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(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)

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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

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Can you take care
of your brother, huh?

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(GROANING)

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From the day you were born,
you were my strength.

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I love your brother so much.

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I don't know why that
you would do that right now.

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I need you to stand up
for me for once.

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- (SCREAMS)
- (GROANS)

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MA: Promise me, Dom.

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Are you the social worker?

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(INDISTINCT YELLING)

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I'll take care of him, Ma.
I'll take care of him.

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♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

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DOMINICK: Thomas and I have
been to three different states...

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Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
and New Hampshire.

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Four, counting Connecticut.

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In less than half an hour, we'll
be in a new state, New York.

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Because we're on
the third grade field trip

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to the Statue of Liberty.

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♪♪

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Ma told us when we
ride on the ferry,

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we'll see the exact same view
our grandfather saw

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when he first came
to this country in 1913.

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TEACHER: Oh, you don't have one?

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CHILD: Can I have one of those?

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DOMINICK: Ma was always
talkin' about her father.

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She says he was a great man,
but I never knew him.

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He died before we were born.

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(LAUGHTER, CHATTER)

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We're about halfway there

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when my brother gets up
to use the bathroom.

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He's probably gonna stink up
the whole bus

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and make everyone gag.

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(BATHROOM DOOR CLOSES)

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BOY: Don't get anything on ya!

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(LAUGHTER)

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Dominick:
My brother ruins everything.

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Five minutes go by
and he's still in there.

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THOMAS: It's stuck!

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DOMINICK: I heard him
flush a long time ago.

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THOMAS: Dominick, help, help!

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He's probably poopin' all over.

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DOMINICK: I feel bad for him.

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And mad.
And humiliated.

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Kids are looking at me,
too, not just Thomas.

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"The Birdsey brothers,
identical twin retards."

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It smells like a pile
of shit in there.

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- TEACHER: What's going on?
- BOY: It came through the door.

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What's going on?
All right, you guys, you guys.

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Come on, sit down.
What's going on here?

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DOMINICK: Thomas is
locked in the bathroom.

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Thomas.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

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Calm down, listen to me.
Push the lock,

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grab the lock,
and flick it to the left.

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- Click it to the left.
- THOMAS: It's not working!

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(HANDLE RATTLING)

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(CHILDREN CLAMORING)

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BOY: What a weirdo!

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- TEACHER: Bus driver!
- BOY: He's pulling his pud in there!

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- TEACHER: Can you pull over?
- (BRAKES HISSING)

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DRIVER: You just gotta move
the bolt and the handle together.

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All right,
everybody settle down.

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- Could you just stop that?
- GIRL: Diarrhea'd on me.

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- DRIVER: What's his name?
- Thomas.

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- Thomas? Thomas.
- TEACHER: Can you please sit down?

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Try to move the... the bolt and
the handle together to the left.

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(RATTLING)

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- THOMAS: Please! Please!
- It's stuck.

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Teacher:
Can you just pull it open?

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No.
It opens from the inside.

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Can you just use...
No, I understand that.

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- I understand that.
- BOY: That weirdo!

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- My 2-year-old brother could open the door.
- I think it's stuck.

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Teacher:
I have a bus full of kids.

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We need to get on the ferry
by 10:45 or we're gonna miss...

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I will... I will call
the bus company.

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They'll have to come down here
with the tools and fix it.

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It may take two hours.
It may take three hours.

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- (CLATTERING)
- BOY: Get him out!

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DRIVER: Calm him down.
Everybody, sit down.

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Bus moves.
Please sit down.

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- Bus moves.
- Okay.

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GIRL: Come on.
We're gonna miss the ferry.

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Dominick:
Everyone's disappointed.

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TEACHER: We're gonna
stop at the side of the road...

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DOMINICK: The day is ruined.

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- We're heading to a gas station to call for help...
- TEACHER: Sit down, please.

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When this know-it-all,
Eugene Savitsky,

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walks to the back of the bus
with an idea.

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Teacher:
Eugene, you've gotta sit down.

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- BOY: Eugene, sit down.
- Have him push it to the right.

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Yeah, but the lock
is to the left.

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Yeah, but maybe he doesn't
know the difference

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between the right and the left.

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The right and the left.
Okay, all right.

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Hey, Thomas, let's try
something different, okay?

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Try pushing it to the right,
the lock.

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To the right.
The other way that you were.

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(DOOR UNLOCKS)

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(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

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GIRL: Finally!

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Okay?

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(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

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TEACHER: Come on, let's go out.

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Hey!

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Eugene, can you switch seats
with Dominick, please?

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Thank you.
Dominick, come on.

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Let's go sit by your brother.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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You okay?

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Thomas, you okay?

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All right.
We're almost there, guys.

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DOMINICK: For the rest
of that whole long day,

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Thomas acts really out of it.

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- TEACHER: Just sit down, please.
- GIRL: We're gonna miss the ferry!

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TEACHER: No, we're
not gonna miss the ferry.

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We are not missing the ferry.
We're fine.

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Please, sit down.
Please, sit down.

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Nobody uses the bathroom
anymore!

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DOMINICK: At the harbor,
Thomas tells Miss Hanker

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he feels too nervous to get
on the ferry to the statue.

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So she makes me stay behind
with him and the bus driver.

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That night,

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I dream I'm trapped
in a small, dark cave

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in a woods I don't recognize.

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It's pitch dark.

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I bang and cry for help
and when, at last,

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I discover a way out,
I realize

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I've not been trapped
in a cave at all

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but inside
the Statue of Liberty.

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(ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYING)

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<i>♪ So hard to say goodbye ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Leaving you today ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I've said goodbye before ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Leaving you alone ♪</i>

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<i>♪ By the sea ♪</i>

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<i>♪ We were thrown together ♪</i>

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<i>♪ A world unlike our own ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Believing in each other ♪</i>

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<i>♪ We drifted far away ♪</i>

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<i>♪ By the sea ♪</i>

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<i>♪ By the sea ♪</i>

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(DOOR OPENS)

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JOY: Wake up, sleepyhead.

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(GRUNTS)

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Hi.

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(GROANS)

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(MUMBLES)

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You'll never guess
who called yesterday.

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DOMINICK: Who?

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Who called?

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Connie Chung.

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(DOMINICK SCOFFS)

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Joy:
She wants to interview Thomas.

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Jesus Christ.

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What?
It's a pretty cool thing.

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They're doing this special
on people's reaction

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to Operation Desert Shield.

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Dominick:
He definitely had a reaction.

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I was really excited
to tell you.

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- (WATER RUNNING)
- (DOMINICK GROANS)

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Come here, look at this.

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- JOY: What?
- Look at that.

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Oh, my God.

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Oh, my God, what is that?

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Fucking guard kneed me
in the testicles.

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Hatch Forensic Hospital.

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I can't believe how big
they got. Fuckin' killing me.

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- So what do you think?
- What?

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- What do you think?
- About what?

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About my balls?

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JOY: No, about Connie Chung.

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- What about her?
- Well, I need to let her know

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one way or the other,
and I had to give her

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my work number in case
she couldn't get a hold of you.

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- You gave her your work number?
- Yeah.

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Tell her no.
No.

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- JOY: Seriously?
- Seriously.

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Okay, I mean...

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it's your decision.
I just think...

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- DOMINICK: You just what?
- I, I just...

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I just think that
you should talk to her

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because she was really nice
and I think you should just...

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talk to her on the phone before
you make your decision.

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And Thad thought so, too.

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Thad? What does he
have to do with this?

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Joy:
He had nothing to do with it.

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He was just here when she called

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and he answered the phone

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and then when I got off
we were both just like,

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"Oh, my God, we were just
talking to Connie Chung from TV."

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Whoa, big fat fuckin' whoop.

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Connie Chung from TV.
Oh!

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I don't want that fuck...
I don't want that asshole

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picking up our phone, all right?

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I have business on that line.

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I don't want his voice
representing my business.

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Well, just talk
to her, Dominick.

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She's, she's really nice.

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Yeah, I'm sure
she's really, really nice

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because she really,
really wants something from you.

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Listen, Joy, Connie Chung
is not gonna be

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your new best friend,
all right?

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I know she's not
my new best friend.

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I don't want it here.
I'm dealing with a few

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fuckin' things here,
as you can see.

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I don't want the fuckin'
media circus

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circling our house.

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All right,
she's manipulating you.

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I'm not, I'm not stupid.

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Whether you think I am or not.

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Oh, give me a fuckin' break.

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Do you know what I really,
really wish?

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I wish, I wish that you
could just take care of me

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the way that you
take care of him.

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DOMINICK: Oh, Jesus Christ.

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That would be
a really nice surprise

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to be taken care of
by my own boyfriend.

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That's not gonna happen, is it?
Because I'm not crazy.

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Well, that's debatable.

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- JOY: Fuck you.
- Come on.

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Don't, don't, just don't
do this, all right?

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Not now.
Stop yourself, all right?

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Put the brakes on yourself.

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So I don't...
I'm sorry, all right?

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I, I didn't, I don't
think you're stupid.

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And I don't think you're crazy.
I... this, this is hard for me.

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It's hard for you.
It's hard for all of us.

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But I have to take care
of my brother.

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That's non-negotiable,
all right?

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It's just something
that I have to do.

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I have to do it.

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Right.

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You, you do it.
Just go for it, Dominick.

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Joy.

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Joy, I am not
being unreasonable.

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(DOOR SLAMS)

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(ANSWERING MACHINE CLICKING)

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HENRY ROOD: This is Henry
Rood, 67 Gillette Street.

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This is my fourth call...

243
00:11:44,297 --> 00:11:45,398
- Shit.
- ROOD: I n three days.

244
00:11:45,422 --> 00:11:47,005
I'd like to know
when in the hell

245
00:11:47,089 --> 00:11:48,714
you're gonna get
back to work over here.

246
00:11:48,798 --> 00:11:50,756
If at all possible,
I would like to be able

247
00:11:50,839 --> 00:11:52,422
to look out my office window

248
00:11:52,506 --> 00:11:55,172
by the time the snow flies
and not see your scaffolding.

249
00:11:55,255 --> 00:11:57,255
(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

250
00:11:57,339 --> 00:11:59,299
REPORTER: Hello, this is
the Three Rivers Examiner

251
00:11:59,381 --> 00:12:01,315
calling to request an
interview with Thomas Birdsey

252
00:12:01,339 --> 00:12:03,005
at his earliest convenience.

253
00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:04,964
Please call 292-1314.

254
00:12:05,047 --> 00:12:07,172
Get to the back of
the fuckin' line, asshole.

255
00:12:07,255 --> 00:12:09,130
Behind Connie Chung.

256
00:12:09,214 --> 00:12:10,422
(ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS)

257
00:12:10,506 --> 00:12:12,023
Lisa Sheffer:
Hey, this is Lisa Sheffer

258
00:12:12,047 --> 00:12:14,130
calling for Dominick Birdsey.

259
00:12:14,214 --> 00:12:17,005
I'm a social worker at
the Hatch Forensic Institute.

260
00:12:17,089 --> 00:12:19,089
I'm calling about
your brother, Thomas.

261
00:12:19,172 --> 00:12:22,047
I know that there was
a bit of a... commotion

262
00:12:22,130 --> 00:12:23,381
when you guys checked in,

263
00:12:23,464 --> 00:12:25,381
but I wanted to let
you know I saw him

264
00:12:25,464 --> 00:12:27,089
and he's doing really well.

265
00:12:27,172 --> 00:12:29,756
Under the circumstances
he's doing fine.

266
00:12:29,839 --> 00:12:32,172
I'll be here tonight
till about 11:00 o'clock

267
00:12:32,255 --> 00:12:34,214
and I'll be here
at 8:00 in the morning.

268
00:12:34,297 --> 00:12:38,255
Um, give me a call back.
617-9300

269
00:12:38,339 --> 00:12:40,589
if you have any questions
or you wanna know

270
00:12:40,673 --> 00:12:42,881
how your brother's doing
at any time.

271
00:12:42,964 --> 00:12:45,923
He's actually very well
tonight. I saw him just now.

272
00:12:46,005 --> 00:12:49,589
And they've got him on one-to-one
observation, which is good.

