1 00:00:02,836 --> 00:00:05,586 Thanks for coming. Would you like a receipt with that? 2 00:00:06,612 --> 00:00:08,304 Don't forget to take a mint. 3 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:13,651 Thanks for coming. Would you like a receipt with that? 4 00:00:13,652 --> 00:00:15,562 Don't forget to take a mint. 5 00:00:18,675 --> 00:00:21,106 Thanks for coming. Would you like a receipt with that? 6 00:00:21,107 --> 00:00:22,985 Don't forget to take a mint. 7 00:00:25,331 --> 00:00:27,820 Thanks for coming. Would you like a receipt with that? 8 00:00:28,947 --> 00:00:30,793 Don't forget to take a mint. 9 00:00:44,723 --> 00:00:47,529 Thanks for coming. Would you like a receipt with that? 10 00:00:48,819 --> 00:00:50,316 Don't forget to... 11 00:00:53,363 --> 00:00:56,722 Somebody, I can't remember who it was, 12 00:00:56,723 --> 00:01:00,562 once said that every man's life ends the same way. 13 00:01:00,563 --> 00:01:03,794 It's only the details of how he lived and died 14 00:01:03,795 --> 00:01:06,699 that distinguishes him from the next guy. 15 00:01:09,875 --> 00:01:12,811 ...super waterbed blowout. No mattress is... 16 00:01:33,523 --> 00:01:35,025 For most people nowadays, 17 00:01:35,026 --> 00:01:37,679 the American dream doesn't really exist. 18 00:01:38,258 --> 00:01:42,220 For my friend, Ray Tuckby, it was no different. 19 00:02:01,714 --> 00:02:06,702 Trona, California, had to be about the weirdest place I ever saw... 20 00:02:07,666 --> 00:02:11,473 like being on the moon yet less than three hours from L.A., 21 00:02:11,474 --> 00:02:14,378 and it could get hot as hell... 22 00:02:14,994 --> 00:02:17,865 in the summer, up to 130. 23 00:02:26,738 --> 00:02:29,936 At one time, Trona was a town full of promise. 24 00:02:32,178 --> 00:02:34,666 That promise had long been forgotten... 25 00:02:35,314 --> 00:02:38,224 along with the movie theater, the Ford dealership, 26 00:02:38,225 --> 00:02:39,819 and the swimming hole. 27 00:02:42,546 --> 00:02:45,385 But it was still where Ray called home. 28 00:02:53,905 --> 00:02:56,678 Now, home for most people was a place of refuge. 29 00:02:57,265 --> 00:02:59,558 For Ray, it was anything but that. 30 00:03:00,145 --> 00:03:02,383 In fact, it was just the opposite. 31 00:03:03,057 --> 00:03:05,489 Sixty for a sack. You got three. 32 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:06,640 All right. 33 00:03:06,641 --> 00:03:08,235 What's it gonna cost? 34 00:03:09,330 --> 00:03:11,022 Hold on a second there, Ray. 35 00:03:13,937 --> 00:03:15,269 All right. 36 00:03:18,513 --> 00:03:20,336 Afternoon there, Dirk. 37 00:03:20,337 --> 00:03:21,776 You're late on the rent, Ray. 38 00:03:21,777 --> 00:03:22,864 Really? 39 00:03:22,865 --> 00:03:24,464 Damn, Dirk. Sorry about that. 40 00:03:24,465 --> 00:03:27,248 I'll fly a check on over to you as soon as I get cleaned up. 41 00:03:27,249 --> 00:03:29,264 Don't make a habit out of it. 42 00:03:29,265 --> 00:03:31,023 You know I got a short temper. 43 00:03:36,177 --> 00:03:40,488 It was pretty much the same routine day in and day out for Ray... 44 00:03:41,105 --> 00:03:44,139 punch in at 9:00, out at 5:00. 45 00:03:45,393 --> 00:03:49,638 By 5:30, he'd arrive at his house on Cyril Street... 46 00:03:50,289 --> 00:03:54,633 and every day, the welcome wagon was there to greet him. 47 00:03:56,465 --> 00:03:58,441 You! Ray! 48 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:00,656 Oh, howdy, Selma. 49 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:03,407 You might want to think about cleanin' up your yard. 50 00:04:03,408 --> 00:04:07,021 Goddamn turtle turned this place into a shithole. 51 00:04:11,792 --> 00:04:14,352 Sure thing, Selma. I'll get on it over the weekend. 52 00:04:14,353 --> 00:04:17,199 You think you're such a big shot, Mr. Something Special? 53 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,598 Doubt it. 54 00:04:24,688 --> 00:04:26,501 Ignore that old hag. 55 00:04:28,464 --> 00:04:29,872 Want a swig? 56 00:04:29,873 --> 00:04:30,991 Nah. Thanks, Den. 57 00:04:30,992 --> 00:04:35,117 Ray, how's Stevie there doin'? 58 00:04:35,696 --> 00:04:36,943 He's good. 59 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:38,637 Yo, Steve-o! 60 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,968 Me and you, buddy. 61 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,311 Take care now. 62 00:04:43,312 --> 00:04:44,940 Always do, Ray. 63 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,528 Always do. 64 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,607 Hi, Charlene. 65 00:04:54,608 --> 00:04:55,663 Hello, Ray. 66 00:04:55,664 --> 00:04:57,071 How was your day? 67 00:04:57,106 --> 00:04:58,568 Just fine. 68 00:05:01,776 --> 00:05:03,785 Any thoughts on dinner? 69 00:05:04,432 --> 00:05:06,725 I didn't know what you'd want. 70 00:05:07,696 --> 00:05:09,102 Oh well, then. 71 00:05:09,103 --> 00:05:11,791 How 'bout I head on over to the Rite-Valu and get us some? 72 00:05:11,792 --> 00:05:13,801 What an inspired notion. 73 00:05:16,752 --> 00:05:18,564 Any ideas? 74 00:05:19,503 --> 00:05:20,835 Pizza. 75 00:05:21,743 --> 00:05:23,337 Pizza's fine, Ray. 76 00:05:24,719 --> 00:05:26,477 Want to come with? 77 00:05:31,727 --> 00:05:34,696 Might be nice for you to get out once in a while. 78 00:05:35,311 --> 00:05:38,062 Let's just say that Ray's wife Charlene 79 00:05:38,063 --> 00:05:39,630 had some issues, 80 00:05:39,631 --> 00:05:43,214 which meant he handled most of the domestic duties, 81 00:05:43,215 --> 00:05:46,184 like the daily trips to the local market. 82 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:51,950 The Rite-Valu didn't have much, but it did have one thing... 83 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:54,222 Nora McCalley. 84 00:06:03,215 --> 00:06:04,238 Hey, Nora. 85 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:06,381 Oh, hey, Ray. 86 00:06:06,382 --> 00:06:08,301 That delivery of frozen pizzas come in yet? 87 00:06:08,302 --> 00:06:09,742 Supposed to have gotten them today, 88 00:06:09,743 --> 00:06:12,395 but Cliff's engine blew up on his way back from town. 89 00:06:13,071 --> 00:06:15,342 Guess I'll go for the Dinty Moore, then. 90 00:06:15,343 --> 00:06:16,782 That's heat-and-serve, ain't it? 91 00:06:16,783 --> 00:06:18,894 Sure is. Over on aisle five. 92 00:06:18,895 --> 00:06:20,293 Right. 93 00:06:25,230 --> 00:06:27,950 You notice that Chevron station around the bend's nearly done? 94 00:06:27,951 --> 00:06:28,973 It's a pretty sight. 95 00:06:28,974 --> 00:06:31,213 About the prettiest thing in this whole county. 96 00:06:31,214 --> 00:06:33,517 - They puttin' in a mini-mart? - Yep. 97 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:35,885 If that doesn't do in this place, I don't know what will. 98 00:06:35,886 --> 00:06:37,069 Well... 99 00:06:37,070 --> 00:06:39,949 I'm sure they're not gonna have fresh fruit and things. 100 00:06:39,950 --> 00:06:42,243 Or, for that matter, you. 101 00:06:43,663 --> 00:06:45,540 Oh, that'll be $4.10. 102 00:06:46,254 --> 00:06:47,652 Five. 103 00:06:48,302 --> 00:06:49,962 Keep the change. 104 00:06:50,735 --> 00:06:52,589 Now, Ray, you gotta stop doing that. 105 00:06:52,590 --> 00:06:54,509 It's my pleasure, Nora. 106 00:06:54,510 --> 00:06:57,382 If you're not the most generous man I've ever met! 107 00:07:00,206 --> 00:07:04,419 Well, guess I'll be seeing you... tomorrow. 108 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:07,013 I'll be here. 109 00:07:14,862 --> 00:07:17,197 How many cars did you process today, dear? 110 00:07:17,198 --> 00:07:18,792 146. 111 00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:20,749 Quite a lot, isn't it? 112 00:07:20,750 --> 00:07:22,445 Heavier than normal. 113 00:07:22,446 --> 00:07:23,974 And how was your day? 114 00:07:24,653 --> 00:07:27,597 I found a half-off coupon on Bounty paper towels 115 00:07:27,598 --> 00:07:29,607 with no expiration date. 116 00:07:30,382 --> 00:07:31,820 Isn't that something? 117 00:07:31,821 --> 00:07:33,709 I guess it is, yeah. 118 00:07:33,710 --> 00:07:35,372 What about you, son? 119 00:07:35,373 --> 00:07:39,148 I busted some windows on a couple of houses down the street. 120 00:07:39,149 --> 00:07:41,932 I want to burn down that shitbox up the street 121 00:07:41,933 --> 00:07:44,108 that that dead guy croaked in. 122 00:07:44,109 --> 00:07:45,772 Now, son, we talked about this. 123 00:07:45,773 --> 00:07:47,340 You got to work on your anger. 124 00:07:47,341 --> 00:07:49,896 I wouldn't have any if you took me to Betsy's. 125 00:07:50,477 --> 00:07:51,756 We'll see, son. 126 00:07:51,757 --> 00:07:53,581 All you say is "Soon, son. " 127 00:07:53,582 --> 00:07:56,005 Do I look like I'm getting any younger? 128 00:07:58,542 --> 00:08:00,070 I'll get it. 129 00:08:04,653 --> 00:08:05,986 Hello? 130 00:08:06,989 --> 00:08:09,260 No, this is his son Edward. 131 00:08:12,877 --> 00:08:14,406 Okay. 132 00:08:17,517 --> 00:08:19,052 Who was that, dear? 133 00:08:19,053 --> 00:08:20,549 Aunt Penny. 134 00:08:27,021 --> 00:08:28,746 What did she want? 135 00:08:29,516 --> 00:08:33,795 Grandma's in the hospital, in a "comma" or something. 136 00:08:38,125 --> 00:08:40,450 I wasn't really listening. 137 00:08:42,893 --> 00:08:46,732 This looks like a fun one, Ma. Pigs in a Twinkie. 138 00:08:46,733 --> 00:08:50,531 "Thinly slice one end off each Twinkie. 139 00:08:51,437 --> 00:08:54,027 "Stuff a cooked sausage into each Twinkie. 140 00:08:54,028 --> 00:08:56,715 "Place the Twinkies in a shallow baking dish 141 00:08:56,716 --> 00:09:00,011 "and bake for 10 minutes or until the Twinkies are warm. 142 00:09:00,012 --> 00:09:02,152 Serve warm with syrup. " 143 00:09:02,732 --> 00:09:03,883 Penny? 144 00:09:03,884 --> 00:09:05,035 Hey, Ray. 145 00:09:05,036 --> 00:09:06,155 Oh, hey, Eddie. 146 00:09:06,156 --> 00:09:08,523 I came as soon as I heard. What happened, anyhow? 