Promised Land (2012) - full transcript

Thank you.

Can I get either of you
gentlemen anything else?

You want another drink?

No, I'm fine, thanks.

We'll take another bottle
of the Château Margaux.

You'll be fine.

Listen, I'm sorry
Michael isn't here yet.

His plane got delayed
getting into Teterboro.

Oh, that's fine.
It's fine.

He likes to meet all
the executive candidates.

It's kind of a tradition
or a neurosis.



It's nice of him, though.

It is actually. Until
he does his one joke.

"I thought you said
he wasn't handsome."

That's an oldie
but a goodie, I guess.

So what time you
heading out tomorrow?

Well, actually,
Sue's up there now.

I was gonna get
the last bus tonight

and get an early start
tomorrow morning.

You know, when we called
the office out west,

you were the only
name they gave us.

That's nice of 'em.

Listen, Steve, we're a nine
billion dollar company. Yeah.

Someone's recommending you,
it's not nice, it's numbers.

I appreciate that.



Now let me
ask you something.

You guys have
closed more towns

than the team behind you
by almost triple digits.

But the price point that
we pay out on your leases

is half of everyone else's.
How do you do that?

Well, I'm
from Eldridge, Iowa.

Meaning?

It might as well be
Rifle, Colorado,

Dish, Texas
or Lafayette, Louisiana.

Any of these
towns we've sold.

I know them,
they know me.

Well, unfortunately, the rest of our
road teams don't find it quite so easy.

I grew up in a large
farming community.

Football Fridays, tractor
pulls, cow tipping, all of it.

I mean, I'm one of two guys in my
graduating class who went to college

and studied something
other than agriculture.

It's the biggest fight my
grandfather and I ever had.

Just the pride, I guess.

No. It's delusional self mythology.
It's bullshit.

We had a Caterpillar plant down
in Davenport a few miles away.

They closed that down
my junior year.

I didn't think
anything of it.

By the time my senior
prom rolled around

I got to see, first hand, just how
little legs we had to stand on.

I mean, the whole farming town
fantasy was just shattered.

The truth was,
without the plant,

without the industry,
we had nothing.

And my whole town was...

I'm not selling them
natural gas.

I'm selling them the only
way they have to get back.

Best of luck, Steve.

Is this the guy? I thought
you said he wasn't handsome!

Sorry I'm late.

Had to stop at home
on my way down.

My daughter,
it's her birthday today.

She's turning 13 already.
I can't believe it.

Thank you.

Good morning, boss.

Oh, stop it.

Am I supposed to
call you "boss" now?

They'll let me know.

That's the best
you could do?

No. But I wasn't looking
for the best, was I?

You know what I mean.

Stick.

You do it on purpose.

You're right, I do.

Mmm-hmm.
And was it worth it?

Suck it!

"Rob's Guns, Groceries,
Guitars and Gas."

God, I wish
I'd thought of that.

So where'd they put you up?
The Sheraton?

Oh, Four Seasons.

What?
Mmm-hmm.

Jesus!
Yup!

And I was right, this is the
entry point for the whole state.

Well, I like that.
It's like dominoes.

Yeah. It is.

Hey, what season is it? Is this...
They still wearing flannel up here?

Place like this,
they always do flannel.

Yeah, or came.

lam not wearing camo.

You need work gloves?

I never use them.

That's a yes.

Okay, you 'bout ready?
Yep.

Hey... Boots!

Huh? No. I'm not going
over this with you again.

These were my grandfather's boots,
and they're made in America.

Yeah, like in 1947!

Yeah, they're
an heirloom.

Oh, my God! They
weren't kidding about the guitars.

I guess you're not here
to buy a guitar.

You're the natural gas people.

I'm sorry?

Apologizing right off
the bat, I like it.

It's endearing and vulnerable
and yet honest and direct.

Your ID card, it's kind
of a dead giveaway.

It's about time
you all showed up.

Yeah?
Well, hell yeah.

We can't sell
the scenery, can we?

Oh, that's good.

You wanna come
work for us?

What, and leave all this?

Cash only.

Really?
No.

Shut it.

Oh, go ahead. If you
have to, go ahead.

No, I'm just... I just think it's
great that you're making friends.

Now shut up.

I can't believe this is right outside the city.
It looks like Kentucky.

Two hours outside any city looks like Kentucky.
You should know that.

Something weird
about those horses?

No. Not really.

Wait. Are they small?

They seem very small. They
seem small to you, right?

My eyesight's going-

Maybe they're ponies?
Those are not ponies.

Remember, new region, so we
can go as high as 5,000 and 18%.

Don't ponies have big heads?
I mean, like, proportionally?

Hello, there.

Are you the owner
of this place?

No, sir.

No? Well, how come you're
doing all the work?

I don't know.

Well, who do I
talk to about that?

My dad.
Your dad. Okay.

I'm gonna find your dad, I'm
gonna straighten all this out.

Oh. Oh, hi. I thought
the census was over.

No, I'm with the
natural gas company.

You got a second? Oh, hell!
Why didn't you say so?

Come on in.

You been shopping?

Sorry?
I said, you been...

Here, you got a tag.

Huh? Oh.
There you go.

Oh. Well, so much
for trying to look local.

Nice boots.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir. That
is some wild color, right?

Is that Thor?
Iron Man.

Let me see.
Oh, yeah.

God, it's nice.
Can I have that?

My kid would really like that.

I'm kidding.

Reading this mornin' about all the
gas drillin' in Pennsylvania.

"Stanton Gas."
That you guys?

Oh, no, I'm representing Global Crosspower Solutions.
But there's a bunch of us.

Well, you're
probably the best.

Hey, you wanna
come work for us?

Even before the drilling, the
initial phase of development

will boost your
town's tax revenue.

That means that money will be
injected into your town immediately.

Here's what
it means to me.

One of the only reasons
I live where I live

is because of the school
my son goes to.

I want everything for him.

And everything, to me,
starts with an education.

So our leases
start at $2,000.

That's it?

That's right.

Well, that's not necessarily
life-changing money, is it?

Well, it's per acre.
Uh-huh.

You have 20. So...

I think there are a lot
of people around here

who would say $40,000, well,
that's pretty good money.

Especially for
doing nothing.

But the real reason
I'm here at this early stage

is because our research shows
that your particular plot of land

has a potentially
high yield.

Now what that means is that not
only the size of the deposit,

but actually, the quality of
the shale is in the top tier.

Yeah.

Carson's chances of going
to college are too low.

And without
a college education,

in this job market,
that means manual labor.

And those jobs are gone.

Technology is
our sons' future.

There's no reason
your town

shouldn't have a
state-of-the-art high school.

