American Rust (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
(SNIFF)
[SLOW, HAUNTING MUSIC]
[GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC]
No.
Take it. It'll help you sleep.
No.
Just take it.
Go away.
Makes me gag watching you do that.
I like the taste.
Reminds me I'm alive.
We're alive? I missed that memo.
These truly suck.
They do. I'm sorry.
It's like I'm smoking a piece of gum.
Caffeine-injected Listerine.
Screw you both. Give 'em back.
- I'll save it for myself.
- Uh-uh.
Free drugs is free drugs.
How's Billy, Grace?
You know.
If he's home and drunk, he's
less likely to get in trouble.
Look on the sunny side.
Oh, that's me. Always.
Yeah. Precisely how I see you:
A human upper.
[SLOW, MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
- You don't own me ♪
- Nah, man, nah, man ♪
Not quite finished yet, ha-ha, whoo! ♪
Girl, I think you just
might've tried to pull ♪
A motherfuckin' fast one, I'm mad ♪
You just hurt my goddamn feeling ♪
And that was the last one I had ♪
Does this look like an arcade? ♪
Tryin' to play games?
See this saw blade? ♪
See this silhouette
of a stalker in your walkway? ♪
Better cooperate or get
sautéed and rotisseried ♪
While you're hog-tied ♪
MCs get so quiet,
you can hear the motherfuckin' ♪
Dog whistle when I walk by,
Colt Seavers on a mule ♪
Stuntin' on that ass ♪
like the fuckin' Fall Guy ♪
I don't gas my Mercedes
after midnight ♪
I treat it like a Mogwai
'cause it will turn ♪
Into a Gremlin and run over
kids, women and men ♪
Vrinn-vrinn, motor so big ♪
You can fit a midget in its engine ♪
Bitch, give me them digits,
why you cringin'? ♪
Not by hair chinny-ch ♪
- Fucking hell.
- If I know anything,
I know you can't afford Spotify.
It's freakin' YouTube.
Bro, the service is such shit,
I spent the last 20 minutes
hearing the first verse.
It's not the service. It's the gods.
It's the rap gods.
They shun white boy rap.
Marshall's not white boy rap.
Oh, what, you're on
a first-name basis now?
- You want a?
- Let's go.
Took the cash from my dad.
Oh, fuck, Isaac.
I didn't think
you were really gonna do this.
Well, I did.
Your probation ends tonight.
Just come with me.
You can walk on at any D1 you want.
No, I can't.
- Of course you can.
- I can't.
You were all-state two years ago.
What's your hang-up with leaving Buell?
I got no hang-ups.
You have never
voluntarily left this town.
Tell me the one time you left
of your own accord.
Just hurry your ass up.
Was that Pete Novick?
- I don't It
- That was Novick.
He had his fucking boot on my
back the night I was arrested.
SOFT, HAUNTING MUSIC
Billy, don't.
- I'm just gonna talk to him.
- Billy.
Wait for me.
- I got to keep going.
- Just wait for me.
Damn it, Billy.
Poe, what are you doing here?
You got something to say to me
- Bye.
- Later.
- Yeah?
- Chief.
Yeah?
County got an anonymous call in.
Possible body in the mill.
Just getting your okay to lock
up here, go down there myself.
Stay there. I'll do it.
- It's your day off.
- It's all right.
Okay.
What have you been up to?
We're having
a personal conversation now?
Just asking how you spent your day.
Bowling.
You hunting out of season again?
I'm not answering that question.
But to be clear, there are
no seasons on my property.
Nobody tells me what to do
on my own land.
I'm a good shot.
I'm not gonna kill anybody.
And if I did, they'd be on my property.
I'm going to forget
we had this conversation.
Don't forget all of it.
Don't go taking a sunset stroll
on my land,
especially not in a deer costume.
Copy that.
[EERIE, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]
Oh, it's all right, Mama.
I hate this fucking trailer.
Your dad made us buy it
when you were born.
I wanted a real house. I did once.
Leaky piece of shit.
But it is on this beautiful,
peaceful land.