147 00:09:08,524 --> 00:09:11,627 Well, I think she was trimming a hangnail over the toilet, 148 00:09:11,628 --> 00:09:14,150 passed out, hit her head on the porcelain. 149 00:09:14,796 --> 00:09:17,515 I been here all day trying to get her conscious enough 150 00:09:17,516 --> 00:09:19,557 to give me that meringue recipe. 151 00:09:21,932 --> 00:09:24,588 Hey, Ma. How you feeling? 152 00:09:24,623 --> 00:09:26,155 You comfortable? 153 00:09:26,156 --> 00:09:27,563 Guys. 154 00:09:27,564 --> 00:09:29,803 Oh, here we go. 155 00:09:29,804 --> 00:09:31,051 Mark. 156 00:09:31,052 --> 00:09:32,811 Hey, Uncle Mark. 157 00:09:32,812 --> 00:09:34,690 Hey. 158 00:09:36,588 --> 00:09:39,371 The fruits from my loins. 159 00:09:39,372 --> 00:09:40,395 Ma! 160 00:09:40,396 --> 00:09:43,434 Your meringue recipe... three parts lemon, two parts sugar? 161 00:09:43,435 --> 00:09:44,767 Ma? 162 00:09:45,548 --> 00:09:46,859 Oh, Mama... 163 00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:48,650 Mama. 164 00:09:49,644 --> 00:09:52,459 He's been like this all day. 165 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:53,956 Hey, Mark. 166 00:09:54,540 --> 00:09:56,450 How's business going? 167 00:09:57,035 --> 00:09:58,629 Pretty darn good. 168 00:09:59,276 --> 00:10:02,059 Introduced a new flavor this week from Poland, 169 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:04,235 Champagne Silk. 170 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:06,212 It goes down real easy. 171 00:10:06,795 --> 00:10:08,010 Sounds great. 172 00:10:08,011 --> 00:10:11,594 Sauerkraut is, without question, the superfood of the future. 173 00:10:11,595 --> 00:10:13,059 Daddy! 174 00:10:14,667 --> 00:10:16,298 Hi, everyone. 175 00:10:16,299 --> 00:10:18,439 - Hey, Joanne. - Joanne. 176 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:21,770 Mark, can I have a private word with you, please? 177 00:10:21,771 --> 00:10:24,586 Joanne, get back in the car. 178 00:10:24,587 --> 00:10:25,930 Your kids need you. 179 00:10:25,931 --> 00:10:27,658 You are coming home this instant! 180 00:10:27,659 --> 00:10:29,701 Would you shut them up, please? 181 00:10:30,859 --> 00:10:32,266 Tommy, no! 182 00:10:32,267 --> 00:10:35,368 Those kids have got germs! Get them out of this room! 183 00:10:39,883 --> 00:10:45,481 As we all know, family gatherings can be quite taxing at times, 184 00:10:45,482 --> 00:10:49,663 but everything in Trona was taxing... that was nothin' new. 185 00:10:50,251 --> 00:10:52,618 Dirk and his posse, for some time, 186 00:10:52,619 --> 00:10:55,937 had a hold on most things in town... 187 00:10:56,683 --> 00:10:58,346 but lately, it seemed that hold 188 00:10:58,347 --> 00:11:02,211 was getting closer and closer to home for Ray. 189 00:11:04,842 --> 00:11:06,282 Afternoon, Spoonie. 190 00:11:06,283 --> 00:11:07,681 Toll road. 191 00:11:08,299 --> 00:11:09,415 How's that? 192 00:11:09,450 --> 00:11:11,111 Five bucks to pass. 193 00:11:11,978 --> 00:11:13,194 You're joshin', right? 194 00:11:13,195 --> 00:11:15,241 Do I look like I'm joshin' you, retard? 195 00:11:15,242 --> 00:11:18,789 Five bones or I beat the crap out of your kid every day next week. 196 00:11:31,114 --> 00:11:32,807 Don't hurt my boy, you hear? 197 00:11:33,386 --> 00:11:35,013 He never did anything to you. 198 00:11:36,394 --> 00:11:37,961 Good call, Ray-gay. 199 00:11:37,962 --> 00:11:40,517 I might kick his ass anyhow just for fun. 200 00:11:53,034 --> 00:11:55,049 Dirk! Hey, Dirk! 201 00:11:55,050 --> 00:11:56,585 Why you keep hounding me, woman? 202 00:11:56,586 --> 00:11:58,633 I'm working on my bike. Can't you see that? 203 00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:01,193 All you guys shut your mouths and go in the house before... 204 00:12:01,194 --> 00:12:03,847 Kid's a modern-day Charles Manson. 205 00:12:22,345 --> 00:12:25,031 You ever notice how Dirk gets all them chicks? 206 00:12:26,345 --> 00:12:28,551 He ain't as good-looking as me, is he? 207 00:12:29,385 --> 00:12:31,336 He's got the devil in him, Ed. 208 00:12:31,337 --> 00:12:34,088 Who cares when you're that successful? 209 00:12:34,666 --> 00:12:36,456 Who wants dessert? 210 00:12:36,457 --> 00:12:39,561 Dessert? What a nice twist. 211 00:12:39,562 --> 00:12:41,321 Oh, I don't think we have anything. 212 00:12:41,322 --> 00:12:44,457 I was just interested to see who might be... 213 00:12:44,458 --> 00:12:46,597 interested. 214 00:12:48,554 --> 00:12:50,563 I'll have a look anyway. 215 00:12:56,905 --> 00:12:59,912 Hey, Dad, could we go get my rocks off tonight? 216 00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:03,112 Son, I don't like that kind of talk. You know better than that. 217 00:13:03,113 --> 00:13:06,024 You keep saying you're going to take me and never deliver. 218 00:13:06,025 --> 00:13:07,720 You're just a bullshit artist. 219 00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:09,184 Who's an artist? 220 00:13:11,048 --> 00:13:13,188 Guess what I found in the freezer? 221 00:13:17,865 --> 00:13:20,037 What do you say to your mother, son? 222 00:13:21,608 --> 00:13:24,839 Gee, thanks, Ma. This looks delicious. 223 00:13:38,761 --> 00:13:40,744 Now, Betsy's wasn't exactly 224 00:13:40,745 --> 00:13:43,208 where Ray had hoped Eddie would lose his virtue, 225 00:13:43,209 --> 00:13:46,823 but Ray still owed his son a graduation present 226 00:13:46,824 --> 00:13:50,151 and decided it was probably as good a gift as any. 227 00:13:50,152 --> 00:13:51,847 Evening, ladies. 228 00:13:51,848 --> 00:13:53,639 What can we do for you, sugar? 229 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:54,983 This here's my son Ed. 230 00:13:54,984 --> 00:13:57,059 Need to get his cherry popped. 231 00:13:58,408 --> 00:13:59,527 I don't want that on my head. 232 00:13:59,528 --> 00:14:01,570 But he's a good, clean kid, honest. 233 00:14:02,473 --> 00:14:06,369 $50 for the full treatment, and I'll be real gentle. 234 00:14:08,936 --> 00:14:10,599 Can't I have 'em both? 235 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,903 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, son. 236 00:14:12,904 --> 00:14:15,047 Can you do $35? That's all I got. 237 00:14:15,048 --> 00:14:16,583 Yeah, okay. 238 00:14:16,584 --> 00:14:20,167 Meet me around the corner at the Aloha, room 107. 239 00:14:20,168 --> 00:14:22,275 Give me a ten-minute head start. 240 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,078 You sure this is how you want to lose it, honey? 241 00:14:26,664 --> 00:14:28,641 Don't worry about me, blood. 242 00:14:29,415 --> 00:14:31,741 Just lay back and enjoy the ride. 243 00:14:32,456 --> 00:14:35,270 Shit, I might have to watch this. 244 00:14:35,271 --> 00:14:37,346 Appreciate it, ma'am. 245 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,318 Any time you wanna come back... 246 00:15:06,727 --> 00:15:09,500 Well, this is a big day for you, son. 247 00:15:10,311 --> 00:15:11,643 I guess. 248 00:15:12,231 --> 00:15:15,366 Remember what I told you. Always be a gentleman. 249 00:15:15,367 --> 00:15:18,054 Never go poking around without asking if it's okay first. 250 00:15:18,055 --> 00:15:20,294 They're human beings too, these whores. 251 00:15:21,096 --> 00:15:22,756 Brush your teeth today? 252 00:15:24,039 --> 00:15:25,470 I don't remember. 253 00:15:26,055 --> 00:15:27,453 Shower? 254 00:15:28,487 --> 00:15:29,990 Couple nights ago. 255 00:15:29,991 --> 00:15:32,676 Well... that'll do ya. 256 00:15:33,351 --> 00:15:36,101 Sounds to me like you're ready for the big plunge. 257 00:15:37,063 --> 00:15:38,694 It's about time. 258 00:15:38,695 --> 00:15:41,948 Most of the guys in school got laid by third grade. 259 00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:45,478 Ed, we all march to the sound of our own drummer. 260 00:15:45,479 --> 00:15:47,618 Don't ever forget that. 261 00:15:48,775 --> 00:15:50,336 Okay, then. 262 00:15:53,415 --> 00:15:56,838 Here's the cash and some rubbers 263 00:15:56,839 --> 00:16:00,899 your Uncle Mark brought me back from the Grenada conflict in '83. 264 00:16:03,527 --> 00:16:05,157 You sure they're still good? 265 00:16:05,158 --> 00:16:07,333 U.S. Government issue. 266 00:16:07,334 --> 00:16:09,311 I think they got Kevlar in 'em. 267 00:16:10,118 --> 00:16:12,582 Okay, I gotta run by the hospital, 268 00:16:12,583 --> 00:16:14,117 check on your grandma. 269 00:16:14,118 --> 00:16:16,095 I'll see you in an hour, okay? 270 00:16:17,286 --> 00:16:18,684 Yeah? 271 00:16:20,359 --> 00:16:22,149 Good luck, son. 272 00:17:30,021 --> 00:17:32,063 You want some music? 273 00:17:43,717 --> 00:17:45,213 You okay, honey? 274 00:17:47,141 --> 00:17:49,313 I don't want to do this. 275 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:52,478 You mean have sex? 276 00:17:54,917 --> 00:17:59,610 I kept buggin' my dad so he'd think I was normal. 277 00:18:01,733 --> 00:18:04,767 It's not that I don't have any sex drive or nothin'. 278 00:18:06,181 --> 00:18:07,364 It's just... 279 00:18:07,365 --> 00:18:10,563 You want the first time to be with someone you care about. 280 00:18:15,972 --> 00:18:17,763 I wish I'd waited. 281 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:23,268 Where are you from? 282 00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:24,836 Born in Mobile, 283 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:27,108 came out here a few months ago with my mama. 284 00:18:27,109 --> 00:18:29,019 She's what you call a medium. 285 00:18:29,989 --> 00:18:31,485 What's that? 286 00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:34,427 Well, you know, like, a psychic. 287 00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:37,220 Someone who predicts things. 288 00:18:37,221 --> 00:18:39,683 Anyhow, me and her had a falling out, 289 00:18:39,684 --> 00:18:42,467 as they say, so I hit the trail, 290 00:18:42,468 --> 00:18:44,892 and now I live in this here motel. 