Boots (2025) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[DEEP, SLOW BREATH]
[CLOCK TICKS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
[RECRUITER] Why do you
wanna be a Marine, Cameron?
Uh
[TOILET FLUSHES]
Um, for freedom.
Um, because of freedom and America.
I I just I wanna be all I can be.
[RECRUITER] Yeah. That's the Army.
[EXHALES]
No one can change your
life except for you.
And my life needs a change, sir.
I wanna be somebody else.
[CAMERON] Actually, that
isn't the start of the story.
We should go back. More like, here.
[NURSE] It's a boy.
[CAMERON] That's when
the journey starts.
Becoming a man.
Trouble is, what does
that actually mean?
What if you're not who everybody
says you're supposed to be?
Where do you go for guidance?
Your family?
You have to be more masculine.
[CAMERON] My loving mother, Barbara.
Yeah, don't be such a dumb pussy, pussy.
[CAMERON] And my
supportive brother, Benjy.
Okay, maybe not my family.
So then, what are you supposed
to do if you're different?
What if you're just a
Cancer with Aries Rising
who happens to love Wilson Phillips?
Don't you know, things can change ♪
[CAMERON] Is that any reason to
get your head shoved in a toilet?
[COUGHS]
Asking for a friend.
[BULLY] Keep him out
of graduation, please.
[LAUGHTER]
[ANNOUNCER] Class of
1990, time to line up.
[KID] Everybody's gonna be there, right?
[CAMERON] All right,
so maybe I don't know
how to be who everyone expects me to be.
But I have found a way to cope.
See, I've always felt like two people.
There's the person that
everyone else sees,
the one with his head in a toilet,
and then there's the
person I am on the inside,
the one who knows what I really
think and how I really feel.
That voice is the
angel on my shoulder.
And honestly, sometimes the devil.
But the more I try to ignore
him, the louder he gets.
You hold on for one more day ♪
It's you and me, babe. Forever.
What do you want me to do?
I want you to get some
goddamn self-respect
and say sayonara to this shit.
Stop being afraid, and just be yourself.
Look, today's the first
day of the rest of our life.
And our place is out there somewhere.
It has to be.
Anywhere is better than this.
[CAMERON] Yeah, but where?
And that's when Ray called.
My best friend.
My only friend.
Ray went off to the Air Force Academy,
so I was surprised when he
came back a few months later.
It was something about his eyesight.
Talked it over with my dad.
I'm gonna do what he did.
The Marines?
Ooh, looks like summer camp.
[CHUCKLES]
Wait, what's the buddy system?
It says if you join with
a friend, they keep you together.
What?
It's illegal to be gay in the military?
I know.
It's messed up, but that's their policy.
[WOMAN] Order 43!
I mean, besides me, who
else knows that you're gay?
I mean, nobody, but,
like, I could go to jail?
Look, I'm sure that there's tons of
stuff that you'd rather do anyway.
Like what, Ray? I
I can't afford college.
We're moving again.
My only other option is Bismarck,
which my mom now calls
the "Paris of the Prairie."
Come on, you're smart.
You can do anything.
- You just need something to aim for.
- [WOMAN] Forty-four!
A vision
of who you wanna be.
[DRAMATIC CHORAL MUSIC PLAYS]
[MAN ON TV] To compete,
you've got to be strong.
To win,
you've got to be smart.
Maybe you can be one of us.
The few. The proud.
The Marines.
[MUSIC FADES]
Wow.
[CAMERON] Which brings us back to here.
My life needs a change, sir.
I wanna be somebody else.
[RECRUITER] Son, boot camp is a
machine that turns boys into men.
In 13 weeks, you won't
even recognize yourself.
Are you sure you're ready for that?
I want to break free ♪
I want to break free ♪
I want to break free from your lies ♪
You're so self-satisfied ♪
I don't need you ♪
- Long trip?
- Sorry?
break free ♪
Was it a long trip for you to get here?
Oh, uh, not really, no.
I'm I'm from New Orleans.
- Hm.
- Well, most recently.