273
00:12:49,673 --> 00:12:53,839
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

274
00:12:57,172 --> 00:12:59,005
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

275
00:13:04,798 --> 00:13:07,339
(INDISTINCT DISTANT SHOUTING)

276
00:13:10,756 --> 00:13:12,089
Hey.

277
00:13:12,172 --> 00:13:15,005
- LISA: You must be his brother.
- Yeah, I'm Dominick Birdsey.

278
00:13:15,089 --> 00:13:18,339
Hey, Lisa Sheffer.
Left a message on your machine.

279
00:13:18,422 --> 00:13:20,631
Thanks for gettin' here
so quickly.

280
00:13:20,714 --> 00:13:22,255
Have a seat.

281
00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:26,964
Yeah, so I didn't get your
message till this morning,

282
00:13:27,047 --> 00:13:28,631
um, but there's obviously been

283
00:13:28,714 --> 00:13:30,798
- some kind of misunderstanding...
- (PHONE RINGING)

284
00:13:30,881 --> 00:13:32,464
- with my brother.
- Excuse me.

285
00:13:32,547 --> 00:13:33,839
Hello, Sheffer.

286
00:13:35,089 --> 00:13:38,214
- Yeah, uh, honey, how are you?
- (DISTANT YELLING)

287
00:13:38,297 --> 00:13:40,631
No, honey, I have somebody
in the office with me now.

288
00:13:40,714 --> 00:13:43,172
Mommy's working.
Yeah.

289
00:13:44,339 --> 00:13:46,047
Thank you.
I love you, goodbye.

290
00:13:46,130 --> 00:13:48,297
- (HANGS UP)
- LISA: Sorry about that.

291
00:13:48,381 --> 00:13:50,422
My daughter's quite a handful.

292
00:13:50,506 --> 00:13:53,881
Yeah, so, your real name's
Domenico, huh?

293
00:13:54,631 --> 00:13:55,923
Yeah, how do you know that?

294
00:13:56,005 --> 00:13:58,214
It was in your brother's
records here.

295
00:13:58,506 --> 00:14:01,422
Um, what is it,
a family name?

296
00:14:01,881 --> 00:14:03,798
I was named
after my grandfather.

297
00:14:03,881 --> 00:14:05,673
LISA: Oh.

298
00:14:05,756 --> 00:14:09,047
My grandfather's name
is Domenico as well.

299
00:14:09,130 --> 00:14:10,839
Isn't that funny?

300
00:14:10,923 --> 00:14:12,589
Yeah, Domenico Parlapiano.

301
00:14:12,673 --> 00:14:14,381
How's that for a mouthful?

302
00:14:15,881 --> 00:14:18,547
Just trying to get your
brother's file transferred here

303
00:14:18,631 --> 00:14:21,172
but you know what I'm doing,
I keep hitting the shift key.

304
00:14:21,255 --> 00:14:23,297
Can, can we just talk
about my brother?

305
00:14:23,381 --> 00:14:25,381
How am I gettin' him outta here?

306
00:14:25,756 --> 00:14:27,464
Okay, we can.

307
00:14:27,756 --> 00:14:30,005
Your brother, Thomas,
was placed here

308
00:14:30,089 --> 00:14:31,839
on a 15-day paper.

309
00:14:31,923 --> 00:14:34,964
That means he'll be here
for 15 days under observation.

310
00:14:35,047 --> 00:14:37,005
When the observation
is complete,

311
00:14:37,089 --> 00:14:38,839
his case will go before probate,

312
00:14:38,923 --> 00:14:41,130
and then most likely
to the PSRB.

313
00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:43,631
- Okay, listen, I... look.
- Yeah.

314
00:14:43,714 --> 00:14:45,589
I don't, I don't wanna
be rude, all right?

315
00:14:45,673 --> 00:14:48,714
'Cause you're the first human
being I've run into in this place.

316
00:14:48,798 --> 00:14:52,214
But first of all, don't, don't
sit here talking initials at me.

317
00:14:52,297 --> 00:14:55,547
And number two, uh, uh, don't
tell me about any 15-day paper,

318
00:14:55,631 --> 00:14:57,714
because I'm gettin' him
out of here today.

319
00:14:57,964 --> 00:15:00,547
- Hm. Yeah.
- Okay?

320
00:15:00,631 --> 00:15:02,130
How about you change that tone?

321
00:15:02,464 --> 00:15:05,089
Okay, just take a deep breath
and calm down.

322
00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:07,839
I'll calm down when this
whole runaround is over.

323
00:15:07,923 --> 00:15:10,589
What you need to do
is get a hold of his doctor,

324
00:15:10,673 --> 00:15:12,339
Dr. Willis Ehlers.

325
00:15:12,422 --> 00:15:14,964
He'll tell you, he doesn't...
This is somebody's mistake.

326
00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:18,130
He doesn't belong here
and he should be over at Settle.

327
00:15:18,214 --> 00:15:22,297
Well, um, Dr. Ehlers is no
longer your brother's doctor.

328
00:15:22,381 --> 00:15:25,589
- He has been reassigned.
- Reassigned by who?

329
00:15:25,673 --> 00:15:28,172
The state commissioner's office
in Hartford.

330
00:15:28,255 --> 00:15:29,756
It's not all bad news though.

331
00:15:29,839 --> 00:15:31,547
Dr. Patel is
his new psychologist,

332
00:15:31,631 --> 00:15:33,255
who is absolutely fantastic.

333
00:15:33,339 --> 00:15:36,255
All right, no, Dr. Ehlers
is my brother's doctor.

334
00:15:36,339 --> 00:15:38,172
He has been my
brother's doctor for the...

335
00:15:38,255 --> 00:15:39,798
Treating him
for the last four years.

336
00:15:39,881 --> 00:15:41,673
Successfully,
for the most part.

337
00:15:41,756 --> 00:15:44,923
Successfully?
Your brother cut off his hand.

338
00:15:45,005 --> 00:15:48,255
I... every single time
he's ever had an episode,

339
00:15:48,339 --> 00:15:49,422
he ends up at Settle.

340
00:15:49,506 --> 00:15:51,297
So why would he end up here,
all right?

341
00:15:51,381 --> 00:15:53,255
He's practically a fixture
down there,

342
00:15:53,339 --> 00:15:55,089
and if you made one phone call,

343
00:15:55,172 --> 00:15:58,214
if you took the time to listen
to what I'm saying to you...

344
00:15:58,297 --> 00:15:59,565
- and you made a phone call.
- You know what?

345
00:15:59,589 --> 00:16:01,339
- I don't like your tone.
- Heh. Sorry!

346
00:16:01,422 --> 00:16:04,255
I really don't, no.
You can leave if you want to.

347
00:16:04,339 --> 00:16:06,964
I'm an advocate. I'm here
for you and for your brother.

348
00:16:07,047 --> 00:16:09,506
- So knock it off.
- Listen to me.

349
00:16:09,589 --> 00:16:13,422
My brother doesn't belong here.
He's got no defenses.

350
00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:16,339
- I understand.
- He's probably freaking out right about now.

351
00:16:16,422 --> 00:16:18,881
It's like putting a bunny rabbit
into a pack of wolves.

352
00:16:18,964 --> 00:16:22,255
He's not gonna survive here.
And it's gonna be on you.

353
00:16:22,631 --> 00:16:25,690
- Well, it's not gonna be on me, but thanks for saying that.
- Who's it gonna be on?

354
00:16:25,714 --> 00:16:27,798
I'm gonna give it to you
straight, Dominick, okay?

355
00:16:27,881 --> 00:16:30,464
Your brother was placed
in a forensic hospital

356
00:16:30,547 --> 00:16:32,631
because he's seriously
mentally ill

357
00:16:32,714 --> 00:16:34,464
and he committed
a serious crime.

358
00:16:34,547 --> 00:16:35,964
DOMINICK: What, what crime?

359
00:16:36,047 --> 00:16:37,839
- You know what he did.
- What did he do?

360
00:16:37,923 --> 00:16:40,023
- You know what he did.
- Oh, so he interrupted some old lady's

361
00:16:40,047 --> 00:16:43,130
afternoon reading, and he gets
a little blood on the library carpet?

362
00:16:43,214 --> 00:16:46,089
- A little?
- I mean, what he did is totally bizarre, yes.

363
00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:48,464
I'm not, I'm not refuting
any of that.

364
00:16:48,547 --> 00:16:50,422
But what serious crime
did he commit?

365
00:16:50,506 --> 00:16:51,981
LISA: He was brandishing
a dangerous weapon.

366
00:16:52,005 --> 00:16:54,839
Yeah, he wasn't...
He did it to himself.

367
00:16:54,923 --> 00:16:56,923
Yes, but you know what?
He counts.

368
00:16:57,005 --> 00:16:59,547
He used it on himself
and he counts, Dominick.

369
00:17:00,756 --> 00:17:04,089
Listen, I know him
better than anybody

370
00:17:04,172 --> 00:17:06,339
and I'm probably
more dangerous than he is.

371
00:17:06,422 --> 00:17:07,714
This guy is harmless.

372
00:17:07,798 --> 00:17:09,714
You know what I think
your problem is?

373
00:17:09,798 --> 00:17:11,673
If you could calm down
for a minute,

374
00:17:11,756 --> 00:17:14,130
I'll just explain something
to you, okay?

375
00:17:14,422 --> 00:17:16,673
You're assuming that this is
the worst place in the world

376
00:17:16,756 --> 00:17:19,464
for your brother to be,
and that may not be the case.

377
00:17:19,547 --> 00:17:24,089
And besides, Dominick, there
is nothing you can do about it.

378
00:17:25,089 --> 00:17:27,422
Nothing.
It's out of your hands.

379
00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:32,464
Thomas is going to be here for
15 court-ordered days, minimum.

380
00:17:39,506 --> 00:17:42,297
Okay, so what, what about...
What happens after that?

381
00:17:42,381 --> 00:17:44,172
What happens after the 15 days?

382
00:17:44,255 --> 00:17:47,047
LISA: Unit Two's evaluation
team will make a recommendation

383
00:17:47,130 --> 00:17:49,589
to the probate judge
that he either is discharged,

384
00:17:49,673 --> 00:17:52,339
transferred to another facility,
or stays here

385
00:17:52,422 --> 00:17:54,297
under the jurisdiction
of the review board.

386
00:17:54,381 --> 00:17:56,089
DOMINICK: What does
the review board do?

387
00:17:56,631 --> 00:17:58,172
They commit him.

388
00:17:58,255 --> 00:18:00,589
- For how long?
- For a year.

389
00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:03,381
- A year?!
- I know. Okay, okay, with the violence

390
00:18:03,464 --> 00:18:04,464
and the yelling.

391
00:18:04,547 --> 00:18:06,214
You could maybe calm down
just a little.

392
00:18:06,297 --> 00:18:07,798
I know it's...
I know it's upsetting.

393
00:18:07,881 --> 00:18:09,964
A year? How am I
supposed to look at him

394
00:18:10,047 --> 00:18:12,839
when, when I see him today
and look him in the eyes

395
00:18:12,923 --> 00:18:16,297
and I tell him, "Hey, Thomas,
here's how it is, okay?"

396
00:18:16,381 --> 00:18:18,047
- LISA: Yeah.
- "You got 15 days here

397
00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:21,047
and possibly 365 days
after that."

398
00:18:21,130 --> 00:18:23,339
How am I supposed
to say that to him?

399
00:18:23,923 --> 00:18:25,106
You're not gonna get
to see him today.

400
00:18:25,130 --> 00:18:26,565
Dominick:
Oh, you're a fuckin' picnic.

401
00:18:26,589 --> 00:18:28,631
Oh, now, Dominick, really.

402
00:18:29,089 --> 00:18:30,482
- Really.
- Why am I not gonna get...

403
00:18:30,506 --> 00:18:32,315
- to see him today?
- Because this is protocol.

404
00:18:32,339 --> 00:18:34,506
He's here under maximum
security status.

405
00:18:34,589 --> 00:18:36,964
Thomas and I will have to
come up with a visitor list...

406
00:18:37,047 --> 00:18:39,127
- up to five people.
- How long is that gonna take?

