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I'm sorry, Chief.

I mean, did I ruin something?

Well, I guess not really.

Just one of Clayton's memos outlining some of his latest thoughts.

Come to think of it, it came from a vacuum. Why shouldn't it go back there?

Benson, did you receive a memo from me outlining my thoughts on government

responsibility? Yes, I did.

Look, I've got some further thoughts on that matter. Benson, Benson, look what I

found. Oh, my goodness gracious, it's a man.

No, no, not just any man. This is Jack Gatling, the governor's baby brother.

Jack, this is Benson Dubois, the lieutenant governor.

Benson? Well, it is such a pleasure to meet you.

And this is Mrs. Cassidy, our housekeeper.

How do you do? Pleasure. I'm Clayton Endicott. I'm the budget director.

Temporary budget director.

Isn't this typical?

Nobody ever tells me anything. I didn't even know the governor had a brother.

Neither did I.

I didn't know. Well, I'm not surprised. You see... Gene and I, we kind of went

our separate ways.

Well, listen, why don't you have a seat over there, Jack? Can I call you Jack?

Oh, please, yes.

The governor should be back any minute. I'll get you that cup of coffee. Well,

thank you.

Well, I'm surprised we've never met before.

Well, I don't get to this part of the world very often. You see, I'm a

seaman. Oh, that sounds interesting.

I could tell you stories. Uh -oh, that must be the Gatling family motto, I can

tell you stories.

You won't believe the morning I had. Look at these beauties.

Governor, governor, have I got a surprise for you.

Sir, sir, sir, who is the last person on earth you expect to see today?

Clayton, I really haven't examined my appointment book. No, no, sir, sir, sir,

sir. Look, da -da.

I just thought I'd stop by and say hello.

God, you've got a lot of nerve.

I should have known you'd still be mad at me. Mad?

After what you did, mad doesn't even begin to describe how I feel.

I just remembered something. I really can't stay. I have an

appointment with...

Someone medical.

My doctor.

I've got to run.

Gene, I... I don't know what to say.

How about how have you been for the last 25 years?

Why don't I just go get a cup of coffee? No, no, no. Wait.

I want you to hear this.

Clayton got to go?

25 years ago, I sent this bum to the bank with the day's receipts from a

mill. He skipped town without so much as a so long partner.

I sent the money back.

I didn't care about the money.

You think I care about the money? I never gave the money a second thought.

think I care about $1 ,438 .96?

Gene, I came here to say that I was sorry.

Oh, you come back here to say that you're sorry and you think everything's

to be fine. What do you think about that, Benson?

Well, I don't know what...

Isn't 25 years just a little long to carry a grudge? What's the record?

Gene, you're my brother.

Brother? What is it that makes him and me brothers? Just because we have the

same parents?

That is the accepted definition.

This man is more a brother to me than you ever were.

Gene, I came back here to try to make things right between us. Now, can't you

give it a try?

You want to make things right between us. Yes.

Go away.

Gene. No, no, no. I mean it. I want you out of here.

If you're not off these premises in ten minutes, I'm going to have security

escort you out.

Oh, fine. Okay? Fine.

I wish Dad could have seen him trying to weasel his way back into the family.

Do you believe the nerve of that guy?

Well, do you?

Well, sir, I don't know enough about your brother to make a cogent comment.

Listen, Benson, let me give you a piece of advice.

You just keep your nose out of my business.

The subject of Jack Gatling is closed, and you're going to leave it that way

unless you want to risk our friendship.

Anything else you want to say?

Don't forget your fish.

Well, where are you going so soon, Mr. Gatling? Well, Gene and I just had a

fight.

Well, he threw me out.

Oh.

Well, these family problems can be a bear.

My oldest sister, God rest her soul.

Well, she and I had a big fight. We didn't talk for ages.

Thank goodness we finally made it up before she died.

Well, that's exactly what I'd like to do.

Oh?

Really?

Yes, I'd really like to make up with Jean before my ship sails.

Oh, what a lovely way to put it.

How much time have you got?

A few days.

Oh, you poor man.

If I don't see you again, it was very nice meeting you, Mrs. Cassidy. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Oh, this is just awful.

Just awful.

What is so awful?

The governor's brother just told me he's dying.

What?

Dying.

If anybody wants me, I'll be in the living room sobbing on the sofa.

Is she so upset about waxy buildup?

It's terrible.

The governor's brother, he is dying.

Dying? It's true.

Dying? Oh, no, this is terrible.

Yeah. I touched him.

even washing his hands of this time. Oh, Benson, it is very bad news.

The governor's brother is dying.

What? Where'd you hear that? She told me.

Who told you?

She did.

Mrs. Cassidy, where'd you hear the governor's brother is dying?

Well, he told me so himself.

