Sharp Corner (2024) Movie Script
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Eighty, eighty-one,
eighty-two, eighty-three,
eighty-four, eighty-five,
eighty-six, eighty-seven,
eighty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety,
ninety-one, ninety-two,
ninety-three,
ninety-four, ninety-five,
ninety-six,
ninety-seven, ninety-eight.
This is it, isn't it?
Yup.
Thank goodness.
Alright, Max, we're
here. You can stop counting.
Is that it?
Yeah, that's it.
We're turning in here.
Wow, it's a mansion!
Check it out.
Hey, Max, be careful around
the movers, alright?
Someone's excited.
Yeah, he loves his mansion.
I'm going to hang a tire swing
right there.
Yeah, nice.
Hmm.
Ah!
Hey, buddy, you see
the fireplace?
Wow!
Thinking maybe we could
roast some marshmallows.
What do you think?
Yeah!
Hey. Just under
the window.
I want this room. Can I have it?
That's Mommy and Daddy's
room, Max.
Your room's down this way.
Ah!
Pretty cool, huh?
This room's bad.
I don't like it.
Well, you will when we
get your stuff in here.
It's too small.
What do you mean? It's twice
the size of your old room.
And it smells bad.
That's better.
I'm thinking about turning
the backyard
into a little chip and putt.
Oh yeah?
I could take five off
my handicap in no time.
Okay. Well, we will
add it to the list.
It's so quiet here.
I might need a noise machine
just to sleep at night.
I'm actually
excited to sleep
without the glaring
street lamps,
actually sleep in the dark.
I'm afraid of the dark.
What?
Sweetie, darkness is our friend.
We need it for our body to
produce a hormone
called melatonin for our
brains to go to sleep.
So, you know what?
Let's put this away,
focus on eating, okay?
We need to start limiting
screen time,
maybe imposing a digital curfew
for the whole family.
Josh?
Hmm? Yeah, great, yeah,
it's good.
A bit more wine?
I'm good.
Is he down yet?
Says he's scared.
Have you seen Raffi?
Oh, he's not in there.
Maybe check the car.
Max?
Max?
Oh!
Oh! Oh!
Gotcha! Ah!
Daddy, no!
Okay, time to go to sleep.
I'm scared.
Why are you scared? There's
nothing to be scared about.
We're in the room
right down the hall.
What if a bear comes in?
A bear couldn't get
through that door.
And even if he could,
I'd protect you.
Would you kill it?
With my bare hands.
How?
No more questions, Max.
It's late.
Let's get some sleep, okay?
Okay, good night.
Good night.
He's down, I think.
Oh, good.
I'm down.
What a day.
I didn't think we were going
to get through it.
We did it, Rach.
Hmm.
And look at this place.
It's daunting.
It's brimming with
possibilities.
You know, I'd like to fix up
Max's room up really nice,
help him with the transition.
Hmm. Right after
the chip and putt.
What?
I like to see you so happy.
I like seeing you do yoga.
Get over here.
Hmm.
We don't do this enough.
Agreed.
Should we move to the bedroom?
Let's just do it here.
What about Max?
I'll be quiet.
Shh.
Oh.
Here, let me get on top.
Oh my god!
Josh? Oh my god,
oh my god!
Oh, what happened?
Oh my God!
Mommy!
Max, don't come,
don't come in here!
Max, stay in your room.
I'm coming, okay?
... configuration
changes are almost a week
behind schedule.
Sanjay was tasked with resolving
some sort of issue
with the EPS.
To mitigate this, I've got
approval from Andrea
for about twenty hours
of perks time,
and that should get everything
back into green.
Thank you, Collins.
Okay, moving on...
Yeah, let's get an update on the
RTM procurement project.
Josh, showtime. RTM?
RTM, yeah. Well, some of the
most indecisive clients
I've ever encountered, except
when it comes to food.
Those boys can eat.
The good news is we were
finally able to get them
to agree to the functional spec.
Great, great, okay.
Hey, buddy.
You heading out early today?
That cool? A little hectic
with the move.
Yeah, are you in?
Last night.
Congratulations, that's amazing.
You know, I gotta make a note
to get you and Rachel
a housewarming gift.
Congratulations to you,
V.P. of Sales, Erikson.
Good for you.
No hard feelings?
Yeah, not-a-one.
You deserve it.
Thank you. That means a lot
coming from you.
I was worried things would be
a bit weird between us,
you know, you having
trained me and all.
Not at all, that was years ago.
Yeah, two.
Yeah so, uh, years,
I guess, yeah.
Gotta scoot.
Okay.
Happy for you.
Thank you, thank you.
Ninety-five, ninety-six,
ninety-seven, ninety-eight,
ninety-nine, one hundred.
You lied. You said she'd
be here, and she isn't.
Max, that's not lying.
I can't control when your mom
comes out of the building.
Wish I could.
I see her!
Hey!
Hi, Mommy!
Hi, buddy!
Hi! How was your day?
Good.
Sorry, patient in crisis.
I'm thinking we might want
to bite the bullet
and get that second car.
Because I'm a few minutes late?
No, I was just thinking
about giving us
a little extra flexibility,
you know?
Well, let's just see
how things play out
before we start adding
to our expenses.
I'm just spitballing.
When are we gonna be home?
Not for awhile, bud.
We're commuters now.
Two thousand seconds.
One, two, three...
You gotta see this.
Alcohol was definitely a factor.
Scroll down.
Can you keep your eyes
on the road, please?
I really didn't need
to read that.
I hate even thinking about it.
Well, it's etched in my mind.
Maybe I shouldn't have
even left the house.
Maybe I have PTSD.
Those poor parents.
I can't believe only the driver
died. You should have seen,
the other kid was thrown --
Who died?
No, no one, sweetie.
Dad was just talking about
a movie he saw.
Yeah, a grown-up movie, Max.
We should've just taken down
the whole wall.
It would really open up
the space.
That sounds like a lot of work.
I thought you were excited.
I am, just sounds like
a lot of work.
It would add serious value
to the property.
Maybe it's structural.
Where's Max?
I don't know, wandering around.
Max?
Max?
He's outside.
Rach.
Hey, bud, can you play inside?
No, I don't want to.
Yes, please. Yeah.
Grab your truck, okay?
I'll grab dino.
He's fine, right?
Isn't that why we
moved out here,
so he could run around freely?
It's a minefield out here, okay?
Can you take that?
Wondering if you talked
to Curtis yet
about that flow chart
I'm waiting on?
I'm sorry, who are you?
I'm Alan. Your new coder.
I was with Erikson before
he moved up.
Soon as I catch up
on these emails.
Yo, what's
going on, guys?
Kyle here. I just want to thank
every single one of you
for coming out to
the game today.
It was a huge win.
Hope to see you at
the future games.
Peace!
Wow, this looks amazing.
Okay, we have everything,
got the wine.
We're set.
Well, I would like to
propose a toast.
To Rachel and Josh, though
we miss you downtown
and we resent the hell out
of you for inflicting us
with those new neighbors --
more on that later --
we wish you much happiness
and prosperity
in your lovely new abode.
Hmm.
It's beautiful.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
Cheers.
Thank you for making
the drive, you guys.
Cheers.
Okay, I've gotta confess.
I saw that there was
a third bedroom.
Okay.
Any plans?
Oh, right to it!
That room is for you guys,
so you don't have to
designate a driver
every time you come over.
Exactly, yeah, yeah.
I think we're done.
I love babies, I do,
I just, I finally feel back on
track with my practice.
How's that going?
It's going great. I'm actually
starting to counsel couples now,
which comes with its own
set of challenges.
Must be intense.
Yeah, it can be, but it can
also be really rewarding
when couples finally break down
their barriers.
I'd find that exhausting,
listening to people's
problems all day.
Whose job doesn't that describe?
Listening to rich men bitch
about their stocks
on the golf course
doesn't qualify.
You can't even begin
to know my pain.
First world problems right here.
So Josh, how are things
going at Livewire?
Uneventful, thank goodness.
We're between roll-outs
right now,
which has been a blessing
with the move,
and the start of school,
and everything.
Didn't you tell me you were up
for a promotion a while back?
Yeah.
Didn't get it.
Josh, you didn't it?
Did we know?
Did we?
What happened? We
thought it was a done deal.
I guess the other guy
really went for it.
A real go-getter type.
Oh, one of those, huh?
Yeah, ambition is a bit of
a dirty word for Josh.
Not at all.
I'm just not into shameless
ass-kissing.
Josh, let me tell
you something.
Everything I have is a result of
shameless ass-kissing.
It's true.
Judging by your house, that is a
lot of ass-kissing, my friend.
Like I always say, I'd
rather have net worth
than self worth.
Sure. Am I right?
Are you getting
verklempt?
Anyway, it's for the best.
I've been so busy with
setting this place up.
Especially after that
hiccup we had.
Hmm, what
hiccup was that?
Oh, I thought you heard.
No.
There was an accident out front
the night we moved in.
What kind of accident?
Like a car accident?
