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You better get your traps
out of here, sonny.

These waters belong to us.

You don't own the ocean.

Oh, yeah?
This part of it we do.

Get the hell
out of here!

Inbred Catatonk
bastards!

The House will be in order.

The Pledge of Allegiance today

will be led by the gentleman from Idaho...

I pledge
allegiance to the flag

of the United States
of America

and to the republic
for which it stands,

one nation, under God,

indivisible with liberty
and justice for all.

The Congressman

Half

Clear as a bell

Half believer

Half gone to Hell

Well, we're all half Rama

And half

All the ones you love

Shine

On the ones you love

Shine...

I know that subsidies have gotten
a bad name in recent years,

but this one is
vitally important

to the economic fabric and
well-being of this nation,

and I need support of
this committee to do so.

The President called me this morning
llhnmi.

He wants this subsidy
in the budget,

demands that it be
in the budget.

I'm afraid that my good friend
congressman Winship

has no conception
of the practical difficulties,

eliminating it from federal budget.

Sorry to hear that.

After listening to his
testimony, I deeply regret...

What's the vote?

The final passage
of the defense bill.

With ban-

You still have time for basketball
before you catch your flight.

Hey. I'll talk...
- Hey.

I'll call you
later, okay?

Our PAC just voted
to endorse you, Charlie.

Can't say it was easy having to
always the toe the line for us,

but I know you'll
be there next time.

I'm bundling 20.000
for you next week.

Yeah.

Is that all you have to say?

Well, fuck you, buddy.

Come and get it.
Come on. Come on.

Stay on him!

Yes! Yes.
Good shot.

Can't you guard
that old son of a bitch?

Give me the damn ball.

Stay on him.

Take it easy.

What the hell is
wrong with you, Winship?

Ohh.

You ought to be seeing
a chiropractor, son.

My back is incurable, Harlan.

Hey, gentleman, I see TV
attack dogs are at it again,

polling every single member
based on past drug use."

Uh-Uh-huh...
- Hey, Harlan,

what'd you tell them?

Never done drugs,
pure and simple.

Of course,
you bait the trap with whiskey and pussy,

and they'll catch me every time.

Ooh, that smells like
good sour mash to me.

You know I can still hunt, Harlan.

Uh-huh. Yeah.

I don't know
if you, uh, saw her,

but there was
a woman upstairs

taking pictures of you up
in the visitors gallery.

That's illegal.

Yeah, I know.

You sure it was me?

Yeah. You were sitting by
yourself at the Whip's desk.

Senator Freeman
needs a call back

on the interior
appropriations bill.

Governor Hodge kiss
needs another 10 million

for the dam project
in Moosejaw,

and the White House House
wants an answer on the human cloning ban.

The meeting
with the President

on the Canadian trade agreement
was postponed till Monday.

Charlie, we have a problem...

Casey's hoping you'll
have time to stop by

and finalize the division
of your personal things.

Her actual words were...

Charlie, this is serious, Ok?

You keep saying that,
and I'm still here.

Well, this time,
you've really clone it.

It Casey is serious this time.
I mean very serious.

Okay, guys,
guys, what is it?

What is it... Casey has contracted...

No, no, no, excuse me.
One second.

The Pledge.

Charlie, I have talked
to you about this.

You don't stand up
for the Pledge of Alliance.

You never even
mouth the words.

Mum!"

Someone took
a video of you

with your feet up
on the Whip's desk

while everyone else
is standing and saluting the flag

like the few
and the proud.

Yeah. Well, as one of
the few and the proud,

let me tell you that none of us
recited the Pledge every morning

when we were holding Khe Sanh
against the communist hordes.

Fine. You want to play
the cynical Vietnam warrior,

that's fine.
I like that card,

but I'm telling you, they care
about this shit back in the district.

I am not gonna recite a loyalty
oath every morning

just to prove that
I love my country.

Okay. Sure, yeah.
That's fine, Charlie,

but they're already
calling you a Pledge dodger.

Your congressional opponent,
Deidre Macavoy,

has started a petition
drive to recall you, and

if that's not enough,

the Morality First
Foundation would love...

Jared, Jared, I can't be recalled, Ok?

Here's your weekend, schedule.

You have that visit
to Catatonk Island tomorrow.

Charlie, listen to me.

What are you
talking about?

Elected officials are getting
recalled for breathing these days.

They'd have
to vote me out of office.

Can't you reschedule the trip...

You've already
rescheduled three times,

and you promised
to visit there.

It's 18 miles out
in the Atlantic.

20. You can almost see
Ireland from the cliffs.

Who's in there?

That is former congressman Devereaux.

What does he want?

Well, he's here to ask you

if you will postpone
your trip to that island.

You have exactly eight minutes.

Otherwise, you'll miss your flight.

All right, all right.

I appreciate this, Charlie.

I know why you're here, Laird,

Those inbred bastards
started a shooting war. They're crazy.

Who do you represent in all this?

Lobstermen's
Benevolent Association.

There are 4.000 of them
along the Maine coast.

They're in the right.

How much
they paying you?

Oh, it's almost
a charity thing.

$25.000 a month.

You need to go.

Charlie, why don't you come out
to Burning Tree with me?

Hell, you can't
stay here forever,

but everybody
loves you, Charlie.

Yeah, you could bill
a million dollars a month

once you get through
the revolving door.

Charlie, think about it.

Drink about it.

Jared, sit down a minute.

We need to talk
about your future.

I'm gonna need you
to help me with him,

you know
what I mean? He...

Charlie has
a hard head sometimes.

You know the people
that I work for.

Well, with, they're gonna
run this country soon,

and it wouldn't
hurt you to be

on the ground floor.
You know what I mean?

Hell, you're gonna enjoy
being a Congressman.

Hell, we share the pie.

Heh, heh. Gonna share the pie.

You went to college,

and you joined a fraternity, did you?
- Yes.

Do you remember
the first time

you came back
after fucking a virgin

and you went back to the
house and you shared the wealth

and told all the boys.
Remember that? Ha ha.

Well, that's just
the way it's gonna be.

