Night Sky (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Dear Franklin - full transcript
Irene?
Ah-ha, here we are.
Well, let me get your cane,
at least.
Don't get carried away.
That's just what
the doctor ordered.
You got on your dancing shoes?
♪ If I go...
You know I don't wear shoes
in the house.
♪ Nothing can ever change...
When was the last time
we danced?
♪ This love I have for you...
It's been a while.
I'm surprised that old car
started for you.
You know, your license expired.
- Did it?
- Mm-hmm.
Well, I guess I'll have
to get over to the DMV, then.
And what about you?
Oh, that was
just a little driving lesson.
And he was a natural.
Irene's an excellent teacher.
And just think,
you won't have to drive me
everywhere now.
You know, I really did
miss the freedom.
Hmm.
Where did your new found
freedom take you?
Just around town.
Oh, and we found
some new leads on Jude's dad.
Seems he had a run-in
with a local named Bill Dunlap.
Oh. Regular Holmes and Watson,
you two.
I got a project
in the workshop, uh...
Want to get back to it.
- Thanks for dinner.
- Mm-hmm.
Damn racoons.
Dear Franklin,
let me first say, I'm sorry.
I'm not doing this to hurt you.
It's just that
I've finished waiting.
Thank you very much, Mr. Dunlap.
We'll see you then.
Okay. Bye-bye.
That was Bill Jr.,
and he said his dad
lived in the nursing home
until the day he died.
- So Chandra wasn't lying about that.
- No.
And he still works in town,
and he said we could stop by
and see him.
Tomorrow?
Yep, tomorrow.
So, do you think you can
make it through one night
without, uh,
getting into any trouble?
I will do my best.
Well, that's a good start.
I didn't see you come up.
Done in the shop already?
Oh, it was so much fun
dancing with you today.
What's the matter?
I can't be here right now.
Shit.
Hey.
Do you have any idea
what you're doing to us?
The pain you're causing?
What are you talking about?
We were fine
before you came here.
You sure about that?
We need a room, darling.
For the night or by the hour?
For the night.
Two rooms, please.
$85 apiece plus tax.
That's a lot of scratch.
Could just sleep in the van.
Here's yours,
and here's a copy of mine.
For emergencies, or whatever.
No, thanks.
Let's go.
Anything good?
Hmm, no.
But look!
There were free shoes
in the closet!
Don't wear those,
Toni, they're gross.
Can we go out
and do something fun?
No.
I saw online there's lots to do
around here like shopping,
- a mall with over thirty restaurants.
- No, no, no, no.
Pero no, no, no.
Not tonight.
On the way back
we can do some sightseeing.
Look! Godzilla!
You like this one.
I don't feel like it.
- ¿Mamá?
- Hmm?
Why does
Nick have guns in the van?
I don't know.
But all Americans have guns.
Nick wants to seem important.
He said he knew my dad.
He shouldn't be talking to you
about things like that.
You're right.
You should.
Ay, Toni.
Did you ever think there's
a reason I keep things from you?
That I'm protecting you
from something?
I wanted you to have
a normal life before all this.
A normal life?
I'm fifteen
and my mom is my only friend.
What kind of life is that?
Come on, what about Ana?
We haven't been friends
for years
since you stopped letting
her come over.
Is this about the boy
in the chapel?
Why do you act
like this isn't important?
I'm just supposed
to stay at home?
No friends, no job, nothing?
You'd have to be insane
to do that!
Like me?
Where are you going?
To the vending machine.
And when I'm back
we'll watch Godzilla.
It's not just on Planet Earth.
These-these things,
they exist...
they exist in other places
in the world,
- other places in the universe.
- Wait, like a planet?
Like, actual outer space?
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
- Wha... Nick!
Oh!
Stella, you made it.
What the hell are you doing?
- Me and Gina...
- Uh, it's Nina.
Sorry. Me and Nina,
we were just getting
to know each other a little bit.
She's a Mets fan,
can you believe it?
Go Mets.
You? Get up.
- Hey, be nice.
- Shut up.
- How much?
- $200.
Thanks.
I thought it was love.
You find this funny?
What? She's not
gonna say anything.
Even if she did,
no one would believe her.
I was just...
Come on,
I was just playing around.
You can't play around.
Because when you play around,
people die.
Like your brother.
What have you learned?
Nothing.
He's the first thing
I think about
when I wake up in the morning.
It's the first face that I see.
You call that nothing?
You're the last person
to lecture anybody, Stella.
Your own daughter doesn't know
jack shit about you.
The notches
that you have on your belt.
I never should have brought you.
Yeah, well, you're-you're
pretty lucky that you did.
'Cause otherwise
you'd be out here chasing
your own fucking tail around.
And Epi, he'd be real proud
of his little girl then,
wouldn't he?
Fuck you.
- ¿Mamá?
- What?!
- What's wrong?
- Come to our room.
- Is Nick in trouble?
- Nick is always in trouble.
I got us some Red Vines.
They taste like plastic.
Well then I'll eat them.
You headed somewhere?
There's not that much open
this time of night.
I-I just wanted to look around.
At a parking lot?
She really does
keep you cooped up, huh?
It's crazy to think
it's all somewhere up there.
W-What is?
So, Toni, what do you do for fun
at the bottom of the world?
Fun?
She won't let me do anything.
Your mom's in a tough spot.
You're not a little kid anymore,
you know?
And what's so bad about that?
You're all she's got.
She's afraid of losing you.
And so she lies to me?
Until two days ago,
I didn't even know
that that thing existed.
Or you, or any of this.
I can't say I agree with her
on that.