Drunk teens.
They came around
the corner too fast,
and they barrel-rolled off the
road and onto our front lawn.
A wheel came flying through
the window right here,
almost hit me and Rach.
Jesus. Rachel, you didn't
say anything about this.
Rachel doesn't like
to talk about it.
It's not that I don't like
to talk about it,
I just don't want to talk about
it in front of Max.
He must have
been terrified.
Yeah, he was, he was,
he was pretty freaked out.
He had a lot of questions, you
know, why did this happen?
Is it gonna happen again?
Of course.
Yeah, he was scared, so...
What happened?
Were they okay, the teens?
It was bad.
At first I thought they
were all dead,
but it turned out the
passengers survived.
The driver had no chance.
The metal post of
the steering column,
the steering wheel, went
right into his chest,
skewered him to the chair.
Oh, Jesus.
Okay, maybe we should
postpone this conversation
till after dinner.
That's a good idea.
Let's do that.
I just can't stop
thinking about his parents.
They came by the other day
with one of those roadside
memorials.
I mean...
It really makes
you think, huh?
Yeah. He had just
graduated high school,
he had a football scholarship to
St. Mary's and everything.
His name was Kyle.
To Kyle.
To Kyle.
How do you know so much
about him?
I read the obituary.
I really like
this wine, Stephen.
What did you say the price point
was again?
Uh, twenty. I don't know --
We paid three euros for this in
Mallorca a couple years ago.
That's so expensive!
Do you know the exchange
rate between euros and dollars?
We haven't travelled recently,
but you know, we will.
I think you should!
You know what? The wine
was so cheap there,
I hardly remember anything.
Josh, don't, okay?
What?
Just, I'm trying to get
the dishes done.
What?
You're drunk, okay? Stop.
I come on to my wife
and I'm drunk?
You're drunk because you drank
a shitload of wine.
You were drunk at dinner
when you went off
on that embarrassing tirade.
I watched him die. Don't you
think it's natural
to be a little curious?
It's natural to be curious
about many things.
Like your son, or me,
or the V.P. job
you seemed completely
indifferent to.
Is that what this is about?
This is about priorities, and
where your head is at,
which frankly is cause
for concern.
Wow, okay. Care to
elaborate on that?
I just think that you
should examine
what it really is
you're feeling.
Why don't you tell me, since you
already seem to know.
You should talk to a therapist.
I am talking to a therapist.
An impartial one.
I think Peter could
be a good fit.
Peter?
Mm-hmm.
I think a man can, you know,
better relate
to the emotions you're
experiencing.
Which are?
It's not for me to say.
Just say it.
You looked smug, okay?
Like you were cashing in on
someone's misfortune.
They wanted to hear it.
Did you see their faces?
I wish you could've seen yours.
You were like a vulture.
Wow, okay. Sorry, Rach.
Your spidey sense is way
off on this one, so...
I hope. Okay.
Hey.
You coming in?
Just finishing this.
It's starting to get
cold at night.
... can we go again?
- What's that?
The pirate ship. Can we
go on the pirate ship?
I want to go again,
I want to go again.
Ah, there's Mommy.
Cheese!
Cheese!
Cheese!
Hey, buddy!
Hey!
One, two, three, whoo-hoo!
Hey, Max, don't go
too far, okay?
It's okay, I got him, I got him.
Hey, Max! Max!
You can't run away that fast.
It freaks your mom out.
Daddy, I want that bear.
Don't we have enough stuffed
animals at home?
Come on, dad, be a hero.
I think I figured it out.
It's not about strength,
it's about accuracy.
Like chopping wood.
Do you have any cash?
You had the rest.
Well, that's... that then.
Mm-hmm.
Sorry, pal.
Hey, I tried.
Hey, buddy, we had a really
good day, didn't we?
Here, kid.
What? Oh, that's so kind of you.
What do you say, Max?
Thank you.
Oh.
Your father
worked hard.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Down by the bay!
Where the watermelons grow!
Back to my home!
I dare not go!
For if I do!
My mother will say!
Hit it, Max!
Did you ever see a mouse,
eating a house?
Down by the bay!
Down by the bay!
Where the watermelons grow!
Josh?!
- Daddy!
Call 911!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop the car! Stop the car!
Sir?
Sir?
Sir?
Can you hear me?
Sir, do you know what happened?
You were in a car accident.
Help is on the way.
Hang in there. Help is coming.
Everything's going to be...
Sir, can you hear me?
Alright, everything's
going to be alright.
There's an ambulance
that's moments away.
That's it, stay with me.
Stay with me. I'm, I'm...
I'm Josh. I live here.
I was barbecuing burgers
when I heard the crash.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't, stay with me,
stay with me.
Help is coming.
Help is coming.
He's finally asleep
in our bed.
He's really scared.
I could have saved him.
I was there ten minutes before
the first first responders.
I was the first responder.
Josh, did you hear what I said?
Max is terrified.
We can't stay here.
You realize that, right?
Because of a couple
of freak accidents?
I'm pretty sure they weren't
freak accidents.
Why do you think the house
sat on the market
for six months?
This wasn't the first accident
on this corner,
it's not going to be
the last one.
Can we just take a breath?
It's a lot to process.
There's nothing
to process, okay?
We can't stay here. People
are dying on our lawn.
I know, Rach. I was...
I was there when he took his
last breath. It was horrible.
Are you okay?
My god, it looks like
a crime scene.
Technically it is.
Hit and run.
Probably a DUI, got scared
kind of thing.
We can't live like this.
Maybe we should put up
a guardrail.
I'm going to call David Chapman.
We must have grounds
for a lawsuit.
It just seems
kind of rash, Rach.
I thought this was
our dream house.
It was.
Alicia?
Mm-hmm.
He spoke about you a lot.
I'm David Davidson.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
It's quite a turn-out.
He clearly touched
a lot of people.
So how do you know my dad?
We only just met
on the golf course.
Oh, the course, of course.
That's what we'd say when
someone would ask
where he was.
Sounds like you were very close.
Oh...
When I was a teenager, we were
at each others' throats.
But I guess that's normal.
We were finally
becoming friends.
You should have had
more time with him.
He was still a young man.
I'm trying to remember that it's
all part of God's plan.
Like preordained?
Like maybe God has
a purpose
for our suffering.
Maybe we're in the wrong place
at the wrong time,
and we need help, but
we just don't get it.
That's not very comforting,
David.
I'm sorry.
I think I'm just angry.
I know.
Me too.
One, two,
three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty.
Count with me, please.
Twenty-one --
Twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four,
twenty-five, twenty-six,
twenty-seven,
twenty-eight, twenty-nine,
thirty.
So what do we do now?
That's right. Get in there,
remember to tilt the headpiece.
Okay, so the
victim's not responding.
We're going to go back to
chest compressions,
quick as you can, please. The
victim's life depends on it.
One, two, three, four...
Cute.
I was wondering if I could
borrow my manikin
for the week so I could
practice at home.
Or maybe I could just
buy it off you?
It's part of a set.
It's a family of four.
Oh, is it?
What if I gave you
two hundred for it?
No, it's part of a set.
Three hundred?
For three hundred bucks,
you could buy yourself
a Prestan 2000.
What truly sets the
Prestan Manikin apart
is the immediate audible
and visual feedback
for depth and rate of
chest compressions.
An audible click
is heard
at the recommended
compression depth,
between 2 and 2.4 inches,
as stated in the 2015
guidelines.
You wanted to see me?
Hey, buddy.
Come on in, yeah, please.
Just get the door there,
thank you.
Have a seat.
Wassup?
What's up?
Um, look, this is
a little awkward,
so I'm just going to
cut straight to it.
I've received a complaint from
a member of your team.
Okay.
It's nothing major.
I debated even bringing it up.
But, you know, given our
history, our friendship,
I thought this would be
a good opportunity
just to sit down and have
a conversation.
Is it Alan?
What makes you say that?
It's obvious.
He used to work for you.
Who else would stab
me in the back?
Okay, Josh, nobody's stabbing
you in the back, alright.
They simply expressed some
frustration with the workflow.
There's nothing wrong
with the workflow,
and we're meeting our targets.
Well, maybe your
targets are a little loose.
Look, I know it's
not your style,
but I need you to be more hands
on with your team, alright?
Just spend a bit more time
with them on the floor.
Hey, it will boost morale,
and maybe help you find some
hidden inefficiencies.
You're the boss.
Yeah, I am the boss.
Alright, little bit of soap.
Splish-splash!
Oh, are you stinky?
Are you stinky?
There we go, alright.
You got it all?
There you are.
Huh.
Josh, can you
come in here?
Just a sec.
Just dealing with laundry,
what's up?
Come look at this.
Cannonball!
Can you see that?
He has a bald spot.
Weird.
Yeah.
My god, he has one
on this side too.
Max, have you been
pulling out your hair?
He isn't even aware
he's doing it.
No. Max, hey, can you
look at me?
Can you look at me?
Have you been pulling
out your hair?
He thinks
he's in trouble.