Get an education that allows him
to compete at the highest level.

And that's why we offer an 8%
share in any and all profits

that we see
from your well.

So with this
top tier level shit,

what kinda money
are you talkin' about?

Oh, I can't say yet... At
least ballpark it for me.

I mean, other people
in similar situations.

Millions.

I mean, you mean per...
You know, you guys or...

You...

Could be a millionaire.

I'll show you what a standard
lease agreement looks like.

That's it right there.

Nice job today.

Kind of anticlimactic. I
thought it would be harder.

It's too easy.

What?

I got it.

Really?

VP of Land Management.

Well, that's great!

I'm proud of ya.

Holy shit.

Danny, I don't know
what to say.

A no-hitter.

It was only two innings.

Did anybody get on base?

No.

Well, then that makes it
almost a perfect game!

That is amazing!

It's not the whole
game, Mom.

Okay, well, you should... Still,
you should be celebrating.

You shouldn't be sitting
here talking to me.

Hey, MS. T!

Hi, Colin.

So where are
you guys headed?

I don't know. Sarah Dayton's
having a party, I think.

You look nice.
Okay.

I love you so much.

Okay, Mom.
Okay.

Go.

Hey!

Mr. Richards.
Hi, Steve Butler.

Steve, it's a pleasure.
Nice to meet you.

And call me Gerry, for God's sake.
Oh? Great.

Anything to drink?
Steve?

Uh... A cup of coffee.

For you, Gerry? Oh, I'm fine.
Thanks,Lynn.

Well, listen, I appreciate you
sitting down with me here.

I know you're busy, but I...
Oh, yeah, yeah.

I just thought
it'd be a good idea

for you and I to get together
before the town hall tomorrow

so that we can
get to know each other.

Of course! No, no.
Look, as the senior member

of the supervisors board, thank
you for sitting down with me.

I appreciate it.
Well...

Pretty exciting,
all this natural gas stuff.

It is very exciting.

Whole lot of money down there.
That is also true.

How much, you think? How much money
you think we got down there?

Well, you know,
Global's research team

hasn't finished
their analysis yet.

But I think it could be as much
as 15 to 20 million dollars.

Is that right?

I mean, it could be, yeah.

Thank you.

Well, listen, I've...

I've been doing a little research
about all this. Oh, good.

Gone online
a little bit, and...

Well, I've read all these
rumblings how natural gas

possibly contaminates water sources?

You know, killing
crops and whatnot.

Yeah, you know, I've read
all that stuff too.

There's stories of people
lighting their water on fire.

People getting sick.
Now, Steve, that sounds nasty.

Well, well, there are a lot of
scare tactics at play here, and...

Oh, look, I...

I have a responsibility
to protect these people.

To ensure their safety.
Yes.

And to be honest...

Well, I'm just not so sure
I'm too comfortable

telling my constituents to allow
you folks to come into our town.

No matter how much
money you have.

Okay. Well, Mr. Richards,
because there's...

NOW...

I know that you folks have quite
the operation in the works here.

With plans to set up
throughout the state. Hmm?

Yeah.

Well, I'd hate to be the guy
to jeopardize all that for ya.

To lead this one little podunk
town to reject your company.

To reject natural gas.

Well, I can't even imagine what
that would do to you guys.

Especially if word of
this got out, you know, in the papers,

on the news. Hmm?

It's 30,000.

What's that?

I can offer you
$30,000.

Can I get you
anything else?

You know what, Lynn,
I think we're done here.

Just the check, please.

"The Marcellus Shale, estimated
at two trillion dollars,

"with billions in potential tax
revenue to individual states."

Google.

First one that came up,
first sentence.

Now, you wanna rethink that joke of a
number you mentioned earlier? Hmm?

Mr. Richards, I'm just
being straight with you.

It's simple math.

Best case scenario, there's
$30 million under your town.

0.1% of that
is $30,000.

That's what I'm authorized
to offer you.

I'm also telling you
it's a one-time offer.

Don't get up.

Don't do that.

I've been at this table
before and it does not end well.

Look, I don't fault you for
trying, but I'm telling you.

Don't do this.

Because we will walk away.
We always do.

And after every single town
within three states

has signed up for this, and the blows
of this economy are almost unbearable,

we're gonna come back.

And we're gonna
offer you nothing.

We will offer
this town nothing.

Every contract we've signed, every
piece of the pie we've offered,

it all goes away.

And we buy this place
for nothing.

Now, please.

Let some other guy
be last

I got it.

Thank you.

So, I'll see you tomorrow?

I'll see you tomorrow.

Geez! You want me
to leave the whole bottle?

They allow you to do that?

Hey, Jesse,
three more, please.

Jesus Christ!
The two of you.

I don't know what your problem is.
It's my birthday.

I... I have no excuse.

Hmm. Let me guess.

40, married,
marketing, two kids.

38, stripper/waitress,
but born to be a singer.

Fuck you!
I'm a teacher!

No, no, I was
talking about me.

You wanna see a dance?
It's 100 bucks.

They wouldn't
give you 30.

No, you haven't seen my moves.
Okay, all right,

now you're
creeping me out.

I'm Steve.
Alice.

Wow, you're going pretty big
for a school night, Alice.

It's my birthday.

Oh, right, right.
Well, actually tomorrow.

So they just give you your day off?
You know, for your birthday?

Or do you have to, like, tell the
kids you have a stomach bug?

Okay, first off, I resent the implication
that I can't hold my liquor.

And secondly,

we watch videos sometimes
for the first two periods.

Just sometimes, right?
Smart.

So... What's your story?

What brings you to our
booming metropolis?

Oh, I'm actually from
a small town myself,

so this kinda
feels like home.

Oh, yeah? Where's that?
Eldridge, Iowa.

Ah! You're a Buckeye!

That's Ohio.
Mmm.

It's the same thing.
Okay, no offense taken.

Alice? Let's go.

Hey, what are we doing?
We drinking or not?

Nice to meet you, Alice.

Um... So you're not gonna even buy
a birthday girl a birthday drink?

No, I think that would
communicate the wrong thing.

You're an asshole!

No, no, I'm... Of
course I'll buy you a drink.

No, forget it. You blew it.
You missed your chance.

Wait now.
That's it?

Alice, come on.

So how long you
gonna be in town?

Uh... Yeah, a bit.

"A bit"? Oh, my God,
you are a horrible liar!

I'm not lying.

You wanna give a girl
a real birthday present?

Sure, yeah.

Jesse, we're playing
Absolut Madness.

Yeah! Whoa!

Wait a minute.
What now?

What's Absolut Madness?

It's pretty much
what it sounds like.

