Thunder Road (2018) - full transcript

A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Hey, guys, go on in.

I'll be right there, thank you

for coming.

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.

Jim, we love

you; we're here for you.

- Oh! Yeah, thanks.

- You're gonna get through it.

She lived to the age

of 54.

Thanks a lot. Oh, thank

you.

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?

They don't

know!

You got a name, hombre?

Any ID?

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

- Huh! Huh!

One last chance to play nice

there?

Don't start spittin', sir.

That's a bad habit.

- Call the boss.

- Right!

Maybe Richie's got the keys

- to the one that's big enough.

- Hey!

The fuck is your problem,

asshole?

They don't

know!

Jim, Jim.

They don't

know!

Jim!

- Jim! Jim! Jim!

- They don't know!

They don't

know!

You assaulted a

police officer, asshole,

and we don't take kindly to that

shit, generally!

- Hey, hey, hey.

- They don't know.

Hey, hey, hey.

- Jim!

- They don't know!

- Go wait in the car!

- What's wrong with you?

Go wait in the car, please!

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?

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.

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.

Is everything OK?

With me? I'm fine.

I never been better in my life.

See me wrestling an

aligator, help the alligator.

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?

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?

So down the middle,

they're saying it's gonna

be 1248 and 70 cents.

Is that something y'all

can handle right now?

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.

It was fine, it was intense.

I wasn't expecting that.

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.

- Wait a minute!

- Stand up.

Hold on a sec!

I know this boy's

mother!

Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.

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!

Stay right here.

I'm gonna come back and

ask you some questions.

I do have traffic

tickets, sir.

That's fine.

Ain't this some

bullshit!

Shit.

Mind rolling down the window?

Sorry, Officer.

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?

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.

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.

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.

All right, well, that

hasn't been my experience.

How 'bout I give you a ride

home.

No, sir, my mom

would kill me

if she saw me get

dropped off in a cop car.

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.

Hey, is everything

all right, officer?

Keep it up,

buddy, see what happens.

What school you go to?

Stoneybrook.

Stoneybrook, huh?

Yeah, since kindergarten.

Go Wildcats.

What's your family do?

My dad's a contractor.

He's always out doing something

or other.

You try to stay out of

trouble?

I mean, I try.

but trouble always ends up

finding me,

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.

No, get in front.

That looks pretty, you

gotta frame your face.

Did you get enough to eat?

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.

It was just, never

seen anything like that.

All the people

I've been speaking to say

that's pretty normal, actually.

When you talk about losing

somebody.

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.

Mommy.

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...

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.

Are we going?

Yeah, we're going.

Hey, honey! How ya doin'?

So when did she shut this

place down?

2009, honey, that's

why we gotta clean it up.

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.

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.

No, it's fine.

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.

Well, what do you wanna do?

Did I get invited to Arial's

birthday?

Which one's Ariel?

When was it?

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?

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.

Oh, well, yeah.

I thought you were so excited

about it.

I thought you woulda told her.

And I didn't

get her a present.

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.

No, that's fine.

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?

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.

You know how

to play the hands up game?

What's that?

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.

Yeah.

How 'bout we go get

some of that ice cream?

I'm going to stay

here.

This door open enough,

honey?

Yep.

You want me to leave the

light on

in the hallway for you?

It's fine.

All right, I goin' to bed,

honey.

Good night, I love you.

An estimated

1.3 million of the vehicles

model years 2011 to 2017 could

be...

Still

can't find solid evidence

the injuries were accidents but

caused

by carbon monoxide leaks

which doesn't sit well...

Honey, you're not

nervous about going to school,

are ya?

No.

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.

Yeah, I keep hearing

that.

Hey, Dad, can I talk to you for

a second?

What's up?

Can I talk

to you for a second?

Yeah.

What's goin' on, honey?

Everything all right?

OK, OK.

So how 'bout we get your

backpack on,

and I'll take you to school,

sound good?

Yeah, all right.

(phone rings

Hey, you got Jim.

All right, big miss fourth

grade!

Make way! This is gonna be the...

Honey, are you wearing makeup?

No.

Crystal, look at me.

Honey, why are you wearing

makeup?

Stop! I'm gonna be late!

It's fine!

No, you're in fourth

grade, honey.

They're gonna send you home.

Why're you wearin' all that?

It's fine!

Plenty of girls wear makeup!

It's not a big deal!

I just thought that if I'm

starting in a new class,

I should at least be

one of the pretty girls.

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.

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.

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.

I hope everyday that you don't.

Hey, honey, don't jump

out of a moving car!

Hey! I love you!

Pay attention! Pay

attention! Pay attention!

Call me if you need anything!

Hey.

Hi

there, are you Jimmy Arnaud?

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?

Not my

concern.

Well, you're no help!

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?

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...

Yep!

It's

Rosalind. Leave a message.

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.

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.

But I wouldn't let

anybody walk all over me.

I am so sorry to hear about all

that.

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?

- Yeah.

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.

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?

Who's that boy I saw you

talkin' with at school today?

What? Oh, that was Tony.

Yeah, is Tony a slicker?

What?

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!

Jimmy, Roz tell you about

us maybe keeping Crystal?

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.

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!

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.

How come you couldn't tell?

'Cause sometimes your father

only sees the good in people.

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.

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.

I need you to step away from

that door

and throw that fucking weapon

down!

Put the weapon down,

sir!