I've moved, um, twelve times
in the last ten years, so
You a military brat too?
Oh, no. My mom just likes to flee
the consequences of her actions.
Right.
I'm Cameron Cope.
John Bowman.
[MUSIC FADES]
On behalf of the commanding
general of this base,
I hereby welcome you to
Marine Corps Recruit Depot,
Parris Island, South Carolina.
Now get the fuck off my goddamn bus!
- Oh dear.
- Move!
Yes, this camp sucks! Find
a pair of yellow footprints
Stand on them now! Find a foot!
Get on those yellow footprints!
[MARINE 1] What the
fuck are you looking for?
You better get your ass on a
pair of yellow footprints now!
- [MARINE 2] Tighten up, string bean!
- Too slow.
[MARINE 2] Do not move!
Do not breathe!
I am your Senior Drill Instructor,
Staff Sergeant McKinnon.
You will call me "sir."
Do you understand?
[ALL] Yes, sir!
You will begin everything
that you ever say with "sir."
Do you understand?
Sir, yes, sir!
You are one person to me,
sent to me by some asshole
that got you to sign a paper
and thinks that I could
turn you into Marines.
But all I see is a pile of shit!
- Are you telling me
- [MARINE 2] Eyes forward!
that my Marine Corps
is now a pile of shit?
Sir, no, sir!
Did I tell you to answer me?
- S-s
- Then shut the hell up!
Holy shit!
Drill instructors, they sent us
a bunch of fucking degenerates.
This is Drill Instructor Sergeant Knox
and Drill Instructor Sergeant Howitt.
They are my assistant drill instructors,
but I may have them quit
because what I see before me
is a collection of fuckups,
jerk-offs, and fat bodies.
When I call your name,
you say, "Sir, here, sir!"
Aaronson.
[AARONSON] Sir, here, sir!
Baker.
[BAKER] Sir, here, sir!
- Cope.
- I know that there is pain, but you ♪
[MCKINNON] I said Cope!
And you break free ♪
Break from the chains ♪
Someday, somebody's gonna
make you wanna turn around ♪
[HOWITT] Get up! You better
fill the goddamn hole.
This is Recruit McAffey. I've
arrived safely at Parris Island.
[RECRUIT] I have arrived safely at
Parris Island. Please do not send
[MCKINNON] You will have three
attempts to contact your next of kin.
You will read what is on the script
and only what is on the script.
[OVERLAPPING VOICES]
This is Recruit M-Mason.
I have arrived safely
Oh my fucking God! Can you not read?
Hurry it the fuck up, you ginger shit!
Do not send any food or
bulky items to me in the mail.
Send tobacco and rolling papers,
or I'm gonna fucking kill somebody.
I love you, baby.
I'm gonna make you so proud.
God, I miss you so bad.
Holy tits! We got us a good one!
What did your senior
drill instructor tell you?
You're my bitch now
for the next 13 weeks.
So on your face! Now get down! You're
gonna push up and count it down!
[KNOX] Next four!
[HOWITT] Sit your ass down! Sit
down before I knock you down!
Free haircut, boys. Say
goodbye, white snake.
- No more pantyhose!
- [KNOX] Look at the door!
Move out! Get your ass out of my
chair! This ain't no beauty parlor!
Next four! Asses in the chair now!
- [HOWITT] Exit! Out of your chair!
- Move!
[HOWITT] Next four in here!
Move! Get right in the chair.
[KNOX] Move! Move! Move!
["VENUS" PLAYS]
Look straight ahead.
Do not move unless the barber moves you.
Put a finger on a mole if you have one.
Goddess on the mountaintop ♪
Burning like a silver flame ♪
The summit of beauty and love ♪
And Venus was her name ♪
Wow! ♪
She's got it ♪
Yeah, baby, she's got it ♪
I'm your Venus ♪
I'm your fire, at your desire ♪
- [MUSIC STOPS]
- What the fuck are you doing?
You two wanna get nasty with each
other? You can scrub my shit cans.
Move! Now!
[RAY] I told you.
"Lock it up." I know.
