Homecoming (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Pineapple - full transcript

Walter's attempts to calm an increasingly paranoid Shrier only cause the situation to escalate. Thomas must decide whether to follow his intuition and investigate further, or let the case go.

Come on in.

Thanks.

Shrier.

Give it a break, man.

I don't know what happened.
I bought the fish food,

I've been feeding
them three times a day.

Oh. That's way too much.

- It is?
- Yeah.

Once a day, max.

Just a sprinkle.

It is April 17, 2018.



I'm with Homecoming client
and fish expert Walter Cruz.

This is week two, session two.

- I finished that worksheet.
- Oh.

Yeah, I wasn't sure how to
answer some of the questions,

- so I just...
- It's okay.

It's just to give me an idea
of some of your experiences.

Oh.

What is "Titanic Rising"?

Oh. It's just this funny story,

about this guy we used
to mess with, Benji.

Will you tell it to me?

He was this little guy,
and he was obsessed with...

You know the movie Titanic?

Titanic? Yeah.



Okay, so that was Benji's number
one favorite movie of all time.

I mean, he'd watch it over and over.

We'd literally have to listen
to him fall asleep watching it.

One day, this guy Lesky

asks him what he thought
of Titanic Rising.

And Benji was like, "What?"

And Lesky was like, "Well,
the sequel to Titanic.

Titanic Rising."

And Benji's like, "What the
fuck are you talking about?"

And Lesky's like,

"Well, I really thought
you would have seen it,

"seeing as how Titanic's
your favorite movie.

It's got all the same characters
but it's ten times as good."

You fellas had some time on
your hands, it sounds like.

God.

I mean, we were so incredibly bored.

We'd spend all day
locking up this one street,

just standing there,

getting yelled at by dudes in cars.

And you and Benji and Lesky
were all detailed there?

Yeah, and Shrier, too.

Anyway, so...

Benji chews on this all day,
and that night, he gets online,

and he's in there an
hour, maybe two hours.

Finally, he comes out
and he says, "No way.

"There's nothing about
that on the Internet.

No such thing as Titanic Rising."

And Lesky, all casually, just
says, "Well, of course not.

It was an independent movie."

Wait, he bought that?

- He completely bought it.
- Oh, no.

Lesky had this whole line
about how James Cameron had

self-funded the sequel so he could

work around the studio system,

but then the studio tried to suppress it

for copyright or whatever,

so it's hard to get your hands on.

It got really involved. There was a...

There was a mafia subplot.

You know, where the
Italians are below deck,

and Jack and Rose have to foil them.

And there was tons of sex. I mean, tons.

Jack was, Jack was fucking
this Polish teenager

down in steerage.

No, Jack loves Rose.

No, Rose is fucking the captain.

She was literally fucking the captain

when they hit the iceberg.
This thing went on and on.

And so meanwhile, Benji
is obsessively trying

to get himself a copy of this thing.

I mean, pleading with
the guys down at the PX,

"Please, would you get
me a copy of this movie?

It's called Titanic Rising."

And then Lesky got to them.

- You know, the guys at the PX.
- Oh, no.

And so Benji, he goes back in
there and he asks for it again,

and they say, "Oh, Titanic Rising.

"Yeah, we can't get that anymore.

"It's too emotional for the soldiers.

It's too good."

That's so mean.

Yeah.

So did Benji figure it out?

- Yeah, Benji eventually...
- Did Lesky tell him?

No, Lesky died.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay, uh...

Makes the story a
little sadder, I guess.

Yeah, Lesky died... let me think...

not too long after that.

Vehicle he was in rolled over an IED

couple months after that.

It was kind of annoying, actually.

You know, Benji kept
asking about Titanic Rising

and eventually we just had to tell him

Lesky made the whole thing up.

We couldn't tell him
anything else about it

because he was making
the whole thing up.

It must have been hard,
what happened to Lesky.