407
00:18:39,172 --> 00:18:40,815
It usually takes about
two weeks for clearance.

408
00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:43,464
Two weeks. He's gonna
be outta here in two weeks.

409
00:18:43,547 --> 00:18:45,714
That is not necessarily
the case.

410
00:18:48,089 --> 00:18:51,297
I'm sorry, but you can call
me whenever you need.

411
00:18:51,381 --> 00:18:52,798
Day or night.

412
00:18:52,881 --> 00:18:54,521
I'm gonna put you in touch
with Dr. Patel.

413
00:18:54,547 --> 00:18:56,839
In fact, you know what?
Let me call her now

414
00:18:56,923 --> 00:18:58,130
and see if she can see you.

415
00:18:58,214 --> 00:19:00,174
I'm sure she'll be helpful
at answering questions.

416
00:19:00,255 --> 00:19:02,589
But I'm gonna tell you,
don't scream in her office.

417
00:19:02,673 --> 00:19:03,673
She won't take it.

418
00:19:03,714 --> 00:19:05,589
(LINE RINGING, PICKS UP)

419
00:19:05,673 --> 00:19:07,756
Yeah, hi, it's Lisa Sheffer.

420
00:19:08,506 --> 00:19:10,172
I'm well, thank you.
How are you?

421
00:19:10,255 --> 00:19:11,565
Do you think you have
any time today

422
00:19:11,589 --> 00:19:13,673
to see Thomas Birdsey's brother,
Dominick?

423
00:19:13,756 --> 00:19:16,214
He's very eager to see you.

424
00:19:17,964 --> 00:19:19,631
- How's 5:00 p.m.?
- Fine.

425
00:19:19,714 --> 00:19:21,255
5:00 p.m. is fine.

426
00:19:21,881 --> 00:19:23,547
All right, thanks very much.

427
00:19:24,297 --> 00:19:25,964
There you go.
You know, she's very busy,

428
00:19:26,047 --> 00:19:27,547
so that's great we got in today.

429
00:19:27,631 --> 00:19:30,005
Now, listen, I'm gonna see
your brother today.

430
00:19:30,089 --> 00:19:32,297
I'm gonna tell him that you
were here trying to see him.

431
00:19:32,381 --> 00:19:34,398
Is there anything else you
want me to tell him for you?

432
00:19:34,422 --> 00:19:36,923
- That's fine.
- Nothing you want me to tell him?

433
00:19:37,464 --> 00:19:39,005
No, I guess that's it.

434
00:19:39,089 --> 00:19:40,756
Lisa:
How about that you love him?

435
00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:44,923
- He knows it.
- Yeah, well, everybody likes to hear it.

436
00:19:46,673 --> 00:19:48,297
Okay, fine.
Tell him I love him.

437
00:19:48,381 --> 00:19:49,881
LISA: Okay, I will.

438
00:19:49,964 --> 00:19:51,297
♪♪

439
00:19:51,381 --> 00:19:54,255
<i>♪ Like the pine trees
lining the winding road ♪</i>

440
00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:57,839
<i>♪ I've got a name ♪</i>

441
00:19:57,923 --> 00:20:00,255
<i>♪ I've got a name ♪</i>

442
00:20:01,756 --> 00:20:06,130
<i>♪ Like a singing bird
and the croakin' toad ♪</i>

443
00:20:06,214 --> 00:20:08,964
(CONTINUES ON RADIO):
<i>♪ I've got a name ♪</i>

444
00:20:09,047 --> 00:20:11,089
<i>♪ I've got a name ♪</i>

445
00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:17,464
<i>♪ And I carry it with me
like my daddy did ♪</i>

446
00:20:17,547 --> 00:20:20,089
<i>♪ But I'm living the dream ♪</i>

447
00:20:20,172 --> 00:20:22,255
<i>♪ That he kept hid ♪</i>

448
00:20:24,130 --> 00:20:26,631
<i>♪ Movin' me down the highway ♪</i>

449
00:20:26,714 --> 00:20:29,422
<i>♪ Rollin' me down the highway ♪</i>

450
00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:33,839
(GROANS)

451
00:20:42,631 --> 00:20:44,673
- Good morning, Mrs. Rood.
- Oh.

452
00:20:44,756 --> 00:20:46,756
- DOMINICK: Morning.
- Good morning.

453
00:20:46,839 --> 00:20:49,547
Hey, uh, can I speak
with your husband?

454
00:20:49,631 --> 00:20:51,190
Uh, he's been leaving me
quite a few messages.

455
00:20:51,214 --> 00:20:53,631
No, I can't disturb him.
He's writing.

456
00:20:54,005 --> 00:20:57,297
Or passed out
in an alcoholic stupor.

457
00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:58,839
(LAUGHS)

458
00:20:58,923 --> 00:21:02,673
Okay, well, you know,
can you apologize to him for me?

459
00:21:02,756 --> 00:21:05,005
Uh, for the delay?
I mean, obviously,

460
00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:06,506
the rain, it can't be helped.

461
00:21:06,589 --> 00:21:08,255
- No.
- And I've been, I've been

462
00:21:08,339 --> 00:21:09,923
personally dealing with a few...

463
00:21:10,005 --> 00:21:12,798
- Yes, so we read.
- Circumstances that are beyond my control.

464
00:21:12,881 --> 00:21:14,964
How is he, your brother?

465
00:21:15,047 --> 00:21:16,357
Yeah, he's all right.
He's better.

466
00:21:16,381 --> 00:21:18,339
But listen, uh,
depending on the weather,

467
00:21:18,422 --> 00:21:21,255
I should be done with this job
in six weeks tops.

468
00:21:21,339 --> 00:21:24,506
This front is gonna pass
in the next 24 hours

469
00:21:24,589 --> 00:21:26,106
and then I'll be going
full-steam ahead.

470
00:21:26,130 --> 00:21:28,050
So he doesn't have to keep
callin' me, all right?

471
00:21:28,130 --> 00:21:32,255
All right, that's fine.
Really, it's fine.

472
00:21:32,339 --> 00:21:33,506
All right.

473
00:21:34,172 --> 00:21:35,673
So what's he writing
up there, anyway?

474
00:21:35,756 --> 00:21:37,089
The great American novel?

475
00:21:37,172 --> 00:21:38,839
(LAUGHS)

476
00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:42,214
Oh, it's, it's non-fiction.

477
00:21:42,297 --> 00:21:44,673
It's some sort of exposé.
I don't know.

478
00:21:44,756 --> 00:21:47,464
An exposé? Who's he
exposing? House painters?

479
00:21:47,547 --> 00:21:49,339
(LAUGHS)

480
00:21:51,798 --> 00:21:54,964
All right, so I'll try
and stop by tomorrow.

481
00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,631
Oh, do that, yes.

482
00:21:56,714 --> 00:21:59,297
By the time I'm finished here,
you and your husband

483
00:21:59,381 --> 00:22:00,798
are gonna be sick of seein' me.

484
00:22:00,881 --> 00:22:03,881
You think so, really?
I don't think so.

485
00:22:04,547 --> 00:22:06,381
Thank you, Mrs. Rood.

486
00:22:12,255 --> 00:22:15,714
<i>♪ Movin' ahead so life
won't pass me by ♪</i>

487
00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:24,089
<i>♪ Like the north wind
whistling down the sky ♪</i>

488
00:22:25,089 --> 00:22:27,422
<i>♪ I've got a song ♪</i>

489
00:22:27,506 --> 00:22:29,422
<i>♪ I've got a song ♪</i>

490
00:22:31,172 --> 00:22:33,047
DOMINICK: Home sweet home.

491
00:22:34,255 --> 00:22:35,547
The only one left at the house

492
00:22:35,631 --> 00:22:37,881
that my grandfather
had built for his family

493
00:22:37,964 --> 00:22:39,714
was Ray Birdsey.

494
00:22:39,798 --> 00:22:42,589
A WASP from Youngstown, Ohio.

495
00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:47,297
No Tempesta blood in residence.

496
00:22:48,547 --> 00:22:50,464
No Italian blood, even.

497
00:22:58,631 --> 00:22:59,923
Ray?

498
00:23:01,339 --> 00:23:04,047
Being back at
68 Hollyhock Avenue

499
00:23:04,130 --> 00:23:07,381
always made me
feel pissed and small.

500
00:23:07,464 --> 00:23:11,047
Ten years old again
and powerless.

501
00:23:11,130 --> 00:23:16,297
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

502
00:23:17,631 --> 00:23:21,881
Growing up, I had wished
my stepfather dead so often.

503
00:23:21,964 --> 00:23:23,798
It was practically a hobby.

504
00:23:27,297 --> 00:23:30,673
I had killed him over
and over in my mind.

505
00:23:33,130 --> 00:23:37,839
Driven him off cliffs,
electrocuted him in the bathtub.

506
00:23:37,923 --> 00:23:40,631
Shot him dead
in hunting accidents.

507
00:23:41,923 --> 00:23:44,756
The summer my grandfather died
was the same summer.

508
00:23:44,839 --> 00:23:47,547
Ma was pregnant
with Thomas and me.

509
00:23:48,798 --> 00:23:50,631
Pregnant by a guy whose name

510
00:23:50,714 --> 00:23:53,005
I was probably
never going to know.

511
00:23:55,464 --> 00:23:57,547
Had he known about us?

512
00:23:59,673 --> 00:24:01,673
Why had she kept him from us?

513
00:24:03,130 --> 00:24:05,547
Was the truth really that bad?

514
00:24:07,673 --> 00:24:09,714
LEO: I'm so sorry
it didn't work out.

515
00:24:12,005 --> 00:24:14,714
Okay, now.
Take care, Jeanette.

516
00:24:16,339 --> 00:24:17,839
You liar.

517
00:24:18,673 --> 00:24:20,172
What happened?

518
00:24:20,673 --> 00:24:22,047
Dude.

519
00:24:24,005 --> 00:24:25,297
No sale.

520
00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:29,756
I take one day off to go into
the city and what does she do?

521
00:24:30,631 --> 00:24:34,422
Changes her mind, goes and
buys a Ford Taurus across town.

522
00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:36,881
(DOMINICK LAUGHS)

523
00:24:37,714 --> 00:24:40,214
So they're only givin' him
five visitors.

524
00:24:40,964 --> 00:24:43,214
You gotta get through
a security clearance,

525
00:24:43,297 --> 00:24:45,005
then you gotta go get frisked,

526
00:24:45,089 --> 00:24:48,339
and then you get to go through
a metal detector.

527
00:24:48,422 --> 00:24:50,881
What they did to you
is not frisking, man.

528
00:24:50,964 --> 00:24:52,214
That's like...

529
00:24:53,422 --> 00:24:54,964
police brutality.

530
00:24:55,047 --> 00:24:56,547
(DOMINICK SCOFFS)

531
00:24:56,756 --> 00:24:59,172
- Have you taken pictures of that?
- No.

532
00:24:59,255 --> 00:25:01,964
LEO: You gotta get pictures
taken, man, before it heals.

533
00:25:02,047 --> 00:25:04,130
You need to document that shit.

534
00:25:04,214 --> 00:25:06,506
You need to go to a doctor today

535
00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:09,255
and get pictures taken,
like, real pictures.

536
00:25:09,339 --> 00:25:11,839
Tasteful pictures of your balls.

537
00:25:11,923 --> 00:25:14,005
So you have
documentary evidence.

538
00:25:14,089 --> 00:25:17,839
You can use it to cut a deal
with these bastards, man.

539
00:25:17,923 --> 00:25:19,631
You show them the pictures
and you say,

540
00:25:19,714 --> 00:25:22,464
"I'll see you
in court unless..."

541
00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:24,798
"Unless what?"

542
00:25:25,714 --> 00:25:28,506
"Unless you transfer
my brother back to Settle."

543
00:25:28,923 --> 00:25:30,964
- That's not a bad idea.
- Right?

544
00:25:31,714 --> 00:25:33,255
And then when you get him out,

545
00:25:33,339 --> 00:25:36,255
you turn around and you sue
their ass off anyway.

546
00:25:37,297 --> 00:25:39,137
DOMINICK: You would do
that, wouldn't you, man?

547
00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:40,839
- In a heartbeat.
- You're so...

