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[sound of wind]

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[vehicle approaching]

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Here comes the Retard Rocket!

[school bell ringing]

I pledge allegiance

to the flag of the United States ofAmerica

and to the Republic for which it stands...

[teacher continuing, sound muffled]

[snorting]

[students laughing]

Can I offer you more, sweetie?

Mm-mm.

No?

What about you, baby?

Still hungry?

Hungry?

Oh, I bet...

you two saved room...

for dessert.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, I figured as much.

So, will it be Ring Dings or ice cream?

Crocodile!

Crocodile?

Baby, you can't have crocodile for dessert.

You can't.

[Mom]: Oh, you'd better watch out.

I'm coming for ya.

You little stinker.

Best two out of three?

Yeah, okay. All right.

[girl]: Follow.

[man]: Follow?

That is a cool name, Dragon.

Mr. El is in the way.

Bait him.

[girl]: Just go into the house, like sideways.

Like...

[man]: Oh, no. That's too scary.

Oh, no.

[girl]: This is how I actually had it.

[man]: Oh, yeah?

Wesley, baby.

[man]: Then you can bring him into the house.

Look who's home.

[man]: Hey.

Hey, Tiger.

Why don't you come over here and give your old man a squeeze?

Come on.

Get over here.

I missed you guys.

Come here.

You good?

[news announcer]: ...U.S. spring wheat harvest

is just over a third complete.

That's ahead of the five-year average.

[Mom]: Len said he could give me Saturday mornings,

but that means I'll have to open at 6:00

and meet with the inventory guys and all that, so...

So should I tell him yeah?

I don't know.

Let me...

let me get with Coop

and see what he's got me lined up for on the next rig.

One shit job after another.

You still look good to me.

You look good to me.

Come on, Tiger. Up.

Mom and I will be in Bismarck by lunch,

but the doctor's not until 4:00,

so Theresa can grab Amber.

Oh, no. I can...

I can get her.

Fisher came in crazy today

about these galvanized nails he got up in August.

Apparently, cedar kills zinc,

so now his shed wall's

got all these awful streaks on it.

Hmm.

You know, I, um...

I ran into Kenny Dryer today.

He said there was some kind of commotion

down at the Garson.

You know, a shooting or something.

Said something like four dead.

Caused a whole bunch of ruckus.

Sorry.

Wesley told me he got a 95 on his history test today.

Yeah.

Isn't that right, hon'?

What was the...

what was the one that you got wrong again?

Right. That was it.

The Battle of Saratoga.

The only one.

Well...

Saratoga...

That's a tough one.

More?

Potatoes?

Hey...

You don't...

You don't always gotta be doing that.

The boy's not deaf.

Yeah, I know.

Well, then, maybe we shouldn't always be treating him like he is.

It's just that, sometimes,

it makes it a little bit easier for him.

[Dad]: For sure, now,

but, you know, what about in a couple of years?

Look, things are gonna be tough enough for him

out there as it is

without us making it worse.

I...

More?

See?

The boy can hear you just fine.

'Morning.

Your... your mom's with Grandma today.

Remember?

She spent the night in Bismarck.

I...

I made you lunch.

[boy snorting]

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Give it a go.

Start it up.

[engine struggling to start]

Come on. Come on!

Come on!

Son of a bitch!

What?

I don't know what that means.

Can you write it down, for Christ's sake?

Goddammit.

I'll come back later.

Just... I'll be right back.

Hey!

[no audio]

[no audio]

Could you pass me the salt?

Salt!

[TV playing softly, dialogue indistinct]

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[panting]

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[panting]

[panting]

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You been here all morning?

Anyone else know you're here?

You don't talk much, do you?

What's that?

You can't hear anything?

Don't worry.

You're not missin' much.

All right, what's that one?

Uh, socket wrench?

Socket wrench. Very good.

How about this one?

Uh, is it a wrench?

Yeah, but what kind of wrench?

A strap wrench?

Strap wrench, that's right.

That's my boy.

Hey!

Hey!

[man moaning]

You got anything else to eat around here,

besides fruit snacks?

Hey, look at this.

Early morning patrons were startled yesterday

when multiple shots were fired in the Garson Hotel hallway

just past 7:00 a.m.,

resulting in Richfield's first homicide since 2004.

Even though Russell County law enforcement

was on the scene within minutes,

three suspects

and one short-order cook employed by the hotel

lay dead by the time of their arrival.

[Mom]: They opened up another check point on 17.

Backed up traffic all the way to Deerpoint Square.

What are you doing?

[Mom]: Dolores says they're going door to door

over in Plainsview.

All our hard-earned tax dollars at work.

I'd better get going.

Going?

Yeah, I'm meeting Mitch down at the King's Head.