Put the weapon down!

Dude, do not go back!

Do not go back! Shit!

Come back with hands up, come

back out of the curtains, sir!

Sir! Come back out and talk to

us, sir.

We're here to help you!

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.

- Ma'am, I need you to go.

- Now?

- I need, now, now!

- Go now?

Come now, come now, go!

Sir, you put that

weapon down and come out here,

we'll all be leaving here on two

feet.

You understand me?

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!

I got him.

Nate, I got him, he's down.

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

He's drunk.

Wait.

Wait.

- Sorry.

- Come on!

Call it in...

Call for downtown unit,

11:39.

Call a bus!

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.

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?

No, I don't know.

I don't think they're comin' in

tonight.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

Well, now, that

she would've gotten from me.

- 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.

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.

We good?

Yeah, we're good.

- Thank you.

- Take care.

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.

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?

I think she should have

her mom.

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.

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?

I'm doin' just fine,

I'm here for my daughter today.

You have a good job, clearly.

I do indeed.

And you're decorated!

I am, your honor.

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.

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.

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.

I hope that when you're

lookin' at the coffin

of somebody you love,

you act with a little more

grace than I did.

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.

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.

What did I do wrong?

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.

No, listen, no, because we're

gonna file a motion for...

I think we can

reach a tentative ruling.

We have an exhibit I am

told we are not to miss!

Clerk, please, the exhibit.

Fuck!

Jim!

What happened?

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!

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!

- Stay down!

- Stay down! Stop!

- Ow! The fuck!

You ripped my pants!

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!

You ruined my fuckin'

life!

I'll tell the rest of

these mother fuckers about...

- You have a nice family!

- Jimmy.

- You don't have problems!

- Jimmy.

- Yes, I do!

- No, you don't!

Yes, I do!

James Edward!

What!

It's fine.

It's all right.

I'm putting it away.

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?

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?

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?

Yeah, I brought you

breakfast.

Thank you so much for doing

that, Jerry.

That meant a lot back then.

But fuck you right now.

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!

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.

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!

Why?

I never made the time.

I was selfish.

This is what you get!

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.

Jimmy!

Brother Nathaniel!

You ready to lose some money?

Didn't go so well.

Didn't go so well, huh?

Judge was not a nice guy.

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.

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.

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?

- Really? OK.

Great, all right.

Hey...

I love you.

I love you so much, we're

so lucky.

Oh, honey, I'm so

sorry.

- Yeah, all right, I love you.

- 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.

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.

But from the

beginning,

I thought she must be

texting somebody else

and accidentally texted me.

Hey, asshole.

And

I called her out on it,

and I spent the week in a motel.

- Hmmm?

- No, no, no, not yet.

I'm fuckin' Babe Ruth!

Well, then, you fuckin'

better...

Woo-hee!

Hit me again.

I can, I can fix that for you.

Lemme see.

I mean, we got this

thing a couple years ago.

It's a piece of shit.

- Lemme see.

- 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.

Glad to do it, man.

That's what I'm here for.

Oh! Stop!

Hey, oh my god!

You guys got so big!

How's it goin'?

Good.

You mom home?

Yes.

All right.

Gimme one of these.

Oh, hey, man!

Take it easy, you'll break my

hand.

What, are you Hulk Hogan?

Get outta here.

- Hey, Jimmy.

- 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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

You got money?

What?

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

Go on with what you were sayin'.

I can't do this right now.

I got this stupid meeting in an

hour,

and I gotta get ready for it.

I'm gonna get all worked

up.

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?

Hey, Mom, this is stupid.

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, 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.

A lot of these are pretty

tacky 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.

What's goin' on? I'm

sober!

Hey, it's me!

I'm sober!

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

Pick up your phone.

What?

Your phone! Pick up

your phone.

What's goin'

on? I've been drinkin'.

They're tryin' to call

you.

I'm locked, I'm locked

out.

I locked myself out of my car, I

guess.

What's goin' on?

I don't... They just sent

me to...

Oh, you don't know!

- Fuckin' find out!

- OK.

Why would you pull me

over if you don't know!

- OK, I call it...

- What's goin' on?

- Why do they need me?

- I'll call it in!

Goddamn! Is my house?

What's your name again, Doug?

Fuck, Doug!

Goddamn!

Goddamn!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Fuck! You got a stick?

Hey! You got a

stick?

Yep.

How do I, how do I, all right.

Does it have a little coop on

it?

Goddamn it.

Fuck me.

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.

What happened? What

happened?

- She's fine.

- What happened?

Honey, what happened?

She's just fine, she's OK.

What happened?

Are you OK? What happened?

What happened?

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.

Go with Uncle Nate.

You gotta go with Uncle Nate,

honey.

I'm sorry, but you coulda called

me.

You coulda called me, honey.

It's OK.

Why didn't she call me?

Yeah.

Sad.

I will never forgive you for

this.

I've hated your for a long time,

but it was nothin' like this.

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.

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.

Oh, we've got people lookin' for

Chris.

Yeah, find him; you don't want

me to.

It's fine, it's fine.

It's fine, it's OK.

It's just the neighborhood.

Hey, honey.

Yeah, come over here, it's fine.

It's fine, honey.

She wouldn't wake

up.

I know, honey, 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?

No.

Yeah.

Well, look.

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.

Oh God, it's the song.

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.

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?

My house.

Yeah, yeah, I'm on it.

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

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!