At least you are nice to me.
There's only so many of us. We
got to have each other's backs.
Can I have a cigarette?
Don't push it.
Irene?
Jude?
Hey.
I-I made you some tea.
Oh, thank you.
Hey, I-I was wondering,
maybe we could go
and see Mr. Dunlap today.
I'm so sorry, Jude,
I just don't think
I feel up to it today.
But you should go.
There's a number
for the taxi service
on the fridge if you need it.
Okay.
Hey, uh...
...what happened last night?
Oh, it's not worth
talking about.
Marriages are like that
sometimes, you know?
There are ups and downs.
It must be really hard for him.
You're doing so well,
walking and...
...driving.
Yeah.
I think he's just used
to you needing him all the time.
Well, I do need him.
I'll always need him.
And he needs me, too.
Lucy, keep...
get out of there. Come on.
Out, out, out, out.
Sorry. She's a worrier.
- Here.
- Yeah.
Hope the, uh,
couch was okay there.
Yeah.
You just gonna stand there
and stare at me?
- You're like the dog.
- I want to show you something.
Hi, Mr. York.
Do you want breakfast?
No, no, no. Thank you, I'm fine.
You sure?
I-I made Crescent Rolls.
Thanks.
Thanks, hon.
Mm-hmm.
Just no more sleepovers, okay?
Yeah, you got it.
You are not gonna believe this.
I've seen bowling balls before,
Byron.
Holy... crow.
What is that thing?
Your caretaker buried it
in the ground behind your house.
You just got to be careful
not to touch it, though.
It's, uh, trust me, not fun.
Yeah, well, don't wave
that thing around.
Put it away, will you?
Good idea.
- I got to go.
- Now?
Yeah.
Don't you want to,
you know, put it back in?
And you know,
get it working again?
I got... stuff I got to do.
More important than this?
Yes.
You mind if I try?
Yeah, knock yourself out.
Okay.
Hi, Professor Sandhu?
It's Denise.
Oh, good, you're back.
Just in time.
I got into brewing
my own kombucha.
This stuff right here,
the goopy stuff, it's a SCOBY.
It's a bacterial colony,
and it's...
it's really good for you.
I just dropped out of school.
- You what?
- Yeah.
I just got off the phone
with my advisor.
I-I told her that
I wasn't coming back.
That's crazy.
I mean...
I mean, are you sure?
What are you,
what are you gonna do?
I don't know... you know,
maybe that's exactly
what I need.
Maybe I-I'll even
move back here.
To Farnsworth?
What about the life
you were building?
That is not the life I wanted.
You think everyone lives
the life that they want?
I kind of find it insulting.
Not everybody here got
the same advantages as you.
Advantages?
You know what I mean.
Mm-mmm.
Like... Sarah Rush.
She tried to get into
business school, and she didn't.
She couldn't get in.
That's because Sarah didn't
go to class,
and she hated reading,
and she dropped out of Model UN
- because she couldn't be Belgium.
- Yeah, well...
Maybe there were things
about her
that made her less appealing
than you.
Wow.
I didn't get in because
of charity, Katie.
I worked my ass off.
But I guess I'm always gonna
have some people in my life,
people that I thought
were my friends,
wondering if I even earned it
at all.
Excuse me. Grandpa?
Hey, it's-it's Jude.
Y-Your grandparents' caretaker.
Yeah, yeah. I know who you are.
What's going on?
I-I, uh...
Are you busy right now?
No.
It's amazing.
I feel this...
huge weight off of my shoulders,
and it's not just
the tuition money.
Wait, they charge you money?
Yeah. But only several
hundred thousand dollars, so...
Oh.
Well, I'm happy for you.
Couldn't have been easy,
walking away.
Yeah, I guess so.
But this is the first day
of something new.
Better.
And you're okay spending it
with me?
Hey, there. You Jude?
Yes, sir. Uh, Mr. Dunlap?
- Oh, just Bill, please. And...
- Denise.
Nice to know you.
Y'all, come on in.
Excuse the mess.
Got some small loads
waiting to go out.
Thought about hiring
a secretary,
but I can't justify the expense.
So...
I was told you had something
that belonged to Bill Sr.
Get out of town.
This is my dad's lucky charm.
I thought it was lost.
Someone at
the, uh, retirement home had it.
Wow, I never thought
I'd see this again.
I guess it was lucky after all.
Thank you.
What is it?
The topic of much debate
in the Dunlap home
over the years.
It's a strange-looking doodad,
isn't it?
I was hoping you could tell us
where your dad got it.
Uh, the thing is...
my dad might have been
a long haul trucker,
but he was
an even longer haul bullshitter.
And this was his signature yarn.
We'd really like to hear it.
Um, story went, he picked up
a hitchhiker here in town.
Said the guy was
a little sketchy,
like he was on the run
or something.
Sure enough,
a few hours into the trip,
my dad realized that
there was someone trailing them
in a van.
But my dad knew all
the back roads, so...
- So they got away, right?
- Yeah, yeah, of course, but...
Okay, this is where the story
gets a little out there.
Dad said that, after
they lost sight of the van,
the hitchhiker reached
into his glove box,
pulled out
my dad's hunting knife.
He thought he was gonna stab him
or something.
But instead, he cut this thing
out of his ankle.
Banged it on the dash
a few times,
gave it to him as a memento.
Where'd you sleep?
That all you have to say?
I don't know what to say...
except that I'm sorry.
I was wrong.
It was a mistake.
A mistake.
Leaving the milk out is
a mistake.
Missing a button on your shirt
is a mistake.
This was...
