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<i>This is
the story of my older brother's...</i>

2
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<i>strange criminal behavior
and disappearance.</i>

3
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<i>We who loved him
no longer speak of Wade.</i>

4
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<i>It's as if he never existed.</i>

5
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<i>By telling his story like this,
by breaking the silence about him,</i>

6
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<i>I tell my own story as well.</i>

7
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<i>Everything of importance,</i>

8
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<i>that is everything that gives rise
to the telling of this story,</i>

9
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<i>occurred during a single
deer-hunting season...</i>

10
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<i>in a small town in upstate New Hampshire
where Wade was raised,</i>

11
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<i>and so was I.</i>

12
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<i>One night something changed, and my
relation to Wade's story was different...</i>

13
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<i>from what it had been
since childhood.</i>

14
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<i>I mark this change
by Wade's tone of voice...</i>

15
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<i>during a phone call
a night after Halloween.</i>

16
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<i>Something I had not heard before.</i>

17
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<i>Let us imagine that around 8:00
on Halloween Eve...</i>

18
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<i>comes a pale blue, eight-year-old
Plymouth with a police bubble on top.</i>

19
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<i>A square-faced man wearing
a police jacket is driving the vehicle.</i>

20
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<i>Beside him sits a child,</i>

21
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<i>a little girl with
a plastic tiger mask covering her face.</i>

22
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Sorry for the screw-up.
I couldn't help it.

23
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It's too late
to go trick or treating.

24
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I had to stop at Penney's to get
your costume, then you were hungry.

25
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Whose fault is it then
if it's not yours?

26
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You're the one in charge, Dad.

27
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Yeah.

28
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Look, those kids are still
trick-or-treating. They're still out.

29
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- Those are the Hoyts.
- I don't care. They're out!

30
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Can't you see? Look out there.
It's just too late.

31
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Those Hoyt kids,
they're just out to get in trouble.

32
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See, look. They put shaving cream
all over that mailbox.

33
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- Why did they do that?
- Do what?

34
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- You know.
- Break stuff?

35
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Yeah. It's stupid.

36
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Well... I guess
they're stupid.

37
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Did you do that stuff
when you were a kid?

38
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No!

39
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Well, sort of.

40
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Nothing really mean.
Me and my pals. Me and my brothers.

41
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It was kind of funny then.

42
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- But it's not funny now.
- No, no. It's not funny now.

43
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I'm a cop. I gotta listen to
the complaints people make.

44
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I'm not a kid anymore.
You change.

45
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I bet you did a lot of bad stuff
when you were a kid.

46
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What are you
talking about?

47
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- I don't know. I just think you used to be bad.
- No.

48
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No.

49
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I didn't used to be bad.

50
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No, sir!

51
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Where do you get this stuff from?
Your mother?

52
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No. She doesn't talk
about you anymore.

53
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Hey, Wade.

54
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Ladies and gentlemen,
LaRiviere Company...

55
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is proud to sponsor another
annual Lawford costume parade.

56
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We are looking for the funniest costume,
the scariest...

57
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Oh, the scariest!
Is he the scariest? Is that one scary?

58
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What about this?
Is he scary?

59
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No, no. Here's the scary one
right there.

60
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The most imaginative
and the best costume of all.

61
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Help me line the kids up.

62
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- Pretty awesome, huh? Hi, Marge.
- Hi, Wade.

63
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Go ahead, jump in line.
Maybe you'll win a prize.

64
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Go on. Some of those kids
you still know!

65
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- I don't want to.
- Oh, why? Why not?

66
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You know these kids
from when you went to school here.

67
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It hasn't been that long.

68
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- It's not that.
- What then?

69
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I don't like it here.

70
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Oh, Jesus, Jill, come on. Don't mess this
up any more than it's been messed up.

71
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Join the kids. You do that, before
you know you'll be happy as a clam.

72
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Wade!

73
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Is that Jill?
Come on and join us. Come on!

74
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Go, go, go.
Go on. Go, go, go.

75
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That's it, come on.
Come on.

76
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Here, make a place for her
on the stage.

77
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Look out! Here comes a tiger!
She's coming through.

78
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- What are you boys up to?
- Same old shit.

79
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You seen the damage these little
sons of bitches been raising tonight?

80
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- Gonna have to move your pickup.
- I know.

81
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- Take a bite.
- Could use it. Don't mind of I do.

82
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LaRiviere's having
a hell of a time in there tonight.

83
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Master of fucking ceremonies.

84
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Where's that gun
you were bragging on today?

85
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Let's look at it.

86
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Oh, ho-ho-ho.
Oh, ho-ho.

87
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Mmm! Got you
for $650, $700?

88
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- Nice.
- See you got Jill tonight.

89
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How'd you manage that?

90
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Don't forget to move your truck.

91
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Ladies and gentlemen,
remember, there are no losers.

92
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Everybody gets a nice ribbon.

93
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Now, here is our first award.
For the most imaginative...

94
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Alma, have you seen Jill?

95
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She's around somewhere.
Are you coming to see me next week?

96
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Yeah.

97
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Some party, huh?

98
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I'm sorry.
I had to step outside for a smoke.

99
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Find anybody you know? There must be
some kids you know from school.

100
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Say, you want to go tomorrow?
See your old teachers?

101
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- No.
- No what?

102
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No, I didn't see anybody I knew. No, I
don't want to go to school here tomorrow!

103
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- I want to go home.
- Come on, Jill, you are home!

104
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There's lots of kids
you still know here.

105
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Don't worry, Dad.
I love you. I do!

106
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But I want to go home.

107
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All right, I tell you what.

108
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Tomorrow morning if you still want to go
home, I'll drive you when I get off work.

109
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Okay?

110
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- I called Mom.
- What? You called Mommy?

111
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- Just now?
- Yeah.

112
00:10:01,271 --> 00:10:04,069
Jesus, why?
Why didn't you talk to me first?

113
00:10:04,140 --> 00:10:07,974
- I knew you'd be mad.
- Well, yeah, honey, I am mad.

114
00:10:08,044 --> 00:10:10,604
You know.
What did you tell her, for chrissake?

115
00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,978
I told her I wanted to come home.

116
00:10:13,049 --> 00:10:16,143
Dad, don't be mad at me.

117
00:10:16,219 --> 00:10:19,211
Well, I guess I am.

118
00:10:19,289 --> 00:10:22,383
I mean, you know.

119
00:10:22,459 --> 00:10:26,691
I planned this.
I planned all this.

120
00:10:26,763 --> 00:10:31,063
Sort of pathetic. But I planned it.

121
00:10:33,837 --> 00:10:35,896
You shouldn't have
called your mother.

122
00:10:35,972 --> 00:10:39,203
Come on, we're gonna call her
before she leaves.

123
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<i>Hi, this is the Horners.</i>

124
00:11:01,297 --> 00:11:04,130
<i>- Please leave a message at the beep.</i>
- She's gone already.

125
00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,896
Gone already!
She couldn't wait.

126
00:11:10,139 --> 00:11:13,165
- Yeah.
- Yeah?

127
00:11:13,243 --> 00:11:16,644
That's all you've got to say,
is "yeah"?

128
00:11:16,713 --> 00:11:18,977
Yeah.

129
00:11:27,156 --> 00:11:30,250
You know, she won't be here
for a half hour.

130
00:11:30,326 --> 00:11:34,456
- Think you can stand it that long?
- Yeah.

131
00:11:36,199 --> 00:11:38,258
Where do you expect
to wait for her?

132
00:11:38,334 --> 00:11:41,360
Obviously downstairs with
the other kids isn't good enough.

133
00:11:52,549 --> 00:11:56,144
Sit there by yourself
if you want.

134
00:11:56,219 --> 00:11:59,677
Wait for her by yourself!
That's fine with me. Just dandy!

135
00:11:59,756 --> 00:12:02,623
- I'm goin' downstairs.
- It's fine with me too.

136
00:12:02,692 --> 00:12:05,718
When Mom comes,
tell her I'm up here.

137
00:12:20,310 --> 00:12:22,904
I thought I told you
to move that goddamn truck!

138
00:12:24,347 --> 00:12:26,713
Relax, Chief.
We're leavin' now.

139
00:12:26,783 --> 00:12:29,013
You want a toke?

140
00:12:29,085 --> 00:12:32,248
No, Jesus Christ, Jack!

141
00:12:35,525 --> 00:12:37,993
Why don't you get
the fuck outta here?

142
00:12:38,061 --> 00:12:41,155
If Gordon or one of those guys see
you smoke that wacky tabacky around me,

143
00:12:41,230 --> 00:12:43,858
they'll expect me to bust you,
and I'll be out of a goddamn job.

144
00:12:43,933 --> 00:12:46,231
Some job!

145
00:12:46,302 --> 00:12:50,363
Here, have a hit.
Don't be such a hardass.

146
00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,536
I know you got problems.
We all got problems, so relax.

147
00:12:55,578 --> 00:12:57,637
Not here.

148
00:12:57,714 --> 00:13:02,242
Well, come on, get in.
We'll take a little ride, my man.

149
00:13:05,922 --> 00:13:09,585
Got a job. First thing
in the morning. First day of season.

150
00:13:09,659 --> 00:13:12,093
Twombley something. Erwin...

151
00:13:12,161 --> 00:13:15,289
Evan? He's
a union official from Massachusetts.

152
00:13:15,365 --> 00:13:17,299
You're lucky.

153
00:13:17,367 --> 00:13:19,927
Gotta guarantee a kill, of course.

154
00:13:20,003 --> 00:13:22,938
Which I can do. There are
some monster bucks hidin' out up there.

155
00:13:23,006 --> 00:13:25,668
- How'd you get the job?
- Gordon.

156
00:13:25,742 --> 00:13:28,404
He's always got
some angle workin'.

157
00:13:28,478 --> 00:13:32,642
He wants to keep Twombley happy,
I'm his boy.

158
00:13:32,715 --> 00:13:36,310
- What's wrong with you?
- A toothache.

159
00:13:36,386 --> 00:13:39,947
You should get close to him, Jack.

160
00:13:40,023 --> 00:13:43,186
Make yourself irreplaceable.
The guy is loaded.

161
00:13:44,260 --> 00:13:47,423
Like you and Gordon?

162
00:13:47,497 --> 00:13:52,161
Right. The son of a bitch
couldn't get along without me.

163
00:13:52,235 --> 00:13:55,068
Yeah, he'd go broke tomorrow
if you quit him.

164
00:13:55,138 --> 00:13:58,539
Right.

165
00:13:58,608 --> 00:14:00,838
Bastard's got his high beams on.
- Shit!

166
00:14:00,910 --> 00:14:02,537
What?

167
00:14:02,612 --> 00:14:07,242
- That's my ex-wife Lillian and her husband in the Audi.
- Audi's a good car.

168
00:14:07,316 --> 00:14:10,945
- What's she here for?
- She's here to get Jill. Me and Jill had an argument.

169
00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:13,818
Jack, I gotta get back to town.
Move this thing, will ya?

170
00:14:13,890 --> 00:14:16,654
See if you can get back to the town hall
before they get there, okay?

171
00:14:16,726 --> 00:14:21,390
- Piece of cake.
- Take this joint.

172
00:14:29,038 --> 00:14:30,972
Lillian?

173
00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,941
Lillian.

174
00:14:34,010 --> 00:14:37,070
Where's Jill?

175
00:14:37,146 --> 00:14:39,740
Me and Jill,
we had a little spat.

176
00:14:39,816 --> 00:14:42,649
She kind of felt left out
from not knowing the new kids.

177
00:14:42,719 --> 00:14:45,552
Where is she? Is she
in the truck with your friends?

178
00:14:45,621 --> 00:14:50,422
No. She told me she wanted
to wait for you inside.

179
00:14:51,728 --> 00:14:55,391
While you went for
a few beers with your friends.

180
00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,431
That Hettie Rogers in there
with what's-his-name?

181
00:15:00,503 --> 00:15:02,437
Yeah.

182
00:15:02,505 --> 00:15:06,134
Boy, she's grown up
a little, hasn't she?

183
00:15:06,209 --> 00:15:08,200
Jesus, lay off, will ya?

184
00:15:08,277 --> 00:15:12,805
You've won this round,
so just lay off, for chrissake.

185
00:15:12,882 --> 00:15:18,013
You amaze me.
Year after year in the same old ways.

186
00:15:22,258 --> 00:15:24,283
Horner, leave her be.

187
00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,420
It's got nothing to do with you,
so just act like a chauffeur.

188
00:15:27,497 --> 00:15:30,364
- You got it?
- Wade, nobody wants any trouble.

189
00:15:30,433 --> 00:15:32,458
Listen to me.
I don't want her to go.

190
00:15:32,535 --> 00:15:36,130
Please don't make a scene.
Nobody is trying to win any round.

191
00:15:36,205 --> 00:15:38,264
Don't make this any worse.

192
00:15:38,341 --> 00:15:40,866
- I'm not making it any worse. You are!
- Me?

193
00:15:40,943 --> 00:15:43,434
Me and Jill,
we could've worked this out.

194
00:15:43,513 --> 00:15:46,243
- It's normal. It's a father-daughter thing.
- She called me.

195
00:15:46,315 --> 00:15:50,115
I know she called you.
How do you think this makes me look?

196
00:15:50,153 --> 00:15:54,351
- Coming up here and treating her like some tragic victim.
- I'm not gonna do this.

197
00:15:54,390 --> 00:15:57,052
Just wait till
we're through, goddamn it!

198
00:16:02,865 --> 00:16:05,060
Don't say a word.

199
00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:10,466
I didn't hit him.

200
00:16:15,611 --> 00:16:18,273
I'm not gonna hit anybody.

201
00:16:49,612 --> 00:16:53,139
New hat!

202
00:16:53,216 --> 00:16:56,913
- Jill's up, I see.
- Yeah, for a while.

203
00:16:56,986 --> 00:17:01,480
- How's she doing?
- She's okay. She's fine.

204
00:17:01,557 --> 00:17:05,323
You two want to do anything, need
a third party, give me a call. I'm off.

205
00:17:05,394 --> 00:17:08,454
Like hell you are. Tomorrow's
the first day of deer-huntin' season.

206
00:17:08,531 --> 00:17:12,194
I'll need you at least in the mornin'.
Take care, Wade.

207
00:17:12,268 --> 00:17:15,726
Well, I guess that's that.

208
00:17:15,805 --> 00:17:18,137
You be careful
of that little bastard.

209
00:17:18,207 --> 00:17:22,940
- He's dyin' to get in your pants.
- Come on. Give me a break.

210
00:17:24,013 --> 00:17:26,243
- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Okay.

211
00:17:35,625 --> 00:17:38,788
- Tomorrow, Gordon.
- Hmm.

212
00:17:38,861 --> 00:17:42,888
Watch the snow.
It's coming down tonight.

213
00:17:54,410 --> 00:17:58,278
This weather
any advantage in tracking the bastards?

214
00:17:58,347 --> 00:18:00,907
Don't worry, Mr. Twombley,
I know where those suckers are.

215
00:18:00,983 --> 00:18:04,043
Right about now, the does
are holding up in the brush piles.

216
00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:06,782
The bucks are
right behind the does.

