Rolling Stone - Pilot
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
John C. McGinley .... Dean Alan Smalling
George MacKay .... Mick Jagger
Lucas Pittaway .... Keith Richards
Rhys Coiro .... Sonny Barger
Jeremy Davies .... Sam Cutler
Grey Damon .... Gram Parsons
Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... Rock Scully
Gethin Anthony .... Marty Balin

Plot: December 1969. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is a professor of journalism at University of California - Berkeley, ground zero of the Bay Area subculture movement. Brady is a popular teacher around campus due to his laid back style and relative young age. He is especially popular with the female students.

Brady is secretly dating one of his students, Celeste (Aimee Teegarden), since the beginning of the semester. Together they go to a King Crimson concert at the Fillmore West. They drink and smoke weed with other concert-goers in the crowd. Things slow down when the band begins playing "Moonchild", Brady and Celeste passionately embrace as they dance together, the rest of the crowd seemingly fading away.

Brady drives Celeste back to her campus dorm building. She invites him inside and they have sex before falling asleep. They awake in the morning to pounding at the door, Celeste opens it up to see campus security, who then escort Brady out of the building and into the office of Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley). Smalling berates Brady for having relations with his students before firing him and telling him to pack up his office immediately.

Unsure of what to do with his career next, Brady heads to a bar near campus to drink away his sorrows. As he drinks, he starts flipping through the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, which somebody has left behind at the bar. As he flips through the pages, something stops him in his tracks. He recognizes the name of the publisher Jann Wenner as a former student of his.

Brady heads straight to the Rolling Stone magazine offices on Brannan Street in San Francisco. He walks in like he knows where he's going until he is stopped by Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt), the office manager. He tells her that he is there to see Jann Wenner, but doesn't have an appointment. He gives her his name and asks her if she'll tell Jann that he's there. A few moments later, co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman), walks out of his office, surprised to see Brady there.

Brady and Jann catch up in his office with standard chit-chat for a few moments before Brady finally gets up his nerve and asks Jann for a job. Jann is caught off guard by this development. Jann tells him that he has a job that Brady can prove himself with, covering the Altamont Free Concert that Saturday at the Altamont Speedway and featuring Santana; Jefferson Airplane; The Flying Burrito Brothers; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; the Grateful Dead and most importantly The Rolling Stones. Brady comments that it's a pretty short-notice assignment. Jann tells him that Lester Bangs was supposed to cover the event, but had to drop out to head out to Detroit for undisclosed reasons. Jann tells him that if Brady can write an article that will impress he may have a regular gig on the staff for him. Jann tells Brady to grab his press credentials from Kylee.

Mick Jagger (George MacKay) and Keith Richards (Lucas Pittaway) leave the stage after a concert of their band, the Rolling Stones, and they are ushered into a car to the airport by their road manager Sam Cutler (Jeremy Davies). He tells them that they are on their way to San Francisco to play a free concert. Jagger is confused about why the concert is going to be free, and Cutler tells them that there has been a great deal of media criticism regarding the ticket prices for their American tour, so they're going to end it all with a big free performance.

On the day of the show, Brady invites Celeste to tag along, but she declines since she has some final reports to finish up that weekend. When Brady gets to the Altamont Speedway, the place is already packed with around 300,000 raucous fans. Brady takes his place next to the stage and notices the presence of dozens of intimidating bikers from the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels, led by Sonny Barger (Rhys Coiro). They sit at the edge of the stage double-fisting beers, their payment for protecting the stage.

When the show begins, Santana gives a smooth opening performance. By the end of their set, Brady notices that the Hells Angels running security are beginning to get loud and are clearly all drunk. The next band up is Jefferson Airplane led by their lead singer Marty Balin (Gethin Anthony). The crowd gets into the performance and, in an effort to get closer to the stage, topple over one of the Angels' motorcycles. Balin hops off the stage to try to sort things out during a guitar solo, and is hit in the head by one of the bikers with a beer bottle, knocking him unconscious. The band gets up and leaves, while some roadies help Balin up off the ground and bring him back stage. When the Grateful Dead's road manager, Rock Scully (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), hears about what happened to Marty Balin, he announces that his band will not go out and perform for such a violent crowd and begins having people pack up the band's gear.

The crowd begins to calm down as the next band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, led by Gram Parsons (Grey Damon), lay their country-rock stylings on the crowd. The women soon over Parsons, but many in the crowd are more mellow, and the whole set goes down without any violent acts from the crowd or the Angels. Brady, notepad, in hand takes notes on the audience response to the band, a personal favorite of his.

There is a lengthy break between the end of The Flying Burrito Brothers' set before the Rolling Stones are due to hit the stage. Brady observes back stage, as the other bands are already having trucks loaded up with their gear, eager to leave the premises as soon as possible. Parsons offers Brady half a joint before he hops in a van that takes him away from the venue.

The Rolling Stones finally take the stage as Brady finishes off Parsons' joint. They open with "Jumpin' Jack Flash" to rabid applause. Brady finds a spot at the front of the stage near the Hells Angels to get a better view of the band as they begin to play "Sympathy for the Devil". One of the Angels begins shoving up toward the crowd as he struggles to the behemoth biker his press pass. Sonny Barger pulls the other biker off of Brady when he notices the credentials. Suddenly a fight breaks out in the crowd at the foot of the stage. Brady watches as the Angels descend upon the chaos with fists of fury, dispatching and dragging off the fighting fans.

The show continues without incident until during "Under My Thumb" when a group of fans try to storm the stage. One of the fans makes it pretty close to the stage, clearly drugged out of his mind. One of the Angels grabs the fan by the head, punches him, and throws him back into the crowd. Undeterred, the same fan tries charging the stage again with a crazed look in his eyes. He draws a revolver from his jacket. Barger, seeing him draw the gun, pulls out a knife and stabs the fan several times until he drops the gun and collapses. Other Angels converge around the fan and begin stomping on him. Mick Jagger stops mid-song after noticing the scuffle and the stomping. Into the mic, Jagger asks if there's a doctor nearby. They take a short break.