Really? Yeah, and he put it so poetically.

He said, the ship was sailing.

Well, this ship is sailing.

It is not funny, Benson.

The man is a sailor.

Mrs. Cassidy, you pinhead.

You got us all upset for nothing.

It wasn't for nothing.

A good cry gives me a buzz.

Besides, it's still upsetting if the governor and his brother are on the

They are fighting.

Well, well, he threw him out.

But this is terrible. We can't let this happen. We have to get them back

together. I agree. We should do something.

I think we should mind our own business.

Works for me.

Well, I for one refuse to sit idly by and let this happen.

We have to get through to the governor whether he likes it or not.

Kraus, I happen to know that the governor wants you to keep your nose out

Well... Benson, just because Jack is not going to die now doesn't mean he won't

die someday.

That's deep, Krause.

Stupid, but deep.

Benson, I just heard. Where's my Uncle Jack? What's going on?

Well, I don't know, Katie. Why don't you ask your father?

I tried, but he won't talk about it. I never even knew Dad had a brother.

Join the club.

Why are they acting this way, Benson?

Who knows, sweetheart? You know, maybe it's just one of those adult things.

Sometimes as we get older, we get dumber.

It's not fair. I mean, I have an uncle I haven't even met.

Isn't there anything you can do?

I'm afraid not, Katie.

I've been told to stay out of this one.

Benson, I don't ask a lot of favors of you. Nope. Could you please get them

together? Katie, I have told you a thousand times I am not Mary Poppins.

Benson. No. Please. No. No.

Oh,

hi. Come in, bud.

Yes. Have you got a minute, Governor?

Sure, sure.

Yeah. I just had a conversation with Katie.

Oh, that's nice.

Yeah.

I don't know where to start, knowing how you feel about this family matter and

all, you know.

And? And, um... Excuse me. I hope I'm not catching you at a bad time.

No, it's okay. I can wait. Governor, I have just run across some shocking

statistics here I'd like to share with you. The state employee insurance

premiums are skyrocketing. Now, sir, in my opinion, this is not job -related.

This is stress brought on by family distress.

Something you might think about, sir. I think about family discord.

Oh, no, no. Think about the rising costs of

insurance. Thanks so much for dropping by, Clayton. Thank you, sir.

Benson, tell him once you're dead, you can't solve family problems.

Clayton, once you're dead, you don't have family problems.

Gotta run.

You were saying, Benson? Well, I was saying, I know I shouldn't stick my nose

this, and I wouldn't, but Katie asked me to help.

Sorry to barge in.

Not now, Kraus. Yes, hush, Benson.

I can't find the book I was reading. See, it's a Civil War novel about two

brothers who fought on opposite sides and didn't speak to each other for

Kraus, you don't have to do this. Yes, I do.

I love this book.

See, on the last page, they are both of them wounded, crawling towards each

other. The battle rages around them. They reach out and with their fingertips

barely touching, one brother says, I forgive you, Jack.

Ross, why don't you go look for this novel somewhere else? What? Where?

Out on the turnpike.

Not now. Way to rush out.

I love Civil War novels, don't you, Bronson?

Oh, come off it, Governor. You know what they were trying to do. They were

trying to tell you how wrong it is for you not to talk to your brother. How

times have I got to tell you the subject of my brother is not to be discussed in

my presence? Why are you acting this way? He's family.

He was. down on the family.

He was never there for the family.

When my father died, where was Jack?

Where was he?

Where, where, where?

I don't know.

And where was he when I got married, huh? Tell me that.

I don't know that either.

And how about when Katie was born?

He got me again.

I want to share a cigar with him. Fortunately, the midwife was a smoker.

That was a lucky break. But you know what really galls me?

No matter how much I tried to please my father, Jack was always the topic of

conversation.

Governor, you can't blame your brother for that.

Oh, yes, I can.

You're a bigger man than this. I am not. Yes, you are. No, I am not. I don't owe

him a thing. Well, maybe you owe Katie something. Katie?

Yeah, you remember her, your daughter?

Benson, you keep your nose out of my business. Jack's her uncle. I have

you about this before.

Don't you care about our friendship, Benson? Well, if this is the real Gene

Gatling, I'm not sure I do.

Benson. What?

Don't walk out. I want to argue some more. No!

All right, all right.

You're right. I should talk to him.

Will you go with me? I don't belong in this. Johnson, I need you with me.

like a brother to me. Well, thanks. You're like a brother to me, too. And a

brother would drive a brother anywhere, wouldn't he? Not necessarily. You

wouldn't have to drive him. You could loan him money for a cab.

Oh, come on.

Benson. No, no. Benson. No. Please. No. No.

Please. No.

I'll wait out here. No, no, no. I want you to come in with me. Oh, Governor,

don't need me to come in with you. Oh, please, brother.

