Eventually, there is a scene on an airplane talking with one of his hanger - on biker -
crowd drinking buddies about the future of rock, where Jim says, with moving sincerity, that what the rock audience really wants is something spiritual.
Their efforts aren't always helpful: There's Bauman's immediate family, prone to yelling at each other in the best of times; his
drinking buddies, full of gumption but lacking in tact; his shellshocked ex-girlfriend Erin Hurley (Tatiana Maslany), who had been running in the marathon (Bauman had showed up in the
crowd to try to impress her and win her back).