This episode contains references to drug use, death, and violence.

There's also some strong language. Please be advised.

And a quick note about our scenes, some fictionalized dialogue has been added for dramatic and narrative cohesiveness.

It's a hot, stuffy August afternoon in a London TV studio.

Crew member Scurr. hot stuffy August afternoon in a London TV studio.

Crew members scurry around in t-shirts sticky with sweat.

But John Lennon feels cool and collected

as he watches them through his signature amber tinted glasses.

Yoko sitting next to him waiting to go on a talk show to discuss their life together, and the new music they're making.

It's been a rough couple of years since the breakup of the Beatles.

John and Yoko have been the target of a lot of insults and abuse.

But thankfully, today's conversation isn't going to be about the Beatles.

It's going to focus on John and Yoko and who they are now.

At least that was the plan, but once the show starts, the host goes rogue.

Can I put something to both of you

about this sort of creative phase

that you're both going to a present?

I think you've got to accept John and Yoko that,

I mean, particularly you, John, that it's alienated you

from the people who originally loved you in this country.

Yes, I think they don't...

John clenches his jaw. The studio lights start feeling hotter and hotter.

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