Okay, okay. I'm right behind you. No, no, no. You first. Oh, a grown man.

Ben.

Vincent. Gene.

Gene, I'm glad you came.

Yeah, well, uh, been meaning to drop by.

Oh, Benson, sit down, please.

Now, if it's all right with you, I'll just stand over here.

Hello, Jack. How's tricks?

Well, I guess I've got an awful lot of explaining to do, Dean.

Look, Benson, if you don't mind, I think I can handle it from here on out. Why

don't you just wait outside and make sure that nobody disturbs us?

Sure. Brother.

Hey, pal.

What are you doing to my quarters?

Oh, no, no, no. I'm just a visitor.

My name is Vincent Dubois. Yeah?

They call me Big Luther.

Yeah.

Nice to meet you, Big Luther.

I'm a friend of Governor Gatling's. He's visiting his brother, Jack.

Oh, yeah. Jack talks about his brother all the time. Sweet guy, but he never

shuts up.

They just need about...

You know, a couple of minutes. They're having a reunion.

Oh, well, that's no problem. I had a brother once.

Do you think they're going to be a long time? I need to freshen up. Yeah, well,

I'd appreciate it.

Thank you. Yeah, I'll check. Okay.

I don't know how many times I started to write you and Dad, but the years, they

just flipped away.

Well, if we'd just known how to get in touch with you.

Oh, excuse me, Governor. What is it, Buzzard? Well, there's an enormous man

here who says he has to freshen up.

We're trying to carry on a private conversation here, brother. Can you give

just another five minutes? Sure, sure.

Yeah, he says they're going to need about five more minutes.

Oh, that's no problem.

One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four Mississippi,

five Mississippi.

They're out of my way.

Oh, Big Rudy, you made me lose my count.

You going in there?

What's it to you? Hey, Jack and his brother are having a reunion in there.

You're breaking my heart.

I got a date with Lorraine in ten minutes.

I got a date with Lorraine.

Well, look at me. I don't even know Lorraine.

You try seeing Lorraine and you're short -bait.

Oh, yeah.

No, no, she likes me. She's my woman. Yeah, okay.

She didn't leave her alone. So anyway, it turned out that the natives were

friendly. And that big pot was just for noodles? Yep.

So what are you doing here?

Well, Rambo and Godzilla were about to have it out.

And I didn't want to get trampled.

We're trying to catch up on 25 years here.

Well, don't blame me. Blame Lorraine. I thought you didn't know Lorraine. Only

by reputation.

Oh, yeah.

I'm going to get ready.

Yeah, me too.

I got to go upstairs.

The smell of fish and bay rum is about to get to me.

Oh, Benson.

Oh, Krause. Did you bring Katie with you? Yeah, yeah. She's right behind me.

Is Uncle Jack here? Yeah, he's in there with your father, but let's give him a

few minutes, huh? They got a lot to talk about.

Okay.

Uncle Jack!

What is this?

No, uh, Katie, that's, uh, Big Luther.

Big Luther, Katie Gatling.

Big Krause.

Uh, hiya, Stela.

She taken?

Nobody's been at sea that long.

Well, you know, if I didn't have a date tonight, you'd be a strong second

choice. I'll see you around, cutie.

He seemed like a nice man.

Please, give me a break.

Uncle Jack!

Wrong again, Katie.

It's Big Rudy.

Big Rudy, Big Krause.

Big deal.

Somebody should teach you some manners, bilge breath.

Don't start with him, Krause.

Is he ever coming out?

I'll go see.

I just can't get over the fact that you married Olivia Barnett.

Why do you find that so difficult to believe?

Well, come on, Gene. You took Mom to the senior prom.

She looked very nice.

Uh, Governor.

Yeah, what is it now, Benson? There's a young lady out here who would like to

meet her uncle.

Come on in.

Katie!

Honey, this is your Uncle Jack.

Hi, Katie.

Hi, Uncle Jack.

You're just as pretty as your mother.

That's what my dad always says. Well, he's right.

Oh, Jean.

We got an awful lot of things to talk about. You know that? Yeah, my whole

lifetime. You owe me a lot of presents.

She has her mother's sense of humor, too, Jean.

I love my family.

What is the matter with you?

Oh, well, this kind of thing always gets me right here.

What, being around all these sailors, eh?

Mom, I don't think you know what I'm talking about.

Yeah. Times like this, I really miss my family.

Yeah, yeah, I guess I know what you mean.

I still do.

Oh, this is the end. They are having so much fun. Look at us.

Our families are thousands of miles away.

We are all alone.

You and I are loners, Benson. You know, all we really have is each other.

Give me a hug.

Klaus, don't do this to me.

Go upstairs and get some fresh air.

Well, the least you could do is hold my hand.