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(SOFT ORGAN MUSIC)

(RATTLING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

(BANGING)

Hey, guys, go on in.

I'll be right there, thank you for coming.

WOMAN: We would like to thank everyone for coming out

to celebrate the life of Brenda Amelia Arnaud.

Brenda was well-loved.

She spent her life as as accountant and a dance instructor.

MAN: Jim, we love you; we're here for you.

- Oh! Yeah, thanks. - You're gonna get through it.

WOMAN: She lived to the age of 54.

JIM: Thanks a lot. Oh, thank you.

WOMAN: She left us too soon.

She was survived by three children,

Shane, Morgan, and James.

James is with us here today,

and he's like to say a few words.

James, would you please join us, please?

Oh yeah. Yeah, thanks.

Sorry.

Do you have everything you need? You're prepared?

Oh yeah, no, I'm fine. Thank you so much.

Hey, everybody.

Thank you for coming.

Brenda was a free spirit.

She was a wonderful mother.

She had three children.

My brother and my sister couldn't make it today

but I've spoken to them on the phone.

She had 7 grandkids

who loved her very much.

She was a certified public account,

and she ran the dance academy

here in town until about

2009? Next to the old drug store.

My mother

didn't believe in any of this!

Not that that's a bad thing, she

never judged anybody

and, loved everybody, and

cared for everybody, and

never put herself first, it seems like

hearing some-

sorry yeah, thank you so much for comin

Kevin, Matt, we got people here, Judy

Thank you, it means a lot, thank you

My mother was an extremely charitable woman

she donated to my school once when I was a kid

There was this girl in my grade named Caitlin

and she had Down's Syndrome

or she had something

she was

she, no, she was a

she was horrible-she was a bitch, this girl

and I know you're not supposed to say that

about a little girl, bless her heart, but

she used to bite kids a lot

and she'd just come out at you

and, I, the nightmares I used to have

She actually bit a teacher and

Anyway

My mom donated, like, a thousand dollars

to the school, because

She wasn't allowed to play on the play structures

it was too dangerous

but my Mom wanted her to -

so they built her a little playhouse and

my Mom donated like a thousand dollars and

she didn't like the idea of her being left out

and she did it all anonymously!

She didn't tell anybody about it or anything

and I don't have that in me.

Whatever that is, but uh, it was her, and-

I opened the door for somebody this morning and I

got angry that they didn't say thanks

Sorry.

I had some stuff, uh, I had some stuff written down.

You're fine.

When you're a kid and you think about stuff, you

learn about America and the founding-

Thomas Jefferson and all that.

But when you're a kid, you think about it and say

"Yeah, you know, these guys they did all this."

It doesn't mean anything to you.

And then you grow up, and

you realize, these guys were incredible

and they were just people

like us, who lived, and loved-

had a kid!

And then you think about your mom

and your dad

and the stories they used to tell you

when you were growing up, of them, being young.

And before I called her Mom she was Brenda.

Sorry.

I don't know if I can keep going.

Keep going, you've got this.

Yeah?

You can do this, go on.

That's cool.

Yeah, no, I'm fine.

She was just so wonderful and

I gave her hell growing up

we gave each other hell

and... it gets to you when you grow up

and I'm one of the good guys now!

But I was just mean to her

I'd lie to her

I didn't mean to be

John Wayne.

I tell my daughter sometimes,

"Hey, never say anything mean to me."

Not for my sake, obviously, you know, I can take it

I'm a grown man.

But you would just hate for her to have to look back and

I was just stupid.

I was just so stupid.

I have, um-

I am a dyslexic.

I never even think about it really,

when I was in high school I had to listen to all of these books on tape

it looks like the words are all jumbled up when you're reading

I can do it, I'm just not that fast

but when I went to school at LSU

Go Tigers.

We found out they weren't gonna have anything like that for my textbooks

and so my Mom bought a little tape recorder-

and so she

and so she'd read all the things that I had to read so I could do well in school

that's all she wanted.

Screwed that up.

And I'd say "hey thanks Mom, for doing that"

"that means a lot, sending it to me in the mail", but

she must have been up so late

and it gets to you when you grow up

it eats you alive.

I'm so sorry, I'm so

I had it planned, I wasn't-I

Go ahead, you're fine.

Anywho!

My mom was a big fan of Bruce Springsteen

she loved Bruce Springsteen

and "Bruce Springsteen" meant leaving your small town and going to do something with your life

and she said that she wouldn't have left

if she hand't heard him-she loved him so much.

I'm so sorry.

She used to sing Thunder Road to me when I was going to sleep

and I'm not a singer, or a dancer-

or you know, anything my daughter is the creative one, but

people said it'd be a good idea if I brought it in, so

so I brought it in and, uh

Yeah, so I'm gonna sing it.

Okay...

I had it working this morning, I promise.

Come on just fucking work.

Come on, please, just-sorry.

It's not gonna work, uh

yeah! Could you do that? That'd be great

It's, uh, it's just Track 4 thank you so much.

Uh, it's a beautiful song, How do you explain it?

It's a song this guy, telling this girl to leave their small town forever

to change their lives-

Should we just call the manufacturer?

Change their lives forever for the better

and my Mom really loved it-

It's not gonna work? No, he's saying it's not gonna work.

I'm sorry, uh well

Typical! I uh-

I don't even know if it's gonna work without the song to be honest with you

but I did a lot of planning for it and I love my Mom

and so I'm just gonna do it, and I don't know what else to do, so-

It starts out and there's a harmonica

and this girl walks out on her porch

and she's listening to Roy Orbison

and back in the day

Roy Orbison used to sing songs for sad and lonely people

so they wouldn't be sad and lonely anymore.

It's a beautiful song. You can find it.

Actually they whole thing is on YouTube I have it on my phone

I could have just done that now that I think about it.

I'm just gonna do it.

Uh, I'm gonna be sick.

Sorry.

Crystal, go sit back down with Mommy.

Crystal, please go sit back down with Mommy, honey.

Crystal, go sit, uh

I'm sorry, I didn't even get half-I'm sorry

It's ok honey.

It's ok, honey, it's alright Daddy is just dancing.

Daddy's just dancing

Oh, Mona, I didn't mean to make you cry!

I'm sorry!

Your mascara is all over the- You look awful.

Do you want to take some time outside?

Do I have to leave?

No, no, do you want to take your seat?

Oh, yeah, yeah, I can got sit, yeah that's fine, I can sit down

Sorry, I thought you were

Yeah, that's fine-Actually, uh

could I say, could I-let me just say "goodbye" real quick?

Of course, of course!

Fuck, what do you do? Uh...

Goodbye, Mom.

I'm so sorry, I fucked it all up I'm sorry

Honey, you did good, you really did good, honey

You did good. Yes you did. You did.

No, I got her.

It's ok honey. Oh, Jesus fucking Christ you're heavy.

I would hope that everyone please remember

That everyone grieves differently

and everyone - is unique.

There's no right way, and there's no wrong way.

Crystal come sit by me.

I would like to introduce y'all Crystal come sit by me

to William James

he's our organist and he's going to play us a few songs now. William?

Ok...

Yeah, I'm moving!

Hey, Jimmy! Hey! How's it going?

This is from us.

Oh, thank you, thats, that means a lot.

You must have had to say that a couple times today, huh?

What's that?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I did.

Look man, I'm sorry we couldn't make it I tried calling you,

Jarvis was in the ER until-

No no, it's totally fine, I'm actually kind of glad you didn't.

Oh yeah? Did everything go ok?