We all share the wealth.

All the donors
and the virgins...

Jared...
fresh meat.

you're gonna miss your flight. miss

Oh. Yeah. Okay.
Jared,

just a minute now. Yeah.

You don't seem to
have a social life.

And when you
get back here,

I want you
to think about it.

Call me.
Mm-hmm.

I'm gonna introduce you
to some exceptional friends.

Heh.

I look forward to it.

I'm sure you will...

No redheads.

Oh, I got a whole bunch of 'em,

redheads, blue heads, every damn... -

you

Welcome
to Rockland Airport.

Please note this is
a nonsmoking facility...

Listen, I'm sorry about, uh,
missing the connection,

but the next one, it gets us
in only down an hour behind schedule.

Back-to-back, huh?

You know, it's...

It's starting to become
noticeable, Charlie.

"He is never so generous
as when he is giving advice."

Well, I just-

You know, I'm being honest.

I think you have
a-a problem.

Today I do.

I'm just tired
of the bullshit.

You know,
maybe what you need

huh,
is a nice, long vacation.,

A long vacation?
- Yeah.

Get in touch with this, you know?,

You want my job,
don't you, Jared?

No. God, no, Charlie.

I... I've made no secret
about possibly running someday, yes,

but not while you're here.

No, no. You are good.

You have an innate sense of the
issues and what people need.

But why do you want it?

Well, I've wanted it
for as long as I can remember.

Yeah, but why?

You want to serve the people?

A lot of reasons.

Lot of reasons.

You know, when we're young,

we think we're going all
the way to the mountaintop,

and then somewhere
along the journey,

most men look up at the summit.

And they realize
that they're never gonna get there.

Then they look down,
and they see how far they've come,

so they stop
to enjoy the view,

and that is as far as they get.

Well, I'm going all
the way to the summit.

Heh heh. Yeah.

Yeah, you just might.

You just might.

You, uh, you want me
to go in with you, boss?

Thanks, but the shouting
part is over, I think.

Congressman!

If I'ts me, Bernie Gimpel.
- Hi.

HID.
Bernie, please don't do that...

Okay? Please.
Yeah. I'm... I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I was in your
district office, uh, today

and happened to glance
at your schedule.

I hope you don't mind.
It's very important.

Bernie, I... I've got
to go talk to my wife.

I'm sorry. I just got...
Yeah, look, I was...

If you don't mind, I really...

I canvassed
22 precincts for you.

I'm handling
the fundraiser...

I know. At Wong's Chinese again,

and I've never
asked for anything

that I haven't earned

with my blood, my sweat, and my tears...

Ok. What is it, Bernie?

What is it?
Okay. Okay.

Do you know
George Kratz?

No, I don't think so. Yeah...
El.

Well, he runs the Well, he runs the offtrack betting
parlor in Lincolnville, betting parlor in Lincolnville,

and he had a heart
attack this morning.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Sum.
Yeah.

Well, um, I was wondering-

if you could put me in for his job.

Bernie, they haven't even
had the funeral yet.

Well, he's not dead.

I mean, he's very sick.

It's just a...
a matter of time.

I mean,
people are lining up

at the district office
for this job...

Bernie, I can't give you
the job of a man that's still alive.

It's imminent,
I tell you, imminent.

Bernie.
I can't...

Bernie, listen.

The Congressman,
he's very busy right now.

Okay, Charlie,
I'll handle this.

Jared will handle this.

Mum

Hi. How are you?

How am I?

The Congressman
owes me this.

I've worked
like a dog.

The place is falling
to rack and ruin.

I know.

I don't see why we can't
afford to mow the lawn.

Well, every time
I try to mow it,

one of your constituents
feels compelled to get out of their oar

and tell me
their problems.

I think I heard one
lurking in the bushes a little while ago.

Yeah. We just
had a nice talk.

He wants an almost
dead guy's job.

Drink?

I made myself at home.

I hope you don't mind.

It's still your house.

Yeah, for three more days.

Could've kept it,
you know

I loved it here,
but there's just too much.

Yeah.

I'd like to set a date
for dividing the rest of the things.

Divorce was
just finalized, Casey.

We could just...
- Stop, Charlie.

Just a couple...
- Stop.

Okay. Okay.

We'll do it tomorrow

right after I get back
from the island.

Thank you.

So how was your day?

Good.

I broke John Randolph's nose
on the basketball court,

got filmed in the House chamber
with my feet up on a desk

when they were reciting
the Pledge of Alliance,

which will probably
cost me my job.

Real productive day.

I don't think
you'll lose your job,

although I wish you had over the years.
within.

Yeah, well, I'm not sure
I even care anymore.

It's just not the same.

There was a time when
Congress was important,

When it meant something
to be there.

Now it's all about delivering
money for some bus station.

It just makes you feel
kind of irrelevant.

Well, welcome
to my world.

I think the straw that
broke the camel's back for me

DUI-n is when I had to call Abigail
to get on your schedule.

That really sucked.

I just... I don't care
anymore, Charlie.

You made your bed, darling...
dill-

Not that I don't sometimes
miss being in it.

For you.

We had something
good and deep, Charlie.

I just...

I got tired of trying
to make you feel it...

and now I just want
to be free, you know?

I want to mean
something to someone

the way they mean something to me.

Does it hurt?

Surprisingly,

yes, very much.

Good.

You kind of deserve it.

I'm sorry, Charlie.

So am I, honey.

So am I..

For what it's worth,

I never did stop
loving you.

I just stopped
loving you well.

L- Ok.

Listen, we only
got a hour here

before we have to catch
the boat to Catatonk Island.

You know why
I first opened this mobile office, Jared?

To win more votes.

No.

Aside from that.

No.

Never mind.
Doesn't matter.

You look good.

N ice turnout,
though, huh?

You know, I've been
trying to figure out

how much time I've
spent in this place.

45 Saturdays a year

at, uh, 18 years,
six-hour stints.

Wonder if it
was worth it?

I plead the Fifth.

No, I'm asking you.

Um, absolutely, Charlie.

HI.
Hi.

Morning, ladies.

