Working Man (2020) - full transcript

Hey, Gabe?

It's freezing.

What did you do,
leave the windows open?

Gabe?

Gabriel?

Gabe?

Hey, Gabe?

Allery...

I'll see you after work, okay?

Yeah.

All employees please
report to production coordinator



for payment processing...

Hey, Walter!

What you waiting for, Walt?

Not waiting on a thing,
I guess.

C"mon, Brian, thought you had
these things organized.

I'm sorry...
There's just a lot of...

I'm sorry. Sorry.

Make us put in half-a-day
just to collect our last check.

Fuckin' bullshit,
you know that?

I don't make
the policies, Benny.

Nah, you just do
what they tell you.

Look, I'm gonna be outta work same
as everybody else, okay, Mendez?

Jesus.

I'm not going
to miss that prick.



Just give me a sec.
I'll meet you in the office, okay?

All right.

Allery!

Hey, Parkes!

Two o'clock is the same
as a full day!

You're free to leave!

Guy knows he's not
getting overtime, right?

Yeah, he knows.

Just been with the company
a long time is all.

Understatement.

The man looks old as dirt.

Why'd you keep him on?

He had his chance at retirement.
He never wanted it.

That's too bad
for him now, isn't it?

Maybe Wal-Mart's hiring.

Just see that he's gone
when you lock up.

Last thing the company needs is for some
broken-down geriatric to get left behind.

They just tell us
three days before the shut down

and didn't give us
dick for severance.

Fuckin' criminals.

We had more orders to fill.

Now the place is fuckin' empty.

And whatta they got but a warehouse
of raw material just sitting there.

Nothing but
a fuckin' waste.

What're you going to do, Walt?

I don't know.

Finish this here,

then goin' inside
and make my supper.

Those men there...
Are those cowboys again, Walt?

Australian Light Horse Brigade.

Birthday gift for my son.

No, I mean what're
you gonna do? Your plans.

I don't know.

Haven't made my mind just yet.

Well, shit,
you only been here but, what,

eight-nine months?

I'd pack up
and move on down the road.

We got our whole lives
wrapped up in this damn town.

Nah, if I was you, Walt,

I'd get the fuck outta Dodge.

Hm.

Are you going
on your walk tonight?

Yes.

Allery?

Allery, are you awake?

I have my circle today.

Then I have...

grocery shopping.

Your lunch is
in the refrigerator.

Hey, don't bother.

All they got in there is
temp work and a two-hour wait.

Hell of a line for table scraps.

Allery, what are you doing?

I'm going to work.

Hey, Allery,
where you goin', man?

Looks like
he's going to work.

I think he just
walked in, Bonnie.

Please let me...
I'll call you back.

Allery, thank goodness.

Where have you been all day?

I told you.
I went to work.

- Allery?
- Hm?

You didn't really go to
the factory today, did you?

Iola.

Have I ever lied to you?

No.

I'll be home for supper.

I think I have that.

What to do?

Five. Five.

There's one...

Two...

Three...

four, five.

Right?

Hey, hey, look.
Here he comes.

What did I tell you, guys?
Didn't I tell you?

Hey, Parkes!

What do ya think
you're doin'?

Allery!

Hey, Allery!
Where you been all day, man?

Just 'cause you
dress up for work,

doesn't mean
they're gonna pay ya!

Is everything
all right, Allery?

Yes. Everything's fine.

But then why are
you doing this?

The factory...
I don't understand...

It's, uh...

It's just something
I need to do.

Hm.

Look it, there he is.

He's gonna do it again.

Now just what the hell?

Man's not all there.

He's gonna go off,
he's gonna lose it.

Time bomb.

I'll be damned.

I'll get it.

So, Allery...

How are you?

I'm fine.

Good, good.

Good.

I'm very pleased to hear that.

Good.

You know,

we're living in very
uncertain times.

The factory closing...

I know for many folks,

plastics was the very heart
of this town.

So, I don't think
you're alone...

in facing...

Excuse me.

I'm sorry? Come again?

I said, will you
excuse me for a moment?

Oh, yes, of course.

Thanks again for
helping me out, Walter.