Everything went normal.

Great!

So, do you want to get going?

Yeah let's get going!

They don't know!

They don't know!

This fucking guy, huh?

What's goin' on here today, sir?

They don't know!

Sir, would you stop thrashing around please?

They don't know.

Who doesn't know, sir?

They don't know.

Sir, I've gotten a few phone calls from local businesses

that somebody's in their parking lot thrashing around,

saying nasty things about a certain female politician

taking their clothes off.

Do you know anything about that, sir?

HOMELESS MAN: They don't know!

You got a name, hombre?

Any ID? (POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

Copy that.

Idiot!

Well, now, that's not very nice.

- You're gonna hurt my feelings. - Hey, listen,

We're still getting complaints.

Let's, uh, let's just sit him down over there

on the sidewalk and let him cool off a little bit, huh?

- How 'bout I give you - HOMELESS MAN: Huh! Huh!

One last chance to play nice there?

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER) (HOMELESS MAN SPITS)

Don't start spittin', sir.

That's a bad habit.

HOMELESS MAN: Huh, huh, huh!

- Call the boss. - HOMELESS MAN: Right!

Maybe Richie's got the keys

- to the one that's big enough. - HOMELESS MAN: Hey!

- (JUICY THUDDING SPLAT) - Oh!

The fuck is your problem, asshole?

HOMELESS MAN: They don't know!

NATE: Jim, Jim.

HOMELESS MAN: They don't know!

NATE: Jim! (excited jumbled yelling)

- Jim! Jim! Jim! - HOMELESS MAN: They don't know!

(EXCITED JUMBLED YELLING)

HOMELESS MAN: They don't know!

JIM: You assaulted a police officer, asshole,

and we don't take kindly to that shit, generally!

- OFFICER: Hey, hey, hey. - HOMELESS MAN: They don't know.

OFFICER: Hey, hey, hey.

- NATE: Jim! - They don't know!

- Go wait in the car! - What's wrong with you?

Go wait in the car, please!

NATE: What is wrong with you?

Please, Go wait in the car.

I don't know what's wrong with me!

Please go wait in the car.

Hey, Captain, hey, Captain.

No, everything's fine.

- Hey, Captain, hey, Captain... - Jim!

Jim, what're you doing here today?

It's a simple drunk and disorderly, sir.

Nate and I got it covered.

We're bookin' him, end of story.

Do you remember the meeting we had last week

where we discussed and we agreed

that you would not be here this week?

You were to take this week off.

No, sir, I'm a field officer.

So I'm out here in the field.

Been doing it for six years.

I thought you'd know that by now.

You don't remember that meeting

where you called me a name, you spilled coffee?

And you were not gonna be here this week.

'Fraid I don't.

Come on, man, please don't do this.

Let me tell ya what's gonna happen in the next 10 seconds.

You're gonna get in that cruiser over there,

and Officer Louis is gonna take you home.

What part of that did you not understand?

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

I got it.

Glad to hear it.

Thank you so much, sir!

I'll take all that into consideration.

And thank you for coming down here today, sir.

That means a lot, you didn't have to do that,

but that's top down leadership.

Everything you were talkin' about

in your PowerPoint presentation,

synergy, teamwork, all that, I heard it.

And thank you so much, Richie, for handling all this.

That mean's a lot.

Don't worry about that bullshit.

I'm gonna see you guys on the sixth.

CAPTAIN: Ninth! You will return for duty

- on Monday the ninth. - The ninth, the ninth.

Monday's the ninth, guys.

OK.

Feel like driving me home?

Yeah. (POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

Is everything OK?

With me? I'm fine.

I never been better in my life.

See me wrestling an aligator, help the alligator.

(NATE CHUCKLES)

Yeah, you like that one?

It's an old one of my dad's, apparently.

He used to say that all the time

whenever anything was goin' just great.

You know, it's my mom,

but I'm fine,

and, uh, I'm glad he did that, pull me off duty

in front of everybody like that.

- That was a smart move. - Yeah?

- Yeah, he's a smart guy. - He is smart.

Yeah, deeply appreciate it, you know?

Why don't you actually come to dinner and meet, please...

No, I'm fine, honestly.

I got family over at my place right now cookin' up,

and I shouldn't keep 'em.

And I got Crystal on Monday, so I'm...

Actually, would you, uh, would you mind,

would you drop me off at an Office Depot real quick?

(POLICE RADIO CHIRPING)

(CAR HORN HONKING)

(DOOR BEEPING)

Hello.

Hi, how y'all doin'?

Doin' fine. Anything I can help you with?

Yeah, I need to buy a scanner I think.

But it's gotta be something that'll hook up

to my laptop from work.

Is that even something you guys would have?

(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)

So down the middle,

they're saying it's gonna be 1248 and 70 cents.

Is that something y'all can handle right now?

(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)

What do you think about Shane?

Do you think he's in a place to take that on?

There is nothing, really.

What do they say? A third of zero is still zero?

No, Morgan, I'm not gonna sell the dance academy.

That thing's a money maker.

I'm gonna go in there myself and clean it up, you'll see.

And split that income three ways.

I don't care if all of your children want saxophone lessons.

That is never going to happen.

(GRUNTING)

It was fine, it was intense.

I wasn't expecting that. (SCANNER HUMMING)

I'm glad I was there, though.

Not like that.

No, stop!

I didn't mean it like that.

I meant that I'm glad that I was there for her

because I didn't have a whole lot of that growing up.

(GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC)

(SOLEMN ORGAN MUSIC)

(FOOTFALL AND SHUFFLING THROUGH FOLIAGE)

(SOLEMN ORGAN MUSIC)

(JIM BREATHING HEAVILY)

- (CRUSHING AND THUD) - Oh!

- Wait a minute! - Stand up.

Hold on a sec! (COPS MUTTERING)

WOMAN: I know this boy's mother!

COP: Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.

WOMAN: Now what did you do?

You are as dumb as they say you are!

- I'm gonna call your mother! - Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am!

- Ma'am, stop! - And I'm gonna tell her!

Ma'am! (POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

Stay right here.

I'm gonna come back and ask you some questions.

Uhhh, I do have traffic tickets, sir.

That's fine.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

(SCOFFS) Ain't this some bullshit!

(CHUCKLES)

(HISSES)

(EXHALES)

(CAR DOOR CRANKING OPEN)

(CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT)

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(SHUFFLING FOOTFALL)

BOY: Shit.

Mind rolling down the window?

BOY: Sorry, Officer.

JIM: I'm not talkin' to you, I'm talkin' to her.

Why don't you to roll down the window.

Evening, officer, what's up?

JIM: Everything all right, ma'am?

I'm fine.

Why don't you step out of the car for a second.

Come talk to me. It looks a little steamy in here.

(SIGHING)

JIM: What're you doin'?

Don't smoke that in front of a cop, it's trashy.

You seem like a smart girl.

What're you doin' hangin' out with these two clowns?

Nothin' better to do out here.

JIM: You're telling me there's nothin' better to do

in this town than make out with these two slickers

in a parking lot outside of the Dillard's?

Yeah.

JIM: All right, well, that hasn't been my experience.

How 'bout I give you a ride home.

(CHUCKLES) No, sir, my mom would kill me

if she saw me get dropped off in a cop car.

JIM: All right, well,

I don't have to fuckin' drop you off right outside.

I can drop you off around the corner or something like that.

I'm not leavin' a 16-year-old in a parking lot

with two slickers.

How 'bout you go collect your things, I'll drive you home.

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

BOY: Hey, is everything all right, officer?