We were standing right here.
We were cleaning up
after your bridge club.
I told you Marcy Delmore
was cheating again.
I asked if you were ever gonna
call her out on it...
- Please, Franklin, don't...
- ...and you said, "No need,
'cause she never wins anyway."
And then the phone rang.
That phone call
that no parent should ever get.
And I made myself be strong
for you.
Let you grieve the way you want,
the way you need.
And I always believed
that was the right thing to do.
But you were gonna...
you were gonna leave me here...
...all alone,
to go through that
all over again?
I was selfish.
I am selfish.
You're not.
You sat right here,
and you promised me
30 more years.
And then...
- Franklin...
- What?
I couldn't have promised you
30 more days, much less years.
What did you want?
I just want to be enough...
for you to want to stay.
Okay.
Okay...
All right.
Huh.
Yes. That is what I'm talkin'...
What? Wait, wait, wait. No.
Come on. Come on!
Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Got the patrol log
for you, Chief.
- Ready for your sign-off.
- All right.
Deena finally broke me down.
I think we're gonna get
that Jacuzzi hot tub
- she's been wanting. Yeah.
- Oh, yeah?
She thinks it'll help
with my sciatica.
Sure does hurt the wallet.
Hey, Gibby, what? What's
this arrest here? Who's Jude?
Oh, yeah. Novatny was
on the desk that night.
Just some drunk kid.
- Says he evaded arrest?
- Apparently, it was some sort of mix-up.
Kid turned out to be
the Yorks' caretaker.
Mrs. York came down
and cleared it all up.
Caretaker, huh?
Thanks, Gibby.
Byron? Are you in here?
Ah. Hey.
How was your shift?
Oh, only one screamer.
Um, are you looking
for something?
Yeah, uh, have you seen
the jumper cables?
- Franklin needs to borrow them.
- No.
God, poor Franklin.
He looks so miserable.
Eh, he'll be fine.
Hey, um,
I'm really proud of you.
Just making a new friend.
Even if he is
the grumpy old man next door.
You gotta start somewhere,
right?
Yeah. Oh, I see 'em.
They're, uh, by the box fan.
Oh, look at you, eagle eyes.
Ha, ha!
Have fun.
Yeah. Thanks, Jeanine.
Frank... I'm on it.
Tommy, we're gonna get
sick of each other
- if we keep this up.
- Yeah.
Mrs. York, is your
caretaker here?
No. Why?
I don't want to scare you...
Take a look.
There's some pretty
serious stuff there.
Violent incidents,
psychiatric holds.
So... I'd like to take him
into custody
until we can sort it out.
Custody?
Oh, this must be a mistake.
Mrs. York, he's not well.
And he used false pretenses
to get into your lives.
That...
That's enough for me.
When do you expect him back?
Well, I don't.
I've already fired him.
- You fired him?
- Yes, I did.
He-he was drunk,
and he got arrested.
How could I take him back
after that?
Yeah.
Did he say where he was going?
Well, he was very anxious
to get out of Farnsworth.
- I know that.
- I'll bet.
Okay, well,
you hang onto that file.
Now, if he tries
to contact you in any way,
I want you to call me.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Trust me,
these people are harder
to get rid of than you think.
Thank you.
What's so funny?
Oh, we're just swapping stories.
That salad,
that looks interesting.
I usually stick to hot food
in places like this.
What did he tell you?
Nada.
- Relax.
- I'm relaxed.
You see that vein pulsing
in your mom's forehead?
- That's an indicator of hypertension.
- Mm.
You should really get your
blood pressure checked, Stella.
Enough.
She wasn't always like this.
You know, just
a little bit older than you
first time I met her.
It was her Perdisco.
- No.
- Perdisco?
- Mm-hmm.
- You were there?
Sure. A lot of us were.
You know?
I saw firsthand; Your mother
used to have a wild side.
I'm serious, Nick.
Don't do this.
What kind of things did she do?
If memory serves correctly,
absolutely nothing respectable.
I remember this one time,
- her and Caleb...
- Enough!
I was just a young, stupid girl.
It's nothing to be proud of.
You know, some of us
grew out of it
before anyone got hurt.
I wouldn't say you didn't
hurt anybody, Stella.
What about Caleb?
Wh-Who is Caleb, anyway?
She never told you
about Caleb, huh?
See, that's amazing to me.
'Cause the two of them, they
were, they were really close.
I can see it in this light.
It's the eyes.
The resemblance.
Get up, Toni.
C'mon, let's go!
What the fuck?!
- This is crazy!
- Watch your mouth!
You're joking.
Come on, we have to hurry.
What's going on?
You're scaring me!
We can't just leave Nick.
Yes we can, let's go!
No, no, no, no, no.
Don't even think about it.
Wait. Wait!
Stella, come on.
Don't do this to me.
Stella!
Where have you two been all day?
You chose the weirdest person
to hire for your caretaker,
Nana.
We found out where he went.
Look. This is
Bill Sr.'s delivery ledger.
June 5th, 2005.
That was the day
he was released from jail.
In Enfield, Michigan.
It's an eight-hour drive.
If we leave tonight,
we can get there by morning.
And Denise said she would come.
Really?
Yeah. Why not?
I'm down for a road trip.
Road trip to where?
Michigan.
Looks like my father went there
after Farnsworth.
- Find another mugshot, did you?
- Oh, come on, Grandpa.
We can all go together.
Let's take an overnight
up the coast.
- Might be fun.
- No, thanks.
It looks remote.
Like a good place to lay low.
- I bet he's there.
- I hope so.
Come with me.
Are you two okay?