548
00:25:40,923 --> 00:25:43,506
In a heartbeat, man.
That's a real opportunity.

549
00:25:43,589 --> 00:25:45,839
I'm telling you,
I would take that in, oh...

550
00:25:45,923 --> 00:25:47,940
- I would love that money. That's easy money.
- (PHONE RINGING)

551
00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:51,005
- Your phone.
- This, this is the hard money.

552
00:25:51,089 --> 00:25:53,089
- Your phone's ringing.
- That is easy money.

553
00:25:53,172 --> 00:25:55,012
- All right, get the phone.
- I hear the phone.

554
00:25:55,172 --> 00:25:57,839
(CLEARS THROAT)
Constantine Motors, it's Leo.

555
00:25:57,923 --> 00:25:59,547
Man (ON PHONE):
Did you blow the sale?

556
00:25:59,631 --> 00:26:03,214
Um, no, sir, she, uh,
she had a change of heart, so...

557
00:26:03,297 --> 00:26:07,673
- MAN: What happened?
- Uh, she went with the Ford Taurus over at Three Rivers.

558
00:26:07,756 --> 00:26:10,923
MAN: What? She was hot
for that car when she left!

559
00:26:11,005 --> 00:26:13,547
LEO: I think she just changed
her mind at the last minute.

560
00:26:13,631 --> 00:26:15,589
Um, so...

561
00:26:15,673 --> 00:26:16,673
MAN: What happened?

562
00:26:16,756 --> 00:26:18,214
I took a day off
for an audition...

563
00:26:18,297 --> 00:26:21,381
- and so, um, she thought...
- MAN: You what?

564
00:26:21,464 --> 00:26:24,047
You've gotta get your
priorities straight.

565
00:26:24,130 --> 00:26:25,690
You took a day off,
and you blew the sale.

566
00:26:25,714 --> 00:26:27,047
LEO: It wasn't a commercial.

567
00:26:27,130 --> 00:26:29,381
It was a feature film this time.

568
00:26:29,464 --> 00:26:32,047
- MAN: So what?
- Uh, it was a horror movie.

569
00:26:32,130 --> 00:26:34,339
(MAN ON PHONE
SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

570
00:26:34,422 --> 00:26:36,381
To be the lead detective.

571
00:26:36,464 --> 00:26:39,381
Uh, there's some Christian
teenagers that are being...

572
00:26:40,422 --> 00:26:42,881
MAN: Whatever.
...Murdered.

573
00:26:42,964 --> 00:26:44,005
(DOMINICK WHISPERING)

574
00:26:44,089 --> 00:26:45,422
Hang up.

575
00:26:45,506 --> 00:26:47,839
Don't... just hang up.

576
00:26:49,214 --> 00:26:51,631
- He hung up.
- He hung up.

577
00:26:53,214 --> 00:26:54,923
(EXHALES) I gotta go.

578
00:26:55,005 --> 00:26:57,365
- A horror, a horror film?
- Why do I have to go back there?

579
00:26:57,422 --> 00:26:58,523
Why doesn't he just
come out here?

580
00:26:58,547 --> 00:26:59,964
He doesn't want to see me.

581
00:27:00,047 --> 00:27:02,106
Give me a break, you were
always the favorite son-in-law.

582
00:27:02,130 --> 00:27:03,589
DOMINICK: That's bullshit.

583
00:27:03,673 --> 00:27:05,464
- He hates me.
- LEO: Stay here.

584
00:27:05,547 --> 00:27:07,130
Where am I going?

585
00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:11,172
(LIGHTER CLICKS)

586
00:27:16,089 --> 00:27:17,255
Howdy, Gene.

587
00:27:35,506 --> 00:27:38,673
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

588
00:27:44,255 --> 00:27:46,923
LEO: Hey, wake up, man.

589
00:27:48,714 --> 00:27:50,047
(LEO EXHALES SHARPLY)

590
00:27:50,964 --> 00:27:52,381
Wake up.

591
00:27:53,214 --> 00:27:56,005
- What time is it?
- LEO: It is 2:15.

592
00:27:56,255 --> 00:27:58,214
In the p.m., in case
you were wondering.

593
00:27:58,297 --> 00:27:59,673
(CLEARS THROAT)

594
00:27:59,756 --> 00:28:02,631
Man, you really look like
dogshit, dude.

595
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:05,381
- Thanks, man.
- Are you getting any sleep at all?

596
00:28:06,673 --> 00:28:09,005
You look like
one of those, uh...

597
00:28:09,089 --> 00:28:11,381
what's that dog with,
like, the droopy face?

598
00:28:12,089 --> 00:28:13,981
- And like the fucked-up teeth.
- A basset hound.

599
00:28:14,005 --> 00:28:15,839
A basset hound.
That's what you look like.

600
00:28:15,923 --> 00:28:17,506
- Fuck off.
- I'm just telling you, man.

601
00:28:17,589 --> 00:28:19,422
'Cause no one else
is gonna tell you.

602
00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:21,506
LEO: You got a lot
of rust on that thing.

603
00:28:21,589 --> 00:28:23,065
- DOMINICK: Yeah, don't worry about it.
- LEO: I'm just saying.

604
00:28:23,089 --> 00:28:24,631
I could get you
in a nice Isuzu truck.

605
00:28:24,714 --> 00:28:25,923
Find another victim.

606
00:28:26,005 --> 00:28:27,756
- LEO: I'm serious, man.
- DOMINICK: No.

607
00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:29,547
I can get you a good deal.

608
00:28:31,255 --> 00:28:32,089
Hey.

609
00:28:32,172 --> 00:28:33,357
The last time you
gave me a deal,

610
00:28:33,381 --> 00:28:35,381
the fuckin' transmission
fell out of it.

611
00:28:35,464 --> 00:28:37,923
Oh, that's not
how I remember it.

612
00:28:38,464 --> 00:28:40,214
- Listen.
- I'm not in the mood, man.

613
00:28:40,297 --> 00:28:41,714
I'm feelin' like shit.

614
00:28:41,798 --> 00:28:44,118
How many people did you say
your brother gets on that list?

615
00:28:44,172 --> 00:28:45,339
Five.

616
00:28:45,756 --> 00:28:48,464
All right, well, tell him
he can put me on it.

617
00:28:48,881 --> 00:28:50,964
I mean, if he wants.

618
00:28:52,881 --> 00:28:56,005
Yeah, I'd be happy
to go down there and just

619
00:28:57,172 --> 00:28:58,631
make sure he's hangin' in there.

620
00:28:58,714 --> 00:29:01,297
I mean, me and him go back
a few years too, right?

621
00:29:02,172 --> 00:29:03,881
Yeah, I'll mention it to him,
thanks.

622
00:29:03,964 --> 00:29:05,422
LEO: All right, brother.

623
00:29:10,464 --> 00:29:12,631
(FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)

624
00:29:18,673 --> 00:29:21,714
<i>♪ To the sea ♪</i>

625
00:29:24,464 --> 00:29:28,964
<i>♪ To the sea ♪</i>

626
00:29:39,005 --> 00:29:40,172
(KNOCK ON DOOR)

627
00:29:41,506 --> 00:29:43,255
- (KNOCKING CONTINUES)
- Yeah?

628
00:29:43,339 --> 00:29:44,464
(DOOR OPENS)

629
00:29:44,547 --> 00:29:46,589
- DALE: Dominick?
- Mm-hmm.

630
00:29:46,673 --> 00:29:48,255
Hey, man, I'm Dale.

631
00:29:48,673 --> 00:29:51,547
I'm gonna take a few photos
of you, if that's all right.

632
00:29:52,631 --> 00:29:54,923
This is the, uh,
testicular contusion, correct?

633
00:29:55,005 --> 00:29:56,756
- DOMINICK: Yeah, man.
- Okay.

634
00:29:56,839 --> 00:29:58,381
Can you sit up for me?

635
00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:02,339
I'm just gonna take
a few photos of your injury.

636
00:30:02,798 --> 00:30:05,547
- Um, I need to see the injury.
- Ah, shit. Right.

637
00:30:07,047 --> 00:30:08,714
All right,
good morning, sunshine.

638
00:30:08,798 --> 00:30:10,089
There we go.

639
00:30:11,714 --> 00:30:13,339
Two, three.

640
00:30:13,422 --> 00:30:15,047
(CAMERA WHIRS)

641
00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:17,255
Cops did this to you?

642
00:30:17,339 --> 00:30:19,172
Yeah, man.
A prison guard.

643
00:30:19,255 --> 00:30:21,130
DALE: Fuckin' cops, am I right?

644
00:30:21,214 --> 00:30:23,464
Uh, it's smart to do
what you're doin', man.

645
00:30:23,547 --> 00:30:26,089
I'm serious, I got hit
by the cops once, man.

646
00:30:26,547 --> 00:30:28,297
I should have done somethin'.

647
00:30:28,381 --> 00:30:30,422
Coming back from
an Aerosmith concert.

648
00:30:30,506 --> 00:30:33,464
You know Aerosmith? They're
the fuckin' best band in the world.

649
00:30:33,547 --> 00:30:36,798
My brother and I
were high as hell.

650
00:30:36,881 --> 00:30:39,631
Cops pull us over, they
tell us to step out of the car.

651
00:30:39,714 --> 00:30:41,798
My brother tells 'em
to walk this way.

652
00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:43,839
They beat the shit out of us.

653
00:30:43,923 --> 00:30:47,172
I mean, the shit out of us, man.

654
00:30:47,255 --> 00:30:51,047
If I had any proof,
I would be a richer man.

655
00:30:51,130 --> 00:30:54,047
You know, I wish
I had your brains, man...

656
00:30:54,130 --> 00:30:55,839
(DIALOGUE FADES)

657
00:30:55,923 --> 00:30:58,631
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

658
00:31:03,297 --> 00:31:06,506
<i>♪ I've got a date
with the rain ♪</i>

659
00:31:06,589 --> 00:31:10,506
<i>♪ Gotta go walking in the rain ♪</i>

660
00:31:10,589 --> 00:31:13,172
<i>♪ The clouds that
gather in the skies ♪</i>

661
00:31:13,255 --> 00:31:18,255
<i>♪ Gather in my eyes
everytime it rains ♪</i>

662
00:31:18,339 --> 00:31:21,130
<i>♪ On just such a day ♪</i>

663
00:31:21,214 --> 00:31:23,464
- (ENGINE STOPS)
- (MUSIC STOPS)

664
00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,130
(BRAKES SQUEAL)

665
00:31:51,589 --> 00:31:53,631
(DISTANT BEEPING)

666
00:31:57,673 --> 00:32:00,255
(BEEPING INTENSIFIES)

667
00:32:03,923 --> 00:32:06,172
- DOMINICK: Oh.
- (BEEPING STOPS)

668
00:32:07,714 --> 00:32:09,339
DESSA: What time is it?

669
00:32:10,964 --> 00:32:12,381
(EXHALES)

670
00:32:15,881 --> 00:32:17,964
DOMINICK: Babe, seize the day.

671
00:32:18,047 --> 00:32:19,756
Okay, I gotta...

672
00:32:19,839 --> 00:32:21,756
- Just...
- I'll get the baby.

673
00:32:21,839 --> 00:32:23,839
Right, bring her in here.

674
00:32:26,005 --> 00:32:27,464
Baby!

675
00:32:47,631 --> 00:32:48,923
Oh!

676
00:32:49,631 --> 00:32:50,881
(GROANS)

677
00:32:52,130 --> 00:32:53,130
(SOBS)

678
00:32:53,214 --> 00:32:54,547
DESSA: Dominick.

679
00:32:54,631 --> 00:32:55,923
(GROANS)

680
00:32:56,839 --> 00:32:58,714
- DESSA: No.
- DOMINICK: Something's wrong.

681
00:32:58,798 --> 00:33:00,482
- DESSA: No.
- DOMINICK: I don't know what to do!

682
00:33:00,506 --> 00:33:03,255
No, no, Dominick.
Why is...

683
00:33:03,339 --> 00:33:06,798
No, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no! Is she breathing?