JIM: Keep it up, buddy, see what happens.

What school you go to?

Stoneybrook.

JIM: Stoneybrook, huh?

Yeah, since kindergarten.

Go Wildcats.

JIM: What's your family do?

My dad's a contractor.

He's always out doing something or other.

JIM: You try to stay out of trouble?

I mean, I try. (CHUCKLING)

but trouble always ends up finding me,

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE)

(FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING) (CAR DOOR SLAMS)

JIM: Take care.

Hey, you don't have to walk on the sidewalk

if you ever feel unsafe.

You can just walk in the middle of the street, that's fine.

(TRAIN HORN BLOWING IN DISTANCE)

ROZ: No, get in front.

That looks pretty, you gotta frame your face.

Did you get enough to eat? (WINDOW SKIMMING)

CRYSTAL: Yeah.

Hey, sweetie.

Hey, you're early.

All right, well, it's better than being late.

Yeah, that was really something to see the other day.

Yeah, well,

I lost my mom,

and she woulda loved it, so. (CAR DOOR CRANKING OPEN)

It was just, never seen anything like that.

All the people (CAR DOOR SLAMS)

I've been speaking to say that's pretty normal, actually.

When you talk about losing somebody.

ROZ: Really? What people you been speaking to?

You can move that.

People.

Yeah, I heard that part of it.

What people?

I don't know, people.

What do you want? Leave me alone.

- If I'm hearing you right... - Seatbelt on.

I'm glad you finally got some professional help

for yourself because I've told you that before.

OK, that's great, Roz.

OK, well, I'm taking her now.

Hey, Crystal, make sure he feeds you, baby.

Honey, tell your mommy to feed herself.

CRYSTAL: Mommy.

(CAR HORN BLARES)

Goodbye, honey, what's up?

When? When will I see you again?

Thursday, it's nothing.

It's gonna fly right by.

I love you.

I love you, too!

Hey, let's say our prayers today, Tuesday, and Wednesday...

JIM: Yeah, OK, thanks, Roz!

Yeah, goodbye, Jim.

Love you.

Hey, Roz, actually, real quick, while I got you.

They're doing some construction

on the railroad tracks up there.

They got some cars and some flares set up,

but the signs aren't that big.

Keep an eye out, all right?

I'd hate to see you and Chris get hit by a fuckin' train.

Yeah, thanks a lot, Jim.

Just lookin' out.

Yeah, I really appreciate that.

(WINDOW HUMMING)

CRYSTAL: Are we going?

Yeah, we're going.

(ENGINE REVVING)

Hey, honey! How ya doin'?

So when did she shut this place down?

JIM: 2009, honey, that's why we gotta clean it up.

(BAROQUE MUSIC PLAYING)

How many student were there?

At one point, there were over a hundred.

Grandma has awards from all over the state.

Wish I could find those...

She was sick?

Yeah.

(BAROQUE MUSIC PLAYING)

Ta-da!

What do you think?

If you hate it, we can take it back.

It's nice.

I like my old bed.

All right.

I still have it leaning up against the back of the house.

I could bring it back up here if you like.

(SIGHS) No, it's fine. (ZIPPER SCRATCHING OPEN)

Oh, honey, you don't have to do that right now.

I was hoping we could go downstairs,

order a pizza, and watch The Fast and the Furious.

OK, if that's what you wanna do.

(BACKPACK THUDDING ON FLOOR)

Well, what do you wanna do?

(CRYSTAL SIGHS HEAVILY)

Did I get invited to Arial's birthday?

Um...

Which one's Ariel?

When was it?

(SIGHS) From camp.

It was last week.

She asked why I didn't make it.

Uhhh...

Uhhh, yeah, lemme, ah, sorry, honey, hold on.

Which one is she? (SIGHS)

Yeah, honey, you did.

Oh, no, it was Friday; your mom had you.

I know, she asked why you didn't remind her about it.

JIM: (sighs) Oh, well, yeah.

I thought you were so excited about it.

I thought you woulda told her.

CRYSTAL: And I didn't get her a present.

JIM: Oh, that's fine.

We can still get her something, honey.

We don't have to... Don't worry about that.

We'll find her something.

Tell her Daddy messed up and that we'll get her something.

CRYSTAL: No, that's fine.

JIM: Hey, I was thinkin' maybe we could go down

to the ice cream stand in a bit and get some ice cream.

How's that sound?

CRYSTAL: I could eat ice cream.

Could you? Huh.

I didn't know you liked ice cream.

That's super interesting.

I'm gonna have to write that down.

CRYSTAL: You know how to play the hands up game?

What's that?

CRYSTAL: The hand up game.

Caroline taught me. Here.

Oh, yeah, girls used to do this at school.

I know this game.

How do you do it?

Pop right, pop left, pop front.

- OK. - That's it,

and two for two, three for three, four for four.

And after four you slap down, got it?

OK, let's do it.

Honey, I, honey, I can't do it that fast, sorry.

Let's do it again.

No, it's fine, just keep going.

OK.

I'm sorry, honey, do we have to go that fast?

That wasn't fast.

Oh, OK, cool.

Honey, honey, I'm really not gonna be good

at this kind of stuff.

CRYSTAL: Yeah.

How 'bout we go get some of that ice cream?

CRYSTAL: I'm going to stay here.

JIM: This door open enough, honey?

CRYSTAL: Yep.

JIM: You want me to leave the light on

in the hallway for you?

CRYSTAL: It's fine.

All right, I goin' to bed, honey.

Good night, I love you.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(HEAVY FOOTFALL RECEDING)

(CHATTER ON TELEVISION)

(GRUNTING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

MAN ON TV: An estimated 1.3 million of the vehicles

model years 2011 to 2017 could be...

(CLICK)

MAN ON TV: Still can't find solid evidence

the injuries were accidents but caused

by carbon monoxide leaks which doesn't sit well...

(LOUD BANG)

JIM: Honey, you're not nervous about going to school,

are ya?

No. (DISHED CLANKING)

Good. Caroline's in your class.

It's gonna be just like goin' to Camp Catalaya,

or like a summer party at your mom's place.

You're gonna do just fine, honey.

I think you're really gonna like fourth grade.

CRYSTAL: Yeah, I keep hearing that.

Hey, Dad, can I talk to you for a second?

What's up?

CRYSTAL: Can I talk to you for a second?

Yeah.

What's goin' on, honey?

Everything all right?

(JIM LAUGHS)

(HANDS SLAPPING RHYTHMICALLY)

OK, OK.

So how 'bout we get your backpack on,

and I'll take you to school, sound good?

Yeah, all right.

(phone rings

(PHONE RINGS)

(PHONE RINGS)

Hey, you got Jim.

All right, big miss fourth grade!

Make way! This is gonna be the...

Honey, are you wearing makeup?

CRYSTAL: No.

JIM: Crystal, look at me.

Crystal, look at me.

Honey, why are you wearing makeup?

CRYSTAL: (scoffs) Stop! I'm gonna be late!

It's fine!

JIM: No, you're in fourth grade, honey.

They're gonna send you home.

Why're you wearin' all that?

CRYSTAL: It's fine!

Plenty of girls wear makeup!

It's not a big deal! (HUFFS)

I just thought that if I'm starting in a new class,

I should at least be one of the pretty girls.

(JIM SIGHS)

JIM: What are you talkin' about, honey?

You're one of the most beautiful girls

in your grade last year.

That picture of you at the lake?

No, I have your jaw and I have your eyebrows!

I look like a boy.