He's trying to wrangle Cooper out.

See if he can give us a break

on those drivelines he's been hanging on to.

You know, finally get that tractor up and running.

You going to be long?

You know, as long as it takes.

Take care of your mom for me.

Tiger.

Your mom make this?

She's a good cook.

Good.

I can't stay here no more.

I've got to meet a friend.

That friend is going to get me...

to where I need to go.

But he can't get me there if he can't find me.

Here's what you're going to do.

You're prettier by the step, you know that?

You get prettier every step.

Every step.

- Let's go, let's go. - Shut up.

Get in.

Come on.

So, you got something for me?

You know where he is?

You gonna tell me?

Maybe I don't want to know.

Did you ever think of that?

[sirens approaching]

Look...

you tell him

I'm going to take some time to figure this all out.

A couple of days. A week. I don't know.

As long as it takes.

Well, then...

looks like I'll be stickin' around

a little longer than I thought.

Just put it there.

There.

Don't you got school today?

No?

What, is it Washington's birthday or something?

Figures.

All right.

Like that.

[TV program playing]: Life is interesting

because we meet all kinds of people,

and learn about their cool ideas and experiences.

I respect and accept them for who they are.

You should try it.

[Amber]: Hi, Mama.

Hey, babies, whatcha doin'?

You watching your shows?

You have a good day at school today?

That Kennedy boy starting trouble with you again?

[Amber]: Just don't play with him.

Look, I know things have been a little...

...but if there's ever anything you want to talk about...

You know...

"Talk."

[Dad]: Hey, someone want to give me a hand over here?

Go. Help your father.

Dammit.

Just take them over there.

Just take them...

just stop... stop!

Dammit.

What have you got there?

What?

You wanna play me at checkers?

You any good?

What?

Just 'cause you're deaf,

you think I'm going to let you win?

You win when you win.

Now pick that shit up.

Hey. Hey!

Did I say we were done?

Come on.

Hey. Look at that. Right there.

You just moved your piece in front of my king.

And all I gotta do is...

[protests]

Oh, hey.

Don't go crying.

You still got your hand on that piece.

All right?

Just think before you move.

Better.

How old are ya?

I got a daughter your age.

Well, turns 10 in October.

Lives with her Mama.

Now, don't tell anyone I told you that.

You'd like her.

Well...

Maybe not now, but one day.

Can I ask you a personal question?

How come you got boogers in your hair?

[boy]: I'm cold.

[second boy]: School's about to start.

[man]: Every day, huh?

This kid...

he bigger than you?

Yeah.

Hmm.

You take a thermos to school?

You got a piggy bank?

Bring 'em both here.

Your thermos.

Give me your bag.

All right.

See? You try it.

What are you trying to do, you trying to kill a fly?

No?

You could have fooled me.

Come on, try again.

Aw, Jesus Christ. Look.

Hey?

Just like that. Come on.

Again!

Again, come on!

What the hell's wrong with you?

Do you like getting pushed around?

You like being made fun of?

You like coming home with other kids' snot in your hair?

No? Then stop acting like such a goddamn pussy

and swing that thing like you mean it!

You scared? About tomorrow?

You afraid of what's going to happen if you hurt that boy?

You afraid of what's going to happen if you don't?

[man]: Just remember what I said.

Stay calm.

Stand your ground.

Look him straight in the eye...

...and break his goddamn head open.

[Mom]: Wesley, this is Mr. Chambers.

[Mr. Chambers]: Hello, Wesley.

[Mom]: Want to come have a seat?

Well, three weeks ago,

there was a robbery in Auburn, South Dakota.

Now, five armed men entered the...

Oh, you need to...

Oh, yeah.

Of course. Sorry.

Four out of the five men have been apprehended.

One man is left.

This Man.

We believe he may be hiding somewhere in Richfield.

Two weeks ago,

the Russell County Sheriff's Department

tracked him down

to the Hotel Garson on Route 23.

We believe he may be hurt.

Wounded.

Possibly incapacitated.

Now, if this man is still in Richfield,

he's going to be doing everything in his power to try to escape,

and it's my job

to see that he's apprehended before that can happen.

I was hoping that you might be able to help me.

So, have you seen this man, Wesley?

Can he...?

Wesley, Mr. Chambers asked you a question.

[Mr. Chambers]: Take a good look.

Would it be all right if I spoke to your son in private?

Oh, I don't...

It'll only take a minute.

Please?

I'm just going to be

right in the other room, okay?

Thank you.

I imagine...

you must get a lot of animals around here,

being this far away from the interstate, huh?

Deer... foxes... moose?

You know, where I'm from...

we had mountain lions.

We had a neighbor...

Mrs. Stratton.

She was always feeding all the neighborhood cats.