I'm sorry.
[MCKINNON] Chow time
is over in ten, nine,
five, two, zero.
Grab your trays! Off
your fat asses! Move!
[KNOX] Move!
This is not a day at the
beach! Keep playing with me!
Why are you wasting
my Marine Corps chow?
This may be your last goddamn
meal, and you're skinny as hell.
Find that shit you threw away
and eat it, maggot. Find it!
[KNOX] Faster! Get
your ass out the door!
I ain't waiting on you!
- I said eat it!
- [KNOX] Move it!
- Eat it!
- [KNOX] Faster! Faster!
- [GAGS]
- Don't you fucking puke, recruit.
You will keep that shit
inside. You hear me?
Now get out! Hurry up!
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
[MARINE 1] Three.
[MARINE 2] Six.
- Look at this skinny little girl.
- [MARINE 1] Small!
[KNOX] Everybody get a bag!
Extra large!
Jesus Marine Corps Christ!
I don't think an extra large pair
of skivvies will cover your fat ass!
Move it, Happy Meal! I ain't
waiting all day for you!
[MCKINNON] your nasty body!
[HOWITT] What are you waiting on,
Tito? We ain't at a fucking concert!
This ain't the Jackson 5. Move it!
[MARINE 1] Seven!
[KNOX] Eyes forward!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[MCKINNON] Faster!
[KNOX] Hurry up!
Hey. You seen another pair of
boots? They were right here.
Sorry.
[MCKINNON] Move, maggot!
Hey. There were boots
right here. Where'd they go?
Where are your boots, recruit?
You were given two of the finest
pair of boots in the world!
Where are your boots, dumb shit?
[MCKINNON] When I say fall out,
you will enter my house
in an orderly manner.
You each will find a bunk,
drop your seabags,
and stand on line.
Do you understand?
- Sir, yes, sir!
- Fall out!
- [KNOX] I said move it!
- [HOWITT] Move! Move your ass!
[KNOX] What the fuck are
you doing? I said move!
[HOWITT] You move like
molasses! Step it up!
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]
Not mine, fuckup.
Hey. Take the one across from
me. I can keep an eye on you.
Okay.
Hey, cool. Bunkies.
[MUSIC FADES]
I'm watching you, you little shit.
[MCKINNON] You do not
wanna be the weakest link.
How can you defend your country
if you cannot even make a rack?
Oh, sorry.
[KNOX] Faster! Faster! Pick one!
Close quarters.
Yeah.
[KNOX] Tighten that shit up!
- [HOWITT] You call this a rack?
- [KNOX] "Slov-chick."
- Sir!
- What kind of Polack name is that?
Sir, it's Czech, sir.
- It's Polack if I say it is.
- [MCKINNON] Not just slow, it's sloppy.
Why do you wanna be a Marine, Polack?
- Marines is better than prison, sir.
- Not if you piss me off, Polack.
Whatever you fucked up on the outside
stays on the outside, understand?
Yes, sir.
[HOWITT] And I expect you
to bounce a quarter off it
like Jody's bouncin' off
your girlfriend back home!
[KNOX] Eyes on your own shit!
Square that shit away!
What do we have here?
Get your ass on line!
- Why do you have three pairs of boots?
- Sir, I found an extra pair of boots, sir!
[HOWITT] Who the hell is I?
What were you told? What are you?
Sir, this recruit is a recruit, sir!
Senior Drill Instructor,
this sticky-fingered asshole
took a pair of boots
that do not belong to him.
This is what I am talking about.
Recruit Hicks just got
all you assholes killed.
Get on line! On your faces
Wipe that slimy grin off
your face! Get on the deck!
[RECRUITS] One!
[MCKINNON] Down!
Up!
[RECRUITS] Two!
Where in hell did you learn to do that?
Sir, this recruit learned
it at the Air Force, sir.
Do you think the Air Force is better
than the Marine Corps, recruit?
Sir, no, sir!
What the hell is that?
Is that a bento box?
He says he learned it in the
Air Force, Drill Instructor.
How the fuck do you have a name
like that with a face like this?