Well, you look like a model, is what you look like, honey.

You don't get to pick that stuff.

You get what you get, and you don't get upset.

You don't see me complaining.

I don't have a big job or anything, and I make do.

You're gonna be fine, and you're fine now.

Who's tellin' you you're not pretty?

I don't know.

(CAR RUMBLING BY)

(CAR HORN BEEPING)

Look, I'm happy to take you somewhere and

look into gettin' you a new dress or something like that,

but I can't drop you off at school like that, honey.

You look like a... Hold on, look at me.

Crystal, look at me. (PHONE CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(SCOFFS) Good lord.

You're gonna be fine today, honey.

I'm gonna take you to the park,

and we're gonna wash that off.

You have a beautiful face.

Don't go ruin it with some shit your mom got you at Target.

I hope I get Mom's boobs.

What did you say?

I said, I hope I get Mom's boobs!

Oh, my god. (SIGHS)

I hope everyday that you don't.

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

Hey, honey, don't jump out of a moving car!

Hey! I love you! (CAR DOOR SLAMS)

Pay attention! Pay attention! Pay attention!

Call me if you need anything!

(CHILDREN LAUGHING AND CHATTERING IN DISTANCE)

TONY: Hey.

(TIRES SLIDING ON STREET)

(CHILDREN CHATTERING IN DISTANCE)

(CAR HORN BEEPS)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(BIRD CRYING IN DISTANCE)

MAN IN SUIT WITH BIKE: Hi there, are you Jimmy Arnaud?

JIM: I am.

Hi, I represent a local law firm.

I'm here to serve you those papers.

You're from a law firm?

Am I gettin' sued? What am I getting sued for?

MAN IN SUIT WITH BIKE: Not my concern.

Well, you're no help!

(CELL PHONE BEEP)

ROZ: Hello?

Hey Roz, I just had a guy in a nice suit on a bicycle

drop off some paperwork for me.

What is this I'm lookin' at here?

It's divorce paperwork, Sherlock.

I think you knew this was coming.

Yeah, no, I knew this was coming.

Who'd you talk to about doin' all this?

What do you care?

I filed, you don't have to do anything.

Fuck you, I don't have to do anything.

This says you're asking for sole custody.

You read it?

He read it.

Well, Jim, she hates being at your place,

and I'm not paying for her to come to Tuscaloosa every week.

It's not like you won't be able to see her.

She's just gonna be living with me.

No, dummy, that's exactly what this means.

Since when are you two assholes moving to Tuscaloosa?

What?

CHRIS: Ongoing investigation.

I've been advised not to speak to you.

Look, Roz, whatever's actually happening,

I hope that you and I can still remain civ...

(PHONE LINE BEEPS) Yep!

(OFFICE CHATTER IN BACKGROUND)

(PHONE LINE RINGING)

RECORDING OF ROZ: It's Rosalind. Leave a message.

(BEEP)

Hey Roz, it's Jim.

I just lost you, or maybe your phone died again.

I'd like to continue our conversation

that we were just having about Crystal.

I'm happy to talk about anything and everything

regarding her.

And I wanted to say that I'm sorry about everything

that I said about you getting hit by a train.

That was an off-color joke, obviously.

I would hate to see anything bad happen to you,

for Crystal's sake.

Uh so, yeah, so OK, I'll leave you to it.

Take care.

(COMPUTER KEYBOARD CLICKING)

I'm so sorry you had to hear that, Claire.

Oh, that's fine, I wasn't listening.

You can talk out here anytime, sweetie, it's all right.

(OFFICE PHONE RINGING)

But I wouldn't let anybody walk all over me.

I am so sorry to hear about all that.

(OFFICE PHONE RINGING)

So what d'you wanna do?

I wanna drag her behind my truck with an extension cord.

I don't mean that, don't listen to me.

I'm just talkin'.

Yeah, we went through this, me and Sandra.

At least I got to keep the house and my pension.

Oh, fuck, I didn't even think about that.

I got a lady, name is Donna.

She's not cheap, but she's the best in the state.

Money.

So I don't think I'm handlin' this whole thing that great.

- Yeah? - JIM: Yeah.

(SCOFFS) Well, I'm glad you're done

with that everything's fine bullshit.

Hey, man, it's a good step.

Why don't you come over tonight.

We're having a barbecue at my place.

No! I'm busy.

So I, hey...

So I danced to that event the other day.

That event, you know what I'm talkin' about?

She was a dancer.

I wanted to say goodbye, I don't really know how.

I think people thought I was making the whole thing

about me instead of about her.

Shane and Morgan didn't show up.

Somebody's filming it on their fuckin' phone.

(LOCKER DOOR SLAMS)

I heard about that; I took care of it.

So you... That guy doesn't have that footage anymore?

Nope.

Unless he's a scuba diver.

Hey, Crystal, stop, hold on.

I gotta talk to you about something important.

What?

Um...

Who's that boy I saw you talkin' with at school today?

What? Oh, that was Tony.

Yeah, is Tony a slicker?

What?

JIM: Does Tony think he's real slick?

I don't know.

Look, I got nothing against the guy.

I just think maybe we don't hang out

with Tony too much anymore, OK?

Why? It's just Tony.

Look, please just listen to me.

I know what I'm talkin' about, honey.

You give a mouse a cookie... Hey, I love you!

I'll see you on Monday!

(CAR DOOR SLAMS NEARBY)

(APPROACHING FOOTFALL)

(CAR DOOR SLAMS)

Jimmy, Roz tell you about us maybe keeping Crystal?

(WINDOW HUMMING)

Lord, thank you for this food

and for watching over our boys in their work.

Please continue to watch over our family and our friends

in their time of need.

We ask all this in Jesus' name, amen.

OTHERS: Amen.

Amen, Celia, that was really beautiful.

Thank you for saying that.

Oh, thank you for joining our family.

You always have a spot at this table.

Tell another story about Dad.

Hey, Jay, man, let him eat.

Probably know all the good ones,

ones that got him decorated.

You lookin' for more funny ones there, Ryan?

- Yeah. - Yeah?

You know the one about the breaking and entering

about a year ago?

No.

Dad and I got a call, and it was a breaking and entering

at this house by the interstate.

It was actually one of the first calls we got, right?

Yeah, drive there, pull up.

All the neighbors are out on the front lawn.

Dad stays outside, I go inside.

It's every sign of a robbery.

Front door's open, furniture's flipped,

all these cabinets are open.

There's nobody there, I clear the house.

I come back outside.

Your dad's still talkin' to the neighbor.

I guess they went to high school together.

You went to Jesuit, is that right?

Yeah, small town.

Anyway, I come up, your dad's saying,

"Hey, brother, you got a card on you?"

He goes, "Yeah," and he reaches into his pocket.

When he pulls his hand out,

his watch catches on all these gold necklaces,

and they fall out on the sidewalk,

and we both pull guns on him, didn't we?

We did! (LAUGHTER)

Now that shit's funny!

I don't get it.

Dad went to help somebody and it turns out

that they were the ones who had stolen from the house.

Ooooooh!

How come you couldn't tell?

'Cause sometimes your father only sees the good in people.

(FLATWARE SCRAPPING ON PLATES)

So, Celia, I saw those pictures

of y'all at the farmers' market.

Those were really beautiful.

Thank you, Nate took those on his phone,

but they turned out great, right?

They did!

How did you guys even hear

that there was a farmers' market uptown?

Oh, um, I don't even know.

It was on a sign or someone... I forget.

Do you remember?

Nope.