Strays, mostly.

They would just come down to her house.

She would leave out plates of food and milk.

Then one day, she starting feeding this baby mountain lion.

It went on for weeks.

She would feed it and care for it.

She even named it.

And a few weeks later,

that same mountain lion killed Mrs. Stratton.

Her, her family...

even all them cats.

But I guess that's just what happens.

That's my ride.

Nice to meet you, Wesley.

It's okay.

You can look.

Want to know how I lost it?

You sure?

A tiger.

What, you don't believe me?

It's true.

If you look real close,

you can still see the teeth marks.

Bit it clean off.

So you know what I did?

I learned how to hunt,

and I learned how to track,

and one day, I found that mean ol' tiger.

And I when I did,

I reached down his throat,

and I ripped his heart out.

And I squeezed it so tight...

...that I turned it into a little red ruby.

And ever since then,

no tiger has ever taken another bite out of me again.

Hey.

Hey, you can't stay here.

They look for you, they find me.

[teacher]: Does it look like

the planets in this model

are traveling at different speeds?

How many marbles...

[teacher's voice continues, muted]

Eat shit, retard.

[police radio chatter, indistinct]

[officer]: Copy that. Over.

I don't see anything. I'll check around back.

I pledge allegiance

to the flag

of the United States ofAmerica...

...and to the Republic for which...

for which...

I'm saying fucking "for which."

Oh, my God, "For which..."

it stands...

one nation...

under God.

Indivisible...

"Indivisible"?

That a word you deaf kids use a lot?

"Indivisible"?

Yeah?

"With liberty...

...and justice...

for all."

All right.

Hey, do you know any cusses?

Come on.

Wait, wait, wait.

Shit!

Shit.

You think that's funny?

Yeah?

Perimeter one check.

[officer on radio]: Affirmative, 218.

We found an old black van abandoned on the strip.

[car engine turning over]

We gotta be quieter.

[Dad]: Where are you sneaking off to?

Oh, what?

Did you come here to watch TV with your old man?

Well, don't bother.

It's broken.

The TV's broken.

The tractor's broken.

I think every goddamn thing is...

You know, when I was growing up,

we had this furnace that was always on the fritz.

And the only person

who could ever get it working was your grandpa.

And every time that furnace started acting up...

he'd march his ass down there into that basement,

and he wouldn't come back up until those radiators were hot.

And no one...

no one could figure out how he did it.

So one day,

I decided that I just had to go down there and see for myself.

Well...

It turns out...

it didn't take much.

It didn't take any magic.

It didn't take any skill either.

All it took...

was a good hard...

Now you tell me where the hell were you going?

Hey...

Hey.

Did the kid at school do that to you?

Huh?

Hey!

It looks worse now than it did this morning.

Yeah, well.

You know, you gotta be more careful there,

sneaking up on your old man like that

when he's trying to get that TV working.

You could have a lost an eye catching an elbow like that.

[Mom]: You've got to be more patient.

With that damn TV.

If you keep hitting it,

it's just going to keep getting more broken.

I said I was sorry.

I don't know what you two were doing up anyway.

I couldn't sleep.

Since when did you become a TV repair man anyway?

Can we just drop it?!

I feel bad enough as it is already, all right?

Hey, Tiger. Uh...

Tiger!

Hey.

I was thinking about

getting the boat ready for the spring,

you know?

Sand her down.

Throw a fresh coat of paint on her.

You know?

Maybe take her down to the lake come April.

Do a little fishing.

What do you say?

I...

I can't...

Fishing.

Your father wants to take you fishing.

Yeah. All righty, then.

[TV announcer]: He's hanging out there,

looking for a good ride.

Just six seconds, and there he is, off.

What a great ride for him.

That's going to bring up his average tonight,

and he is going to be happy with that score, Rob.

We've been following him all season,

on the move.

After that injury last year that set him back,

we weren't sure

if we were going to see him again this year.

He's gotta be happy about that tonight.

That's bumping him up.

Looking at third place overall right now,

so he is standing strong...

Yeah, I'll get one more.

[woman]: So where are you working these days?

[woman]: Can I get a lift?

[sniffs]

Can I fucking help you?

Come on, son. Let me get you a soda.

[P.A. announcement]: Wheelchair to admitting.

Wheelchair to admitting.

The concussion's pretty bad, so...

They're going to sedate him until the swelling goes down.

When he didn't come home last night,

I just assumed he was staying over at Richie's place.

But then Edna called and said...

that his truck was still parked at the King's Head this morning,

so I...

I already canceled the credit card just to be sure.

Yeah. It's quiet here.

I don't know, Mom. I don't know.

Can I call you back?

Okay.

Why don't you come sit next to me for a change?