291 00:18:47,108 --> 00:18:49,052 Did she predict that? 292 00:18:50,373 --> 00:18:52,033 I don't know. 293 00:18:58,436 --> 00:19:00,478 You want to go out sometime? 294 00:19:02,501 --> 00:19:03,555 Really? 295 00:19:03,556 --> 00:19:08,796 Get a meal, or some... something... 296 00:19:10,436 --> 00:19:11,932 Yeah. 297 00:19:14,372 --> 00:19:16,283 Let me give you my card. 298 00:19:16,868 --> 00:19:21,474 If you give me 24-hour notice, I can arrange for a night off. 299 00:19:24,260 --> 00:19:25,571 How do you say your name? 300 00:19:25,572 --> 00:19:27,199 Rochelle. 301 00:19:30,468 --> 00:19:32,095 Cool. 302 00:19:33,283 --> 00:19:36,387 Dr. Habibi, please report to room 243. 303 00:19:36,388 --> 00:19:38,015 Dr. Habibi. 304 00:19:41,507 --> 00:19:43,779 Dr. Richards, please report to the O.R. 305 00:19:43,780 --> 00:19:45,570 Dr. Richards. 306 00:20:05,987 --> 00:20:07,865 Afternoon, Spoonie. 307 00:20:09,315 --> 00:20:11,586 Let's go. Cough it up, Ray-gay. 308 00:20:11,587 --> 00:20:13,635 You owes me from last time, don't forget. 309 00:20:13,670 --> 00:20:15,197 That I do. 310 00:20:19,747 --> 00:20:21,474 Here you be. 311 00:20:21,475 --> 00:20:22,690 See that? 312 00:20:22,691 --> 00:20:25,986 See how easy things is when you understand who's boss? 313 00:20:25,987 --> 00:20:27,548 Oh, yeah. 314 00:20:37,346 --> 00:20:41,046 You dumb... son of a bitch. 315 00:20:47,011 --> 00:20:48,642 Well, lookie who's home early. 316 00:20:48,643 --> 00:20:50,018 Yo, Ray! 317 00:20:50,019 --> 00:20:54,306 Double guards to the finish line. Come to the yard. Come to the yard. 318 00:20:54,307 --> 00:20:56,796 - I got fancy wine coolers, man. - Hey, guys. 319 00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:03,290 Hey, Ed, what's up? 320 00:21:04,099 --> 00:21:05,976 That Uncle Mark's car outside? 321 00:21:07,170 --> 00:21:08,928 Where's your mother? 322 00:21:10,275 --> 00:21:13,113 Son, I asked you a question. 323 00:21:22,370 --> 00:21:24,225 - Touch my balls. - You send me! 324 00:21:24,226 --> 00:21:25,377 You send me. 325 00:21:25,378 --> 00:21:27,810 - Touch my balls. - You send me. 326 00:21:27,811 --> 00:21:30,682 Yeah! Touch my goddamned balls! 327 00:21:37,986 --> 00:21:39,417 Charlene? 328 00:21:41,378 --> 00:21:42,744 Mark? 329 00:21:44,738 --> 00:21:48,089 Dear... you're home early. 330 00:21:48,802 --> 00:21:51,712 How was your day? 331 00:21:51,713 --> 00:21:53,112 Hey, Ray. 332 00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:59,831 Charlene, can I have a word with you? 333 00:22:16,450 --> 00:22:18,688 Mind givin' your mom and me a moment? 334 00:22:30,081 --> 00:22:32,636 Mark's been pretty tore up about your mom. 335 00:22:34,050 --> 00:22:36,473 He just needed a little compassion is all. 336 00:22:40,257 --> 00:22:43,129 You never were very understanding, were you, Ray? 337 00:22:44,961 --> 00:22:46,752 This been goin' on a while? 338 00:22:48,001 --> 00:22:49,497 Charlene. 339 00:22:50,721 --> 00:22:52,185 Since... 340 00:22:54,689 --> 00:22:58,368 'bout nine months before Eddie was born. 341 00:23:01,345 --> 00:23:03,222 The boy know? 342 00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:07,993 I would imagine. 343 00:23:13,601 --> 00:23:16,734 Why'd you force me to be with you if I wasn't his father? 344 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,118 Damn, Charlene, I wasn't even 18. 345 00:23:24,384 --> 00:23:26,873 All them pretty girls wanted you. 346 00:23:31,297 --> 00:23:33,503 You need to leave, Charlene. 347 00:24:02,016 --> 00:24:03,829 That you, Ray? 348 00:24:08,576 --> 00:24:10,558 What are you doin' out here all by yourself? 349 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:11,807 Not much. 350 00:24:11,808 --> 00:24:13,983 You want me to open back up so you can get a soda? 351 00:24:13,984 --> 00:24:16,062 Got my paycheck today. It'll be my treat. 352 00:24:16,063 --> 00:24:17,723 No. Thanks, though. 353 00:24:18,495 --> 00:24:19,926 You okay? 354 00:24:20,704 --> 00:24:24,415 This oughta make you feel better... I got your favorite dessert in today. 355 00:24:24,450 --> 00:24:25,695 Banana instant pudding. 356 00:24:25,696 --> 00:24:28,511 I hid half a case for you in personal sundries, 357 00:24:28,546 --> 00:24:30,335 aisle two, behind the deodorant. 358 00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:33,215 Should be quite awhile before anybody finds it. 359 00:24:33,216 --> 00:24:34,847 Catch my meaning? 360 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:36,857 That's awful sweet of you. 361 00:24:38,303 --> 00:24:41,076 Oh, Ray, what is it? Tell me. 362 00:24:41,664 --> 00:24:43,231 Just some trouble at home, 363 00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:45,855 me and Charlene stuff. 364 00:24:45,856 --> 00:24:47,740 That's horrible. 365 00:24:47,775 --> 00:24:50,526 I just want to sit here for a while, if you don't mind. 366 00:24:50,527 --> 00:24:51,710 'Course. 367 00:24:51,711 --> 00:24:53,630 I better skedaddle, anyway. 368 00:24:53,631 --> 00:24:55,646 Don't wanna miss "The Big Spin" on TV. 369 00:24:55,647 --> 00:24:58,136 I came within two numbers last time. 370 00:24:59,071 --> 00:25:01,182 Well... 'night, Ray. 371 00:25:01,183 --> 00:25:02,995 Goodnight. 372 00:26:23,102 --> 00:26:24,500 Yo, Ray. 373 00:26:25,854 --> 00:26:27,994 Dirk shut off the power again. 374 00:26:28,894 --> 00:26:30,522 Did you pay the rent, Den? 375 00:26:31,198 --> 00:26:33,021 My welfares check's late. 376 00:26:33,022 --> 00:26:34,397 You gotta pay the man, Den. 377 00:26:34,398 --> 00:26:37,309 It affects the whole block if even one household ain't current. 378 00:26:37,310 --> 00:26:39,356 You know how he is that way. 379 00:26:39,357 --> 00:26:42,685 That punk... he deserves to have his face rearranged, 380 00:26:42,686 --> 00:26:44,634 stealin' our electricity. 381 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:46,995 It's hotter than hell in there! 382 00:27:07,261 --> 00:27:09,238 Okay, good to go. 383 00:27:10,814 --> 00:27:12,474 You can do it, Char. 384 00:27:13,277 --> 00:27:15,733 "One small step for man" type deal. 385 00:27:16,317 --> 00:27:17,341 No, I can't. 386 00:27:17,342 --> 00:27:21,206 It's... for... the... best! 387 00:27:21,949 --> 00:27:24,601 Yeah. See how easy that was? 388 00:27:26,749 --> 00:27:27,868 You look so pretty. 389 00:27:27,869 --> 00:27:29,660 You look so pretty in the sunshine. 390 00:27:29,661 --> 00:27:31,260 - We did it. - You sure did. 391 00:27:31,261 --> 00:27:32,668 You did it all by yourself. 392 00:27:32,669 --> 00:27:34,776 We did it. Oh, my God. 393 00:27:44,349 --> 00:27:46,587 Funny thing about change... 394 00:27:47,293 --> 00:27:50,491 it's kinda like pullin' off a bandage. 395 00:27:51,261 --> 00:27:56,151 Hurts like hell when you do it, but you always feel better after. 396 00:28:14,621 --> 00:28:16,051 Yo, Ray. 397 00:28:17,117 --> 00:28:21,531 Was that Eddie I seen... headin' off in your brother's car awhile back? 398 00:28:21,532 --> 00:28:23,451 That'd be him. 399 00:28:23,452 --> 00:28:25,810 Who was that woman with him? 400 00:28:26,909 --> 00:28:28,059 Charlene. 401 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:29,392 Serious? 402 00:28:30,045 --> 00:28:32,697 Lord, I can't remember the last time I seen her. 403 00:28:33,820 --> 00:28:35,480 She don't get out much. 404 00:28:36,188 --> 00:28:37,848 Not a lot, no. 405 00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:41,208 You all right, Ray? 406 00:28:43,964 --> 00:28:45,947 You know if you ever need someone to talk to, 407 00:28:45,948 --> 00:28:47,957 you got a friend right here. 408 00:28:48,764 --> 00:28:50,609 Just like that night in '89. 409 00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:52,475 Who made that key block, 410 00:28:52,476 --> 00:28:54,523 time runnin' out, you sprintin' upfield? 411 00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:56,155 You did, Den. 412 00:28:56,156 --> 00:28:58,034 A thing of beauty that was. 413 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:00,596 Me and you, Ray. 414 00:29:01,179 --> 00:29:03,505 We won that game together, we did. 415 00:29:06,012 --> 00:29:07,515 Pay your rent, Den. 416 00:29:07,516 --> 00:29:09,460 Yeah. I know. 417 00:29:13,532 --> 00:29:16,379 That's good, now stabilize it so I can see it better. 418 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:19,163 Okay. Yeah, now... now... now just kinda... 419 00:29:19,164 --> 00:29:20,507 I've never met a guy 420 00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:22,523 who picked up trash from the roadside 421 00:29:22,524 --> 00:29:24,155 who wasn't in a work program. 422 00:29:24,156 --> 00:29:26,779 Excuse me. This your place? 423 00:29:26,780 --> 00:29:27,896 Yeah, I guess it is. 424 00:29:27,931 --> 00:29:30,779 Just wondering if it'd be okay to dump this trash in your bins. 425 00:29:30,780 --> 00:29:31,835 Oh, yeah, no problem. 426 00:29:31,836 --> 00:29:34,903 But that's what I found endearing about Ray. 427 00:29:35,611 --> 00:29:37,018 At least he was tryin'. 428 00:29:37,019 --> 00:29:39,067 You got it, boss. 429 00:29:39,068 --> 00:29:40,186 I don't know. 430 00:29:40,187 --> 00:29:42,458 Everybody in town keeps talkin' about this place. 431 00:29:42,459 --> 00:29:44,090 Yeah? You live around here? 432 00:29:44,091 --> 00:29:45,936 Yep, just around the bend. 433 00:29:47,259 --> 00:29:48,858 Is there any traffic at all? 434 00:29:48,859 --> 00:29:50,331 - Hardly ever. - None, huh? 435 00:29:50,332 --> 00:29:53,682 Except during holidays, sometimes folks head out to Death Valley. 436 00:29:54,843 --> 00:29:56,442 You own Chevron? 437 00:29:56,443 --> 00:29:57,658 Own it? No. 438 00:29:57,659 --> 00:29:59,483 I'm just an independent operator. 439 00:29:59,484 --> 00:30:01,658 I'm from Bakersfield. My name's Merl Stryker. 440 00:30:01,659 --> 00:30:03,674 Ray Tuckby. It's a pleasure, Merl. 441 00:30:03,675 --> 00:30:05,082 Welcome to Trona. 