Please come in.
Yeah, sit down.

Hi. How are you?

So, what can I do for you?
UNI?

Do you think it's right
that they're teaching

our children how to
have sex with animals?

I voted for you.

What can you do?

You gotta stop
these kids.

Listen to me.
Look at me.

These little
fecklatards

that keep rolling
in my community

with their baseball bats
need a baseball field.

This is what I have
left of my mailbox.

All they do is they
just run around town breaking up everything.

They tore up my lawn,
broke my pink flamingo.

This isn't a joke.
This isn't a game.

This isn't
about health care.

Th e I voted for you the
first time you ran,

and I think that you have
become sadly out of touch.

My daughter teaches
English at the high school,

and she smuggled
this filth out of the health class.

They're teaching children
how to use tampons.

I need you to fix this,

or I am going to
powder-keg that mailbox,

and the next time
one of those little fecklatards

puts a baseball bat
on my mailbox,

there's gonna be
C-4 packed in it,

and I'm gonna
be cleaning them up with a sponge.

I've got the buckets,
and the window's are boarded.

We'll find you
a mailbox.

So can you help me?

So, Mildred,
it's good to see you again.

What can I do for you?

I know you fought in Vietnam,
Congressman.

I need some help
understanding something.

My son, my boy,

was killed
in Iraq by an IED.

Tell me this,
Congressman.

Does his death
count for anything?

I don't know.

Get the signs.
Let's get going.

This is State Representative

Deidre Macavoy,
Congressman.

Gun.
Oh, no. And I want to know

why you won't stand up
for the Pledge of Alliance.

Oh, this can't be good. It's her...

According to the Morality
First Foundation,

you have one of the
lowest morality ratings

of any Congressman
in the nation.

And we just
found out today

that you won't even recite
the Pledge of Allegiance.

Personally, I think
you're disgusting.

Let's go, Martha.

Thank you for your opinions.

Freedom of speech.

Well, two more
satisfied customers.

Three. That thing
had a life of its own.

What kind of Congressman refuses to
stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?

Maybe I should
propose a law

that all husbands and
wives be required

to recite their wedding vows
every morning.

Well, do not even go there, Charlie, please. I...?'%EFQl:

There's a demonstration
out there, sir.

Yeah, I heard.

No one else
is waiting.

Well, looks like
it's time to go.

Are you ready for this?

We want an answer!
Why do you refuse to say the Pledge!

Why do you refuse to say the Pledge,
you liberal bastard?!

I suggest you get
that thing out of my face,

or I'll shove it
so far up your ass

only a forklift'll
get it out.

Congressman Winship,

is it true you dissed
the Pledge of Allegiance?

Did you say, "dissed"?

Dissed. Did you
diss the Pledge?

Do you know who wrote the
Pledge of Allegiance?

The Founding Fathers?

No.

And it wasn't etched
on the tablets

Moses brought down
from Mount Sinai either.

The Pledge of Allegiance was written

by a national socialist by
the name of Francis Bellamy,

who believed that the government
should take over the schools.

He ordained that the
Pledge should be recited

while all American
schoolchildren stood

and gave the so-called
Bellamy salute.

Have you ever seen
the Bellamy salute?

Well, here it is.

Cooler heads prevailed,

and that part of the
Pledge was dropped

after Hitler declared
war on us.

Can we go?
Can we go?

Did you get that?

Well, guess who
just made network news.

What are you thinking?
What are you...

Are you trying to put
your head in a noose?

You know, I can remember

when this whole part of
the state was virgin forest.

That's how old I am.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Watch out. Watch out.

Uh, excuse me.

We're looking for the First
Selectman of the island.

His name is
Sherm Hawkins.

His, uh, boat's
coming for us.

The big one.

Uh, excuse... um, Sherm Hawkins?
Anybody?

I know him.

Oh, hi. Good.

Do you know
where we can find him?

Yeah. He sent me in to get you. -

I'm Matty Pierce.

Oh. Thank you.

Jesus.

She looks like Chewbacca.

How do we know she's not
just another nutcase?

Because we left them all
back at the mobile office.

Have faith, Jared.
This is America.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, excuse me, Miss.

Do you have anything
we can sit on?

Any chairs
or stools?

No? Okay.

Strong and silent type, I quess.
our;

Those are lobster buoys.

Each one of them is attached
to two or three traps.

Must be
thousands of 'em.

Millions from the Canadian border

down the coast,
around the cape,

all the way to Manhattan.

Wow.

Hello. Yes.

Congressman, we are
on the way right now.

I need you to make
him see the light.

There's a lot
at stake here.

I know what to do.

All right,
I gotta go.

This morning,
we have another shocking example

of just how far removed
from traditional American values

our so-called political leaders
in Washington really are.

This is Congressman
Charles Winship of Maine,

who has allegedly equated the
American Pledge of Allegiance

with the stiff-armed
Naci salute of Adolph Hitler.

We caught his ugly
rant on camera

after we asked Winship
why he refused to stand

and recite the Pledge
of Allegiance in Congress.

For the Nazis
in Germany.

Congressional sources tell us

that Winship
believes American children

can actually benefit from
the example of the Hitler Youth.

We asked Winship's opponent,
Deidre Macavoy,

what she thinks.

Our Founding Fathers
fought and died

to give us the
Pledge of Allegiance

as a reminder of who
we are as Americans

in the greatest country
in the world.

You go, girl!

And Congressman John Randolph

has just announced
that he plans to seek

an immediate expulsion
motion of Winship

based upon the video
evidence of his actions.

His conduct is
absolutely despicable.

As chairman
of the Ethics Committee,

I plan to bring charges
without delay.

Hey! Jared!

Jared! Jared!

We're getting close
the island.

You might want
to change.

I'll change when I get there.

What is this, the Hatfields
and McCoys?

Hello, Congressman Winship.
I'm Sherm Hawkins.

I'm sorry I wasn't there to
meet you at Port Charles.

We had an emergency.

One of our boats
was sunk last night.

Accident? No. It was: deliberate.

Our friends from the mainland
just trying to remind us

that they want to take over
our fishing grounds.