You and Jesse drink
four shots in four minutes,

and if you can get closer to the
bull's-eye on that dartboard,

then we drink for free and you
get your Polaroid on the wall.

That's not at all what it sounds like.
All right, I'm in.

No, I'll tell you what.
Okay, hang on.

What if we double it,
all right?

I'll do eight shots
in eight minutes,

and if I win, everybody at this
bar gets to drink for free.

All right.
All right.

You're on. Come on.

Hey, my name's Steve.

I'm hopefully gonna get everybody
here drunk tonight for free.

Whoo!

All right, Absolut Madness,
here we go.

WOCome on, Steve.

You can do it, darlin'.

That's it.

I got it, I got it!

Ooh! Oh, thank God,
you're still kinda handsome.

You're late.
What?

Your phone hasn't stopped
buzzing for the last half hour.

Shit!

Oh, shit. Okay.

Um... I had
a really great time.

Did you?

Huh? Yeah.
You know, I mean...

Nothing happened, Steve.

Well, actually, you did kiss me
before you threw up the first time.

Ugh! That's gross. Sorry.

I was gonna let you
sleep in your car,

but you couldn't remember
which one was yours.

Uh, no. I...
I didn't drive.

Well, then it's a good thing I
didn't let you sleep in your car.

Um... Well, could I
take your number or...

Well, you're gonna
be around for a bit, right?

Uh...

It's not that big of a town.
You'll see me again.

Okay. ls the...
The front door is...

At the front
of the house.

When you get there,
you're gonna see a knob...

Okay.
You turn that knob...

Yeah, too early for that.

I'm just... Thank you.

You're welcome.

Uh... Happy birthday.

What do you mean,
"you were burned"?

Why were you
using an iron?

So he asked you
to do it?

No, I highly doubt that
it's burned off, Danny.

What did the nurse say?

Throwing hand
or catching hand?

So you're gonna play
this weekend?

Just five minutes.

What do you mean,
"pitching"?

Danny, when did the coach say that?
That's fantastic!

No,no,no, that was just Steve.
I'm at work.

Okay, folks, if you could
find your seats, please,

we'll get started.
Thank you.

I can't believe
you went out.

We didn't get home
from dinner until 9:30.

She was really
cool, actually.

I think you would've
liked her.

I don't think you should be making
statements like that just yet.

Some of you may even
have family or friends

who've had natural gas
come to their town.

In which case, I'm sure
you're aware... Name?

Alice. ...of what a
life-changing opportunity...

Alice?

Was she elderly?

...that we will be bringing
natural gas to McKinley.

How do
they get the gas?

Ah! Frank.
How are ya? Listen...

What is that?
Lemonade.

Yeah? Is it good?
It's fantastic.

It's fresh squeezed. There's
a kid selling it out there.

She is cleaning up!

You want some?
No.

There are these rock
deposits underground,

deep under...
Miles underground.

And they create these drills
that go down two or three miles

and the breaking
of that shale

is what actually
releases the gas.

It's called fracking.

Excuse me?

The process
is calling fracking.

That's right.
That's right, Frank.

Now if you'd let me finish,
please, we have a basket...

I would encourage all
of you, when you go home,

to Google that word
and see what you find.

Unfortunately, it's not
nearly as simple

as what Supervisor Richards
has just laid out.

Frank? Frank, I'm sure we all appreciate
the point you're trying to make,

but there's no decision to be made here.
We need this.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

But this thing here,

it may not be
the saving grace

that you all
want it to be.

Now Gerry started
this thing off

by saying, "Natural gas coming
in here is lifesaving."

And it is.

It's a clean and
efficient resource.

But the way we go about getting
it is some dirty business.

Frank, with all clue respect, I
think you're out of your league.

And the potential for
error is just too high.

Thank you, Frank.

And there are
people all over the country

whose water is being contaminated...
I got it.

Hey! Hey, hey!
Okay.

Frank, I have absolutely
had enough of this.

We don't have the time to
have this conversation here.

If you wanna
come down to...

I'm late here.
Sorry. I'm sorry.

I don't mean to
interrupt you, Mr...

Yates.

My name is Frank Yates.

Mr. Yates, are you with
an environmental group?

No

No? Well, what line of
work are you in, sir?

I'm a teacher
at the high school.

A teacher?

I teach science.
What about you, Mr...

Okay, yeah,
I deserved that.

Steve Butler is my name.

I'm a consultant
here with Global.

I only caught the tail end
of what you were saying,

but you seem like someone
who's done his homework.

Could I ask you, though, where'd
you get your information?

Mr. Butler, you and I both know the
information I've been talking about

is vast and detailed.

You're probably right. I'm certainly...
I'm not the guy with all the answers.

Oh! Well, then you'd
be the perfect guy

for them to send here
to deny everything.

Well, look, I'm not gonna
deny that this issue

has been made
pretty complicated

by a few companies who've
had their share of incidents.

But, we've been fracking in
this country for over 50 years.

This is not a new issue,
this is not a new technology.

But Global is being sued,
isn't that true, Steve?

Yeah, that's true.
That's true.

Just like any other company our
size, in any other industry.

And the way we handle those
lawsuits is we stand up to 'em.

Because we're not in the business
of handing out free money to people

who make false claims
against us.

And the thing to take away here
is, how many times we've lost.

And that's none. We've never,
ever lost one of these cases.

Well, you can't lose a game that's
still being played.

Look, Steve,

I'm sure that
even you can admit

that fracking is far
from a perfect process.

Perfect?

Of course not.

But given the government regulations
that we have to adhere to,

and all the hoops we've jumped
through, it's pretty close to perfect.

Steve.

The only reason that natural
gas is so big right now is

because it finally
is the clean alternative

to these dangerous industries
like coal and oil.

If it's such
an incredible alternative,

why did they have to have a man
standing off to the side of the room

to make sure
we all go for it?

Seems to me it should
be able to sell itself.

But you're not the man
with the answers. So, who is?

Because I still
have questions.

Well, I'd like to answer
all of those questions.

But...

I'd just like everybody to
keep something in mind here.

There's no such thing
as a neutral position here.

If you're against this,

you're for coal and oil.

Period.

I mean, unless we talk about
cutting consumption.

And so far that's a conversation
none of us wanna have.

Steve, I just came here to
point out that this issue

is a bit more complicated
than it seems.

Well, yeah. I mean,
you've certainly done that.

Great, I think
we should take a vote.

Well...

In a couple of weeks,

when we've all had time to think
this whole thing through,

I think we should
put it to a vote.

With all due respect,

the people in this town
really need this.

They need this.

And quite frankly, I don't
think that anybody here

is gonna be swayed
by one man.

I'm sorry.

You're right.

These people
and I came here

to say we strongly believe this is not
in the best interest of this town.

