Rolling Stone - Box of Rain
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb
Based on the Rolling Stone magazine
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aimee Teegarden, Karl Glusman, James Urbaniak, Alicia Witt, Ross Butler Lou Taylor Pucci, Frances Conroy, Stephen Dorff, Dora Madison Burge, Leighton Meester and Blake Jenner
December 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) sits down for Christmas dinner with Celeste (Aimee Teegarden), his brother Jimmy Conroy (Lou Taylor Pucci), and his mother Colleen Conroy (Frances Conroy). Colleen tells her sons that she is glad that they are all able to sit down as a family even after their father passed away. Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge) shows up at the door with a mistletoe over her head. Brady asks his mother if she wants to come to the Rolling Stone Christmas party, but she politely declines. Brady, Jimmy, Celeste and Lexi then all leave for the party.
Brady, Jimmy, Celeste and Lexi enter the Rolling Stone offices unsure of what the expect. They find a fairly traditional office party much to their surprise. Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) greets everyone and gives them all Santa hats to wear around the party. Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) and his wife Jane Wenner (Leighton Meester) are talking to Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) and Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) when they spot Brady and call him over. Brady introduces them to Celeste, who is impressed since she is a long time reader of the magazine. Jane offers to give Celeste a tour around the office while the guys talk. Jane asks Celeste how long she's been with Brady, and she says a while, but there have been some complicated stretches. Jane asks Celeste what she does, and Celeste says she's a student at UC Berkeley.
Jann Wenner gives Brady an envelope and says it's his Christmas bonus. Brady opens the envelope and inside are two back stage passes to the Grateful Dead's New Years Eve Concert at the Winterland. Brady thanks Wenner, and Gleason says that Brady gets to enjoy the show since he doesn't need to report on the event. Wenner says it's not just a Christmas present, but a way to congratulate Brady on his first year with Rolling Stone. Suddenly, the office doors burst open and Hunter S. Thompson (Stephen Dorff) enters the party, already drunk, with a bottle of whiskey in hand. He starts passing around tabs of LSD. Jimmy and Lexi jump at the chance to do LSD and introduce themselves to Thompson. He gives them two tabs and asks them if they know where the booze is.
On New Years Eve, Brady and Celeste head to the Winterland Arena for the Grateful Dead concert. They dance together throughout the show. Brady and Celeste head back stage after the show. Celeste is excited being that close to some of her favorite musicians. Brady says that he felt the same way at first as well, but the feeling went away as he met more and more musical figures through his work at the magazine. Brady runs into some other magazine writers, and Celeste explores backstage. Realizing Celeste isn't with him anymore, Brady starts searching around the back stage area, eventually finding Celeste sitting and talking with Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir (Blake Jenner). When Brady sees Celeste talking to Weir, he is overcome with jealousy and butts in the conversation, telling Celeste he was looking for her every where. Celeste has never seen this side of Brady before. Weir tells Brady that he isn't trying to scam on his lady, which calms Brady down a bit.
On the drive home, Brady admits to Celeste that he was jealous seeing her talk to Bob Weir. Celeste tells Brady that she isn't some groupie looking to sleep with rock stars, no matter how talented and handsome they are. Brady doesn't have a response and Celeste starts laughing. She asks him why he was jealous, and Brady tells Celeste that he loves her. Celeste is surprised that he used the word "love" since he's been so hesitant to say it in the past. He tells her that he's been thinking about getting older lately and he doesn't want to do that without her. Celeste is taken aback by Brady's honesty and asks him why he's telling her all this. He tells her he honesty isn't sure.
January 1971. In the morning, Brady finds Jimmy helping their mother pack up her car. Jimmy and Lexi then start packing their bags into her car. Brady asks what's going on, and Jimmy tells him that he and Lexi are going to drive their mother back home to Riverside and maybe hang out around there for a little bit. Before they leave, Colleen tells Brady that it's clear that he loves Celeste and recommends that he not let her get away like he did with his ex-wife since love is hard to find.