Oh, don't worry about us, kiddo.
Does this have to do with Jude?
Why does everything
have to be about him?
No, no, no, that's...
It's not all his fault.
He's just a dumb-ass kid.
This is between me
and your Nana.
But you two are gonna
figure it out, right?
Boy, you'd think,
after all this time,
I'd have gained some wisdom
about what makes
a relationship work,
wouldn't you?
You know what,
I'm gonna tell Nana
that she shouldn't go
on the trip.
No, no.
Nobody's gonna talk your Nana
out of doing what she wants.
That much I have learned.
Well, I'll stay here,
and we can hang out.
That is very sweet,
but I know you want to go.
You're excited about it.
And somebody's got to
keep an eye on your Nana.
Keep her away from the minibar.
You don't believe this.
Do you?
I don't know.
Should I?
This isn't real.
These are the-the people
I was telling you about.
You know the tracker?
It's not a necklace.
I cut it out of my leg.
They will do anything.
You have to believe me.
Ay, mierda.
Not sure which way to go, huh?
Too bad we ditched
our navigator.
Good thing I know how to work
the tracking equipment.
What?!
I've been watching Nick do it.
I could do it blindfolded.
Well get to it!
First, tell me what
the "package" is.
Or should we go pick up Nick?
It's not a "what."
But a "who."
The "package"...
...is a man.
One of us.
He broke the rules
and it's our job to find him.
And if we don't a lot of people
will be in grave danger.
That's why we can't take chances
with "fun Nick."
See?
Why couldn't you
just tell me that?
We could have avoided this.
I wasn't sure you'd understand.
I was afraid.
There's a lot more to this
than the chapel, huh?
Can you work that thing or not?
Don't forget your, uh,
pill planner.
Oh, I'm not gonna be gone
that long.
Why do you have to go at all?
The night I wrote you
that letter, Franklin,
was the night I found Jude.
That has to mean something.
Does it?
Well, I looked out
at that planet for 20 years
asking why.
And then the same night
that I was ready to stop asking,
it answered me.
You're always looking
for an answer
to life's great mystery.
I found mine,
here in this house with you.
I hope you find
what you're looking for.
I do.
And whether you do or don't,
I'll be here waiting for you.
Uh-oh.
I'm gonna get you.
Oh, careful, Denise.
Papa Frank worked hard
on that bird; Be gentle.
Oh, it's nothing a little
Elmer's Glue couldn't fix.
Papa Frank, follow me.
I have been summoned.
Children have a lot
of energy, don't they?
It's too bad
we can't tap into that.
I could use some
right about now.
You know I'm always here
if you want to talk.
- I know.
- I don't even have to say anything.
I could just listen.
When have you ever held back
from an opinion, Mom?
Mm, late fall, 1984.
But I think I may have
had laryngitis.
There's... There's gonna be
a review at work,
and it's not gonna be good.
It's only a job.
It's not just that,
though, I'm...
I'm trying real hard
to make everything fit. Um...
Leslie keeps saying
we should be grateful
for all we have,
and she's right.
But I...
I don't know how
to make myself feel that.
I'm so tired of
letting everyone down.
You're not letting anyone down.
There are so many people
who love you.
Denise adores you.
You think so?
I know so.
Have you talked to,
uh, Dr. Evans?
He... wants to adjust
my meds again.
Well, that...
that might be good.
- Right?
- Yeah.
I mean, I don't want
to worry you.
I'll be okay.
I just needed to vent.
I'm fine. Really.
Is everything okay, Nana?
Oh, uh...
Yeah, honey, I'm fine.
Hello?
Hi, I'm calling
for Franklin York.
If this is about that
Marmalade of the Month Club,
I told you guys to quit calling.
Mr. York, this is about
the coins. The doubloons.
They're very rare.
How'd you get this number?
You called me.
Don't you remember,
we spoke on the phone?
No.
Wha... Who is this?
I'm very interested
in the coins.
Tell me, how did you get them?
Look, they're-they're not mine,
okay?
Really?
Whose are they?
Hey, don't call here again.
Frank. It's time.
Let's go.
All right.
What the hell is wrong with you?
You'll get used to the fumes.
Come on.
Let me show you.
So, this,
this is the heart, right?
Makes everything tick.
But if you take it out,
pbbt! Loses its charge.
Your guy knew exactly
what he was doing.
He wanted to make sure
we could never
use this thing ever again.
Well, is it working or not?
Okay. So I figured
we'd try to hit it
with as much power as we could.
And all we gotta do
is close the circuit,
right there.
Then we just...
It jump starts it right back up.
Theoretically.
But, uh, I figured
I'd save it for you, bud.
It's gonna work.
Fuck it.
Ha, ha, ha, see?
I told you.
Hey, girl.
What you barking at?
What's that sound mean?
Umm, I don't know.
¡Ay!
What's happening?!
Toni...
Hang on.
Are you ok?
I think we're here.
Frank...
You okay?
We did it.
We frikkin' did it!
Come on.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh.
So, uh, how many times
h-have you done this?
This'll be 857.
That's pretty specific.
Well, your entire body
is about to be broken down
into a trillion particles
and reassembled
across the universe.
It's a memorable experience.
- I keep track.
- Yeah.
- You stand there.
- Okay.
Oh, shit, I'm getting
kind of nervous.
You should be.
- What's that for?
- Trust me.
Does it normally do this?
Here we go.
Was that it?
I thought it was gonna...
Oh...
Oh, my God.
It's so beautiful.
Yeah, it is.
Oh, wow.
Have you gone out there yet?
No.
No, I was always too scared.