217
00:18:06,856 --> 00:18:08,824
We're right behind the bucks.

218
00:18:08,891 --> 00:18:12,292
That gun gets fired before 10:00.

219
00:18:12,361 --> 00:18:16,263
Whether it kills a deer or not,
more or less up to you.

220
00:18:16,332 --> 00:18:20,428
I'll put you inside 30, 35 yards of
a buck first four hours of the season.

221
00:18:20,503 --> 00:18:24,371
- That's what you're paying me for, ain't it?
- Damn straight.

222
00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:28,467
Done much shootin'
with that rifle yet?

223
00:18:28,544 --> 00:18:33,106
I'll tell you what, kid. You get me close
to a big buck by 10:00 in the mornin',

224
00:18:33,182 --> 00:18:35,707
there's an extra $100 in it.

225
00:18:36,886 --> 00:18:40,219
- If you get it?
- Yeah.

226
00:18:40,289 --> 00:18:42,689
- You might not kill it.
- You think so?

227
00:18:42,758 --> 00:18:46,524
You might gut-shoot it. Cripple it
for somebody else to find and tag.

228
00:18:46,595 --> 00:18:50,861
Can't guarantee that won't happen,
especially with a new gun.

229
00:18:52,034 --> 00:18:54,366
I may have to shoot it.

230
00:18:54,437 --> 00:18:58,168
- You take care of your end, I'll take care of mine.
- Mm-hmm.

231
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,208
You understand what I'm sayin'?

232
00:19:00,276 --> 00:19:04,576
- I want a deer, a dead one. Not a cripple.
- I get it.

233
00:19:04,647 --> 00:19:08,708
No sweat. You'll get yourself
a deer, dead, by coffee time.

234
00:19:08,784 --> 00:19:12,914
- And you'll get your extra $100.
- Wonderful.

235
00:19:19,095 --> 00:19:22,428
- Good morning, Jason.
- Good morning, Miss Brooks.

236
00:19:23,833 --> 00:19:26,097
Morning.

237
00:19:28,804 --> 00:19:30,897
Hi, Melanie.

238
00:19:33,943 --> 00:19:36,434
Wade? Where's Jill?

239
00:19:36,512 --> 00:19:39,106
I thought she was coming
to school today.

240
00:19:40,850 --> 00:19:43,978
<i>Don't worry, Dad. I love you. I do!</i>

241
00:19:44,053 --> 00:19:47,216
<i>But I don't want to go
to school here tomorrow.</i>

242
00:19:58,934 --> 00:20:03,166
For Pete's sake, Whitehouse,
we ain't got all day!

243
00:20:13,516 --> 00:20:17,646
Are you okay, Wade? What was wrong?

244
00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,746
Why were you holding everyone up?

245
00:20:20,823 --> 00:20:23,986
Did you see that son of a bitch in that
B.M.W? He could've killed somebody.

246
00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:25,994
- Did you get his number?
- Yeah, I know who it is.

247
00:20:26,062 --> 00:20:28,030
- Good.
- Mel Gordon.

248
00:20:28,097 --> 00:20:32,830
He's from Boston. He's Evan Twombley's
son-in-law. They're headed to Lake Agaway.

249
00:20:32,902 --> 00:20:36,998
The old man's out hunting with Jack.
I'm gonna spoil his weekend.

250
00:20:37,073 --> 00:20:39,473
Now, Wade...

251
00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:42,705
- Safety on?
- Mm-hmm.

252
00:20:49,885 --> 00:20:52,217
I'm all right.

253
00:20:53,489 --> 00:20:56,481
Stay with me.
We'll cross into the next meadow.

254
00:20:56,559 --> 00:20:59,221
I've seen you before.

255
00:20:59,295 --> 00:21:01,957
- I used to play ball.
- Yeah?

256
00:21:02,031 --> 00:21:05,728
- Drafted by the Red Sox.
- You played for the Sox?

257
00:21:05,801 --> 00:21:09,168
- Double-A. New Britain.
- Oh.

258
00:21:09,238 --> 00:21:13,834
Pitcher. Best ballplayer to come out
of New Hampshire since Carlton Fisk.

259
00:21:13,909 --> 00:21:17,037
- Really?
- They said.

260
00:21:17,113 --> 00:21:22,210
Only difference between me
and that Clemens on TV is shit luck.

261
00:21:24,420 --> 00:21:27,446
- Safety on?
- Yeah.

262
00:21:27,523 --> 00:21:30,981
- Just ahead.
- Sun's gettin' high.

263
00:21:32,695 --> 00:21:34,754
Deers have ears too, you know.

264
00:21:34,830 --> 00:21:37,196
Oh, yeah.

265
00:22:12,234 --> 00:22:16,534
It's simple. Either they clean up
the trailer or it gets hauled out.

266
00:22:16,605 --> 00:22:18,539
It looks like a piece of shit.

267
00:22:18,607 --> 00:22:20,939
That's right.
It's called mountain view.

268
00:22:21,010 --> 00:22:23,501
Looks like shit view right now.

269
00:22:23,579 --> 00:22:26,343
Tell them if they don't move it,
I'll come out and have it moved.

270
00:22:26,415 --> 00:22:28,349
I gotta go. I'll call you later.

271
00:22:33,556 --> 00:22:36,354
Told you the snow was coming down.

272
00:22:36,425 --> 00:22:39,360
Take the grader.

273
00:22:39,428 --> 00:22:42,625
- Where's the plow?
- Jimmy took it.

274
00:22:42,698 --> 00:22:44,859
Jack's out hunting
with Evan Twombley.

275
00:22:44,934 --> 00:22:48,233
- His son-in-law damn near killed me this morning.
- Huh?

276
00:22:48,304 --> 00:22:52,434
At the school crossing. Could've hurt
some kids. I'm gonna bust his ass!

277
00:22:52,508 --> 00:22:55,033
Don't go playing policeman.

278
00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:58,409
What the hell am I?
A security guard?

279
00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,847
I mean, you hired me.
You and your selectmen friends.

280
00:23:01,917 --> 00:23:05,580
You don't want
the extra police pay?

281
00:23:05,654 --> 00:23:08,418
I'm not sayin' that!

282
00:23:12,027 --> 00:23:14,495
Take the grader.
Go out 29 past Toby's.

283
00:23:14,563 --> 00:23:17,191
Don't let Lillian get to you.
She didn't belong here.

284
00:23:17,266 --> 00:23:19,291
- That's why she left.
- Fuck you.

285
00:23:19,368 --> 00:23:22,269
That's what I love
about a small town.

286
00:23:22,338 --> 00:23:25,034
You know everybody.

287
00:23:32,848 --> 00:23:35,112
Stay close.

288
00:23:38,153 --> 00:23:40,087
Fresh tracks.

289
00:23:42,291 --> 00:23:45,124
Deer shit. Big one.

290
00:23:45,194 --> 00:23:47,492
Here's your buck,
Mr. Twombley.

291
00:23:47,563 --> 00:23:49,724
I'll go down and circle around.

292
00:23:49,798 --> 00:23:54,895
You only got a little while
if you wanna collect that extra $100.

293
00:25:32,368 --> 00:25:35,303
Hey. How's it goin'?

294
00:25:35,371 --> 00:25:38,306
Cold. How do you think?

295
00:25:38,374 --> 00:25:41,366
Yeah, sorry about that.
Tell me something.

296
00:25:41,443 --> 00:25:45,379
Why is it every year come first snow
you always get stuck with that grader?

297
00:25:45,447 --> 00:25:47,574
School. Traffic crossing.

298
00:25:47,649 --> 00:25:51,278
- So what are we doing after? Digging wells?
- Yeah.

299
00:25:51,353 --> 00:25:54,186
Don't work too fast, all right?

300
00:25:54,256 --> 00:25:56,417
Business being the way it is,

301
00:25:56,492 --> 00:25:59,825
Gordon's looking for any reason
to lay me off earlier than usual.

302
00:25:59,895 --> 00:26:02,022
That border jumper's got too much money
as it is.

303
00:26:02,097 --> 00:26:05,430
I'll tell you who's a pisser.
Glen Whitehouse.

304
00:26:05,501 --> 00:26:07,435
He was mean normal.

305
00:26:07,503 --> 00:26:11,303
But when he drank,
it was like he burst on fire.

306
00:26:11,373 --> 00:26:15,935
Brown's Canadian.
Always drank B.C.

307
00:26:16,011 --> 00:26:19,777
One Christmas, there was this cord
of wood out back he'd forgotten about.

308
00:26:19,848 --> 00:26:22,942
He decides he's gonna have
his boys stack it.

309
00:26:23,018 --> 00:26:27,250
Except it's been out back
for two months. The wood's all iced in.

310
00:26:27,322 --> 00:26:31,383
He grabs the boys, throws them outside.
And he's drunk.

311
00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:34,827
Oh! Come on, move it.

312
00:26:34,897 --> 00:26:38,025
Daylight in the swamp.

313
00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:42,730
- Pop, the kids are waiting for us.
- Rolfe.

314
00:26:42,805 --> 00:26:46,741
A lesson in work
and its rewards.

315
00:26:46,809 --> 00:26:50,540
You'll thank me for this one day, boys.
Now, come on.

316
00:26:56,518 --> 00:26:58,611
Here we are, boys. Dig in.

317
00:26:58,687 --> 00:27:00,848
Come on, let's do it right over here.
See that?

318
00:27:00,923 --> 00:27:03,653
Goddamn it!
Let's do it!

319
00:27:03,725 --> 00:27:05,852
Show a little muscle there.
Come on.

320
00:27:08,163 --> 00:27:12,327
There! There we go.

321
00:27:12,401 --> 00:27:14,335
Attaboy. Come on!

322
00:27:14,403 --> 00:27:17,031
Please, Pop, let's go back.

323
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,374
What the hell are you,
a quitter?

324
00:27:20,442 --> 00:27:22,672
Huh? Get in there!

325
00:27:22,744 --> 00:27:25,269
Quitter? Huh? Huh?

326
00:27:25,347 --> 00:27:28,510
- So what happened?
- Oh, beats me.

327
00:27:28,584 --> 00:27:32,281
That's all I heard.
Wade would know more about it. Wade?

328
00:27:32,354 --> 00:27:36,723
We were just talkin' about your old man.
"What are you, a quitter?"

329
00:27:40,295 --> 00:27:45,494
Jesus, LaCoy, you got nothing better
to do than tell stories?

330
00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:49,765
The pity is, someday some college student
will come in here and believe this shit...

331
00:27:49,838 --> 00:27:53,501
'cause you're the only one
dumb enough to talk to him.

332
00:28:12,227 --> 00:28:15,355
That was some job.

333
00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:19,867
We'll work at it, we promise.

334
00:28:19,935 --> 00:28:22,597
- I think I made a point.
- You just need a drink.

335
00:28:22,671 --> 00:28:24,935
What was that, Wade?

336
00:28:25,007 --> 00:28:28,408
You say something?

337
00:28:28,477 --> 00:28:31,935
You got something to say, say it.
Say it!

338
00:28:32,014 --> 00:28:34,039
You no good pup!

339
00:28:34,116 --> 00:28:36,016
Mom!

340
00:28:39,187 --> 00:28:41,883
- Well?
- Mom!

341
00:28:43,158 --> 00:28:45,422
Mom!

342
00:28:47,229 --> 00:28:49,254
Mom! Mom!

343
00:29:03,779 --> 00:29:06,213
Don't look right.

344
00:29:06,281 --> 00:29:08,977
The sign.

345
00:29:09,051 --> 00:29:12,350
Looks like it's spelled wrong
or somethin'.

346
00:29:12,421 --> 00:29:17,085
Ahh. Wade, Wade. It's people like you
who keep this town from prospering.

347
00:29:17,159 --> 00:29:19,719
I'm not finding fault. It's good
for you. It's good for the town.

348
00:29:19,795 --> 00:29:22,263
- It's a good idea.
- Yeah.

349
00:29:22,331 --> 00:29:26,028
What did you do? Hire one of
those hippie craftsman from Concord?

350
00:29:26,101 --> 00:29:28,035
Think you're gettin'
something you can use,

351
00:29:28,103 --> 00:29:30,571
only it turns out to be
a work of art?

352
00:29:30,639 --> 00:29:35,235
Whatever somebody does to improve things
around here, you gotta find fault.

353
00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:37,403
- Is that it?
- Come on.

354
00:29:37,479 --> 00:29:41,677
I'm only sayin' there's something wrong
with "Homemade Cooking."

355
00:29:41,750 --> 00:29:45,208
The sign's fine.
What it says is wrong.

356
00:29:45,287 --> 00:29:47,881
Who needs it? Everybody that
comes here, been coming here for years.

357
00:29:47,956 --> 00:29:50,322
What do we need
a sign for?

358
00:29:50,392 --> 00:29:52,451
But I guess it's better
than what was there before.

359
00:29:52,527 --> 00:29:57,658
- What was there before?
- Nothin'.

360
00:29:57,733 --> 00:30:00,668
There was nothin' here before.

361
00:30:00,736 --> 00:30:02,670
Hmm.

362
00:30:04,306 --> 00:30:06,831
- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

363
00:30:08,377 --> 00:30:11,210
I'm sorry about what I said.

364
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:16,581
- What'd you say?
- About you and Jill and needing a third person.

365
00:30:16,652 --> 00:30:19,450
- She went back with Lillian?
- Yeah.

366
00:30:19,521 --> 00:30:22,718
- Yeah. Forget it.
- I'm sorry.

367
00:30:23,959 --> 00:30:27,326
I'm gonna start me
one of those custody suits.

368
00:30:27,396 --> 00:30:29,956
- I don't give a fucking shit anymore!
- You don't mean that.

369
00:30:30,032 --> 00:30:34,059
- Yeah, I do.
- No, you don't. You're just pissed.

370
00:30:34,136 --> 00:30:38,698
You just oughta cool off for a few days,
then have a long talk with Lillian.

371
00:30:38,774 --> 00:30:41,402
Work it out with her.
Tell her how you feel.

372
00:30:41,476 --> 00:30:44,104
- Lillian's not out to get you.
- The hell she isn't!

373
00:30:44,179 --> 00:30:47,808
Lillian's been trying to nail me
to a cross since the day I met her.

374
00:30:47,883 --> 00:30:52,877
I'm gonna get me a lawyer from Concord,
and get this divorce thing rearranged.

375
00:30:52,954 --> 00:30:56,583
- Marge?
- That goddamn woman.

376
00:30:56,658 --> 00:31:00,219
She thinks she can cart Jill off
and leave me alone like this.

377
00:31:00,295 --> 00:31:03,059
I'm a whole lot more than pissed.

378
00:31:03,131 --> 00:31:05,964
I've been there plenty in my life,
and I know the difference.

379
00:31:06,034 --> 00:31:08,127
And this is different.

380
00:31:08,203 --> 00:31:10,535
Marge, you got orders.

381
00:31:11,740 --> 00:31:14,402
Call me.

382
00:31:14,476 --> 00:31:18,674
- Tonight. Let's get together tonight.
- Okay.

383
00:31:22,918 --> 00:31:26,376
- Talked to Jack?
- Nah. Not since last night. He took a guy hunting.