I really appreciate it.

It's hell being married
to a bargain shopper.

She makes me buy shit
we don't even need.

He had a son, you know?

No.

I didn't know that.

It was the only child.

Had to be in his 30s...
Maybe a little older.

Couldn't hold a job cause
of his behavior.

He was real smart,
but he just...

He had a lot of problems up
here, you know what I mean?

Are you sure you don't
want some breakfast?

I could make you eggs.

No.

No.

I don't care for any.

Allery, I'm so sorry
I called Pastor Mark.

I just thought you might
like to talk to him...

to someone...

You should get that.

Hello?

Bonnie?

Oh!

The charity drive!
I completely forgot.

Do you still need blankets?

Allery?

Okay.

Oh.

Allery.

How you doin'?

Everything all right there?

I'm okay.

Allery, we can't
have you in here.

We just can't.

Hey, check the scanner.
Check it for me.

Sure.

They shouldn't bring
a man like that home.

That ain't where he belongs.

Mr. Parkes.

I don't wanna have
to do this again.

Oh, you're back.

That's a nice surprise...

Allery.

Allery, someone's
at the back door.

You want in that factory?

I'll get ya in there.

Ain't nobody got to know,
neither.

Gordman gave me
this spare set of masters

when we was makin' them
window latches back in August.

He forgot he done it.

And I didn't bother
to remind him.

Is that what you've
been doing in here? Cleanin'?

Why ain't ya fired one up yet?

Ain't nobody gonna
hear you in here.

No power.

- You tried the breakers?
- Yeah.

Line's connected!

Department of Water and Power?

Yes, this is Stan Gordman,

New Liberty Plastics.

We shut down operations
here at the factory,

the one off Clayton Road.

Thing is, I still got a bunch of
folks trying to perform maintenance,

- but we got no electricity.
- Oh, well...

Bonnie,
it's so nice of you

to come by for the donations,

I just couldn't
leave the house.

Well, I got the blanket...

Iola, I heard about Allery.

Are you okay?

Thought you might have
lit out on me.

Break time, I see.

Suppose I oughta have me
a little break myself.

I didn't pack nothin'.

Go ahead, I'll be fine.

Much obliged.

- Thank you.
- Hm-hm.

Things were different
way back then.

Before Gabe got sick.

Allery use to come home
from work, we'd get a sitter,

and we'd go over to Tipton,

it's a supper club
out there.

- The Starliter.
- Hmm.

Yep. I remember they used
to serve peas and potatoes.

It was in their Mexican food.

It's all Mexican
food over there now.

There was also dancing.

Three times a week
and the weekends.

We'd go there all the time.

You and Allery?

Yeah.

Oh, I know he doesn't
look like it now, but...

back then he was
light on his feet.

I was terrible.

He was a wonderful lead.

Your voice.

It's different.

You know that?

I been working aside you now,
what, eight months,

and 'til today,
I ain't never heard you talk.

Now, when I hear you,

the voice don't match the face.

Not a bad thing,

just not what I expected,
is all.

Look at that, huh?

Look at that.

The way he held me close...

It was perfect.

But now...

It's like...

he forgot all the steps.

And I don't know
what move he's gonna make next.

Thinks he's...

He's just not
the man I married.

Oh.

They never are.

These machines here
are built for use,

not to shine up like
some rich man's show car.

We came here to work!

Let's go to work!

You're staying?

Liverwurst, huh?

It's braunschweiger.

Didn't know they still
made this stuff.

What do you want?

Ain't my place to be picky.

Beggars can't be choosers.

No.

Why are you here?

Same thing as you, I imagine.

Where else we got to go?

That was the best day of work

I've had in a long, damn time.

How 'bout tomorrow?

The man who came
here this morning...

the man who you
left with today.

Wow, the bachelor,

Walter Brewer.

Who went to the old
Watsons' house.

I don't know.

You don't know?

I don't know his name.

You were with him
at the factory all day

- and you don't know his name?
- Yes.

- No.
- No?

Yes, no?
No you don't?

No. I don't.

And all day
you work with him.

Yes.

What do the two
of you do there?

It's just...