442 00:30:05,083 --> 00:30:07,098 Thank you. Yes, it's quite a place here. 443 00:30:07,099 --> 00:30:09,370 I've never seen anything quite like it. 444 00:30:09,371 --> 00:30:13,658 It's just... pretty sorry-ass. 445 00:30:13,659 --> 00:30:15,770 I hope you don't mind, I mean... 446 00:30:15,771 --> 00:30:17,082 nothing grows here. 447 00:30:17,083 --> 00:30:18,937 Well, soil's too poisoned. 448 00:30:18,938 --> 00:30:21,465 Plus, it hasn't rained here in about forever. 449 00:30:21,466 --> 00:30:24,058 Used to be beautiful, though, as I remember. 450 00:30:24,059 --> 00:30:27,930 Mid-'80s, state diverted our water from Owens River to L.A. 451 00:30:27,931 --> 00:30:30,746 The lake dried up, the chemical companies moved in, 452 00:30:30,747 --> 00:30:32,058 place went to hell. 453 00:30:32,059 --> 00:30:34,330 That's a sad story. 454 00:30:35,035 --> 00:30:37,849 Who's that little fucker that charges me to get into town? 455 00:30:37,850 --> 00:30:39,609 That'd be Dirk or one of his boys. 456 00:30:39,610 --> 00:30:41,433 They sort of run things around here. 457 00:30:41,434 --> 00:30:42,874 Kids? 458 00:30:42,875 --> 00:30:45,210 They're responsible for most of the revenue. 459 00:30:45,211 --> 00:30:46,970 He got his own meth lab. 460 00:30:46,971 --> 00:30:48,442 What about the cops? 461 00:30:48,443 --> 00:30:49,785 Ain't none here. 462 00:30:49,786 --> 00:30:53,113 When the state declared this area a toxic waste site a few years back, 463 00:30:53,114 --> 00:30:55,162 anybody respectable cleared out. 464 00:30:55,163 --> 00:30:57,561 Then they offered these places at a cut rate. 465 00:30:57,562 --> 00:30:59,417 Dirk near bought up the town. 466 00:30:59,418 --> 00:31:02,105 Story's gettin' sadder and sadder. 467 00:31:02,106 --> 00:31:05,625 Hey, Ray, is there a place around here to get a cup of joe? 468 00:31:05,626 --> 00:31:07,577 I'm hittin' my morning crash. 469 00:31:07,578 --> 00:31:10,585 Market in town has a coffee pot, one of them bottomless jobs, 470 00:31:10,586 --> 00:31:13,177 and 'bout the prettiest gal you'll ever set eyes on. 471 00:31:13,178 --> 00:31:16,409 Oh, yeah? I think that's where we should go. 472 00:31:26,874 --> 00:31:28,312 - Mornin', Ray. - Hey, Nora. 473 00:31:28,313 --> 00:31:31,097 This here's Merl Stryker, owner of that Chevron station. 474 00:31:31,098 --> 00:31:34,137 - Nora McCalley. - Well, it is an honor, Mr. Stryker. 475 00:31:34,138 --> 00:31:35,193 How do you do, ma'am. 476 00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:37,879 That's quite a place you're building out there. 477 00:31:38,458 --> 00:31:42,224 Ray was not telling a lie when he said you are a fox. 478 00:31:43,898 --> 00:31:47,001 Well, maybe in contrast to the surroundings. 479 00:31:47,002 --> 00:31:48,472 What can I get for you two? 480 00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:50,265 Couple cups of coffee if it's fresh. 481 00:31:50,266 --> 00:31:51,762 Just made a batch. 482 00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:57,817 This place looks like a cyclone hit it. 483 00:31:57,852 --> 00:32:00,344 There's not much in the way of supplies. 484 00:32:00,345 --> 00:32:01,939 We get by basically. 485 00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:03,704 Here you go. 486 00:32:03,705 --> 00:32:06,584 The Cremora's just behind you on the counter, sir. 487 00:32:06,585 --> 00:32:08,343 Thank you, honeybunch. 488 00:32:12,121 --> 00:32:13,496 Do something with your hair? 489 00:32:13,497 --> 00:32:14,928 Me? 490 00:32:22,874 --> 00:32:24,686 Got any dreams, Ray? 491 00:32:29,593 --> 00:32:31,057 Dreams? 492 00:32:31,673 --> 00:32:32,888 Yeah. 493 00:32:32,889 --> 00:32:35,800 Dreams. A man's got to strive for something big in life. 494 00:32:35,801 --> 00:32:39,446 Otherwise, he doesn't mean a rat's ass to himself or society. 495 00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:42,776 To be honest, I basically just go from one day to the next 496 00:32:42,777 --> 00:32:44,759 trying to feel good about myself. 497 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,256 I'm 58 years old. I still got big dreams. 498 00:32:47,257 --> 00:32:50,510 Mean to tell me you didn't have big ones even when you were a kid? 499 00:32:51,897 --> 00:32:53,360 Some. 500 00:32:54,008 --> 00:32:57,176 What about what you were telling me about before, 501 00:32:57,177 --> 00:33:01,464 how you thought it'd be great if this area all came back. 502 00:33:01,465 --> 00:33:03,671 That's a big dream of sorts, isn't it? 503 00:33:05,944 --> 00:33:07,604 I guess. 504 00:33:09,976 --> 00:33:12,564 Maybe have that lake full of trout and bass... 505 00:33:13,849 --> 00:33:16,818 nice outdoor eatery on that pier down yonder... 506 00:33:19,032 --> 00:33:21,528 a place where people could get a cold drink, 507 00:33:21,529 --> 00:33:23,505 admire the beauty again. 508 00:33:24,696 --> 00:33:27,927 Now you're talking. It sounds pretty good to me. 509 00:33:32,856 --> 00:33:34,583 Well, Merl, I gotta get on to work. 510 00:33:34,584 --> 00:33:36,440 Nice to make your acquaintance. 511 00:33:36,441 --> 00:33:37,975 Pleasure was mine. 512 00:33:37,976 --> 00:33:39,636 Thank you for the coffee. 513 00:33:40,408 --> 00:33:42,318 Keep the wheels turning. 514 00:33:46,136 --> 00:33:48,276 There you go. 515 00:33:52,152 --> 00:33:56,023 If you eat a little more food, you can be sleeping in your own bed. 516 00:33:56,024 --> 00:33:57,618 Won't that be nice? 517 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:03,315 Yeah, that's it. 518 00:34:03,896 --> 00:34:05,457 It's good, huh? 519 00:34:06,168 --> 00:34:08,853 Vanilla custard, yes indeed. 520 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,937 Yes, that's my good girl. 521 00:34:16,184 --> 00:34:18,836 I want you out of my house. 522 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:20,878 What, Ma? 523 00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:24,598 Get that crap away from me, you kiss-ass. 524 00:34:24,599 --> 00:34:29,494 All you want is that meringue recipe, and it'll never happen. 525 00:34:29,495 --> 00:34:32,758 You couldn't cook your way out of a Ziploc. 526 00:34:32,759 --> 00:34:35,990 No wonder you could never hold on to a man. 527 00:34:36,568 --> 00:34:40,945 You're going to end up a lesbian if you're not one already. 528 00:34:41,527 --> 00:34:43,372 Evening, miss. 529 00:34:44,855 --> 00:34:46,351 Hello. 530 00:34:47,447 --> 00:34:49,174 I hate your guts. 531 00:34:49,175 --> 00:34:50,806 I don't care. 532 00:34:50,807 --> 00:34:53,590 I have never asked you for one thing, God damn... 533 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:54,742 Then don't. 534 00:34:54,743 --> 00:34:57,974 You are gonna cough up that fucking recipe. 535 00:34:57,975 --> 00:35:00,374 Dream on, you old maid. 536 00:35:00,375 --> 00:35:02,006 Don't push me. 537 00:35:02,007 --> 00:35:03,700 Don't push me. 538 00:35:35,446 --> 00:35:37,902 Ma, I brought your favorite. 539 00:35:39,415 --> 00:35:40,846 Ma? 540 00:35:41,878 --> 00:35:43,342 Penny? 541 00:35:47,318 --> 00:35:53,201 For today we are mourning the loss of two remarkable individuals... 542 00:35:54,167 --> 00:35:58,325 Penny Varrow, a willful woman of character 543 00:35:58,326 --> 00:36:00,853 who led an independent life, 544 00:36:00,854 --> 00:36:06,581 most recently running a crisis center for abandoned spouses... 545 00:36:06,582 --> 00:36:08,341 and Ruth Tuckby, 546 00:36:08,342 --> 00:36:13,429 devoted mother, wife, and local knitting legend, 547 00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:18,165 who strove to make the lives of those around her richer. 548 00:36:18,166 --> 00:36:21,557 They were both good women 549 00:36:21,558 --> 00:36:26,000 who celebrated their differences throughout a rocky relationship. 550 00:36:28,278 --> 00:36:32,306 Well, ultimately celebrated them a little too much, I reckon. 551 00:36:39,509 --> 00:36:41,267 Mark. Mark! 552 00:36:48,182 --> 00:36:49,397 Mark! 553 00:36:49,398 --> 00:36:50,420 Shut up. 554 00:36:50,421 --> 00:36:51,787 - Mark. - Ray. 555 00:36:52,405 --> 00:36:53,812 Hey, Clem. 556 00:36:53,813 --> 00:36:56,618 I'm... I'm sorry for your loss. 557 00:36:57,686 --> 00:37:01,780 I know this is not the best time to talk business, but... 558 00:37:01,781 --> 00:37:03,060 That's okay. 559 00:37:03,061 --> 00:37:05,332 The bulk of the estate goes to you and your brother. 560 00:37:05,333 --> 00:37:07,125 The house, as you may know, 561 00:37:07,126 --> 00:37:09,396 was pretty heavily leveraged awhile back, 562 00:37:09,397 --> 00:37:13,043 plus she didn't have much in the way of medical coverage. 563 00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:14,996 Right. 564 00:37:14,997 --> 00:37:19,058 Son, this here's your share. 565 00:37:20,789 --> 00:37:22,356 Thanks for all your help, Clem. 566 00:37:22,357 --> 00:37:23,722 Sorry. 567 00:37:24,309 --> 00:37:26,292 Oh, I forgot to give you this. 568 00:37:26,293 --> 00:37:28,400 Your mama wanted you to have it. 569 00:37:30,613 --> 00:37:32,660 Well, if there's anything else you need, 570 00:37:32,661 --> 00:37:35,761 I'll be in Ridgecrest, bored to tears. 571 00:38:02,516 --> 00:38:05,299 Eddie? You got a minute? 572 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,178 Not today, Ray. I'm busy. 573 00:38:08,436 --> 00:38:10,291 I need to speak to you, son. 574 00:38:10,292 --> 00:38:11,952 R'ch'lle, excuse us. 575 00:38:12,532 --> 00:38:13,930 Here you go. 576 00:38:17,492 --> 00:38:18,858 What is it? 577 00:38:19,508 --> 00:38:21,102 I got something for you. 578 00:38:21,557 --> 00:38:22,899 Like what? 579 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:24,115 You should have this. 580 00:38:24,116 --> 00:38:26,643 Your grandma would've wanted it that way. 581 00:38:26,644 --> 00:38:28,140 Go on, take it. 582 00:38:32,725 --> 00:38:34,579 Eleven hundred bucks? 583 00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:35,891 For college. 584 00:38:35,892 --> 00:38:37,683 College? 