You're not in trouble, sweetie,
okay? You're not.
It's just something
I need to know.
So can you tell me, have you?
Yes.
Okay, okay. Can you...
Can you tell me if it's
something you do
here at home,
or do you do it at school?
Sometimes when I play, and
sometimes when I'm in bed.
Do you know why you do it?
At bedtime I just want
to make a ball of yarn.
And where, where do you put
it once you've made it?
Rach, he feels interrogated.
I just... It's okay, sweetie,
there's no wrong
answer, right?
I'm just trying to understand.
You can tell me.
Max.
How's he sleeping?
Good.
Well, it takes him a while
to go to sleep, right.
He has this check list
he goes through:
"Is the oven off?"
"Is the front door locked?"
Well, I suspect Max
is trying to exercise
some form of control
in his life.
Six year olds don't generally
have opportunity
to make decisions
for themselves.
Hmm.
They're old enough
to seek autonomy,
and too young to have it
in any meaningful way.
So he's going through a phase?
Rachel, you mentioned
these car accidents?
Yeah, yeah, It's like living
in a war zone.
People have died on
our front lawn.
You know, I'm surprised I'm
not pulling out my hair.
Well, I don't know, it's not
like he saw anything.
There was the noise,
but I feel that we've
done a great job
at keeping him away
from everything.
Maybe something's going on
at school, or daycare.
We just don't know.
I know.
Why don't we step back
for a moment?
Rachel, what would you like
to see as a first step?
She wants to sell
the house and move.
Let Rachel respond.
Thank you.
Yeah, I would like
to sell the house
and I would like to move.
I can't live under this
constant threat,
and clearly neither can Max.
Okay. Josh?
I'd like to take him
out of daycare,
spend the afternoons with him,
really get into this
and figure it out.
What about your job?
Everything's in the cloud now,
so it's really easy for me
to work remotely.
I can schedule my meetings
in the morning,
and Bob's your uncle.
We'd have to buy a second car.
Right.
Yeah.
Well, I'll get a beater.
I don't care.
My biggest concern
with this strategy
is whether or not it's
sustainable over time.
Totally sustainable.
I hate my job.
We do need you to keep it.
Yeah, I know.
This still doesn't address the
threat of another accident
happening on our front lawn.
The danger is real.
Could you get a guard rail
put up?
That would keep any accidents
away from the house.
I just, just...
Go over to his cubicle and
tell him you need it today.
I don't know, Alan,
get him a latte,
pretend you like him. Didn't you
read The Art of War?
I have to go. Keep me updated.
How was your day?
Who'd you play with?
Did you play with Finn?
Can we go to the dollar store?
No, Max, same answer today
as it was yesterday.
We're gonna go home,
and hang low and slow.
We always do that.
Yeah, well, it's better than the
crap at the dollar store.
What's that?
Stuff from work.
"Then I'll huff
and I'll puff
and I'll blow your house down."
"How much..."
Hey, Max, I'm just gonna go
and take a quick shower.
Hello?
We're in here.
Ooh, smells good.
Hey, Maxie.
How you doing, hmm?
How long has he been
on his tablet?
Not long, twenty minutes.
Just since I've been making
us dinner, your favorite.
Oh, wow. Trying to get
in my pants?
There's an idea.
Let me taste it.
Hmm, that's good. Yeah.
Oh, hey, before I forget, I
signed Max up for Tae Kwon Do
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
after school.
Isn't that something we should
discuss together?
Well, he needs the exercise,
and it could help with
his confidence.
Unless he gets beat up.
Well, they don't fight
at his age,
they just kick pads and stuff.
Kate signed Finn signed up,
so he'll have a friend there.
I feel like I've been making
progress with him,
and I don't want to
rock the boat.
Okay. Well, can you keep
an open mind?
I think it could really help
with his anxiety.
Yeah?
I'm just so glad that
you and Rachel
finally got Max signed up.
Just, he's a natural,
don't you think?
Five, six, seven, eight...
Max, Max, you gotta stop.
The air pressure is
hurting my ears.
Ten!
Max.
You hate me!
I don't hate you. I hate
what you're doing.
There's a difference.
You're all wound up
from Tae Kwon Do.
Did you like it?
Because you don't have
to stick with it
if you don't like it.
Your call.
I like it, I like it,
I like it.
Stop kicking the chair, Max!
You hate me!
You gotta stop
saying that, Max buddy.
Just stop kicking the chair.
That ambulance is fast.
Daddy, I'm scared.
Don't be scared,
we're almost there.
Count to twenty.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen,
sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty.
Max, stay right here.
Don't move until I get back.
It's bad. I think there's a guy
in that car on fire --
Stay back. Let the experts
handle it.
That's my husband!
You gotta get him out!
You gotta get him out!
Sir, you need
to back away.
Let's get this guy out of here.
Step back, sir.
Step back, sir!
This is my house.
If you live here, you need to
go back inside right now,
come on, let's go.
This is, this is my home.
Back up, let's go. Back up.
Excuse me, sir?
Excuse me, sir, is
this your house?
It's my home.
Can we ask you a few
questions on camera?
Sure, okay.
You can stand right there.
- Okay.
Come, come around. Perfect.
Okay, first I'm going to get you
to say your name
to the camera.
Josh.
What's your name?
I'm Sherry Montgomery with
Harbour City News,
nice to meet you.
Okay, Josh, can you describe
what you saw?
Well, you're looking at it.
It's the worst I've ever seen.
What do you mean?
Well, there have been
a number of accidents
on this corner, but nothing
like this.
The sound of the impact
of this head-on collision
must have sounded
like an explosion.
You didn't hear it?
No, I was coming...
Excuse me.
Max!
Max!
Max!
Where's Max?!
He was right here.
What do you mean,
he was right here?
He was right here! Max!
Max?!
Max!
- Max?
Max!
Max!
- Max?
Hey, buddy.
Oh my God!
Hey, buddy.
Come here.
Rachel says to say hi.
How is Rachel?
She's good.
Well, not good actually,
that's why I'm here.
She thinks I have a problem.
What do you think?
I don't know. I'm here.
I made a bad judgment call.
I'm not proud of it.
I'm sorry, I'm not very
good at this.
That's okay. This is Drake.
Oh, hello.
Okay, Drake, come on. Here.
Lie down, lie down.
Josh, there's no good
or bad in therapy.
This is a space where
you can say
whatever's on your mind,
and I'm here to listen.
You can do that,
listen without judging
your patients?
Are you worried about
being judged?
I don't know.
Rachel says I have a
defensive personality.
I tell her that's because she
has an offensive personality.
I like that you named
your dog Drake.
My twelve year old daughter did.
Now she's twenty and
lives in Montreal,
and we are stuck with
each other, aren't we?
Looks like you have
a good relationship.
So Josh...
Would you like to talk about
what happened?
Sure.
We've been having a lot
of car accidents
on the road out front
of our house, and...
the last one was serious.
It just happened as I was
bringing our son back home,
and I told him to stay
in the car, wait,
I'm going to go check
things out,
lend a hand, you know.
But being adventurous,
he wandered out
to the crash site and saw things
he shouldn't have seen.
It's not my finest moment,
but the way Rach acts,
it's as if I brought him
to a public execution.
Like it's my fault someone
died on our front lawn.
Max saw someone die?
No, he was already dead
by the time we got back.
Burned alive, trapped
in his car.
If we'd been home,
I could have...
Josh, you can speak freely.
Rachel had Max signed up for
Tae Kwon Do on Tuesdays,
the day of the accident.
If she hadn't, we would've
been home,
and I could have saved the guy.
No Tae Kwon Do, no dead guy.
No dead guy, well,
you and I wouldn't even
be speaking right now.
So this whole mess could
have been avoided.
You mean, had you not
been addressing
the needs of your son?
Max doesn't need to kick pads,
and that guy didn't need to die.
Josh, have you considered
the possibility that this man
would have died either way,
whether you were home
or not at home?
No, he'd be alive.
Cute.
He seems to be doing okay.
It's too early to tell.
PTSD symptoms can take
at least a month to emerge.
Do you really think he has PTSD?
Kathleen thinks
it's quite possible.
When's your next session?
Uh, Wednesday.
I'd like to be there.
Show a united front.
It may not be any consolation,
but I've noticed that the cars
are slowing down.
The leaves are gone.
Sign's more visible,
so less of a threat.
For whatever it's worth.
Hey, do you think you could
sleep in Max's room tonight?
I just really don't want
to disturb him.
He's been having a really
hard time sleeping.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
Good night.
So there was one little
glitch that set us back
a couple of days, but now
we are golden.
In fact, we may even be
a couple of days
ahead of schedule, knock wood.
So I take it you didn't
get my memo?
Which memo?
The one that said that Bristol
needed that site live
last Tuesday.
They're livid, Josh,
and we've likely lost
them for good.
Those guys are just...
They're high strung.
I'll give them a call.
No, you won't.
I'm letting you go, Josh.
On what grounds?
For not
doing your job.
For your absenteeism.