I'm not scared anymore.
Ah-ha, here we are.
Well, let me get your cane,
at least.
Don't get carried away.
That's just what
the doctor ordered.
You got on your dancing shoes?
♪ If I go...
You know I don't wear shoes
in the house.
♪ Nothing can ever change...
When was the last time
we danced?
♪ This love I have for you...
It's been a while.
I'm surprised that old car
started for you.
You know, your license expired.
- Did it?
- Mm-hmm.
Well, I guess I'll have
to get over to the DMV, then.
And what about you?
Oh, that was
just a little driving lesson.
And he was a natural.
Irene's an excellent teacher.
And just think,
you won't have to drive me
everywhere now.
You know, I really did
miss the freedom.
Hmm.
Where did your new found
freedom take you?
Just around town.
Oh, and we found
some new leads on Jude's dad.
Seems he had a run-in
with a local named Bill Dunlap.
Oh. Regular Holmes and Watson,
you two.
I got a project
in the workshop, uh...
Want to get back to it.
- Thanks for dinner.
- Mm-hmm.
Damn racoons.
Dear Franklin,
let me first say, I'm sorry.
I'm not doing this to hurt you.
It's just that
I've finished waiting.
Thank you very much, Mr. Dunlap.
We'll see you then.
Okay. Bye-bye.
That was Bill Jr.,
and he said his dad
lived in the nursing home
until the day he died.
- So Chandra wasn't lying about that.
- No.
And he still works in town,
and he said we could stop by
and see him.
Tomorrow?
Yep, tomorrow.
So, do you think you can
make it through one night
without, uh,
getting into any trouble?
I will do my best.
Well, that's a good start.
I didn't see you come up.
Done in the shop already?
Oh, it was so much fun
dancing with you today.
What's the matter?
I can't be here right now.
Shit.
Hey.
Do you have any idea
what you're doing to us?
The pain you're causing?
What are you talking about?
We were fine
before you came here.
You sure about that?
We need a room, darling.
For the night or by the hour?
For the night.
Two rooms, please.
$85 apiece plus tax.
That's a lot of scratch.
Could just sleep in the van.
Here's yours,
and here's a copy of mine.
For emergencies, or whatever.
No, thanks.
Let's go.
Anything good?
Hmm, no.
But look!
There were free shoes
in the closet!
Don't wear those,
Toni, they're gross.
Can we go out
and do something fun?
No.
I saw online there's lots to do
around here like shopping,
- a mall with over thirty restaurants.
- No, no, no, no.
Pero no, no, no.
Not tonight.
On the way back
we can do some sightseeing.
Look! Godzilla!
You like this one.
I don't feel like it.
- ¿Mamá?
- Hmm?
Why does
Nick have guns in the van?
I don't know.
But all Americans have guns.
Nick wants to seem important.
He said he knew my dad.
He shouldn't be talking to you
about things like that.
You're right.
You should.
Ay, Toni.
Did you ever think there's
a reason I keep things from you?
That I'm protecting you
from something?
I wanted you to have
a normal life before all this.
A normal life?
I'm fifteen
and my mom is my only friend.
What kind of life is that?
Come on, what about Ana?
We haven't been friends
for years
since you stopped letting
her come over.
Is this about the boy
in the chapel?
Why do you act
like this isn't important?
I'm just supposed
to stay at home?
No friends, no job, nothing?
You'd have to be insane
to do that!
Like me?
Where are you going?
To the vending machine.
And when I'm back
we'll watch Godzilla.
It's not just on Planet Earth.
These-these things,
they exist...
they exist in other places
in the world,
- other places in the universe.
- Wait, like a planet?
Like, actual outer space?
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
- Wha... Nick!
Oh!
Stella, you made it.
What the hell are you doing?
- Me and Gina...
- Uh, it's Nina.
Sorry. Me and Nina,
we were just getting
to know each other a little bit.
She's a Mets fan,
can you believe it?
Go Mets.
You? Get up.
- Hey, be nice.
- Shut up.
- How much?
- $200.
Thanks.
I thought it was love.
You find this funny?
What? She's not
gonna say anything.
Even if she did,
no one would believe her.
I was just...
Come on,
I was just playing around.
You can't play around.
Because when you play around,
people die.
Like your brother.
What have you learned?
Nothing.
He's the first thing
I think about
when I wake up in the morning.
It's the first face that I see.
You call that nothing?
You're the last person
to lecture anybody, Stella.
Your own daughter doesn't know
jack shit about you.
The notches
that you have on your belt.
I never should have brought you.
Yeah, well, you're-you're
pretty lucky that you did.
'Cause otherwise
you'd be out here chasing
your own fucking tail around.
And Epi, he'd be real proud
of his little girl then,
wouldn't he?
Fuck you.
- ¿Mamá?
- What?!
- What's wrong?
- Come to our room.
- Is Nick in trouble?
- Nick is always in trouble.
I got us some Red Vines.
They taste like plastic.
Well then I'll eat them.
You headed somewhere?
There's not that much open
this time of night.
I-I just wanted to look around.
At a parking lot?
She really does
keep you cooped up, huh?
It's crazy to think
it's all somewhere up there.
W-What is?
So, Toni, what do you do for fun
at the bottom of the world?
Fun?
She won't let me do anything.
Your mom's in a tough spot.
You're not a little kid anymore,
you know?
And what's so bad about that?
You're all she's got.
She's afraid of losing you.
And so she lies to me?
Until two days ago,
I didn't even know
that that thing existed.
Or you, or any of this.
I can't say I agree with her
on that.
At least you are nice to me.