Just what we've always done.

Go on.

Warm the truck up.
You can drive home.

No. I-I'd rather not...

I don't drive anymore.

We're just down the road.

I trust you.

Okay,

wagons ho.

Hey!

Why don't you and your wife
come over tonight,

have supper with me
this evening?

My... My wife usually...

You tell her...

- What's your wife's name?
- Iola.

Iola!

Supper will be ready in an hour.

Don't have to bring a thing!

I don't like this.

We don't know
this man very well.

You don't know him at all.

I know he has a beard.

My mother told me,

"Be wary of men with beards."

Why?

Because they have
something to hide.

What about Jesus?

Iola!
Pleasure to meet you!

Come in!

I got me battles
that go way back.

Got my first set
at a swap meet years ago.

Been doin' them ever since.

It keeps the body occupied.

You say you were married?

Oh, yes, ma'am.

Cecilia and I
were married for...

twenty-four years.

Three kids together.

Ray, Robert, and Rachel.

They're out there doing
their own things now.

I'm very proud of them.

Your wife?
Where is she now?

Iola...

Cecilia passed away a year
before I moved up here.

I'm...

No-no, it's okay.

She got the cancer.

She fought hard,
but, in the end, it was...

just too much.

Leaving there was
a good thing for me.

Change in surroundings and all.

Yeah, I was kinda hoping this
town would be a place a man can...

settle into.

You understand?
Like, uh,

a place to call home.

Okay.

Iola?

Would you care
to lead us in grace?

Uh, you want me
to say the blessing?

Yes, ma'am.

You do believe in Jesus,
don't you?

- What do you think?
- Mm, oh!

It looks bad...

You know,
I've never had that.

Depends on how you eat it.

You got a bit of
an appetite on you.

- Hm.
- Hm-hm.

- Excuse me.
- Where did you learn to cook down South?

I beg your pardon.

Excuse me.
I just want to get some water.

Of course.
Lemme get that for you...

Oh no, I'll get it myself.

Hmm.

I'm going to go wash up.

Yeah.
Just there to your left.

Yeah, okay.

Oh, yes.

This does look
to be something special...

nothin' quite like
a peach pie made from scratch...

Ain't that right?

So what are they?

Your intensions.

Your intensions at that
factory with my husband?

I'm not sure I know
what you mean, ma'am.

Well whatever it is
you have in mind,

I wish you'd go on
and do it.

Just do it and move on

and leave my husband be.

We don't need
any more trouble.

Well, ma'am, I...

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.
That was very good.

You're welcome.

Havin' the Parkes
over for dinner.

That's kinda...

Kinda unexpected.

So is seeing you leave
early in the morning

and not come back home
'til after dark.

You know somethin'?

When I was a boy,
there was...

six, seven...

big plants in this town.

New Liberty...
She was the last one.

When that factory opened
there was...

damn near 500 employees,

then the layoffs came,

then it dropped down
to a hundred workers,

50...

Shit.

The companies
and the politicians...

They say they're
gonna take of us.

Fuck that.

Thing is,
a person needs a job...

to survive but,

You... you need work

to feel like
you're worth something.

Why don't you tell me what
the hell is going on, Walt?

Allery.

He's at the front.

Why are you...

People will see...

This is a small town, Allery.

It's Hard to keep secrets
around here.

I'm afraid our neighbors caught
wind of what we been up to.

Oh, well, that's it then.

Ah, no...
It's just startin'.

Sure got a lot of folks wanting
in that factory this morning.

Yes, sir,

hell of a situation.

You did this?

Nuh-uh, no not me.

They're out here
'cause of you.

Ain't very polite
to keep 'em all waitin'.

They ain't gonna
arrest us all, Allery.

Ain't that right, ma'am?

Hey!

We gonna do
this thing or what?

What did you
tell these people?

I just told 'em what
we been workin' on.

The deals you made.

I didn't make any deals.

I mean, not directly,

but without you,
I wouldn't have thought of it.

I figured what with all the
surplus in the warehouse,

our buyers needed
to be informed...

To understand that'd cost them
more to go somewhere else...

...than if they'd
just stick with us.