384
00:31:26,455 --> 00:31:29,652
The fucker shot himself. Ker-bang!
That's what it sounded like.

385
00:31:29,725 --> 00:31:31,750
Not on purpose.
I assume accidental.

386
00:31:31,827 --> 00:31:33,818
- Who? Jack?
- The other guy.

387
00:31:33,895 --> 00:31:36,022
- How'd you hear this?
- C.B., a little while ago.

388
00:31:36,098 --> 00:31:39,363
One of the boys comin' in. Jack on
the C.B. Callin' for state troopers.

389
00:31:39,434 --> 00:31:41,698
I figured you'd know
what really happened.

390
00:31:41,770 --> 00:31:44,967
I was on the grader. Twombley,
summer people from Massachusetts.

391
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,476
Friend of Gordon's. It was Gordon's idea
for Jack to take him hunting.

392
00:31:48,543 --> 00:31:51,034
Oh, boy. I gotta go.

393
00:31:51,113 --> 00:31:55,345
I want you to work on
a new logo for that. I don't like that.

394
00:31:55,417 --> 00:31:59,319
- All righty.
- Put an idea of a mountain down there.

395
00:31:59,387 --> 00:32:01,878
Something like that
with a stream below.

396
00:32:01,957 --> 00:32:04,824
- What's the hurry?
- Hunting accident. Jack and Twombley.

397
00:32:04,893 --> 00:32:08,556
- I figured you would've heard.
- Twombley! Jesus! Get moving.

398
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:11,758
I gotta get up there. How would I have
heard? Have somebody move the grader.

399
00:32:13,902 --> 00:32:19,431
Go on. Go on! You drive.
We'll take my truck.

400
00:32:23,712 --> 00:32:25,612
Turn it off.

401
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,581
All you heard was there was
some kind of accident?

402
00:32:28,650 --> 00:32:30,777
Twombley's shot. I heard that.

403
00:32:30,852 --> 00:32:32,877
Jack's okay, I assume.

404
00:32:32,954 --> 00:32:35,821
- You don't know how bad or anything?
- You mean Twombley?

405
00:32:35,891 --> 00:32:38,451
Yes, Wade.
I mean Twombley.

406
00:32:38,527 --> 00:32:40,791
Put out that cigarette!

407
00:32:40,862 --> 00:32:42,921
Fuck, fuck, fuck!

408
00:32:42,998 --> 00:32:45,865
Probably shot himself
in the foot or somethin'.

409
00:32:45,934 --> 00:32:47,868
That's what usually happens.

410
00:32:47,936 --> 00:32:51,167
- I should've sent you instead of Jack.
- I wish you had.

411
00:32:51,239 --> 00:32:54,868
I'd rather be deer huntin' than freezin'
my ass off on that fuckin' grader.

412
00:32:54,943 --> 00:32:58,572
Well, you ain't the hunter Jack is, and
he can't drive the grader worth shit.

413
00:32:58,647 --> 00:33:01,047
Like hell!

414
00:33:02,884 --> 00:33:07,787
- That must've been Twombley.
- Want me to follow them to Littleton?

415
00:33:07,856 --> 00:33:12,122
No, no, let's go to the top.
Talk to Jack first.

416
00:33:12,194 --> 00:33:15,630
He'll know what happened.
He best fucking better know!

417
00:33:24,306 --> 00:33:26,331
There's Jack.

418
00:33:27,742 --> 00:33:29,767
I clocked 105.

419
00:33:29,845 --> 00:33:32,575
105? That was pretty fast.

420
00:33:32,647 --> 00:33:37,584
Turns out to be
one of these kids up for the weekend.

421
00:33:37,652 --> 00:33:42,453
She says, "Officer, can we make this
disappear?" Shows me $100 bill.

422
00:33:42,524 --> 00:33:45,425
Heard the news?

423
00:33:45,493 --> 00:33:47,688
- I heard Twombley got shot.
- Yeah.

424
00:33:47,762 --> 00:33:49,855
Watch the dog, Wade.

425
00:33:49,931 --> 00:33:52,866
- Takes a mind to, he'll take your head off.
- He likes me.

426
00:33:52,934 --> 00:33:55,960
- Is it bad?
- 30-30 at close range.

427
00:33:56,037 --> 00:33:57,527
Jesus!

428
00:33:57,606 --> 00:34:01,235
- Will he make it?
- D.O.A. Blew the bastard wide open.

429
00:34:01,309 --> 00:34:03,336
Had a hole in his back
you could put your fist into.

430
00:34:03,411 --> 00:34:05,572
Nice hole in front too.

431
00:34:05,647 --> 00:34:09,048
- Did you see it?
- No. Heard it.

432
00:34:09,117 --> 00:34:12,609
We weren't far apart.
I'd spotted this buck.

433
00:34:12,687 --> 00:34:15,019
I looked at the bottom
of the cliff where he was standin',

434
00:34:15,090 --> 00:34:17,718
and there the fucker was,
deader than shit!

435
00:34:17,792 --> 00:34:20,090
I called it right in.

436
00:34:20,161 --> 00:34:22,220
This is gonna be one mess
to clean up.

437
00:34:22,297 --> 00:34:24,822
Twombley's son-in-law and daughter
are up for the weekend.

438
00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:28,233
- Didn't you say you'd seen him, Wade?
- Yeah. Damn near ran me over.

439
00:34:28,303 --> 00:34:30,464
You want to tell them?
You knew the old man.

440
00:34:30,538 --> 00:34:33,996
What the fuck!
My day's already ruined.

441
00:34:34,075 --> 00:34:36,236
Gimme the keys.
You can go back with Jack.

442
00:34:36,311 --> 00:34:39,940
- You still got plowing to do.
- It ain't finished, if that's what you mean.

443
00:34:40,015 --> 00:34:44,418
- Something bugging you?
- Yeah, a few things.

444
00:34:44,486 --> 00:34:46,613
Right now we're not interested
in a few things.

445
00:34:46,688 --> 00:34:50,647
Why don't you do a few things for me, and
then you get bugged on your own time?

446
00:34:53,862 --> 00:34:57,457
You might as well take the rest
of the day off. You look fucked up.

447
00:34:57,532 --> 00:34:59,523
You've been paid
for the day anyhow, right?

448
00:34:59,601 --> 00:35:02,195
Not exactly.
I mean, he never paid me.

449
00:35:02,270 --> 00:35:05,637
Don't worry.
You'll get your money.

450
00:35:05,707 --> 00:35:08,073
Don't talk to any newspaper
about this.

451
00:35:08,143 --> 00:35:10,941
Twombley's
a big deal down in Massachusetts.

452
00:35:11,012 --> 00:35:13,378
Just tell them that your lawyer
says you shouldn't comment.

453
00:35:13,448 --> 00:35:15,609
Lawyer?
I don't need a lawyer, do I?

454
00:35:15,684 --> 00:35:18,380
No, of course not.
Just say it. That's all.

455
00:35:28,897 --> 00:35:31,559
- Where'd Twombley get shot?
- In the chest.

456
00:35:31,633 --> 00:35:35,831
- No. I mean whereabouts.
- About a half mile in, along the old lumber road.

457
00:35:35,904 --> 00:35:39,772
The old lumber road, huh? That's a
steep climb. You bring him up yourself?

458
00:35:39,841 --> 00:35:42,503
Ambulance guys lugged him up.

459
00:35:44,212 --> 00:35:46,976
- You stayed away?
- Yeah.

460
00:35:48,883 --> 00:35:51,613
- Where'd you get that blood?
- What blood?

461
00:35:51,686 --> 00:35:53,847
On your sleeve.

462
00:35:53,922 --> 00:35:57,653
Must've... Ahh.
How do I know?

463
00:35:57,726 --> 00:35:59,887
What are you doing, playing cop?

464
00:35:59,961 --> 00:36:03,795
I gotta make a report to Fish and Game.
I'm just wondering, that's all.

465
00:36:03,865 --> 00:36:08,199
- What'd he do?
- Who the fuck knows?

466
00:36:08,269 --> 00:36:11,067
Must've slipped or something.

467
00:36:11,139 --> 00:36:13,699
I just heard the gun go off.

468
00:36:14,776 --> 00:36:17,404
I've never seen a man get shot before.

469
00:36:17,479 --> 00:36:21,313
Not even in the service.
Must be somethin'.

470
00:36:22,951 --> 00:36:26,512
- I didn't actually see it. Like I said.
- Sure you did.

471
00:36:26,588 --> 00:36:29,113
- What?
- Saw him get shot.

472
00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:32,785
What the fuck are you telling me?
I never seen the guy get shot.

473
00:36:32,861 --> 00:36:35,796
You must've seen him get shot!
I know you did!

474
00:36:37,532 --> 00:36:41,468
Let's get the fuck outta here.
You're not making any sense.

475
00:36:44,005 --> 00:36:47,566
There's your old 20-gauge, and that's
that new Browning you were showing me.

476
00:36:47,642 --> 00:36:50,042
Oh, look at this.

477
00:36:50,111 --> 00:36:52,579
That must be Twombley's gun.

478
00:36:52,647 --> 00:36:55,411
It's brand-new.
Very fancy tooling, huh?

479
00:36:55,483 --> 00:36:57,576
Probably only been fired one time.

480
00:36:57,652 --> 00:37:03,022
But what the hell, Jack? I guess you
deserve it. Right's right, huh?

481
00:37:03,091 --> 00:37:05,992
Twombley sure as hell
won't be shooting it again.

482
00:37:06,061 --> 00:37:10,191
- I gotta turn it in to Fish and Game.
- Yeah, I was goin' to.

483
00:37:10,265 --> 00:37:12,324
Sure, you were.

484
00:37:20,341 --> 00:37:22,275
- Rolfe?
<i>- Yeah, Wade?</i>

485
00:37:22,343 --> 00:37:25,141
Brother, look.
I was calling 'cause...

486
00:37:25,213 --> 00:37:28,478
Has there been anything on TV in Boston
about a hunting accident...

487
00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:32,384
involving a guy named Twombley,
Evan Twombley?

488
00:37:32,454 --> 00:37:34,820
<i>There was something.
It happened up your way.</i>

489
00:37:34,889 --> 00:37:40,691
Yeah. Yeah, I know him.
I mean, the kid that was with him.

490
00:37:40,762 --> 00:37:42,696
Maybe you did too.
Jack Hewitt.

491
00:37:42,764 --> 00:37:46,894
He works for LaRiviere with me.
He's my best friend.

492
00:37:46,968 --> 00:37:49,596
<i>Wade, it's late.
I know you're probably at Toby's.</i>

493
00:37:49,671 --> 00:37:51,969
<i>But I'm in bed reading.
We have different habits.</i>

494
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,704
No, no. Not tonight.
I'm in bed too.

495
00:37:56,778 --> 00:38:01,010
I was calling 'cause
I need you to listen. I got this theory.

496
00:38:03,718 --> 00:38:06,653
Jack says he didn't see Twombley shot.

497
00:38:10,525 --> 00:38:15,258
It'll come out that Jack lied,
and the kid'll hang for it.

498
00:38:15,330 --> 00:38:17,924
<i>He was scheduled to testify
for a committee...</i>

499
00:38:17,999 --> 00:38:21,628
<i>investigating organized crime in
New England, the construction business.</i>

500
00:38:21,703 --> 00:38:24,638
- Who?
<i>- Twombley.</i>

501
00:38:24,706 --> 00:38:27,470
- No shit!
<i>- Why? Do you think Jack shot him?</i>

502
00:38:27,542 --> 00:38:33,276
- Well, it was an accident.
<i>- They were out deer hunting, right?</i>

503
00:38:36,184 --> 00:38:38,812
Maybe there was a third person.

504
00:38:38,887 --> 00:38:41,583
<i>Hmm.</i>

505
00:38:41,656 --> 00:38:44,750
Lillian was here. In Lawford.

506
00:38:46,094 --> 00:38:49,120
- Night before the shooting.
<i>- How was she?</i>

507
00:38:49,197 --> 00:38:52,655
She came to pick up Jill.

508
00:38:52,734 --> 00:38:58,536
She was supposed to spend the weekend for
Halloween, but she wanted to go home.

509
00:38:58,606 --> 00:39:01,131
<i>- Who?</i>
- Jill.

510
00:39:03,211 --> 00:39:08,547
I was thinking of getting a lawyer.
Maybe you can help me.

511
00:39:08,616 --> 00:39:12,416
<i>- What happened?</i>
- A divorce lawyer.

512
00:39:12,487 --> 00:39:16,150
No, a custody lawyer.
You know, 'cause of Jill.

513
00:39:16,224 --> 00:39:19,318
<i>Don't think about it.
You're exhausted.</i>

514
00:39:19,394 --> 00:39:21,794
Yeah, I guess so.

515
00:39:21,863 --> 00:39:23,956
<i>Get some sleep.</i>

516
00:39:26,134 --> 00:39:31,197
I get to feeling like
a whipped dog some days.

517
00:39:31,272 --> 00:39:34,867
Some night I'm gonna bite back.
I swear it.

518
00:39:34,943 --> 00:39:37,605
<i>Haven't you already done
a bit of that?</i>

519
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:40,944
No, no, I haven't.
Not really.

520
00:39:41,015 --> 00:39:44,610
I've growled a little,

521
00:39:44,686 --> 00:39:46,847
but I haven't bit.

522
00:40:09,944 --> 00:40:12,344
It's okay, sweetie.

523
00:40:14,449 --> 00:40:16,610
Who are you?

524
00:40:16,684 --> 00:40:20,814
I'm Wade Whitehouse.
Is your husband here?

525
00:40:20,888 --> 00:40:24,051
He's asleep.

526
00:40:24,125 --> 00:40:27,617
We were up very late last night.

527
00:40:27,695 --> 00:40:32,029
I just wanted to say I'm really sorry
about your father, Mrs. Twombley.

528
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:34,933
Mrs. Gordon. Thank you.

529
00:40:35,003 --> 00:40:38,666
Yeah. Yeah, sure.

530
00:40:38,740 --> 00:40:42,176
I just had a little business
to do with Mr. Gordon.

531
00:40:42,243 --> 00:40:46,771
- I'm the local police officer.
- Something about my father?

532
00:40:46,848 --> 00:40:50,340
No, no, no. It's just a traffic thing.
It's no big deal.

533
00:40:53,421 --> 00:40:55,480
Can it wait then?

534
00:40:56,658 --> 00:40:59,422
Whitehouse, next time,
phone ahead.

535
00:40:59,494 --> 00:41:03,055
Jesus Christ, Mr. Gordon.

536
00:41:03,131 --> 00:41:08,194
When I come all the way out here to serve
somebody a summons, I don't call ahead.

537
00:41:10,271 --> 00:41:12,535
What the hell
are you talking about?

538
00:41:12,607 --> 00:41:15,770
I'm issuing you a ticket.
A moving violation.

539
00:41:15,843 --> 00:41:17,868
Moving violation?

540
00:41:17,945 --> 00:41:20,971
I just get out of bed, and you're talking
about a goddamn speeding ticket?

541
00:41:21,049 --> 00:41:25,816
- Yesterday you passed a stopped school bus which had a flashing...
- Hold on.

