They start their fourteenth day of shooting bright and early at 5:30 A.M. with John's dead meeting him on set for the day. He thought he was suppose to be there an hour earlier, so, they get to talk for awhile before everyone else comes in. "Today is day 14, and it's a pretty ambitious day," John notes. The new Scrip Supervisor, Arthur, comes in and introduces himself to John.

John's dad was upset that people were being loud and doing their business. Stephen gets everyone to be quiet so that his dad can rehearse. "They want everyone to act in their little square," he explains, "I don't come from that at all. In fact, I hate that." John's dad thinks the director and actor are the only ones that count. He gets upset that someone tries to interrupt him for advice on the shot, and he tells him it's a horrible thing to see happening to him. They both get very upset at one another. Clu, John's dad, tells Stephen to stop interfering. He begins cursing at him, and he's so angry at Stephen for "disrespecting" John even though he's just doing his job.

Clu goes to explain to Stephen how everything should run. "It can be very upsetting if you take it personally," Stephen explains, listening to his dad and nodding along with it. "I'm just trying to help him," Clu says, "John's entire crew is based on Stephen's attitude. His attitude is one of interference." John wants to change a shot, so, it's taking even longer to get the entire shot set up correctly now that he changed how the lighting works. They begin to work on it and Stephen tries to get in a few words, but he's ignored and calls Tom "Mr. Smarty Pants" for his attitude.

"We kind of start pushing through," Stephen tells Joel about trying to make the day, even though they aren't going to do it. "They're still trying to find a working relationship," Joel says. "We need to find a way to simplify this scene to make our day," Stephen tells John on he set, but he ignores him. They have six hours to wrap, and they are far behind in their day. Ben and Joel came in to ask about the day. They have four more shots to go. John begins to change things again, and he's whispering it now, because he doesn't want everyone to get upset about it. "We have to keep this simple," Tom tells him, "Or else we aren't going to make the day."

"This is the furthest back we've been on a shooting day," Joel says, knowing they aren't going to make their day. "Everybody's scared we aren't going to make it," Tom notes the mood of the set. "Evidently everybody's pretty ticked off at me," John rolls his eyes. "How are we going to make our day?" Tom asks at a small meeting. "We just need to shoot this scene the way it's going to be any good," John tells them. "I think everybody's job should be to help the director to get what he needs, but I understand it's their job to help the producers get what he needs."

"It didn't matter what I wanted to do," he gave in, "I'll just sit this one out." He tells them, "Three directors, that's fine. Just handle it. Just do whatever you want to do," he tells them for the scene and how they want to simplify it. They try to get him to give input, but he refuses to actually care about the scene. "I'm not in this to have everybody else direct the movie, even if it's a better movie. I'm in it for myself, even if it sinks the ship."

Everyone else begins to try and set up the shot, they try to get John into the scene, but he just sits there and sips his drink. He confronts Stephen about the way that he shot the scene, because they shot it John's way after telling him they couldn't, and so he gets even more recluse. He watches, his head to the side, just drinking his drink as everybody else directs his movie. "Day 14, mutiny. Day 15, who knows?" John says.

John and his girlfriend drive home that night. "I was pretty much wiped out," he tells her. "You had a battle and you lost," she responds, angrily. "It's a job, John. That's what it is. It's not your film, it's a job." He continues to beat himself up during the drive home, and she gets more upset, and tells him otherwise. "Sometimes you're going to fight, and sometimes you're going to lose," she adds.

At dinner at the diner, Clu asks if he was fired on set today. He says, "Sorta." They talk about the "offensive" against him. "I do not like the way they are treating my son. He's a hired hand. He's not a filmmaker," Clu says. "I'm just embarrassed he sees some of the stuff on the set with me," John replies. "I think I can make a good movie. I just need people to trust me."