Hey, Gerry.

Gerry, I'm sorry. These kids
have regionals coming up.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Stan,
sure thing. Go ahead.

Well... Look, Frank,
this isn't everybody.

I mean, not even
half the town is here today.

Exactly!

And I think all those people would hate to
be left out of such an important decision.

Frank... Gerry,
Gerry, let's face it.

We both know that money can lead
very often to bad decisions.

You've seen the
same numbers I have,

and with the recent figures
on deposits in this area

at 150 million dollars.

Let's all take some time
to think it through.

150 million dollars?

Those are the latest
numbers out of the university.

Well...

150 million dollars
is a lot of money.

Let's have a vote!

Say, three weeks time.
We're adjourned!

Asshole.

Holy shit.
Okay, calm down.

Don't tell me
to calm down!

"Natural gas isn't perfect."

What were you thinking?

And that politician.
Why was he so pissed off?

Because I told them that the real
number was 30 million dollars.

Jesus Christ.
I mean...

Well, once again, you came
in below the price point.

Was it worth it?

I'm sorry.

You know what, Steven?
Listen to me.

I don't give a shit about your
numbers or your promotion.

My kid is in fucking Houston
with his stupid fucking dad.

This is a job,
and then I go home.

I'm sorry, Sue.

Do not say, "I'm sorry,
Sue" one more time.

All right.
The plan's the same.

Nothing's changed.

But starting now,

we close everyone.

I don't care if they can fit
one well or 20 wells.

We go door to door
and we lease it all.

They still need the money.

The politician
was buckling,

Steven stepped in
and tried to put the fire out.

This Yates guy,
he's just a wild card.

Yeah, he's the high school
science teacher here, you know.

Uh-huh. Well,
research pulled him up.

He's a hell of a lot
more than that, Steve.

Frank Yates. MA,
engineering, MIT.

PhD from Cornell in Physics.

Come on.

Jesus Christ, the guy did R and
D for Boeing for 32 years?

He's retired, Steve!

He's teaching for fun!

Okay. We're pulling it.
We're pulling you now.

No! Absolutely not.

They take us out of it,
they put somebody else in it.

It looks like
we're running scared.

Where is everybody?
Where'd you go?

I'm here, uh...

Look, I can have
this whole place committed

before this guy gets
one more supporter.

Period. Okay?
Just give me the chance.

I don't have to tell you
how important all this is.

This is all or nothing.

We understand each other?
Yeah, I understand.

Coffee, handsome?

Uh,yeah.
Two to go, please.

Cream and sugar?

Yeah, please.

God! Put that away,
it's on me.

Thank you.

Don't you worry about
Frank Yates, darlin'.

We all know
it's not true.

Hey, did research say anything about
an environmental presence here?

No. None of the
usual suspects.

Nothing locally.

Uh, Mr. Yates?
Yes?

Hi! My name is Dustin Noble,

from a small environmental
group called Superior Athena.

What can I do for you?

I heard about the vote, and I'd
like to do anything I canto help.

Oh, well, look, I...

I don't think anybody here

considers themselves to be part of
some great environmental revolution.

I have a pretty good feeling
we could win this.

But with all due respect, sir, you've picked
a much bigger fight than you think...

So you have to win.

And I have the one
thing you don't.

Evidence.

That's it.

Wow, are you a little stoned or is there
a storm coming I didn't know about?

We have to stay a little
longer than we thought.

Not necessarily
a bad thing.

What happened to your window?

Ah, I got into a bit of a heated
discussion last night at the bar.

I'm assuming
it's not a coincidence.

A heated discussion?
About what?

You're kidding.

Do I look worried?
I own a gun shop.

Oh, come on.

You sing?
What?

You look like
you'd be a singer.

What are you talking about?

Girls I was in high school
with, who sang in the choir,

they all had
hair like yours.

Well, I was
in the church choir but...

Told you.

It's in the hair.
Think about it.

Dolly Parton,
Diana Ross, Cher.

They all had good hair.

That's a very interesting
theory, Rob, but...

I no longer sing in public.

What?

I mean, what's the point of having
good hair if you don't sing in public?

What do you mean?
Like karaoke?

We don't call it that.

It's just open mic.

And you tell the band what you want
to sing, they play it, you sing.

Not gonna happen.

Excuse me.

Hey! Hey!

Excuse me. Hey, man!

Hey! Hey!
Hey,buddy!

Hey! Hey, man!

Come on.

Okay, look.

This whole door to door
thing just isn't gonna out it.

If you wanna
sell to these people,

you gotta get 'em all together
or not get 'em at all.

I mean, you're a pro.

I shouldn't have
to tell you this.

Show your face tonight. Make yourself seem friendly.
Embarrass yourself a bit.

Hey, did you see
a guy in there?

I'm gonna let you figure out
how stupid that sounded.

I think there's an
environmental presence.

Really?
Well, I don't know.

That guy. Right there.

I... I don't know. Maybe.

That's okay, don't panic.
We'll figure it out.

I gotta get an outfit.

You think
this guy is handsome.

What?

No, you just look nice.

Oh, shut up.

Ooh, Buddy's Place.

Scene of the crime.

Is this where you tried
to pick up that old lady?

Alice. She's very nice.

Hey, am I sitting with you?

No. I'm sitting with Rob.

Who's Rob?

The handsome guy.

Oh, Jesus.

Wait.

What song are you
gonna sing?

Ow!

Sue.

Hey!
Hey!

I signed you up.
You ready?

Nice.

I'm not entirely sure
you should be drinking.

Hey!

Alice.

Let's try this again.

Steve.
Steve.

It's very nice to meet you.

Very nice to
meet you, Alice.

So...

Looks like you are gonna be staying
around for a bit after all.

Right, um...

The town hall meeting, didn't look
like it went the way you wanted it to.

Yeah, we were only supposed to
be here for two or three days.

Sorry I lied to you.

That's okay.

We don't actually play a game
called Absolut Madness.

Jesse's shots were water.

What's Absolut Madness?

Um...

Uh...

In case of emergency only.

See you around, Steve.

Oh, my God.

Whoo!

No.

Jesus.Thought
that would go better.

Really?
I thought it was great.

Hey, everybody!
Check, check.

Nope. That's not
a good joke.

Uh...

It just felt like
a much better idea

when I was standing alone
in the back.

Sing something, man!

Oh, God! Definitely...
Definitely you don't want that.

I just wanted to
introduce myself.

I'm new in town,
I just came in.

My name is Dustin Noble,

I work for a small environmental
company called Athena.

And I...

Yeah. I know. I know.

The reason why
I wanted to talk to you is

'cause I'm actually from a small
farming community myself in Nebraska.