684
00:33:06,881 --> 00:33:11,047
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

685
00:33:39,297 --> 00:33:42,130
Dominick:
On the worst anniversaries,

686
00:33:42,214 --> 00:33:46,089
Angela's birthday,
or her death day...

687
00:33:47,130 --> 00:33:50,005
I still see Dessa doubled over

688
00:33:50,089 --> 00:33:53,464
and wailing as the ambulance
pulled out of our driveway.

689
00:33:55,130 --> 00:33:57,130
And then there was my brother.

690
00:33:57,214 --> 00:33:59,756
And they knew that I would
sometimes stay there,

691
00:33:59,839 --> 00:34:02,005
and that's how Angela
was murdered.

692
00:34:02,089 --> 00:34:04,798
DOMINICK: I still clench
when I remember Thomas

693
00:34:04,881 --> 00:34:07,214
telling people that there
was a strong possibility.

694
00:34:07,297 --> 00:34:10,464
Angela's death had been
arranged by his enemies

695
00:34:10,547 --> 00:34:11,881
as a warning to him.

696
00:34:11,964 --> 00:34:14,964
- The FBI, the CIA... Dominick.
- Hey, hey, knock it off.

697
00:34:15,047 --> 00:34:16,815
- They were after me and I'm sorry...
- Knock it off.

698
00:34:16,839 --> 00:34:18,089
It has nothing to do with you.

699
00:34:18,172 --> 00:34:19,714
It was Pablo Escobar...

700
00:34:19,798 --> 00:34:21,881
(DOMINICK SHOUTING)

701
00:34:21,964 --> 00:34:23,297
Come on,
come on, come on!

702
00:34:23,381 --> 00:34:24,714
- I swear to God!
- Come on, man!

703
00:34:24,798 --> 00:34:26,297
It has nothing to do with you!

704
00:34:26,381 --> 00:34:29,214
It has nothing to do with you!

705
00:34:29,297 --> 00:34:30,714
All right, it's my daughter!

706
00:34:30,798 --> 00:34:32,714
DOMINICK: I forget
whether it was the Ayatollah

707
00:34:32,798 --> 00:34:34,297
or the Colombian drug cartels

708
00:34:34,381 --> 00:34:36,422
who were pursuing
Thomas that month.

709
00:34:36,506 --> 00:34:38,047
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

710
00:34:38,130 --> 00:34:40,714
But I could have bashed
his fuckin' head into the wall

711
00:34:40,798 --> 00:34:42,547
when I heard him say that,

712
00:34:42,631 --> 00:34:44,714
making our daughter's death
about him.

713
00:34:44,798 --> 00:34:47,839
What the hell's the matter
with you?

714
00:34:47,923 --> 00:34:51,881
For a month more,
Dessa was a zombie

715
00:34:52,005 --> 00:34:54,172
and I was management central.

716
00:34:54,255 --> 00:34:56,756
(DOORBELL RINGS)

717
00:34:56,839 --> 00:35:00,255
The one who dealt with
the coroner and the cops.

718
00:35:00,339 --> 00:35:04,089
And all those casseroles
people kept bringing to the door.

719
00:35:04,172 --> 00:35:06,881
The covered dish brigade.

720
00:35:06,964 --> 00:35:09,839
A week or so later,
I threw everything out,

721
00:35:09,923 --> 00:35:11,589
washed everyone's dishes,

722
00:35:11,673 --> 00:35:15,172
and went driving around town
returning them.

723
00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:18,923
GENE: This will
pass. It'll pass.

724
00:35:19,005 --> 00:35:20,798
Dominick:
Dessa's father assured me

725
00:35:20,881 --> 00:35:23,422
that we two kids
would get over our loss.

726
00:35:23,506 --> 00:35:25,130
GENE: These things happen.

727
00:35:25,214 --> 00:35:27,464
DOMINICK: He assured me as
soon as we had another baby.

728
00:35:27,547 --> 00:35:28,923
Gene:
You can't be moping around.

729
00:35:29,005 --> 00:35:31,130
We should start
as soon as possible.

730
00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:33,798
GENE: You have to embrace life.

731
00:35:33,881 --> 00:35:36,130
Dominick:
A lot of people did that.

732
00:35:36,214 --> 00:35:39,381
Prescribed pregnancy
as the answer to our grief.

733
00:35:39,881 --> 00:35:41,839
GENE: Everything's
gonna be all right.

734
00:35:41,923 --> 00:35:44,631
DOMINICK: People
assumed the feel and sound

735
00:35:44,714 --> 00:35:47,297
and smell of her was disposable.

736
00:35:47,381 --> 00:35:49,631
- Replaceable.
- I'm gonna go for a walk.

737
00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,798
DOMINICK: As if all
Dessa and I had to do

738
00:35:51,881 --> 00:35:54,673
was erase over our daughter
like videotape.

739
00:35:54,756 --> 00:35:56,839
DESSA: Sadie, come on, come.

740
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:58,839
You wanna come?

741
00:36:01,381 --> 00:36:03,089
No, I'm good.

742
00:36:07,464 --> 00:36:09,422
All right, come on.
Let's go.

743
00:36:09,506 --> 00:36:12,422
DOMINICK: We held on
for a little over a year.

744
00:36:12,506 --> 00:36:14,089
Dessa and me.

745
00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:17,089
(DOOR CLOSES)

746
00:36:17,172 --> 00:36:21,089
We never really fought.
Fighting took too much energy.

747
00:36:32,172 --> 00:36:34,130
(WATER RUSHING)

748
00:36:47,881 --> 00:36:50,422
After a while,
she started going to these.

749
00:36:50,506 --> 00:36:55,089
SIDS parent support group
meetings down in New Haven,

750
00:36:55,172 --> 00:36:57,047
pressuring me to go too.

751
00:36:57,130 --> 00:36:59,547
His name was Kyle.

752
00:36:59,631 --> 00:37:03,047
DOMINICK: I went twice,
then I couldn't go back.

753
00:37:03,130 --> 00:37:05,547
- I just couldn't do it.
- (SINGING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY")

754
00:37:05,631 --> 00:37:07,673
Because that group
pissed me off,

755
00:37:07,756 --> 00:37:09,297
if you want to know the truth.

756
00:37:09,381 --> 00:37:13,089
All those touchy-feely types
connecting with their sorrow,

757
00:37:14,255 --> 00:37:15,673
wallowing in it.

758
00:37:17,631 --> 00:37:19,464
The dead babies club.

759
00:37:20,589 --> 00:37:22,464
The weekly pity party.

760
00:37:25,631 --> 00:37:29,297
DESSA: Dominick, I need
you to open up to me.

761
00:37:30,047 --> 00:37:32,506
I can't do this by myself.

762
00:37:34,339 --> 00:37:36,130
Please.

763
00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:39,381
What good is it gonna do?

764
00:37:42,923 --> 00:37:46,005
We'll talk and we'll cry
and we'll talk some more.

765
00:37:50,339 --> 00:37:52,464
She'll still be dead.

766
00:37:53,005 --> 00:37:54,464
Dominick.

767
00:37:57,255 --> 00:37:59,005
Please.

768
00:38:05,339 --> 00:38:06,673
(TIRES SCREECH)

769
00:38:07,714 --> 00:38:10,464
(BLUES MUSIC PLAYING LOUDLY)

770
00:38:13,673 --> 00:38:15,589
DOMINICK: Life didn't
have to make sense.

771
00:38:15,673 --> 00:38:17,631
That was the big joke, get it?

772
00:38:17,714 --> 00:38:19,673
<i>♪ I'm getting tired ♪</i>

773
00:38:19,756 --> 00:38:23,589
<i>♪ Of just hanging around ♪</i>

774
00:38:23,673 --> 00:38:26,798
DOMINICK: You could have a
brother that stuck metal clips in his hair

775
00:38:26,881 --> 00:38:29,798
to deflect enemy signals
from Cuba.

776
00:38:29,881 --> 00:38:33,047
A biological father who,
in 33 years,

777
00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:34,964
had never shown his face,

778
00:38:35,047 --> 00:38:37,422
and a baby dead in her bassinet.

779
00:38:37,506 --> 00:38:40,005
And none of it meant
a fucking thing.

780
00:38:40,089 --> 00:38:42,589
♪♪

781
00:38:42,673 --> 00:38:45,464
<i>♪ My baby left me ♪</i>

782
00:38:45,547 --> 00:38:48,172
DOMINICK: Dessa saw
ahead of time the wallop.

783
00:38:48,255 --> 00:38:50,130
Angela's birthday
was going to pack

784
00:38:50,214 --> 00:38:52,798
and started
planning accordingly.

785
00:38:52,881 --> 00:38:54,673
She wanted both of us
to go on a trip

786
00:38:54,756 --> 00:38:56,547
to Greece and Sicily.

787
00:38:58,089 --> 00:39:00,297
Wanted us to use
the life insurance money

788
00:39:00,381 --> 00:39:03,673
we'd gotten to take that trip.

789
00:39:03,756 --> 00:39:06,589
I could've gotten the
time off from work, I guess.

790
00:39:07,798 --> 00:39:09,089
But I said no.

791
00:39:10,673 --> 00:39:13,005
Told her I thought
it was sick taking a trip

792
00:39:13,089 --> 00:39:15,381
financed with death money.

793
00:39:15,464 --> 00:39:18,422
But the unspoken truth,
the thing I couldn't say,

794
00:39:18,506 --> 00:39:21,339
is that I was afraid.

795
00:39:21,422 --> 00:39:25,089
Afraid to confine myself
in a ship's cabin with her.

796
00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:30,673
On a ship, you couldn't
grab the keys and drive off.

797
00:39:30,756 --> 00:39:33,881
On a ship, we could
make another baby.

798
00:39:35,089 --> 00:39:38,005
We made love maybe a dozen times

799
00:39:38,089 --> 00:39:40,506
in the year after
the baby's death.

800
00:39:40,589 --> 00:39:42,673
Always with a diaphragm in,

801
00:39:42,756 --> 00:39:45,631
and each time,
I pulled out early anyway.

802
00:39:48,464 --> 00:39:52,005
The thought of that trip
scared the crap out of me.

803
00:39:53,339 --> 00:39:55,964
"Go without me,"
I encouraged her.

804
00:39:57,089 --> 00:39:59,589
And so she called my bluff
and went.

805
00:40:01,005 --> 00:40:04,964
I had my own plans,
my own mission

806
00:40:05,047 --> 00:40:06,923
for my own recovery.

807
00:40:09,005 --> 00:40:10,547
Dominick Birdsey?

808
00:40:10,798 --> 00:40:12,964
DR. PATEL: Oh, sorry.

809
00:40:14,881 --> 00:40:16,881
- Hey.
- So sorry I startled you.

810
00:40:16,964 --> 00:40:18,631
You were sleeping,
weren't you?

811
00:40:18,881 --> 00:40:21,547
- Uh, who are you?
- I'm Dr. Patel.

812
00:40:21,631 --> 00:40:23,547
Oh, I'm sorry.
No, no, I'm just...

813
00:40:23,631 --> 00:40:25,089
I'm sorry, I was vegging out.

814
00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:27,381
DR. PATEL: Why don't you
come on up, Mr. Vegetable?

815
00:40:27,464 --> 00:40:28,839
All right.

816
00:40:29,839 --> 00:40:31,464
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

817
00:40:40,047 --> 00:40:42,339
- Oh!
- GIRL: Excuse me.

818
00:40:42,923 --> 00:40:45,172
WOMAN: Come on! Let's go!

819
00:40:49,339 --> 00:40:50,839
DR. PATEL: Take a seat, please.

820
00:41:06,589 --> 00:41:08,047
I was going to put on
a pot of tea

821
00:41:08,130 --> 00:41:10,005
before we started.
Would you like to join me?

822
00:41:10,089 --> 00:41:11,381
Yeah, sure.

823
00:41:16,547 --> 00:41:18,714
Are you getting enough sleep,
Mr. Birdsey?

824
00:41:19,130 --> 00:41:21,005
Uh, it's just been a long day.

825
00:41:21,089 --> 00:41:23,774
- DR. PATEL: Well, I can offer you chamomile...
- You can understand.

826
00:41:23,798 --> 00:41:25,547
- Peppermint, and wildberry spice.
- Mmm?