For, for ignoring me when
I specifically request
you spend more time
with your team,
which is in such disarray it can
hardly be called a team.
I had some...
personal stuff that needed
attending to,
and it's true, I was
spread a little thin,
but now that's in the past,
and now I'm ready to whip this
team back into shape.
I'm very sorry, Josh.
The paperwork's already
been filed.
Just please know it was not
a decision that I took lightly.
Let me guess, Alan's
taking my job?
This has nothing
to do with Alan.
I have a job to do.
I am V.P. of Sales,
so when we lose one of
our largest accounts,
it reflects poorly on my
performance,
not yours, and not Alan's.
Mine.
So that's it then.
Yeah.
I'm the monster.
I'm the monster!
Okay, alright, that's it.
It's time for bed.
I'm the monster!
No, no, no, I'm not playing.
Okay, fist bump.
Wassup!
Alright, buddy.
Get some good rest.
I'll clean up the mess, yeah?
- Yeah.
Good night, Daddy!
Night, buddy!
There we go.
We are not going
to be late today.
I warmed it up for you.
I see that.
Hop in. I got this.
Okay.
What time should I expect
you home later?
Not till late. Max has therapy,
and then I promised to take
him to Pizza Hut after.
Lucky ducky.
You can come too, Daddy.
Oh, I, um...
Yeah, come.
To pizza or --
Both.
You sure?
Yeah, three o'clock.
Can you make that work?
I can move some things around.
I don't see a problem.
Okay.
See you later, kiddo.
See you after school.
Bye, Daddy.
Three o'clock.
Hey!
Hey there.
I think we
just continue on,
and if he shows up,
then he shows up.
Alright then. Oh.
Sorry I'm late.
Crazy day.
I tried you at work.
Yeah, I had to rush home
to get some stuff
off the old computer.
They said that you don't
work there anymore.
Weird. What'd I miss?
I was just
telling Rachel
that I don't think Max is
showing any serious,
long term effects from his
traumatic experience.
So he doesn't have any PTSD,
or anything like that?
Not that I'm
seeing now, no.
Wow, that's great.
We're six weeks out,
which is when I'd expect
to see symptoms emerge.
The mood swings and
the nightmares
that Rachel mentioned
seem fairly typical
for a six-year old.
With PTSD, I'd be looking
for behaviors
specific to the underlying
trauma,
avoidance of driving,
for example,
or an acute fear of fire,
or recreating the event.
For someone Max's age,
that would come out
in play therapy, but I haven't
seen any evidence
to suggest that it's
plaguing him
in that kind of prolonged sense.
Well, he's a resilient kid.
Sorry, I have to take this.
It's the realtor.
Hey, Jane.
What?
I will caution
you though.
PTSD can emerge later,
three, four, sometimes
six months
after the traumatic event.
Of course we
discussed it, of course.
But for now, he seems
to be functioning well,
very well considering the
severity of what he saw.
I don't know why
he would say that!
Where are you going?
Ben and Kate's.
Do we really have to
involve them in this?
Am I invited?
No, no, you stay here.
I'm not playing this
charade anymore
where I am trying to
sell our house,
and you're trying
to sabotage it.
Rach, they were pregnant.
I couldn't in good conscience
not tell them.
It wouldn't be ethical.
You mean like the way that you
didn't tell me you got fired?
What?
You were fired.
I was, I was gonna tell you.
Hey, Max, can you please
pack up your stuffies?
Do it now, please.
Okay.
Let's check in to the Super 8
for a couple days,
together as a family,
we'll sort this out.
They have a waterslide.
What do you say?
I need some space.
You're just gonna take Max away?
Did you pack him a snack?
He needs to eat something
at least. He thought he was
going to Pizza Hut.
Here, I can help you.
- I've got it!
It's okay.
- I got it.
Oh my god!
Alright, let's get in the car,
alright? Put your seatbelt on.
I've got your bag.
Can we talk for a sec?
I just need to go, okay?
I need to go.
I don't think it's safe for you
to drive in this state.
I'm fine!
I'm fine, I just, I need to go.
I think you need to calm down.
Let's go in the house,
let's talk, okay?
You lied to me!
You want those accidents
to happen!
Of course I don't.
But they happen,
and it takes ten minutes for the
paramedics to get here.
Oh my god!
Most people, they don't
have ten minutes.
Is it wrong to want
to help people?
You help people,
you understand?
No, I don't.
Overstating is like
her trademark.
Especially when she's mad.
Mad in the angry sense,
not the crazy sense,
though one could argue.
Okay, so what's
your position?
Bad?
No, I mean what is it
that you want?
I want Rachel to come
back to her senses.
We had a good marriage
until recently.
Okay, I don't know
your wife, obviously,
but from my experience,
and based on this
written testimony,
your wife is a woman who knows
exactly what she wants.
So to be blunt, Josh,
you need to be realistic, okay?
You have to think ahead.
These are scathing allegations.
Do you want to have a
relationship with your son?
More than anything.
Okay, well, she wants
to restrict your access
to supervised visitations,
two hours a week.
I read that.
So, I'll ask you again,
what do you want to do?
Fight.
So you're going
to need to write
your own parenting statement,
tell the court why your son
is better off with you
than with his mother, play up
your strengths, obviously.
Done.
Now this property in question,
3725 Wakerley Road.
That's our home.
Okay. You're going
to need to move.
Set up somewhere safe,
preferably close
to your son's school.
Basically, you need to tell
the court that his safety
and his well-being is your
number one concern.
Higher!
Higher, Daddy!
Higher!
Okay, pal. I'll see you later.
When am I gonna see you again?
In...
seven sleeps.
But I'm hoping soon
we're going to be able
to live together again.
With Mommy?
Well, you'll sometimes
be with Mommy,
and sometimes with me.
You'll have two houses,
two bedrooms.
Can I have a dog at your house?
There's an idea.
Actually I want the dog to
be with me all the time.
Oh.
We're going to have to get
Mommy to agree,
and right now she's
not very agreeable.
Can we call her and ask her?
No.
A lot still needs to happen.
I need to sell the house, and
I have to find another,
and it's going to take
some time,
but I'm working on it.
Mommy said you don't
want to sell the house.
No, I want to sell the house
more than anything.
So I can be with you.
You believe me, don't you?
You're my guy.
Hello?
Yeah.
Great, yeah.
I can see you in thirty?
Okay, see you soon.
I love this.
So it has a lot of the
things we're looking for.
And the price is
pretty attractive.
Yeah, what's the catch?
There's no catch.
Just a guy in the middle
of a divorce.
Oh, I'm sorry
to hear that.
No, it's fine, it's alright.
It is what it is.
It was mutual and all that,
just, you know,
have to sell the house.
Divide everything fifty-fifty.
Hey, Max! Your dad's
on FaceTime.
Thanks for agreeing to this.
Yeah.
There he is.
Hey, bud!
Hi, Daddy!
How are you, bud?
Hey, I want to show
you something.
You see that?
The place is empty.
I sold it.
I'm moving to the city. I found
a place really close
to your school.
Pretty cool, huh?
What do you think?
I thought you were going
to show me a dog.
Well, I wouldn't get a dog
without you.
I don't even know what
kind of dog you want.
I want a black
and white dog.
Or brown like Drake.
Drake?
Come on, buddy.
Why don't you go get
ready for bed, okay?
Can we get him tomorrow?
Well no, buddy, I'm
moving tomorrow,
but we can talk about
it later, yeah.
Go put your
pyjamas on, okay?
Good night!
Good night!
Good night, buddy,
I'll see you soon.
That was brief.
I don't want you
to set him up like that.
What are you talking about?
Promising him a dog.
Well, sounds like he already
has a dog in his life,
or a famous rapper.
I think that's his
friend's dog or something.
But I just think it's better if
we don't make any promises
until we know what the
arrangement's going to be.
Right, but I sold the house.
I moved a block from his
school. I'm a good father.
And frankly, Max needs me.
Max needs safety
and stability.
One hundred percent.
You don't
exactly offer that.
Wow.
Look, I just think the
whole situation is unhealthy.
It's better
if we just
let the lawyers handle it,
okay?
Um, I'm going to get
Max to bed.
Sorry.
Ow!
Oh.
Ma'am? Ma'am?
Ma'am!
I can't get out of my car.
Who are you?
What happened?
You were in an accident, but
you're gonna be okay,
I'm gonna get you out.
Ma'am, stay with me.
Stop!
Hey!
Call 911!
Do you need help?
Call 911!
Yeah, yeah, of course,
of course.
Give me the scissors.
Scissor, scissors!
Hey, I called 911, they're
coming, okay?
We don't have time, she's VSA.
Are you a doctor
or something?
She's not breathing.
Come on.
Breathe.
Oh God, what have I done?
She's breathing!
Jackets, get me jackets
and coats!
Jackets and coats!
Bundle her up, bundle her up!
Yeah, that's good.
Stay with me, stay with me.
Okay.
Okay.
Thank you, sir.