Actually, spare me that filthy story.
From now on, your name is Bento.
You got that, Recruit Bento?
Sir, yes, sir!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[KNOX] Get your ass off me!
You better straighten up!
- [CAT SQUEALS]
- [LAUGHTER]
[CARTOON MUSIC PLAYS]
Have you seen your brother?
Mm-mm.
[BENJY LAUGHS]
Where did he say he was goin'?
I'm going to boot camp.
[ENGINES ROAR ON TV]
Benjy, turn it down.
No, I'm just a wee bit behind this
month, but the check is in the mail.
What is that? Like a club?
It's the Marines. I told you.
And I'm leaving today with Ray.
- So, when will you be home?
- I don't know. Maybe never.
Oh my God. He's always
so dramatic. Fine.
Just stop for milk.
Skim.
Or 1% if they have it.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[BENJY LAUGHS]
[CARTOON CONTINUES ON TV]
[ANSWERING MACHINE TAPE SQUEAKS]
[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
[CAMERON] This is Recruit Cope. I
have arrived safely at Parris Island.
Please do not send any food or
bulky items to me in the mail.
I will contact you in seven to nine
days by letter with my new address.
Thank you for your
support. Goodbye for now.
[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[QUIET SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
[RECRUIT MOANS]
[RECRUIT EXHALES SLOWLY]
[EXHALES]
[EXHALES]
The fuck are you looking at, faggot?
[CAMERON GASPS]
[MUSIC FADES]
Hey. Ray. Ray, hey. Hey.
- What? What's wrong?
- I made a mistake.
I have to get out of here.
This is not like summer camp.
This is just like everywhere
else, but it's worse.
Ah, dude, you gotta chill out. It's
It is just the first day.
It is it is day one.
We've only been here for one day?
[SCOFFS] Cam.
Look, it's always hard at the
start for everybody, not just you.
[SIGHS] At least you don't have
a racist breathing down your neck.
Yeah.
I am surprised Knox
knows what a bento box is.
I told you it was gonna be rough.
Yeah, but I thought that you
meant like mud and some bug bites
and wearing the same
underwear two days in a row.
And there are no stalls in the bathroom.
Isn't that illegal? How
am I supposed to poop?
Didn't you watch Full
Metal Jacket, like I said?
[SIGHS] I was going to, and then there
was a Golden Girls marathon on.
I know. I'm such a Rose.
[RAY SIGHS] You just gotta keep going.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
[MUSIC FADES]
[HOWITT] Lines! Lines! Move your ass!
[KNOX] On the line!
- Get the fuck on line!
- [KNOX] Wake up, Marines!
Let's go!
Right now, you shits!
On the fuckin' line!
Holy shit, Ochoa! Don't you point
your little pocket pistol at me!
No one wants to know about
your nasty, dirty dreams.
Wake up, peckerwoods!
[TRASH CAN LIDS CLANG]
[KNOX] Move it, ladies!
Four minutes to shit and shave!
- [HOWITT] Ain't shit, shave and shower.
- [KNOX] Look pretty, assholes! Let's go!
- Give me your shaving cream.
- [TOILET FLUSHES]
Thought we weren't
supposed to know each other.
Doesn't matter.
[KNOX] Keep it moving!
After the strength test, you'll be gone.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]
[HOWITT] Get the fuck out of my hair!
Faster! Faster!
I ain't waitin' on you! Move it!
Fuck.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
What's the matter?
You got sensitive skin?
I got my skin.
[HOWITT] Why the fuck
aren't you moving faster?
I am going to PT every
last fucking one of you!
Move it, ladies! Get it done.
Is that how they shave on your planet?
[HOWITT] Move it! This
is not a day at the beach!
I got moms to fuck tonight! Move!
Like that.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]
But if things get bad
like that.
[MCKINNON] Today, you will
take my initial strength test.
Only those who pass my test will
remain in my platoon. Fall out!
[KNOX] Faster! Move this way!
Air Force, huh?
- So, what are you doing here?
- Air Force was too easy.