Brady listens in as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards debate whether or not to continue the show. Richards suggests that the crowd may get even more unruly if they cut the show short and may degenerate into a full-scale riot. Brady watches as the lifeless body of the fan is dragged away from the crowd by medical staff. The Rolling Stones resume their set, and the crowd having been scared into submission for the most part, behaves themselves until a naked woman attempts to climb onto the stage past the drunken Hells Angels. The absurdity makes Jagger start laughing during "Gimme Shelter". Brady follows the medical staff to the side of the stage where the attempt to take the vitals of the dead fan. After the show, Brady heads straight to Celeste's dorm to see her. She asks how the concert was, but Brady doesn't want to talk about it.

Brady turns in his write-up of the concert to Jann at the Rolling Stone offices. Jann reads it aloud in the conference room to co-founder and consulting editor Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) and writer and senior editor Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) while Brady waits out in the reception area. Jann finally comes out of the office and tells Brady they all loved the article and offers him a staff writer position with the magazine, which Brady accepts.

 Rolling Stone - Burning of the Midnight Lamp
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
Stephen Dorff .... Hunter S. Thompson
Andre Holland .... Jimi Hendrix
Mark McKinney .... Joseph Kelly
Daniel Gillies .... John O'Driscoll
Sergio Di Zio .... Marvin Wilson
Claire Holt .... Sharon Lawrence
Ben Bass .... Crown Attorney
Tricia Helfer .... Estelle

Plot: December, 1969. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is in bed with his girlfriend Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) sharing a joint when the phone rings. It's Rolling Stone Magazine office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt), who asks him to come into the office for a meeting with the publishers to discuss an assignment. Brady starts to get up out of the bed, but Celeste pulls him back down. They have sex and finish their joint.

Brady finally makes his way out of bed and heads out of his apartment and to the Rolling Stone offices. In the parking lot, he notices a Cadillac convertible is taking up three parking spots. As he walks past it, he notices that the floor of the car is littered with cigarette butts and beer bottles. When he enters the offices he finds a man (Stephen Dorff) asleep on a couch in the lobby, cigarette hanging from his mouth. Brady asks Kylee who the man is, and she tells him that's Hunter S. Thompson, another writer for the magazine. Kylee then leads Brady to the conference room, where publishers Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) and Ralph Gleeson (James Urbaniak) are waiting for him along with editor Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler). Jann asks Brady if he likes cold weather. Brady, confused, asks why. They tell him that Jimi Hendrix's trial for drug possession is about to begin the next day up in Toronto. Brady asks about the short notice, and he is told that the original writer for the piece, Hunter S. Thompson, had some "passport issues" and will be unable to make the trip up to the Great White North to cover the trial. Brady, confused, says he thought you don't need a passport to go to Canada, but Jann simply tells him it's a complicated situation.

Brady catches a Pan Am flight out of San Francisco to Toronto. When he gets off the plane he finds himself in a blizzard. He takes a cab to a hotel and unpacks his bag. He makes a phone call to Celeste back home. He tells her he made it there safely, but that he can't talk long because of the cost. Brady then heads down to the hotel bar and orders a drink. He is approached by a prostitute, Estelle (Tricia Helfer), who asks if he wants to go back up to his room for some fun. He says he's in a relationship, but offers to buy her a drink. He asks her about what the locals think about Jimi Hendrix's trial. She tells him that it's honestly not a big news item there, just another in a long line of famous Americans getting busted for drugs. She does say though that they probably would have gone easier on the charges and just confiscated and fined him if he wasn't a notable person. He pulls out his notebook and starts taking some notes. Estelle inquires about the notebook, and Brady tells her that he's a journalist covering the trial for Rolling Stone Magazine. He catches a glimpse of the time and tells her that he has to get upstairs and get some sleep before the trial starts in the morning. She tells him that maybe she'll see him there the next night.

In the morning, Brady heads down to the courthouse. When he arrives in the courtroom, it's mostly empty aside from Judge Joseph Kelly (Mark McKinney) and the Crown attorney (Ben Bass). A bailiff tells Brady that the trial time was pushed a bit to 10am, but that he's more than welcome to take a seat and wait. At 10am, Jimi Hendrix (Andre Holland) enters the courtroom with big shot Toronto defense attorney John O'Driscoll (Daniel Gillies). Judge Kelly asks for someone to check to see what's taking the jury so long as they have not arrived yet. During the wait, Brady observes O'Driscoll and Hendrix having a hushed conversation. By the time the jury arrives, the judge announces that it is unfortunately already time for the scheduled 20 minute recess. Brady exits the courtroom and gets a cup of coffee during the recess.

When the trial finally gets underway, the Crown calls Customs Officer Marvin Wilson (Sergio Di Zio) to the stand. Hendrix's arrest took place at his customs counter at the airport. He tells the court that he had seized a small glass jar that was laying on top of toiletries and noticed 4 cellophane packets of white powder he guessed to be narcotics. He asked Hendrix what it was, but Hendrix said he didn't know and that somebody must have put whatever it is in his bag. He then notified his supervisor and Hendrix went to meet with the supervisor. The Crown thanks Wilson for his testimony and excuses him from the stand.

Later in the long day, Hendrix finally takes the stand. He tells the court how generous his fans are and that he is constantly receiving gifts from them, so much so that he is usually too busy to look at them in the moment and he just tosses them in his bags. O'Driscoll asks him if fans have ever given him drugs, like the heroin found in his bag. Hendrix says he is often given dope but he just throws it away. Judge Kelly thanks everyone for their time and dismisses the court for the day, with testimonies to resume in the morning.