My family's 5th generation
dairy. And, uh...

Well, the farm is gone.
Everything we had is gone.

What happened was, in 2008
my dad found 12 dead cows

out by a creek about a half
a mile from our house.

And then, in April about 70% of those
cows were either sick or dead.

And by Christmas he had
defaulted on his payments

and the bank took his house.

Um... The land just died.

It just... It just
turned brown and died.

And it made it really easy to see
the only things left standing,

which were these
giant green wells

that said Global on them.

Now, these guys at Global,
they're real clever.

They have this fine print in
the leases they make you sign

that says you can't talk about
it in a court of law, but...

Hell, I'm pretty sure
they don't say anything about

telling a couple of friends
at a bar.

We had the farm in our family
for 150 years,

but it only took
nine months to lose it.

So, I heard you were
taking a vote.

And, uh, I had to
come down here

because you have no idea
how important this is.

And I promise you this is not
an environmental conspiracy.

This is our lives.

Now it's happened and...

Hell! It's happened
to one of us,

it can happen to all of us.

So, I guess
I'm just here to say,

my name is Dustin Noble,
and I'm here for you.

So take one of these pamphlets
on the way out... Bruce!

Okay. Thanks a lot.

Come on, Springsteen, baby.
Sing it!

Oh, yikes! No.

No. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

You have no idea
how hard that song is.

It's way higher
than you think, no!

Really?

Wow. Okay. Uh...

Ooh.

I've got a big
day tomorrow.

Come on, I need it.

This is gross.

That's him. That's the guy.

I'll tell you what. If I'm
gonna do this I need the help.

So, let's do it for real.

Everybody up! Let's go.

Let's go...

I can handle it.

Hey, none of what
that guy just said is true.

I'm not a bad guy.

"Global go home."
What a crock of shit.

God! Can we go
inside at least?

It's fucking
freezing out here.

I mean, how do we know
the guy's even staying here?

Where else
would he stay, Steven?

I mean, none of this shit
can be true, right?

No. Of course, not.

We would've heard about it. They're
not going to send us in blind.

I should have just
confronted him at the bar.

In front of the whole town?
On open mic night?

Okay.

Hello!

Hey!

Play nice.
I got it. I got it.

Hey, man!
What's going on?

Hey! How's it going? Good, good.
What are you doing here?

What's that?

What are you doing here?

I mean, Athena? I've never
even heard of that company.

What kind of name is that?

Uh, it's Greek originally.

Athena's the
goddess of wisdom.

Dude, I fucking
know who Athena is.

Oh, okay.

'Cause you just
said that you didn't.

I'm sorry,
who are you?

Are you joking?

I'm Steve.
Hi, Steve.

Yeah, I'm the guy you were just
talking shit about at open mic night!

Oh, wow! You're from Global.

Yeah, yeah.

Do you know
who you're dealing with here?

I mean, is this
like a joke to you?

I mean, is this some game for
you and your stoner buddies?

Yeah. Oh, I know exactly
who I'm dealing with.

Steve Butler.

See, I know everything
about your company.

I know what you do,
I know how to beat it.

You know how to...
Wait, no.

By telling
bullshit sob stories

and singing
fucking Springsteen?

Listen. You seem
like a really nice kid,

that doesn't understand that he is
in way over his head on this one.

We've already signed more than enough
leases to start development in this town.

Oh, man.
It's too late.

I really wouldn't
underestimate these people.

I don't.

Well, I know you think
what you're doing is right,

and I really admire
that commitment.

But your presence here
only confuses people.

But we appreciate
what you're doing,

and we would like to make a
donation to your organization.

Your cooperation
is valuable to us.

You gotta be kidding me.

Forget it. Forget it.

Put on the brake,
put on the brake.

It's stupid.
It doesn't even make sense.

Great, yeah.
You got it. Yeah.

Okay. Check out the horses.

They do seem small.

Next to the goat, right?

Yeah. They should be
bigger next to the goat.

Right?
You're right!

That...

You know, unless
the goats are big.

Come on!
Those goats are normal.

Holy shit.

What?
Holy shit!

What's going on here?

"Global go home."

Global go...
Son of a bitch!

He made signs?

Hold on, no, no.
There he is.

Pull over. Pull over!

I'll be around. Let
me know if you need anything.

Okay.
Thank you.

What are you doing, man?

Hey, Steve!

Hey!

Hello!

What the fuck
are you doing here?

Well, I'm just telling
these people the truth.

We had an agreement, man.

Did we?

Yeah,
we sure as shit did.

Listen, Steve.
I came here for a reason.

Oh, my God. What?

I gotta do
what I came here to do.

Okay.

You took our money.

Yeah.

Oh, but I did put that donation to good use!
So thank you!

Hey, Sue!

Okay,
if it's all a joke, great.

Do you have any idea
who you're dealing with here?

We're a nine billion
dollar company.

Okay? Do you know
what we're capable of?

Do you?

Because all I see here
is you and me, Steve.

And one of us is a lot more
confident than the other one.

One of us is about to get
punched in the fucking face.

Steve, look, I know

this must be really frustrating
for you, and I'm sorry.

You're doing all the things
you've done in the past,

it's just not
working this time.

It's not working? I have 60% of
this land bought and paid for.

It's over.

Steve, you can have
80% of this land bought.

That's only 40% of the vote.

We're not fighting
for land, Steve.

We're fighting for people.

You're a fucking...

These people need help.
Okay? Steven.

I'm here to give it to 'em.
What are you doing?

Steve, you're wrong.
All right?

These people have changed.

It's not just about
the money anymore.

Get in the car, Steven.

Listen, none of this
is your fault, okay?

It's just...
It's just time.

It's just time for what?

For what, man?
What are you selling?

Look at you.
I'll see ya around, Steve.

Yeah, let's just run everything
on rainbows and happy thoughts.

Dipshit.

God damn.

I mean, like, what is
his truck running on, right?

Bio-fuel.
You kidding?

It is really?

Yes! Like
French fry grease.

Asshole.

Well, hello!
My name's Dustin.

Hi, Dustin!

So well behaved.

How many of you guys
live on a farm?

Whoa! All right!

Me too. And guess what?

This is my farm.

That's not a real farm.
What?

There's, uh, Henley. There's a ton of them there.
We should just start there.

Fine. Wherever.

God damn it!

Pretend that this is the dirt
underneath my farm. All right?

And this is all the water
that we had.

All the water
we had to drink,

all the water
the cows had to drink,

all the water the puppies
and kittens had to drink.

All the water
for the fish in the rivers.

Hey, there, sir.
Good afternoon.

Can I have a moment
of your time?

I know why you're here
and we don't need it.