Used to know this kid
in my old neighborhood.
Family owned this shitty diner.
He had to do everything perfect.
Grades, sports Fucking
top of the class and shit.
Night before he's
supposed to go to college,
burns down the diner
with his parents inside.
No shit. Swear to God.
Why are you telling me this?
You remind me of him.
Dude, our honeymoon?
[CHUCKLES] Nonstop.
Like, do not disturb. Know what I mean?
Yeah.
What about you? Got a girl?
She dumped me.
[EXHALES] I think maybe that
she's a communist.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
See what you got, Bento.
[KNOX] I said move
it! Quit lollygagging!
[HOWITT] Somebody wants it!
I ain't tired yet! You tired?
What, you want a speed race?
- What was that?
- It's my twin brother.
[RECRUITS CHANT]
Every man in my family has joined
the Marines since the Civil War,
and I'm not gonna be the
one to break tradition.
We got this. Right?
Yeah, totally.
Uh, but, hey,
what did McKinnon mean?
"Only those who pass remain"?
You gotta pass or you get dropped.
They saved the hardest
test for last too.
After the run, it's pull-ups.
You gotta do three, or you're out.
- Out?
- Yeah.
- [CAMERON] Really?
- Uh-huh.
Like, all you have to do
is not do three pull-ups?
[RECRUITS] Eighteen! Nineteen!
All right, put your dicks away.
[MARINES] Left, right,
left, right, left.
[DISTANT SHOUTING]
[RAY PANTING]
You got this.
No, I don't, Ray.
I told you. I made a mistake.
This is my chance.
Your chance to what?
Let's go, ladies! Give me three
or you're out of my platoon.
Move!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Hurry up!
[JOHN GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[LAUGHTER]
Shut up, recruits! Give this
recruit the chance to get up there.
Get up on that bar,
you fat piece of shit.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MCKINNON] Go!
[JOHN GRUNTS]
Come on, get up!
[STRAINS]
[STRAINS]
One.
Let's go, Cam!
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
- Come on!
- [RECRUIT 1] Come on!
Come on, Cam! Yes!
- Yes, Cam!
- [CHEERING]
- [RECRUITS] Two!
- You got this!
Is that all you pussies got?
You got this, Cam!
I can't do it, man.
- [RECRUIT 2] Come on, come on, come on.
- [RECRUIT 3] Do it.
[RAY] Come on, Cam! One more!
Pack your bags, fatty!
[RAY] One more!
- [SCOFFS]
- [LAUGHS]
[RECRUIT 4] Come on.
[RAY] Bowman, you can do
this! Get up! Come on, man!
Hey!
Nobody's packing bags, okay?
One more! You're not going home.
I can't do it, man.
You can!
- [JOHN] I can't.
- Together.
Okay, ready?
- Let's go!
- Okay.
[RAY] Yes!
Come on! Come on! Yes!
Yes! Let's go!
One more.
One more, Cam! Let's go!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[GRUNTS]
[CHEERING]
Dude.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- [MUSIC STOPS]
[MCKINNON] Listen up.
In my Marine Corps, we do not scream
like little girls at the beach.
We do not say, "Hooray."
We say, "Oorah!"
- Now let me hear it!
- Oorah!
- [MCKINNON] Again!
- Oorah!
Out-fucking-standing!
- All right, now let 'em hear it!
- [CHEERING]
[CHANTING] Oorah, oorah,
oorah, oorah, oorah, oorah!
[RECRUITER] Marines bring
out the best in you.
It's not gonna be easy,
but it will be worth it.
What do you say, kid?
Are you the recruiter who took my son?
I'm sorry, ma'am, you're
gonna have to wait.
I wanna know who's responsible
for stealing my child.
- I wanna speak to that person.
- Be with you in just a minute.
Now, right here.
[SCOFFS] Yeah, right.
He'll send you to college.
Just give him your life.
Ma'am?
Your schtick does not work
on me, sweetheart. Okay?
I'm in sales too.
So don't tell me that you're
just looking for a few good men.
You're filling quotas.