Brady heads back to the hotel where he runs into Estella in the bar again. Together they get drunk at the bar and end up going back up to Brady's hotel room. She tells him that she's not familiar with Jimi Hendrix's music, so he plays Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" album for her. She pulls out some cocaine and asks Brady if he'd like some. He partakes, and they end up having sex to "Voodoo Child". In the morning, Brady asks Estella how much he owes her. She tells him it was a freebie as she gets dressed and leaves.

On day two of the trial, the courthouse is packed. Hendrix takes the stand to start the day. He tells the court that the night before he had initially flown into Toronto, he had a concert in Detroit. He had mentioned to someone that he wasn't feeling well and a girl had handed him the small glass jar the customs officer found. He assumed it was medicine and tossed it in his bags before the show. He then flew into Toronto the next morning. The Crown cross-examines him to find flaws in his story. He is questioned about his drug use. After a brief recess, a conservative young woman named Sharon Lawrence (Claire Holt) is called to the stand. She's a writer who had interviewed Hendrix right before he flew to Canada. Her story matches Hendrix's exactly, much to the annoyance of the Crown attorney.

When the time comes for closing arguments, O'Driscoll addresses the jury, stating that in order for someone to be charged with possession of a narcotic there has to be knowledge of, and based on the testimony of Hendrix and Lawrence, there was a plausible doubt that Hendrix knew what he was carrying. And if there is any doubt, O'Driscoll tells the jury, you cannot convict a person. People wait at the courthouse for eight hours for the jury to come back with their verdict of not guilty.

Brady has to quickly head back to the hotel to pack his bag and get to the airport to catch his flight back to San Francisco. He writes out the article on the long flight by hand. When the plane lands, Brady decides to head straight to the Rolling Stones office to type up his article and turn it in. When he gets to the office, he finds Hunter S. Thompson in the same spot on the couch, once again with a cigarette in his mouth. Brady wonders aloud if Thompson has even moved in the time he was gone. Hunter, eyes still closed, mutters that he had to go on a beer run yesterday, before turning on his side and falling back asleep.

 Rolling Stone - Cumberland Blues
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
John C. McGinley .... Dean Alan Smalling
Dora Madison Burge .... Lexi Davenport
Ned Bellamy .... Ken Kesey
Dan Fogler .... Wavy Gravy
Maria Thayer .... Mary Jane

Plot: January, 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) enters the office of Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Jann tells Brady that he has decided to make his article covering the disaster that was the Altamont Free Concert the cover story for the latest issue of the magazine. Brady thanks him for his confidence in his work before heading out into the lobby. Office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) gives him a check on his way out the door, telling him it is a bonus for his article being made the cover story.

Elated, Brady decides to head down to Berkley to pick up Celeste after class and take her out to lunch. While he waits outside for the class to end, Brady runs into the man who fired him from the university, Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley). Smalling is wondering what Brady is doing on campus, and Brady tells him he's waiting for someone. Smalling inquires what Brady is up to these days, and Brady tells him he's writing for a magazine. Smalling wishes Brady well and walks away. A few moments later, campus security approaches Brady and tells him he can't be loitering on campus. Brady tells them he's waiting for his girlfriend and that her class is just about to get out. They ask to see some identification, but Brady insulted, refuses. He tells them that until recently he was a professor there, but they don't believe him and ask him to keep moving or they'll be forced to call the police. Brady starts yelling at them to go ahead and call the cops, that he has every right to be there. Just then, Celeste exits a building and sees the commotion. Brady points her out to the security and walks over to them. They walk away from the building and Brady gives the security offers the finger.

Brady and Celeste eat lunch and drink coffee at a local cafe. A folk singer, Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge), plays for the customers eating and conversing. After their meal, Celeste tells Brady that she has to head back to campus for a lecture and gets up and leaves. Brady watches Lexi's performance as he sips his coffee at a counter at the cafe. When Lexi finishes her set, she sits down next to Brady and orders a cup of coffee herself. Brady tells her he liked her music. She thanks him and gives him a flier to see her play at a local folk club the next week. Brady thanks her and leaves. In the lecture hall, Celeste and the other students wait for the professor to arrive. She overhears two students talking about how some former professor was kicked off campus earlier for stalking some girl. Celeste, embarrassed, slumps down in her seat.

Brady heads into the Rolling Stone offices, finding it mostly empty. One of the editors, Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak), greets him and asks if he wants an assignment since no one else is around. Brady shrugs and says why not. Gleason tells him to head to Oregon to do a story on a hippie compound up there. Apparently lots of notable counter culture figures have been hanging out up there, but information has been vague so far. Gleason gives him a plane ticket and tells him to get going. Brady trades in the plane ticket for two bus tickets and heads down to Berkley. He surprises Celeste on her way out of class and asks her if she wants to go on a one of a kind date. Since it's the weekend, she agrees, and they head to the bus station. They ride the bus from San Francisco to Eugene, Oregon. From the bus station they hitchhike to a farm outside of town. When they get there they find a communal farm and are greeted by Wavy Gravy (Dan Fogler), a hippie clown. Wavy welcomes them and shows them around the farm where people live, love and work together as one. They meet Mary Jane (Maria Thayer), who takes an immediate liking to Brady, much to Celeste's annoyance. Finally, at the end of the tour they meet the owner of the farm, Ken Kesey (Ned Bellamy). Kesey inquires about Brady's notebook sticking out of his pocket and asks if he's a writer. Brady says he is, but does not mention working for Rolling Stone. Celeste tells Kesey that until recently Brady taught journalism at UC Berkley, but Brady doesn't want her telling people about it. Kesey tells him there is no judgment here, and invites them to a party that evening.