We're not always armed,

but these
are dangerous times.

I'd like to know more.

We'll try to oblige you.

Lead the way.

Hope you don't mind
riding in the back.

Excuse me?

Hey! Whoa! Whoa!

Hey!

Turn me to then fro

Forever

Some may sow and pray

For gentle weather

Their seeds may fall

Fall in shallow soil

Oh, oh

Ah, come on.

Oh, my suit.

Excuse me, dog.

Oh, what is
that stench?

It's the herring we use
to bait our traps.

It's eyeballs, tails...
- Really?

Fish heads, whatever.

The riper, the better.

It's money.

Ahh. Yeah.

Perfect.
- Thank you.

No, go. Away.

Sherm.

Hi. How are you?

Nice to meet you.

Well, I think we ought
to welcome the Congressman

and thank him for coming all
the way out here to see us.

Congressman, we've got
some coffee for you

or something a little stronger,
if you prefer it.

Thank you.

I should start
by telling you

we've been living out here the
same way for the last 400 years.

Most of us choose to live without
the so-called modern conveniences,

television,
cellphones.

Each one of us
is different.

We tolerate
those differences

as long as they don't
hurt the other person,

and everybody respects
what we have here.

Sherm, could you cut
to the chase, please?

Thank you, Brad.

I'm just giving the
Congressman a tour here.

400 years ago,
the Gulf of Maine was teeming with fish.

Then 70 years ago,
those fish began to disappear.

That was when
then village elders

decided to converse our resources
on these fishing grounds

by fishing six months a year?

The winter months.

Since 1614, nobody has fished
within five nautical miles of us.

On more than one occasion,

we've had to fight
to protect that right.

So you don't take
one lobster

from within
five miles of here

for six months a year?

No.
- No.

No Way.

Not us, at least.
Not our way.

I have heard that,
uh, sometimes you guys

take the law into your own hands
when it comes to outsiders.

We take what a healty sea provides.

They take it all.

And who's gonna
protect us?

You people
in Washington?

This is bullshit.
We don't need him.

Amen.
- Thanks to reckless greed,

There are no big fish
left around here.

Tuna, blue marlin,

halibut, swordfish, all gone.

Not a one.

I don't have to tell you
what the big ocean draggers

do to the mackerel and
the cod and the flounder.

Ain't no goddamn cod left.

Exactly.

They drag
the ocean bottom

and take everything
in their path,

everything,
the whole habitat.

We're being invaded by men

who have overfished
their own fishing grounds.

We don't have any laws
to protect us, Congressman,

only the common laws that
were established years ago.

Yo, pardon me, Mr. Hawkins.

You know you...
you talk about being invaded.

Uh, we're more
than 20 miles out here.

No one should have their own right
to the sea. lipid-unlit hilt.

And what the hell
do you know?

These are our goddamn waters out here,
sonny.

You know nothing
about fishing.

Son, do you have any idea of the
importance of these grounds?

Do you? Any idea?
You don't, do you?

Well, if you want to kno, why don't you go out
If

on one of our boats
with us on that ocean

and find out
for yourself?

Yeah. That's a great idea...

No offense, uh, sir,
but I don't need

to personally
go out on a boat

to see that it's unfair for you guys to profit:

It's... it's an ocean.

It's part of America.
It doesn't belong to you.

I think that's a good idea.

No. No. Listen, that is not
a good idea, Congressman...

Jared, there's plenty
of sunlight left.

I think you ought
to call the mainland,

get ahold of
the district office,

and tell them we're gonna be late

for the meeting
over in Eaton's Neck.

Charlie, uh, I...
first of all, I don't have the proper gear.

It's Ok.
We'll get you some skins.

No, no, no, don't.
It's fine. Charlie...

Who's gonna take him?

I'll take him.
- That's right.

Ben could stern for us.

Awesome.

Ah.

Here you go.

Oh. Thank you.

See if these fit.

Okay?

Put 'em on.

Uh, I Will.

I will. I-I'll see you
outside in a minute.

Boots.

Thank you.

They go last.

Right.

Hurry UP-

Jeez.

You've got a library out here?

Sure do, since 1838.

Dedicated to two kids
who were swept out to sea.

Take Mind if I take a look inside??

Please do.

Big Sherm.
Come in, Big Sherm.

The latest?

We got a problem. Don't know what
Bobby's gonna do about his boat.

Uh-huh.

What are you
doing here?

I happen to like books.

And you are?

Rae Blanchard.

You're the librarian?
- Yes.

I'm also the second assessor,

the deputy constable,
the truant officer,

and the island
garbage collector.

A true Renaissance woman.

Precisely.

Rae, Bobby Machums wife is
out of her mind with worry,

and I gotta
go see her,

so if you could show the Congressman
around before he leaves,

that'd be a big help for me.

Of course.
Thank you.

I've only got
about two hours.

It usually takes visitors
a couple of days

to slow down to the
rhythm of the sea.

Like him?

We only run
when we have to.

Hey, Rae.
Morning.

Congressman Winship,
so nice to meet you.

Thank you.
Let me give you a tour of school

Kids, can you welcome
the Congressman?

Hi, congressman Winship.
- Hi...

Hi, guys.

Congressman, will you lead us
in the Pledge of Allegiance?

I would be honored.

I pledge allegiance to the flag

of the United States
of America

and to the republic
for which it stands,

one nation, under God,

individis...
in the windowsill...

with liberty
and justice for all.

Excellent.

Hello.

Congressman,
Mr. Devereaux,

you will not believe
where I am right now.

No, no. We're on track.
We're on track.

Ok. No.

Yeah.

Congressman, what?

Yeah. I'll...

I'll call you back.

Well, I never thought
that I would meet

Anyone that could
dance like you at all

Now I see where I belong

Now I see where I belong...

Oh! Oh! Oh!

Hey! Hey!

Stop!

Shit!

Shit! Shit!

Now I see where I belong

You hear that?

We're on the flyway out here.
but not while you're here...

More than 500
bird species drop in

for a pit stop every spring and; fall.

It's a fairy house.