These aren't boys to you.
They're numbers.
Cannon fodder for whenever this
country needs a good distraction.
Well, they are people's sons.
My son!
My favorite son!
And you've just taken him from me.
What's your son's name, ma'am?
Cameron Cope.
Cope?
And he's too small and too weak
to be of any use to the military.
Oh.
Yeah.
Yeah, I remember now.
He said he wanted a change.
A change? Why? What change?
No. No, no, no. I don't think so.
Uh, no. I I resent that.
I resent the implication that
it has something to do with
Well, believe me, I get your concerns,
but I saw something in your son.
A determination.
I see now where he gets his,
uh, tenacity from, Mrs. Cope.
Ms. Cope.
Mr. Cope is
[BLOWS RASPBERRY]
Oh.
Well
But you're right.
I got a quota to fill.
Get all kinds of kids.
Delinquents, junkies,
fat bodies, jerk-offs.
Excuse my language.
Some really screwed-up
cases you wouldn't believe.
Should I wait outside or
But your son was different.
He had what we were looking for
because someone had
already given it to him.
Only the best mothers
can make Marines.
I can, uh I'll come back.
Sure. Tomorrow. Take one of these.
Now, are we feeling better?
Are you sure my son is in good hands?
He is having the time of his life.
We got a busy day, asshole!
Or does Princess think
she deserves a bubble bath?
This ain't no glamour shower.
Keep it moving!
Do not stop under the faucet.
Wash your nasty bodies.
Tighten up! Asshole to
belly buttons, recruits.
- Touch me again, I'll kill you.
- Sorry.
Hello again.
[SOFT ROCK MUSIC PLAYS]
Time's up, ladies.
Showers off. Let's go.
[MCKINNON] When you enter my
armory, you will not speak.
You will take the rifle
that's handed to you.
If I catch one of you
touching your goddamn rifle
without being told to do so,
I will snap your head off
and shit down your neck.
Is that understood?
[RECRUITS] Sir, yes, sir!
You will fill out the identification
card as you have been instructed.
You will then surrender said
card and be issued a rifle.
- [MUSIC FADES]
- [ARMORY MARINE] Next recruit.
- Here.
- [ARMORY MARINE] Next recruit.
[OCHOA] Let me do it. I got your back.
[ARMORY MARINE] Next recruit.
Next recruit.
[RAY CHUCKLES]
What are you smiling at, Bento?
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Oh, you're making eyes
at your girlfriend.
So you wanna be the
leader, huh? Air Force?
You slant-eyed fuck.
- [KNOX GRUNTS]
- [THUDDING]
- [HOWITT] Drill instructor!
- [MCKINNON] Clear this room!
- Clear this room! Clear this room!
- [HOWITT] Clear this room!
Let's go! Move! Move!
Let's go!
Move! Let's go!
Now! Let's go!
[MUSIC STOPS]
[MCKINNON] This weapon
must always be secured
when it is not in your hands.
On my command,
retrieve your cable and padlock and
secure your weapon as instructed.
Go!
[HOWITT] Holy shit!
Look what we got here!
You're gonna be on the Mount
Rushmore of fuckups, you dumb shit!
Goddamn brutal magazine well, dumbass!
- Hey.
- [HOWITT] Better secure my rifle!
Now thread the cable through.
No. Other way, other way.
Jesus Christ, boy. Up and around!
I feel sorry for your girlfriend
if you can't take a small-ass thing
and put it in a big-ass hole.
Hurry up! Hurry up!
Company commander on deck!
Get your asses at attention!
[HOWITT] Move it, you shitheads!
- [MCKINNON] Company commander's present!
- [HOWITT] At attention!
Straighten up!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Good afternoon, ma'am.
We have a serious problem,
Senior Drill Instructor.
- [MCKINNON] Aye, ma'am.
- [COMPANY COMMANDER] Carry on.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC FADES]
[SNIFFLING]
[STIFLES TEARS]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYS]
[CAMERON'S INNER VOICE] When
I said we'd find our place,
I was thinking New York or San
Francisco. [INHALES SHARPLY]
But this
this is lovely.