Yeah. All right.
You got work in a bit.
Better get ready.
If they sell this place
while you're still here,
they'll sell you in it.
[SOFT, MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
What the hell is going on?!
What the hell is going on,
- Virgil, huh?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- What the hell is going on?
Our home is being sold today.
- Aah! Fuck!
- And you are getting laid?
This is how it goes? I am going to work
- to earn some fucking money.
- All right, all right.
Why don't you do something
useful just once in your life?
Calm down, now. Jesus.
I think you gave me a concussion.
You been working out?
Yeah. I get a personal trainer
and a NordicTrack.
Well, you're looking good.
Grace!
Grace. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Let's get some breakfast or something.
Virgil, uh
I was gonna make us some dippy eggs.
Really?
I needed a place to sleep.
Okay.
[GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC]
L-L! B-U-E
- I can't hear you guys!
- L-L!
- B-U-E
- Do you want to win?
L-L! One more!
- B-U-E-L-L!
- What's up, Coach?
Billy Poe. All right.
- B-U-E
- (WHISTLE)
- Linebacker secondary gap drill.
- Coming through. Coming through.
Let's go. Lot of hustle. Come on.
- Let's work it.
- Everyone, come on!
Hey, we got fast feet, okay?
Eyes up. Hut.
Explode!
There we go. Hut!
I like it. Staying low. I like it. Hut!
Nice. Hey, here we go, Trey.
You and me, all right? Fast feet. Hut.
[MUSIC]
That is good news, LeeAnn.
Oh, of course I do, honey.
Your sister married her rich boyfriend.
She what?
I I know
that's not why you married him,
but, look, he can pay your law school.
That's a good thing.
Don't be so sensitive.
You gonna bring him home,
show him where you come from?
Or are you too ashamed of us?
All right, I'll let you go.
She'll call you later.
Your brother looks
like someone bit off his dick.
Hey, serious now. Congratulations.
Beth, is it okay if I crash
at your place for a couple days?
Are you kidding me? Whatever you need.
You hanging in there?
Well, I have acquired
some wisdom in all of this.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. Don't marry a douchebag.
At least you found a cute douchebag.
It must've been fun for a while.
Cute don't pay the mortgage.
Depends on what business he's in.
Hey, ladies.
- Hey, Jillian.
- Hey, what's up, girl?
Well, you're lucky
y'all weren't here early.
- Oh?
- Gelsey was on the sniff.
- Oh, dear.
- Nosing around Grace's chair.
See if you left your scent.
You could leave him more than that,
then have him pay your mortgage.
Hell, I'll leave him whatever he wants.
I'll take a crap on my chair
while he watches
if he'll just pay my heating bills.
What?
- Oh, my Lord.
- What in the fuck?
Oh, come on, tell me you ain't
never done that for nobody.
I have no idea
what you're even talking about.
Oh, no, you're on your own
with this one.
Okay, well, I suppose I run
in a different crowd.
All sales are final and as is.
When you buy it, it's yours.
Before we get started,
a special thank you to the Buell PD
for being with us this morning.
We rely on local police
to keep the peace at property auction.
I and all the buyers
appreciate your service.
"Thank you for protecting us
while we steal your neighbors' shit."
Okay, now, let's get started.
Let's do this.
[LIVELY, PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
Grace's husband
bidding on his own house?
I doubt that's what he has in mind.
All right, we have four
private homes at auction today
and one local bar. First up,
we have number 14 Stevens Hill Drive.
Residence is a mobile home,
sitting on four private,
beautiful acres
at the end of Stevens Hill.
- Ma'am. Hi there.
- 14 Stevens Hill Drive.
Can I take a look at your booklet?
This is page one in your pamphlets.
Let's start the bidding at $22,500.
Twenty-two, five. Do I hear 22.5?
- Oh, cool.
- Twenty-two, five.
That's my buddy's house
they're talking about.
This dude right here.
Hit him up, you got
any questions about the place.
Ask him about the heat, the plumbing,
whatnot.
This is one hell of a good deal, people.