Yeah, is there like a website or like a chatroom

that'll fill me in on stuff that's happening around town?

I always see this stuff late,

and it looks like stuff that we really would've loved to do.

I don't know; it's a good idea.

I can certainly send you some stuff...

I would love that, honestly, really.

- And anything really. - OK.

I'm just lookin' for fun kinda family-style activities,

a frameable moment, you know what I mean?

I do.

Um, we can all go together next time.

You can borrow our photographer.

(CHUCKLING)

I'd like that, and hell, I'll trade ya.

You can have the recipe for my potato salad,

if that's even something you guys would like.

(DAUGHTER CHORTLES)

(INTENSE MUSIC)

(SCREAMING) (GLASS SHATTERING)

I need you to step away from that door

and throw that fucking weapon down!

NATE: Put the weapon down, sir!

JIM: Put the weapon down!

Dude, do not go back! (NATE YELLING)

Do not go back! Shit!

Come back with hands up, come back out of the curtains, sir!

(MAN YELLING)

Sir! Come back out and talk to us, sir.

We're here to help you! (MAN YELLING)

Sir, we just wanna have a conversation.

Would you put the knife down.

I-I just went to the bathroom!

I need you to leave. (WOMAN WHIMPERING)

- Ma'am, I need you to go. - Now?

- I need, now, now! - Go now?

Come now, come now, go!

JIM: Sir, you put that weapon down and come out here,

we'll all be leaving here on two feet.

You understand me?

(MAN YELLING)

(INTENSE MUSIC) (MAN YELLING)

Super gritty.

Yeah, big time.

Sir, I need you to come out with your hands up

and nothing in them.

Otherwise, I can't ensure your safety.

Sir, can you hear me?

Sir, I need an auditory response!

(INTENSE MUSIC)

I got him. (WATER RUNNING)

Nate, I got him, he's down.

Code four, he's out, I got him.

He's drunk.

Wait.

Wait.

(NATE GROWLS)

- Sorry. - NATE: Come on!

Call it in...

NATE: Call for downtown unit, 11:39.

Call a bus!

NATE: Corporation Bar and Grill,

we need an ambulance ASAP.

Victim is, uh, bleeding.

He's got a self-inflicted knife wound.

57 East Fifth Street, an ambulance ASAP.

(WATER RUNNING)

(RHYTHMIC THUMPING)

(FOOTFALL APPROACHING)

(DOOR HINGES SQUEAK)

Mr. Z.

Mr. Arnaud, thank you so much for coming in.

Thank you for having me.

Officer Arnaud!

- I'm so sorry! - Totally fine.

Did I miss Crystal and Roz?

Uh, no, I don't know.

I don't think they're comin' in tonight.

Oh.

But you're here, that's what's important.

- Yeah, while I have you, - Yeah.

I wanted to let you know

that I'm gonna be the point person

for Crystal's education in the coming years,

just so you can pass that on to the administration.

OK, I will, thank you.

Shall we sit?

Sure.

(JIM GROANS)

Is everything all right?

Oh, I'm fine. I'm workin'.

See me wrestling an alligator, help... How are you?

I'm great, I'm great, yeah.

The kids are really good this year.

Good, except for Crystal.

(CHUCKLING)

No, no not at all, I wouldn't say that.

I mean, they're kids, right?

They're kids, obviously they're all gonna be different.

And you're saying it's her classwork

she's not excelling at, is that right?

It's more her performance in class.

She can be kind of strident with some of the other kids,

and we just wanted to get you in and talk about it.

I see.

So you're gonna have to tell me what strident means.

I went to LSU.

Actually, they said they had to stop making ice over there

'cause the student with the recipe graduated.

Oh, yeah. (JIM SCOFFS)

Uh, Crystal is disruptive,

and she won't listen to me or her other teachers.

I see, I'm sorry to hear that.

Look, I mean, I have trouble with her listening, too.

Straight up, I'm the first to admit it.

Um...

I don't know how much you know,

kind of about what my family's goin' through right now?

- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah.

And, look, I'm just the messenger here,

but we do have to think about what's best for all the kids.

Sure.

And so we think it might just be a simple solution

of moving her to another homeroom,

and then observing how she gets along.

Yeah, see, the problem with that is,

her little friend Caroline's in this class,

and we think that might be the only thing

that's keeping her straight.

Yeah, actually, we already had to separate them

'cause they were talkin' too much.

So if we move her out,

they're not gonna miss each other at all.

Oh.

See, I didn't know that.

I get it.

You know, when kids are outside of the home,

the parents can't see how they're behaving.

So this can be surprising.

Oh, she's misbehaving?

Well, she used expletives

against some of the other students,

and she taught them what they meant, yeah.

All right.

What kind of expletives are we talkin' about here?

Primarily the one where someone pleases a gentleman

with their mouth.

Yep.

And then there was another one where,

in an LGBT relationship,

or I guess really in any relationship and there's a man

and then someone else standing behind that man,

and then they, uh, they...

The one behind uses their hand to reach around to,

- well, it's a reach-around. - I see.

Is what it is, she called my classwork a reach-around.

- I am so sorry to hear that. - Mm-hmm.

I'm certain that couldn't be further from the truth.

You clearly run a tight ship.

I do!

Let's not, let me first clarify for you

that she's getting that language

at her mother's house and not from me.

Mm-hmm, understood.

Look, you can't blame Crystal for this kinda stuff.

Even with the homework thing,

she gets an assignment on a Monday.

She does it, but she leaves it at her mom's house.

I have her for the next few days.

She doesn't get to you for a week,

- sometimes weeks at a time. - Right.

She gets demerits on it.

That's the problem of living between two homes.

Don't blame her for that, that's on us.

She's a good student.

Well, she's also been exhibiting

some pretty serious reading difficulties.

(SIGHS) Well, now, that she would've gotten from me.

(LOUD BANG)

- I'm sorry. - Mr. Ar...

You gotta give me a minute, I'm so sorry.

I'm gonna have to hold onto this desk for a minute.

- Please. - You gotta stop.

You never wanna hear that.

You never wanna hear you passed on something terrible

to a child. (BREATHES HEAVILY)

Sorry, I'm gonna have to walk around for a second.

- Mr. Arnaud? - You gotta stop that!

You gotta stop talkin' to me, man, shithead.

I didn't mean to call you that.

I'm sorry, that just came out,

and now you think I'm probably the bad parent

'cause I cursed in front of you.

This whole thing was about her cursing.

We danced around it for like five minutes.

This is a fucking nightmare.

- No, no, c'mon... - Here I am! I cursed again!

Let's calm down, let's calm down.

Give me a demerit, see if I give a shit, I don't care.

Dude, I will hum this desk across the room so fast.

I prefer you don't; that's Crystal's desk.

Put the desk down.

Please!

Stuff on the floor.

Crystal is temporarily a problem child.

She's not the worst.

She's certainly not gonna be the last.

We just needed to get you in here

so we could form a united front

against the problematic behavior.

- And I think that's great. - Great.

Thank you for coming in.

- Thank you for having me. - OK.

If you have any other questions,

you can feel free to reach out,

and I'm gonna probably send

some reading comprehension lessons home as a PDF tonight.

I'm goin' through a divorce.

I understand.

It's an emotional time for everybody.

(RHYTHMIC SCRATCHING)

(CARS DRIVING PAST IN DISTANCE)

We good?

Yeah, we're good.

(DARK DRAMATIC MUSIC)

- Thank you. - Take care.

(DARK DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(FAST FOOTFALL APPROACHING)

Sorry I'm late, Jim Arnaud.

