1971, in his car.

Okay, so why is this guy walking around with an old newspaper?

It wasn't old at the time. - Let me get this straight.

You're telling me you're seeing things that happened a year prior to your birth.

Why are you treating this so seriously?

Just humor me, will you? Test the powder.

Tulane University's Masters thesis. "Dreaming with the Dead",William Terrel.

Part of an ancient worldwide religion, red ocher was used as a body dye by man

and his ancestors for almost two million years.

As a geneticist, I intend on traveling to Brazil.

Amazonian Indians are the last to practice this once universal ceremony.

Covered in red ocher, they are branded with a symbol before they ingest sacred powder.

As they claim to see through the eyes of their dead ancestors.

You should have discovered here, is that we're not really drawing this scene at all.

But merely trying to capture the light it's giving off.

The object is always an illusion. Okay? We'll continue this next week.

Stephanie Jacobs? - What can I do for you?

My name is Taylor Briggs. Hi.

I'm interested in buying one of your paintings. - You buy a lot of art,

Taylor Briggs? - Only the good stuff.

Great work this week. Do you buy hot chocolate?

I graduated Med School 10 years ago. - So, go on.

And then I decided, I didn't want to be a doctor, at all.

You sound more confused than I am. - Well, I knew I didn't want to work

for the HMOs or the insurance companies, because they don't give two shits

about helping people. And I finished my residency and became a researcher.

What do you research? - Alzheimer's Syndrome.