585 00:38:39,316 --> 00:38:41,171 What the hell's the matter with you, Ray? 586 00:38:41,172 --> 00:38:43,955 I got better things to do with this money and my time 587 00:38:43,956 --> 00:38:46,128 than get some stupid education. 588 00:38:47,412 --> 00:38:49,770 Me and R'ch'lle is moving in together. 589 00:38:52,212 --> 00:38:54,025 I just wanted to say that... 590 00:38:54,676 --> 00:38:58,321 even though we both know you're not my own flesh and blood... 591 00:38:59,348 --> 00:39:01,554 I still love you, son. 592 00:39:02,387 --> 00:39:05,488 Hey, let's get a move on. I'm gonna be late for work. 593 00:39:08,307 --> 00:39:10,418 Dirk offered me a gig. 594 00:39:10,419 --> 00:39:12,275 I'm finally gonna make some real coin. 595 00:39:12,276 --> 00:39:13,683 That's a dead end, Ed. 596 00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:14,866 Not to me, it ain't. 597 00:39:14,867 --> 00:39:18,000 Ed, this train is leaving the station. 598 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:20,298 Ed... 599 00:39:22,003 --> 00:39:23,532 I'll see you around. 600 00:39:24,243 --> 00:39:26,258 If you need anything, son, you let me know. 601 00:39:26,259 --> 00:39:28,683 Yeah. All right. 602 00:39:52,947 --> 00:39:55,250 Dirk's boys held up the delivery truck again. 603 00:39:55,251 --> 00:39:57,773 All we got left is Shake 'n Bake, aisle five. 604 00:39:58,355 --> 00:40:00,779 But... we're out of chicken. 605 00:40:02,067 --> 00:40:03,563 These'll do me. 606 00:40:04,339 --> 00:40:06,577 I was going to eat light tonight anyhow. 607 00:40:10,579 --> 00:40:15,185 Pork rinds and a large bag of ranch-flavored sunflower seeds. 608 00:40:15,987 --> 00:40:17,394 Anything to drink with that? 609 00:40:17,395 --> 00:40:20,680 Nah. Plenty of water in the tap, I always say. 610 00:40:22,643 --> 00:40:25,617 I bet you could use a home-cooked meal one of these days. 611 00:40:25,618 --> 00:40:27,595 Yeah, well... 612 00:40:33,683 --> 00:40:35,757 Sorry about you and Charlene... 613 00:40:36,370 --> 00:40:37,931 and your mom... 614 00:40:39,027 --> 00:40:40,752 and Penny. 615 00:40:41,426 --> 00:40:43,921 Trying to look at it as a new beginning. 616 00:40:43,922 --> 00:40:45,833 May take me awhile to get there. 617 00:40:46,898 --> 00:40:49,394 Anyway, thanks for coming to the funeral. 618 00:40:49,395 --> 00:40:50,609 Saw you sitting in back. 619 00:40:50,610 --> 00:40:52,335 Oh, my pleasure, Ray. 620 00:40:53,490 --> 00:40:55,215 So, what are you doing later? 621 00:40:56,274 --> 00:40:58,897 Later, like... tonight later? 622 00:40:58,898 --> 00:41:01,361 Yeah, for a start. 623 00:41:01,362 --> 00:41:03,569 Well, I'll probably just go home 624 00:41:03,570 --> 00:41:07,565 and sort through all the death papers and stuff, I guess. 625 00:41:08,146 --> 00:41:09,169 You? 626 00:41:09,170 --> 00:41:12,561 I'd really like to go into Ridgecrest and see a movie. 627 00:41:12,562 --> 00:41:14,289 - It's been awhile. - Yeah? 628 00:41:14,290 --> 00:41:17,521 Maybe get a bite after at that new Arby's folks are talking about? 629 00:41:17,522 --> 00:41:19,889 Oh, yeah. I drove by it a couple times. 630 00:41:19,890 --> 00:41:22,128 Might be worth checking out. 631 00:41:28,209 --> 00:41:30,736 Well... see you soon, Nora. 632 00:41:30,737 --> 00:41:32,583 Hope so, Ray. 633 00:43:05,264 --> 00:43:06,630 Nora. 634 00:43:07,729 --> 00:43:09,711 You wanna go on a date... 635 00:43:09,712 --> 00:43:11,055 with me? 636 00:43:11,056 --> 00:43:14,255 Been waiting 18 years for you to ask. 637 00:44:55,918 --> 00:44:57,902 Where'd you get all this fresh food? 638 00:44:57,903 --> 00:45:00,973 Got up bright and early this morning, drove special out to Ridgecrest. 639 00:45:00,974 --> 00:45:02,373 Cook it yourself? 640 00:45:03,502 --> 00:45:06,510 That's about the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me. 641 00:45:06,511 --> 00:45:08,686 I mean, that is, if you did do it for me. 642 00:45:08,687 --> 00:45:10,118 I did. 643 00:45:12,207 --> 00:45:15,277 Ray, how come you never got out of here when you had the chance? 644 00:45:15,278 --> 00:45:17,549 Me? I don't know. 645 00:45:18,287 --> 00:45:20,941 I know you got that offer a few years back, going to L.A., 646 00:45:20,942 --> 00:45:22,952 work for that friend of your dad's. 647 00:45:24,206 --> 00:45:25,800 Didn't suit me, I guess. 648 00:45:28,622 --> 00:45:30,118 This is my home. 649 00:45:31,150 --> 00:45:32,744 I used to love it here. 650 00:45:34,286 --> 00:45:36,099 Summers felt endless. 651 00:45:36,686 --> 00:45:38,029 Swimming, fishing, 652 00:45:38,030 --> 00:45:40,869 just being able to breath all that cool, fresh air. 653 00:45:41,518 --> 00:45:44,390 I hold on to those memories, a lot of other ones, too. 654 00:45:45,390 --> 00:45:46,925 Like that one in second grade 655 00:45:46,926 --> 00:45:49,837 when Mrs. Kinney took us on that field trip to this very spot 656 00:45:49,838 --> 00:45:52,173 and I got a baked bean stuck in my nose? 657 00:45:52,174 --> 00:45:53,869 You remember that? 658 00:45:53,870 --> 00:45:56,077 I wouldn't stop crying. 659 00:45:56,078 --> 00:45:58,477 You came right over, just like a little prince. 660 00:45:58,478 --> 00:46:00,141 You picked me up and you carried me 661 00:46:00,142 --> 00:46:01,769 all the way back to the bus. 662 00:46:02,478 --> 00:46:05,325 I thought it was so romantic... 663 00:46:05,326 --> 00:46:07,693 except maybe that part about you insisting 664 00:46:07,694 --> 00:46:09,197 on trying to fish the thing out 665 00:46:09,198 --> 00:46:11,565 with one of your dad's pipe cleaners. 666 00:46:11,566 --> 00:46:13,741 Doctor said you nearly gave me a lobotomy. 667 00:46:13,742 --> 00:46:15,948 Yeah, I managed to block that out, actually. 668 00:46:15,949 --> 00:46:17,478 Oh, you did? 669 00:46:20,493 --> 00:46:22,253 I thought it was sweet. 670 00:46:22,254 --> 00:46:24,877 How concerned you were about me, how much you cared. 671 00:46:24,878 --> 00:46:27,269 Yeah, well... 672 00:46:29,614 --> 00:46:31,110 What about you? 673 00:46:31,694 --> 00:46:33,388 Didn't you ever think about leaving? 674 00:46:33,389 --> 00:46:35,597 From time to time. 675 00:46:35,598 --> 00:46:37,357 How come you never did, then? 676 00:46:37,358 --> 00:46:39,277 That cheerleading scholarship to UOP 677 00:46:39,278 --> 00:46:41,483 sure was a big deal for you to turn down. 678 00:46:42,318 --> 00:46:44,108 A girl has her reasons. 679 00:47:03,661 --> 00:47:05,357 I had a wonderful afternoon, Ray. 680 00:47:05,392 --> 00:47:06,854 Me, too, Nora. 681 00:47:07,789 --> 00:47:09,612 Now, I want you to keep those leftovers. 682 00:47:09,613 --> 00:47:11,628 I made extra for you to take to work all week. 683 00:47:11,629 --> 00:47:12,683 You sure? 684 00:47:12,684 --> 00:47:15,084 You can't eat packaged food the rest of your life. 685 00:47:15,085 --> 00:47:17,164 That stuff'll kill you. 686 00:47:17,165 --> 00:47:20,778 Getting a real home-cooked meal like that sure was something else. 687 00:47:27,373 --> 00:47:32,808 Listen, I know how you must be feeling about Eddie and all. 688 00:47:38,060 --> 00:47:40,778 You always had the most beautiful heart, Ray. 689 00:47:45,132 --> 00:47:48,811 Well, I've got to get back to my shift, so I'll talk on you? 690 00:47:49,292 --> 00:47:50,789 Okay. 691 00:48:54,316 --> 00:48:56,422 Where's my mom and dad? 692 00:49:07,243 --> 00:49:08,490 Yeah? 693 00:49:08,491 --> 00:49:09,770 Dirk here? 694 00:49:09,771 --> 00:49:12,171 Saw him around awhile ago. 695 00:49:12,172 --> 00:49:13,668 Dirk? 696 00:49:14,251 --> 00:49:15,714 Dirk! 697 00:49:17,067 --> 00:49:20,298 Oh, I forgot. He's up at the plant up the street, 698 00:49:20,299 --> 00:49:22,690 but you ain't supposed to go up there. 699 00:49:26,859 --> 00:49:28,842 Adjust that... adjust that choke. 700 00:49:28,843 --> 00:49:30,983 Hand me that wrench. 701 00:49:36,811 --> 00:49:40,266 Boy, all these leaky drums sure look like an accident waiting to happen. 702 00:49:40,267 --> 00:49:42,378 What are you doing here? You ain't allowed. 703 00:49:42,379 --> 00:49:45,152 Well, I wanna talk to you about my son. 704 00:49:45,739 --> 00:49:48,201 I'd like it if you didn't drag him into your line of work. 705 00:49:48,202 --> 00:49:49,738 He ain't even yours, old man. 706 00:49:49,739 --> 00:49:52,106 I'm just saying you don't need him working for you, 707 00:49:52,107 --> 00:49:53,734 all the guys you got. 708 00:49:55,338 --> 00:49:57,282 Do me this favor, Dirk. 709 00:49:58,762 --> 00:50:00,906 - Favor? - Yeah, this one time. 710 00:50:00,907 --> 00:50:02,601 I ought to kick your ass right now. 711 00:50:02,602 --> 00:50:04,010 I don't want trouble, Dirk. 712 00:50:04,011 --> 00:50:06,505 I'm just saying it'd be a nice thing for you to do, 713 00:50:06,506 --> 00:50:09,002 letting him have a proper shot at a future. 714 00:50:09,003 --> 00:50:10,378 He's a real good kid. 715 00:50:10,379 --> 00:50:12,713 I know. That's why he's gonna be working for me. 716 00:50:12,714 --> 00:50:14,788 No, but see... 717 00:50:16,202 --> 00:50:19,529 Only thing I see is a pathetic jerk who's trespassing. 718 00:50:19,530 --> 00:50:22,335 You tell your neighbors to pay their rent. 719 00:50:23,146 --> 00:50:24,970 Get the fuck off my property. 720 00:50:25,005 --> 00:50:26,631 Bitch. 721 00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:49,065 You pay the rent yet, Den? 722 00:50:49,066 --> 00:50:50,985 Oh, not real... really. 723 00:50:50,986 --> 00:50:52,265 We've been through this. 724 00:50:52,266 --> 00:50:54,886 You're letting everybody down when you don't. 725 00:50:55,786 --> 00:50:57,033 Ray, I know that. 726 00:50:57,034 --> 00:51:00,041 Denny, you better do something about the heat, goddamn it. 727 00:51:00,042 --> 00:51:01,986 I'm bustin' a gasket in here. 728 00:51:03,882 --> 00:51:06,022 I don't want him getting into drugs. 729 00:51:07,498 --> 00:51:09,190 I don't care if I'm not... 730 00:51:10,378 --> 00:51:13,609 Then you tell his real father to take responsibility for once 731 00:51:13,610 --> 00:51:15,651 and give the boy some guidance. 