After a few phone calls
with them.

We made an agreement.

What kind of agreement?

That if we finish up
the orders left undone...

If we complete our contracts

our buyers will
compensate us for it.

Ain't a person in here
who can't use that money.

The buyers also agreed to lean
on the big wigs at corporate.

- I don't follow.
- To keep the factory open.

Give us some leverage.

All we gotta do is hold up
our end and meet deadline.

Deadline?
What deadline?

When the factory closed, we had us
five open and unfinished contracts.

Five.

Now, by my math,

we should be able to fill those
orders in one week.

I mean if the Good Lord could
make all of creation in six days,

I'll be damned if we can't
handle a couple orders in seven.

Keep comin'.

My man!

Boss says
take it down there.

Besides, it's not
like we're stealing.

We're just gettin' paid
for the work we do...

Work that was comin' to us.

Corporate will still
get theirs.

We don't have permission
to do this.

If the company finds out they're
not gonna let us back in here.

Oh, they"re gonna find out.

We're going to make
damn good sure of that.

We ain't leavin'.

Okay...

in three, two, one.

A week ago,

New Liberty Plastics
abruptly halted operation

and closed the doors of its Clayton
Road manufacturing facility.

But to look inside
the factory today...

Everything is running
full speed ahead.

New Liberty's former workers
have re-entered the plant

and have pledged
to stay at their jobs,

assuring that
in one week's time,

they'll fulfill
the outstanding orders

promised to
the factory's clients.

- Hey, that's us! Benny, we're on TV!
- Yeah-yeah, I know, shh.

The workers have also vowed
to occupy and not leave the facility

in an effort to pressure New Liberty's
parent company, Hatwell Corporation,

to come to the table and
potentially re-open the factory.

- Fuck yeah.
- That's right.

We want the company to know that
it ain't right what they done.

You just can't up and take away
things from good people like this.

We just want what's fair.

Brian, I'm watching it.

Why the hell do
you think I called you?

What? No! No, no.

No cops.

No, no don't let Frank know.

Tell him to call again.

Jesus, this thing is bad enough.

Look it, uh...

You got that number
for corporate legal?

Mr. Parkes, what would you like
to tell your former employer?

- Hey, it's Allery!
- Shh-shh-shh.

What is it you want to say?

Mr. Parkes...

I just want to do my job.

Thank you, Brandon.

Brandon on location
at New Liberty Plastics...

Y'all bring everything in here.

We'll find a place for it.

God bless it,
look at all this stuff.

Oh, let me
help you with that.

Right. Thank you.

There we go. There we go.

Don't be shy,
come on in here.

There we go.
They're right over there.

How you doin'?

I usually walk at night.

Still have a lot of food
left if you're hungry.

Shouldn't keep
a good woman waitin'.

Yeah.

I'm sorry I'm late.

I didn't know what
they were feeding you here,

so I made you something
you'd eat.

And, uh, a pie

for your friend Walter.

He liked it so much.

And, a bed roll.

There's a pillow in here.

It's the one from
your side of the bed.

And pajamas

and clean clothes,

your working clothes.

Yes, I should go.

Iola...

Iola.

Here you go, Allery.

I called in a favor
from Howard...

There at the
army surplus downtown.

I think that's a good one.
I hope it sleeps okay for you.

Oh, this will be fine.

- Yeah. Thank you.
- Yeah.

Oh, no.

Why did you tell everyone...

this was my idea?

These folks need to look
to one of their own.

Not to some
Johnny-come-lately like me.

I also don't like seein'
a man get judged,

least not without walking
some in that man's shoes.

Hey, Gabe!

It's freezing.

What did you do,
leave the windows open?

Gabe?

Hey, Gabe?

Gabe?

Jesus!

Oh, my God! No!

No! No, no, no!

Come on, you okay?

No!

No!

Oh, my God!

Why did...

Why did you...

Why did you do this?

My boy.

No...

Allery?

Allery?

You okay?

You all right?

My son...

My...

My son...

I was...

I was too late...

And I lost him.

I know.

I know all about that.

Hey, mornin'.

Good morning.

Oh, shoot.