Yeah, thank you, maybe another time.
Okay. How about this?
How about we do this?
Let's start the bidding
at $21,000, an even 21.
All right, good practice, guys.
It's you guys's team, too, right?
We're starting early.
You lead by example, okay?
Everyone will follow.
Remember that, all right?
Excuse me.
- Chief.
- Del Harris. How you doing?
You want to tell me what just happened?
Well, it seems like people decided
they weren't interested
in buying your stuff.
You think those men
had something to do with it?
- Could be.
- Are you kidding me?
No, I'm agreeing with you. Could be.
But getting together,
showing off a deer rifle,
that's just one of the social practices
in this part of the state.
I'm from Pittsburgh.
I think I understand
- this part of the state.
- Well, point of fact,
we're a lot closer to West Virginia
than we are to Pittsburgh,
more ways than geography.
But, look, I understand. Not
everybody likes to have a gun
- passed around in front of him.
- You think?
I do think, and I can
make that known around town.
No more gun passing.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I need to make something
of a house call.
Officer Park,
when the gentleman's ready,
can you escort him to the town line?
Are you kicking me out of town?
No, sir. Just providing safe passage.
You got an expensive automobile there.
BMW, it looks like.
Wouldn't want something to happen to it,
not on my watch.
Whenever you're ready.
You think my mother was murdered?
Uh
I'm not the right person to ask.
She had ten pounds of rocks
in her pockets
when she washed up at the dam.
So, you think the killer held her down,
put rocks in her clothes, and then
shoved her in the water?
'Cause that's what my dad's been
saying the last four years,
and he's a little bit of a moron.
- Isaac.
- Why are you friends with me?
Without you, I'd have never
graduated from high school.
I mean now.
Why are you friends with me now?
Why are you doing this, man?
Why are you coming at me
like you're angry or?
She got married.
Did you know that?
Lee got married.
She graduated early,
married her boyfriend two weeks ago.
Moved in with him
in New York City, so
I guess we can confidently infer
she's never coming home.
We're both fucked.
I'm left permanently taking care
of my father, and
you lost the love of your life.
You know what "infer" means?
Just nod if you know what it means.
You can stop being friends with me.
Now that my sister's never coming back,
it won't matter anymore that
I'm your last connection to her.
I know what "infer" means.
Why are you friends with me?
You're the only person left
who makes me feel
like I'm worth anything.
Billy.
Isaac, don't.
Isaac.
Isaac!
Oh, shit. Oh
[SLOW, EERIE MUSIC]
Are you kidding me?
Billy!
Billy, you run these heaters,
it costs me 30 bucks a day.
If you would just cut
some fucking firewood,
maybe we could climb
out of this money pit.
And do not use all the hot water.
Look, my back hurts.
My hands hurt.
I-I need a shower.
Billy.
Want me to bring 'em inside?
No, I got it. Billy, I'm sorry.
I'm just upset we're in
this situation. I don't like
Can I?
Billy.
Come on. Come inside
and let me make us dinner.
Billy!
I'm sorry!
You know, it is wonderful to be back,
here in Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania
"My husband hasn't fucked me
in 30 years,
so I'm here in Pennsylvania to fuck you,
whether you like it or not.
Open wide, Steelers fans." Hmm?
What's going on here?
Everybody in town turn Mormon?
They're all at Rylan's, celebrating.
They didn't auction his place.
The prick.
What are you drinking?
Bourbon.
Give me a Rolling Rock
and bring Jackson another.
- Mm-hmm.
- Come on with this.
Penn State's playing.
Got to get used to it.
I bet she's running.
I thought we should check in,
see how you're doing with your meds.
I thought you were wooing me.
Well, I'm fine, I guess.
I'm not
You know, uh, it's hard to tell.
I've been on this crap a long time.
Klonopin and Zoloft to pull me one way,
the Benzedrine the other way.
I don't even remember
what baseline's like for me.
- You'll get there.
- Hmm?
The VA loves their PTS cocktail.
But ten years later,
vets realize
how difficult it can be to stop.
Just keep at it.