732 00:51:16,233 --> 00:51:17,697 Charlene? 733 00:51:42,282 --> 00:51:44,809 Here's your rent. It's too hot to stand on ceremony. 734 00:51:44,810 --> 00:51:46,248 So you walk that over to Dirk's 735 00:51:46,249 --> 00:51:48,680 and you tell him to turn the power back on, okay? 736 00:51:48,681 --> 00:51:50,344 Roger that, Ray. 737 00:51:50,345 --> 00:51:51,785 I'll make good. I swear. 738 00:51:51,786 --> 00:51:54,248 Soon, Den. I can't swing two rents. 739 00:51:54,249 --> 00:51:56,968 Get Selma to quit smoking the ice and pay your bills. 740 00:51:56,969 --> 00:51:58,056 We clear? 741 00:51:58,057 --> 00:51:59,902 Oh, we're clear as day. 742 00:52:01,961 --> 00:52:04,808 Well, I'm gonna have to put a shirt on. 743 00:52:04,809 --> 00:52:06,370 Then I'll get on it. 744 00:52:09,513 --> 00:52:11,592 Twirling action, like this here. 745 00:52:11,593 --> 00:52:13,256 That's right. You like that? 746 00:52:13,257 --> 00:52:15,656 See? Yeah? Help yourself. Take everything. 747 00:52:15,657 --> 00:52:17,544 Next time bring your cars. 748 00:52:17,545 --> 00:52:18,664 You got 'em all? 749 00:52:18,665 --> 00:52:21,192 I got as many Huggies as I can carry. 750 00:52:21,193 --> 00:52:23,367 I'm gonna sell this shit on eBay. 751 00:52:23,368 --> 00:52:25,895 The free washer fluid sure was a nice touch. 752 00:52:25,896 --> 00:52:28,648 Look, Nora, you just swipe your credit card and go. 753 00:52:28,649 --> 00:52:31,039 Kind of feels like we're in the big city. 754 00:52:31,849 --> 00:52:33,192 Hey, you guys. 755 00:52:33,193 --> 00:52:34,984 - Hey, Stryker. - Hi, Nora. 756 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:36,775 This place is just gorgeous. 757 00:52:36,776 --> 00:52:39,335 Thank you. I'm very, very proud of it. 758 00:52:39,336 --> 00:52:43,016 All I ask is every once in a while you come on in and fill up a tank. 759 00:52:43,017 --> 00:52:44,743 - Sure. - Yeah, okay. 760 00:52:44,744 --> 00:52:48,199 And Ray, how's all that dreaming going, buddy? 761 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:49,384 A little at a time. 762 00:52:49,385 --> 00:52:52,354 A little at a time, that's all we can ask for. 763 00:52:52,936 --> 00:52:55,807 - Have fun. - That man is something else. 764 00:52:58,696 --> 00:53:02,183 You might like to know Eddie's been doing a real good job for me. 765 00:53:02,184 --> 00:53:03,811 You oughta be proud. 766 00:53:04,584 --> 00:53:06,664 So, are you all of a sudden the big sugar daddy 767 00:53:06,699 --> 00:53:08,519 for anybody who needs their rent paid? 768 00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,919 It's getting awful hot, Dirk. 769 00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,319 Some folks are having a hard time making ends meet. 770 00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:15,431 Maybe you ought to mind your own business. 771 00:53:15,432 --> 00:53:16,935 It is my business. 772 00:53:16,936 --> 00:53:19,458 Shut off the power, it hurts all of us. 773 00:53:20,552 --> 00:53:23,619 Acting like a tough guy in front of your new girlfriend here. 774 00:53:24,648 --> 00:53:27,111 Since you're such a rich man, maybe I oughta raise your rent. 775 00:53:27,112 --> 00:53:29,703 Maybe I should buy a genny so I don't need your power. 776 00:53:29,704 --> 00:53:31,591 You ain't allowed to do that. 777 00:53:31,592 --> 00:53:33,120 Is that a fact? 778 00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,336 I'm gonna lay this out for you once and for all, old man. 779 00:53:38,919 --> 00:53:42,758 The way things work around here is everybody does what I tell them to, 780 00:53:42,759 --> 00:53:44,166 and that goes for you double. 781 00:53:44,167 --> 00:53:48,707 Now, you don't like it, and you're gonna get your ass kicked. 782 00:53:49,319 --> 00:53:51,077 Hey, it's mine! 783 00:53:55,143 --> 00:53:56,871 Better hear what I say, Ray. 784 00:53:56,872 --> 00:54:00,007 Hey, knock it off, all of you, before I lock you in the dog run again. 785 00:54:00,008 --> 00:54:01,127 Give me that! 786 00:54:01,128 --> 00:54:02,246 Sorry, Dirk. 787 00:54:02,247 --> 00:54:05,598 Fighting over a bottle of antifreeze? What the fuck is that? 788 00:54:06,184 --> 00:54:07,366 It smells great. 789 00:54:07,367 --> 00:54:09,507 Hope I didn't overcook it. 790 00:54:22,055 --> 00:54:23,486 Okay. 791 00:54:25,895 --> 00:54:27,456 The moment of truth. 792 00:54:37,895 --> 00:54:39,238 Can I make a toast? 793 00:54:39,273 --> 00:54:40,571 Sure. 794 00:54:42,887 --> 00:54:45,830 To the only dinner party this house has ever known, 795 00:54:45,831 --> 00:54:49,350 and to you, Nora, for being a part of it. 796 00:54:49,385 --> 00:54:51,078 That was beautiful, Ray. 797 00:54:51,079 --> 00:54:52,411 Thank you. 798 00:55:03,015 --> 00:55:05,886 You sit in the chair there, and I'll sit on the floor. 799 00:55:11,078 --> 00:55:13,413 Sorry all the proper furniture's gone. 800 00:55:13,414 --> 00:55:15,046 Yeah, it'd be nice 801 00:55:15,047 --> 00:55:17,349 if there was a place we could be comfortable. 802 00:55:17,350 --> 00:55:18,716 Yeah. 803 00:55:34,151 --> 00:55:36,639 Whoa, nearly 8:45. 804 00:55:37,990 --> 00:55:39,877 Both got to work tomorrow and everything. 805 00:55:39,878 --> 00:55:42,717 Actually, tomorrow's my day off. 806 00:55:43,782 --> 00:55:45,278 Is that a fact? 807 00:55:49,734 --> 00:55:51,459 Seem warm in here? 808 00:55:53,062 --> 00:55:54,907 I think it's fine, Ray. 809 00:55:55,494 --> 00:55:57,055 It's fine. 810 00:55:59,942 --> 00:56:01,373 What's that light? 811 00:56:02,245 --> 00:56:03,839 There, out front. 812 00:56:15,653 --> 00:56:17,281 Oh, Ray. 813 00:56:19,845 --> 00:56:22,563 Things are gonna have to change around here, Nora. 814 00:56:23,462 --> 00:56:24,965 And he wasn't kidding. 815 00:56:24,966 --> 00:56:26,308 Everyone was gettin' fed up 816 00:56:26,309 --> 00:56:28,613 with the whole deal in this town, including me. 817 00:56:28,614 --> 00:56:30,244 Where am I dropping you, Ray? 818 00:56:30,245 --> 00:56:31,938 Got to get in to work. 819 00:56:32,613 --> 00:56:35,748 Insurance guy said he'd drop the check by end of the day. 820 00:56:35,749 --> 00:56:38,685 What kind of car you think 600 bucks buys these days? 821 00:56:39,269 --> 00:56:41,115 More than my Gremlin. 822 00:56:43,365 --> 00:56:45,472 Elmo, pull over a sec. 823 00:57:04,165 --> 00:57:06,654 - Merl? - Damn. 824 00:57:12,197 --> 00:57:15,101 Son of a bitch. Elmo, give me a hand here. 825 00:57:18,981 --> 00:57:20,196 Be right there. 826 00:57:20,197 --> 00:57:23,614 I'll get you. Today would be nice. 827 00:57:24,677 --> 00:57:26,691 That punk Dirk. 828 00:57:26,692 --> 00:57:28,068 I got him good, though. 829 00:57:28,069 --> 00:57:30,019 I think I might've broken his nose. 830 00:57:30,020 --> 00:57:32,346 His... jerks... 831 00:57:32,933 --> 00:57:35,652 they just held me down, beat the shit out of me. 832 00:57:35,653 --> 00:57:37,603 We gotta get you to a hospital, Merl. 833 00:57:37,604 --> 00:57:40,322 No, just take me home. My missus will clean me up. 834 00:57:56,229 --> 00:57:57,892 Quite a place you got here, Merl. 835 00:57:57,927 --> 00:57:59,389 Thank you, Ray. 836 00:58:00,292 --> 00:58:01,635 - Oh, honey. - Oh, my word. 837 00:58:01,636 --> 00:58:03,107 There she is, my darling. 838 00:58:03,108 --> 00:58:06,115 What happened to you? I have been worried sick. 839 00:58:06,116 --> 00:58:08,867 Bunch of thugs beat up on your pop at the gas station. 840 00:58:08,868 --> 00:58:10,403 Her pop? 841 00:58:10,404 --> 00:58:11,842 This is my old lady, son. 842 00:58:11,843 --> 00:58:14,627 I told you about having big dreams, Ray. 843 00:58:14,628 --> 00:58:16,707 - Come on. - Okay. Oh... 844 00:58:16,708 --> 00:58:18,618 Honey, I need a hot bath. 845 00:58:20,324 --> 00:58:23,939 Oh, yeah, honey, come on. Gonna take care of Daddy? 846 00:58:23,940 --> 00:58:25,338 My goodness. 847 00:58:25,924 --> 00:58:27,256 Damn. 848 00:58:38,723 --> 00:58:40,579 Evening, gentlemen. 849 00:58:40,580 --> 00:58:41,922 Hi, Nora. 850 00:58:41,923 --> 00:58:44,386 Hey. That the new car? 851 00:58:44,387 --> 00:58:47,842 Barely runs. It'll be fine once we get done with it. 852 00:58:47,843 --> 00:58:50,275 Sorry to barge in on you, but I could use some help. 853 00:58:50,276 --> 00:58:52,290 Sure. That's nice. Where'd you get that? 854 00:58:52,291 --> 00:58:54,818 Thrift store in Ridgecrest. You want to help me get it inside? 855 00:58:54,819 --> 00:58:55,939 Let me go lock up. 856 00:58:55,940 --> 00:58:59,138 No. It's for you, Ray. 857 00:59:00,419 --> 00:59:02,013 You got this for me? 858 00:59:03,172 --> 00:59:04,770 How come? 859 00:59:04,771 --> 00:59:08,002 Just thought it'd be nice for you to have a place to get comfortable 860 00:59:08,003 --> 00:59:12,290 so you can have company, to chat and things. 861 00:59:12,291 --> 00:59:13,787 - Yeah? - Yeah. 862 00:59:15,875 --> 00:59:17,506 Think you could give us a hand, Den? 863 00:59:17,507 --> 00:59:19,833 Got a couple of long necks with your name on 'em. 864 00:59:20,419 --> 00:59:21,826 You got yourself a deal. 865 00:59:21,827 --> 00:59:23,672 Heavy little thing. 866 00:59:25,603 --> 00:59:28,033 Dang if that don't look just great. 867 00:59:28,034 --> 00:59:30,523 Man, that was quite a workout. 868 00:59:31,426 --> 00:59:32,770 I sure am thirsty. 869 00:59:32,771 --> 00:59:35,391 Oh, right. Got you covered. 870 00:59:37,955 --> 00:59:39,451 Damn. 871 00:59:40,099 --> 00:59:42,849 This place is a hell of a lot nicer than my hole. 872 00:59:45,891 --> 00:59:47,426 You know, I was thinking 873 00:59:47,427 --> 00:59:51,553 maybe me and you could get together sometime... 874 00:59:52,642 --> 00:59:54,455 reminisce. 875 00:59:55,138 --> 00:59:56,766 About what? 876 00:59:57,379 --> 00:59:58,594 Here you go, Den. 877 00:59:58,595 --> 01:00:00,321 Oh, bitchin'. 878 01:00:00,322 --> 01:00:01,916 See you guys later. 879 01:00:04,130 --> 01:00:05,570 He's a character, that boy. 880 01:00:05,571 --> 01:00:07,297 He's harmless enough. 