There's only so many of us. We
got to have each other's backs.
Can I have a cigarette?
Don't push it.
Irene?
Jude?
Hey.
I-I made you some tea.
Oh, thank you.
Hey, I-I was wondering,
maybe we could go
and see Mr. Dunlap today.
I'm so sorry, Jude,
I just don't think
I feel up to it today.
But you should go.
There's a number
for the taxi service
on the fridge if you need it.
Okay.
Hey, uh...
...what happened last night?
Oh, it's not worth
talking about.
Marriages are like that
sometimes, you know?
There are ups and downs.
It must be really hard for him.
You're doing so well,
walking and...
...driving.
Yeah.
I think he's just used
to you needing him all the time.
Well, I do need him.
I'll always need him.
And he needs me, too.
Lucy, keep...
get out of there. Come on.
Out, out, out, out.
Sorry. She's a worrier.
- Here.
- Yeah.
Hope the, uh,
couch was okay there.
Yeah.
You just gonna stand there
and stare at me?
- You're like the dog.
- I want to show you something.
Hi, Mr. York.
Do you want breakfast?
No, no, no. Thank you, I'm fine.
You sure?
I-I made Crescent Rolls.
Thanks.
Thanks, hon.
Mm-hmm.
Just no more sleepovers, okay?
Yeah, you got it.
You are not gonna believe this.
I've seen bowling balls before,
Byron.
Holy... crow.
What is that thing?
Your caretaker buried it
in the ground behind your house.
You just got to be careful
not to touch it, though.
It's, uh, trust me, not fun.
Yeah, well, don't wave
that thing around.
Put it away, will you?
Good idea.
- I got to go.
- Now?
Yeah.
Don't you want to,
you know, put it back in?
And you know,
get it working again?
I got... stuff I got to do.
More important than this?
Yes.
You mind if I try?
Yeah, knock yourself out.
Okay.
Hi, Professor Sandhu?
It's Denise.
Oh, good, you're back.
Just in time.
I got into brewing
my own kombucha.
This stuff right here,
the goopy stuff, it's a SCOBY.
It's a bacterial colony,
and it's...
it's really good for you.
I just dropped out of school.
- You what?
- Yeah.
I just got off the phone
with my advisor.
I-I told her that
I wasn't coming back.
That's crazy.
I mean...
I mean, are you sure?
What are you,
what are you gonna do?
I don't know... you know,
maybe that's exactly
what I need.
Maybe I-I'll even
move back here.
To Farnsworth?
What about the life
you were building?
That is not the life I wanted.
You think everyone lives
the life that they want?
I kind of find it insulting.
Not everybody here got
the same advantages as you.
Advantages?
You know what I mean.
Mm-mmm.
Like... Sarah Rush.
She tried to get into
business school, and she didn't.
She couldn't get in.
That's because Sarah didn't
go to class,
and she hated reading,
and she dropped out of Model UN
- because she couldn't be Belgium.
- Yeah, well...
Maybe there were things
about her
that made her less appealing
than you.
Wow.
I didn't get in because
of charity, Katie.
I worked my ass off.
But I guess I'm always gonna
have some people in my life,
people that I thought
were my friends,
wondering if I even earned it
at all.
Excuse me. Grandpa?
Hey, it's-it's Jude.
Y-Your grandparents' caretaker.
Yeah, yeah. I know who you are.
What's going on?
I-I, uh...
Are you busy right now?
No.
It's amazing.
I feel this...
huge weight off of my shoulders,
and it's not just
the tuition money.
Wait, they charge you money?
Yeah. But only several
hundred thousand dollars, so...
Oh.
Well, I'm happy for you.
Couldn't have been easy,
walking away.
Yeah, I guess so.
But this is the first day
of something new.
Better.
And you're okay spending it
with me?
Hey, there. You Jude?
Yes, sir. Uh, Mr. Dunlap?
- Oh, just Bill, please. And...
- Denise.
Nice to know you.
Y'all, come on in.
Excuse the mess.
Got some small loads
waiting to go out.
Thought about hiring
a secretary,
but I can't justify the expense.
So...
I was told you had something
that belonged to Bill Sr.
Get out of town.
This is my dad's lucky charm.
I thought it was lost.
Someone at
the, uh, retirement home had it.
Wow, I never thought
I'd see this again.
I guess it was lucky after all.
Thank you.
What is it?
The topic of much debate
in the Dunlap home
over the years.
It's a strange-looking doodad,
isn't it?
I was hoping you could tell us
where your dad got it.
Uh, the thing is...
my dad might have been
a long haul trucker,
but he was
an even longer haul bullshitter.
And this was his signature yarn.
We'd really like to hear it.
Um, story went, he picked up
a hitchhiker here in town.
Said the guy was
a little sketchy,
like he was on the run
or something.
Sure enough,
a few hours into the trip,
my dad realized that
there was someone trailing them
in a van.
But my dad knew all
the back roads, so...
- So they got away, right?
- Yeah, yeah, of course, but...
Okay, this is where the story
gets a little out there.
Dad said that, after
they lost sight of the van,
the hitchhiker reached
into his glove box,
pulled out
my dad's hunting knife.
He thought he was gonna stab him
or something.
But instead, he cut this thing
out of his ankle.
Banged it on the dash
a few times,
gave it to him as a memento.
Where'd you sleep?
That all you have to say?
I don't know what to say...
except that I'm sorry.
I was wrong.
It was a mistake.
A mistake.
Leaving the milk out is
a mistake.
Missing a button on your shirt
is a mistake.
This was...
We were standing right here.