Well, yeah.

Want to talk about it?

Maybe.

Maybe later.

Okay.

You're week two?

Yeah. Week two.

Do you ever hear ticking
or squeezing sounds

- in your head after you run?
- No.

Any history of periodic sudden nausea?

Numbness in your limbs?

Excessive fatigue after
eating or drinking?

No. What... what are
these questions for?

They're on the form.

Okay, you're all set.

Can you send in the next one?

Yeah. Sure.

All right, bro. You're up next.

Have a good night, you guys.

You, too. Have a good rest.

"Have a good rest"?

What?

I was being polite.

Okay.

Whatever, man.

- I'll see you at dinner.
- Yeah.

We'll have a nourishing
repast, and then, to rest.

Wow.

That's impressive.

You just took them?

Do you even know what they are?

No. Did you ask?

You think they'd tell us the truth?

I kind of do, yeah.

Are you gonna eat? It's good.

Ah. Delicious pineapple cobbler?

Man, they're laying it on thick.

What?

The Florida thing.

Pineapple a Florida thing?

What... what do you mean?

That that's where we are. Florida.

Yeah.

How do you know that?

'Cause that's where the plane landed.

Right, and, uh, what airport
in Florida did you land at?

It wasn't an airport. It was a base.

- Right. Me, too.
- Okay. So?

All right, so where
did you go after that?

- They drove us straight here.
- Right, and on the way

you saw a sign that said,
"Welcome to Florida."

Something like that?

- Well, no.
- Oh, you saw another road sign?

No? Anything like that
said "Florida" on it?

Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

See, I don't.

No, I don't...

I don't remember seeing
anything like that.

Are you sure you did?

I mean, it looks like Florida, right?

Because of the fucking palm
trees? What does that mean?

There's palm trees in Florida.

Yeah, there's palm trees in Florida.

There's also palm trees in California

and Cuba and probably, I don't know,

the Philippines, all right? Lebanon.

Look, what are you trying to say, man?

Nothing. I'm just... I'm
just saying, all right,

I'm pointing out that the only reason

we think we're in Florida

is because that's what
they told us, right?

I mean, that's the only
reason we have to believe that.

- If we're not in Florida, where are we?
- I don't know.

All right? That's my whole point.

See, why would they hide that from us?

Or they're not hiding it.

You're wrong and we are in Florida.

Oh, because I'm usually wrong?

When I feel like a situation
could potentially be fucked up?

No, you're not.

Because they've never lied to us before?

All right, uh...

- why don't we go for a walk?
- Yeah.

We'll go on a walk into
town and we'll ask people

- what state we're in.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let's go, uh, get a beer.

- I'm sure that'd be fine.
- We can leave whenever we want.

How do you know that?

I mean, someone told you that?

No, but of course we can.

No, no, if we are
allowed, all that means is

they would've been expecting it.

All right? They would've planned for it.

- Don't be a fucking moron.
- Oh, I'm being a moron?

All right, so what? You
think this is just a place

where they want to help us out?

Where we can, like, take it
easy a... and process shit?

I mean, does that make any sense?

Look, when's the last time
anybody gave a fuck about you?

Hmm?

All right, all the
shit we've been through

when we were deployed,
people gave a fuck about you?

I gave a fuck about you.

The guys in our unit
gave a fuck about you.

Yeah, and where are those guys, huh?

I mean, where is everybody?
It's just you, just me.

We... we got picked for
this really nice treatment

w... with palm trees
and pineapples. Why?

Look, I'm not trying to
dismiss what you're saying.

You can think whatever
the fuck you want, man,

but it's not gonna change the
reality of what's happening.

What is happening? I mean, what
the fuck are you talking about?

- Nothing. All right? Whatever.
- No, seriously, man.

You've been here longer
than me. You tell me.

- What's going on?
- Forget it, all right? I'm... I'm crazy.

You're not crazy.

Here, here. I'm on
board, all right? Here.

