dramatic music
[birds singing]
[sniffles]
-[opens bottle] -[sniffles]
[grinding]
[beeping]
slow, haunting music
[exhales]
gentle guitar music
[both grunt]
[sighs]
No.
Take it. It'll help you sleep.
No.
Just take it.
[exhales]
Go away.
[chewing loudly]
Makes me gag watching you do that.
I like the taste.
Reminds me I'm alive.
We're alive? I missed that memo.
These truly suck.
They do. I'm sorry.
It's like I'm smoking a piece of gum.
Caffeine-injected Listerine.
-[chuckles] -Screw you both. Give 'em back.
-I'll save it for myself. -Uh-uh.
Free drugs is free drugs.
[groans]
How's Billy, Grace?
You know.
If he's home and drunk, he's less likely to get in trouble.
Look on the sunny side.
Oh, that's me. Always.
Yeah. Precisely how I see you: a human upper.
[chuckles]
slow, melancholy music
- You don't own me - Nah, man, nah, man
Not quite finished yet, ha-ha, whoo!
Girl, I think you just might've tried to pull
A motherfuckin' fast one, I'm mad
You just hurt my goddamn feeling
And that was the last one I had
Does this look like an arcade?
Tryin' to play games? See this saw blade?
See this silhouette of a stalker in your walkway?
Better cooperate or get sautéed and rotisseried
While you're hog-tied
MCs get so quiet, you can hear the motherfuckin'
Dog whistle when I walk by, Colt Seavers on a mule
Stuntin' on that ass like the fuckin' Fall Guy
I don't gas my Mercedes after midnight
I treat it like a Mogwai 'cause it will turn
Into a Gremlin and run over kids, women and men
Vrinn-vrinn, motor so big
You can fit a midget in its engine
Bitch, give me them digits, why you cringin'?
[choppy] Not by... hair... chinny-ch...
-[sighs] Fucking hell. -If I know anything,
I know you can't afford Spotify.
It's freakin' YouTube.
Bro, the service is such shit,
I spent the last 20 minutes hearing the first verse.
It's not the service. It's the gods.
It's the rap gods. They shun white boy rap.
-[chuckles] -Marshall's not white boy rap.
Oh, what, you're on a first-name basis now?
-You want a...? -Let's go.
Took the cash from my dad.
Oh, fuck, Isaac.
I didn't think you were really gonna do this.
Well, I did.
Your probation ends tonight.
Just come with me.
You can walk on at any D1 you want.
-[Billy] No, I can't. -Of course you can.
I can't.
You were all-state two years ago.
What's your hang-up with leaving Buell?
I got no hang-ups.
You have never voluntarily left this town.
Tell me the one time you left of your own accord.
[man speaking indistinctly]
[man 2] Just hurry your ass up.
Was that Pete Novick?
-I don't... It... -That was Novick.
He had his fucking boot on my back the night I was arrested.
soft, haunting music
Billy, don't.
-I'm just gonna talk to him. -Billy.
Wait for me.
-I got to keep going. -Just wait for me.
Damn it, Billy.
[Novick] Poe, what are you doing here?
[Billy] You got something to say to me...
[indistinct chatter]
-Bye. -Later.
[phone ringing]
-Yeah? -[Steve] Chief.
Yeah?
County got an anonymous call in.
Possible body in the mill.
Just getting your okay to lock up here, go down there myself.
Stay there. I'll do it.
-It's your day off. -It's all right.
Okay.
What have you been up to?
We're having a personal conversation now?
[engine starts]
Just asking how you spent your day.
Bowling.
You hunting out of season again?
I'm not answering that question.
But to be clear, there are no seasons on my property.
Nobody tells me what to do on my own land.
I'm a good shot. I'm not gonna kill anybody.
And if I did, they'd be on my property.
I'm going to forget we had this conversation.
Don't forget all of it.
Don't go taking a sunset stroll on my land,
especially not in a deer costume.
Copy that.
[engine starts]
eerie, atmospheric music
[siren chirps]
[engine shuts off]
[Grace clears throat]
Oh, it's all right, Mama.
[kiss]
I hate this fucking trailer.
Your dad made us buy it when you were born.
I wanted a real house.
I didn't want this... [sniffles] leaky piece of shit.
[Grace sniffles]
[clears throat]
[Grace sighs]
But it is on this beautiful, peaceful land.
Yeah. All right.
You got work in a bit.
Better get ready.
If they sell this place while you're still here,
they'll sell you in it.
soft, melancholy music
[car door closes]
[engine starts]
[beeps]
[engine shuts off]
What the hell is going on?!
What the hell is going on,
-Virgil, huh? -Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. -What the hell is going on?
-Our home is being sold today. -[groans]
-Aah! Fuck! -And you are getting laid?
This is how it goes? I am going to work
-to earn some fucking money. -All right, all right.
Why don't you do something useful just once in your life?
Calm down, now. Jesus.
I think you gave me a concussion.
You been working out?
Yeah. I get a personal trainer and a NordicTrack.
Well, you're looking good.
Grace!
Grace. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
[groans]
Let's get some breakfast or something.
[Tiffany] Virgil, uh...
I was gonna make us some dippy eggs.
Really?
I needed a place to sleep.
Okay.
[engine starts]
gentle guitar music
[team] ...L-L! B-U-E...
-[coach] I can't hear you guys! -...L-L!
-B-U-E... -Do you want to win?
L-L! One more!
-[team] B-U-E-L-L! -What's up, Coach?
Billy Poe. All right.
-B-U-E... -[whistle blows]
-Linebacker secondary gap drill. -Coming through. Coming through.
Let's go. Lot of hustle. Come on.
-Let's work it. -Everyone, come on!