881 01:00:07,298 --> 01:00:09,089 His wife's another kettle of fish. 882 01:00:09,090 --> 01:00:11,105 - Was she in our class? - Not for very long. 883 01:00:11,106 --> 01:00:14,751 Think she got thrown out for beating up the vice principal or something. 884 01:00:16,418 --> 01:00:18,046 Take it for a test drive. 885 01:00:25,378 --> 01:00:26,657 Well, what do you think? 886 01:00:26,658 --> 01:00:27,777 Feels good. 887 01:00:27,778 --> 01:00:29,755 Mmm, yeah. 888 01:00:33,570 --> 01:00:35,579 You're awful sweet, aren't you? 889 01:00:36,162 --> 01:00:37,953 Well, you tell me. 890 01:00:37,954 --> 01:00:39,799 Well, I think you are, yeah. 891 01:00:40,834 --> 01:00:42,428 Real sweet. 892 01:00:48,321 --> 01:00:50,777 Well, I didn't mean to barge in like this... 893 01:00:51,713 --> 01:00:54,305 so you just enjoy this here sofa, 894 01:00:54,306 --> 01:00:57,665 and maybe sometime we'll get to share it together again. 895 01:00:57,666 --> 01:01:00,952 I don't think I'll let anyone else sit on it except for you and me. 896 01:01:01,698 --> 01:01:03,576 What's so funny? I'm serious. 897 01:01:05,186 --> 01:01:07,041 Now, why are you looking at me like that? 898 01:01:07,042 --> 01:01:09,633 - Like what? - Just like that. 899 01:01:09,634 --> 01:01:12,668 Like I got something in my teeth. 900 01:01:13,826 --> 01:01:16,160 Is that really how I'm looking at you, Ray? 901 01:01:16,161 --> 01:01:19,228 Well, not exactly, I guess... 902 01:01:20,257 --> 01:01:22,688 but you sure look at me different than any woman ever has. 903 01:01:22,689 --> 01:01:24,416 Oh, now... 904 01:01:24,417 --> 01:01:25,946 What's that about? 905 01:01:26,977 --> 01:01:28,448 Well, maybe I'm just enjoying 906 01:01:28,449 --> 01:01:31,767 being able to sit with you face to face after all these years. 907 01:01:32,449 --> 01:01:34,784 How, until recently, I hadn't got to spend 908 01:01:34,785 --> 01:01:38,624 more than five or ten minutes at a time with you since 11th grade, 909 01:01:38,625 --> 01:01:40,732 but how that was enough for me. 910 01:01:46,945 --> 01:01:49,568 Well, as you like say, you got to get up early, so... 911 01:01:49,569 --> 01:01:51,261 I ain't saying it now. 912 01:01:51,873 --> 01:01:54,493 Yeah, well, maybe I am. 913 01:02:00,065 --> 01:02:02,271 Hey, Nora, let's get loaded. 914 01:02:19,072 --> 01:02:21,951 ...in front of my house. Eddie, come with me. 915 01:02:21,952 --> 01:02:24,000 Get the fuck away from my bike, man. 916 01:02:24,001 --> 01:02:25,024 Seriously. 917 01:02:25,025 --> 01:02:26,935 All right. Let's go. 918 01:03:16,704 --> 01:03:18,549 Hurry up. Hurry up, man. 919 01:03:28,703 --> 01:03:30,035 Take it. 920 01:04:20,415 --> 01:04:23,003 Spoonie, you keep a lookout. Eddie, come with me. 921 01:04:27,550 --> 01:04:30,941 Goddamn it, what did I tell you about doing that in front of me! 922 01:04:30,942 --> 01:04:32,094 What are you, six? 923 01:04:32,095 --> 01:04:33,246 Sorry, Dirk. 924 01:04:33,247 --> 01:04:34,743 It's fucking gross. 925 01:04:37,343 --> 01:04:39,614 Which one of you inbreds left the door unlocked? 926 01:04:40,671 --> 01:04:42,167 Where's the lock? 927 01:04:43,039 --> 01:04:45,495 - For what? - For the door, you idiot. 928 01:04:46,847 --> 01:04:49,662 - I ain't no idiot. - You're such a fucking idiot! 929 01:04:49,663 --> 01:04:50,813 You're an idiot. 930 01:04:50,814 --> 01:04:52,725 - What? - What? 931 01:05:12,030 --> 01:05:16,509 Denny, hey, dumbass! The power's off again. 932 01:05:16,510 --> 01:05:19,414 - Denny! - All right, woman, I hear you. 933 01:05:20,478 --> 01:05:23,293 Hey, Ray? Power's off again. 934 01:05:23,294 --> 01:05:24,509 So's the water. 935 01:05:24,510 --> 01:05:26,077 Ray, I'm current on the rent. 936 01:05:26,078 --> 01:05:29,047 I swear everybody in the neighborhood's all paid, too. 937 01:05:29,694 --> 01:05:31,549 Did you take out the goddamn batteries? 938 01:05:31,550 --> 01:05:33,405 I think it's a plug-in. 939 01:05:33,406 --> 01:05:35,098 Plug it in to fucking what? 940 01:05:36,894 --> 01:05:40,797 Hello. I'm sweating my balls off out here. 941 01:05:40,798 --> 01:05:44,093 Yeah, I was right in the middle of my weekly shower. 942 01:05:44,094 --> 01:05:47,165 Well, there's nothing we can do about it tonight, so... 943 01:05:47,166 --> 01:05:49,437 How abouts we just don't pay our rents no more? 944 01:05:49,438 --> 01:05:52,125 - He'll have to do what we says. - Want to risk being thrown out? 945 01:05:52,126 --> 01:05:55,227 - Where you gonna move, Den? - In with you. 946 01:05:56,029 --> 01:05:58,104 Then what are we supposed to do? 947 01:05:59,933 --> 01:06:01,692 You all just cope a little while, 948 01:06:01,693 --> 01:06:03,932 and we'll get squared soon, I promise. 949 01:06:18,589 --> 01:06:20,151 Fucking... 950 01:06:21,085 --> 01:06:22,450 Bitch! 951 01:06:24,285 --> 01:06:25,884 Go to town and get the Huggies. 952 01:06:25,885 --> 01:06:27,293 Bitch, what do you think I'm doing? 953 01:06:27,294 --> 01:06:29,756 - I'm a responsible-ass father. - I asked you five hours ago. 954 01:06:29,757 --> 01:06:31,612 I know what the hell I'm supposed to be doing. 955 01:06:31,613 --> 01:06:32,860 Get the Huggies! 956 01:06:32,861 --> 01:06:35,383 Just mind your own babies, goddamn it. 957 01:07:02,077 --> 01:07:03,100 What? 958 01:07:03,101 --> 01:07:05,372 You wanna work off the rent money you owe me? 959 01:07:06,397 --> 01:07:07,708 Like a... a job? 960 01:07:07,709 --> 01:07:11,611 Take this list, go in to Ridgecrest to a Supply Sergeant. 961 01:07:11,612 --> 01:07:13,916 Well, Ray, I'm sort of busy today. 962 01:07:13,917 --> 01:07:15,836 Too bad. Do it. 963 01:07:15,837 --> 01:07:17,878 Be at my house, 11:00. 964 01:07:18,556 --> 01:07:20,696 And tell Selma to bring her A game. 965 01:07:25,372 --> 01:07:28,538 Scotty. Scotty. 966 01:07:30,076 --> 01:07:32,315 Got a little assignment for you. 967 01:07:35,197 --> 01:07:38,100 Don't you think "Happy Days" is just the best? 968 01:07:38,812 --> 01:07:41,083 It is awfully good. 969 01:07:41,084 --> 01:07:42,994 There's no denying it. 970 01:07:45,660 --> 01:07:48,794 We really do have quite a lot in common, don't you think? 971 01:07:49,532 --> 01:07:51,126 I do, Ray. 972 01:07:58,812 --> 01:08:01,170 Special Ops to the rescue. 973 01:08:04,188 --> 01:08:09,241 Now, Ray, this may be a little short, but I let out the crotch. 974 01:08:14,140 --> 01:08:16,315 Den, there's just no way. 975 01:08:16,316 --> 01:08:18,128 - No? - No. 976 01:08:18,715 --> 01:08:20,375 Just a thought. 977 01:08:25,052 --> 01:08:27,475 Well, it's not a Junior Miss pageant, Ray. 978 01:08:28,059 --> 01:08:29,457 Door's open. 979 01:08:31,068 --> 01:08:32,635 Hey, kids. 980 01:08:32,636 --> 01:08:33,914 Thanks for showing, Merl. 981 01:08:33,915 --> 01:08:35,515 I wouldn't miss this for the world. 982 01:08:35,516 --> 01:08:38,555 I can't wait to chew that jerk a new set of butt cheeks. 983 01:08:38,556 --> 01:08:40,858 Howdy, folks. Am I late? 984 01:08:40,859 --> 01:08:43,355 - Right on time. - Well, how cool is that? 985 01:08:43,356 --> 01:08:46,260 I don't think I've been on time my whole life. 986 01:08:49,275 --> 01:08:51,578 Who invited the Chippendales reject? 987 01:08:51,579 --> 01:08:53,654 Scotty, you forget to change? 988 01:08:54,555 --> 01:08:57,524 Never mind. Running behind schedule. 989 01:08:59,579 --> 01:09:01,018 Hey, everybody. 990 01:09:01,019 --> 01:09:04,053 Heard you folks need a little ass kicked. 991 01:09:04,635 --> 01:09:08,662 Coming up on 2300 hours. Everyone clear on their mission? 992 01:09:09,275 --> 01:09:10,874 - You bet. - Yeah. 993 01:09:10,875 --> 01:09:13,625 All right, then. Let's light this candle. 994 01:09:13,626 --> 01:09:15,190 Right. 995 01:09:15,419 --> 01:09:16,817 Okay, let's go. 996 01:09:18,171 --> 01:09:20,378 What has gotten into you, Ray Tuckby? 997 01:09:20,379 --> 01:09:23,250 Life, Nora. Life's gotten into me. 998 01:09:30,010 --> 01:09:32,410 I mean, can you just imagine these dinosaurs thundering 999 01:09:32,411 --> 01:09:35,450 over the Earth in the Jurassic age? 1000 01:09:35,451 --> 01:09:36,947 Here we go. 1001 01:09:39,002 --> 01:09:41,491 Let's go over here. Get down. 1002 01:09:43,258 --> 01:09:45,431 Twenty bucks says it won't go off. 1003 01:09:46,586 --> 01:09:49,872 Make it 30, and it's a deal. 1004 01:09:54,906 --> 01:09:56,882 I'll have to owe you the extra ten. 1005 01:09:59,898 --> 01:10:02,322 Okay, I guess. 1006 01:10:06,171 --> 01:10:07,225 What the heck? 1007 01:10:07,226 --> 01:10:10,327 Didn't Dirk say nobody was allowed up here? 1008 01:10:17,690 --> 01:10:19,097 Excuse me. 1009 01:10:19,098 --> 01:10:22,264 I'm lost, and I cannot find my way. 1010 01:10:22,906 --> 01:10:24,664 Where you trying to get to? 1011 01:10:24,665 --> 01:10:26,358 Bakersfield. 1012 01:10:27,514 --> 01:10:31,097 Highway is just down yonder. 1013 01:10:31,098 --> 01:10:33,423 How can I ever repay you? 1014 01:10:54,202 --> 01:10:56,047 Hey, what are you doing here? 1015 01:11:00,890 --> 01:11:02,582 Coming! 1016 01:11:03,162 --> 01:11:04,494 Yeah? 1017 01:11:06,490 --> 01:11:09,077 Hey there! Excuse me. 1018 01:11:10,617 --> 01:11:13,237 What the hell you doing? Get out of my house! 1019 01:11:23,769 --> 01:11:26,008 Never did appreciate that breed. 1020 01:11:40,793 --> 01:11:43,543 That's quite a talent your wife's got there. 1021 01:11:44,633 --> 01:11:46,805 She do parties as well? 1022 01:11:47,609 --> 01:11:49,368 Knock it off, you perv. 1023 01:11:49,369 --> 01:11:51,384 - Is he dead? - Candy, get out here! 1024 01:11:51,385 --> 01:11:52,664 There's a dead guy. 1025 01:11:52,665 --> 01:11:54,551 Shut up! You'll wake the baby. 1026 01:11:54,552 --> 01:11:56,724 Boy, am I glad Denny shoots blanks. 1027 01:11:57,688 --> 01:11:58,711 Okay, let's go. 1028 01:11:58,712 --> 01:12:01,079 I'll hand him up to you. You start loading the truck. 1029 01:12:01,080 --> 01:12:04,213 Just so you know, babies give me the heebie-jeebies. 