I just had my coupons...

They're here somewhere I...

Don't sweat it.

I got you covered.

Um...

What they're doin'
down at the factory...

That's bad ass.

It's sunshine, boys.

What the hell is this?

Found them.
They was in storage.

I'm guessing
you're about a size, uh...

medium.

We're a team here.

A unified front.

Let's start looking the part.

Ain't that right, chief?

Here you go.

Here you go.
Comin' at ya.

- Number B.
- Number B.

- I got a pair of sixes.
- Pair of five...

That's...

Jacks on three.

That's like,
three in a row already!

This guy...

I score!

Shit.

All right,
here's a two...

...I'm going for four.

All right.

- Nothing?
- Nah.

I got... I got...

three Jacks.

Damn, Allery!

Four.

You know, I'm never inviting you
over to my place for poker night.

I'm sorry.

Marg, you're a shitty player,
you can come over anytime.

Screw you.

Hey, where did you
learn to play cards?

- Grandmother.
- Oh, yeah?

Well she must have been a hell of a
player 'cause she taught you well.

Allery?

You think we'll hear
something soon from the brass?

Uh, I'm not sure...

Soon as Allery hears,
he'll let everybody know.

Right, but we're
three days in now

and me and some of
the others workers

were trying
to figure out when we...

I said soon as he hears!

Can someone turn
that goddamn thing off?

Christ.

So we playing or what?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, no.

Ante up.

Ante up, guys, let's go.

Every time you deal,
I get shit for cards.

Oh, it's not
the cards, baby.

It's the dumbass
who's playing 'em.

Screw you.

Again.

Wonderin' when you were
gonna get your ass up.

You can sleep
when you're dead.

We got work to do.

Come on.

Here we go.

I've been asked to deliver this on
behalf of the Hatwell Corporation.

Head office.

What the hell's in it
for you, Gordman?

Why you throwing in
with them?

Cause it could mean some work on the
other side of this thing, that's why.

Hatwell might be buying out the
sheet metal plant over in Grundy.

Shit, that's just rumor
and you know it.

Rumor's are a hell of a lot
better than make-believe.

And for the life of me,

I don't get what you all think
you're accomplishing here.

You're following the lead of
some lost and confused old man?

It makes no goddamn sense...

We don't need you!

You hear me?!
We don't need you!

We don't need you!

I advise you
to do what they say.

We all knew this was comin'.

This is how the game's played.

We stick to our guns,
we'll be fine.

The buyers are with us.

I'm betting them folks
over there at corporate

will cave before
we even finish the jobs.

We ain't gonna finish
nothin' in here with no power.

You know, it's supposed
to get damn cold tonight.

Look, they're just tryin'
to muscle us.

They won't let us freeze.
Guarantee you that.

Well this here says
we're trespassing.

Says we have to be out
by 8:00 A.M. tomorrow

or they're gonna call the law to come
in here and start making arrests.

That's bullshit.

They're not gonna do that.

And what if they do?

Now it's one thing
to lose your job...

it's a whole other one
to go to jail.

I got kids at home.

I understand that.

How you think that's
gonna make 'em look?

Folks at home watching TV,

seeing a bunch of
unemployed factory workers

getting dragged off
in handcuffs?

Company don't want that,

I promise you.

I respect what you're
all tryin' to do here.

But I'm out.

Yeah, me, too.

Look, I need work now.

I can't afford to wait.

I'm sorry.

People, look,

this is all a bluff.

And we need
to call them on it.

send 'em a message sayin',

that if they don't give
us back our power,

then we're fixin' to make
calls of our own.

To the real news.

Not this local station shit.

I'm talkin' the big boys.
Networks.

Social media.

Show the world!

Right?

Each and everyone of you.

We should put it
to a vote.

I wanna hear
what Allery thinks.

We stay.

I got a couple more gas generators coming.
They're from Smitty's.

Says they're good motors.
Durable.

I got another one comin'
from the VFW.

Only 13 horse though.

I can scare up
one more if we need it.

I know they got one
over at the Elks Lodge.

Allery,

you want me to go see about
that generator at the Elks?

Yeah.