Yes, Donna.

- Hi. - Hi, nice to meet you.

- Please, slide in. - Thank you, thank you.

Whoo, you're gonna be fine.

Glad you wore the uniform, that'll do us good.

Now, remind me what this is. (BREATHING HEAVILY)

It's divorce proceedings.

Oh! I know, I know, OK.

Uh, any verbal abuse, any trauma, any history?

No, she just stopped loving me.

We have a daughter together.

OK, and we are arguing for joint custody.

You don't want to fight for sole custody?

Oh, I don't think so.

Why not?

Uh, I think she should have her mom.

Huh.

Huh.

What's up?

McCarthy's tough.

He's gonna be difficult, he's an asshole.

You don't say anything you don't have to.

It's best that I take care of everything.

That's right.

BAILIFF: All rise!

The Honorable John Aldredge McCarthy.

Arnaud v. Arnaud.

Defense?

Your honor, Mrs. Arnaud,

who filed the suit, is not with us today,

is asking for half her husband's salary and pension

along with complete custody of the couple's daughter Crystal

which we're arguing is gross overreaction to circumstances

and superficial testimony.

OK, let's get the father up here.

So, I... He asked, he asked for me, so now I go up?

- Yes, you need to go up. - So now I go up.

How are you, your honor?

How are you, officer?

JIM: I'm doin' just fine, I'm here for my daughter today.

You have a good job, clearly.

JIM: I do indeed.

And you're decorated!

JIM: I am, your honor.

JUDGE: Any strikes on your record?

None.

I'm here fightin' for my daughter today.

I'd like to continue joint custody with my wife,

which is what we've done for the last year,

since everything.

I have no problem with the way that she raises our child.

I'm a good police officer.

JUDGE: And your wife has never given you

cause for concern with her child rearing?

I... That's not, no, short answer.

I see no problem with the way that Roz raises Crystal.

She has many problems of her own.

We have a very separate take on how we raise our child

from our problems with each other.

We have a united front against her problematic behavior,

and Roz is working on her issues right now.

I've been assured, and I'm certain that she is.

JUDGE: The court has testimony

that you practiced reckless or violent behavior,

a public event, a funeral this month.

Any of that hold water?

I wasn't violent.

I wasn't violent.

I was upset for sure, I lost somebody I loved,

but I wasn't violent.

And actually everybody I've been speaking to

say that's pretty normal when you find out

what losing somebody in your life means. (CHUCKLES)

I hope that when you're lookin' at the coffin

of somebody you love,

you act with a little more grace than I did. (CHUCKLES)

Is that a threat?

Absolutely not.

No, I'm sorry, let's go back.

I didn't mean for it to come out that way.

Why don't you go back and sit down with your counsel.

I'm so sorry. No! Let's go...

That's, I didn't mean it like that.

I don't have to go back and...

That's, let's just have a conversation.

That's why I came up here in the first place.

You're on one side of the law, I'm on the other.

I thought we were gonna have a heart-to-heart

or somethin' like that.

Why don't you go sit back down with your counsel.

'Cause now I'm scared I'm gonna lose my daughter

'cause I said somethin' stupid to the judge.

(BAILIFF SIGHS)

Thank you so much, your honor.

Why did you let me do that?

- Why did you let me do that? - Don't, don't, don't.

- Why did you let me do that? - Don't, don't, don't.

What did I do wrong? (CHRIS MUMBLING)

The fuck off, Chris.

Don't show any emotion.

You just stand up, leave, go home,

and we will go back to my offices in the morning,

and we will file a motion for a continuation.

So what does that mean, we lost?

That means we lost today. (JIM SIGHS HEAVILY)

No, listen, no, because we're gonna file a motion for...

JUDGE: I think we can reach a tentative ruling.

We have an exhibit I am told we are not to miss!

Clerk, please, the exhibit.

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

Fuck!

(GROANS)

NATE: Jim!

What happened?

NATE: What do you mean, what happened?

What happened? They had the footage at the courtroom!

What happened with what?

I thought you took care of it!

What? What?

I thoughtyou took care of it!

They had the fucking footage in the courtroom!

I-I-I-I did! I threw it in the fuckin' lake!

Or, he musta got, it's, it's up in the cloud!

What? No, they had it in the fuckin' ourtroom!

The cloud? What're you talkin' about, asshole!

What're you talkin' about? I did...

- They fuckin' had the thing... - I did my job! I tried!

(BOTH YELLING EXCITEDLY)

I paid your fucki' fancy lawyer...

Calm down, man, that's not necessary!

- You don't have to... - I had to fuckin'

pay for your fuckin' lawyer, asshole!

- Don't you fuckin' hit me! - You fuckin' ass...

- Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! - NATE: Stay down!

- Stay down! Stop! - Ow! The fuck!

You ripped my pants!

NATE: You fuckin' hit me!

You ripped my pants, asshole!

You punched me in the face!

You slapped in in the fuckin' face!

- Fuck you! - Fuck you!

You ripped my fuckin' pnts! You ruined my life!

- I never ruined your life! - You ruined my...

I saw that goddamned video!

Who dances at a fuckin' funeral!

In my culture, we do that! That's our...

That's not your fuckin' culture!

- Fuck you! - Don't put this shit on me!

I spent all this money on your fuckin' lawyer,

and I lost, asshole!

I've always been a good friend to you,

- You ruined my life! - You sad son of a bitch!

JIM: You ruined my fuckin' life!

NATE: I'll tell the rest of these mother fuckers about...

- You have a nice family! - CAPTAIN: Jimmy.

- You don't have problems! - CAPTAIN: Jimmy.

- Yes, I do! - No, you don't!

Yes, I do!

James Edward!

What!

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

It's fine.

It's all right.

I'm putting it away.

CAPTAIN: Put the gun down now!

No, it's really fine.

I'm just glad he put it away in time.

It's not fine.

You put the gun down, you put the badge down.

That's quite enough out of you!

Oh, what, am I fired?

CAPTAIN: Yes.

Why, 'cause of this?

This is nothing!

This guy is my brother, this guy's...

Oh, all right.

Yeah, that's fine.

I don't fuckin' care, that's fine.

I don't wanna fuckin' work here anyway.

Y'all can take my shit.

You think I give a shit?

I had to watch a guy fall on his fuckin' knife last week!

You think I need that shit right now?

CAPTAIN: You're a bad influence.

I'm a bad influence?

I'm the most decorated motherfucker out here!

I'm a bad influence.

Think I give a shit?

They don't know, they don't know.

They don't know! They don't know!

They don't know.

You want me to talk?

Yeah, I'll talk.

Ask me to talk, fuck, I'll talk all day, the day I'm havin'.

Yeah, you don't want me to talk.

I got dirt on all a y'all!

Shit!

Fuck!

I'll be out here, try gettin' off duty!

I will ruin the parking lot experience for all of you!

I'll talk all night, right here, motherfuckers.

I'll start with myself.

My wife left me a year and a half ago.

There, laugh it up!

Does that change anything?

No!

Am I cured? 'Course not!

Talkin' about your problems never helped anybody ever!

I slept in my car!

Right here, three weeks!

Jerry saw it, isn't that right, Jerry?

JERRY: Yeah, I brought you breakfast.

Thank you so much for doing that, Jerry.

That meant a lot back then. (CRYING)

But fuck you right now.

CAPTAIN: You're drunk!

I'm not drunk; I'm angry.

I realize that, I'll calm...

No! I won't calm down!

I lost my daughter today! (CRYING)

And I did everything right!