We were cleaning up
after your bridge club.
I told you Marcy Delmore
was cheating again.
I asked if you were ever gonna
call her out on it...
- Please, Franklin, don't...
- ...and you said, "No need,
'cause she never wins anyway."
And then the phone rang.
That phone call
that no parent should ever get.
And I made myself be strong
for you.
Let you grieve the way you want,
the way you need.
And I always believed
that was the right thing to do.
But you were gonna...
you were gonna leave me here...
...all alone,
to go through that
all over again?
I was selfish.
I am selfish.
You're not.
You sat right here,
and you promised me
30 more years.
And then...
- Franklin...
- What?
I couldn't have promised you
30 more days, much less years.
What did you want?
I just want to be enough...
for you to want to stay.
Okay.
Okay...
All right.
Huh.
Yes. That is what I'm talkin'...
What? Wait, wait, wait. No.
Come on. Come on!
Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Got the patrol log
for you, Chief.
- Ready for your sign-off.
- All right.
Deena finally broke me down.
I think we're gonna get
that Jacuzzi hot tub
- she's been wanting. Yeah.
- Oh, yeah?
She thinks it'll help
with my sciatica.
Sure does hurt the wallet.
Hey, Gibby, what? What's
this arrest here? Who's Jude?
Oh, yeah. Novatny was
on the desk that night.
Just some drunk kid.
- Says he evaded arrest?
- Apparently, it was some sort of mix-up.
Kid turned out to be
the Yorks' caretaker.
Mrs. York came down
and cleared it all up.
Caretaker, huh?
Thanks, Gibby.
Byron? Are you in here?
Ah. Hey.
How was your shift?
Oh, only one screamer.
Um, are you looking
for something?
Yeah, uh, have you seen
the jumper cables?
- Franklin needs to borrow them.
- No.
God, poor Franklin.
He looks so miserable.
Eh, he'll be fine.
Hey, um,
I'm really proud of you.
Just making a new friend.
Even if he is
the grumpy old man next door.
You gotta start somewhere,
right?
Yeah. Oh, I see 'em.
They're, uh, by the box fan.
Oh, look at you, eagle eyes.
Ha, ha!
Have fun.
Yeah. Thanks, Jeanine.
Frank... I'm on it.
Tommy, we're gonna get
sick of each other
- if we keep this up.
- Yeah.
Mrs. York, is your
caretaker here?
No. Why?
I don't want to scare you...
Take a look.
There's some pretty
serious stuff there.
Violent incidents,
psychiatric holds.
So... I'd like to take him
into custody
until we can sort it out.
Custody?
Oh, this must be a mistake.
Mrs. York, he's not well.
And he used false pretenses
to get into your lives.
That...
That's enough for me.
When do you expect him back?
Well, I don't.
I've already fired him.
- You fired him?
- Yes, I did.
He-he was drunk,
and he got arrested.
How could I take him back
after that?
Yeah.
Did he say where he was going?
Well, he was very anxious
to get out of Farnsworth.
- I know that.
- I'll bet.
Okay, well,
you hang onto that file.
Now, if he tries
to contact you in any way,
I want you to call me.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Trust me,
these people are harder
to get rid of than you think.
Thank you.
What's so funny?
Oh, we're just swapping stories.
That salad,
that looks interesting.
I usually stick to hot food
in places like this.
What did he tell you?
Nada.
- Relax.
- I'm relaxed.
You see that vein pulsing
in your mom's forehead?
- That's an indicator of hypertension.
- Mm.
You should really get your
blood pressure checked, Stella.
Enough.
She wasn't always like this.
You know, just
a little bit older than you
first time I met her.
It was her Perdisco.
- No.
- Perdisco?
- Mm-hmm.
- You were there?
Sure. A lot of us were.
You know?
I saw firsthand; Your mother
used to have a wild side.
I'm serious, Nick.
Don't do this.
What kind of things did she do?
If memory serves correctly,
absolutely nothing respectable.
I remember this one time,
- her and Caleb...
- Enough!
I was just a young, stupid girl.
It's nothing to be proud of.
You know, some of us
grew out of it
before anyone got hurt.
I wouldn't say you didn't
hurt anybody, Stella.
What about Caleb?
Wh-Who is Caleb, anyway?
She never told you
about Caleb, huh?
See, that's amazing to me.
'Cause the two of them, they
were, they were really close.
I can see it in this light.
It's the eyes.
The resemblance.
Get up, Toni.
C'mon, let's go!
What the fuck?!
- This is crazy!
- Watch your mouth!
You're joking.
Come on, we have to hurry.
What's going on?
You're scaring me!
We can't just leave Nick.
Yes we can, let's go!
No, no, no, no, no.
Don't even think about it.
Wait. Wait!
Stella, come on.
Don't do this to me.
Stella!
Where have you two been all day?
You chose the weirdest person
to hire for your caretaker,
Nana.
We found out where he went.
Look. This is
Bill Sr.'s delivery ledger.
June 5th, 2005.
That was the day
he was released from jail.
In Enfield, Michigan.
It's an eight-hour drive.
If we leave tonight,
we can get there by morning.
And Denise said she would come.
Really?
Yeah. Why not?
I'm down for a road trip.
Road trip to where?
Michigan.
Looks like my father went there
after Farnsworth.
- Find another mugshot, did you?
- Oh, come on, Grandpa.
We can all go together.
Let's take an overnight
up the coast.
- Might be fun.
- No, thanks.
It looks remote.
Like a good place to lay low.
- I bet he's there.
- I hope so.
Come with me.
Are you two okay?
Oh, don't worry about us, kiddo.