Yeah...

G-Get what you can.

And, um,

check... check the back room.

They kept the
lost-and-found back there.

Might be some extra
coats and gloves.

- Yeah, good idea.
- All right.

Hello?

Walter?

What are you doing in here?

All these old,
used up machines...

Each one...

did what they was built for,

then they was tossed aside.

Tossed aside!

Yeah, well,
nobody gives a shit!

Jesus...

Whoops.

That wasn't supposed
to happen, was it?

Hey, hey.

What the hell's
goin' on in here?

Oh, Jesus!

He just...

He just had too much to drink.

All right, his cut
doesn't look that deep.

Come on. Let's clean him up
and help him to bed.

- I'm walking.
- Come on, take it easy, Walter.

Come on.

He just had too much to drink,

that's all!

Fuckin' quitters.

Hey...

They flinched.

You're damn right they did.

Ha-ha!

Son-of-a-bitch backed down!

The buyers are leaning on 'em!

They buckled!

Ah, now they know it,
by God!

They know it, now they
got a fight on their hands!

They got a fight
on their hands!

Yeah, they got
a fight on their hands!

Ah, lookey who's here!

Just stay where you are.

You don't come near me,
understand?

Your boys are nervous, huh?
We got our power back.

'Cause they don't
want your asses to freeze...

You're a liability
in this place.

Look,

they, uh...

they want to talk.

- Today.
- Yeah, I bet they do.

I'll tell you what, Stan.

Why don't you crawl back

and tell 'em if
they wanna negotiate,

they know exactly
where to find us.

They only want
to talk to him.

Well. Allery Parkes.

You've really started
something here, haven't you?

This statement of yours

is all everyone at HQ
is talking about.

I'm not making
any statement.

Oh, but you are,
Mr. Parkes.

Now clearly you have earned the
allegiance of your co-workers.

And I can assure you,

you have our attention
as well.

In particular, you have mine.

See, it's my job is to make sure
that the company's transitions

or in the case of your factory,
its closures, go smoothly.

And you, Mr. Parkes,

are making closure
notably difficult.

How well do you know
Walter Brewer?

Your neighbors tell me that he's the
one that assisted you into the factory,

that he helped you persuade the
other workers to join you there.

I didn't persuade anybody
to do anything.

I believe you, Mr. Parkes.

How long have you known him?

What are you
asking me exactly?

A third cup, please.

There's somebody
you need to meet.

Step this way.

Mr. Parkes,

this is Cecilia Brewer.

Walter Brewer's wife.

Former.

Of course.

My mistake.

Walter was always real good at hiding
his problems from folks at work.

At least until all
the trouble started.

And, with Walter,

the trouble always started.

Man's changed jobs
and addresses

more than most people
change their mind.

When Walter's moods were bad,

he would drink a bottle
of vodka a day.

In high times,

he'd be a ball of fire.

Never even need any sleep.

On low days,

he could barely
get out of bed.

He ever seek treatment?

Walter tried everything.

But when he'd feel good,
he'd go off his pills.

Said he didn't need
the help.

That's when everything
would go south.

I'm sorry, but...

Aside from...

your husband lying
about your existence,

what does any of this
have to do with me?

He don't know?

Mr. Parkes,

Your pal Walter,

contacted a half dozen
of old buyers

to reinitiate
and complete old deals.

Yeah, well,

we're doing that.

We're filling those orders.

Mr. Parkes,

none of those customers
accepted Walter's offer.

That's not right.

They said that if
we finished the work,

they would honor those
contracts.

Then they would pay us

and then they would help us
keep the factory open...

Mr. Parkes.

There's no money,

no new contracts.

There're no deals.

There never were any.

The only deals that existed

were in Mr. Brewer's
unfortunate imagination.

Mr. Parkes, there is
no work to be done.

In here...

are the names and numbers
of clients that had accounts

with the factory
before the closure.

Take it.

Call them if you like.

It ain't the first time
Walter's played with the truth.

But putting a whole

factory of people back to work?

That is something else.

I used to ask myself,

why he was like this?

What was the reason why
he acted the way he acted?

I even wondered

if I did something wrong.