827
00:41:25,631 --> 00:41:27,798
- Whatever.
- Ah, whatever.

828
00:41:27,881 --> 00:41:30,464
The favorite word of
ambivalent American men.

829
00:41:30,547 --> 00:41:32,422
It's passive-aggressive,
don't you think?

830
00:41:33,673 --> 00:41:35,589
I'll have the spice, thanks.

831
00:41:40,506 --> 00:41:42,214
So what's going on
with my brother?

832
00:41:43,422 --> 00:41:45,297
Have you seen him?

833
00:41:45,381 --> 00:41:47,381
Yeah, just today, actually.

834
00:41:50,255 --> 00:41:53,714
- There... there was an incident.
- An incident.

835
00:41:54,756 --> 00:41:56,798
Your brother seems to have
a preoccupation

836
00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:58,589
with the surveillance cameras.

837
00:41:58,673 --> 00:42:00,714
And this afternoon, at lunch,
he began shouting

838
00:42:00,798 --> 00:42:03,923
and throwing food at the camera
on the wall in the dining room.

839
00:42:04,005 --> 00:42:06,255
And then, when an aide
attempted to contain him,

840
00:42:06,339 --> 00:42:07,839
the table overturned.

841
00:42:07,923 --> 00:42:09,673
Thomas turned the table?

842
00:42:09,756 --> 00:42:11,881
And from what I understand,
several of the other

843
00:42:11,964 --> 00:42:14,673
patients' meals
landed on the floor

844
00:42:14,756 --> 00:42:16,589
and something
of a melee followed.

845
00:42:16,673 --> 00:42:18,393
But the guards were called
and the situation

846
00:42:18,422 --> 00:42:20,422
was quickly
brought under control,

847
00:42:20,506 --> 00:42:22,130
but your brother
had to be restrained.

848
00:42:22,214 --> 00:42:24,964
Are you kidding?
Is he, is he still like that?

849
00:42:25,047 --> 00:42:27,881
DR. PATEL: No, no, he was
back in his room by 4:00.

850
00:42:28,422 --> 00:42:30,255
I didn't tell you this
to alarm you.

851
00:42:30,339 --> 00:42:32,089
It's not abnormal for patients
with paranoia

852
00:42:32,172 --> 00:42:33,798
to act out occasionally.

853
00:42:33,881 --> 00:42:36,047
I'm telling you this
because you had mentioned

854
00:42:36,130 --> 00:42:38,464
to Lisa Sheffer that you
wanted to be kept informed.

855
00:42:38,547 --> 00:42:41,464
- How is he now?
- He's withdrawn, sullen.

856
00:42:42,422 --> 00:42:44,714
I spoke to his psychiatrist,
Dr. Chase,

857
00:42:44,798 --> 00:42:47,756
and, well, he's considering
as one of his options

858
00:42:47,839 --> 00:42:50,047
to increase your brother's
dosage of Haldol.

859
00:42:50,130 --> 00:42:53,214
Jesus Christ, here we go. You
know, you take off the restraints

860
00:42:53,297 --> 00:42:57,172
and then you throw him in a
straitjacket of his medication.

861
00:42:57,255 --> 00:43:00,381
The last time his doctors upped
his medication after an episode,

862
00:43:00,464 --> 00:43:01,923
it was literally like someone

863
00:43:02,005 --> 00:43:04,714
had plugged him into
a frickin' light socket.

864
00:43:04,798 --> 00:43:07,631
He was walking around like
a fuckin' piece of bacon.

865
00:43:07,923 --> 00:43:11,005
Well, Mr. Birdsey, you know,
neuroleptic medications

866
00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:14,422
are very effective in lessening
delusions and hallucinations

867
00:43:14,506 --> 00:43:16,547
but unfortunately,

868
00:43:16,631 --> 00:43:18,756
they also enhance
the negative symptoms.

869
00:43:18,839 --> 00:43:20,214
I know, I know all about it.

870
00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:23,089
I know all about the Prolixin
and the Stelazine,

871
00:43:23,172 --> 00:43:24,589
and all that other stuff,
all right?

872
00:43:24,673 --> 00:43:26,506
You don't...
You can't have a brother

873
00:43:26,589 --> 00:43:29,798
who's been in and out of
the state hospital for 20 years

874
00:43:29,881 --> 00:43:32,714
and not know all of
their chemical voodoo.

875
00:43:33,297 --> 00:43:35,005
He hates the Haldol.

876
00:43:35,339 --> 00:43:37,255
It makes him feel like shit.

877
00:43:37,589 --> 00:43:40,255
(STAMMERS)
And I don't give you guys

878
00:43:40,339 --> 00:43:42,297
permission to turn him
into a zombie

879
00:43:42,381 --> 00:43:45,422
just because he freaked out
and he turned over a table

880
00:43:45,506 --> 00:43:47,005
just because it happens to be,

881
00:43:47,089 --> 00:43:48,923
um, convenient for the staff,
all right?

882
00:43:49,005 --> 00:43:50,422
It's unacceptable to me.

883
00:43:50,506 --> 00:43:53,589
DR. PATEL: And it's unacceptable
to me, too, Mr. Birdsey.

884
00:43:54,381 --> 00:43:57,673
Please give me credit
for some professional ethics.

885
00:43:59,047 --> 00:44:02,422
I'm an advocate for your
brother. I'm... I'm not an enemy.

886
00:44:03,047 --> 00:44:05,047
I'm not a mad scientist.

887
00:44:06,839 --> 00:44:11,589
I spoke to Dr. Chase, and I
told him that in my opinion,

888
00:44:11,673 --> 00:44:15,047
increasing your brother's dosage
of Haldol was probably ill-advised

889
00:44:15,130 --> 00:44:16,673
and most certainly premature.

890
00:44:16,756 --> 00:44:19,547
And I would be more than happy
to relay your concerns...

891
00:44:19,631 --> 00:44:22,130
- to the doctor as well.
- Which would count for what?

892
00:44:22,381 --> 00:44:26,673
(SCOFFS) One of the divine
gods of psychiatry doing what?

893
00:44:26,923 --> 00:44:29,339
Just listening politely
and then going forward

894
00:44:29,422 --> 00:44:31,382
and doing whatever the hell
they wanted to anyway?

895
00:44:31,464 --> 00:44:33,089
(SCOFFS)
I mean, come on.

896
00:44:34,756 --> 00:44:36,005
I've been here.

897
00:44:36,297 --> 00:44:38,417
DR. PATEL: You're very
tired, aren't you, Mr. Birdsey?

898
00:44:38,464 --> 00:44:40,047
Yeah, I am.

899
00:44:40,839 --> 00:44:43,214
I am.
It's been a long 40 years, lady.

900
00:44:43,297 --> 00:44:46,923
(TEA KETTLE WHISTLES)

901
00:44:48,589 --> 00:44:50,255
Would you like to have
some tea now?

902
00:44:51,089 --> 00:44:52,464
(DOMINICK LAUGHS SOFTLY)

903
00:44:54,339 --> 00:44:55,547
Sure.

904
00:44:59,255 --> 00:45:01,798
DR. PATEL: Your brother tells
me that you're an avid reader.

905
00:45:01,881 --> 00:45:04,214
That your house
is filled with books.

906
00:45:04,923 --> 00:45:08,422
You know, he was very animated when
he was telling me about you, you know?

907
00:45:08,506 --> 00:45:09,881
He seems very proud
of your mind.

908
00:45:09,964 --> 00:45:11,923
DOMINICK: Hm, right.

909
00:45:13,673 --> 00:45:15,214
You think otherwise?

910
00:45:15,297 --> 00:45:17,964
Dominick:
I think that, uh, Thomas...

911
00:45:18,798 --> 00:45:21,923
can't focus on much of
anything or anyone but Thomas.

912
00:45:22,005 --> 00:45:24,839
And because of his disease,
he's unable to, um,

913
00:45:24,923 --> 00:45:26,798
think about anybody but himself.

914
00:45:27,756 --> 00:45:29,506
Was he like that
even as a child?

915
00:45:30,130 --> 00:45:31,297
No.

916
00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:35,130
He worried more.

917
00:45:35,381 --> 00:45:36,714
About what?

918
00:45:36,964 --> 00:45:38,839
About, about people.

919
00:45:41,798 --> 00:45:42,839
About me.

920
00:45:43,631 --> 00:45:46,297
I mean, he was a bigger
worrywart than she was.

921
00:45:46,381 --> 00:45:49,297
- And who was that?
- My mother.

922
00:45:49,923 --> 00:45:51,589
She used to call him
the bunny rabbit

923
00:45:51,673 --> 00:45:53,089
and me the spider monkey.

924
00:45:53,172 --> 00:45:56,172
Hey, what difference
does it make, anyway?

925
00:45:57,339 --> 00:46:00,547
I mean, all this history stuff,
it's-it's-it's irrelevant.

926
00:46:00,631 --> 00:46:04,089
I mean, this is the same stuff
they were doing 20 years ago

927
00:46:04,172 --> 00:46:07,464
when this whole thing, when this...
when this nightmare first started.

928
00:46:07,714 --> 00:46:11,130
All right, it's genetic. It's got
nothing to do with his upbringing.

929
00:46:11,214 --> 00:46:13,464
There's no use delving into
the secrets of the past.

930
00:46:13,547 --> 00:46:16,130
You know, let's just...
Let's focus on the present.

931
00:46:16,214 --> 00:46:18,547
Let's, let's get him
the proper medications

932
00:46:18,631 --> 00:46:20,923
so that he can
control his behavior

933
00:46:21,005 --> 00:46:24,714
and let's try to teach the guy
some self-management.

934
00:46:26,005 --> 00:46:28,214
Are you uncomfortable
about remembering the past?

935
00:46:28,297 --> 00:46:30,047
Am I?
No, I'm not uncomfortable.

936
00:46:30,130 --> 00:46:31,339
Why, why, hey, listen.

937
00:46:31,422 --> 00:46:33,547
Why do you insist on
turning this around on me?

938
00:46:33,631 --> 00:46:35,714
Well, because you're his twin,
aren't you?

939
00:46:35,798 --> 00:46:37,756
You're his mirror image,
so to speak.

940
00:46:37,839 --> 00:46:39,714
His, his healthy self.

941
00:46:39,798 --> 00:46:42,255
In scientific terms, well,
you're the equivalent

942
00:46:42,339 --> 00:46:43,506
of a control group.

943
00:46:44,005 --> 00:46:45,130
All right, all right.

944
00:46:45,214 --> 00:46:47,506
Dr. Patel:
The part of himself that is free

945
00:46:47,589 --> 00:46:49,881
from the burden of his disease.

946
00:46:50,214 --> 00:46:52,631
In a sense,
as his identical twin,

947
00:46:52,714 --> 00:46:54,464
well, you are he and he is you.

948
00:46:54,547 --> 00:46:55,964
More than most siblings...

949
00:46:56,047 --> 00:46:58,214
- you are each other.
- I, I, I don't know.

950
00:47:00,381 --> 00:47:03,005
I want to play you
a recording of my session

951
00:47:03,089 --> 00:47:06,089
with your brother from today
after the incident.

952
00:47:06,547 --> 00:47:08,506
I was very pleased
with our progress and I...

953
00:47:08,589 --> 00:47:11,255
I thought it might be helpful
to hear your reactions.

954
00:47:11,339 --> 00:47:16,214
Is that fair? I mean, in terms
of patient confidentiality?

955
00:47:17,005 --> 00:47:19,130
Hmm! There you go again,
Mr. Birdsey.

956
00:47:19,214 --> 00:47:22,047
Worrying about
my ethical intent.

957
00:47:29,964 --> 00:47:31,089
Listen.

958
00:47:32,005 --> 00:47:33,673
(RECORDER CLICKS)

959
00:47:33,756 --> 00:47:36,798
Dr. Patel (ON TAPE): Session
with Thomas Birdsey, 2:30 p.m.

960
00:47:36,881 --> 00:47:40,089
Sixteen, October, 1990.

961
00:47:40,172 --> 00:47:42,589
Mr. Birdsey, are you aware
this is being taped?

962
00:47:42,673 --> 00:47:45,339
Thomas (ON TAPE): Yeah,
I'm aware. I'm aware of plenty.