Eighty, eighty-one,
eighty-two, eighty-three,
eighty-four, eighty-five,
eighty-six, eighty-seven,
eighty-eight,
eighty-nine, ninety,
ninety-one, ninety-two,
ninety-three,
ninety-four, ninety-five,
ninety-six,
ninety-seven, ninety-eight.
This is it, isn't it?
Yup.
Thank goodness.
Alright, Max, we're
here. You can stop counting.
Is that it?
Yeah, that's it.
We're turning in here.
Wow, it's a mansion!
Check it out.
Hey, Max, be careful around
the movers, alright?
Someone's excited.
Yeah, he loves his mansion.
I'm going to hang a tire swing
right there.
Yeah, nice.
Hmm.
Ah!
Hey, buddy, you see
the fireplace?
Wow!
Thinking maybe we could
roast some marshmallows.
What do you think?
Yeah!
Hey. Just under
the window.
I want this room. Can I have it?
That's Mommy and Daddy's
room, Max.
Your room's down this way.
Ah!
Pretty cool, huh?
This room's bad.
I don't like it.
Well, you will when we
get your stuff in here.
It's too small.
What do you mean? It's twice
the size of your old room.
And it smells bad.
That's better.
I'm thinking about turning
the backyard
into a little chip and putt.
Oh yeah?
I could take five off
my handicap in no time.
Okay. Well, we will
add it to the list.
It's so quiet here.
I might need a noise machine
just to sleep at night.
I'm actually
excited to sleep
without the glaring
street lamps,
actually sleep in the dark.
I'm afraid of the dark.
What?
Sweetie, darkness is our friend.
We need it for our body to
produce a hormone
called melatonin for our
brains to go to sleep.
So, you know what?
Let's put this away,
focus on eating, okay?
We need to start limiting
screen time,
maybe imposing a digital curfew
for the whole family.
Josh?
Hmm? Yeah, great, yeah,
it's good.
A bit more wine?
I'm good.
Is he down yet?
Says he's scared.
Have you seen Raffi?
Oh, he's not in there.
Maybe check the car.
Max?
Max?
Oh!
Oh! Oh!
Gotcha! Ah!
Daddy, no!
Okay, time to go to sleep.
I'm scared.
Why are you scared? There's
nothing to be scared about.
We're in the room
right down the hall.
What if a bear comes in?
A bear couldn't get
through that door.
And even if he could,
I'd protect you.
Would you kill it?
With my bare hands.
How?
No more questions, Max.
It's late.
Let's get some sleep, okay?
Okay, good night.
Good night.
He's down, I think.
Oh, good.
I'm down.
What a day.
I didn't think we were going
to get through it.
We did it, Rach.
Hmm.
And look at this place.
It's daunting.
It's brimming with
possibilities.
You know, I'd like to fix up
Max's room up really nice,
help him with the transition.
Hmm. Right after
the chip and putt.
What?
I like to see you so happy.
I like seeing you do yoga.
Get over here.
Hmm.
We don't do this enough.
Agreed.
Should we move to the bedroom?
Let's just do it here.
What about Max?
I'll be quiet.
Shh.
Oh.
Here, let me get on top.
Oh my god!
Josh? Oh my god,
oh my god!
Oh, what happened?
Oh my God!
Mommy!
Max, don't come,
don't come in here!
Max, stay in your room.
I'm coming, okay?
... configuration
changes are almost a week
behind schedule.
Sanjay was tasked with resolving
some sort of issue
with the EPS.
To mitigate this, I've got
approval from Andrea
for about twenty hours
of perks time,
and that should get everything
back into green.
Thank you, Collins.
Okay, moving on...
Yeah, let's get an update on the
RTM procurement project.
Josh, showtime. RTM?
RTM, yeah. Well, some of the
most indecisive clients
I've ever encountered, except
when it comes to food.
Those boys can eat.
The good news is we were
finally able to get them
to agree to the functional spec.
Great, great, okay.
Hey, buddy.
You heading out early today?
That cool? A little hectic
with the move.
Yeah, are you in?
Last night.
Congratulations, that's amazing.
You know, I gotta make a note
to get you and Rachel
a housewarming gift.
Congratulations to you,
V.P. of Sales, Erikson.
Good for you.
No hard feelings?
Yeah, not-a-one.
You deserve it.
Thank you. That means a lot
coming from you.
I was worried things would be
a bit weird between us,
you know, you having
trained me and all.
Not at all, that was years ago.
Yeah, two.
Yeah so, uh, years,
I guess, yeah.
Gotta scoot.
Okay.
Happy for you.
Thank you, thank you.
Ninety-five, ninety-six,
ninety-seven, ninety-eight,
ninety-nine, one hundred.
You lied. You said she'd
be here, and she isn't.
Max, that's not lying.
I can't control when your mom
comes out of the building.
Wish I could.
I see her!
Hey!
Hi, Mommy!
Hi, buddy!
Hi! How was your day?
Good.
Sorry, patient in crisis.
I'm thinking we might want
to bite the bullet
and get that second car.
Because I'm a few minutes late?
No, I was just thinking
about giving us
a little extra flexibility,
you know?
Well, let's just see
how things play out
before we start adding
to our expenses.
I'm just spitballing.
When are we gonna be home?
Not for awhile, bud.
We're commuters now.
Two thousand seconds.
One, two, three...
You gotta see this.
Alcohol was definitely a factor.
Scroll down.
Can you keep your eyes
on the road, please?
I really didn't need
to read that.
I hate even thinking about it.
Well, it's etched in my mind.
Maybe I shouldn't have
even left the house.
Maybe I have PTSD.
Those poor parents.
I can't believe only the driver
died. You should have seen,
the other kid was thrown --
Who died?
No, no one, sweetie.
Dad was just talking about
a movie he saw.
Yeah, a grown-up movie, Max.
We should've just taken down
the whole wall.
It would really open up
the space.
That sounds like a lot of work.
I thought you were excited.
I am, just sounds like
a lot of work.
It would add serious value
to the property.
Maybe it's structural.
Where's Max?
I don't know, wandering around.
Max?
Max?
He's outside.
Rach.
Hey, bud, can you play inside?
No, I don't want to.
Yes, please. Yeah.
Grab your truck, okay?
I'll grab dino.
He's fine, right?
Isn't that why we
moved out here,
so he could run around freely?
It's a minefield out here, okay?
Can you take that?
Wondering if you talked
to Curtis yet
about that flow chart
I'm waiting on?
I'm sorry, who are you?
I'm Alan. Your new coder.
I was with Erikson before
he moved up.
Soon as I catch up
on these emails.
Yo, what's
going on, guys?
Kyle here. I just want to thank
every single one of you
for coming out to
the game today.
It was a huge win.
Hope to see you at
the future games.
Peace!
Wow, this looks amazing.
Okay, we have everything,
got the wine.
We're set.
Well, I would like to
propose a toast.
To Rachel and Josh, though
we miss you downtown
and we resent the hell out
of you for inflicting us
with those new neighbors --
more on that later --
we wish you much happiness
and prosperity
in your lovely new abode.
Hmm.
It's beautiful.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
Cheers.
Thank you for making
the drive, you guys.
Cheers.
Okay, I've gotta confess.
I saw that there was
a third bedroom.
Okay.
Any plans?
Oh, right to it!
That room is for you guys,
so you don't have to
designate a driver
every time you come over.
Exactly, yeah, yeah.
I think we're done.
I love babies, I do,
I just, I finally feel back on
track with my practice.
How's that going?
It's going great. I'm actually
starting to counsel couples now,
which comes with its own
set of challenges.
Must be intense.
Yeah, it can be, but it can
also be really rewarding
when couples finally break down
their barriers.
I'd find that exhausting,
listening to people's
problems all day.
Whose job doesn't that describe?
Listening to rich men bitch
about their stocks
on the golf course
doesn't qualify.
You can't even begin
to know my pain.
First world problems right here.
So Josh, how are things
going at Livewire?
Uneventful, thank goodness.
We're between roll-outs
right now,
which has been a blessing
with the move,
and the start of school,
and everything.
Didn't you tell me you were up
for a promotion a while back?
Yeah.
Didn't get it.
Josh, you didn't it?
Did we know?
Did we?
What happened? We
thought it was a done deal.
I guess the other guy
really went for it.
A real go-getter type.
Oh, one of those, huh?
Yeah, ambition is a bit of
a dirty word for Josh.
Not at all.
I'm just not into shameless
ass-kissing.
Josh, let me tell
you something.
Everything I have is a result of
shameless ass-kissing.
It's true.
Judging by your house, that is a
lot of ass-kissing, my friend.
Like I always say, I'd
rather have net worth
than self worth.
Sure. Am I right?
Are you getting
verklempt?
Anyway, it's for the best.
I've been so busy with
setting this place up.
Especially after that
hiccup we had.
Hmm, what
hiccup was that?
Oh, I thought you heard.
No.
There was an accident out front
the night we moved in.
What kind of accident?
Like a car accident?
Drunk teens.