But I finally figured out
that there was no reason.

It was just who he was.

Walter tell you we had children?

He's done that before.

Fact is, he could never
settle on the idea.

Wouldn't risk it.

Afraid he was gonna pass on
his troubles to someone else.

Someone innocent.

The children
he told you about...

they were the family
we never had.

I suppose it's the same
reason...

why he said I died.

It's easier to, uh,
invent stories

than live with the truth.

Look, I need to go.
I've got a plane to catch.

Yeah, right.

You must be some...

Some kinda big man

for them to fly me all the way
here just to talk to you.

Oh, I'm not...

I'm not a big man.

Well,

Walter must think so.

I...

I understand,

you know.

I understand why you
needed to leave him.

I didn't leave.

I would've never...

He was the love of my life.

Walter's the one that left.

Said I deserved better.

That he didn't
want to see me hurt no more.

When he was his true self...

Walter was the greatest man
I ever known.

That, you can believe.

I'm sorry about
that back there.

Corporate just thought
you might need some

additional persuasion.

Mr. Parkes?

Yep.

Look, the company's
prepared to offer you

and the other workers
a revised severance.

It's not much of a deal,

but it's better than nothing.

Allery, you've got to tell
the other workers the truth.

I mean, if you don't, we will.

But either way, all of this...

It's finished.

Nice view from
the boss's desk, huh?

I think it suits you.

Is that what you think?

Why did you do this?

I know about the orders.

What are you talking about?

The wages, the contracts.
The buyers.

The buyers that we do not have.

I see.

Them company men

they gave you some line,

tryin' to shake
your faith, is that it?

Well, I know how to fix that.

I'm gonna show you
the contracts...

to put an end to this
right here, right now.

All right?

- Now, the paper work...
- No.

Was here.

I know they're around
here somewhere.

- Stop.
- I know they're somewhere around here.

I just got to find them is all...

Just stop!

They're misplaced is all.

Oh, hell with it, look,

contracts or no contracts,
what's it matter?

We're makin' them orders.

They'll need to pay us.

They'll need to
reopen the factory.

You know that's
not going to happen.

Course it is.

We just all hold together
and finish what we started.

They're not going to reopen!

They're not going
to do anything!

They told me the truth.

The truth...

Ha!

That's their truth.

Oh, hey,
we've created our own.

Look at what we're doing here.

We're doin' something great.

We're makin' somethin'
from nothing...

Enough!

Enough lies!

We was doin' our jobs

and that company pulled
everything from under us.

We did what we was told
and they robbed us

of what we had and who we were.

Bet your last dollar,
our work was shipped overseas

before the doors here
was even closed.

But who gives a damn?

No one.

Who gives a damn if what
we're doin' now makes any sense?

Fact is,

when nothin' in the world
makes sense,

it feels good
to just let it happen.

It feels good to just ride
with the madness.

And don't pretend
you don't know that.

'Cause you know that better
than any of us.

I know when enough is enough.

Yeah, coming from you, that'd
be a hell of a thing to hear.

What they need to hear...
is the truth.

Yeah, that.

Don't let me stop you.

You can keep the keys.

Y'all are makin' a big mistake,
you hear me?

Y'all are makin' a big mistake!

They ain't going to
take our jobs

and they ain't takin' our factory!
They ain't doin' nothing!

We gotta wait 'em out,

Wait for the big news
trucks to come!

You watch 'em!
You watch 'em shake then!

All this work we've done...

One more day
we can finish it!

One more day
we prove we was right!

We don't need the company!
We don't need nobody!

Look, we stay here,
we become heroes, right?

Heroes!

We stay here we make them
give it all back!

You leave now,
you leave as cowards!

You hear me?

Cowards!

You leave as cowards!
You hear me?

Shit!

Shit!

What's goin' on?

So, what happened?

You gotta give me something,
man. I'm dyin' out here...

It's over.

They made a deal.

A deal?

The company.

They made an offer.

To everyone.

Isn't that what you wanted?

Well it's...

It's what they gave us.

Well, what does Walter think?

It doesn't matter.
The deal's done.

Well, he must have an opinion.