Titrate down that two percent a week,
and you're gonna be just fine.
- Yeah, well, here's hoping.
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, look, um
when you start to have leftover pills,
you bring 'em right back to me.
Hmm? So you won't be tempted.
People are doing that
with their opiates now.
It's-it's really helpful.
If I'm ticked off
or kind of jumpy lately,
what do you make of that?
I think it means you're
ticked off or kind of jumpy.
Um, it's only been two weeks.
You're only down four percent.
You know, when you're down 50
- in, like, six months
- Ah.
Things can get a little shaky.
But you got to remember,
you got to bring
- the amphetamines down, too.
- Yeah.
- That's very important.
- Yeah, yeah. No, I'm
All right, well, this has been fun.
You're a good date.
I just thought we should check in.
Yeah. No, I-I know. Um, I appreciate it.
Chloe, you got that bottle
on ice for me?
Indeed I do.
"Finger Lakes Valley, New York
champagne, sparkling wine."
What the fuck you giving me?
I thought you had the French stuff.
You want the French stuff,
move to France.
You're lucky I didn't
just shoot some Fresca
into the chardonnay
and tell you it was champagne.
I'm trying to make a good showing here.
So keep your mouth shut and pour.
She's gonna be impressed
by the green bottle and the gold foil.
I should shut you down
for selling this crap.
I got some rubbers in the drawer.
You want to buy those, too?
Your dad would've smacked you for that.
You're right. I'm sorry.
That's inappropriate.
I should shut you down
for selling rubbers.
That's-that's my business model.
There's enough dicks
in the Valley to go around.
(LAUGHS)
Hi there.
They, uh, didn't have
any of the French kind,
but they say this is just as good.
I mean, it can't be, but
we could try it anyway.
Does it have alcohol and bubbles?
I'm told it has both.
Then it's good for me.
Hey, are you the one
with the nice handwriting?
Yeah. I thought
I should make it official.
Come on inside.
Virgil's not around?
You don't have to ask that every time.
He hasn't been over in going on a year.
'Cause it was him and Arlo
and Dennis and the other one
who showed up this morning with rifles
and shut the whole thing down.
Oh.
Thanks for not running 'em off.
They weren't doing anything illegal.
Not technically, at least.
Got to go by the book.
Equal justice for all.
Even if we're after the same woman.
Come on. Let me clean some glasses.
Hey, hang on a second.
So, we can take these off now.
(RIP-OFF LABEL)
That's better.
You're a good man, Del Harris.
[LOUD ROCK MUSIC]
Rylan,
I don't know whose cock
you're sucking at the bank,
but we're glad
they didn't foreclose your ass.
That was your mother's cock.
Then I remembered
she doesn't work at the bank.
It would be so nice
if you spoke sentences
that had actual meaning.
Cheer up, Billy.
You got your own bedroom
to sleep in tonight.
He's right.
- Let's celebrate!
- (LAUGHS)
- Cheers!
- Cheers!
Mm.
There it is.
- What?
- Okay, let me see it.
What? No, no, no, no, it's fine.
- Yes. Let me see it.
- Grace.
Come on. Please.
Look, it's not gonna hurt.
- I'm not gonna hurt you.
- Okay.
- Come to Mama.
- Hmm
Aha. Bingo.
Okay, so tell me, what do you do
when you're clipping it?
- How do you reach back?
- I
I, like I just I reach
back, you know, like this.
Yes, and you probably,
like, tip the clippers
and then you pretty much
clear-cut this whole patch.
Why don't you just let me
start doing it for you?
Feel that.
- Ah. Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
You feeling that?
Mm-hmm.
Do you feel that?
Mm-hmm.
Me, too.
[BACKGROUND MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[DOOR CLOSE]
You keep calling.
Hi. Yeah, hi.
I know you probably don't want
to talk to me,
but I just want to make sure
that you call your brother.
I think he needs to hear from you.
What's going on?
He walked into the river.
He went out on the ice and fell through.
I had to fish him out.
Is he all right?
I got him home and wrapped up
in some blankets, but
he was acting strange.