542
00:41:25,887 --> 00:41:28,788
Don't ever put your hands on me,
Mr. Gordon.

543
00:41:28,856 --> 00:41:31,984
You're talkin' about a goddamned ticket
from the time I passed you...

544
00:41:32,060 --> 00:41:35,359
while you were dreaming of
becoming a traffic cop or something.

545
00:41:37,465 --> 00:41:39,695
There's your ticket.

546
00:41:41,302 --> 00:41:43,862
You get the hell outta
my house now, asshole.

547
00:41:43,938 --> 00:41:46,907
You'll be a lucky asshole if I haven't
got you fired by the end of the day.

548
00:41:46,974 --> 00:41:51,343
I could do that. Just one phone call.
I'm pissed enough to do it.

549
00:41:57,285 --> 00:42:00,721
Jack's kind of sensitive, I guess.

550
00:42:00,788 --> 00:42:04,485
Heard he was drunk at Toby's last night
and got in a fight with Hettie.

551
00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:06,686
He drove off without her.

552
00:42:06,761 --> 00:42:12,028
I'm sure. I'm positive it didn't
happen the way Jack says it did.

553
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:17,128
Jack's turned into one of those men
who are permanently angry.

554
00:42:17,205 --> 00:42:19,901
He used to be a sweet kid.

555
00:42:19,974 --> 00:42:25,435
When he found out he couldn't
play ball anymore, he changed.

556
00:42:25,513 --> 00:42:27,981
Now he's like everyone else.

557
00:42:28,049 --> 00:42:32,213
I've been wondering
if maybe Jack shot Twombley,

558
00:42:32,286 --> 00:42:36,313
instead of Twombley
shooting himself.

559
00:42:36,391 --> 00:42:39,758
I wonder if maybe
Jack shot him on purpose.

560
00:42:44,632 --> 00:42:48,693
Wade! How can you even
think such a thing?

561
00:42:48,770 --> 00:42:51,796
Why would Jack Hewitt do that?
Shoot Twombley on purpose?

562
00:42:51,873 --> 00:42:53,807
Money.

563
00:42:53,875 --> 00:42:57,174
- Jack doesn't need money.
- Everybody needs money.

564
00:42:57,245 --> 00:43:01,909
Except Twombley and that son of a bitch
son-in-law of his. People like that.

565
00:43:01,983 --> 00:43:06,545
- Jack wouldn't kill for it. Besides, who'd pay him?
- Lots of people.

566
00:43:06,621 --> 00:43:10,955
A guy like Twombley probably got
lots of people who want to see him dead.

567
00:43:11,025 --> 00:43:13,619
The government's investigating
his links to the Mafia.

568
00:43:13,694 --> 00:43:17,289
Oh, the Mafia hired Jack Hewitt?

569
00:43:17,365 --> 00:43:20,198
No, no.

570
00:43:20,268 --> 00:43:24,364
I just know Jack's lying
about how it happened.

571
00:43:24,439 --> 00:43:28,273
He seemed... tight, you know?

572
00:43:28,342 --> 00:43:33,109
I know that kid. I know what he's like
inside. He's like me when I was his age.

573
00:43:33,181 --> 00:43:37,982
You wouldn't have done anything
like that, shoot somebody for money.

574
00:43:38,052 --> 00:43:40,543
Not for money.

575
00:43:40,621 --> 00:43:45,649
But if somebody'd give me half a damned
excuse... I was pretty fucked up.

576
00:43:45,726 --> 00:43:48,490
But you're not anymore.

577
00:43:51,499 --> 00:43:53,660
When are you gonna get
that tooth fixed?

578
00:44:01,576 --> 00:44:06,673
- Oh, yeah, I can see what you looked like as a kid.
- You knew me when I was a kid.

579
00:44:06,747 --> 00:44:12,151
No, not really. Not what you
looked like. I never studied your face.

580
00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:14,313
Hmm. I never really...

581
00:44:14,388 --> 00:44:17,880
could see you as a kid when
you were a kid until now, this way.

582
00:44:17,959 --> 00:44:19,893
In what way?

583
00:44:19,961 --> 00:44:22,225
After making love.

584
00:44:22,296 --> 00:44:27,256
I like it. It's nice to see that
in a grown-up person.

585
00:44:27,335 --> 00:44:29,565
It's kind of scary.

586
00:44:29,637 --> 00:44:32,197
- But it's nice.
- Yeah.

587
00:44:32,273 --> 00:44:35,003
- I'll get us a beer.
- Okay.

588
00:44:36,811 --> 00:44:39,871
Don't you think...

589
00:44:39,947 --> 00:44:43,075
Do you really think
it's a good idea to press...

590
00:44:43,150 --> 00:44:46,210
this custody thing right now?

591
00:44:46,287 --> 00:44:48,619
Sure. Why not?

592
00:44:50,157 --> 00:44:53,593
I don't know.
It's just... Seems like...

593
00:44:57,231 --> 00:45:00,667
I'm her father.
Supposed to be, but I'm not able to.

594
00:45:01,903 --> 00:45:04,804
Yeah. Yes, I do.

595
00:45:04,872 --> 00:45:09,070
You know, maybe the only thing
in my life...

596
00:45:09,143 --> 00:45:12,510
that I've been
so sure about wanting.

597
00:45:12,580 --> 00:45:16,209
Even if it takes a big fight.

598
00:45:16,284 --> 00:45:19,310
Well, then I guess you have to.

599
00:45:19,387 --> 00:45:22,322
There's another thing
I've been thinking about.

600
00:45:22,390 --> 00:45:27,191
I don't know how you feel about the idea,
'cause we've never talked about it.

601
00:45:27,261 --> 00:45:29,957
But I've been thinking...

602
00:45:30,031 --> 00:45:34,695
I've been thinking we should
get married sometime. You and me.

603
00:45:34,769 --> 00:45:40,401
- Oh, Wade.
- It's just... It's just a thought, that's all.

604
00:45:40,474 --> 00:45:44,205
- You've been married twice.
- Yeah, but it was to the same woman.

605
00:45:44,278 --> 00:45:46,644
I was just a kid.

606
00:45:46,714 --> 00:45:50,844
It's not like
a marriage proposal or anything.

607
00:45:50,918 --> 00:45:53,580
It's just a thought, an idea.

608
00:45:53,654 --> 00:45:57,522
Something for you and me
to think about, you know.

609
00:45:59,327 --> 00:46:03,229
- All right. I'll think about it.
- Good.

610
00:46:07,535 --> 00:46:10,902
I've got sons, goddamn it!

611
00:46:10,972 --> 00:46:15,238
My God, have I got sons!

612
00:46:15,309 --> 00:46:19,336
Wade? Rolfe?

613
00:46:19,413 --> 00:46:21,813
Elbourne?

614
00:46:21,882 --> 00:46:24,248
You love me, boys?

615
00:46:24,318 --> 00:46:27,219
You love your Pop?

616
00:46:29,190 --> 00:46:32,125
Of course you do.

617
00:46:32,193 --> 00:46:36,254
Glen, come on, please.

618
00:46:36,330 --> 00:46:39,561
Oh, Christ, Sally!

619
00:46:39,634 --> 00:46:43,229
You are such a good person.

620
00:46:43,304 --> 00:46:45,238
Capital "G."

621
00:46:45,306 --> 00:46:50,266
By God, you are...
You are so much better than I am.

622
00:46:50,344 --> 00:46:53,780
I who am no goddamn good at all.

623
00:46:56,450 --> 00:46:58,384
And you,

624
00:46:58,452 --> 00:47:01,546
you are a truly good person...

625
00:47:01,622 --> 00:47:04,523
like a fucking saint!

626
00:47:04,592 --> 00:47:07,117
Fucking beyond compare!

627
00:47:07,194 --> 00:47:10,027
- Glen, don't. Come on.
- Get away!

628
00:47:12,199 --> 00:47:15,794
Whoa! My, my,
look at my big boy here,

629
00:47:15,870 --> 00:47:18,270
bursting out of the seams
of his jeans.

630
00:47:18,339 --> 00:47:22,776
- You little prick!
- Glen, don't!

631
00:47:30,251 --> 00:47:33,482
Yeah, well...

632
00:47:33,554 --> 00:47:36,955
Did you tell them that we were coming?

633
00:47:37,024 --> 00:47:40,425
Don't you think it's proper for a fella
to introduce his girl to his parents?

634
00:47:40,494 --> 00:47:42,462
I know your parents.

635
00:47:42,530 --> 00:47:47,058
I just gotta pick up my divorce papers
for the lawyer. It won't take long.

636
00:47:47,134 --> 00:47:49,864
You're really gonna do that?
That custody thing?

637
00:47:49,937 --> 00:47:52,838
- Yeah!
- Oh, God.

638
00:47:52,907 --> 00:47:57,469
I think you'll be sorry. I think you'll
wish you'd never opened this up again.

639
00:47:57,545 --> 00:48:01,037
Maybe. But I'd be a hell
of a lot sorrier if I just let it go.

640
00:48:01,115 --> 00:48:03,242
Kids grow up fast
and then it's over.

641
00:48:03,317 --> 00:48:07,879
You get old, your kids are strangers.
Look at me and my old man.

642
00:48:07,955 --> 00:48:11,482
Your father's not like you.
That's why you and he are strangers.

643
00:48:12,727 --> 00:48:15,059
That's my whole point.

644
00:48:15,129 --> 00:48:16,824
I don't want to get into that.

645
00:48:16,897 --> 00:48:20,128
And Lillian's not like your mother.
She won't roll over.

646
00:48:20,201 --> 00:48:22,726
She'll fight you like a she-bear.

647
00:48:22,803 --> 00:48:27,672
If Lillian had been like my mother,
I wouldn't have to be doing any of this.

648
00:48:59,874 --> 00:49:00,738
Are you sure they're home?

649
00:49:00,808 --> 00:49:03,675
Well, the truck's still here.

650
00:49:03,744 --> 00:49:07,145
Looks like they stayed inside
since the snowfall.

651
00:49:11,452 --> 00:49:13,886
That's strange.

652
00:49:13,954 --> 00:49:16,115
You think they're all right?

653
00:49:16,190 --> 00:49:18,420
Yeah, of course.
I would've heard.

654
00:49:18,492 --> 00:49:21,427
- How?
- I don't know, for chrissake!

655
00:49:30,871 --> 00:49:33,635
Pop?

656
00:49:33,707 --> 00:49:36,175
Hey, Pop, you okay?

657
00:49:36,243 --> 00:49:38,177
Huh?

658
00:49:40,181 --> 00:49:42,115
Oh.

659
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:04,360
Jesus, Pop, how can you stand the cold,
dressed like that?

660
00:50:04,438 --> 00:50:06,406
Huh? Oh.

661
00:50:07,608 --> 00:50:09,872
Where's Ma?

662
00:50:09,944 --> 00:50:13,436
Ah, she's sleeping.

663
00:50:15,015 --> 00:50:16,949
Oh.

664
00:50:18,485 --> 00:50:21,113
You remember Margie Fogg?

665
00:50:22,656 --> 00:50:24,988
Oh. From Wickham's?

666
00:50:25,059 --> 00:50:26,754
Hello, Mr. Whitehouse.

667
00:50:26,827 --> 00:50:30,786
Ah. You, ah, like
some coffee or something?

668
00:50:30,865 --> 00:50:33,857
No, thanks.

669
00:50:33,934 --> 00:50:36,164
How are you and Ma doing?
I haven't seen you in town.

670
00:50:36,237 --> 00:50:40,037
We're all right.
Yeah, we're all right.

671
00:50:40,107 --> 00:50:43,907
Uh, she's sleeping.
You want me to go up and get her?

672
00:50:43,978 --> 00:50:46,242
- Yeah.
- Oh.

673
00:50:51,952 --> 00:50:54,250
Jesus. Nothing's
changed around here.

674
00:50:54,321 --> 00:50:57,779
- It's freezing in here.
- Yeah, yeah. I'll put some wood on.

675
00:50:57,858 --> 00:51:00,122
Close the door would help.

676
00:51:01,295 --> 00:51:03,490
Don't. It's bad for you.

677
00:51:10,137 --> 00:51:14,096
- Maybe they're too old to be staying here.
- Maybe so.

678
00:51:17,912 --> 00:51:20,142
Where's Mom?

679
00:51:20,214 --> 00:51:22,648
Ah, she's comin'.

680
00:51:22,716 --> 00:51:26,447
Have you been heating
the house? Not just with the stove.

681
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,045
Well, there's a furnace here.

682
00:51:29,123 --> 00:51:33,753
- You're not using it today?
- Well, I...

683
00:51:33,827 --> 00:51:35,886
It's broken or something.

684
00:51:35,963 --> 00:51:40,059
There's an electric
up in the bedroom.

685
00:51:40,134 --> 00:51:44,434
Maybe Wade oughta take a look at it.
Your pipes will freeze.

686
00:51:44,505 --> 00:51:47,338
- Would you do that, Wade?
- Yeah, yeah.

687
00:51:55,816 --> 00:51:57,750
Ah...

688
00:52:08,996 --> 00:52:11,089
Ma?

689
00:52:17,037 --> 00:52:19,130
Ma?

690
00:52:26,380 --> 00:52:30,111
Hey, Ma.

691
00:52:30,184 --> 00:52:34,143
Ma, come on, wake up.

692
00:52:38,459 --> 00:52:41,656
Oh, Jesus.

693
00:52:41,729 --> 00:52:44,596
Oh, Lord.

694
00:52:44,665 --> 00:52:46,633
Oh, Jesus.

695
00:52:55,275 --> 00:52:57,766
Wade?

696
00:53:08,989 --> 00:53:10,923
Is, uh...

697
00:53:15,129 --> 00:53:17,359
She's dead then?

698
00:53:17,431 --> 00:53:18,864
Yep.

699
00:53:18,932 --> 00:53:21,366
When did she die?

700
00:53:23,203 --> 00:53:25,694
I checked on her.

701
00:53:25,773 --> 00:53:29,072
I brought the electric up.

702
00:53:29,143 --> 00:53:32,840
The cold bothers her
more than it does me.

703
00:53:32,913 --> 00:53:36,474
That's why I brought
the electric up and...

704
00:53:36,550 --> 00:53:40,247
- Don't you have a telephone?
- It's in the living room.

705
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,721
Why didn't you call
and have the furnace fixed?

706
00:53:43,791 --> 00:53:48,194
Oh, Wade.
I thought she was all right.

707
00:53:49,997 --> 00:53:55,162
Till this morning, she was.

708
00:53:55,235 --> 00:53:57,260
It makes me sad!

709
00:53:57,337 --> 00:53:59,737
Is there anything I can do?

710
00:53:59,807 --> 00:54:02,571
Makes me sad it was her
instead of me.

711
00:54:02,643 --> 00:54:05,134
God!

712
00:54:05,212 --> 00:54:07,703
Oh.

713
00:54:13,620 --> 00:54:16,054
I should've froze.