That evening, everyone dances around a camp fire next to Kesey famed bus, Further. Some of the hippies take turns going into the bus to have sex. Wavy entertains the people sitting around the fire by blowing bubbles. Mary Jane starts dancing on Brady. Celeste interrupts her, and says she's dating Brady. Mary Jane says that's okay, that she's dating Wavy and a few other guys at that. She asks Celeste to stick her tongue out. Mary Jane then places an acid tab on Celeste's tongue, before giving her a kiss. She then does the same thing for Brady. Mary Jane, Brady and Celeste retire onto the bus where they all have sex together.

In the morning, Brady wakes up with Celeste and Mary Jane on either side of him. He carefully gets up, trying not to wake them and exits the bus and finds Kesey reading his notebook. Brady freezes. Kesey says Brady should have told him he wrote for Rolling Stone Magazine. Brady apologizes, but Kesey says it's alright and that he's a fan of the publication, especially the latest issue and article on the tragic events at Altamont. Brady confesses that he wrote that article. Kesey is impressed and offers Brady some coffee. Kesey asks Brady if journalism is always what Brady wanted to be doing, but Brady says no. He always wanted to write poetry, but his family convinced him to get into journalism instead so that he could actually make a living, as they said.

When Brady and Celeste get back to San Francisco, Brady takes her back to her dorm building. She thanks him for the weekend trip and kisses him goodbye. Brady then heads over to Rolling Stone and begins typing out his notes. Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) and Jann Wenner read some of the notes while Brady types. They caution him against getting too close to his subjects. They already have one Hunter S. Thompson working for the paper, doing drugs and becoming a part of the story. They don't need another. Jann asks Brady to remove himself from the story and focus on Kesey, rather than his own experiences at the farm. Brady agrees and begins re-writing his article.

 Rolling Stone - Open the Door to Your Heart
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
Dora Madison Burge .... Lexi Davenport
Katherine McNamara .... Kira

Plot: February 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is at the cafe watching Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge) perform again. The crowd at the cafe is bigger than last time as Lexi is clearly getting more of a local following. After her performance she gets a coffee and recognizes Brady from before. She asks if she can join him, and he says sure. While they drink their coffee they discuss music and bond over their love of Neil Young's music. She tells him that she's his biggest fan. She then starts talking about a Grateful Dead show she recently went to, and Brady tells her that he and his girlfriend went to the same show. Lexi asks if that girl he was at the cafe with previously is his girlfriend, and Brady confirms it. She says that's too bad before getting up and leaving the cafe.

Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) is invited to a party by some of her classmates. She really wants to go, but she already had made plans with Brady. She tells them she doesn't think she can go, but thanks them for the invite. She then meets Brady outside of the cafe. She tells him about the party invitation, and Brady encourages her to go have fun with her classmates, saying that she doesn't need to spend all of her time with him. He can always get some work done. Celeste gives Brady a kiss and goes to meet up with her classmates.

Brady heads into the Rolling Stone offices where he is greeted by the office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) as she is on her way out for the day. She invites him out for drinks that night and gives him the name of the bar. Brdy thanks her and tells her that he'll meet her there. The office is mostly empty at the time aside from Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Jann is excited to see him and asks him to step into his office. Jann asks Brady if he's familiar with the singer Darrell Banks. Brady asks if that is the guy who sings "Open the Door to Your Heart", which Jann confirms and then explains that the singer was shot and killed by a cop in Detroit who had been sleeping with Banks' girlfriend at the time. Jann says it's a whole big can of worms, but since Banks is so revered in the northern soul community there should probably be an article covering his death in the magazine. Brady asks when his flight to Detroit is, and Jann tells him he won't be flying anywhere for this one. Since it's not a super high-profile story, there simply isn't room in the budget for him to fly out for all the nitty-gritty. He'll have to hit the phones and look over reports that have already been published and put the piece together that way.

Brady meets up with Kylee and Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) at a nearby bar. A lousy cover band is playing. Brady enjoys having drinks with his new co-workers and getting to know them. Ben tells Brady that he's been trying to get into being a radio disc jockey, but hasn't found a station to bite yet. Brady says that'd be cool, and Kylee says that he better not play anything like the band at the bar.

Meanwhile, Celeste is at a frat party with her classmates. She does a bunch of shots and plays drinking games. A guy hits on her and they start making out. Celeste stops him for a moment as if her conscience is getting to her, but then she continues making out with the guy.

In the morning, Brady calls the Detroit Police Department to get an official statement from them and tries to fish for extra details to no avail. Brady struggles with the article, so he goes to see Celeste at her dorm. When he knocks at the door, Celeste's roommate Kira (Katherine McNamara) tells Brady that she hasn't been around all morning. Brady finds that odd so he goes for a walk around campus. He takes a seat on a bench near the dorm when he sees Celeste walking by. He catches her attention, but she is shocked to see him. He asks her where she's been, and she tells him that she was just out getting breakfast. Brady tells her that he was looking for her since he is having trouble writing the Darrell Banks article. She apologizes and tells him that she has to get ready for a class.

Brady decides to head into the office and just grind the article out and just type everything out and figure out the rest from there. He writes and re-writes all day long. He makes a few more phone calls to get information for the article. He is never completely happy with it, but he understands that he just has to get used to traditional journalism again. He turns the article into one of the editors, Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak). Gleason looks it over and refers to it as very factual. Brady gives him a nod and starts to walk away, when Gleason stops him and asks him what it feels like to be a regular journalist again. Brady says it's not bad.

 Rolling Stone - Under My Thumb
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
Stephen Dorff .... Hunter S. Thompson
Ebon Moss-Bachrach .... Rock Scully
Lily-Rose Depp .... Patty Bredehoft
David Meunier .... Alan Passano

Plot: March 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is in the Rolling Stone offices touching up his article on Darrell Banks when he is called into an office by Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Wenner asks him if he wants to do a bit of a follow up to his Altamont article. Brady wonders what Wenner has in mind. Wenner tells him that one of the Hells Angels was just acquitted on the grounds of self-defense for the stabbing of one Meredith Hunter. Conroy recognizes the name as the one of the young man who he saw rush the stage with a gun during the Rolling Stones' set that day. Brady agrees to work on the article, but it not exactly sure what else he could possibly add to his recounts of the event.