Strange how?
He was going on about your mom.
About her ending up in the
river, and then he went in, too.
I'm sorry. I know you don't want
to talk about your mom.
It's all right.
Christ.
I'll call him tonight, I promise.
Okay. Good.
Why do I not want to talk to you?
We hardly talked the past couple years.
You're married.
Seriously, you're married.
Congratulations. That's a big deal.
It is.
Thank you. It is a big deal.
You're living in New York City?
Yeah.
How is that?
Different.
Incredible sometimes.
Just sometimes?
You know, eight million people
live in this place.
That's basically half the size
of Fayette County.
Sometimes it feels like a miracle.
Then, yesterday I was on a plane,
and we were gonna land,
and I was looking down
at the city below and I
had this feeling
that maybe people aren't
supposed to live like this.
Maybe it's a mistake.
[GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC]
I've never been on a plane.
Listen, I should go.
Just, Lee, just call your brother.
Where are you?
Where would I be?
What the fuck?
My bad.
Hey.
Number 51. Linebacker.
Right.
Yeah. We played you
in County senior year.
You had scouts in the stands.
I thought you sucked.
Yeah, you were right.
Was never that good. Overrated.
Uh, they said you got a D1 scholarship.
That's bullshit.
You wouldn't be here if you had a D1.
Look at me.
You sucked.
Okay.
Hit me.
I don't want to hit you.
I'm giving you a free shot.
[EERIE, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hit me.
Please don't do this.
Stop moving.
I don't want to choke you out.
Don't make me choke you out.
Stay down.
I'm gonna get up and walk away.
Stay on the ground.
Hey!
Watch out.
Billy!
[JARRING, PULSATING MUSIC]
Mmm.
If I knew you were dropping by,
I would've put on something sexier.
Oh, it's, uh, it's plenty sexy to me.
You want to go into the bedroom?
- I do.
- Okay.
I love New York.
Who knew the Finger Lakes
could bring so much pleasure?
There's a joke in there somewhere,
but I'm much too ladylike to make it.
Let's go, buddy.
Okay.
What's going on down there?
Yeah, as if you don't know.
- (LAUGHS)
- (PANTING)
(PHONE RINGING)
That's the, uh
work ringer.
Okay.
(PHONE RINGING)
Yeah?
Hey, Chief, I-I think you need
to come down to Rylan's.
There's some trouble down here.
Why can't you handle it?
Yeah, um y-you where I think you are?
I-I can't say any more.
I-I just think you ought to come down.
(SIREN WHIRRING)
Yeah, I-I
You're screwed now, bitch.
We got you covered.
Hope you're not in cleats down there.
Novick, put your gun away.
Let him sit up,
put your gun in your holster.
Get up.
Geez.
Chief, you want to take a look?
Yeah.
Christ.
Want me to take him in?
No.
Hand me your firearm. Go on home.
I can book him.
Tell me what you want me to do.
I want you to give me your gun
and go home and sleep it off.
You'll get your last paycheck
in the mail.
What the fuck?
- You're firing me?
- Give me the gun.
Now that you've found
your new best friend,
- you're done with me?
- I protected you so many times, Pete,
tried to get you cleaned up,
changed attendance records,
all because you've got a family.
Well, I can't help you anymore.
We had budget cuts the last three years.
You just made my decision a lot easier.
If somebody's getting fired
because of budget cuts,
it better be the Chinese guy.
I got seniority on the Chinese guy.
Chinese guy comes to work on time.
Chinese guy doesn't get drunk
and wave his gun around.
The Chinese guy doesn't park
his cruiser off 201
and sleep through his shift.
And the Chinese guy is Korean,
you fucking dipshit.
Now give me the gun! And go home.
(DROP BULLETS)
Stand up.
Walk.
[MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC]
You're a fucking moron, you know that?
There are times you need to walk away.
I did walk away.
You didn't do a very good job.
What do you care?
I'm starting to ask myself
the same question.
Hell, you're about to get what you want.
Send me up the river,
get my mama all to yourself.
Bring her to your cabin in the sky.