963
00:47:45,422 --> 00:47:46,862
Dr. Patel:
And I have your permission

964
00:47:46,923 --> 00:47:49,464
to replay the tape
to the people we talked about.

965
00:47:49,547 --> 00:47:51,506
Your brother, Miss Sheffer,
Dr. Chase.

966
00:47:51,589 --> 00:47:53,839
THOMAS: No, not Dr. Chase,
I changed my mind about him.

967
00:47:53,923 --> 00:47:56,065
- DR. PATEL: Why is that?
- THOMAS: 'Cause it's too risky.

968
00:47:56,089 --> 00:47:59,005
How-how do I know he's not
working for the Iraqis?

969
00:47:59,089 --> 00:48:01,923
In my line of work, you can't
afford to take chances.

970
00:48:02,005 --> 00:48:04,005
DR. PATEL: Your line
of work, Mr. Birdsey?

971
00:48:04,089 --> 00:48:05,673
What line of work is that?

972
00:48:05,756 --> 00:48:07,631
THOMAS: (SIGHS HEAVILY)
No comment.

973
00:48:07,714 --> 00:48:09,774
DR. PATEL: I'm just trying
to understand, Mr. Birdsey.

974
00:48:09,798 --> 00:48:12,673
Do you mean your coffee and
newspaper business or something else?

975
00:48:12,756 --> 00:48:15,881
THOMAS: Curiosity killed
the cat, didn't it?

976
00:48:15,964 --> 00:48:18,464
DR. PATEL: Mr. Birdsey, I'm
wondering if I may call you Thomas.

977
00:48:18,547 --> 00:48:21,089
- THOMAS: No, you may not.
- DR. PATEL: Why is that?

978
00:48:21,172 --> 00:48:22,881
THOMAS: I am Simon Peter.

979
00:48:22,964 --> 00:48:24,464
Dr. Patel:
Simon Peter the apostle?

980
00:48:24,547 --> 00:48:26,130
THOMAS: Bingo, Miss Gandhi.

981
00:48:26,214 --> 00:48:28,214
DR. PATEL: Why do you
refer to me as Miss Gandhi?

982
00:48:28,297 --> 00:48:32,255
THOMAS: 'Cause you
dress the part, Suzie Q.

983
00:48:32,339 --> 00:48:34,381
DR. PATEL: Suzie Q.
Why am I Suzie Q?

984
00:48:34,464 --> 00:48:36,255
THOMAS: How should I
know why you're Suzie Q?

985
00:48:36,339 --> 00:48:38,047
I-I don't know
if this means anything,

986
00:48:38,130 --> 00:48:40,673
but that's what my stepfather
used to call my mother,

987
00:48:40,756 --> 00:48:43,881
Suzie Q, and he sounds
just like him there.

988
00:48:44,172 --> 00:48:46,172
Suzie Q was
your mother's nickname.

989
00:48:46,255 --> 00:48:47,547
Was her name Susan?

990
00:48:47,631 --> 00:48:49,673
No, Concettina or Connie.

991
00:48:50,130 --> 00:48:53,839
But that's what my stepfather
used to call her when...

992
00:48:57,214 --> 00:48:58,714
DR. PATEL: Yes?

993
00:49:00,714 --> 00:49:03,005
When he was mad at her,
when he ridiculed her.

994
00:49:05,673 --> 00:49:08,673
(MUTTERING):
That's what he called her.

995
00:49:08,756 --> 00:49:12,005
(RECORDER CLICKS)
DR. PATEL: I know very little about your family.

996
00:49:12,089 --> 00:49:13,631
Tell me about them.

997
00:49:16,381 --> 00:49:18,506
Your mother
is deceased, correct?

998
00:49:19,047 --> 00:49:20,422
THOMAS: Mmm.

999
00:49:20,506 --> 00:49:22,339
Dr. Patel:
And you have a stepfather?

1000
00:49:24,172 --> 00:49:25,589
And a brother?

1001
00:49:25,673 --> 00:49:28,005
THOMAS: A twin
brother. We're identical.

1002
00:49:28,881 --> 00:49:30,297
He likes to read.

1003
00:49:30,381 --> 00:49:32,357
Oh, you should see his house.
It's filled with books.

1004
00:49:32,381 --> 00:49:35,214
He's very, very intelligent.

1005
00:49:35,297 --> 00:49:37,297
DR. PATEL: And what
about you, Mr. Birdsey.

1006
00:49:37,381 --> 00:49:40,673
THOMAS: I was called.
I was chosen by God.

1007
00:49:40,756 --> 00:49:43,130
And they almost immediately,
they started,

1008
00:49:43,214 --> 00:49:44,923
they started pursuing me.

1009
00:49:46,047 --> 00:49:48,798
But my brother,
he was a good teacher.

1010
00:49:48,881 --> 00:49:51,714
Students liked him
and respected his brain.

1011
00:49:52,923 --> 00:49:54,381
But he quit.

1012
00:49:55,047 --> 00:49:56,464
DR. PATEL: Why?

1013
00:49:56,547 --> 00:49:58,089
THOMAS: I don't know.

1014
00:49:58,172 --> 00:50:00,547
Something happened.
I don't want to talk about it.

1015
00:50:02,339 --> 00:50:03,690
DR. PATEL: What does
he do for a living now?

1016
00:50:03,714 --> 00:50:07,339
Thomas:
(SCOFFS) He paints houses.

1017
00:50:07,422 --> 00:50:11,130
I tell him, watch out for the
radioactive paint, Dominick.

1018
00:50:12,839 --> 00:50:14,297
He doesn't listen to me.

1019
00:50:16,047 --> 00:50:18,297
- (RECORDER CLICKS)
- You hear that, Dominick?

1020
00:50:18,381 --> 00:50:21,714
In his own way, Thomas is still
worrying about your safety.

1021
00:50:22,839 --> 00:50:24,422
(RECORDER CLICKS)

1022
00:50:24,506 --> 00:50:27,756
THOMAS: I see my brother
trying to get it off his fingers.

1023
00:50:27,839 --> 00:50:30,589
My stepfather has it, too.

1024
00:50:30,673 --> 00:50:32,214
But he doesn't come
to see me anymore

1025
00:50:32,297 --> 00:50:34,673
so I don't, I don't have
to worry about him.

1026
00:50:34,756 --> 00:50:36,214
Dr. Patel:
Can you tell me about him?

1027
00:50:36,297 --> 00:50:38,839
THOMAS: My stepfather,
he beat... he used to beat us.

1028
00:50:38,923 --> 00:50:41,255
- DR. PATEL: He hit you.
- THOMAS: When we were kids, yeah.

1029
00:50:41,339 --> 00:50:42,964
Dr. Patel:
Frequently or infrequently?

1030
00:50:43,047 --> 00:50:44,756
- THOMAS: Frequently.
- Infrequently.

1031
00:50:44,839 --> 00:50:47,339
THOMAS: He used to take
his belt off and hit me with it.

1032
00:50:47,422 --> 00:50:49,422
- DR. PATEL: Where?
- THOMAS: My-my arms.

1033
00:50:49,923 --> 00:50:52,547
My behind.

1034
00:50:52,631 --> 00:50:55,756
One time, he, he hit me
across the face with his belt...

1035
00:50:55,839 --> 00:50:57,607
- and its buckle chipped my tooth.
- DOMINICK: Stop the tape.

1036
00:50:57,631 --> 00:50:59,523
- Stop. Right there, that's bullshit.
- (STOPS RECORDER)

1037
00:50:59,547 --> 00:51:00,964
'Cause that,
that didn't happen.

1038
00:51:01,047 --> 00:51:03,589
He, he, he chipped that tooth
in a sledding accident.

1039
00:51:03,673 --> 00:51:06,756
We were over at Cow Barn Hill,
we were going down the hill,

1040
00:51:06,839 --> 00:51:10,005
he flipped over and he hit
his mouth on a metal runner.

1041
00:51:14,130 --> 00:51:15,923
- Do you want me to stop?
- No, keep going.

1042
00:51:16,005 --> 00:51:17,589
(RECORDER CLICKS)

1043
00:51:17,673 --> 00:51:19,607
THOMAS: No, no. He never
hit Dominick the way he hit me.

1044
00:51:19,631 --> 00:51:22,631
- DR. PATEL: No?
- THOMAS: No.

1045
00:51:22,714 --> 00:51:25,214
He always picked on Thomas Dirt.

1046
00:51:25,297 --> 00:51:26,798
DR. PATEL: Thomas Dirt?

1047
00:51:26,881 --> 00:51:29,506
Why do you refer to yourself
in that manner, please?

1048
00:51:31,130 --> 00:51:33,506
- (RECORDER CLICKS)
- Is that right, Dominick?

1049
00:51:33,589 --> 00:51:36,506
- What?
- Were you usually spared?

1050
00:51:36,714 --> 00:51:38,339
Yeah, sometimes I was, yeah.

1051
00:51:38,422 --> 00:51:40,089
Because I didn't
push Ray's buttons

1052
00:51:40,172 --> 00:51:41,506
the way this kid did, all right?

1053
00:51:41,589 --> 00:51:44,255
I mean, I, I was smart enough
to know to shut up,

1054
00:51:44,339 --> 00:51:45,881
to play defense, he didn't.

1055
00:51:45,964 --> 00:51:47,839
Just play the tape.
Come on.

1056
00:51:47,923 --> 00:51:50,255
- (RECORDER CLICKS)
- DR. PATEL: Mr. Birdsey,

1057
00:51:50,339 --> 00:51:52,798
why do you think your stepfather
was more harsh with you

1058
00:51:52,881 --> 00:51:54,297
than he was with your brother?

1059
00:51:54,381 --> 00:51:55,964
THOMAS: I don't
think why. I know why.

1060
00:51:56,047 --> 00:51:58,339
Because he was jealous of me.

1061
00:51:58,422 --> 00:52:00,130
Dr. Patel:
What made him jealous?

1062
00:52:00,214 --> 00:52:03,172
THOMAS: Because he realized
that God has special plans for me.

1063
00:52:04,506 --> 00:52:06,255
He used to open up
my closet and urinate.

1064
00:52:06,339 --> 00:52:08,714
Urinate all over my clothes.

1065
00:52:08,798 --> 00:52:10,923
My shoes, too.
He was always doing that.

1066
00:52:11,005 --> 00:52:12,547
Pissing in my shoes.

1067
00:52:12,631 --> 00:52:15,172
DR. PATEL: Why do you think
he urinated on your clothes?

1068
00:52:15,255 --> 00:52:17,756
THOMAS: (LAUGHS)
That, that was nothing.

1069
00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:19,964
That was the least of it.

1070
00:52:20,047 --> 00:52:21,422
DR. PATEL: He did worse things?

1071
00:52:21,506 --> 00:52:23,798
THOMAS: (SCOFFS)
Much worse.

1072
00:52:23,881 --> 00:52:25,547
DR. PATEL: What did
he do that was worse?

1073
00:52:25,631 --> 00:52:27,839
THOMAS: He would rape my
mother and make us watch.

1074
00:52:27,923 --> 00:52:29,172
(SCOFFS)

1075
00:52:29,255 --> 00:52:32,214
- THOMAS: And he would, he would...
- Come on.

1076
00:52:32,297 --> 00:52:35,214
THOMAS: He would tie me up
and stick things up my rear.

1077
00:52:36,381 --> 00:52:38,297
DR. PATEL: What kind of things?

1078
00:52:38,381 --> 00:52:41,381
- If Ray knew he was saying this stuff, man, Jesus.
- THOMAS: Sharp things.

1079
00:52:41,464 --> 00:52:45,506
Pencils and screwdrivers.

1080
00:52:45,589 --> 00:52:47,923
You know, one time he took
the handle of a carving knife.

1081
00:52:48,005 --> 00:52:50,881
Oh, I can't, I can't.
Just stop it, stop it.

1082
00:52:50,964 --> 00:52:52,764
- THOMAS: Right inside...
- (RECORDER CLICKS)

1083
00:52:54,464 --> 00:52:56,130
Dominick (QUIETLY):
Fuck.