They came around
the corner too fast,
and they barrel-rolled off the
road and onto our front lawn.
A wheel came flying through
the window right here,
almost hit me and Rach.
Jesus. Rachel, you didn't
say anything about this.
Rachel doesn't like
to talk about it.
It's not that I don't like
to talk about it,
I just don't want to talk about
it in front of Max.
He must have
been terrified.
Yeah, he was, he was,
he was pretty freaked out.
He had a lot of questions, you
know, why did this happen?
Is it gonna happen again?
Of course.
Yeah, he was scared, so...
What happened?
Were they okay, the teens?
It was bad.
At first I thought they
were all dead,
but it turned out the
passengers survived.
The driver had no chance.
The metal post of
the steering column,
the steering wheel, went
right into his chest,
skewered him to the chair.
Oh, Jesus.
Okay, maybe we should
postpone this conversation
till after dinner.
That's a good idea.
Let's do that.
I just can't stop
thinking about his parents.
They came by the other day
with one of those roadside
memorials.
I mean...
It really makes
you think, huh?
Yeah. He had just
graduated high school,
he had a football scholarship to
St. Mary's and everything.
His name was Kyle.
To Kyle.
To Kyle.
How do you know so much
about him?
I read the obituary.
I really like
this wine, Stephen.
What did you say the price point
was again?
Uh, twenty. I don't know --
We paid three euros for this in
Mallorca a couple years ago.
That's so expensive!
Do you know the exchange
rate between euros and dollars?
We haven't travelled recently,
but you know, we will.
I think you should!
You know what? The wine
was so cheap there,
I hardly remember anything.
Josh, don't, okay?
What?
Just, I'm trying to get
the dishes done.
What?
You're drunk, okay? Stop.
I come on to my wife
and I'm drunk?
You're drunk because you drank
a shitload of wine.
You were drunk at dinner
when you went off
on that embarrassing tirade.
I watched him die. Don't you
think it's natural
to be a little curious?
It's natural to be curious
about many things.
Like your son, or me,
or the V.P. job
you seemed completely
indifferent to.
Is that what this is about?
This is about priorities, and
where your head is at,
which frankly is cause
for concern.
Wow, okay. Care to
elaborate on that?
I just think that you
should examine
what it really is
you're feeling.
Why don't you tell me, since you
already seem to know.
You should talk to a therapist.
I am talking to a therapist.
An impartial one.
I think Peter could
be a good fit.
Peter?
Mm-hmm.
I think a man can, you know,
better relate
to the emotions you're
experiencing.
Which are?
It's not for me to say.
Just say it.
You looked smug, okay?
Like you were cashing in on
someone's misfortune.
They wanted to hear it.
Did you see their faces?
I wish you could've seen yours.
You were like a vulture.
Wow, okay. Sorry, Rach.
Your spidey sense is way
off on this one, so...
I hope. Okay.
Hey.
You coming in?
Just finishing this.
It's starting to get
cold at night.
... can we go again?
- What's that?
The pirate ship. Can we
go on the pirate ship?
I want to go again,
I want to go again.
Ah, there's Mommy.
Cheese!
Cheese!
Cheese!
Hey, buddy!
Hey!
One, two, three, whoo-hoo!
Hey, Max, don't go
too far, okay?
It's okay, I got him, I got him.
Hey, Max! Max!
You can't run away that fast.
It freaks your mom out.
Daddy, I want that bear.
Don't we have enough stuffed
animals at home?
Come on, dad, be a hero.
I think I figured it out.
It's not about strength,
it's about accuracy.
Like chopping wood.
Do you have any cash?
You had the rest.
Well, that's... that then.
Mm-hmm.
Sorry, pal.
Hey, I tried.
Hey, buddy, we had a really
good day, didn't we?
Here, kid.
What? Oh, that's so kind of you.
What do you say, Max?
Thank you.
Oh.
Your father
worked hard.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Down by the bay!
Where the watermelons grow!
Back to my home!
I dare not go!
For if I do!
My mother will say!
Hit it, Max!
Did you ever see a mouse,
eating a house?
Down by the bay!
Down by the bay!
Where the watermelons grow!
Josh?!
- Daddy!
Call 911!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop the car! Stop the car!
Sir?
Sir?
Sir?
Can you hear me?
Sir, do you know what happened?
You were in a car accident.
Help is on the way.
Hang in there. Help is coming.
Everything's going to be...
Sir, can you hear me?
Alright, everything's
going to be alright.
There's an ambulance
that's moments away.
That's it, stay with me.
Stay with me. I'm, I'm...
I'm Josh. I live here.
I was barbecuing burgers
when I heard the crash.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Don't, stay with me,
stay with me.
Help is coming.
Help is coming.
He's finally asleep
in our bed.
He's really scared.
I could have saved him.
I was there ten minutes before
the first first responders.
I was the first responder.
Josh, did you hear what I said?
Max is terrified.
We can't stay here.
You realize that, right?
Because of a couple
of freak accidents?
I'm pretty sure they weren't
freak accidents.
Why do you think the house
sat on the market
for six months?
This wasn't the first accident
on this corner,
it's not going to be
the last one.
Can we just take a breath?
It's a lot to process.
There's nothing
to process, okay?
We can't stay here. People
are dying on our lawn.
I know, Rach. I was...
I was there when he took his
last breath. It was horrible.
Are you okay?
My god, it looks like
a crime scene.
Technically it is.
Hit and run.
Probably a DUI, got scared
kind of thing.
We can't live like this.
Maybe we should put up
a guardrail.
I'm going to call David Chapman.
We must have grounds
for a lawsuit.
It just seems
kind of rash, Rach.
I thought this was
our dream house.
It was.
Alicia?
Mm-hmm.
He spoke about you a lot.
I'm David Davidson.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
It's quite a turn-out.
He clearly touched
a lot of people.
So how do you know my dad?
We only just met
on the golf course.
Oh, the course, of course.
That's what we'd say when
someone would ask
where he was.
Sounds like you were very close.
Oh...
When I was a teenager, we were
at each others' throats.
But I guess that's normal.
We were finally
becoming friends.
You should have had
more time with him.
He was still a young man.
I'm trying to remember that it's
all part of God's plan.
Like preordained?
Like maybe God has
a purpose
for our suffering.
Maybe we're in the wrong place
at the wrong time,
and we need help, but
we just don't get it.
That's not very comforting,
David.
I'm sorry.
I think I'm just angry.
I know.
Me too.
One, two,
three, four,
five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty.
Count with me, please.
Twenty-one --
Twenty-two, twenty-three,
twenty-four,
twenty-five, twenty-six,
twenty-seven,
twenty-eight, twenty-nine,
thirty.
So what do we do now?
That's right. Get in there,
remember to tilt the headpiece.
Okay, so the
victim's not responding.
We're going to go back to
chest compressions,
quick as you can, please. The
victim's life depends on it.
One, two, three, four...
Cute.
I was wondering if I could
borrow my manikin
for the week so I could
practice at home.
Or maybe I could just
buy it off you?
It's part of a set.
It's a family of four.
Oh, is it?
What if I gave you
two hundred for it?
No, it's part of a set.
Three hundred?
For three hundred bucks,
you could buy yourself
a Prestan 2000.
What truly sets the
Prestan Manikin apart
is the immediate audible
and visual feedback
for depth and rate of
chest compressions.
An audible click
is heard
at the recommended
compression depth,
between 2 and 2.4 inches,
as stated in the 2015
guidelines.
You wanted to see me?
Hey, buddy.
Come on in, yeah, please.
Just get the door there,
thank you.
Have a seat.
Wassup?
What's up?
Um, look, this is
a little awkward,
so I'm just going to
cut straight to it.
I've received a complaint from
a member of your team.
Okay.
It's nothing major.
I debated even bringing it up.
But, you know, given our
history, our friendship,
I thought this would be
a good opportunity
just to sit down and have
a conversation.
Is it Alan?
What makes you say that?
It's obvious.
He used to work for you.
Who else would stab
me in the back?
Okay, Josh, nobody's stabbing
you in the back, alright.
They simply expressed some
frustration with the workflow.
There's nothing wrong
with the workflow,
and we're meeting our targets.
Well, maybe your
targets are a little loose.
Look, I know it's
not your style,
but I need you to be more hands
on with your team, alright?
Just spend a bit more time
with them on the floor.
Hey, it will boost morale,
and maybe help you find some
hidden inefficiencies.
You're the boss.
Yeah, I am the boss.
Alright, little bit of soap.
Splish-splash!
Oh, are you stinky?
Are you stinky?
There we go, alright.
You got it all?
There you are.
Huh.
Josh, can you
come in here?
Just a sec.
Just dealing with laundry,
what's up?
Come look at this.
Cannonball!
Can you see that?
He has a bald spot.
Weird.
Yeah.
My god, he has one
on this side too.
Max, have you been
pulling out your hair?
He isn't even aware
he's doing it.
No. Max, hey, can you
look at me?
Can you look at me?
Have you been pulling
out your hair?
He thinks
he's in trouble.