When they do start drilling,
they go right into the ground.

Like this. Right?

Seems pretty simple?

Well, they don't have
really cool drills,

like some of your dads do
in the garage.

They have huge
big ones like this.

There he is!

Hey!

Hey! I've been waitin'
all day for you folks!

Uh...

Sorry, I don't think, uh...

Yeah, Paul Geary.

442 Henley.

Yeah, come on in, man. Come on up here.
I got some coffee brewing.

Yup! There you are.
I got you. Okay.

In order to use a drill this
big, it needs a little help.

So, they shoot all this water and all
this sand into the ground with the drill.

And with all that
they also shoot

chemicals.

No. Doesn't look scary?

Okay, great. So what I'm gonna do
is I'll just leave that with you

and just read that over...

I'm here.
I'll sign it right now.

Uh,no,no. You should read it over,
um, and I'm gonna come back.

I'm gonna be in town
for a couple of days.

But they don't
use just one chemical.

They use all of 'em.

All at the same time. And some chemicals
they don't even tell us about.

So, when they go
to do that drilling...

Let me show you what happens.

Ew!

Disgusting.

Ugh! Gross!
What is that?

Hey, let me
ask you something.

What do you think?

What do you mean?

What? I mean the well,
that's what I mean.

So when they finally start
drilling, there's no way to tell

where all those chemicals
are gonna go.

So they start mixing with the
dirt and the sand and the water.

You think it's going
to be a gusher?

Is that what you call it?
A gusher?

Well, we're gonna
have to do some tests and...

No! Come on, man. There's a whole
process we have to go through.

I'm not talking about test.

Between me and you.
We're gonna be partners.

Come on, you could tell me.
I ain't gonna tell nobody.

What's your gut feeling?
Uh...

You know, you seem
like a lucky guy.

Yeah!

Whoo! Yeah!

That's what I'm talking about.
All right.

We appreciate you guys coming
by, all right. Thank you.

You want me to show you how bad it
is to have all that dirty water

come back up to the land
in a pretty farm like mine?

Yeah. Let's take a look.
All right, lemme show you.

Oh, no. I don't think...
Don't worry about it, I got it.

Um...
Trust me.

All right. Ready?

Whoa!
That's so cool.

Wait, wait, wait.
Why do you think it's cool?

Come on, guys. We had all
these beautiful animals

like cows and horses
and chickens.

We even had turtles.

What's this guy's name?

Trigger!

This is Trigger.

Hey, Trigger.

Now, do you think Trigger
could survive in my farm?

No!
You don't think so?

No.
All right, let's try it.

No!

Gosh, doll! We struck
it big right here. Huh?

This little two acre lot.

All right,
there you go. Take one.

Stick 'em anywhere you can.
Get in trouble!

No.
Don't get in trouble.

All right, so I will...
I will see you around.

Great.

All right. Bye.
See ya.

God damn it! It's your
birthday every day, isn't it?

Oh, stop it.

What's he got?
1.8 acres.

How much?

Five thousand.

And I told him 15%.

Smart.

Let's just go.

Oh, come on. The guy's gonna
get a free 5,000 bucks.

Shit. Don't say anything!

You ever been in a tree?
You ever slept in a tree?

Hey, Lynn.

Two dollars.
Yeah. All right.

That's all I remember. Well,
anyway, you've never been there.

So I wake up, 6:00 a.m.,
on the ground.

Just on the ground, I didn't
know I'd fallen out of the tree.

It was like this,
all the way down, bang!

I kid you not.
I kid you not.

Whoo! Lynn, thank you.
I'm gonna bounce out of here.

Steve! There he is.

Morning. Whoa, whoa, you all right?
Adam? We almost lost him.

It's not that funny, my gosh. You
make me feel good, I'm not gonna lie.

Yeah, great,
so I'm the bad guy.

I mean, never mind
the fact that we use it.

Here, I got it.

You know, we spend
a billion dollars a day

to fight for that stuff
overseas?

When we've got this huge resource
right here in our backyard.

I mean, that's insane.

Now, I got to deal with some
hippie running around...

I mean, I don't even know
what that guy is saying.

Mr. Butler, you ain't
got to hold that.

Listen, you seem like
a nice enough man

so I'm gonna be straight with you
so as to not waste your time.

That little boy right there,

he lost his father, my brother,
six years ago in Fallujah.

So you ain't got to lecture me on the
whole foreign oil dependency routine.

But, let me ask you
a question, Steve.

If I do this,
what am I telling that boy?

What do I tell him about this
farm that my daddy gave me

and his daddy gave him?

What am I telling him about what his
daddy went to the desert to fight for?

See, Steve,

you and I both know the only
reason that you're here

is 'cause we're poor.

How many wells you got
up there in Manhattan?

Or Pittsburgh?

How about Philadelphia?
Huh?

It's okay, I get it.

That's what us folks
are here for, right?

You about ready, Blake?

Listen, Steve.

You ain't never gonna get what
you came here to take from me.

And to be honest with you, I don't even
like the fact that you're here trying.

Two minutes, Blake.

You can see yourself out.

Turn around.

Well.

We definitely
have the space.

Food and games
to the left,

put the animals and the
bathrooms to the right.

I bet we could even do
a tractor-pull back there,

behind the Ferris wheel,
right next to the...

You know, the whirly thing.

That's it. I mean,
what am I missing?

I don't know.

Oh, come on, Sue.

I have never even been
to a town fair.

I am not P.R.
This is for the backup team.

We are the backup team!

Trust me, you want to win?
This is how you do it.

Look, if we can't sign
everyone to a lease,

at least we'll let them know what
it feels like to have some money.

Now, what am I missing?

Bouncy castles.

Congratulations. You
just got a job in P.R.

Well, hello there.

Are you the owner
of this place?

Oh, good. I was starting
to feel left out.

Come on in.

Quite a house.

Yeah, for such
a single lady. Huh?

I didn't say that.

Yeah,
you didn't have to.

Ah, I was expecting you
to have way more cats.

Oh.

No. it was a really big deal
for me to move back here.

I was living in the city.

When my dad died, they asked
me if I wanted to sell, and...

You know, it had been in
my family for generations

and I didn't want to be
the one to give it up.

It's beautiful.
Yeah.

You know, according to our
records, you do have 82 acres.

I could give you a couple
of tips to boost your crop.

That's not for me, that's
for my students. Really?

Yeah, I bring them out here and I
walk them through the process.

You're teaching
farming kids how to farm?

I'm not teaching them
how to farm.

I'm sorry, no. You're
teaching farming kids how to garden?

No, I'm teaching them how
to take care of something.

All right.

Give me the pitch.

You came
all the way out here.