Some of us
grew up believing

that the island
was enchanted

and had magical
healing properties.

And HOW?

I'm 43 and divorced,
if that answers your question.

Must be hard to imagine ever leaving a place like this.

It's like a timeless sanctuary.
milking

But it isn't timeless.

Time is running out,
Congressman.

Our whole way of life is at risk, -

hill;

I thought we were doing a pretty
good job turning the oceans around.

At? Whenever someone sits down at a seafood restaurant

and orders a pound
of peel-and-eat shrimp,

you should know
that eight pounds

of crab, urchin,
and sea coral

were destroyed to bring
you that pleasure.

Don't get me started on
tortoiseshell cribbage sets

and seahorse key chains.

You sounds just like Big Sherm.

Well, I ought to.
He's my father.

Really?

Huh.

Hey!

Why don't you
make yourself useful?

Put him to work.

All right.

Ohm

Whoa.

Ah, junior.
Hello.

You and your father
are pretty articulate

about what's
at stake out here.

You ought to come down and talk to some of my colleagues
If

on the Interior
Appropriations Committee.

Yeah?
What do they do?

Well, aside
from other things,

we dispense about 30 billion a year

uphill

forests, wetlands,
rivers, oceans.

Your committee needs
to try harder, Congressman.

You people are irrelevant.

Yeah.

Well...

Must get pretty cold
out here in the wintertime.

Not really.

The sea moderates
the air temperature,

but the wind
is a constant.

At night, it's good
to be near a fire.

Ah. Must get
pretty lonely, too.

Not especially.

Not even in February?

What about at night?

You're very direct, aren't you?

No more so than you.

Limit
I don't lack for companionship...

No. I don't doubt
that you do.

What about you,
Congressman?

You seem like
a lost soul to me.

Really?

Huh.

I should know.

I was married to one for 18 years.

I know the type.

I got fine hammer down...

Psst.

Ho!

How you feeling?

Oh, my G...
How long have I been out?

Just a couple minutes.

Are we heading in?

No. We're gonna head
around the point

to haul the last set
of Bobby's traps.

Should be a little calmer
around the back side.

Oh, yeah.
Great. Okay.

We'll be onshore soon.

What a screwup, huh?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Get this.

You don't have
anything to prove.

Thank you.

This is a good idea?

This'll help?

Just give it a try.

It's a death trap.

You know, if it
weren't for the war,

I don't think I ever

would have gone
into politics.

Vietnam?
Yeah.

Were you drafted?

No. volunteered.

At the time, I thought
we were fighting

to save a fledgling little
democracy from communist subversion, -

but that all ended.

By the end of it,
I just lost all my faith.

You ever kill anyone?

I was a Marine grunt.

I shot people.
That was my job.

Why politics?

I don't know.

Anger, maybe, all the guys
we lost over there.

Anger carried me a long way.

My ex-husband came out
here to avoid that war.

Yeah.

Well, it was a bad time all around.!

You still angry?

No.

Just tired.

You want to go in, right?

No.

It's a long hard road...

All right.

To the softest part
of the man

All right,
here we go.

And it's lined
with stones

Tangled in regrets that are
just too hard to forget

Ohh

These rusty signs

Overlooked on the way...

This way?
To the heart

All right. Of a troubled man-

Slide it over.
There you go.

You can lose yourself

In the deep muddy ruts

Worn through

Whoa, look at that.
By the pride of a man

Ohh...
Wow.

Now, that is
the one I want.

By the pride of a man

Let him go
- See?

It's beyond 31/4.
- Yeah.

Letting go

Just take that.

Okay, put that
on to its...

Letting go
Twist it.

That's it.

Let it go
That's it. Yes.

That's okay.

Let it go

1,2,3.

Hey!

Did that good,
Junior Congressman.

Does that happen
here often?

Every day, actually.

No, no, I meant the...
this...

Sometimes the fog get
so thick, you can't see your hands.

The ancients believed that
each day brought a new life.

That's Brad.

Oh, Brad.

Stay here.

Hey, where were you last night?

I don't have time
for this, Brad.

Come on.

I never said I loved you.

I don't love you.

I'm so sick of your issues.

I'm... I'm sorry
you had to see that.

Oh, that's okay.

Are you two
involved, or...

To be brutally honest,
it's just very good sex.

Fluid!
Physically I enjoyed him very much.

L-He is a wonderful lover. That's nice.:

You know... You know what? I think
probably... We should probably head down.

I think he thought he
could convince me that we

were more than just...

Anyway, I never
meant to hurt him.

No. No, of course not.

You know, I probably
should actually...

I feel terrible about
using him that way.

Well, I'm sure it wasn't
all that hard to endure.

Well, I mean,
at first, anyway.

But I really do have a dozen
stop-bys on Saturday...

What are stop-bys?

Well, let's see. Ther's the Blue
and Gold Cub Scout dinner.

the Rotary Club dance,

the dog show in Bristol,

the Shenango
Fire Department dinner.

Why don't you let me
cook you dinner?

Ah, is that
an island decision?

An island decision?

Yeah, to subvert me from
my public responsibilities?

You're an idiot.

No, it is my decision,

and I have two two-pound lobsters
on ice back at my cottage.

Okay. I'll stay.

Oh. Thank you.

Well, did you
learn something?

Yeah. I did.

I did.

Yeah, by the way,

what are 132 lobsters
worth on the mainland?

Well, $3.00 a pound
for soft-shell,

$5.00 for hard.

Got fuel.
Got bait.

About $1.200.

Well, hey, not a bad day's
catch for you guys, right?

Those aren't my traps.

Those are Bobby Machum's,

fellow whose boat got sunk.

You just helped out
his family.

Good job.

Ohh.

Ahh. It doesn't
even burn anymore.

Take this.
You earned it.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Thank you, sir.
- Heh.

I'm not so bad, right?
Not so bad.

For a city slicker.

Hi.
- Hi.

Is Jared Barnes here?

Uh, yeah.

He's here, but, uh,
he's up in my bathroom.

We have no secrets.