714
00:54:30,337 --> 00:54:33,135
<i>Wade called me, as usual, late at night.</i>

715
00:54:33,207 --> 00:54:37,303
<i>I knew it was Wade.
No one else calls me at that hour.</i>

716
00:54:37,377 --> 00:54:42,314
<i>And I was ready to listen to another
chapter in one of his ongoing sagas.</i>

717
00:54:42,382 --> 00:54:45,715
<i>There was the detective story concerning
the shooting of Evan Twombley,</i>

718
00:54:45,786 --> 00:54:50,450
<i>and the family melodrama
about Wade's custody fight with Lillian.</i>

719
00:54:50,524 --> 00:54:52,515
<i>But not this time.</i>

720
00:54:52,593 --> 00:54:56,120
<i>Wade was telling
a different story, or so it seemed then,</i>

721
00:54:56,196 --> 00:54:58,790
<i>one in which I myself was a character.</i>

722
00:54:58,866 --> 00:55:01,699
<i>He had called to tell me
that some time the previous night...</i>

723
00:55:01,768 --> 00:55:04,464
<i>he had discovered
our mother had died,</i>

724
00:55:04,538 --> 00:55:09,635
<i>and he'd discovered the body when he went over
to visit her and our father with Margie Fogg.</i>

725
00:55:09,710 --> 00:55:13,976
<i>It was left to me to tell
our sister Lena and her husband Clyde...</i>

726
00:55:14,047 --> 00:55:17,949
<i>who'd gone overweight and
made Jesus Christ their personal Savior.</i>

727
00:55:21,722 --> 00:55:24,520
<i>Pop was okay, but out of it.</i>

728
00:55:24,591 --> 00:55:28,994
<i>Worse than usual, maybe,
though no drunker than usual.</i>

729
00:55:35,169 --> 00:55:38,297
How 'bout you, Rolfe? Are you saved?

730
00:55:38,372 --> 00:55:41,899
No, I'm not.

731
00:55:41,975 --> 00:55:44,239
But then you'll be in hell.

732
00:55:44,311 --> 00:55:46,677
I guess I will.

733
00:55:46,747 --> 00:55:50,239
Me and Mom and Wade and Pop.

734
00:55:50,317 --> 00:55:52,251
We'll all be there together.

735
00:55:52,319 --> 00:55:54,344
Shouldn't we get this show on the road?

736
00:55:56,757 --> 00:56:00,693
Well, pointless to stand around
in church, I guess, with nothing to do.

737
00:56:00,761 --> 00:56:04,253
What about Jill?
Is Lillian bringing her?

738
00:56:04,331 --> 00:56:06,822
They'll be at the church
and the cemetery.

739
00:56:06,900 --> 00:56:10,700
Anyone else want another beer?
Rolfe?

740
00:56:10,771 --> 00:56:12,966
No, thanks.
I don't drink.

741
00:56:14,841 --> 00:56:17,639
Yeah, I forgot. Sorry.

742
00:56:20,047 --> 00:56:22,777
How are you holding up, Wade?

743
00:56:22,849 --> 00:56:25,716
Oh, I'm fine.

744
00:56:25,786 --> 00:56:28,311
- Are you Rolfe?
- Yes.

745
00:56:28,388 --> 00:56:32,381
Gordon. Gordon LaRiviere.
I remember you from high school.

746
00:56:32,459 --> 00:56:34,689
You're a teacher now? Hmm?

747
00:56:34,761 --> 00:56:37,355
- Harvard?
- B.U.

748
00:56:37,431 --> 00:56:40,025
Oh. I don't see you around.

749
00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:43,365
I don't suppose there's much reason
for you to come this way.

750
00:56:45,572 --> 00:56:48,905
- Come on, Pop.
- Hmm?

751
00:56:50,244 --> 00:56:53,509
- Join us.
- Huh?

752
00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:55,639
Reverend?

753
00:56:55,716 --> 00:56:58,879
Let's kneel for a moment of prayer
before the service.

754
00:56:58,952 --> 00:57:02,149
Wade? Rolfe?

755
00:57:04,591 --> 00:57:08,049
- This is nuts.
- Wade.

756
00:57:12,366 --> 00:57:14,300
- Jesus in heaven,
- Oh!

757
00:57:14,368 --> 00:57:18,236
We come to Thee on our knees,
begging for Thy forgiveness.

758
00:57:18,305 --> 00:57:22,469
And thanking Thee for
the undeserved gift of Thy salvation.

759
00:57:22,542 --> 00:57:26,638
We thank Thee, whose blood
was shed that we may live.

760
00:57:26,713 --> 00:57:28,704
- Praise the Lord!
- Praise the Lord.

761
00:57:28,782 --> 00:57:34,084
Oh, God, not one of you is worth a
single hair on that woman's head! God!

762
00:57:34,154 --> 00:57:37,988
Please look down upon this woman,
our mother and friend,

763
00:57:38,058 --> 00:57:40,356
and make her example
known to us.

764
00:57:40,427 --> 00:57:45,364
Not one of you is worth a goddamned hair
on that good woman's head!

765
00:57:45,432 --> 00:57:48,492
- Pop!
- Jesus! What is this shit?

766
00:57:48,568 --> 00:57:52,129
- I'll head on to the church.
- This is a difficult time.

767
00:57:52,205 --> 00:57:57,666
- Pop, it's no big deal.
- Oh, smart guy. Tell me it's no big deal?

768
00:57:57,744 --> 00:58:00,611
I just... Tell me...

769
00:58:00,681 --> 00:58:05,516
there's a single one of you that's worth
one single hair on that woman's gray head!

770
00:58:05,585 --> 00:58:07,553
- Pop?
- What?

771
00:58:07,621 --> 00:58:09,851
Jesus is more powerful
than any demon.

772
00:58:09,923 --> 00:58:14,622
- Oh, go fuck yourself!
- Wade, just leave it.

773
00:58:14,695 --> 00:58:18,791
Yeah, just listen
to your little brother here.

774
00:58:18,865 --> 00:58:22,392
"Wade, just leave it."

775
00:58:22,469 --> 00:58:25,768
Candy-asses.

776
00:58:25,839 --> 00:58:28,399
All of you.

777
00:58:28,475 --> 00:58:32,036
That's what I've got for children.

778
00:58:32,112 --> 00:58:35,445
Jesus freaks and candy-asses!

779
00:58:35,515 --> 00:58:39,645
Oh. "Just leave it, Wade.

780
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:43,713
Praise the Lord!
Just leave it, Wade."

781
00:58:43,790 --> 00:58:46,623
- Stop, Glen Whitehouse!
- Goddamn it! Come on, girl!

782
00:58:49,062 --> 00:58:54,329
If you ever touch her again,
I'll kill you! I swear it!

783
00:58:56,536 --> 00:59:00,495
You're still standing up
for your little brother, huh?

784
00:59:04,411 --> 00:59:08,142
For as much as it hath pleased
Almighty God of His great mercy...

785
00:59:09,616 --> 00:59:11,880
<i>It snowed the day of the funeral.</i>

786
00:59:11,952 --> 00:59:14,887
<i>The snow line had descended
from Canada weeks before...</i>

787
00:59:14,955 --> 00:59:17,185
<i>and was now well south of Lawford,</i>

788
00:59:17,257 --> 00:59:21,717
<i>creeping across New Hampshire
towards Massachusetts.</i>

789
00:59:21,795 --> 00:59:25,561
In sure and certain hope
of the Resurrection to enteral life,

790
00:59:25,632 --> 00:59:28,066
through our Lord Jesus Christ.

791
00:59:30,470 --> 00:59:33,234
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes,

792
00:59:33,306 --> 00:59:35,240
dust to dust.

793
00:59:35,308 --> 00:59:37,242
Amen.

794
00:59:39,780 --> 00:59:43,113
Pop, let's go back to the house.

795
00:59:50,123 --> 00:59:52,648
- Hey, Dad.
- Hey.

796
01:00:01,468 --> 01:00:03,368
I'm glad you came.

797
01:00:03,437 --> 01:00:05,769
Can you stay for a while?

798
01:00:05,839 --> 01:00:07,773
No.

799
01:00:15,982 --> 01:00:19,941
You ever go to
your father's grave anymore?

800
01:00:20,020 --> 01:00:22,386
No, not anymore.

801
01:00:22,456 --> 01:00:24,754
It's too far.

802
01:00:28,862 --> 01:00:30,796
We should talk.

803
01:00:30,864 --> 01:00:33,662
- We've done all our talking, Wade.
- It's just that...

804
01:00:33,733 --> 01:00:36,099
No, please don't.

805
01:00:40,140 --> 01:00:42,608
I'm sorry about your mother.

806
01:00:43,677 --> 01:00:45,668
I really liked her.

807
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:50,647
You never know how much
women like that suffer.

808
01:00:50,717 --> 01:00:56,087
Like they live their whole lives
with the sound turned off.

809
01:00:56,156 --> 01:00:58,090
Then they're gone.

810
01:01:04,731 --> 01:01:07,427
- Mom?
- Huh?

811
01:01:07,501 --> 01:01:11,562
- She's got an ice skating lesson at 4:00.
- I'm taking ice skating, Dad.

812
01:01:11,638 --> 01:01:14,334
That's great.

813
01:01:14,407 --> 01:01:17,899
- Figure skating, I suppose.
- And ice ballet.

814
01:01:17,978 --> 01:01:19,912
That's great.

815
01:01:27,087 --> 01:01:29,021
Well...

816
01:01:30,223 --> 01:01:32,418
Good-bye, Dad.

817
01:01:57,551 --> 01:02:00,748
- What about Margie?
- What about her?

818
01:02:00,820 --> 01:02:03,482
You still plan on
getting married?

819
01:02:03,557 --> 01:02:08,153
Oh, yeah. She'll probably quit her job
and move out here with Pop.

820
01:02:08,228 --> 01:02:10,196
We can't leave him alone anymore.

821
01:02:10,263 --> 01:02:13,164
He'll probably set
the damn place on fire.

822
01:02:13,233 --> 01:02:16,964
And with Jill here a lot,
it'll be good to have Margie around.

823
01:02:19,039 --> 01:02:22,440
Things are gonna change
in that department, by the way.

824
01:02:22,509 --> 01:02:25,603
I got a custody lawyer down in Concord.
I'm gonna see him tomorrow.

825
01:02:25,679 --> 01:02:30,139
All hell's gonna break loose, but it'll
be worth it. Here, put the shovels away.

826
01:02:38,124 --> 01:02:42,117
I wanna let it run out of gas.

827
01:02:42,195 --> 01:02:44,629
I don't want the bastard drivin' drunk.

828
01:02:44,698 --> 01:02:47,064
He's drunk all the time now.

829
01:02:47,133 --> 01:02:50,102
After, we'll hide the keys.

830
01:02:50,170 --> 01:02:52,570
Anything new about
the shooting? Twombley?

831
01:02:52,639 --> 01:02:56,200
No. I guess it was an accident
like everybody thinks.

832
01:02:56,276 --> 01:02:58,836
Want to know what
I think happened?

833
01:02:58,912 --> 01:03:01,574
You find them everywhere.

834
01:03:01,648 --> 01:03:05,084
I think your first response
to the shooting was the correct one.

835
01:03:15,495 --> 01:03:19,932
- Which is?
- That it wasn't an accident.

836
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:21,968
Well, then who shot him?

837
01:03:22,035 --> 01:03:24,629
Your friend, I think. Jack Hewitt.

838
01:03:24,704 --> 01:03:26,638
Jack.

839
01:03:26,706 --> 01:03:29,266
Come on, Rolfe.
Give me a motive.

840
01:03:29,342 --> 01:03:32,106
- Money.
- Money? Who'd pay 'im that kind of money?

841
01:03:32,178 --> 01:03:35,511
Not the mob.
They got their own guys. Specialists.

842
01:03:35,582 --> 01:03:40,212
Who else benefits
if Twombley is suddenly dead?

843
01:03:43,089 --> 01:03:46,286
- I don't know. You tell me.
- Okay.

844
01:03:46,359 --> 01:03:51,558
It's likely there are people in the union
who don't want Twombley to testify.

845
01:03:51,631 --> 01:03:54,691
That probably includes his son-in-law,
who's vice president,

846
01:03:54,768 --> 01:03:57,293
and will probably be
the next president.

847
01:03:57,370 --> 01:04:00,533
- I read that in the papers. Uh, what's his name?
- Mel Gordon.

848
01:04:00,607 --> 01:04:03,303
- Mel Gordon, right.
- The guy in the B.M.W., right?

849
01:04:03,376 --> 01:04:05,901
Okay, here's my theory.

850
01:04:05,979 --> 01:04:09,176
Twombley, he doesn't know
about illegal loans or whatever,

851
01:04:09,249 --> 01:04:13,743
and he starts to nose around because
of the investigation, and he finds out.

852
01:04:13,820 --> 01:04:17,085
Finds out his son-in-law is involved.

853
01:04:17,157 --> 01:04:20,718
So Mel Gordon wouldn't want
a professional hit.

854
01:04:20,794 --> 01:04:24,525
That makes the Feds dig deeper.
He wants it to look like an accident.

855
01:04:24,597 --> 01:04:27,122
A hunting accident's perfect.

856
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:29,998
Around here,
you shoot somebody in the woods,

857
01:04:30,070 --> 01:04:34,803
you say it was an accident, they fine you 50
bucks and they lift your hunting license.

858
01:04:34,874 --> 01:04:36,842
And Jack, he...

859
01:04:39,112 --> 01:04:42,479
Jack's probably sayin' the guy shot
himself 'cause he ain't got his deer,

860
01:04:42,549 --> 01:04:46,508
and he don't want
his license lifted.

861
01:04:46,586 --> 01:04:50,420
Nah. That's too neat.
Things ain't that neat.

862
01:04:50,490 --> 01:04:54,927
- Some things are.
- Only in books.

863
01:04:54,994 --> 01:04:56,928
It's what happened.

864
01:05:01,801 --> 01:05:03,792
That makes me mad.

865
01:05:05,271 --> 01:05:08,263
That somebody can shoot somebody,
his own father-in-law,

866
01:05:08,341 --> 01:05:10,275
and not be punished for it.

867
01:05:10,343 --> 01:05:12,971
- Don't that piss you off?
- No, not particularly.

868
01:05:13,046 --> 01:05:16,413
Right's right, goddamn it. Jesus, Rolfe.
Don't you care about what's right?

869
01:05:16,483 --> 01:05:18,951
I care about what happened.

870
01:05:19,018 --> 01:05:21,816
The truth.

871
01:05:21,888 --> 01:05:27,121
Remember, I'm a student
of history. Books.

872
01:05:37,170 --> 01:05:40,105
I've been thinkin' about
that story you told me...

873
01:05:40,173 --> 01:05:42,141
about Pop...

874
01:05:42,208 --> 01:05:46,201
and chopping the firewood
out of the ice and after.

875
01:05:50,383 --> 01:05:54,820
I don't want to disappoint you,
but I don't think it happened.

876
01:05:54,888 --> 01:05:58,221
- You don't think I'd remember a thing like that?
- It wasn't me.

877
01:05:58,291 --> 01:06:02,352
I wasn't there.
When I heard about it, it was Elbourne.

878
01:06:02,428 --> 01:06:05,488
Elbourne, Jesus. We'd have
to go digging in Vietnam to ask him.

879
01:06:05,565 --> 01:06:09,160
And Elbourne and Mom
brought you to the doctor...