Nah, it's getting late.

Are you serious?

No, it's a whole thing.
I mean, like, you know,

I have
a PowerPoint presentation

and there's an interpretive
dance section.

It takes a while.

Give me a little bit of it.

Just the dance.

I can come back.

Hey.

Someone told me...

Well, I heard...
You're from Iowa.

And your daddy, your
daddy, he was a farmer.

Grandfather.

What'd you say?

Doesn't matter.

I'm sorry, you got
something you want to say?

Then say it.

Really?
Yeah!

You guys just
fucking baffle me,

how you just don't get it.

Yeah?

Why don't you tell me?

'Cause I'm really curious about
what it is that I don't get.

Money.

Money.

I'm not talking about
little pay increases,

I'm talking about
"fuck you" money.

You don't want to apply for
college loans for your kid?

This money says,
"Fuck you, loans."

You're worried about car
payments, "Fuck you, payments."

The bank is gonna come and
foreclose on your farm,

"Fuck you, bank."

"Fuck you" money
is the ultimate liberator,

and underneath your town,
there's "fuck you" money.

So think long and hard about
all those brutal days working.

And the goddamn
checks you get from

whatever frozen peas
company is buying.

Think about how much you
made on your best day

and then think real hard about
how much you made on your worst,

'cause, let's be honest
with each other,

they're all looking like that
more and more nowadays, right?

These people?
This town? This life?

It's dying
or damn near dead.

And you all
see it coming

and you just don't get
the fuck out of the way.

Why?

Why?

Pride? Of what?
What do you got?

Shit, how much of it
is even yours?

I bet all of you are getting subsidy
checks from the government. Right?

Now, when those stop coming,
when all that help stops coming

and you've got
nowhere left to go,

you're gonna remember this
conversation and remember the guy

who came in and looked you in
the eye and said, "Fuck you."

You're an asshole.

Absolut Madness.

Alice?

No, but I'm in room 23
if you're desperate.

Jesus,Sue.

I'm just calling to make sure you're behaving yourself.
We got a big day tomorrow.

Yeah, I got it.

You gotta get
some sleep, Steven.

I got it! Because we
have a big day tomorrow.

Alice...

Thank you.

Hello there.

Are you the owner
of this place?

No...

No? Well, how come you're
doing all the work?

It's set in stone now.

That's it.

No turnin' back.

Hey, hold on.
I got something for you.

Don't jerk us off.

No, ma'am.

Hey, look at this
right here. Huh?

Special occasions.

It's the only time
it comes out.

Oh, yeah.

This right here's
the good stuff.

Thank you.

To us being partners.

I've been passing out these flyers for
two and a half hours. I'm gonna die.

I don't know how
that Athena guy does it.

Is that a donkey?

Hey, where you going?

I gotta dig out the courses.

What courses?

The pig races.

I don't like that you just said
that without a smile on your face.

Are you okay?

I just want to finish
and get the hell out of here.

This is gonna
close 'em.

Don't drink that!

Hey.

Hey.

You guys look like you
could use some help.

Yeah. Yeah.
Great. Uh...

If y'all could help with the
food tents, that'd be great.

You got it.
Thanks.

Let's go.

Yeah!

You want a beer?

Lots of beer.

Hey, Steve. Hey, Jess.
How you doin'.

Can I get a couple pitchers?
Sure.

Nice work, Steve.

That town fair idea, that was.
.. That was smart.

Well, thank you,
Dustin.

Bet that was pretty
hard for you to say.

You like your job, Steve?

You love what you do?

Yeah.

On days like this?
Yeah, I do.

Thanks, Jess. Hey, get my
friend a beer as well.

One of those fancy
imported ones.

Sure.

Maybe, like, a granola bar
to go with it.

I'll see you, man.

You have what
it takes, Steve?

Hmm?

Thank you.

Do you think you
have what it takes?

Oh, to beat you?
Yeah. Absolutely.

Well. You just might.

Hey, man. I'll drink to that.
Okay.

Hey, there she is.
You ready to go?

Yeah.
All right.

Hey, Steve, thanks again for the beer.
That was really sweet.

I'm gonna take
it to go.

Hope you guys have a great night!
Thanks, Jess.

I'm really looking forward
to the fair tomorrow.

Should be fun.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Steve!

What up, man?

Paul?

Hey, what you think
about my new ride?

I figured I'd
treat myself.

That's your car?
Yeah. That's my car.

I went all the way
to Barton to get it.

Come on, I'll buy.
I got it.

We lost.

Let's just go, huh?

Stop.

I don't have the clutch in.

Stop it, Steven.

God damn it!

Whoa. Nasty.

Nice day!

Mmm. That is so good.

Mmm. I'm stuffed.

It's great.
Thank you.

You're more
than welcome.

I'd love the recipe
for this... This cake.

Would you let me take that home?
That'd be great, Arlene.

You cook, Sue?

Mmm. My son,
my son's a good cook.

He used to pull the chair up to
the counter when he was little

and help me stir things up.

Now he's the chef
and I'm the sous-chef.

Um, I don't know where I put it,
don't know where I put it...

Here's his picture.

Here you go.

Like, I get him to help me and
sometimes he talks to me about stuff.

Look at this.

Oh, yeah.
Say... Wow!

You know, Frank's dad
died when Frank was only eight.

His mom always talked about
the clarity of purpose.

You would understand exactly
what you have to do every day.

What about you, Steve? Where
did you say you were from? Iowa?

Eldridge.

Oh, yeah? You still have
family up there?

No.

Wait a minute,
you say Eldridge?

They had a plant
up there.

A Caterpillar plant.

Yeah, that's right.
I had a friend, um,

from Boeing,
lived up there.

I remember that.

Wasn't pretty.

When they closed that,
that was it, really.

The town was just

hollowed out.

What, no pretty lady to hand
out free money to save you?

Yeah, what would you
have done then, Steven?

I'd move so fuckin' fast.

Just take the money
and leave.

Just leave.

And where would we all go?

Excuse me.

Miniature horses.

Oh, my God.

Thought we were
losing our minds.

A lot of us
breed them up here.

Some people consider
them an abomination.

Big industry here.

What do you get for it?

Not enough, Steve.

You're a good man, Steve.

You have so many of the qualities
we need more of these days.

I just wish...

I just wish you
weren't doing this.

You came here and offered us money,
figuring you were helping us.

All we had to do to get it was
be willing to scorch the earth

under our feet.

We have nothing left to sell.

We can't afford
to buy anything.

Don't get me wrong,

I'm no better
than my neighbors.

Hell, I need the money, too.

I guess I'm lucky...

Lucky to be old enough to have a
shot at dying with my dignity.

I'm worried for us, Steve.