... in the night

Baby, pray for the fall

It's the call of the night

It's the way of life, it's the

Law of the night

Yeah

Hey, Charlie!

I see you've been
wounded in the line of duty.

I guess we're
not going back tonight.

Uh, well, there's... there's no
way to reach you, Charlie.

My phone's, uh... it's gone.

It's very, uh...

It's wet.

And there's no way
to reach my man Laird,

you know, the, uh...
the mainland.

So me and you, we're...
we're-we're here.

We're-we're stuck here.

You know, Jared,
if I didn't know better,

I'd say you'd fallen
off the wagon.

I almost fell out
of the fucking wagon.

Ah, Jesus.

Listen, I'm having dinner
with someone tonight.

In case you need to reach me,
her name is Rae Blanchard.

I'm sure Ben knows
where she lives.

Mm, Ok.

Yeah.

You know, Charlie,

I've never been so sore in my... -

ow, ohh...

my whole life.

Oh, but I tell you what.

I like this place.

Yeah, me, too.

Have fun, tiger.

Sir. Sorry.

Be good.

Yeah, come in.

Hey.
- Hey.

Wow, nice.
- Thank you.

Could you open that bottle?
- Sure.

So, how's your assistant?

Well marinated, I'd say.

Glasses?

Uh, second cupboard.
Where's he staying?

Uh, he's staying at Matty's
with a young man named, uh, Ben.

Yeah. Matty always steps up.

She took him in
a few years ago.

He was raised in foster
homes and badly abused.

He's actually
a really sweet kid

and a wonderful portrait
artist, a real prodigy.

I thought that he was, uh,
the stern man on one of the lobster boats.

He does that as well
to get a closer feel

for the lives
of the fishermen.

Cheers...

The old flake yards.

In those days, they'd cure
the codfish in the sun.

Of course, there aren't
any cod left anymore.

What are you gonna do
when the grounds

are opened up
to year-round fishing?

Fight it with every means we have.

Got some pretty
high-powered lobbying help.

Yeah, and we don't have it.

Even hiring a local lawyer

went against the grain
of the people out here.

The number of those
who want to stay and fight

grows smaller every day.

Many are already resigned
to leaving the island.

Come in.

I'm afraid I got some bad news.

What happened?

Well,
I was listening to the radio,

and apparently some
congressional committee

To decide on whether to
expel you from Congress

for disgracing the House
of Representatives.

Something about
an Nazi salute

and desecration of the
Pledge of Allegiance.

So much for exercising
my First Amendment rights.

Did you do that?

It's a long story, Sherm.

Well, they want you
down there

first thing
Monday morning.

Should I tell your assistant?

No. No, I'd rather
tell him myself. Thanks.

Okay.

What is he
talking about?

The artist really
captured ol' Matty, huh?

Jesus.

She's gay, right?

She's gotta be gay.

I mean, not that I have...

I have anything against that.
I don't, personally

It's not a big deal
to me, but, uh,

she scares me a little bit,

you know?
She's mannish.

I'm just saying I wouldn't
want to, uh, run into her

in a dark alley.
You know what I mean?

Heard you talking
about that painting.

Um, yes.

The painting
is very good.

It's very good.
I was wondering,

uh, you know,
who the artist was.

You're sitting
right next to him.

You?

You painted that?

Yeah.

Wow.

Ben, that's amazing.

You should be really
proud of yourself.

Thank you.

Well, cheers.

Full of mystery, huh? -

So, what are
you gonna do?

Go back and deal with it,
I guess, but not tonight.

Tonight I just want
to have dinner.

You are not
a neo-Nazi, are you?

No.

I was making a point,

and it was taken
out of context.

I understand.

Thank you.

You remember telling me
that visitors who come here

need a few days
to slow down

to the rhythm
of the sea and the tides?

Mm-hmm.

I haven't slowed down for 18 years.

Is that how you lost
your marriage?

Well, in spite of what my
ex-wife thinks,

it wasn't because
of the perks of the job.

I knew what to expect
when I went down there.

You get elected to Congress,
and sudenly your jokes are funny.

You discover that you're God's gift
to women, all the wrong women.

You get nonstop flattery from people
who all want something from you,

but those things were
never a problem for me.

Then what was it?

It was this need...

a need that became the
most compelling thing in my life...

more important than my wife
or our marriage or...

You got kids?

No.

I'd still like to.

Well, that superseded
even them

and everything else in my life.

I don't understand.

When I got out
of the Marine Corps,

I felt like I was living
on borrowed time.

If I didn't accomplish enough
in a given day or week,

it was like falling behind in my
whole reason for having survived,

and I was one day closer to dying
without having made a difference.

Hey, maybe you have made
a difference, Charlie.

Maybe it's just time
to hang up your armor.

Not that easy.

Of course it is.

Well, not right now.

Wow, you're
an amazing artist.

Ben, you really...
You are, man.

You're great.

Do you think I could
do one of you?

What?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. I would be honored.

What do I
need to do?

Just, uh, sit on the bed.

Okay.

You got it.

Thank you.

Wow.

Turn this way.

Like this?

Yeah.

I put this up?
Is that...

This is very new to me...

Sit still.
Okay.

Open your eyes.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Good.

Am I allowed to talk?

Whatever you want.

Rae,

is that-Is that
short for Raymond?

Ha, ha, ha.
No...

It's a family name,

but you can call me
Raymond if you like.

No, you know,
I might just...

Ahh. Ah, God.

What is it?
Are you okay?

Oh, it's my back.

It's got a life of its own,
likes to remind me.

Well, it shouldn't.
Let me help you.

Oh, boy.
Come here.

Okay.

You all right?

Yeah, I think.

Oh, man.

All right, take off your shirt.

What?

Take off your shirt.

Lie down on your stomach.

I'm gonna give you a massage.

What's that?

Magic elixirs from the fairies
in our enchanted forest.

Oh, man.

O, o, o, au!

Allright.

Oh, my goodness.

All right.

Ow.

There we go. Now...

There we go.
Deep breaths.

Ooh. Take it easy on me.
I'm kind of a wimp.

All right.

Oh, boy.
- All right.