She was comin'!

I got married, man, my whole family was there!

It was beautiful!

I haven't had a good night's sleep since 2009

because of this shit!

Fuck! For what!

So I could impress you overweight assholes!

I gave up my fuckin' family!

Why? For decorations?

For armed marksman!

You think I give a shit about armed marksman!

Clara! Fuck you.

CAPTAIN: And the rest of it!

What? You want my pants, too!

Fine!

Fuck you, you can keep 'em, I don't care.

You can't hurt me!

You think you're fuckin' hurtin' me?

I found out she lost her boyfriend in Vietnam!

I never asked her about it!

(CRYING) Why?

I never made the time.

I was selfish. (SOBBING)

This is what you get! (SPITS EMPHATICALLY)

I'm walkin' home.

I hope they take my house.

Now I really have nothin'.

I really have nothin'.

I hope I get hit by a truck full of fuckin' cement.

(SHUFFLING FOOTFALL)

(MOROSE CELLO MUSIC)

(GRUNTING)

Jimmy!

JIM: Brother Nathaniel!

(FOOTFALL APPROACHING)

(DOOR CREAKING)

You ready to lose some money?

Didn't go so well.

Didn't go so well, huh?

Judge was not a nice guy.

NATE: Yeah, that happens, man.

I'm sorry if I committed a hate crime against you.

Yeah, I... I forgive you.

Hey, why don't you come on downstairs,

and we play some cards?

I don't know what I'm doing anymore.

Cleanin' the house, the vacuum cleaner stopped workin'.

I turned it over, and it was all caught up in her hair.

(SOBBING) It was perfect.

Looked just like the top of her little head.

I kissed it.

I kissed the vacuum cleaner.

I was lookin' into getting an above-ground pool

for the backyard.

I went down to the showroom.

This guy Ray-ray showed me around.

I thought they'd be expensive.

They're pretty reasonable, actually.

I was hoping we could've been

one of the cool kids in high school.

They'd all come over here and cut up.

I'd stay out of the way.

They'd all be out there at night.

I'd let 'em think they were gettin' away with murder,

but I'd be the one to call all the parents and say,

"Yeah, they're here, and yeah, they're drinkin',

"but they're safe; I'm keepin' an eye on 'em."

I don't know what I'm doin' anymore, man. (CRYING)

CELIA OVER PHONE: Hey, is he there? Is he hurt?

No, no, no, no, he's uh... he's fine.

Listen, I...

I need you to come get me from Jim's in a couple of hours.

- Can you do that? - CELIA: (scoffs) Really? OK.

Great, all right.

Hey...

I love you.

I love you so much (SOBS), we're so lucky.

CELIA: Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.

- Yeah, all right, I love you. - CELIA: I love you.

Hey!

What happened to the fridge?

Um, yeah.

There was a fist fight.

I thought it was a burglar.

OK.

Wait, are we still goin' to dinner?

Nope, we're doin' this.

NATE: Two.

I don't even know where that one went!

She was doin' this thing.

She was selling medical equipment online.

I think she went to Cincinnati, and she texted me once.

I was here, and she said, "Hey, you wanna make out?"

And I think she was drunk,

or at least she said she was drunk.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

JIM VOICEOVER: But from the beginning,

I thought she must be texting somebody else

and accidentally texted me.

JIM: Hey, asshole.

JIM VOICEOVER: And I called her out on it,

and I spent the week in a motel.

- Hmmm? - NATE: No, no, no, not yet.

I'm fuckin' Babe Ruth!

NATE: Well, then, you fuckin' better...

(LAUGHING)

NATE VOICEOVER: Woo-hee!

JIM VOICEOVER: Hit me again.

I can, I can fix that for you.

Lemme see.

NATE: I mean, we got this thing a couple years ago.

It's a piece of shit.

- Lemme see. - NATE: Whatever.

Yeah, look, these are all done up for knuckles

so you can put your hands down like that.

So you gotta make sure that when you're doin' it,

it's like exactly for the palm of the hand

so that it fits perfectly in.

They say a stitch in time saves nine.

So you do it once right,

you don't have to do it nine times in the future.

Sounds good to me.

Thanks for comin' over, man.

NATE: Glad to do it, man.

That's what I'm here for.

(CRICKETS AND CICADAS CHIRPING)

(WATER SHOOTING FROM SPRINKLER)

Oh! (GRUNTS) Stop!

(KNOCKING)

Hey, oh my god!

You guys got so big!

How's it goin'?

KIDS TOGETHER: Good.

You mom home?

KIDS TOGETHER: Yes.

All right.

Gimme one of these. (SLAPS)

Oh, hey, man! (BOY CHUCKLING)

Take it easy, you'll break my hand.

What, are you Hulk Hogan? (BOY CHUCKLES)

Get outta here. (RAPID FOOTFALL)

(CHILDREN GIGGLING)

- Hey, Jimmy. - JIM: Hey, Morgan.

How are you?

How was your drive?

Oh, it was fine.

Yeah, it's two hours.

It's uh, I can do it in one sitting.

Well, come on in.

Can I get you somethin'?

Ah, I'm fine.

Actually, a big glass of water would be great.

Sure.

So it's all settled?

How was it?

It was tough. (WATER RUNNING)

A lot of people were there.

Everybody's asking for ya.

Not like they were bein' rude.

They just missed seeing you and Jeff and the kids.

They've grown up.

They have. I heard that would happen.

With Peyton, he's at practice,

I just wanna put a brick on his head

and keep him at the same size forever.

It's a good age.

So you got your appeal coming up?

That's good news.

Yeah, my attorney has it all figured out.

She wants me to attack Roz's character moving forward,

problems with everything.

I've been forthwith with you about all that.

I don't want to make her out to be some kind of a...

A B-word in front of a judge,

but now they're thinkin' I shoulda just been honest,

that my wife, in fact, in this case, specifically,

is probably the biggest one of them all.

Thank you so much.

So we're just doin' that until the fifth,

tweakin' it everyday, makin' it perfect.

I'm takin' some time off.

Captain's asked me to, um...

Uh...

It's a mess, Morgan.

The whole thing's a mess.

Did you hear about

when Mom had to back out of the conservatory?

What's that? No.

Mom had her knee happen earlier in the year,

and Brittany Ray had just taken over at the ballet or,

or I think it was around then,

that they had come to her to do Swan Lake.

And she'd done it in the '90s.

Actually, I think it was seein' that show

that made her want to be a dancer.

Pawpaw took her; she was just a kid.

(SIGHS) Anyhow, they wanted her for it.

For Odette, the princess role?

And it was just for the Tulane Conservatory, you know.

It was no big deal or nothin',

but she went through three rounds of callbacks

before she finally admitted that she had had the surgery,

and that workin' so hard and doing those rehearsals

was the real reason that she ruined her knee.

She couldn't do it anymore.

That's why she taught from the chair.

When was that?

(SIGHS) Would've been after the storm, 2006, 2007.

I have no memory of that.

Where wa... Was I at the academy?

Oh, she never told anybody.

I had to hear about it from Brittany last week. (SCOFFS)

I mean, can you imagine?

She was driving an hour every night to kill her knee

because she couldn't admit to anyone

that she wasn't up to it.

God, she was sneaky like that.

That's how we lost her.

Anyway.

What was it like growin' up with her as a mom?

As a daughter, I mean.

You feel like, as a girl, growin' up with a mom was enough?

It was fine.

(SCOFFS) Everybody wants two parents.

I got no more tears for that, hardly.