Brady looks over copious amounts of notes and articles on the event from other publications. He takes a look at the mugshot of the Hells Angels biker and decides that he can start by meeting with him. Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) gives Brady a tip on how to reach out to the biker. He tells him that Hunter S. Thompson is pretty tight with those rough types and that maybe he'd be willing to give an introduction.

Brady finds Thompson (Stephen Dorff) at a strip club and asks him if he knows the biker who was acquitted. Thompson thinks he knows where he hangs out and offers to show him where. Thompson insists on driving Brady's car, which he drives on the wrong side of the road while wearing sunglasses at night. Brady holds on for dear life and Thompson screeches the car to a stop in front of beat-down house on the outskirts of San Francisco. They head inside the house where a party is currently going on. Brady sticks out like a sore thumb among the rowdy bikers in the house. Thompson takes Brady through to the back patio where the man they are looking for is hanging out. Thompson introduces Brady to Alan Passano (David Meunier). Brady tells him that he is with Rolling Stone magazine, but Thompson urges him to shut up and pulls out a joint. Thompson, Brady and Passano smoke weed on the back porch, when finally Passano acknowledges that Brady clearly wants to hear his side of that day at the Altamont Free Concert. Passano tells him that it's simple: he saw a gun, so he attacked. He wouldn't change the way he reacted at all. The bands had asked them to protect the stage, so he was just protecting himself and others, and clearly the jury agreed.

After hearing from Passano, Brady tries getting a hold of Meredith Hunter's girlfriend who was with him at the concert, but she refuses to meet with him for an interview. Brady then finds out that the girl, Patty Bredehoft, goes to UC Berkeley. He then goes to see Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) and asks her if she can ask around for Patty and try to set something up. Celeste agrees to help, and finally tracks Patty (Lily-Rose Depp) down in the campus library. Celeste works at befriending Patty. Celeste invites Patty to get some food, which she accepts. They head to a diner where Brady is waiting. Patty is angry that Celeste tricked her, but decides to sit down with Brady anyways. She tells him that Meredith was out of his mind on drugs that day. He was way worse than she'd ever seen him before. She tried to talk him into leaving, but he was crazed. Celeste asks Patty if she knew Meredith had a gun, impressing Brady. She says he always had a gun on him since he sold weed on campus and didn't want anyone giving him a hard time.

Brady heads over to the Rolling Stone offices to start typing up what he has so far. When he enters he sees Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) and Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) talking with a man he vaguely recognizes, but can't quite place. Kylee introduces him as Grateful Dead road manager Rock Scully (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). Brady then remembers seeing Scully at the Altamont Free Concert. He asks Scully if he can ask him about what he remembers regarding the death of Meredith Hunter. Scully recounts seeing Hunter near the front of the stage during the show, looking crazy and drugged out, and looking like he had murderous intent. There is no doubt in his mind that Meredith Hunter intended to do serious harm to somebody that day, maybe to Mick or another Rolling Stone, or somebody else on that stage. He is very glad that the Hells Angels were able to stop him before he was able to hurt someone else. Brady thanks Scully for his time and rushes to a typewriter. Scully then asks Kylee who the hell Brady is. She tells him that he was the one who covered the Altamont Free Concert for the magazine. Scully shrugs and asks Kylee if she wants to grab a drink.

 Rolling Stone - Safe As Milk
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
Stephan Jenkins .... Don Van Vliet / Captain Beefheart

Plot: April 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) lays in his bed with Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) curled up next to him. She wants to dicuss their relationship, but he just wants them to just keep doing what they've been doing since it has been working so far. She gets frustrated with him and gets out of bed. He tells her he doesn't understand what she wants, which only frustrates her more. She throws her clothes on and storms out of the apartment. Brady gets up lights a cigarette and starts looking for a record to play. He gets angry and throws several records against the wall.

In the morning, Brady heads down to the Rolling Stone offices to see about any assignments. He talks to Kyle Hargrove (Alicia Witt) while he waits for Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) to get out of an editors meeting with Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) and Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak). When the meeting is over, Kylee tells Brady to head on into the conference room. He sits down, and they ask him if he's familiar with Captain Beefheart. Brady says he's heard of him, but admits that he isn't super familiar with his music. Wenner says that's good. Most of the magazine's other writers are too biased in one way or the other for him to comfortably give them the assignment of a feature on the musician. Brady nods in agreement. Gleason mentions that there are some ready materials and copies of Beefheart's records up front with Kylee. Wenner mentions that he has arranged for a sit down with Beefheart as well at the musician's house outside of Los Angeles.

That night, Brady sits in his apartment and plays Captain Beefheart's most recent album, Trout Mask Replica. He is thrown by the combination of styles found in the music. He can tell the talent is clearly there in the music, but that it is too unrestrained. His phone starts ringing, and Brady stops the music to answer it. It's Celeste asking what he's up to. He tells her that he's reviewing material for an article. She says that she's sorry about the night before. He tells her he's sorry as well. They make plans to grab some lunch when he comes back from his interview with Captain Beefheart.

The next day, Brady drives down to Los Angeles and finds Captain Beefheart's house in the San Fernando Valley. The house is tiny and run-down. Brady knocks on the door, but there's no answer. Just incoherent yelling coming from inside. Brady opens the door and calls out that he's from Rolling Stone Magazine and he's there to interview Captain Beefheart. A man comes out of the kitchen holding a large knife and introduces himself as Don Van Vliet (Stephan Jenkins), but the few who listen to his music generally just call him Captain Beefheart, Captain or simply Beefheart. The inside of the house is very bare bones. Clearly Captain Beefheart is living in squalor. There's only one chair in the living room, which Beefheart sits in himself without drawing any attention to the lack of other chairs. Brady uncomfortably sits down on a wooden crate that nearly buckles under the weight of a human being.