1084
00:52:56,589 --> 00:52:59,214
What your brother said has upset
you very much, hasn't it?

1085
00:52:59,297 --> 00:53:01,881
What, no.
Hell no, doc.

1086
00:53:01,964 --> 00:53:03,839
Why would that upset me?
My mother got raped

1087
00:53:03,923 --> 00:53:05,297
and we sat around and watched.

1088
00:53:05,381 --> 00:53:08,339
My stepfather used to stick
screwdrivers up his ass.

1089
00:53:08,422 --> 00:53:10,089
I mean, come on, that's easy.

1090
00:53:10,172 --> 00:53:12,381
That's, that was...
That's awesome to listen to.

1091
00:53:12,798 --> 00:53:16,673
Jesus Christ, I thought you were
making progress with him. Fuck!

1092
00:53:16,756 --> 00:53:18,273
Tell me what you're feeling
right now, Dominick.

1093
00:53:18,297 --> 00:53:19,940
What the fuck does it matter
what I'm feeling?

1094
00:53:19,964 --> 00:53:22,547
I'm not the one who's having
this sick, perverted...

1095
00:53:22,631 --> 00:53:24,751
DR. PATEL: You seem very
angry, Dominick. Tell me why.

1096
00:53:24,798 --> 00:53:28,172
You wanna know why I'm angry?
I'll tell you why I'm angry.

1097
00:53:28,255 --> 00:53:31,005
I'm supposed to be down
on Gillette Street right now

1098
00:53:31,089 --> 00:53:33,673
finishing a painting job
that I was supposed to finish

1099
00:53:33,756 --> 00:53:35,589
three fucking weeks ago,

1100
00:53:35,673 --> 00:53:38,464
and here I am
in a fuckin' mini mall,

1101
00:53:38,547 --> 00:53:41,047
listening to my brother
talk about shit

1102
00:53:41,130 --> 00:53:43,255
that never, ever happened.

1103
00:53:44,047 --> 00:53:46,547
Okay, yeah, it got bad
in our house.

1104
00:53:47,255 --> 00:53:50,214
Ray had a temper
like he was fucking on fire.

1105
00:53:50,297 --> 00:53:53,214
But he never raped him
with a screwdriver.

1106
00:53:53,297 --> 00:53:54,964
Dominick, please keep
your voice down.

1107
00:53:55,047 --> 00:53:56,172
(DOMINICK SCOFFS)

1108
00:53:59,339 --> 00:54:01,881
- Why don't you sit down?
- I don't wanna sit down.

1109
00:54:01,964 --> 00:54:03,422
Take a few deep breaths.

1110
00:54:03,506 --> 00:54:06,255
You wanna know, do you
wanna know what it's like for me?

1111
00:54:06,756 --> 00:54:08,130
Do you?

1112
00:54:08,964 --> 00:54:10,381
It's like...

1113
00:54:10,464 --> 00:54:12,923
it's like my brother
has been an anchor

1114
00:54:13,005 --> 00:54:15,673
around my entire life.

1115
00:54:17,964 --> 00:54:19,339
Even before he got sick.

1116
00:54:19,422 --> 00:54:21,756
Even before he goes and
lops his frickin' hand off.

1117
00:54:21,839 --> 00:54:24,547
An anchor pulling me down.
You know what I get?

1118
00:54:24,631 --> 00:54:27,214
I get just enough rope
to break the surface.

1119
00:54:27,297 --> 00:54:28,506
To breathe.

1120
00:54:30,339 --> 00:54:32,214
I used to think one day,
that I'd actually

1121
00:54:32,297 --> 00:54:33,881
get away from him, you know?

1122
00:54:33,964 --> 00:54:35,673
That I'd cut the cord.

1123
00:54:35,756 --> 00:54:37,756
But here I am,
I'm 40 years old,

1124
00:54:37,839 --> 00:54:40,923
and I am still down
at the fuckin' nuthouse

1125
00:54:41,005 --> 00:54:43,214
running interference,
and I get it now.

1126
00:54:43,297 --> 00:54:44,714
I really do.
I get it, man.

1127
00:54:44,798 --> 00:54:46,297
I really fucking get it.

1128
00:54:46,381 --> 00:54:48,673
- What do you get, Dominick?
- That I will...

1129
00:54:49,673 --> 00:54:51,839
that... that he is my curse.

1130
00:55:03,089 --> 00:55:04,881
I'm just...

1131
00:55:07,547 --> 00:55:08,714
(CLEARS THROAT)

1132
00:55:09,881 --> 00:55:12,381
I'm... I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

1133
00:55:14,506 --> 00:55:16,214
I don't know what to do.

1134
00:55:16,297 --> 00:55:19,005
Your reactions, Dominick,
they've, uh...

1135
00:55:20,798 --> 00:55:22,839
they've been
very illuminating to me.

1136
00:55:24,047 --> 00:55:26,506
But I think we should
discontinue the practice

1137
00:55:26,589 --> 00:55:29,381
of having you listen to
your brother's taped sessions.

1138
00:55:29,464 --> 00:55:31,172
You're the one
who said it would help.

1139
00:55:31,255 --> 00:55:32,964
Dr. Patel:
Well, perhaps it was a bad idea.

1140
00:55:33,047 --> 00:55:36,005
- (DOMINICK SCOFFS)
- It can help, but, uh...

1141
00:55:36,089 --> 00:55:39,339
one brother's treatment shouldn't
put another brother at risk.

1142
00:55:42,381 --> 00:55:44,255
I learned something today.

1143
00:55:46,255 --> 00:55:49,381
I learned that there are two
young men lost in the woods.

1144
00:55:49,589 --> 00:55:52,214
Not one, two.

1145
00:55:53,089 --> 00:55:55,964
And I may never be able
to find one of those young men.

1146
00:55:56,047 --> 00:55:58,214
He's been gone so long,
the odds, I'm afraid,

1147
00:55:58,297 --> 00:56:00,005
may be against me, but...

1148
00:56:00,089 --> 00:56:03,089
as for the other,
I may have better luck.

1149
00:56:05,089 --> 00:56:07,422
The other young man
may be calling me.

1150
00:56:35,130 --> 00:56:36,464
(LOUD BANG)

1151
00:56:36,547 --> 00:56:39,506
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1152
00:56:39,589 --> 00:56:42,839
("STEPPIN' OUT" BY JOE JACKSON
PLAYING INSIDE)

1153
00:56:45,339 --> 00:56:47,005
- JOY: Uh-oh.
- THAD: Oh, shit.

1154
00:56:47,089 --> 00:56:49,589
- JOY: Guess who's home!
- THAD: Hello, Dominick.

1155
00:56:49,673 --> 00:56:51,964
JOY: You want to come in
here and have a pumpkin...

1156
00:56:52,047 --> 00:56:54,339
- (JOY LAUGHING)
- THAD: Come have a sucker.

1157
00:56:54,422 --> 00:56:56,005
Oh, no, better than a sucker.

1158
00:56:56,089 --> 00:56:58,422
I have toasted pumpkin seeds.

1159
00:56:58,506 --> 00:57:00,273
- JOY: You want some pumpkin seeds?
- DOMINICK: Nope.

1160
00:57:00,297 --> 00:57:01,964
I don't want any...
pumpkin seeds.

1161
00:57:02,047 --> 00:57:03,130
JOY: Try them!

1162
00:57:03,214 --> 00:57:05,255
THAD: Dominick, we
toasted pumpkin seeds.

1163
00:57:05,339 --> 00:57:07,315
- JOY: Dominick, come and have...
- (DOMINICK MUTTERING)

1164
00:57:07,339 --> 00:57:08,923
JOY: What'd he say?

1165
00:57:09,673 --> 00:57:12,255
- (DOOR SLAMS) - Thad
(WHISPERING): Is he always this angry?

1166
00:57:12,339 --> 00:57:14,089
<i>♪ With no more
angry words to say ♪</i>

1167
00:57:14,172 --> 00:57:16,214
<i>♪ Can come alive ♪</i>

1168
00:57:16,297 --> 00:57:18,315
JOY: I know that you have
a lot on your mind right now,

1169
00:57:18,339 --> 00:57:20,005
but that gives you
absolutely no excuse

1170
00:57:20,089 --> 00:57:21,589
to be that rude to my friend.

1171
00:57:21,673 --> 00:57:24,089
- Jesus.
- This is my house too, and if I want to come home

1172
00:57:24,172 --> 00:57:27,381
after work and I wanna relax,
and I wanna have Thad over,

1173
00:57:27,464 --> 00:57:28,923
that's my business.

1174
00:57:29,005 --> 00:57:30,839
Don't shut the door on me!

1175
00:57:31,798 --> 00:57:35,381
Don't shut...
the door on me.

1176
00:57:36,506 --> 00:57:38,381
You just steal the light,
don't you?

1177
00:57:38,464 --> 00:57:39,732
You come in and you shit
over everything.

1178
00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:41,923
Listen, I've had a long day,

1179
00:57:42,005 --> 00:57:44,798
and when I come home,
I wanna have something to eat.

1180
00:57:44,881 --> 00:57:46,005
Something real.

1181
00:57:46,089 --> 00:57:48,422
Not frickin'
roasted pumpkin seeds.

1182
00:57:48,506 --> 00:57:50,339
And then I want to lay down
in my bed,

1183
00:57:50,422 --> 00:57:51,673
because I need some sleep.

1184
00:57:51,756 --> 00:57:53,464
Is that asking too much?

1185
00:57:53,547 --> 00:57:54,714
- Yeah, yeah!
- Is it?

1186
00:57:54,798 --> 00:57:56,357
'Cause you never think about
what I need, do you?

1187
00:57:56,381 --> 00:57:57,964
- Oh, fuckin' Jesus Christ.
- Not once!

1188
00:57:58,047 --> 00:57:59,690
Why don't you get your little
boyfriend or girlfriend

1189
00:57:59,714 --> 00:58:02,214
or whatever the fuck he is
outta here.

1190
00:58:02,297 --> 00:58:04,130
Oh, fuck you!

1191
00:58:04,464 --> 00:58:06,631
JOY: Thad, come on, let's go.

1192
00:58:06,881 --> 00:58:09,381
(THAD AND JOY
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

1193
00:58:09,464 --> 00:58:12,214
- (SIGHS)
- (DOOR SLAMS)

1194
00:58:12,297 --> 00:58:14,714
- (SIGHS)
- JOY: Fuck you!

1195
00:58:19,589 --> 00:58:22,589
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

1196
00:58:22,673 --> 00:58:24,589
(TIRES SQUEALING)

1197
00:58:30,297 --> 00:58:32,381
♪♪

1198
00:59:47,547 --> 00:59:48,732
You gotta be calm,
cool and collected

1199
00:59:48,756 --> 00:59:51,172
inside the hearing.
We're gonna write a script.

1200
00:59:52,005 --> 00:59:53,130
What do I say?

1201
00:59:53,798 --> 00:59:55,464
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪

1202
00:59:55,923 --> 00:59:57,148
LISA SHEFFER:
Start with your feelings

1203
00:59:57,172 --> 00:59:58,172
about your brother.

1204
00:59:58,589 --> 01:00:00,709
DOMINICK BIRDSEY: Why would
I type your paper for you?

1205
01:00:00,923 --> 01:00:02,339
THOMAS BIRDSEY:
Because of my hands.

1206
01:00:03,881 --> 01:00:05,297
SHEFFER: How you know him to be.

1207
01:00:06,005 --> 01:00:07,565
DOMINICK:
I'm gonna get you out of here.

1208
01:00:08,005 --> 01:00:09,405
SHEFFER: Write what's
in your heart.

1209
01:00:09,673 --> 01:00:11,047
The last thing I wanted
was for us

1210
01:00:11,130 --> 01:00:12,381
to get into a fight tonight.

1211
01:00:13,798 --> 01:00:14,964
SHEFFER: Write it down.

1212
01:00:15,214 --> 01:00:16,547
- I'm Dessa.
- Dominick.

1213
01:00:22,422 --> 01:00:23,881
- (CAR VEERING)
- (HORNS HONKING)

1214
01:00:26,673 --> 01:00:28,923
(WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHIFTING)

1215
01:00:29,005 --> 01:00:30,714
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