I ruined everything.
Ray could be gone.
It's because of me.
And if Ray is not safe here,
there's no way I'm gonna make it.
Stupid faggot. [SNIFFS]
[CAMERON'S INNER VOICE] Hey.
Don't do that.
Don't ever do that.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hey.
[RAY] Hey.
[CAMERON] Hey.
Y-you're alive.
Yeah, dummy. I'm alive.
- [EXHALES]
- [RAY] Hey, guess what?
- Knox is gone.
- [CAMERON] What?
Heard some officers talking.
He's not coming back.
- [SNIFFS]
- Hey, I told you, we're gonna finish this.
No, I almost ruined everything.
I'm I'm gonna leave.
I'm gonna tell them I lied.
Wh-what are you talking about?
Ray.
I don't belong here.
You belong as much as anyone.
Besides
maybe I need you here too.
Yeah.
I'll see you tomorrow.
[SNIFFS]
[CAMERON'S INNER VOICE] Well,
guess we're stuck here now.
I'm scared.
[MUSIC FADES]
Well, you're probably not the only one.
Yeah, but I'm the only
one who has to hide.
You think you're the only one
here who's hiding something?
I mean, that look in the shower.
I know.
Nash.
I was like, "What is happening?"
Wait, no. See? This is why. I
- Come on.
- No, I mean it. I have to lock it up.
You mean lock me up.
[CAMERON] Never.
- [SIGHS]
- [MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYS]
I still don't know how to do this.
[INHALES SLOWLY]
Yes, you do.
[CLANGING TRASH CAN LIDS]
- [MCKINNON] Get up!
- [HOWITT] Cock-a-doodle-doo, turd birds!
[MCKINNON] Get your lazy asses up!
- Wake the fuck up!
- [MCKINNON] Move!
Platoon 2032.
This is Drill Instructor
Sergeant Sullivan.
He is your new drill instructor.
Drill Instructor Sergeant Sullivan.
Take charge of these recruits and
carry out the training schedule.
Aye, Senior Drill Instructor.
[DOOR SLAMS]
- What is your name, recruit?
- Sir, Recruit Cope, sir!
When I say, "Go,"
you will grab your rifles,
get back on line, and stand
at the position of attention.
Go!
Now we're gonna play a
little game called "96."
When I say, "90,"
you will hold out your
rifles at a 90-degree angle
in front of your disgusting bodies.
You will hold them at 90
degrees till I say, "Six."
Then you may lower your rifles
six degrees away from said bodies.
Understand?
Sir, yes, sir!
[SULLIVAN] Ninety.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
In my Marine Corps,
we locate, close with,
and destroy the enemy.
And that starts right here, right now.
And make no mistake,
the enemy is not next to you.
The enemy is not in front
of you or behind you.
The enemy is inside of you!
Six.
Ninety.
Some of you have lived in
weakness all your miserable lives.
Six.
Ninety.
Some of you have never been tested,
but I will push you until you break!
Six!
Some of you think
that you're invincible.
Ninety!
But you're about to get crushed!
Some of you have no idea
what you're capable of
because you're too
fucking lazy to find out!
And some of you
some of you know that you should
never have stepped foot here at all.
Six.
[CAMERON BREATHES HEAVILY]
And my job
Ninety.
is to make you into men.
Six.
- And then
- Ninety.
if you survive all that
- Six.
- into Marines!
Ninety!
[TENSE MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
["RUN AWAY (THE ESCAPE SONG)" PLAYS]
Time to kill the enemy.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
- Run away ♪
- Run away ♪
- Run away from here ♪
- Run away from here ♪
- Run away ♪
- Run away ♪
- Run away from here ♪
- Run away from here ♪
Run away all alone ♪
Run away from fear ♪
Run away from sadness ♪
Run away from tears ♪
Run away from home ♪
From the wife and kids ♪
From the cats and the doggies ♪
Run away to forgive ♪
Run into the light ♪
- Run away from here ♪
- Run away from here ♪
[MUSIC FADES]