Mmm, that's fucking good.

What is that, pineapple?

- Jesus Christ.
- Oh, that's fucking delicious. Yo!

Hey, you guys try this
fucking pineapple cobbler?

- Shrier.
- No, it's amazing. Here.

Look, it's good. Hey, look.

Open up. It's good. Fucking
Florida food. There you go.

Shrier. Shrier!

- Hey, everybody listen up!
- Shrier!

Shut the fuck up! Everybody, listen!

Who here thinks we're in Florida, huh?

Who here thinks any of
this is fucking real?

Mrs. Trotter?

Mrs. Trotter, honey, it's time to go!

Closing time, Mrs. Trotter.

Here we go. Hi. Closing time.

Oh. All right.

♪ I find a rose from you ♪

♪ Among my souvenirs ♪

♪ A few more ♪

♪ Tokens rest ♪

♪ Down in... ♪

- Hot date?
- Oh, you know me.

- What'd that guy want?
- Who?

- From your break.
- Oh, nothing.

He thought I was somebody else. See ya.

Bye.

Hello?

Hi. Uh, can I speak
to Walter Cruz, please?

Who is this?

My name is Thomas Carrasco.

I'm with the Department
of Defense Office

of the Inspector General.

He left the military years ago.

Yes, I'm aware.

I'm currently following
up on a complaint, though,

regarding his status at the...

There's nothing to follow up on.

Uh, I'm sorry. Who is this?

Who am I speaking to, please?

This is Gloria Morisseau.

Uh-huh. And you are... ?

- His mother.
- Oh. Hello.

And Wa... Walter isn't
there at the moment or... ?

No.

No, he isn't there or... ?

Listen, I need to go.

Wait. If you, if you could, could you...

maybe you could help me.

Um, your son was being
treated at a program,

a Homecoming center?

A staff member reported

that he was being held
there against his will.

Are you familiar with
anything about that?

No.

I spoke with the
administrator, a Heidi Bergman,

and she... she didn't even
recall working with your son,

so I'm just wondering if
there's been some sort of mix-up?

Heidi Bergman said that?

- Yes. Does that not...
- No, it doesn't.

Ms. Morisseau, if you're
trying to protect your son...

Protect him from what?

I'm, uh, I mean if he...

I'm just saying if he did something

- or something happened to him...
- Okay. Good-bye.

Hey. You hungry?

Not for that.

Did you stop by the pharmacy?

- Hon?
- Oh.

Um, no, my break kind of
got sort of just crazy today.

- What, did Dara not show up?
- No, this guy came in.

- A guy?
- Mom, it wasn't like that.

He just, he was asking about my old job.

They want you back?

Mm-mm, no, it wasn't that.

Well, is that such a terrible idea?

Maybe you should give them a call,

see if they have anything available.

It's a big company,
isn't it? Maybe there's...

All right, Mom, stop. Please.
I'm sorry I brought it up.

I know it was challenging, that job,

but if you get a
second chance to make it

- work down there...
- Mom, that's not what's happening.

They'll take you back. Wouldn't they?

I... if you just explain?

No, Mom, nobody wants me back, okay?

Gosh.

He just asked me why I came
back, and I said you fell.

Me?

Yeah, I said how you fell,
and I had to come back

and take care of you, and I
don't... I don't feel bad about it,

- I don't want you to.
- That's not why you came home, honey.

Okay, fine, whatever, that
I came to keep you company

- and help out.
- No, Heidi.

You came back and then I fell.

That was two months later.

- No, it wasn't, Mom, because...
- Yes, it was.

Okay, then why did I
come home, if it wasn't

- to take care of you?
- I don't know.

- You don't know.
- No.

You wouldn't tell me.

Oh, sorry.

Come on in. I'm just leaving.

Uh...

I... I tracked down Heidi Bergman,

the listed admin from Homecoming?

Great. What's that?