Just wait till my daddy
drives up your long dirt road.
Just wait.
Hey.
No, I'm I'm lying here.
Isaac.
Fuck you.
I'm sorry, Lee.
I'm sorry.
Tell me about him.
He's from Spain?
Are you gonna change your name?
That's my son in there.
You are gonna get out of the way
You don't have a right to
Get out of my way and let me see him.
- I'm sorry, ma'am.
- Where is he?
- I'm sorry, ma'am.
- Don't
look at me like that. You know
exactly who I am.
- I'm sorry, okay?
- That's my son in there.
You're gonna get out of the way
and let me go see him.
He hasn't been arraigned yet,
hasn't seen a lawyer,
- and he and he's over 18.
- So what?
You don't have a right
to see an adult offspring.
Offspring?
Are you shitting me? Where's Del?
Chief Harris isn't in right now.
Where is he?
He's on police business.
Okay.
Did Del arrest Billy last night?
Did he leave my fucking home
to go arrest my son?
Billy is a good kid.
He has an asshole for a father,
but he has a good heart,
and somebody's got to help him out.
Okay?
Sorry.
There.
Folks say life,
as we get on in years,
is a series of indignities.
I'm not sure I see it that way.
'Cause once you don't
give a shit how you look
or what people think, then
nothing seems like an indignity.
It's just my fat ass
sitting in my chair,
and a couple of man-boobs
blocking the view of my shoes.
(LAUGHS) So what?
(CLATTERS)
(CORK POPS)
- I'm-I'm good. Thanks.
- You sure?
On duty.
I still care too much what people think.
You don't seem to care
what the county judge thinks.
I was under the impression
you're supposed to be catching bad guys,
not serving as their lawyer.
I did catch him, and I locked him up.
The question now is whether the D.A.
is going to embarrass herself
by charging a kid with a felony
for a bar fight,
especially when the other kid
came after him,
cut him first, with a bayonet.
I mean, where do you even get a bayonet?
They're not kids.
That's a good point.
Another man came after him
with a bayonet.
You getting paid for this,
or is this just 'cause
you're screwing his mama?
Glenn, he's young and he's in a fight.
You remember those days.
The blood starts pumping.
There's no pulling back.
No, I don't remember those days.
I was a fat kid, bad fighter.
I'd talk my way out.
In February '91,
I'm with the Second Brigade
just over the Iraq border.
Al Busayyah.
It's right after sunset, and
I'm patrolling the perimeter,
and it gets dark real quick
in the desert.
There's a man with a satchel.
I see him about 200 yards out.
No-man's-land.
He's making a wide arc around town.
I got maybe three minutes
till I won't be able to see him anymore.
I'm staring at that satchel,
and my blood starts going,
and my ears start pounding,
and I'm not even thinking.
My M16's coming up,
and I'm sighting him.
I'm leading him a bit,
and I'm squeezing the trigger,
and I'm firing.
And I keep on firing,
even once he goes down.
I'm talking 25, 30 rounds.
Next morning, a patrol goes out,
take a look, and
there's hardly anything left.
Just blood and shredded clothing.
And no satchel.
Did someone come and take it? Maybe.
Was it there in the first place?
But you're under threat, and
you start defending yourself,
and you just keep on going.
Past the time the threat's moved on.
Maybe that's just what men do.
I don't know.
But it's definitely what young men do.
I hear you're on a mess of drugs
because what you did overseas,
or up in Pittsburgh PD,
gives you bad dreams or something.
That what you hear?
Listen, son, don't get defensive.
We're all on something.
Everybody in the holler's
on one thing or another.
You just be careful how far
you wade out into this mess.
At a certain point,
you're in over your head.
All rise.
The Honorable Judge Paronne
is now presiding.
You may be seated.
I understand
the county district attorney
and the defense counsel
have had discussions
leading up to this appearance?
- Yes, Your Honor.
- We have, Your Honor.
The Commonwealth is charging Mr. Poe
with misdemeanor assault
in the third degree.