Let me know when
you're ready to head back.

Excuse me, sir? Steve? There's
a package here for you.

Holy shit.

Sue.

We got him. We win! We win.
We win. We win.

The guy's whole sob story
is fucking bullshit.

What are you
talking about?

Research did
a whole check. Look.

This guy is
fucking lying. Okay.

What'd they say?

What is that a picture of?

Uh, a picture of
his family's farm.

Okay. And where's
the farm located?

What?
Where's the farm?

Nebraska.
Great. What's that?

A silo.
Look again.

Holy shit.
It's a fucking lighthouse!

Holy shit.

Now geography was
never really my strong suit,

but I'm pretty sure there
are no oceans in Nebraska.

He made the whole thing up.

He made the whole thing up.

And when the town finds out
that he lied to them...

That he was manipulating them
in order to get their vote.

Oh, they're gonna have a fucking
field day with this guy.

We win.

Gerry Richards.

Yeah, Steve.

What?

Jesus.

I've already been
to see Richards.

Everyone in town's
gonna know by morning.

I just... I wanted
you to hear from me.

You deserve someone
who tells you the truth.

What're you doing here, Steve?

I'm not a bad guy.

Good night.

Alice...

If I had asked you out?

I would have said yes.

Good night.

Thank you.

You know, what you did is going
to hurt a lot of people.

What were you thinking, man?

How does somebody
even do that?

You came in here and based your
entire case against us on a lie?

All right, Steve.

I already talked to
Richards. Just...

Let me go.

I mean, did you think
we wouldn't find out?

You just
guaranteed we win.

You know,
you're gonna lose.

Huh?

Yeah, it might not be Athena that does it,
but one of these days, you're gonna lose.

I just hope I'm there
to see it!

I guarantee it's not gonna
be Athena that does it.

I mean, do you even know
how bad this is for you?

Athena's done. Done.
It's over for you.

What else was I
supposed to do?

I mean, it's not
a fair fight, Steve.

I'm out there doing what?
Handing out flyers and posters?

This vote meant everything
and I had to do it.

No, you didn't. You didn't.
You fucked up.

You tell me, Steve.
What do I do?

In a world where
no one cares.

Where a company like yours can
just go into Lafayette, Louisiana

and do something like that.

Or McKinley.
Or the next place.

Because let's be honest, it's just gonna
happen again and again and again.

So you tell me, what
am I supposed to do?

I never told you this farm was
in Lafayette, Louisiana...

What? What are you
talking about?

I never told you this happened in Lafayette, Louisiana.
How could you know that?

Steve, these people
needed my help.

Okay? They called me.

No. No.

No, you said yourself,
we're too clever for that.

These deals we have with these
people and the fine print,

they don't call anybody.

Certainly not
an environmentalist.

Okay, Steve.

Dustin?

How'd you know
where this farm was?

Dustin?

Fuck.
That was stupid.

I should've just
got in my car.

What?

We were never gonna
let them vote, Steve.

You're with Global.

Jesus Christ.

You're with Global.

Did you really think they were going to
leave something like this in your hands?

After you let them
bring it to a vote?

Steve, companies like Global,
they don't rely on anyone.

That's how they win.

They win by controlling
every outcome.

And they do that by
playing both sides.

But, no.
I was...

What?

What did you do?

What is it you think you did?

I did everything.

Athena is me.

This story is me. Getting you that package
to give to the politician, that's me.

You only did
what I let you do.

But you did a good job.
Now it's over. We win.

And this farm...

Stay with me. All right? This
farm, that doesn't matter.

They've already dealt
with this. This is done.

They said this
was a false claim.

Did they?

You're gonna want to stop
asking questions now, Steve.

You're at the big kids table.

But listen,
it has been fun.

I think you're really a good choice for this.
You'll do a good job.

Good luck in New York.

Funny.

Smart.

We've got about an hour before this
game gets started to get the vote in.

Go Pioneers, yeah!

Listen up, here's the way
this thing is gonna work.

If your last name starts
with the letter A...

Lemonade?

Is it good?

Really good.

You got a real
good spot here.

I know.

Wow.

I know.

Uh, mister?

You forgot your change.

Just go ahead and keep it.

The sign says
it's only 25 cents.

So...
It's only 25 cents.

Oh, oh, one more thing.
Before we get to the vote,

Steve Butler just wanted
to say a few words.

I'll be very brief.

I know there's been a lot of
talk about this... This picture.

So I brought it
to show everybody.

That's the lighthouse
and the ocean.

I was looking
at this picture...

Looking at it
for a while last night.

For a long while.

And found myself staring
at this barn.

The Wood's chipping away and
the paint's flaking off there.

Probably from all
the salt water in the air.

But it reminded me
of my grandfather's barn.

That barn was the bane
of my existence.

It was immaculate. We painted
it every other summer.

Just him and me.

I'd ask him, "Why?
Why do we have to do this?"

And he'd look at me and say,

"This is our barn. Who else
is going to do it?"

I used to think
the guy was crazy.

And stubborn. Proud.

But, see. I think...

He was just trying to teach me what
it meant to take care of something.

Okay.

Well, you all know
that Dustin lied.

Tried to get you to vote the
way he wanted you to vote.

See ya.

And that's exactly what he
did because you are about to vote

exactly as he
wants you to vote.

Because Dustin is not
an environmentalist.

Dustin works for Global.

They couldn't afford an
environmental presence here so

they created their own.

They're trying to make
this decision for you.

And they're betting that
you'll let them.

This is a real farm.

And they told these people
exactly what

I've told a lot of you.
In fact,

I've looked a lot of you
right in the eye

and told you there's a bunch of money
under your feet and we can get it out

risk free,
guaranteed.

Clearly, that's not true.

I'm sorry.

Look, is this
gonna happen here?

I honestly don't
believe that it will.

But they know the only reason
we're all gathered here

is to ask the question,
"What if it did?"

And I don't know
what to tell you.

I don't know
what to say anymore.

But where we are now,

where we're headed,

we might be betting
more than we think.

Everything that we have
is on the table now.

And that's just
not ours to lose.

But this is still our barn.

Go Pioneers.

Mmm-hmm.

Yup.

Okay. Yeah.
I understand.

Was that them?

Yes.

You are definitely fired.

And...

They want me
in the city tomorrow.

Well, that's...
That's great.

You want a lift somewhere?

What, are you
kidding me?

It's open mic night.

It's just a job.

Oh, for God's sakes.
Just get some new boots.

Not a chance.

Hey-
Hey-

That's it?
Yeah, that's it.

Sorry I can't make the vote.

Oh, I think we'll be okay.

That's that.

That's that.

Are you the owner
of this place?