You're not in trouble, sweetie,
okay? You're not.
It's just something
I need to know.
So can you tell me, have you?
Yes.
Okay, okay. Can you...
Can you tell me if it's
something you do
here at home,
or do you do it at school?
Sometimes when I play, and
sometimes when I'm in bed.
Do you know why you do it?
At bedtime I just want
to make a ball of yarn.
And where, where do you put
it once you've made it?
Rach, he feels interrogated.
I just... It's okay, sweetie,
there's no wrong
answer, right?
I'm just trying to understand.
You can tell me.
Max.
How's he sleeping?
Good.
Well, it takes him a while
to go to sleep, right.
He has this check list
he goes through:
"Is the oven off?"
"Is the front door locked?"
Well, I suspect Max
is trying to exercise
some form of control
in his life.
Six year olds don't generally
have opportunity
to make decisions
for themselves.
Hmm.
They're old enough
to seek autonomy,
and too young to have it
in any meaningful way.
So he's going through a phase?
Rachel, you mentioned
these car accidents?
Yeah, yeah, It's like living
in a war zone.
People have died on
our front lawn.
You know, I'm surprised I'm
not pulling out my hair.
Well, I don't know, it's not
like he saw anything.
There was the noise,
but I feel that we've
done a great job
at keeping him away
from everything.
Maybe something's going on
at school, or daycare.
We just don't know.
I know.
Why don't we step back
for a moment?
Rachel, what would you like
to see as a first step?
She wants to sell
the house and move.
Let Rachel respond.
Thank you.
Yeah, I would like
to sell the house
and I would like to move.
I can't live under this
constant threat,
and clearly neither can Max.
Okay. Josh?
I'd like to take him
out of daycare,
spend the afternoons with him,
really get into this
and figure it out.
What about your job?
Everything's in the cloud now,
so it's really easy for me
to work remotely.
I can schedule my meetings
in the morning,
and Bob's your uncle.
We'd have to buy a second car.
Right.
Yeah.
Well, I'll get a beater.
I don't care.
My biggest concern
with this strategy
is whether or not it's
sustainable over time.
Totally sustainable.
I hate my job.
We do need you to keep it.
Yeah, I know.
This still doesn't address the
threat of another accident
happening on our front lawn.
The danger is real.
Could you get a guard rail
put up?
That would keep any accidents
away from the house.
I just, just...
Go over to his cubicle and
tell him you need it today.
I don't know, Alan,
get him a latte,
pretend you like him. Didn't you
read The Art of War?
I have to go. Keep me updated.
How was your day?
Who'd you play with?
Did you play with Finn?
Can we go to the dollar store?
No, Max, same answer today
as it was yesterday.
We're gonna go home,
and hang low and slow.
We always do that.
Yeah, well, it's better than the
crap at the dollar store.
What's that?
Stuff from work.
"Then I'll huff
and I'll puff
and I'll blow your house down."
"How much..."
Hey, Max, I'm just gonna go
and take a quick shower.
Hello?
We're in here.
Ooh, smells good.
Hey, Maxie.
How you doing, hmm?
How long has he been
on his tablet?
Not long, twenty minutes.
Just since I've been making
us dinner, your favorite.
Oh, wow. Trying to get
in my pants?
There's an idea.
Let me taste it.
Hmm, that's good. Yeah.
Oh, hey, before I forget, I
signed Max up for Tae Kwon Do
on Tuesdays and Thursdays
after school.
Isn't that something we should
discuss together?
Well, he needs the exercise,
and it could help with
his confidence.
Unless he gets beat up.
Well, they don't fight
at his age,
they just kick pads and stuff.
Kate signed Finn signed up,
so he'll have a friend there.
I feel like I've been making
progress with him,
and I don't want to
rock the boat.
Okay. Well, can you keep
an open mind?
I think it could really help
with his anxiety.
Yeah?
I'm just so glad that
you and Rachel
finally got Max signed up.
Just, he's a natural,
don't you think?
Five, six, seven, eight...
Max, Max, you gotta stop.
The air pressure is
hurting my ears.
Ten!
Max.
You hate me!
I don't hate you. I hate
what you're doing.
There's a difference.
You're all wound up
from Tae Kwon Do.
Did you like it?
Because you don't have
to stick with it
if you don't like it.
Your call.
I like it, I like it,
I like it.
Stop kicking the chair, Max!
You hate me!
You gotta stop
saying that, Max buddy.
Just stop kicking the chair.
That ambulance is fast.
Daddy, I'm scared.
Don't be scared,
we're almost there.
Count to twenty.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen,
sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
nineteen, twenty.
Max, stay right here.
Don't move until I get back.
It's bad. I think there's a guy
in that car on fire --
Stay back. Let the experts
handle it.
That's my husband!
You gotta get him out!
You gotta get him out!
Sir, you need
to back away.
Let's get this guy out of here.
Step back, sir.
Step back, sir!
This is my house.
If you live here, you need to
go back inside right now,
come on, let's go.
This is, this is my home.
Back up, let's go. Back up.
Excuse me, sir?
Excuse me, sir, is
this your house?
It's my home.
Can we ask you a few
questions on camera?
Sure, okay.
You can stand right there.
- Okay.
Come, come around. Perfect.
Okay, first I'm going to get you
to say your name
to the camera.
Josh.
What's your name?
I'm Sherry Montgomery with
Harbour City News,
nice to meet you.
Okay, Josh, can you describe
what you saw?
Well, you're looking at it.
It's the worst I've ever seen.
What do you mean?
Well, there have been
a number of accidents
on this corner, but nothing
like this.
The sound of the impact
of this head-on collision
must have sounded
like an explosion.
You didn't hear it?
No, I was coming...
Excuse me.
Max!
Max!
Max!
Where's Max?!
He was right here.
What do you mean,
he was right here?
He was right here! Max!
Max?!
Max!
- Max?
Max!
Max!
- Max?
Hey, buddy.
Oh my God!
Hey, buddy.
Come here.
Rachel says to say hi.
How is Rachel?
She's good.
Well, not good actually,
that's why I'm here.
She thinks I have a problem.
What do you think?
I don't know. I'm here.
I made a bad judgment call.
I'm not proud of it.
I'm sorry, I'm not very
good at this.
That's okay. This is Drake.
Oh, hello.
Okay, Drake, come on. Here.
Lie down, lie down.
Josh, there's no good
or bad in therapy.
This is a space where
you can say
whatever's on your mind,
and I'm here to listen.
You can do that,
listen without judging
your patients?
Are you worried about
being judged?
I don't know.
Rachel says I have a
defensive personality.
I tell her that's because she
has an offensive personality.
I like that you named
your dog Drake.
My twelve year old daughter did.
Now she's twenty and
lives in Montreal,
and we are stuck with
each other, aren't we?
Looks like you have
a good relationship.
So Josh...
Would you like to talk about
what happened?
Sure.
We've been having a lot
of car accidents
on the road out front
of our house, and...
the last one was serious.
It just happened as I was
bringing our son back home,
and I told him to stay
in the car, wait,
I'm going to go check
things out,
lend a hand, you know.
But being adventurous,
he wandered out
to the crash site and saw things
he shouldn't have seen.
It's not my finest moment,
but the way Rach acts,
it's as if I brought him
to a public execution.
Like it's my fault someone
died on our front lawn.
Max saw someone die?
No, he was already dead
by the time we got back.
Burned alive, trapped
in his car.
If we'd been home,
I could have...
Josh, you can speak freely.
Rachel had Max signed up for
Tae Kwon Do on Tuesdays,
the day of the accident.
If she hadn't, we would've
been home,
and I could have saved the guy.
No Tae Kwon Do, no dead guy.
No dead guy, well,
you and I wouldn't even
be speaking right now.
So this whole mess could
have been avoided.
You mean, had you not
been addressing
the needs of your son?
Max doesn't need to kick pads,
and that guy didn't need to die.
Josh, have you considered
the possibility that this man
would have died either way,
whether you were home
or not at home?
No, he'd be alive.
Cute.
He seems to be doing okay.
It's too early to tell.
PTSD symptoms can take
at least a month to emerge.
Do you really think he has PTSD?
Kathleen thinks
it's quite possible.
When's your next session?
Uh, Wednesday.
I'd like to be there.
Show a united front.
It may not be any consolation,
but I've noticed that the cars
are slowing down.
The leaves are gone.
Sign's more visible,
so less of a threat.
For whatever it's worth.
Hey, do you think you could
sleep in Max's room tonight?
I just really don't want
to disturb him.
He's been having a really
hard time sleeping.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
Good night.
So there was one little
glitch that set us back
a couple of days, but now
we are golden.
In fact, we may even be
a couple of days
ahead of schedule, knock wood.
So I take it you didn't
get my memo?
Which memo?
The one that said that Bristol
needed that site live
last Tuesday.
They're livid, Josh,
and we've likely lost
them for good.
Those guys are just...
They're high strung.
I'll give them a call.
No, you won't.
I'm letting you go, Josh.
On what grounds?