The Commonwealth is satisfied
that this was a mutually agreed-
upon combat and, therefore,
not eligible for felony charge.
Mr. Poe, you have an effective
and persuasive advocate.
William Poe, please stand.
Do you understand the charges
brought against you?
Yes, sir.
How do you plead?
Guilty, sir.
I'm sentencing you
to six months' probation.
I hear you lost your job
as a result of this incident.
Yes, sir.
Do you have a place
to live during these six months?
Uh, with my mother, sir.
Son, look at me.
We got 12% unemployment
in this part of the state.
Personal income is 25% less
than the rest of Pennsylvania.
I understand you got offered
a college football scholarship
out of high school.
Speak up, son.
Yes, sir, I did.
Well, I don't know
why the hell you didn't take it.
I suggest you seize that opportunity,
for your good and everybody else's.
We're adjourned.
Well, I took a stroll
on the old long walk ♪
Ay-I, ay-I, ay ♪
I met a little girl
and we stopped to talk ♪
Of a fine, soft day-I-ay ♪
And I ask you, friend ♪
What's a fella to do? ♪
'Cause her hair was black
and her eyes were blue ♪
And I knew right then ♪
I'd be taking a whirl ♪
Come on!
Around the Salthill prom
with a Galway girl ♪
Oh
Come on. Come here.
Wait.
Just turn down the music for a minute.
- Just need one minute.
- Hey, hey, where you going?
Babe, come on.
- Just a second.
- We were halfway there ♪
When the rain came down ♪
Of a day-I-ay-I-ay ♪
And she asked me up
to her flat downtown ♪
- Hi, Del.
- You look pretty.
Oh. Thanks.
Uh, listen, I-I, uh
I know it's been a long day,
lot of emotions,
but if you're up to it, uh,
they got some of the actual
French stuff in today,
and I defrosted a couple
venison steaks from the fall.
They've been in the freezer,
but they'll still be good.
I thought I could cook you some dinner.
We could celebrate a bit.
God, Del.
That's really sweet of you.
Uh, but it's it has been a long day.
And, to tell you the truth,
I-I just, uh
You know, when Billy was little
and we were real tight for cash,
I think the only protein
we ate for a year was venison.
So since then I just
I don't know.
It's-it's very sweet of you,
but I really am kind of wiped out.
Hey, Chief. How's it going, man?
All right.
Hey, listen, I wanted to thank
you for all you done for Billy.
That's, like, real stand-up of you.
And I do not know what's
going on with Grace here,
turning down good food when it's
offered, but come on in, man.
Let's grill up them steaks
and-and let's drink together.
Let's toast to a good day.
What do you say?
That's okay. I didn't realize.
I don't want to intrude. Here you go.
- No, no, no, no, no.
- Oh, wow.
- Give him back the wine.
- So nice of you, man.
- Thank you.
- You, uh, you two keep it.
You got a lot to celebrate.
Your son's going to avoid jail time.
Even though he beat a kid
with a two-by-four.
Even though he clubbed him in the skull
when he was down on his knees.
That boy of yours got off
with probation.
Lot to celebrate.
Give him back the fucking wine.
Uh, he's he's in the car.
[SLOW, MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
Novick.
[SLOW, HAUNTING MUSIC]
(DOOR OPEN, CLOSE)
[DRAMATIC, PULSING MUSIC]
Chief. You beat us down here.
Hey, Frank.
What do we got going on?
Uh, nothing good.
It's Pete Novick.
Hadn't seen him in a long while.
What do you think
he was doing down here?
Uh, no idea.
Meeting up with somebody?
Could be. Yeah.
I just don't know.
["THE EYE" BY WAXAHATCHEE]
I leave my home ♪
Desolate ♪
But not alone ♪
I have a gift ♪
I've been told ♪
For seeing what's there ♪
And I will chase ♪
All the rain ♪
Put it down ♪
Call it paint ♪
To possess ♪
Something arcane ♪
Oh, it's a heavy weight ♪
Oh, and one of these days
you'll call up ♪
You'll give me something beautiful ♪
To think and sing and follow ♪