The anonymous complaint from April 2018?

2018? Yeesh. Okay.

- Uh, subject Walter Cruz?
- Cruz. Right.

Okay. And?

And... ... well, this Ms. Bergman said

she doesn't remember a Walter Cruz.

So nothing of note from her.

Well, no, um,

I found her behavior to be somewhat odd.

Somewhat vague.

- She's vaguely odd?
- No, ma'am.

Oddly vague.

So I placed a call to
Cruz's last known residence.

What'd he say?

Well, he wasn't there,
but I spoke to his mother.

Okay. What'd she say?

She said...

that there's nothing to follow up on.

I don't understand.
So you're saying... ?

That there's...

... t... there's a reluctance.

Yeah, in both cases, a reticence,

- that I...
- So you want to elevate the complaint.

You're saying that there's validity?

Well, n... no.

But I... I do get the
sense that there's...

It's a binary, Tom. We
close it or we elevate it.

You found her oddly vague?

You want to elevate based on that?

So we close it.

Sorry, could I...

Oh. Sorry.

Sorry.

All right, you ready?

Christ, Stephen, we got
to wait for a hose team!

Just jump when I say. It won't get us.

Hold your breath!

Yes, Shrier did lose
his temper at dinner.

But I... I've just spoken with security,

and they say he's calmed down now.

I just wanted to keep you informed.

- Should I pause this?
- Look, obviously,

there's some stuff we
need to, uh, address here.

Well, let me talk to him.

I think he's got some other issues

that are coming into play.

He's week four?

Shrier? Yeah, week four.

Okay, so that's not good.

He's highly agitated, he's paranoid.

Well, like I said,

we may need to treat Shrier

- more individually.
- No, no, no.

- What... what do you mean, "individually"?
- Well, yes,

because he seems to be struggling

- in specific...
- No, no, no. H... hang on.

No, look. Here's what
we're gonna do, Heidi. Okay?

We're just gonna move
Cruz out of Shrier's room.

I don't know what that was all about.

Well, we never set a firm
policy on that, on... on housing,

- and there may be advantages...
- Firm pol... Did you just say

"firm policy"? Is that
what you need, Heidi?

- A firm policy?
- Well, I...

'Cause we're trying to do
something new here, aren't we?

- Yes, but I just thought...
- Okay, you know, we're nimble.

We... we adapt. So instead of waiting

for this magical rulebook to appear,

how about we just apply,
you know, common sense? Ooh.

I... I am trying to do that.

- This was a private conversation.
- Private?

The... the guy had a fucking manic
episode in the middle of dinner.

- I... well, I wouldn't say that.
- What do you mean?

You just told me ten
seconds ago, he stood

on a fucking table. Did he or didn't he?

No, he... he did, I just don't think

- we should overreact.
- Okay, Heidi, Heidi, Heidi.

Okay. Enough. That's...
we're... we're done, okay?

H... here's what's gonna happen. Ready?

Walter Cruz goes back to his
own room. That's it. Understood?

- Heidi?
- Yes. Understood.

Okay, and we keep Shrier
confined for the night,

and if this type of response persists,

then we have him reassigned, okay?

W... we're so close to getting
what we want. I can't have this guy

contaminating the whole project, okay?

Okay.

I'm supposed to be in with the
Lebensblut people right now,

nailing down the scale projections,

and instead, I'm dealing
with this shit... Fuck...

- I know. I'm sorry, Colin.
- Don't apologize!

Just take those actions.

Thank you very much!

What are the odds, huh?

Yes? Do I know you?

No, sir, but I know you,

and I certainly know
your work, Mr. Heidl.

It is truly an honor.

Colin Belfast, with Geist.

Pleasure.

Hey. It's cool.

I'll be fine.

I'll see you at breakfast, all right?

We're gonna lock this
door tonight, okay?

This is your decision?

Who ordered this?

We're gonna keep this locked tonight.