I'm gonna have to bring
in big guns.

Oh, my God.

Oh.

Hey, this is better
than the lobster.

All.
Aha.

Um, Ben, I...

Listen, I don't
mean to be rude,

but I'm exhausted,
and I need to sleep.

Want to see what I got?

Yeah.

Wow.

It's me,

but far too flattering.

Well, that's
howl see you.

Thank you.

Uh, all right.

Where did you
learn to do that?

I had a lot of practice.

My husband
was a fisherman.

I mean, this is amazing.

I'm... I'm I'm... I'm actually pain-free.

I haven't felt this way for monts.

I don't know
how to thank you.

Help us keep this place
the way it is.

Come sit.

I should go.

Why?

It's a small island.

People'll talk.

You're worried about
your precious reputation?

No.

I'm worried
about yours.

This is the least judgmental place
you'll ever find, Congressman,

and it's been that way
for a long time.

Intoerance is the least of your problems.

Listen...

I've been with a lot of men over the years.

I think I was chasing
that excitement,

that sense of anticipation.

You know what I mean?

I think I've been lonely
for a long time, Charlie.

You said up on the cliffs
that you weren't lonely.

I guess I lied.

What was that?

No!

No! My
Sea Hag!

Not her!

No!

Matty.

No! No...

Whose boat is that?

It's the Sea Hag.

Jesus Christ.
- No.

No.

Is... is there anything
that we can do?

Yeah, like call the police

or maybe the Coast Guard
or the fire department?

Yeah, sure.

Was the Sea Hag.

Like this?

Congressman!

I really fucked up, Charlie.

I think, uh...
I think Devereaux was behind this.

Who?

Former congressman Devereaux.

He doesn't just represent
the other lobstermen of Maine.

Ok, he also works for a
multinational seafood conglomerate.

Their catch, it's less
and less each year...

and they want
these grounds.

They need these grounds, Charlie.,

Where did I fit in?

They wanted me
to make sure

that you didn't end up
defending these people.

So you hitched your
wagon to him for what'?

Why?

What was the price?

Your seat.

And I'm sorry.

Wow.

Wow.

You know he's probably bought
Deidre Macavoy, too, don't you?

Listen, Charlie,
that's not it.

He's... he's got plans, Ok?

For you, for this island.

He's got a boatload of media coming
up here to expose these people.

When will they get here?

Sometime soon.

Is that all, Jared?

Yeah.

I want a helicopter
here at 9 a.m.

Hey!

Listen, I'm... I'm gonna have to
borrow these for a couple days.

Nah, you can keep 'em.

Look, why don't...
Why don't you

come down to Washington
sometime, you know,

come for a visit?

Really?
- Yeah.

Come, uh, see the
National Portrait Gallery.

Your stuff will probably
be hanging there someday.

All right.

Yeah, maybe, uh...

maybe when
lobster season ends.

Do you want this, or...
I'...

Yeah. Are you kidding?

Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

So, everything's cool, Ok?

All right.

I'll see you.

Good luck.

Jared Barnes?
What happened to you?

Look, Laird's been trying
to reach you all day.

You gotta talk to him,
and you gotta talk to him now

fir; Shh. Ok. Just calm down, Ok?,

Hey, listen, is there
a Starbucks around?

No.

I gotta get
a cappuccino.

There isn't.

Are you still
with me all the way?

You're home free
for the nomination.

Charlie's toast.

Oh, right, you're for me, Laird?

What about your other pet
candidate, Deidre Macavoy?

Diedre's the diversion.

For God's sake,
Charlie's gonna be expelled,

and when he does,
you're gonna get the nomination,

and you're gonna
have to step up.

So they're, um...

They're really doing it, huh?
They're gonna expel him?

Expel him?
Hell, they're gonna crucify him.

All America's seen it.

It's not a Nazi salute, Ok?

American kids were
doing that for years

while they recited
the Pledge of Allegiance.

It's called the Bellamy salute...

Well, you tell that
to the American people.

Look, I gotta go,
but when you get back

to civilization,
give me a call.

I got something special for you.

Yeah.

No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no!

That was mine!

That was mine!

Go get it.

Well...

see ya.

Yep.

Why don't you come
down to Washington,

see where this can go?

Are you joking?

No, I'm not.

I'd rather have
a lobotomy. Heh heh.

Why?

Well, I will tell you
why, Mr. Winship.

In some ways,
you remind me of Jimmy Stewart

'Mm'

Do you remember how
he spent his entire life

trying to protect his
beautiful Bedford Falls

from the evil Mr. Potter?

Yeah. Zuzu's petals.

That's Pottersville,
at least to me.

Can you understand?

Yes, I think I can.

Sounds like the bus
to Pottersville is here.

Yep.

Why don't you stay here,
Congressman?

And do what?

Ah, I've been thinking about
cutting back on my portfolio.

I migh be persuaded to give
up the garbage concession.

Now that's something
to look forward to.

You're up against
some serious predators.

Well, we've weathered bigger storms
than this in the past 400 years.

I know you have.

I'll do what I can
for you in Washington.

You've all taught me a lot.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Hey!

Come on back, son.
We got it all here.

Every day is different.

Charlie! Charlie!

Hey!

I still need to book the
tickets for Washington.

I'm not going to Washington.

What?

I'm going back
to my district.

Call Abigail. Tell her
I'm having a town meeting

at the local high school
in Bedford.

No, no, no.

Bedford is Deidre Macavoy's
home base, Charlie.

They'll tear you
apart there.

Probably.

Just do it.

Congressman Winship,

are you going
to resign today?

No.

Congressman,
are you a Nazi?

Congressman Randolph has
accused you of disloyalty to the flag.

He has a right to his opinion.

Hey, guys, right this way.

Okay.

We are riding
the whirlwind now.

Not exactly riding it.

This is the best
I could do.

This high school was kind
enough to donate their space, so...

You flew all the way up
here just for this?

Oh, I wouldn't
have missed it.

This is the first public execution
I've actually ever seen.

Oh, thank you.

I'm gonna walk
a little bit.

Well, it turns out that Congressman
Winship is right about one thing.