Come on.

Are you hungry?

Hungry?

Annabelle.

What do you think about that for a horse's name?

Do you like it?

Yeah.

I like it, too.

You know, when I was about your age,

maybe a couple of years younger,

my daddy bought a stable of coldbloods

from a horse rancher down in Duncan.

It was my job to feed 'em,

clean 'em,

file their hooves,

haul their shit.

About the only thing my daddy wouldn't let me do

was name 'em.

It didn't make feeding time any easier, I'll tell you that.

Hmm.

The night the fire started,

my daddy took my sister and me out for ice cream.

That's the only time

my dad took me or my sister anywhere.

The insurance paid for the damage,

and then some,

and we hauled off the horses,

or what was left of them,

to the rambles on the back of the flatbed.

I guess my daddy figured

it would be easier to let them go

if I hadn't known their names.

You know, one day, when things settle down,

I'm going to get a horse farm of my own.

I'll have colts, mustangs, coldbloods, warmbloods.

And I'm going to name every damn last one of them.

You know...

You should come with me.

I'll teach you how to ride,

how to rope.

Maybe I can even get my daughter to come up for a visit.

Hmm.

It would just the three of us.

You, me, and my baby girl.

We'll ride off into the sunset.

Just like in the movies.

[teacher]: I'm going on a trip.

I'm going on a trip.

I'm going on a trip.

I'm going on a trip.

I'm going on a trip.

[P.A. announcement]: Dr. Norbury to O.R. 2.

Dr. Norbury to O.R. 2.

[man]: Come here.

I want to show you something.

Here.

See that?

Right there.

It came by twice this morning.

Yesterday, same thing.

The day before that, only once.

Sometimes, it pulls to the side of the road

and just sits there.

Why do you think that is?

The plow didn't come by at all today.

Not once.

Did you tell anyone about me?

No?

Not your mom?

Your dad?

Well, that is good,

because if I find out that you are lying,

I swear to Christ, boy...

[Mom]: Hold on, Amber.

Let me check on your brother.

[man]: Where the fuck have you been?

I've been sitting here all day, on my ass waiting for you.

I thought we had an arrangement, you and me.

All right.

Tomorrow night, then.

And don't be late.

Well...

That is what you get

when you put your life

in the hands of someone

who hauls chicken grease around for a living.

Please tell me you've got dinner in there for me

because I am starving.

What are you doing?

What?

What's wrong?

Here.

Give it here.

Come on.

Give it here!

Hey!

Well, I'll be damned.

There is hope for you yet.

Hey.

You hear that?

No, no. Of course you can't.

Sorry.

Well, if you could hear,

you'd say, "What is that crazy sound?"

And I would say,

"That is the sound...

...of my spaceship landing."

And it's going to land right here,

and it's going to land real soon.

Tomorrow night, be ready.

The sky's the limit, son.

Hey, baby.

You still up?

Can't sleep?

Me neither.

Want to play a game of checkers?

No?

That's too bad.

I was feeling lucky.

Hey, I was thinking about

driving down to Grafton on Saturday.

Aunt Dotty said they opened a new indoor flea market.

I was thinking we could drop Amber off at Aunt Jackie's

and go down together.

Maybe stop at that pizza place you like.

You know the one where they make

pizza in the shape of rocket ships?

We can make a whole day of it.

Just you and me.

Would you like that?

I was reading my horoscope today.

You know what it said?

It said "Storm clouds may be brewing,

but sunny days lie ahead."

And I believe that. I really do.

I have to, you know, because otherwise...

Mm.

You sure you want to do that?

Yeah?

Are you really sure?

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Well, I'll be damned.

What do you know about that?

Sure.

Why the hell not?

I can't believe I'm getting used to these damn things.

[phone ringing]

Yeah?

Okay.

Just keep the engine running.

I'll be out in a sec.

Well, I guess this is it.

Hey.

I'm going to miss your mom's mac and cheese.

Maybe some day, you can send me the recipe.

Huh?

All right.

Here.

I wouldn't want you to lose that.

No.

Uh...

hey.

I know what I said, okay?

That was just...

talk.

You know?

Talk.

Besides, you wouldn't want to come with me anyhow.

You've got everything you need right here.

And anything you don't,

I sure as hell couldn't give you.

No!

No.

No. No.

All right.

I've got...

I've got to go.

Hey.

Kid, I've got go to go.

All right?

No.

No.

All right! Hey!

Get the fuck out of here.

Get!

I got him.

Everybody in position?

On my say.

Go, go, go, go, go.

[gunfire]

Hey there, Tiger.

Why don't you come over here and give your old man a squeeze?

Hey. Come on.

[Amber]: Daddy's home!

That's right, baby.

Daddy's home.

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