Brady takes vigorous notes as Captain Beefheart goes on various nonsensical rants about the record companies. He finally starts talking about how the record companies have never understood his music. They call it noncommercial or weird. They asked him to sing more clearly or switch to a poppier sound. They said his records don't sell. Captain Beefheart tells Brady that none of that bothers him much. People will catch up. His music is just ahead of the times, it comes from the future.

After the interview, Brady drives back up to San Franciso. He's not really sure what to think of Captain Beefheart. Once he's in the city he picks up Celeste and they go to a very late lunch. She says he's late, and he tells her that he just had a very confusing interview and lost track of time. They eat a burger place and Brady tells her that Captain Beefheart is clearly a genius, but he is also a complete nutjob who clearly needs psychiatric attention.
Brady heads to the Rolling Stone offices to get some work done. Wenner is the only one in the building, polishing up the next issue's editorial. Wenner asks Brady how the interview with Captain Beefheart went, and Brady laughs. He then tells him that it was a struggle to get any concrete information out of him, but he'll do his best to write it all up. Wenner asks Brady if he can do him a favor. Brady says sure. Wenner asks Brady to go a little easy on Beefheart, to stick to the facts and the music, and leave the rest out of it. Brady agrees.

 Rolling Stone - Backlash Blues
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
James Urbaniak .... Ralph J. Gleason
Ross Butler .... Ben Fong-Torres
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
Dora Madison Burge .... Lexi Davenport
John C. McGinley .... Dean Alan Smalling
Katherine McNamara .... Kira

Plot: May 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is at the Rolling Stone offices talking to Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) when they both hear murmurs around the office of a planned Vietnam War protest at the campus of UC Berkeley set for the next dar. Kylee asks Brady what he thinks about the protest since he used to work at the university. He tells her that he has mixed feelings on the matter in general. He isn't a fan of the war itself, but he doesn't think that protesting is the best use of the young students' time. They should be focused on their education and gaining life experience rather than worry about things out of their control. Kylee agrees with his take, but Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) objects to Brady's opinion, saying that the students are trying to draw awareness to their cause. Brady says that if they really want to change things, they need to use the system and change it from within, not simply object to the system. Brady and Ben continue to argue, with Kylee trying to stop them. Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) comes out of his office to see what all the commotion is about. When he is told they're arguing about the planned war protest, he tells them to focus on their work and leave their petty arguing out of the office.

Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) and her roommate Kira (Katherine McNamara) are discussing their love lives, when Kira asks Celeste how things are going with her and Brady. Celeste says things are okay, but that he's been distant since getting his new job. Celeste then changes the subject to the upcoming protest on campus, asking Kira if she's planning on going. Kira is going since she is still angry that her older brother was drafted into the war. Celeste asks if Kira's brother died, and she says that he he's fine and is actually going to be at the protest, but that he very well could have died. Her brother was luckier than most. They leave their dorm to head to class. The energy on campus is more dour than usual, and some are already preparing for the protest the next day.

Brady, still fuming over the argument at the office, goes to the cafe where Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge) is once again playing. After her set, Lexi sits down next to Brady and says she hasn't seen him in a while. She asks him what he's been up to, and he says that he's been around, just working. She asks him what he does, and he tells her that he is a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. She's impressed, and pulls the most recent issue out of her bag. She starts scanning through the magazine for his name, when she finds the article he wrote about Captain Beefheart. She points to the article and asks if he wrote it. He confirms that he wrote the article. She asks him to a party that night. He reminds her that he has a girlfriend, but she says that it doesn't bother her. She writes down an address on a napkin and leaves the cafe.

Brady sits in his car in front of a house party staring at the napkin Lexi gave him. He prepares to drive away when there's a knock at his window. It's Lexi. She's excited to see him and practically drags him inside. The party is in full swing by the time they walk in. People are dancing, smoking weed, drinking, and having an overall good time. Lexi introduces him around to her friends. Lexi drags Brady out to the dance floor and they dance to a song. They end up kissing after the dance. Brady tells her that he has to get up early in the morning, so he has to leave. Lexi asks if he wants company. Brady is hesitant, but agrees. They head back to Brady's apartment where they have sex. Afterwards they lay in bed smoking a joint. She tells him that she's working on preparing an album and asks if he can give her notes some time on her music. He tells her he'd love to.

In the morning, Lexi wakes Brady up and tells him that she has to go. He gets up out of bed and decides to head over to UC Berkeley to check out the protest. When he gets there things are peaceful for the most part, although many are starting to get loud. Brady is looking for Celeste, but can't find her in the ever-growing crowd. Suddenly, some of the protesters begin throwing rocks at the windows of the administration office. Brady soon runs into Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley) who tells him that the police are on their way, so if Brady wants to avoid being lumped in with the trouble makers, he should probably leave the area. Brady thanks Smalling for the advice, but decides to stick around to see what happens.

As the day goes on, the protest gets more rowdy. The police have arrived by now and are preparing their riot gear. Brady finally finds Celeste and suggests they leave. She doesn't want to leave as she thinks the protest is important. Some of the protesters start throwing rocks at the police. The police in turn throw tear gas into the crowd. In the ensuing chaos, Celeste and Brady are separated. Brady is hit several times by the police, even though he isn't causing trouble. Angered by this, Brady takes the officer's club from him and hits him in the head with it, knocking him to the ground. Brady then takes off running, but ends up being arrested for his part in the protest, and further beaten by the officer. Brady ends up being knocked unconscious in the beating. Brady wakes up to the sounds of a jail cell being opened. When he looks up he sees Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) telling the officers that it was all a simple misunderstanding and that Brady was merely at the protest to cover it for the magazine. The officers tell Wenner to keep Brady in line, and Wenner agrees to, thanking the officers for being so understanding. Outside of the police station, Wenner tells Brady that he owes him. Brady nods and starts walking home.