I mean, he's
helped to start all this.

What he thinks doesn't matter.

We took it.
It's over.

It's... It's done.
And I... I...

He's not who I...
He's not who I thought he was.

I...

I don't understand...

Well, there are problems.

He's got problems
that I didn't know about.

He's just, um,

I don't...

He's just not right.

He's not what
he's supposed to be.

So you just left him?

I told you, it's over.
The work was over...

Yeah but he believed in you.
He helped you.

I never asked for his help.

Yeah but he gave you the...

What you wanted.
You wanted the factory.

He got the factory,
he gave you everyone's respect...

The job... was not real.

It was real!
It was real!

All this talk
about Walter and his problems?

Maybe you didn't know,
but I did.

Do you know that night
at his house?

I saw his medications.

They were the same as Gabe's.

Allery, doesn't that
feel familiar to you?

I'm not talking
about this anymore.

Don't you walk away from me!

Not this time!

You do. You just...
you just disappear!

You're not there!

I am!

I was!

I did what I needed to do.

What is it
you needed to do?

I needed to work!

All you needed was to escape!

That's what you would do.
Going to the factory!

All those late night walks!

You just didn't want to be here!

You didn't want to be here.

Gabe got sick,
and had to come home from school

and he had to
leave his music...

- He failed.
- He didn't fail.

He was just afraid and he
needed you to talk to him.

I was providing for us.

So that we could
we take care of our son...

And I was...
I don't know, I was...

Allery,
I can't be dead anymore.

I have to live.

I have to be alive.

Because that's
what's right for Gabe.

Huh?

I hear it.

It's Walter.

He didn't come home last night.

The man ain't left
the factory yet.

He's still there?

The Sheriff's on
his way over there.

Roger heard it on his scanner.

Stan Gordman
called it in,

he said Walter won't leave.

Something's gone wrong, Allery.

Walt's gotta get
the hell outta there.

Allery.

Allery, do you understand
what's happening?

Allery, the law's
on their way over there.

Someone's gonna get hurt.

There needs to be more
than three in there.

This guy is insane.

- Wait!
- What the hell are you doing here, Parkes?

I thought we resolved all this.

No, no. Look.

Let me go in.
Let me talk to him.

Allery, you've already
done plenty.

Don't do this.
Listen, just stand back

and let these men do their jobs.

This job isn't theirs!

Please.

Allery!

Come here!

We need these
orders filled today!

Come on, I need you!

Come on, we're behind!

You hear me?
Well, come here, gimme a hand!

- Okay here.
- Yeah, yeah.

Gimme a hand!

Hey, come on!

It's a busy morning, huh?

Damn sure it is!

Hey, um, how bout we knock
off a few hours early?

Today? Today's deadline!

We got orders to meet!

I know, it's just a break!

You know, like we always do!

Got no time for that!

We gotta finish what
we started here!

Wait, just listen to me!

Wait, wait, wait a second!

Wait, huh?

We need to keep movin'!

Can't take time to settle down!

No!

No!

No!

We don't belong here!

We don't belong here!
Neither one of us!

The work is over.

It's time...

It's time to move on, Walter.

Now that's...

the first time you've
called me by name.

You know that?

Not too long today, okay?

All right.

Lindbergh?

Spirit of St. Louis.

I brought your mail.

In a couple of weeks
you'll be back home.

This, uh...
This is also yours.

From, uh, New Liberty.

From Corporate.

Is it a summons?

It's a check.

For your labor...

plus a brokerage fee.

A few of our former buyers,
the ones that you called,

they caught wind of what
we had done at the factory,

they contacted the head office
and bought up a lot of a...

work we did.

They bought our work.

Factory's still closing
but you were right, Walter.

They wanted our work.

You were right.

That wife of yours make
anymore of that peach pie?

Oh, yeah.

Plus a few other things.

You know she spoils me.

Yes.

Well... best we eat it.

Hate to disappoint
the poor woman.

Don't get any pie
on your brokerage fee.

Did I give you
enough time with him?

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Would you like me...

Would you like me to drive?

- Yes.
- Is that a yes?

- Hm.
- Yeah?