[C#] Can't get variable from other script. Yields NullReferenceException

I have a script -- Player.cs -- on one game object and another script -- Land.cs -- on a different game object. Land.cs has a public string array named items. I Player.cs to access that array. Here's how I'm trying to do that:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
     private string[] items;
     private Transform brain;
 
     void Start () {
         brain = transform.Find("Brain");
         items = brain.GetComponent<Land>().items;
     }
 }

It throws a null reference exception on the "items = brain.GetComponent().items;" line. Here's Land.cs:

 using UnityEngine;
 using System.Collections;
 
 public class Land : MonoBehaviour {
     public string[] items = new string[8];
     void Start () {}
 }
 

I've added a couple test values to the script in the inspector. Both scripts are on active game objects. Any ideas?