1030 01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:09,489 Good job, Den. Come on. 1031 01:12:12,312 --> 01:12:13,808 Come on. 1032 01:12:25,113 --> 01:12:27,285 Remember, Selma, be gentle. 1033 01:12:27,897 --> 01:12:29,360 Go on. 1034 01:12:31,832 --> 01:12:33,590 Yuck. 1035 01:12:36,632 --> 01:12:38,231 So what's it gonna be, tough guy? 1036 01:12:38,232 --> 01:12:40,339 Join the resistance or get vaporized? 1037 01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:48,151 That's our cue. Come on. 1038 01:12:48,152 --> 01:12:49,591 Just another minute. 1039 01:12:49,592 --> 01:12:50,935 Well, here goes. 1040 01:12:50,936 --> 01:12:53,775 Gonna make ourselves a whole new future, gentlemen. 1041 01:12:55,192 --> 01:12:56,279 What's wrong? 1042 01:12:56,280 --> 01:13:00,013 I was just kinda hoping I could push the button, Mr. Tuckby. 1043 01:13:00,599 --> 01:13:02,551 I really like blowin' shit up. 1044 01:13:02,552 --> 01:13:05,463 All right, but no funny business, you hear? 1045 01:13:05,464 --> 01:13:07,124 Tits! 1046 01:13:10,807 --> 01:13:12,980 Get the truck and take him to the dump. 1047 01:13:13,431 --> 01:13:14,646 For real, Dirk? 1048 01:13:14,647 --> 01:13:16,343 Deal with it, goddamn it! 1049 01:13:16,344 --> 01:13:19,477 This is for calling me an idiot every day of my life, Dirk. 1050 01:13:26,648 --> 01:13:28,663 Go get a potato sack and some twine. 1051 01:13:28,698 --> 01:13:30,541 I'll go get the truck. 1052 01:13:34,519 --> 01:13:36,048 What the... hey! 1053 01:13:37,879 --> 01:13:40,855 That's for giving me heat rash, mo-fo. 1054 01:13:40,856 --> 01:13:42,070 It can go boy, it can go girl. 1055 01:13:42,071 --> 01:13:44,310 Scotty, you do whatever the hell you want with him. 1056 01:13:44,311 --> 01:13:47,116 It's not just for a girly girl or a boy. 1057 01:13:47,735 --> 01:13:49,046 Do it again. 1058 01:14:01,847 --> 01:14:03,541 Oh, my Lord. 1059 01:14:03,542 --> 01:14:05,813 I think I fudged my pants. 1060 01:14:12,407 --> 01:14:13,686 Oh, those babies. 1061 01:14:13,687 --> 01:14:16,405 I just want to eat them up, they're so precious. 1062 01:14:22,550 --> 01:14:24,395 There it is. 1063 01:14:27,606 --> 01:14:29,648 Shit, man, that was fun. 1064 01:14:32,087 --> 01:14:33,997 My God, we've done good, Ray. 1065 01:14:34,998 --> 01:14:38,165 Just like that game we won against Solvang back in '89 1066 01:14:38,166 --> 01:14:42,347 when I made that key block and basically walked into the end zone. 1067 01:14:43,447 --> 01:14:45,366 You remember, right, Ray? 1068 01:14:45,367 --> 01:14:46,863 My key block? 1069 01:14:47,543 --> 01:14:51,286 Turned out the little twerp wasn't that hard to take down. 1070 01:14:51,287 --> 01:14:54,357 Just a bit of guts and determination from all of us, 1071 01:14:54,358 --> 01:14:59,564 Dirk and company went over faster than a one-legged cat in a sand box. 1072 01:15:03,958 --> 01:15:05,869 Let us down! 1073 01:15:12,342 --> 01:15:13,493 Good job, guys. 1074 01:15:13,494 --> 01:15:15,284 Pleasure's right here, Ray. 1075 01:15:17,109 --> 01:15:19,860 Get this thing off of me. Somebody help! 1076 01:15:20,534 --> 01:15:22,772 That hurts, goddamn it. 1077 01:15:24,630 --> 01:15:26,356 Let's get the record straight, punk. 1078 01:15:26,357 --> 01:15:28,020 You're going to apologize right now 1079 01:15:28,021 --> 01:15:31,093 for making life a dark, ugly experience in this here community, 1080 01:15:31,094 --> 01:15:33,141 or Scotty's going to teach you what true pain is. 1081 01:15:33,176 --> 01:15:34,613 We clear? 1082 01:15:34,614 --> 01:15:36,012 Eat me. 1083 01:15:36,886 --> 01:15:38,580 Got another surprise for you. 1084 01:15:38,581 --> 01:15:40,240 Merl? 1085 01:15:41,621 --> 01:15:44,308 Sasquatch Two, this is Sasquatch One. 1086 01:15:44,309 --> 01:15:46,420 We're ready for Operation Clean Sweep. 1087 01:15:46,421 --> 01:15:47,796 Roger that, Sasquatch One. 1088 01:15:47,797 --> 01:15:51,220 You and your cohorts are going to take a nice long time out. 1089 01:15:51,221 --> 01:15:52,244 Gentlemen. 1090 01:15:52,245 --> 01:15:54,260 No fucking way. I didn't do nothing. 1091 01:15:54,261 --> 01:15:56,238 Well, we don't see it that way. 1092 01:15:58,421 --> 01:16:00,116 Take care now. 1093 01:16:00,117 --> 01:16:01,483 Somebody help me. 1094 01:16:02,709 --> 01:16:06,004 Candy, Tammy, Wanda, Jeanine? 1095 01:16:06,005 --> 01:16:08,900 I made this town. I made this town what it is. 1096 01:16:08,935 --> 01:16:11,796 You all have roofs over your head because of me, 1097 01:16:11,797 --> 01:16:13,588 all of your ugly-ass heads. 1098 01:16:13,589 --> 01:16:16,148 Oh, no. He's gonna be crying. 1099 01:16:16,149 --> 01:16:19,028 He's going to prison, gonna learn his lesson. 1100 01:16:19,029 --> 01:16:21,908 He's off. Oh, hey. 1101 01:16:21,909 --> 01:16:23,668 Hey, hold on, hold on. 1102 01:16:23,669 --> 01:16:26,092 Can I just say a few more things? 1103 01:16:26,901 --> 01:16:29,364 What if I, like, turn over a whole new loaf, 1104 01:16:29,399 --> 01:16:31,188 or whatever that is, and I'll change? 1105 01:16:31,189 --> 01:16:32,243 Sorry, Spoon. 1106 01:16:32,244 --> 01:16:35,092 You go clean up and come back, and we'll make nice, deal? 1107 01:16:35,093 --> 01:16:37,898 All right, deal. Wait, you're pinching my wrist. 1108 01:16:55,988 --> 01:16:59,027 Ray, you know, my wife is in need of a little rehab herself. 1109 01:16:59,028 --> 01:17:01,363 I was thinking maybe we could put her on a bus. 1110 01:17:01,364 --> 01:17:03,853 You're gonna have to deal with that on your own. 1111 01:17:05,300 --> 01:17:07,855 God, I hate to piss that woman off. 1112 01:17:12,245 --> 01:17:14,122 Right on schedule. 1113 01:17:16,148 --> 01:17:18,099 Those girls over there. 1114 01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:19,443 Well, Ray... 1115 01:17:19,444 --> 01:17:21,257 I'll see you around. 1116 01:17:36,788 --> 01:17:38,928 Well, what now, Ray? 1117 01:17:39,924 --> 01:17:42,031 I guess that's up to us. 1118 01:17:47,892 --> 01:17:49,523 You know how they say 1119 01:17:49,524 --> 01:17:53,486 "The more things change, the more they stay the same"? 1120 01:17:56,467 --> 01:17:58,029 Well... 1121 01:18:23,027 --> 01:18:25,582 Can you believe this? 1122 01:18:41,427 --> 01:18:43,666 Sounds nice. 1123 01:18:47,827 --> 01:18:49,323 Nora... 1124 01:18:51,859 --> 01:18:54,450 Remember awhile back, you asked me why I never left Trona? 1125 01:18:54,451 --> 01:18:56,882 Yes, I do. 1126 01:18:56,883 --> 01:19:01,009 Well, it was 'cause of you. 1127 01:19:01,715 --> 01:19:04,242 This place is hell, Nora, 1128 01:19:04,243 --> 01:19:07,090 but knowing I'd get to come through that Rite-Valu door every day 1129 01:19:07,091 --> 01:19:09,776 and see your sweet face made it paradise. 1130 01:19:10,611 --> 01:19:12,139 Ditto. 1131 01:19:21,522 --> 01:19:23,368 What the hey was that? 1132 01:19:24,786 --> 01:19:26,546 It's called a French kiss. 1133 01:19:26,547 --> 01:19:28,075 A what? 1134 01:19:28,659 --> 01:19:31,602 It's a little more intimate than a regular kiss. 1135 01:19:31,603 --> 01:19:35,121 I read about it recently in one of those Harlequin books 1136 01:19:35,122 --> 01:19:37,649 over in the miscellaneous section, aisle three. 1137 01:19:37,650 --> 01:19:39,660 It sure was different. 1138 01:19:40,243 --> 01:19:41,968 Kind of like a toothbrush... 1139 01:19:42,546 --> 01:19:43,912 but I liked it. 1140 01:19:44,498 --> 01:19:46,481 You can try it if you want to. 1141 01:19:46,482 --> 01:19:47,946 Okay. 1142 01:19:49,138 --> 01:19:50,159 You sure? 1143 01:19:50,194 --> 01:19:52,912 Whatever you're comfortable with. 1144 01:20:01,330 --> 01:20:03,208 I think I'm getting the hang of it. 1145 01:20:42,801 --> 01:20:44,976 There are two types of heroes. 1146 01:20:44,977 --> 01:20:47,120 One changes himself, 1147 01:20:47,121 --> 01:20:49,840 the other changes those around him. 1148 01:20:49,841 --> 01:20:51,792 Is that some of your famous lemon meringue? 1149 01:20:51,793 --> 01:20:53,809 Recipe's been in my family for generations. 1150 01:20:53,810 --> 01:20:54,865 Bring on a slice or two. 1151 01:20:54,866 --> 01:20:56,048 Coming right up. Den? 1152 01:20:56,049 --> 01:20:59,536 Well, I guess in the end, Ray was both. 1153 01:20:59,537 --> 01:21:00,720 I'll help you, darling. 1154 01:21:00,721 --> 01:21:02,796 Right this way, folks. 1155 01:21:05,777 --> 01:21:08,332 R'ch'lle, you're doing a great job. 1156 01:21:10,961 --> 01:21:12,656 How's the back holding up, hon? 1157 01:21:12,691 --> 01:21:14,469 Just fine, Ray. 1158 01:21:15,569 --> 01:21:18,896 Eddie, I think we're gonna need to add another pastry chef. 1159 01:21:18,897 --> 01:21:20,687 I'm already on it, Pop. 1160 01:21:22,385 --> 01:21:26,445 Hey, where can a man and his missus get something to eat around here? 1161 01:21:27,089 --> 01:21:29,392 - How have you been, friend? - Ray, how you doin'? 1162 01:21:29,427 --> 01:21:31,407 It looks like we're on the same schedule. 1163 01:21:31,408 --> 01:21:33,231 - Nora, you look really nice. - Hi. 1164 01:21:33,232 --> 01:21:34,608 - You know Angel? - Yes. Hi. 1165 01:21:34,609 --> 01:21:36,400 Well, we were just driving around, 1166 01:21:36,435 --> 01:21:38,192 and we thought maybe we'd come to see 1167 01:21:38,193 --> 01:21:40,303 what kind of progress you were making. 1168 01:21:40,304 --> 01:21:44,176 I wanna tell you, Ray, you got it all. 1169 01:21:44,177 --> 01:21:45,776 I am so proud of you. 1170 01:21:45,777 --> 01:21:48,143 Well, couldn't have done it without you. 1171 01:21:48,144 --> 01:21:50,121 I know that. 1172 01:21:51,312 --> 01:21:53,807 How about a table for a couple hungry people? 1173 01:21:53,808 --> 01:21:55,471 Oh, by the way, 1174 01:21:55,472 --> 01:21:58,441 I heard that meringue is to die for. 1175 01:22:00,912 --> 01:22:02,278 Right this way. 1176 01:22:03,152 --> 01:22:07,663 Maybe the American dream does still exist, 1177 01:22:07,664 --> 01:22:09,967 even for my friend Ray... 1178 01:22:09,968 --> 01:22:13,746 and even in a place like Trona.