December 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) sits down for Christmas dinner with Celeste (Aimee Teegarden), his brother Jimmy Conroy (Lou Taylor Pucci), and his mother Colleen Conroy (Frances Conroy). Colleen tells her sons that she is glad that they are all able to sit down as a family even after their father passed away. Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge) shows up at the door with a mistletoe over her head. Brady asks his mother if she wants to come to the Rolling Stone Christmas party, but she politely declines. Brady, Jimmy, Celeste and Lexi then all leave for the party.
Brady, Jimmy, Celeste and Lexi enter the Rolling Stone offices unsure of what the expect. They find a fairly traditional office party much to their surprise. Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) greets everyone and gives them all Santa hats to wear around the party. Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) and his wife Jane Wenner (Leighton Meester) are talking to Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) and Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) when they spot Brady and call him over. Brady introduces them to Celeste, who is impressed since she is a long time reader of the magazine. Jane offers to give Celeste a tour around the office while the guys talk. Jane asks Celeste how long she's been with Brady, and she says a while, but there have been some complicated stretches. Jane asks Celeste what she does, and Celeste says she's a student at UC Berkeley.
Jann Wenner gives Brady an envelope and says it's his Christmas bonus. Brady opens the envelope and inside are two back stage passes to the Grateful Dead's New Years Eve Concert at the Winterland. Brady thanks Wenner, and Gleason says that Brady gets to enjoy the show since he doesn't need to report on the event. Wenner says it's not just a Christmas present, but a way to congratulate Brady on his first year with Rolling Stone. Suddenly, the office doors burst open and Hunter S. Thompson (Stephen Dorff) enters the party, already drunk, with a bottle of whiskey in hand. He starts passing around tabs of LSD. Jimmy and Lexi jump at the chance to do LSD and introduce themselves to Thompson. He gives them two tabs and asks them if they know where the booze is.
On New Years Eve, Brady and Celeste head to the Winterland Arena for the Grateful Dead concert. They dance together throughout the show. Brady and Celeste head back stage after the show. Celeste is excited being that close to some of her favorite musicians. Brady says that he felt the same way at first as well, but the feeling went away as he met more and more musical figures through his work at the magazine. Brady runs into some other magazine writers, and Celeste explores backstage. Realizing Celeste isn't with him anymore, Brady starts searching around the back stage area, eventually finding Celeste sitting and talking with Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir (Blake Jenner). When Brady sees Celeste talking to Weir, he is overcome with jealousy and butts in the conversation, telling Celeste he was looking for her every where. Celeste has never seen this side of Brady before. Weir tells Brady that he isn't trying to scam on his lady, which calms Brady down a bit.
On the drive home, Brady admits to Celeste that he was jealous seeing her talk to Bob Weir. Celeste tells Brady that she isn't some groupie looking to sleep with rock stars, no matter how talented and handsome they are. Brady doesn't have a response and Celeste starts laughing. She asks him why he was jealous, and Brady tells Celeste that he loves her. Celeste is surprised that he used the word "love" since he's been so hesitant to say it in the past. He tells her that he's been thinking about getting older lately and he doesn't want to do that without her. Celeste is taken aback by Brady's honesty and asks him why he's telling her all this. He tells her he honesty isn't sure.
January 1971. In the morning, Brady finds Jimmy helping their mother pack up her car. Jimmy and Lexi then start packing their bags into her car. Brady asks what's going on, and Jimmy tells him that he and Lexi are going to drive their mother back home to Riverside and maybe hang out around there for a little bit. Before they leave, Colleen tells Brady that it's clear that he loves Celeste and recommends that he not let her get away like he did with his ex-wife since love is hard to find.
Much noise has been made about Josh Hartnett's turn as Brady Conroy, but this season saw Aimee Teegarden and Alicia Witt step up their game to give two great female performances that will surely get them in the mix for a Golden View.
If the first season glued me to my seat, the same can be said after Rolling Stone's second season. Oliver Stone and D.R. Cobb continue to offer an interesting and entertaining drama that keeps delivering
It feels like Rolling Stone quietly changed direction in its second season and I'm all for it. It has become an interesting character study set in an interesting world that revolves around the character and not the other way around, which allows the characters to develop more, which is a huge plus for the series
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