 Rolling Stone - Baby I'm-a Want You
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
Frances Conroy .... Colleen Conroy
Dan Fogler .... Wavy Gravy

Plot: June 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) and Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) are out for a nice dinner in downtown San Francisco. Celeste asks if they can finally take a minute to talk about their relationship. Brady isn't fond of the idea, but he finally relents. Celeste asks Brady if he is ever going to want to marry her. Brady tells her that he's already been married once before and he isn't particularly interested in going down that road again, no matter how much he likes being with Celeste. Celeste is shocked that Brady has never mentioned being married before to her. He says that he felt it wasn't really relevant information. Celeste gets frustrated with Brady's lack of commitment to her and leaves the restaurant. Brady asks the waitress for another drink.

Brady heads back home to his apartment. The phone is ringing as he enters. He answers the phone and it's his mother Colleen Conroy (Frances Conroy) on the other end. She excitedly tells him that his brother Jimmy is going to be released early from prison in a month. Brady isn't as enthused as his mother, but she reminds him that he had previously promised to pick him up from prison upon his release. She gives him Jimmy's release date, and then quickly segues the conversation into asking Brady if he's ever going to get married again. Brady tells her that he has no such plans. Colleen is disappointed since she was hoping that she would be a grandmother by now. Brady assures his mother that he'll pick Jimmy up from prison when he's released. She thanks him and hangs up.

Brady heads into the Rolling Stone offices. The office is empty aside from Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) and Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Kylee is reading magazines at the reception desk, while Wenner is doing some editing in his office. Brady asks Kylee if there are any assignments, but she isn't sure and calls out for Wenner, who emerges from his office. He tells Brady that his pal Wavy Gravy, who Brady had met at Ken Kesey's farm has just been flown into the city for back surgery. Brady is surprised that Wavy Gravy's surgery is considered news worthy, but Wenner tells him about how Wavy Gravy has been touring universities on a so-called "good vibe" mission. Wenner tells him what hospital Wavy Gravy is at and tells him to go catch up with the hippie clown.

Brady goes to the hospital and shows the nurses his press credentials and asks to see Wavy Gravy. One of the nurses leads Brady to Wavy Gravy's room, where the clown is as jovial as ever, even in the hospital and without the makeup. Brady re-introduces himself to Wavy Gravy, but he remembers Brady, saying he never forgets a journalist. Brady asks how he's doing. Wavy tells him that things are pretty damn good all things considered. Wavy mentions that he recently got out of jail, which surprises Brady since he's such a friendly character. Wavy explains that he was recently in Boston on his mission to spread good vibes and the cops were out to get him in and his gang of friends on tour with him. The cops started tearing the bus apart, so Wavy and his friends started helping the cops search the bus since nobody was carrying anything at that point. They then searched their hotel room and claimed to have discovered some marijuana, but it was certainly planted. Wavy says the charges were quickly dropped and now that he's getting his back surgery, he can hopefully get back to his passion project of setting up a series of large cooperative farms across the country. After the interview, Wavy Gravy and Brady smoke a joint next to the window in the hospital room.

Brady, still high from smoking with Wavy Gravy, knocks on the door of Celeste's dorm room. She answers and begrudgingly lets him in. She is in the midst of packing up her things since the school year is about to end. She asks what he wants. He gives her a key. She looks at it, confused. He tells her that he wants her to move in with him. He may not want to get married, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to be with her. Plus, it will allow her to stay in San Francisco rather than having to return to Oregon for summer break. Celeste gives Brady a hug. Brady starts loading up Celeste's boxes into his car. He stares at Celeste as as she brings more things out, unsure if he's made the right decision by asking her to move in with him.

 Rolling Stone - Can't Find My Way Home
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
John C. McGinley .... Dean Alan Smalling
Frances Conroy .... Colleen Conroy
Lou Taylor Pucci .... Jimmy Conroy


July 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is still getting used to his girlfriend Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) living with him. He tries to explain away the adjustments he has had to make to himself as him not having lived with anyone for a while, but it is clear that Brady is struggling with have Celeste around 24/7. They sit in bed at night, each reading separately. She groans, saying she feels old reading in bed on a Saturday night. Brady asks her what she wants to do about it, and Celeste responds that she wants to go out and have fun. She's a college student after all. They go out to a local bar where they run into a group of college kids who challenge Brady to a series of drinking games. Brady quickly finds out that he can't keep up with them anymore and excuses himself to the restroom where he throws up in the urinal.

In the morning, Brady and Celeste wake up. Celeste has recovered much quicker than Brady, who is suffering from a massive hangover. Celeste is making french toast for breakfast when the phone rings. She answers it, and tells Brady that his mom is on the phone. When Brady answers, his mother Colleen (Frances Conroy) is very interested in who the woman that answered the phone is. Brady explains that it was his girlfriend. Colleen asks several more questions, but Brady changes the subject and asks why she's calling. She tells him that she is simply calling to remind Brady to pick his brother up from prison the next day. Brady had completely forgotten about it and thanks his mother for reminding him. He asks where the prison is, and she tells him it's the Deuel State Prison in San Joaquin. He's relieved that it's not too far of a drive and assures his mother that he'll drive over tomorrow to pick his brother up.

Brady goes to the UC Berkeley campus with Celeste, who is interested in a poetry workshop going on on campus. While on campus, Brady runs into his former boss, Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley). Brady is prepared to keep walking, but Smalling seems excited to see Brady and asks if they can talk. They sit down on a bench and Smalling tells Brady that he read his article on the incident at the Altamont Free Concert and was very impressed with his work. Brady thanks him for the compliment. Smalling tells Brady that it got him thinking that maybe there may be a role on the UC Berkeley faculty for someone like Brady after all. Brady asks if he is serious, and Smalling assures Brady that he is being genuine. Smalling tells Brady that he has a meeting to get to, but asks Brady to consider coming back as a journalism professor for the next school year. Brady tells him that he'll definitely consider it.