880
01:06:09,235 --> 01:06:12,898
and told him
you fell from the hayloft.

881
01:06:12,972 --> 01:06:16,237
I never heard that one.

882
01:06:17,844 --> 01:06:21,245
No, I remember clearly because...

883
01:06:21,314 --> 01:06:27,219
after I heard, I became
real careful around Pop.

884
01:06:27,287 --> 01:06:30,256
I was a careful child...

885
01:06:30,323 --> 01:06:33,554
and I became a careful adult.

886
01:06:33,626 --> 01:06:37,562
But at least I was never afflicted
by that man's violence.

887
01:06:44,771 --> 01:06:47,569
That's what you think.

888
01:06:53,780 --> 01:06:56,112
Ahh!

889
01:06:56,182 --> 01:06:59,345
I better head back.
It's a long drive.

890
01:06:59,419 --> 01:07:01,353
All right.

891
01:07:01,421 --> 01:07:03,355
Okay.

892
01:07:09,095 --> 01:07:11,222
Ready, Jimmy?

893
01:07:11,297 --> 01:07:13,265
Put out that cigarette!

894
01:07:15,268 --> 01:07:18,066
Not there, asshole. Strip it.

895
01:07:19,606 --> 01:07:21,699
- Morning, Gordon.
- Morning, Wade.

896
01:07:21,774 --> 01:07:23,867
Hey, Jack.

897
01:07:23,943 --> 01:07:26,605
- I'm fuckin' out of here.
- What, Lawford?

898
01:07:26,679 --> 01:07:28,909
Out of this fucking job.
This job sucks.

899
01:07:28,982 --> 01:07:31,473
Workin' outside
in the winter sucks.

900
01:07:31,551 --> 01:07:35,282
- Open the door, will you?
- Why don't you quit now, you want out so bad?

901
01:07:35,355 --> 01:07:38,552
- Open the door. We're late.
- No, I mean it, Jack.

902
01:07:38,625 --> 01:07:42,527
You got enough money now.
Head out to California. Surf's up, Jack.

903
01:07:42,595 --> 01:07:47,089
- And you digging wells in the snow.
- What do you mean I got money?

904
01:07:47,166 --> 01:07:52,103
- I'm as broke as you.
- Looney Tunes, Jack. Fucking Looney Tunes.

905
01:08:00,413 --> 01:08:02,847
You think you're getting away with it?

906
01:08:28,107 --> 01:08:30,132
<i>Mr. Gordon!</i>

907
01:08:30,209 --> 01:08:32,700
<i>- Is the boss in?
- Yes, indeedy.</i>

908
01:09:01,541 --> 01:09:04,032
I screwed up the divorce.

909
01:09:05,678 --> 01:09:09,512
I agreed to everything
that she said.

910
01:09:09,582 --> 01:09:12,415
I just wanted her to like me.

911
01:09:12,485 --> 01:09:15,181
I wanted to be a good father.

912
01:09:16,723 --> 01:09:19,749
I have the documents.

913
01:09:19,826 --> 01:09:22,488
You know,

914
01:09:22,562 --> 01:09:26,430
It would help if you were married, if there
was someone at home while you're at work.

915
01:09:26,499 --> 01:09:29,764
I plan to soon.

916
01:09:29,836 --> 01:09:32,031
How soon?

917
01:09:32,105 --> 01:09:35,336
- Next spring.
- It would help...

918
01:09:35,408 --> 01:09:38,377
if there was some change in circumstance
since this was drawn,

919
01:09:38,444 --> 01:09:44,246
if there was some drug or alcohol abuse
on the part of your ex-wife.

920
01:09:44,317 --> 01:09:47,309
Sexual problems upsetting the child.
I'm sorry!

921
01:09:47,387 --> 01:09:52,154
But these are the things we're gonna have to
explore if we want to contest this document.

922
01:09:55,028 --> 01:09:59,362
- Does it have to get that messy?
- Absolutely.

923
01:09:59,432 --> 01:10:02,333
This is just the tip of the iceberg,
Mr. Whitehouse.

924
01:10:02,402 --> 01:10:06,168
I hope you understand
what I'm saying.

925
01:10:06,239 --> 01:10:08,503
Looks kind of hopeless, don't it?

926
01:10:08,574 --> 01:10:11,873
No, not really. I'll have
another look at the divorce decree,

927
01:10:11,944 --> 01:10:14,708
see if we can get it redrawn.

928
01:10:14,781 --> 01:10:18,308
But at some point, I'm going
to have to interview your daughter.

929
01:10:18,384 --> 01:10:21,820
- It's Jill, right?
- Yes.

930
01:10:21,888 --> 01:10:23,822
You got an ashtray?

931
01:10:29,695 --> 01:10:33,153
I'll need a $500 retainer.

932
01:10:33,232 --> 01:10:35,359
You can just mail it to me.

933
01:10:37,437 --> 01:10:41,203
- How much is the whole thing gonna cost?
- It's hard to say.

934
01:10:41,274 --> 01:10:45,108
But if we go for custody, there's
depositions, psychiatric evaluations.

935
01:10:45,178 --> 01:10:48,875
But if we just want to get
the visitation rights redrawn,

936
01:10:48,948 --> 01:10:54,318
assuming they're unduly restrictive,
it wouldn't be more than $3,500.

937
01:10:54,387 --> 01:10:56,878
Oh.

938
01:10:56,956 --> 01:11:02,258
It might be in your best interest legally
as well as financially to just go for...

939
01:11:02,328 --> 01:11:06,458
I know. The custody thing wasn't
just my trying to get back at her.

940
01:11:06,532 --> 01:11:09,592
I'm not as dumb as I look.

941
01:11:09,669 --> 01:11:12,763
I didn't say you
looked dumb, Mr. Whitehouse.

942
01:11:15,875 --> 01:11:19,038
I love my daughter.
I'll send you the $500.

943
01:11:23,850 --> 01:11:26,284
I'm sorry about the long lunch.

944
01:11:26,352 --> 01:11:28,320
My transmission's going out again.

945
01:11:28,387 --> 01:11:31,845
Did you ever think about
getting a new car?

946
01:11:31,924 --> 01:11:34,324
On what you pay me?

947
01:11:36,329 --> 01:11:39,492
Elaine, call Chub Merritt, have him pick
up Wade's shitbox, fix the transmission.

948
01:11:39,565 --> 01:11:41,499
What?

949
01:11:41,567 --> 01:11:46,561
Call Chub Merritt, have him pick up
Wade's car, fix the transmission.

950
01:11:46,639 --> 01:11:49,073
I'll bill the repair
to the town.

951
01:11:50,376 --> 01:11:54,472
You can use my four-by-four.

952
01:11:54,547 --> 01:11:56,481
You're the town police officer.

953
01:11:56,549 --> 01:11:59,677
The town police officer
should have a decent car.

954
01:12:01,287 --> 01:12:04,154
Well, you want a new car or not?

955
01:12:04,223 --> 01:12:07,192
- What do I have to do for it?
- Nothing.

956
01:12:07,260 --> 01:12:09,558
You know, Wade,
I've been thinking.

957
01:12:09,629 --> 01:12:12,530
You don't get enough
appreciation around here.

958
01:12:12,598 --> 01:12:17,228
- Uh-uh. I saw Mel Gordon in here this morning.
- So?

959
01:12:17,303 --> 01:12:21,967
He say anything about that summons I tried to
give him? Son of a bitch wouldn't accept it.

960
01:12:22,041 --> 01:12:24,009
- Wade, "dat" wasn't smart.
- "That?"

961
01:12:24,076 --> 01:12:27,136
Going out right after
the man's father-in-law shot himself.

962
01:12:27,213 --> 01:12:30,876
It's pronounced "that,"
not "dat." That.

963
01:12:30,950 --> 01:12:33,748
- That.
- Yeah.

964
01:12:33,819 --> 01:12:37,118
Let it go.
Call it a favor to me.

965
01:12:37,190 --> 01:12:39,124
You? Why?

966
01:12:39,192 --> 01:12:41,717
Well, Mel's doing
some business with me.

967
01:12:41,794 --> 01:12:44,319
It's nice to do a favor for people
you do business with.

968
01:12:44,397 --> 01:12:46,331
He was in a hurry.
It's no big deal.

969
01:12:46,399 --> 01:12:51,234
- That was before Twombley was shot, before he knew.
- What's the difference?

970
01:12:51,304 --> 01:12:55,832
Take my truck, take a rest.
Stop worrying about Mel Gordon.

971
01:13:00,780 --> 01:13:03,647
Have you decided what to do
with your old man's place yet?

972
01:13:03,716 --> 01:13:06,116
You oughta sell it,
move into town.

973
01:13:06,185 --> 01:13:08,915
- You wanna buy?
- Don't light that here. I'm allergic.

974
01:13:08,988 --> 01:13:11,218
- I won't. You interested?
- Maybe.

975
01:13:11,290 --> 01:13:13,451
- You and Mel Gordon?
- Could be.

976
01:13:13,526 --> 01:13:17,223
- Always count on Wade for a good screwing, huh?
- What are you talking about?

977
01:13:17,296 --> 01:13:21,027
Why should you guys make all the money?
You, Mel and Jack.

978
01:13:21,100 --> 01:13:26,037
- Right's right.
- I asked you not to light that fucking thing in here.

979
01:13:26,105 --> 01:13:30,098
Get out of here
with that smoke!

980
01:15:22,321 --> 01:15:26,690
<i>A hunting accident's perfect.</i>

981
01:15:26,759 --> 01:15:28,920
<i>Anything new
about the shooting?</i>

982
01:15:28,994 --> 01:15:31,022
<i>I think your first response
to the shooting was the correct one.</i>

983
01:15:31,097 --> 01:15:33,622
<i>Your friend, I think. Jack Hewitt.
He's my favorite.</i>

984
01:15:33,699 --> 01:15:37,100
<i>Money. Hunting accident.
I bet it wasn't an accident.</i>

985
01:15:37,169 --> 01:15:39,831
<i>- It wasn't me. I wasn't there.
- The truth.</i>

986
01:15:39,905 --> 01:15:43,466
<i>Remember, it may have happened,
but not the way you said.</i>

987
01:15:43,542 --> 01:15:47,205
<i>It's what happened
not because it's neat.</i>

988
01:15:51,784 --> 01:15:55,880
<i>Twombley's sudden death.
Killing was the correct one.</i>

989
01:15:55,955 --> 01:15:57,889
<i>The truth, remember.</i>

990
01:16:25,651 --> 01:16:30,281
You crazy son of a bitch!
You almost killed us both!

991
01:16:30,356 --> 01:16:32,517
Get off the fuckin' ice!

992
01:16:32,591 --> 01:16:34,718
Get off!

993
01:16:38,964 --> 01:16:40,932
What're you runnin' from, Jack?

994
01:16:42,635 --> 01:16:44,569
We're gonna talk.

995
01:16:52,578 --> 01:16:55,775
Stay back. I'll shoot you.

996
01:16:55,848 --> 01:16:59,614
I'll fuckin' shoot you dead
if you don't get back in that truck.

997
01:16:59,685 --> 01:17:02,779
You ain't shootin' shit.
Now put the gun away.

998
01:17:02,855 --> 01:17:04,720
Tell me what happened.

999
01:17:04,790 --> 01:17:09,227
Don't move!
I'll shoot you dead if you move.

1000
01:18:31,677 --> 01:18:33,770
Thanks a lot.

1001
01:18:46,358 --> 01:18:48,292
Stop that!

1002
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:51,386
Who? Me?
I didn't do nothin'.

1003
01:18:54,667 --> 01:18:57,033
Just look what a good job I done here.

1004
01:18:57,102 --> 01:19:00,367
You haven't done anything. I should've
left you at home to stew in your drink.

1005
01:19:00,439 --> 01:19:02,373
Damn right you should have.

1006
01:19:04,109 --> 01:19:06,043
It's about time.

1007
01:19:06,111 --> 01:19:08,671
Your father's here.
Marge got to baby-sit him.

1008
01:19:08,747 --> 01:19:11,011
She moved in with you, huh?

1009
01:19:11,083 --> 01:19:14,541
- What happened?
- Don't even ask.

1010
01:19:14,620 --> 01:19:17,180
My, my, my.
The prodigal son.

1011
01:19:17,256 --> 01:19:19,190
About fuckin' time too.

1012
01:19:19,258 --> 01:19:22,056
I got me a new job.
Second cook and bottle washer.

1013
01:19:22,127 --> 01:19:24,493
Pop, for chrissake,
let's go home.

1014
01:19:24,563 --> 01:19:26,656
I'm sorry. I got waylaid.

1015
01:19:29,802 --> 01:19:31,929
The hell you got waylaid.

1016
01:19:32,004 --> 01:19:35,667
You follow your prick around
like it was your nose, for chrissake!

1017
01:19:35,741 --> 01:19:38,676
Can it, Whitehouse.
Get him out of here.

1018
01:19:38,744 --> 01:19:41,872
- It was funny at first, but I'm tired.
- Let's go home.

1019
01:19:41,947 --> 01:19:46,475
What home is that?
Is that your home or my home?

1020
01:19:46,552 --> 01:19:50,010
You're a fuckin' sly, Wade.

1021
01:19:50,089 --> 01:19:54,025
Now, your mom's dead. She can't
make any excuses for you anymore.

1022
01:19:54,093 --> 01:19:59,395
You've got to deal with me now.
No more sugar tit, sonny!

1023
01:19:59,465 --> 01:20:03,162
- For chrissake, Pop. Let's go home.
- Don't give me any of your lip.

1024
01:20:03,235 --> 01:20:05,760
- Get out of this fast.
- I can't.

1025
01:20:05,838 --> 01:20:07,772
Are you pushing me?

1026
01:20:11,343 --> 01:20:15,404
- Come on. My God.
- Don't push me!

1027
01:20:15,481 --> 01:20:18,780
- You think you can take me now? Just come on.
- Come on.

1028
01:20:18,851 --> 01:20:21,945
- Just get in the car.
- What's the matter?

1029
01:20:22,021 --> 01:20:24,581
Just get in the car.

1030
01:20:24,657 --> 01:20:27,888
- Get in. Just get in.
- Wimp!

1031
01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:30,690
Why don't you grow up?

1032
01:20:30,763 --> 01:20:33,197
You never could stand up
for yourself!

1033
01:20:33,265 --> 01:20:35,290
Goddamn it!

1034
01:20:35,367 --> 01:20:40,304
- You could never understand what it's about.
- I wish you'd die!

1035
01:20:40,372 --> 01:20:43,830
Oh, stop it!
Just stop it! Stop it!

1036
01:21:20,412 --> 01:21:23,381
<i>No shit, Rolfe.
I glanced up and there he was,</i>

1037
01:21:23,449 --> 01:21:26,043
<i>only it was me.</i>

1038
01:21:26,118 --> 01:21:29,212
<i>But it was like
I had never seen myself before.</i>

1039
01:21:29,288 --> 01:21:32,724
<i>It was a stranger's face.
It's hard to explain.</i>

1040
01:21:32,791 --> 01:21:38,593
You fly on automatic pilot, like I was
doing all night, and you disappear.