For not
doing your job.
For your absenteeism.
For, for ignoring me when
I specifically request
you spend more time
with your team,
which is in such disarray it can
hardly be called a team.
I had some...
personal stuff that needed
attending to,
and it's true, I was
spread a little thin,
but now that's in the past,
and now I'm ready to whip this
team back into shape.
I'm very sorry, Josh.
The paperwork's already
been filed.
Just please know it was not
a decision that I took lightly.
Let me guess, Alan's
taking my job?
This has nothing
to do with Alan.
I have a job to do.
I am V.P. of Sales,
so when we lose one of
our largest accounts,
it reflects poorly on my
performance,
not yours, and not Alan's.
Mine.
So that's it then.
Yeah.
I'm the monster.
I'm the monster!
Okay, alright, that's it.
It's time for bed.
I'm the monster!
No, no, no, I'm not playing.
Okay, fist bump.
Wassup!
Alright, buddy.
Get some good rest.
I'll clean up the mess, yeah?
- Yeah.
Good night, Daddy!
Night, buddy!
There we go.
We are not going
to be late today.
I warmed it up for you.
I see that.
Hop in. I got this.
Okay.
What time should I expect
you home later?
Not till late. Max has therapy,
and then I promised to take
him to Pizza Hut after.
Lucky ducky.
You can come too, Daddy.
Oh, I, um...
Yeah, come.
To pizza or --
Both.
You sure?
Yeah, three o'clock.
Can you make that work?
I can move some things around.
I don't see a problem.
Okay.
See you later, kiddo.
See you after school.
Bye, Daddy.
Three o'clock.
Hey!
Hey there.
I think we
just continue on,
and if he shows up,
then he shows up.
Alright then. Oh.
Sorry I'm late.
Crazy day.
I tried you at work.
Yeah, I had to rush home
to get some stuff
off the old computer.
They said that you don't
work there anymore.
Weird. What'd I miss?
I was just
telling Rachel
that I don't think Max is
showing any serious,
long term effects from his
traumatic experience.
So he doesn't have any PTSD,
or anything like that?
Not that I'm
seeing now, no.
Wow, that's great.
We're six weeks out,
which is when I'd expect
to see symptoms emerge.
The mood swings and
the nightmares
that Rachel mentioned
seem fairly typical
for a six-year old.
With PTSD, I'd be looking
for behaviors
specific to the underlying
trauma,
avoidance of driving,
for example,
or an acute fear of fire,
or recreating the event.
For someone Max's age,
that would come out
in play therapy, but I haven't
seen any evidence
to suggest that it's
plaguing him
in that kind of prolonged sense.
Well, he's a resilient kid.
Sorry, I have to take this.
It's the realtor.
Hey, Jane.
What?
I will caution
you though.
PTSD can emerge later,
three, four, sometimes
six months
after the traumatic event.
Of course we
discussed it, of course.
But for now, he seems
to be functioning well,
very well considering the
severity of what he saw.
I don't know why
he would say that!
Where are you going?
Ben and Kate's.
Do we really have to
involve them in this?
Am I invited?
No, no, you stay here.
I'm not playing this
charade anymore
where I am trying to
sell our house,
and you're trying
to sabotage it.
Rach, they were pregnant.
I couldn't in good conscience
not tell them.
It wouldn't be ethical.
You mean like the way that you
didn't tell me you got fired?
What?
You were fired.
I was, I was gonna tell you.
Hey, Max, can you please
pack up your stuffies?
Do it now, please.
Okay.
Let's check in to the Super 8
for a couple days,
together as a family,
we'll sort this out.
They have a waterslide.
What do you say?
I need some space.
You're just gonna take Max away?
Did you pack him a snack?
He needs to eat something
at least. He thought he was
going to Pizza Hut.
Here, I can help you.
- I've got it!
It's okay.
- I got it.
Oh my god!
Alright, let's get in the car,
alright? Put your seatbelt on.
I've got your bag.
Can we talk for a sec?
I just need to go, okay?
I need to go.
I don't think it's safe for you
to drive in this state.
I'm fine!
I'm fine, I just, I need to go.
I think you need to calm down.
Let's go in the house,
let's talk, okay?
You lied to me!
You want those accidents
to happen!
Of course I don't.
But they happen,
and it takes ten minutes for the
paramedics to get here.
Oh my god!
Most people, they don't
have ten minutes.
Is it wrong to want
to help people?
You help people,
you understand?
No, I don't.
Overstating is like
her trademark.
Especially when she's mad.
Mad in the angry sense,
not the crazy sense,
though one could argue.
Okay, so what's
your position?
Bad?
No, I mean what is it
that you want?
I want Rachel to come
back to her senses.
We had a good marriage
until recently.
Okay, I don't know
your wife, obviously,
but from my experience,
and based on this
written testimony,
your wife is a woman who knows
exactly what she wants.
So to be blunt, Josh,
you need to be realistic, okay?
You have to think ahead.
These are scathing allegations.
Do you want to have a
relationship with your son?
More than anything.
Okay, well, she wants
to restrict your access
to supervised visitations,
two hours a week.
I read that.
So, I'll ask you again,
what do you want to do?
Fight.
So you're going
to need to write
your own parenting statement,
tell the court why your son
is better off with you
than with his mother, play up
your strengths, obviously.
Done.
Now this property in question,
3725 Wakerley Road.
That's our home.
Okay. You're going
to need to move.
Set up somewhere safe,
preferably close
to your son's school.
Basically, you need to tell
the court that his safety
and his well-being is your
number one concern.
Higher!
Higher, Daddy!
Higher!
Okay, pal. I'll see you later.
When am I gonna see you again?
In...
seven sleeps.
But I'm hoping soon
we're going to be able
to live together again.
With Mommy?
Well, you'll sometimes
be with Mommy,
and sometimes with me.
You'll have two houses,
two bedrooms.
Can I have a dog at your house?
There's an idea.
Actually I want the dog to
be with me all the time.
Oh.
We're going to have to get
Mommy to agree,
and right now she's
not very agreeable.
Can we call her and ask her?
No.
A lot still needs to happen.
I need to sell the house, and
I have to find another,
and it's going to take
some time,
but I'm working on it.
Mommy said you don't
want to sell the house.
No, I want to sell the house
more than anything.
So I can be with you.
You believe me, don't you?
You're my guy.
Hello?
Yeah.
Great, yeah.
I can see you in thirty?
Okay, see you soon.
I love this.
So it has a lot of the
things we're looking for.
And the price is
pretty attractive.
Yeah, what's the catch?
There's no catch.
Just a guy in the middle
of a divorce.
Oh, I'm sorry
to hear that.
No, it's fine, it's alright.
It is what it is.
It was mutual and all that,
just, you know,
have to sell the house.
Divide everything fifty-fifty.
Hey, Max! Your dad's
on FaceTime.
Thanks for agreeing to this.
Yeah.
There he is.
Hey, bud!
Hi, Daddy!
How are you, bud?
Hey, I want to show
you something.
You see that?
The place is empty.
I sold it.
I'm moving to the city. I found
a place really close
to your school.
Pretty cool, huh?
What do you think?
I thought you were going
to show me a dog.
Well, I wouldn't get a dog
without you.
I don't even know what
kind of dog you want.
I want a black
and white dog.
Or brown like Drake.
Drake?
Come on, buddy.
Why don't you go get
ready for bed, okay?
Can we get him tomorrow?
Well no, buddy, I'm
moving tomorrow,
but we can talk about
it later, yeah.
Go put your
pyjamas on, okay?
Good night!
Good night!
Good night, buddy,
I'll see you soon.
That was brief.
I don't want you
to set him up like that.
What are you talking about?
Promising him a dog.
Well, sounds like he already
has a dog in his life,
or a famous rapper.
I think that's his
friend's dog or something.
But I just think it's better if
we don't make any promises
until we know what the
arrangement's going to be.
Right, but I sold the house.
I moved a block from his
school. I'm a good father.
And frankly, Max needs me.
Max needs safety
and stability.
One hundred percent.
You don't
exactly offer that.
Wow.
Look, I just think the
whole situation is unhealthy.
It's better
if we just
let the lawyers handle it,
okay?
Um, I'm going to get
Max to bed.
Sorry.
Ow!
Oh.
Ma'am? Ma'am?
Ma'am!
I can't get out of my car.
Who are you?
What happened?
You were in an accident, but
you're gonna be okay,
I'm gonna get you out.
Ma'am, stay with me.
Stop!
Hey!
Call 911!
Do you need help?
Call 911!
Yeah, yeah, of course,
of course.
Give me the scissors.
Scissor, scissors!
Hey, I called 911, they're
coming, okay?
We don't have time, she's VSA.
Are you a doctor
or something?
She's not breathing.
Come on.
Breathe.
Oh God, what have I done?
She's breathing!
Jackets, get me jackets
and coats!
Jackets and coats!
Bundle her up, bundle her up!
Yeah, that's good.
Stay with me, stay with me.
Okay.
Okay.
Thank you, sir.