When Celeste gets out of her workshop Brady excitedly tells her about his conversation with Dean Smalling and the possibility of coming back to work at the university. Celeste says that she thought that Brady was enjoying writing for Rolling Stone. Brady says he does enjoy it, but that teaching was his life for a decade and that it's simply hard to move on from something like that. She asks him what he's going to do. Brady says that he told Smalling that he'll consider it, so that's just what he'll do.

The next day Brady drives out east to unincorporated San Joaquin County and to the Deuel State Prison. When he pulls up to the gates he tells the guards that he's there to pick up his brother who is set to be released that day. The guards instruct Brady to go ahead and park his car and they'll escort the inmate out of the building. Not too long later, Brady's brother Jimmy (Lou Taylor Pucci) walks out of the penitentiary. He shields the sun with his hand while looking for Brady. Brady honks his horn, and Jimmy hustles over to the car. Brady gets out and gives his brother a hug. Jimmy tosses his things in the backseat of Brady's car and hops in the passenger seat. Brady asks Jimmy what his plans are now that he's back in the free world. Jimmy tells him that he hadn't really thought about it all that much. Brady asks where he's taking him. Jimmy says that he assumed he would be staying with Brady until he gets back on his feet.

 Rolling Stone - Casey Jones
Genre: Drama / Historical
Executive Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb


Cast:
Josh Hartnett .... Brady Conroy
Karl Glusman .... Jann Wenner
Aimee Teegarden .... Celeste
Alicia Witt .... Kylee Hargrove
John C. McGinley .... Dean Alan Smalling
Lou Taylor Pucci .... Jimmy Conroy

Plot: July 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) and Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) are still having a hard time getting used to living together and this is only being made more difficult by the arrival of Brady's brother Jimmy (Lou Taylor Pucci) from prison. Brady tries to reassure Celeste that it is only temporary and that Jimmy will leave as soon as he gets a job, but his reassurances don't make her feel any better. He tells her that he has something that might make her feel a little better, and presents her with two tickets to an upcoming outdoor Grateful Dead concert. She is not only excited because she loves the band, but she's also excited because Brady only got two tickets, so Jimmy won't be there.

Brady drops by the Rolling Stone offices to drop off an article he wrote. The office is empty aside from the office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) who is doing some clerical work. She tells him to go ahead and drop the article off on Jann Wenner's desk. Kylee asks what's new with him, and he tells her about how his brother cramping things at home since he just got out of prison. Kylee tells him that clearly he's a nicer sibling than she is because if any of her siblings just got out of prison, she wouldn't let them stay with her.

Brady and Celeste are getting ready to leave for the concert, when Jimmy asks them what they're up to. Celeste says they are going out. When Jimmy asks where, Brady tells him that they are going to the Grateful Dead concert. Jimmy laughs, saying what a coincidence, since he's going to the same concert. Celeste is annoyed and leaves the room. Brady asks how Jimmy got money to go to a concert, and Jimmy tells him that a friend owed him money, but didn't have any cash so they gave him a concert ticket instead. Brady offers to give Jimmy a ride to the concert, which only annoys Celeste further.

While they are in the parking lot of the concert, Jimmy offers Brady and Celeste each a beer. They accept, but soon start to feel weird. Brady asks what kind of beer Jimmy gave them, and he tells them he gave them the kind of beer with LSD in it. Brady is angry and asks why he would do something like that. Jimmy simply says that he thought they could use a break from their other issues. As the concert starts, the LSD takes hold of them. Jimmy is enjoying it, dancing and swaying to the music. Brady and Celeste, on the other hand, have never done LSD before and are not nearly as relaxed. Waves of color and sound swirl around them as rain begins to fall on the concert audience. The ground quickly turns to mud, but it doesn't dismay the audience as they dance in the mud. Jimmy paints his face with the mud like a warrior. Brady finally starts relax and lets the stimuli move him, but when he looks next to him he doesn't see Celeste anywhere. He tries to look for her, but the concert is packed.

After the concert, Brady lays on top of his car waiting for Celeste to turn up. Jimmy gets into a VW bus with some other concert goers and gets high with them in the parking lot. Celeste finally shows up. She is angry and covered in mud. She sees Jimmy and begins yelling at him about making everything worse. First, she thought that moving in with Brady would help their relationship, but then Jimmy moved in and it's gotten worse. Then, she was excited to come to the concert, but then Jimmy tagged along and drugged them. She just wanted to enjoy the music, not go on a muddy acid trip. Jimmy is stunned silent. Celeste then gets into the car. Brady tells Celeste that he was looking for her during the show but couldn't find her. She tells him she didn't want to be found.

The next day, Brady goes to the Rolling Stone offices and asks to see Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). He tells Wenner about the job offer from UC Berkeley. Wenner tells him that he will understand if Brady chooses to head back to academic life, but that he's more than welcome to continue writing for the magazine either way. Brady thanks him and tells him he'll let him know what he decides to do.

At UC Berkeley, Brady meets with his old boss Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley) and asks to know more about the plan if he came back as a professor. Smalling tells Brady that he wouldn't necessarily be coming back as a full-time professor. Brady is confused and asks what he means. Smalling officially offers Brady a position as an adjunct professor. He would teach one class per term, but that it wouldn't count toward tenure or anything like that. Brady tells him that he was under the assumption that he would just be getting his former job back. Smalling apologizes for the confusion and tells Brady that he believes him being a part-time professor would benefit not only Brady but also the journalism program at the school.

Brady calls Wenner and tells him that he will stay at the magazine in addition to teaching one class a week at the university. Brady then goes to the same bar he went to after he was fired. He sits down and notices a copy of Rolling Stone at the bar. This time around it is one of his articles that are on the cover.