1041
01:21:38,664 --> 01:21:42,998
Then you accidentally see your body,
or your face, or whatever,

1042
01:21:43,068 --> 01:21:47,129
and you don't know
who in the hell it belongs to.

1043
01:21:47,206 --> 01:21:49,333
Strange.

1044
01:21:49,408 --> 01:21:54,107
It's the business with the old man, I know,
and how incredibly pissed I was at him,

1045
01:21:54,179 --> 01:21:59,139
and chasing Jack Hewitt and the goddamned
truck, not to mention Margie's being upset.

1046
01:21:59,218 --> 01:22:02,278
One thing on top of another.

1047
01:22:02,354 --> 01:22:04,754
<i>Wade, are you all right?</i>

1048
01:22:04,823 --> 01:22:07,519
You gotta hear this.
You won't believe it.

1049
01:22:07,593 --> 01:22:10,892
Mel Gordon had come by
to visit LaRiviere.

1050
01:22:10,963 --> 01:22:13,431
So they're in the office.

1051
01:22:13,499 --> 01:22:17,026
<i>Mel Gordon realized
that I was onto them.</i>

1052
01:22:17,102 --> 01:22:19,696
<i>Mel thinks he can buy me off.</i>

1053
01:22:19,772 --> 01:22:22,866
<i>But LaRiviere,
he knew that wouldn't work.</i>

1054
01:22:22,941 --> 01:22:26,900
<i>Mel Gordon may be able
to buy off LaRiviere. That's one thing.</i>

1055
01:22:26,979 --> 01:22:29,311
But not me.

1056
01:22:29,381 --> 01:22:34,717
How could a guy like Jack Hewitt
get into a mess like this?

1057
01:22:52,271 --> 01:22:54,967
- Coffee?
- Thank you, Alma.

1058
01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:58,498
- You want milk and sugar?
- No, no. Black is fine.

1059
01:22:58,577 --> 01:23:01,273
I like it this way.

1060
01:23:01,346 --> 01:23:03,837
You got yourself
a new computer, huh?

1061
01:23:03,916 --> 01:23:06,851
I've been putting
all my files into it.

1062
01:23:11,390 --> 01:23:13,415
You all right, Wade?

1063
01:23:13,492 --> 01:23:17,826
Yeah. I got this damn tooth.
It's killing me.

1064
01:23:19,798 --> 01:23:23,825
Got a few things bugging me,
just like everybody else.

1065
01:23:23,902 --> 01:23:25,836
I'm okay.

1066
01:23:25,904 --> 01:23:28,532
I don't mean to pry.

1067
01:23:30,108 --> 01:23:33,703
I'm sorry about your mother.
It was a nice funeral.

1068
01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:37,105
It's over now.

1069
01:23:38,584 --> 01:23:40,916
Alma,

1070
01:23:40,986 --> 01:23:44,786
I think there's some dirty business
goin' on in this town.

1071
01:23:44,857 --> 01:23:47,052
I know that.
There always has been.

1072
01:23:47,125 --> 01:23:51,960
No, no. I think this is a little worse
than you and I are used to.

1073
01:23:52,030 --> 01:23:56,399
I'm talkin' about murder,
among other things.

1074
01:23:56,468 --> 01:23:59,460
- Who?
- Twombley. Evan Twombley.

1075
01:23:59,538 --> 01:24:01,563
The union boss official
who got shot.

1076
01:24:01,640 --> 01:24:04,040
- Somebody murdered him.
- Who would...

1077
01:24:06,511 --> 01:24:10,777
You know Jack Hewitt,
the kid I work with?

1078
01:24:10,849 --> 01:24:14,444
Well, I think Jack shot him.

1079
01:24:14,519 --> 01:24:18,751
You know, Twombley was
the father-in-law of Mel Gordon.

1080
01:24:18,824 --> 01:24:21,054
That's a friend of LaRiviere's.

1081
01:24:21,126 --> 01:24:24,061
I don't know what
the connection is yet,

1082
01:24:24,129 --> 01:24:27,030
but LaRiviere had Jack
take him out hunting,

1083
01:24:27,099 --> 01:24:29,397
pretending it was an accident.

1084
01:24:31,737 --> 01:24:36,333
If Jack told the truth, he could
be free by the time he's my age.

1085
01:24:37,976 --> 01:24:40,410
Sometimes things
are simpler than you think.

1086
01:24:40,479 --> 01:24:43,915
- Let me ask you a question.
- You don't believe me?

1087
01:24:43,982 --> 01:24:47,110
About Jack? No.

1088
01:24:47,185 --> 01:24:51,053
Have you checked out the tax bill
on your father's farm lately?

1089
01:24:54,493 --> 01:24:58,520
Um, I know he's been due
for a couple of years.

1090
01:24:58,597 --> 01:25:02,533
I was thinkin' of paying it
when the insurance comes in.

1091
01:25:02,601 --> 01:25:05,365
Has anybody offered to buy it?

1092
01:25:05,437 --> 01:25:08,099
Yeah. Matter of fact, LaRiviere.

1093
01:25:12,344 --> 01:25:16,041
These are all the real estate transactions
in this town for the last year.

1094
01:25:16,114 --> 01:25:21,518
Most of it is unused land. Most of it is
for little more than back taxes owed.

1095
01:25:21,586 --> 01:25:23,577
How's Lillian?

1096
01:25:23,655 --> 01:25:26,317
She's fine.

1097
01:25:26,391 --> 01:25:28,450
That's three years ago.

1098
01:25:28,527 --> 01:25:30,461
It's quite a difference, hmm?

1099
01:25:30,529 --> 01:25:33,965
What's the North Country
Development Association?

1100
01:25:34,032 --> 01:25:36,500
Went down to Concord.
I checked it out.

1101
01:25:36,568 --> 01:25:38,502
Mel Gordon is the president.

1102
01:25:38,570 --> 01:25:42,028
And the vice president
and treasurer is Gordon LaRiviere.

1103
01:25:42,107 --> 01:25:47,773
They're buying up the whole mountain.
$364,000 last year.

1104
01:25:47,846 --> 01:25:51,839
I believe that's a little
outside of LaRiviere's league.

1105
01:25:51,917 --> 01:25:54,351
- Is Twombley involved?
- No.

1106
01:25:57,522 --> 01:25:59,456
Hmm.

1107
01:26:00,993 --> 01:26:02,927
He must've found out.

1108
01:26:05,530 --> 01:26:07,930
They had to get rid of him.

1109
01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:11,697
And Jack...
Jack will get blamed for it.

1110
01:26:11,770 --> 01:26:13,965
All these figures show is that...

1111
01:26:14,039 --> 01:26:18,476
Gordon LaRiviere is gonna be a very rich
man because of his being a selectman.

1112
01:26:18,543 --> 01:26:22,639
In a year or two,
you're not gonna recognize this town.

1113
01:26:22,714 --> 01:26:25,842
Oh, boy. Oh, boy!

1114
01:26:42,768 --> 01:26:45,202
You sneaky son of a bitch!
I got your number now!

1115
01:26:45,270 --> 01:26:49,434
All these years I thought you were a decent
man. Ran around feeling grateful to you.

1116
01:26:49,508 --> 01:26:51,908
Can you believe that? Grateful!

1117
01:26:51,977 --> 01:26:54,605
- You're fired!
- He's using us.

1118
01:26:54,679 --> 01:26:58,012
- We're his slaves. We're alike.
- What were you doing with my truck?

1119
01:26:58,083 --> 01:27:03,111
- Are you a quitter? Quitter!
- You're finished. Gimme the keys.

1120
01:27:03,188 --> 01:27:05,315
I give it with pleasure.
I'm free of you.

1121
01:27:05,390 --> 01:27:08,985
- You're not on my back anymore. You see how easy it is?
- Keep your hands off me.

1122
01:27:09,061 --> 01:27:14,693
I'll handle this.
Break it up. Break it up, Wade!

1123
01:27:14,766 --> 01:27:17,758
Break it up! Wade!

1124
01:27:17,836 --> 01:27:21,465
You ain't gettin' away with this!
You ain't gettin' away with it!

1125
01:27:21,540 --> 01:27:25,169
Stay out of it, Jimmy. You're fired.
I want the shop keys. Where are they?

1126
01:27:25,243 --> 01:27:28,770
Wade, get out of here! Just go!

1127
01:27:28,847 --> 01:27:30,815
I gotta call my brother.

1128
01:27:37,722 --> 01:27:41,658
Yeah, I know what it means.
I'm just runnin' out of ways to use it.

1129
01:27:41,726 --> 01:27:44,593
<i>- Why? For what?
- To help Jack.</i>

1130
01:27:44,663 --> 01:27:47,598
<i>To nail those sons of bitches.
You know, the two Gordons.</i>

1131
01:27:47,666 --> 01:27:51,602
<i>That's what Alma calls them.
Jesus, Rolfe, whose side are you on?</i>

1132
01:27:51,670 --> 01:27:55,766
<i>Wade, listen.
Take care of the little things first,</i>

1133
01:27:55,841 --> 01:27:59,277
<i>the things that are distracting you
from taking care of the big things.</i>

1134
01:27:59,344 --> 01:28:01,778
<i>Call Chub Merritt,
get your car back.</i>

1135
01:28:01,847 --> 01:28:04,782
<i>Call a dentist
and get your tooth pulled.</i>

1136
01:28:04,850 --> 01:28:06,875
<i>Forget about the hunting accident.</i>

1137
01:28:06,952 --> 01:28:09,250
Let it go.

1138
01:28:12,557 --> 01:28:14,582
Wade?

1139
01:28:14,659 --> 01:28:19,221
- Chick.
- The good news is, we haven't got to your car yet.

1140
01:28:19,297 --> 01:28:22,232
- The bad news...
- Just tell me when you have it fixed.

1141
01:28:22,300 --> 01:28:26,396
The bad news is there's a problem with
Gordon's truck, which somebody shot up.

1142
01:28:26,471 --> 01:28:30,532
- Figured you'd know something about that, Wade.
- Yeah, I know about that.

1143
01:28:30,609 --> 01:28:33,407
LaRiviere says he ain't gonna pay
for fixing your car.

1144
01:28:33,478 --> 01:28:35,742
It's a couple hundred
for the transmission.

1145
01:28:35,814 --> 01:28:38,510
I got more bad news.
Wanna hear it?

1146
01:28:38,583 --> 01:28:40,915
- Yeah, tell me.
- Chub says you're fired.

1147
01:28:40,986 --> 01:28:43,887
He can't fire me.
LaRiviere already did that this morning.

1148
01:28:43,955 --> 01:28:45,889
Your other job for the town.

1149
01:28:45,957 --> 01:28:50,656
Chub's a selectman. Said to turn
your badge in and clean out your office.

1150
01:28:54,766 --> 01:28:57,894
What do you mean you can't
take me today? I told you it's...

1151
01:28:57,969 --> 01:29:01,132
Shit! Shit! Shit!

1152
01:29:01,206 --> 01:29:03,231
- Wade?
- What?

1153
01:29:03,308 --> 01:29:06,300
What in the world
is happening to you?

1154
01:29:06,378 --> 01:29:11,315
- Why are you acting this way?
- It's my tooth! It's my goddamn tooth!

1155
01:29:11,383 --> 01:29:14,011
I can't even think anymore
because of it.

1156
01:29:14,085 --> 01:29:18,215
You got fired this morning,
didn't ya?

1157
01:29:18,290 --> 01:29:21,123
Margie, look.
That's temporary, believe me.

1158
01:29:21,193 --> 01:29:24,390
There's so much shit that's gonna
hit the fan in the next few days,

1159
01:29:24,462 --> 01:29:27,761
and my getting fired by LaRiviere
and Merritt won't matter a bit.

1160
01:29:35,173 --> 01:29:38,074
I'll get another job.

1161
01:29:38,143 --> 01:29:40,634
People are gonna need me.
After this is over,

1162
01:29:40,712 --> 01:29:42,805
they're gonna make me
into a goddamn hero!

1163
01:29:42,881 --> 01:29:47,784
You wait, you'll see. I'll deliver.
I'll be the best father that ever lived.

1164
01:29:47,852 --> 01:29:51,413
You need me. Even Pop!
For chrissake, he needs me!

1165
01:29:51,489 --> 01:29:54,014
This town needs me!

1166
01:29:54,092 --> 01:29:56,890
I'll get another job.
Maybe right now...

1167
01:29:56,962 --> 01:30:00,796
they think they can send me howling
into the corner like a kicked dog!

1168
01:30:00,865 --> 01:30:03,766
But by God,
it'll be different soon!

1169
01:30:05,971 --> 01:30:09,372
Always been a whiner. God!

1170
01:30:09,441 --> 01:30:14,902
Now, my old man, there was...
There was a real man.

1171
01:30:14,980 --> 01:30:17,915
He let no woman push him around.

1172
01:30:19,417 --> 01:30:21,851
Worked till the day he died.

1173
01:30:24,122 --> 01:30:28,456
Yeah, men like him
were real men.

1174
01:30:30,061 --> 01:30:33,997
And women knew their place.
There was no confusion.

1175
01:30:35,900 --> 01:30:39,199
Women respected men then.
It wasn't like it is today...

1176
01:30:39,271 --> 01:30:41,398
Be careful what you say,
Glen Whitehouse.

1177
01:30:41,473 --> 01:30:45,933
I know you.
My mother knew your wife.

1178
01:30:46,011 --> 01:30:48,241
Oh, what she went through.

1179
01:30:48,313 --> 01:30:50,975
Don't you sass me, damn it!

1180
01:30:52,684 --> 01:30:54,948
You think you're
pretty hot stuff, huh?

1181
01:30:55,020 --> 01:30:57,454
Well, you're gettin' old too.

1182
01:30:57,522 --> 01:31:01,652
And there's not a goddamn thing
a woman can do about that.

1183
01:31:03,261 --> 01:31:05,422
Is there?

1184
01:31:20,612 --> 01:31:23,672
Gimme the bottle.

1185
01:31:23,748 --> 01:31:26,182
Sure.

1186
01:32:28,179 --> 01:32:30,113
<i>You will say that I should've known...</i>

1187
01:32:30,181 --> 01:32:32,615
<i>terrible things
were about to happen.</i>

1188
01:32:32,684 --> 01:32:35,482
<i>You will say
that I was responsible.</i>

1189
01:32:35,553 --> 01:32:40,217
<i>But even so, what could
I have done by then?</i>

1190
01:32:40,291 --> 01:32:43,818
<i>Wade lived on the edge
of his emotions.</i>

1191
01:32:43,895 --> 01:32:47,763
<i>He was always first to receive
the brunt of our father's anger.</i>

1192
01:32:47,832 --> 01:32:50,665
<i>He had no perspective
to retreat to,</i>

1193
01:32:50,735 --> 01:32:53,067
<i>even in a crisis.</i>

1194
01:33:44,689 --> 01:33:46,680
Wait there.
She'll be right out.

1195
01:33:46,758 --> 01:33:49,124
I thought we'd go
out to the farm, see my dad.

1196
01:33:49,194 --> 01:33:52,254
- Get your boots.
- Hi, honey.