Does this have to do with Jude?
Why does everything
have to be about him?
No, no, no, that's...
It's not all his fault.
He's just a dumb-ass kid.
This is between me
and your Nana.
But you two are gonna
figure it out, right?
Boy, you'd think,
after all this time,
I'd have gained some wisdom
about what makes
a relationship work,
wouldn't you?
You know what,
I'm gonna tell Nana
that she shouldn't go
on the trip.
No, no.
Nobody's gonna talk your Nana
out of doing what she wants.
That much I have learned.
Well, I'll stay here,
and we can hang out.
That is very sweet,
but I know you want to go.
You're excited about it.
And somebody's got to
keep an eye on your Nana.
Keep her away from the minibar.
You don't believe this.
Do you?
I don't know.
Should I?
This isn't real.
These are the-the people
I was telling you about.
You know the tracker?
It's not a necklace.
I cut it out of my leg.
They will do anything.
You have to believe me.
Ay, mierda.
Not sure which way to go, huh?
Too bad we ditched
our navigator.
Good thing I know how to work
the tracking equipment.
What?!
I've been watching Nick do it.
I could do it blindfolded.
Well get to it!
First, tell me what
the "package" is.
Or should we go pick up Nick?
It's not a "what."
But a "who."
The "package"...
...is a man.
One of us.
He broke the rules
and it's our job to find him.
And if we don't a lot of people
will be in grave danger.
That's why we can't take chances
with "fun Nick."
See?
Why couldn't you
just tell me that?
We could have avoided this.
I wasn't sure you'd understand.
I was afraid.
There's a lot more to this
than the chapel, huh?
Can you work that thing or not?
Don't forget your, uh,
pill planner.
Oh, I'm not gonna be gone
that long.
Why do you have to go at all?
The night I wrote you
that letter, Franklin,
was the night I found Jude.
That has to mean something.
Does it?
Well, I looked out
at that planet for 20 years
asking why.
And then the same night
that I was ready to stop asking,
it answered me.
You're always looking
for an answer
to life's great mystery.
I found mine,
here in this house with you.
I hope you find
what you're looking for.
I do.
And whether you do or don't,
I'll be here waiting for you.
Uh-oh.
I'm gonna get you.
Oh, careful, Denise.
Papa Frank worked hard
on that bird; Be gentle.
Oh, it's nothing a little
Elmer's Glue couldn't fix.
Papa Frank, follow me.
I have been summoned.
Children have a lot
of energy, don't they?
It's too bad
we can't tap into that.
I could use some
right about now.
You know I'm always here
if you want to talk.
- I know.
- I don't even have to say anything.
I could just listen.
When have you ever held back
from an opinion, Mom?
Mm, late fall, 1984.
But I think I may have
had laryngitis.
There's... There's gonna be
a review at work,
and it's not gonna be good.
It's only a job.
It's not just that,
though, I'm...
I'm trying real hard
to make everything fit. Um...
Leslie keeps saying
we should be grateful
for all we have,
and she's right.
But I...
I don't know how
to make myself feel that.
I'm so tired of
letting everyone down.
You're not letting anyone down.
There are so many people
who love you.
Denise adores you.
You think so?
I know so.
Have you talked to,
uh, Dr. Evans?
He... wants to adjust
my meds again.
Well, that...
that might be good.
- Right?
- Yeah.
I mean, I don't want
to worry you.
I'll be okay.
I just needed to vent.
I'm fine. Really.
Is everything okay, Nana?
Oh, uh...
Yeah, honey, I'm fine.
Hello?
Hi, I'm calling
for Franklin York.
If this is about that
Marmalade of the Month Club,
I told you guys to quit calling.
Mr. York, this is about
the coins. The doubloons.
They're very rare.
How'd you get this number?
You called me.
Don't you remember,
we spoke on the phone?
No.
Wha... Who is this?
I'm very interested
in the coins.
Tell me, how did you get them?
Look, they're-they're not mine,
okay?
Really?
Whose are they?
Hey, don't call here again.
Frank. It's time.
Let's go.
All right.
What the hell is wrong with you?
You'll get used to the fumes.
Come on.
Let me show you.
So, this,
this is the heart, right?
Makes everything tick.
But if you take it out,
pbbt! Loses its charge.
Your guy knew exactly
what he was doing.
He wanted to make sure
we could never
use this thing ever again.
Well, is it working or not?
Okay. So I figured
we'd try to hit it
with as much power as we could.
And all we gotta do
is close the circuit,
right there.
Then we just...
It jump starts it right back up.
Theoretically.
But, uh, I figured
I'd save it for you, bud.
It's gonna work.
Fuck it.
Ha, ha, ha, see?
I told you.
Hey, girl.
What you barking at?
What's that sound mean?
Umm, I don't know.
¡Ay!
What's happening?!
Toni...
Hang on.
Are you ok?
I think we're here.
Frank...
You okay?
We did it.
We frikkin' did it!
Come on.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh.
So, uh, how many times
h-have you done this?
This'll be 857.
That's pretty specific.
Well, your entire body
is about to be broken down
into a trillion particles
and reassembled
across the universe.
It's a memorable experience.
- I keep track.
- Yeah.
- You stand there.
- Okay.
Oh, shit, I'm getting
kind of nervous.
You should be.
- What's that for?
- Trust me.
Does it normally do this?
Here we go.
Was that it?
I thought it was gonna...
Oh...
Oh, my God.
It's so beautiful.
Yeah, it is.
Oh, wow.
Have you gone out there yet?
No.
No, I was always too scared.
I'm not scared anymore.