Until Nazi Germany
declared war on the U.S.,

American schoolchildren
recited the Pledge of Allegiance

every morning while delivering
the Nazi stiff-armed salute.

Hey, Harlan.

Ah, I got some bad
news for you, son.

I thought you'd want to know.

Mississippi
has seceded again?

That'd be good news. -

I've-Oh, wait a second.

The committee voted to
authorize an expulsion motion.

Now, right now, I'd say the full
House vote is a foregone conclusion.

So what are my high
crimes and misdemeanors?

Flagrant disobedience
of House rules,

conduct unbecoming
a sitting member,

equating the Pledge of Allegiance
with "Mein Kampf."

How did you vote?

Now, how do you think?

Thanks, Harlan.

Now, a lot of people
around here

don't like what's going on here,

But they're
running scared.

It... It's like a sickness.

Personally,
I think we're headed

into a kind of moral
and political ice age.

Well, that sounds
pretty bleak, Harlan.

M.

Yeah, me, too.

Charlie.

Uh...

Congressman.

It's time.

Um, listen, before you
go out there,

I want you to know my letter of
resignation is on your desk.

What happened to you?

I was scared.

I didn't think youd
ever quit, Charlie.

And I was afraid I wouldn't
make it to the summit,

So...

I made a very selfish decision.

And I lost sight of what
matters to me the most,

things that you've taught me.

You're a good man, Charlie.

And you've clone a lot of
great things for these people,

so please
don't let what I did

affect what you say out there.

Good luck.

You better resign tonight!

Sieg Heil, you Nazi
son of a bitch!

I'm not voting for you!

You better
resign tonight!

Go home, Congressman!

I didn't vote
for a Nazi!

Go home, Winship!

You're not really
an American, are you?

Hey, shut the hell up!

Let the guy speak.

We owe him that much!

Yeah, come on!
Give him a chance now!

I stand before you tonight

charged with personal misconduct

detrimental to the House
of Representatives.

Yeah!

I've also been charged
with a failure to stand

and recite Pledge of allegiance

at the start
of each days session.

Yeah!
- You aren't American!

The second charge is true.

On any number of occasions,

I have failed to stand
and recite the Pledge.

On other occasions,
I have stood,

but failed to repeat the words.

Since these charges were filed,

some of my colleagues have chosen
to publicly question my patriotism,

my loyalty to my country,

and even my fundamental Americanism.

To tell you the truth,

I don't much care what
they think or say about me.

What I do care about
is that those charges are a lie.

What makes us unique
as Americans

isn't a bumper sticker
or a patriotic song,

the flag, or even
the Pledge of Allegiance.

What makes us different
is that no American

is required to take
a Pledge of allegiance

to a king or a dictator
or even to a flag.

We are a free people.

Now, the American flag is
a symbol of that freedom,

an important and
wonderful symbol.

In my life, I've seen it flying

in a lot of places
around the world.

In 1970, I saw it flying
above a hill called Khe Sanh

in the 'in the Quang Tri
province of Vietnam...

Seeing it flying there above us

and later on in many
other places around the world

has never ceased to fill me
with enormous pride.

But to me, that pride comes
from what the flag represents,

what it symbolizes,
not just the flag itself.

As Americans, we are different,

because we were
the first nation in the world

to be founded on an idea,

the idea that each of us
has value as an individual

and that we are free
to express ourselves

in any way we choose

or not to express
ourselves at all.

In 1950, Margaret Chase Smith,

a Republican senator
from right here in Maine

chose to take on
a fellow senator

who had questioned
her patriotism.

His name was Joseph McCarthy.

And this is what she said.

"Those who shout the loudest
about Americanism"

are all too frequently
those who ignore

"some of the basic principles of Americanism,"

the right to criticize,

"the right to hol unpopular beliefs,

the right to protest,

the right of independent thought."

Now, at the start of each
Congressional session...

those of us
privileged enough

to serve in the United
States Congress

swear an oath to
uphold the Constitution

and every freedom
that this nation holds dear.

I have taken that oath
nine times on your behalf,

and I have always
repeated those words

with the deepest humility.

I believe in the Constitution.

I believe in those words.

I fought for them.

The Pledge of Allegiance

is a fine symbol for the
freedoms we enjoy.

I believe in its words, too.

I do.

But I don't need
to recite them every morning

to prove that I love
my country, and I won't.

I have that right.

I'm an American.

Way to go!

Will you take
a look at this?

You are really
turning them around.

Next year,
you won't have to campaign so hard. Heh.

You know, Charlie,
the people behind Devereaux

are not gonna
give up this easy.

This isn't over,
not by a long shot.

It is for me.

I'm hanging up
my armor.

I'm done here.

What about you?

You ready to try
for the summit?

After what I did?

I'm starting to believe
in second chances.

Thank you, Charlie.

I have the Commandant of the
Coast Guard on the line.

You better get that.

Admiral.

Yes, this is Jared Barnes.

Congressman Winship
convinced Governor Cabot

to declare the waters
around Catatonk

officially off limits
to commercial fishing.

Temporarily. Yes, sir.

Well, then I assume
the shooting war is over.

Climb up this tree

Sit next to me
on a trusty branch

Won't you hold my hand?

Look at the view

While I look at you

It's a pretty sight

Yes, it's pure delight

Pull the blanket down

We'll sit on the ground
till the stars show up

And the day is done

Oh, how I fear
a change in weather

I could lay like this
with you forever

Surely life itself
will rearrange things

So all we've got to do
is chase that same dream

This is

This is the time

This is

This is the time

You

Look through the glass

Till the moment is gone

Like a ship in the sun

l

Look through the rain

We take the high road above

Only need what we already got

This is

This is the time

This is

This is the time

Hey

I lived in a place

Where someone
had locked the doors

Now I live in a space with
no ceiling and no floors

I feel the earth

See, the truth is like

A river so wide

Know a place we can be

Where yesterday's gone

And tomorrow
will always be here

This is

This is the time

This is

This is the time

This is

This is the time

This is

This is the time

This is

This is the time

This is

This is your time