1197
01:33:52,330 --> 01:33:55,857
- Have her home tomorrow night by 6:00.
- That's no problem.

1198
01:33:55,934 --> 01:34:00,337
Lillian, I'm sorry. I had
this damn tooth, and I got it pulled.

1199
01:34:00,405 --> 01:34:02,930
- God, you make me sick.
- What?

1200
01:34:03,007 --> 01:34:05,498
I can't believe
you would sink this low.

1201
01:34:05,577 --> 01:34:09,035
- Low as what? What have I done?
- Your lawyer called.

1202
01:34:09,113 --> 01:34:12,082
Yeah. Is that bad to want
to see your own daughter?

1203
01:34:12,150 --> 01:34:14,084
Don't play dumb.

1204
01:34:14,152 --> 01:34:18,851
For what this will do to her,
this kid you say you love so much.

1205
01:34:18,923 --> 01:34:21,790
Love, Wade?

1206
01:34:21,860 --> 01:34:25,626
Really? Shame on you!

1207
01:34:25,697 --> 01:34:27,631
Shame on you.

1208
01:34:27,699 --> 01:34:32,727
- Bye, sweetie. Call me tonight
if you feel like it.

1209
01:34:32,804 --> 01:34:35,102
Are we going in this?

1210
01:34:35,173 --> 01:34:37,937
Yeah, my car's in the shop.
This'll be fine.

1211
01:34:38,009 --> 01:34:40,978
- It's pretty old.
- It belongs to Pop.

1212
01:34:43,448 --> 01:34:46,315
- Pop?
- Yeah, my father. You know who he is.

1213
01:34:46,384 --> 01:34:48,875
Pop. It's his.

1214
01:34:48,953 --> 01:34:50,887
Yeah.

1215
01:34:54,526 --> 01:34:57,188
Well, how 'bout a Big Mac?

1216
01:34:57,262 --> 01:35:01,494
Mom won't let me eat fast food.
You know that. It's bad for you.

1217
01:35:01,566 --> 01:35:06,970
Come on. We can always sneak
a Big Mac like we used to.

1218
01:35:07,038 --> 01:35:11,668
- And a cherry turnover. What do you say, Jillie?
- No.

1219
01:35:11,743 --> 01:35:14,303
- What do you want then?
- Nothing.

1220
01:35:14,379 --> 01:35:17,041
Come on, you can't have nothing.
We gotta have lunch.

1221
01:35:17,115 --> 01:35:19,549
- Mr. Pizzeria?
- Same thing, Dad.

1222
01:35:19,617 --> 01:35:24,782
- Mom says all that food is bad for you.
- I don't care what Mom says.

1223
01:35:24,856 --> 01:35:26,915
I'm in charge today, okay?

1224
01:35:26,991 --> 01:35:31,724
Okay. We'll get what you want.
What do you want?

1225
01:35:31,796 --> 01:35:35,926
What do I want?
Well, I don't know.

1226
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:39,527
I guess I can wait till we get home.
Maybe we'll stop at Wickham's.

1227
01:35:39,604 --> 01:35:42,368
- Okay.
- Fine. Fine.

1228
01:35:48,479 --> 01:35:50,470
Are you okay?

1229
01:35:50,548 --> 01:35:53,847
Ah, Jillie, come on.
Come on, honey.

1230
01:35:53,918 --> 01:35:57,251
Don't get sad on me.
I'm sorry.

1231
01:35:57,322 --> 01:36:00,257
- I'm sorry.
- What are you sorry for?

1232
01:36:01,893 --> 01:36:04,453
What am I sorry for?

1233
01:36:04,529 --> 01:36:08,522
Well, I don't know.
I guess it was the food business.

1234
01:36:08,600 --> 01:36:13,094
I just thought we'd sneak a Big Mac
on Mommy like we used to.

1235
01:36:13,171 --> 01:36:15,401
I wanna go home.

1236
01:36:19,077 --> 01:36:22,205
You can't.

1237
01:36:22,280 --> 01:36:24,339
That's illegal, you know.

1238
01:36:24,415 --> 01:36:27,077
I know.

1239
01:36:27,151 --> 01:36:29,085
You're a policeman.

1240
01:36:29,153 --> 01:36:33,214
No, not anymore.

1241
01:36:33,291 --> 01:36:35,225
I'm nothin' anymore.

1242
01:36:51,776 --> 01:36:54,870
Here we go.
Go on, grab that pocket.

1243
01:36:54,946 --> 01:36:57,176
So, what do we want?

1244
01:36:57,248 --> 01:36:59,580
Come on, Jillie, what do we want?
Jillie, Jillie, Jillie!

1245
01:36:59,651 --> 01:37:01,949
We want a cheese
grilled sandwich?

1246
01:37:02,020 --> 01:37:05,478
It's called
a grilled cheese sandwich, you dub.

1247
01:37:16,401 --> 01:37:18,460
Jill! Jill, I'm sorry.

1248
01:37:18,536 --> 01:37:21,505
Honey, nothin' happened.
Nothin' happened.

1249
01:37:21,572 --> 01:37:24,803
- I wanna go home.
- Oh, yeah. Sure, honey.

1250
01:37:24,876 --> 01:37:28,835
We'll go home right now.
I'm sorry. Nothin' happened.

1251
01:37:28,913 --> 01:37:31,211
Let's go. Come on.

1252
01:37:33,351 --> 01:37:38,186
Wade, I got a message for ya.
Jack Hewitt, he's lookin' for you.

1253
01:37:38,256 --> 01:37:40,986
He wants you to clear your stuff
out of his office in town hall.

1254
01:37:41,059 --> 01:37:45,621
- His office? You mean my old office.
- That's what he said.

1255
01:37:46,998 --> 01:37:49,933
I'd stay away from him
if I were you.

1256
01:37:50,001 --> 01:37:52,060
He's real pissed.

1257
01:37:54,706 --> 01:37:56,731
<i>Are you all right, Nick?</i>

1258
01:38:50,595 --> 01:38:52,825
You goin' somewhere, Margie?

1259
01:38:52,897 --> 01:38:57,231
I'm just clearing out some of the stuff
that's piled up for the rummage sale.

1260
01:38:57,301 --> 01:39:02,295
And some of it's
for the cleaners and the Laundromat.

1261
01:39:02,373 --> 01:39:05,706
Don't lie to me, Marge.
You're leaving me. I can see that.

1262
01:39:05,777 --> 01:39:07,711
Don't be silly.

1263
01:39:09,747 --> 01:39:11,681
Hi, Jill.

1264
01:39:17,622 --> 01:39:19,681
Marge.

1265
01:39:31,602 --> 01:39:34,093
Oh, Marge.

1266
01:39:35,273 --> 01:39:38,902
Oh. Oh.
Help me, Marge.

1267
01:39:38,976 --> 01:39:40,910
Leave me alone!

1268
01:39:40,978 --> 01:39:46,280
- Leave me alone!
- Leave her alone! Leave her alone!

1269
01:39:46,350 --> 01:39:48,443
Leave her alone!

1270
01:39:59,297 --> 01:40:02,425
- I wanna go home. Will you take me home?
- Jill.

1271
01:40:05,203 --> 01:40:07,137
Jill?

1272
01:40:37,468 --> 01:40:39,459
Oh, my.

1273
01:40:39,537 --> 01:40:44,270
You! By Christ!

1274
01:40:44,342 --> 01:40:46,469
You! I know you!

1275
01:40:48,746 --> 01:40:50,714
Ah, yes.

1276
01:40:50,781 --> 01:40:54,239
You. Yeah, you goddamn...

1277
01:40:54,318 --> 01:40:56,343
son of a bitch.

1278
01:40:56,420 --> 01:40:58,945
I know you.

1279
01:40:59,023 --> 01:41:02,789
You're my blood. You're a goddamn
fuckin' piece of my heart.

1280
01:41:04,495 --> 01:41:07,191
You don't know me.

1281
01:41:07,265 --> 01:41:10,393
You don't know me.

1282
01:41:10,468 --> 01:41:12,402
Fuck you.

1283
01:41:12,470 --> 01:41:15,405
Fuck you!

1284
01:41:15,473 --> 01:41:19,341
You done finally done it.

1285
01:41:19,410 --> 01:41:23,403
Done it right.
Done it like a man done it.

1286
01:41:23,481 --> 01:41:25,847
Just the way I taught ya.

1287
01:41:25,917 --> 01:41:30,183
Oh, goddamn!

1288
01:41:30,254 --> 01:41:32,882
I love you,
you mean son of a bitch.

1289
01:41:32,957 --> 01:41:37,360
- I do.
- Love. What do you know about love?

1290
01:41:37,428 --> 01:41:41,455
Love? Hell,
I'm made of love.

1291
01:41:41,532 --> 01:41:44,160
Call it what you want.

1292
01:41:44,235 --> 01:41:46,203
Everything you know...

1293
01:41:46,270 --> 01:41:49,000
- comes from me.
- Yeah.

1294
01:41:49,073 --> 01:41:50,199
Bang!

1295
01:41:52,843 --> 01:41:54,777
You and me!

1296
01:41:56,480 --> 01:41:58,948
Where the hell you goin'?

1297
01:41:59,016 --> 01:42:03,578
Where you goin', Wade? Best you leave
my goddamn truck where it is.

1298
01:42:03,654 --> 01:42:07,590
Wade, I need to...
Gimme those keys.

1299
01:42:07,658 --> 01:42:10,183
Wade! I need to get to town.

1300
01:42:10,261 --> 01:42:13,094
Crawl.

1301
01:42:13,164 --> 01:42:17,760
There's hardly any booze left in
the house. I gotta get me some Brown's.

1302
01:42:17,835 --> 01:42:20,531
Hey!

1303
01:42:20,604 --> 01:42:24,199
It's my house, my money,

1304
01:42:24,275 --> 01:42:27,039
my goddamn truck!

1305
01:42:27,111 --> 01:42:29,272
Stolen!

1306
01:42:34,251 --> 01:42:37,277
You and me.

1307
01:42:37,355 --> 01:42:40,950
You and me.

1308
01:42:41,025 --> 01:42:43,357
I don't know you.

1309
01:42:43,427 --> 01:42:46,760
My own goddamn father,
and I don't know you.

1310
01:42:46,831 --> 01:42:49,026
You and me.

1311
01:43:07,118 --> 01:43:09,484
Don't you sass me, goddamn it.

1312
01:43:33,611 --> 01:43:35,806
I love you too.

1313
01:43:43,721 --> 01:43:45,689
Ha. Joke.

1314
01:43:51,262 --> 01:43:53,492
Pop?

1315
01:44:06,143 --> 01:44:08,202
Pop?

1316
01:44:11,782 --> 01:44:13,716
Dad.

1317
01:44:17,288 --> 01:44:19,222
Dad.

1318
01:47:33,317 --> 01:47:35,308
Ahh.

1319
01:47:57,675 --> 01:48:00,906
<i>The historical facts
are known by everyone.</i>

1320
01:48:00,978 --> 01:48:06,177
<i>All of Lawford, all of New Hampshire,
some of Massachusetts.</i>

1321
01:48:06,250 --> 01:48:09,014
<i>Facts do not make history.</i>

1322
01:48:09,086 --> 01:48:12,419
<i>Our stories, Wade's and mine,</i>

1323
01:48:12,489 --> 01:48:16,949
<i>describe the lives of the boys and men
for thousands of years:</i>

1324
01:48:17,027 --> 01:48:19,689
<i>Boys who were beaten
by their fathers,</i>

1325
01:48:19,763 --> 01:48:24,132
<i>whose capacity for love and trust
was crippled almost at birth,</i>

1326
01:48:24,201 --> 01:48:27,637
<i>men whose best hope for connection
with other human beings...</i>

1327
01:48:27,705 --> 01:48:29,639
<i>lay in detachment...</i>

1328
01:48:29,707 --> 01:48:32,335
<i>as if life were over.</i>

1329
01:48:32,409 --> 01:48:35,776
<i>It's how we keep from destroying
in turn our own children...</i>

1330
01:48:35,846 --> 01:48:39,714
<i>and terrorizing the women
who have the misfortune to love us;</i>

1331
01:48:39,783 --> 01:48:43,549
<i>how we absent ourselves from
the tradition of male violence;</i>

1332
01:48:43,620 --> 01:48:47,647
<i>how we decline
the seduction of revenge.</i>

1333
01:48:47,725 --> 01:48:52,253
<i>Jack's truck turned up three days later
in a shopping mall in Toronto.</i>

1334
01:48:52,329 --> 01:48:55,594
<i>Wade killed Jack...</i>

1335
01:48:55,666 --> 01:48:59,659
<i>Just as surely as Jack
did not kill Evan Twombley,</i>

1336
01:48:59,737 --> 01:49:02,297
<i>even accidentally.</i>

1337
01:49:02,373 --> 01:49:06,776
<i>The link between Jack and Twombley,
LaRiviere and Mel Gordon...</i>

1338
01:49:06,844 --> 01:49:10,177
<i>existed only
in Wade's wild imaginings.</i>

1339
01:49:10,247 --> 01:49:13,910
<i>And briefly, I admit,
in mine as well.</i>

1340
01:49:15,219 --> 01:49:19,485
<i>LaRiviere and Mel Gordon
were indeed in business.</i>

1341
01:49:19,556 --> 01:49:24,425
<i>The Parker Mountain Ski Resort
is now advertised across the country.</i>

1342
01:49:24,495 --> 01:49:28,090
<i>The community of Lawford,
as such, no longer exists.</i>

1343
01:49:28,165 --> 01:49:32,795
<i>It is an economic zone
between Littleton and Catamount.</i>

1344
01:49:32,870 --> 01:49:37,170
<i>The house is still in Wade's name,
and I keep paying taxes on it.</i>

1345
01:49:37,241 --> 01:49:39,709
<i>It remains empty.</i>

1346
01:49:39,777 --> 01:49:43,235
<i>Now and then I drive out there
and sit in my car,</i>

1347
01:49:43,313 --> 01:49:46,077
<i>and wonder why not let it go.</i>

1348
01:49:46,150 --> 01:49:51,087
<i>Why not let LaRiviere buy it and
build the condominiums he wants there?</i>

1349
01:49:52,489 --> 01:49:56,050
<i>We want to believe Wade died
that same November,</i>

1350
01:49:56,126 --> 01:49:59,892
<i>froze to death on a bench
or a sidewalk.</i>

1351
01:49:59,963 --> 01:50:02,431
<i>You cannot understand
how a man,</i>

1352
01:50:02,499 --> 01:50:06,435
<i>a normal man, a man like you and me,
could do such a terrible thing.</i>

1353
01:50:08,672 --> 01:50:13,507
<i>Unless the police happen to arrest a vagrant
who turns out to be Wade Whitehouse,</i>

1354
01:50:13,577 --> 01:50:16,944
<i>there will be
no more mention of him.</i>

1355
01:50:17,014 --> 01:50:20,142
<i>Or his friend Jack Hewitt.</i>

1356
01:50:20,217 --> 01:50:22,913
<i>Or our father.</i>

1357
01:50:22,986 --> 01:50:25,921
<i>The story will be over,</i>

1358
01:50:25,989 --> 01:50:29,550
<i>except that I continue.</i>