You two didn't have the pressure to be successful.

Y'all were already doing well,

and I know we talked about this at the barbecue,

but I just never got the feeling

that she ever really approved of me.

Yeah, yeah, I remember hearing you say that.

Remember drivin' home and I was thinkin' about...

What that would look like,

a parent who doesn't approve of their child, but...

I mean, she never acted like to you.

So I don't know where that comes from.

I mean, Jeff and I started so quick,

and she was there to help with the boys and everything,

but she didn't come to half the birthday parties

that she did for Crystal.

Oh, don't, I mean, y'all live out here.

Well, I woulda gone and picked her up.

(SIGHS) We built that room for her at the top of the stairs,

and she only used it but the one time.

She gave you Mawmaw's earrings,

and you can't even wear 'em.

I don't know. (SNIFFLING)

You got money?

What?

Oh, yeah, no, that's...

Go on with what you were sayin'.

I can't do this right now. (SNIFFLING)

I got this stupid meeting in an hour,

and I gotta get ready for it.

I'm gonna get all worked up. (SIGHS HEAVILY)

I've caught you at a bad time.

No, uh, stay and we'll have dinner later,

and I just got a bunch of breakfast stuff for tomorrow.

It's fine.

I just wanted to see you and let you know how I was doin'.

Jimmy, stay!

You wouldn't have driven all the way out here

if you weren't gonna stay.

You woulda called.

That's all right, I'll call next time.

Jimmy, don't be difficult.

That's my middle name, isn't it?

Let's do that phone call sometime soon.

I'm lookin' forward to it.

Yeah, that'd be nice.

You want a to go cup?

(WATER SLOSHING)

(TRAIN WHISTLING IN DISTANCE)

(FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING IN GRASS)

Hey, Mom, this is stupid.

(CARS RUMBLING BY)

So, yeah, so I lost Crystal,

and I don't know what to do,

and I wish you were here to tell me.

Sometimes I'm actually glad you're not

'cause you'd be ashamed of me.

I get it.

I guess I'm lucky.

But I did everything that I could,

and I had to sell the dance academy to pay for the lawyers,

and I lost, (SOBBING) I'm sorry.

I wish I could go back.

I'd a done it different, I'd a listened to ya.

Your headstone looks beautiful, by the way. (CRYING)

A lot of these are pretty tacky (SNIFFS) yeah.

Yours is nice; it just says "Mother" on it.

I thought it was gonna be spooky out here.

It's not bad. I'll come back.

Hate to think you're lonely.

Anyway.

If you're tryin' to help me, you don't have to anymore.

Help Morgan if you can.

(CAR ENGINE HUMMING)

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

(SIREN WAILS BRIEFLY)

(OFFICER MUTTERING)

JIM: What's goin' on? I'm sober!

Hey, it's me!

I'm sober!

I'm sober, what's goin' on?

DOUG: Pick up your phone.

JIM: What?

DOUG: Your phone! Pick up your phone.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

JIM: What's goin' on? I've been drinkin'.

DOUG: They're tryin' to call you.

JIM: I'm locked, I'm locked out.

I locked myself out of my car, I guess.

What's goin' on?

DOUG: I don't... They just sent me to...

JIM: Oh, you don't know!

- Fuckin' find out! - DOUG: OK.

Why would you pull me over if you don't know!

- DOUG: OK, I call it... - What's goin' on?

- Why do they need me? - DOUG: I'll call it in!

Goddamn! Is my house?

What's your name again, Doug?

Fuck, Doug!

Goddamn!

Goddamn!

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

(HARD THUMP) Ow! (HARD THUMP) Ow! (HARD THUMP) Ow!

Fuck! You got a stick?

Hey! (SNAPS FINGERS) You got a stick?

DOUG: Yep.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

How do I, how do I, all right.

Does it have a little coop on it?

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Goddamn it.

Fuck me. (BREATHING HEAVILY)

It's dead, it's dead.

The battery life on these fuckin' things.

270 Winthrop?

That's my wife's house, 270?

That's my wife's house.

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

(BRAKES SQUEAL)

JIM: What happened? What happened?

- NATE: She's fine. - JIM: What happened?

Honey, what happened?

She's just fine, she's OK.

JIM: What happened?

Are you OK? What happened?

What happened?

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

(JIM BREATHING HEAVILY)

She have to see any of that?

She's the one that called it in.

You did great, honey.

You did great, honey, you did so good.

(CRYSTAL SOBBING)

Go with Uncle Nate.

You gotta go with Uncle Nate, honey.

I'm sorry, but you coulda called me.

You coulda called me, honey. (CRYSTAL CRYING)

NATE: It's OK. (police radio chattering)

Why didn't she call me?

(FLOORBOARDS CREAKING UNDERFOOT)

Yeah.

Sad.

(SIGHS)

I will never forgive you for this.

I've hated your for a long time,

but it was nothin' like this.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

You were a wonderful mother,

and you were so beautiful,

and you let everything get in the way.

So...

This is from me and Crystal.

And this is from Crystal's future husband and my mom.

(FORCEFUL PUNCH)

You good?

I'm good.

She's in the bus right now with Sharon.

I got someone headed to pick up your car.

You got keys?

Uh, here.

Captain's on the phone right now

with CPS about your character.

I think you got her.

They're calling it non-pursuable jurisdiction.

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

Oh, we've got people lookin' for Chris.

Yeah, find him; you don't want me to.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTERING)

(JIM CRYING)

NATE: It's fine, it's fine.

It's fine, it's OK.

It's just the neighborhood.

(POLICE RADIOS CHATTERING)

Hey, honey.

Yeah, come over here, it's fine.

It's fine, honey.

CRYSTAL: She wouldn't wake up.

I know, honey, (CRYING) I'm so sorry.

Let me talk to you for a second.

I gotta talk to you about somethin' important.

You gotta listen for a second.

Did Mom ever talk to you about Grandma?

CRYSTAL: No.

Yeah.

(CRYSTAL SNIFFLES)

Well, look. (SNIFFS)

Just because somebody leaves,

just because somebody chooses to leave,

that doesn't mean they didn't wanna be here with you.

It means they had a hard time of things.

A lot for some people.

That's not gonna be us.

And you and I are gonna have a hard time for a long while.

Might even have to go and talk to some people,

but before you know it, everything will be back to normal.

And I'm gonna be the best dad ever, you understand?

I gotta get you out a here.

It's a dead end living here.

Move to a city.

Pack up the house and go tonight if we have to.

(SOBS) Oh God, it's the song.

(SNIFFING)

Sorry, honey.

Daddy's realizing he's had this conversation before.

I was about your age.

How'd she say it?

I can't make you leave.

You gotta want more for yourself.

I can't promise you

it's not gonna get much better living here.

What do you say?

You wanna hop in the car with me?

You wanna runaway together?

Yeah. (SNIFFS)

JIM: Yeah?

Yeah, OK.

All right.

All right, I'm gonna take you home.

Actually, I can't take you home.

Hold on, wait for a second.

Hey, Nate! My house.

Yeah, what?

JIM: My house.

Yeah, yeah, I'm on it.

I'm... I'm on it.

(TENDER GUITAR AND STRING MUSIC)

This is gonna be so lame.

No it's not, honey, you're gonna love it.

Put your shawl on.

Why do I have to wear a shawl?

'Cause that's what girls do when they go to the ballet.

Don't complain; stop being a little Grinch.

Gimme that.

Oh, my god!

(APPLAUSE)

(TENDER GUITAR AND VIOLIN MUSIC)

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