[indistinct chatter]
Hey, we got fast feet, okay? Eyes up. Hut.
Explode!
There we go. Hut!
I like it. Staying low. I like it. Hut!
Nice. Hey, here we go, Trey.
You and me, all right? Fast feet. Hut.
[clapping]
[indistinct chatter]
- -[dialogue inaudible]
[Henry] That is good news, LeeAnn.
Oh, of course I do, honey.
Your sister married her rich boyfriend.
She what?
[chuckles] I... I know that's not why you married him,
but, look, he can pay your law school.
That's a good thing.
Don't be so sensitive.
You gonna bring him home, show him where you come from?
Or are you too ashamed of us?
[laughs]
All right, I'll let you go.
She'll call you later.
Your brother looks like someone bit off his dick.
[laughs]
Hey, serious now. Congratulations.
[phone beeps off]
Beth, is it okay if I crash at your place for a couple days?
Are you kidding me? Whatever you need.
You hanging in there?
Well, I have acquired some wisdom in all of this.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah. Don't marry a douchebag.
[laughs] At least you found a cute douchebag.
It must've been fun for a while.
Cute don't pay the mortgage.
Depends on what business he's in.
Hey, ladies.
-[Grace] Hey, Jillian. -[Bethany] Hey, what's up, girl?
Well, you're lucky y'all weren't here early.
-[Bethany] Oh? -Gelsey was on the sniff.
-[Bethany] Oh, dear. -Nosing around Grace's chair.
See if you left your scent.
You could leave him more than that,
then have him pay your mortgage.
[Lisa] Hell, I'll leave him whatever he wants.
I'll take a crap on my chair while he watches
if he'll just pay my heating bills.
What?
-Oh, my Lord. -What in the fuck?
Oh, come on, tell me you ain't never done that for nobody.
I have no idea what you're even talking about.
Oh, no, you're on your own with this one.
Okay, well, I suppose I run in a different crowd.
All sales are final and as is.
When you buy it, it's yours.
Before we get started,
a special thank you to the Buell PD
for being with us this morning.
We rely on local police
to keep the peace at property auction.
I and all the buyers appreciate your service.
"Thank you for protecting us
while we steal your neighbors' shit."
Okay, now, let's get started. Let's do this.
[vehicle engines revving]
lively, percussive music
Grace's husband bidding on his own house?
I doubt that's what he has in mind.
All right, we have four private homes at auction today
and one local bar. First up,
we have number 14 Stevens Hill Drive.
Residence is a mobile home, sitting on four private,
beautiful acres at the end of Stevens Hill.
-Ma'am. Hi there. -14 Stevens Hill Drive.
Can I take a look at your booklet?
[bank rep] This is page one in your pamphlets.
Let's start the bidding at $22,500.
Twenty-two, five. Do I hear 22.5?
-[Dennis] Oh, cool. -Twenty-two, five.
That's my buddy's house they're talking about.
This dude right here.
Hit him up, you got
any questions about the place.
Ask him about the heat, the plumbing,
-whatnot. -[grunts uneasily]
[bank rep] This is one hell of a good deal, people.
[woman] Yeah, thank you, maybe another time.
Okay. How about this?
How about we do this?
Let's start the bidding at $21,000, an even 21.
[indistinct chatter]
[coach] All right, good practice, guys.
[indistinct chatter]
[Billy] It's you guys's team, too, right?
We're starting early.
You lead by example, okay?
Everyone will follow.
Remember that, all right?
[Billy sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
Excuse me.
-Chief. -Del Harris. How you doing?
You want to tell me what just happened?
Well, it seems like people decided
they weren't interested in buying your stuff.
You think those men had something to do with it?
-Could be. -[chuckles] Are you kidding me?
No, I'm agreeing with you. Could be.
But getting together, showing off a deer rifle,
that's just one of the social practices
in this part of the state.
I'm from Pittsburgh. I think I understand
-this part of the state. -Well, point of fact,
we're a lot closer to West Virginia
than we are to Pittsburgh, more ways than geography.
But, look, I understand. Not everybody likes to have a gun
-passed around in front of him. -You think?
I do think, and I can make that known around town.
No more gun passing.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need
to make something of a house call.
Officer Park, when the gentleman's ready,
can you escort him to the town line?
Are you kicking me out of town?
No, sir. Just providing safe passage.
You got an expensive automobile there.
BMW, it looks like. Wouldn't want something
to happen to it, not on my watch.
[engine starts]
Whenever you're ready.
[birds chirping]
You think my mother was murdered?
Uh...
I'm not the right person to ask.
She had ten pounds of rocks in her pockets
when she washed up at the dam.
So, you think the killer held her down,
put rocks in her clothes, and then
shoved her in the water?
'Cause that's what my dad's been saying the last four years,
and he's a little bit of a moron.
-Isaac. -Why are you friends with me?
Without you, I'd have never graduated from high school.
I mean now.
Why are you friends with me now?
Why are you doing this, man?
Why are you coming at me like you're angry or--?
She got married.
Did you know that?
Lee got married.
She graduated early,
married her boyfriend two weeks ago.
Moved in with him in New York City, so...
I guess we can confidently infer she's never coming home.
We're both fucked.
I'm left permanently taking care of my father, and...
you lost the love of your life.
You know what "infer" means?
Just nod if you know what it means.
You can stop being friends with me.
Now that my sister's never coming back,
it won't matter anymore that I'm your last connection to her.
I know what "infer" means.
Why are you friends with me?
You're the only person left
who makes me feel like I'm worth anything.
Billy.
Isaac, don't.
Isaac.
[ice creaking softly]
Isaac!
[ice creaks]
Oh, shit. Oh...
[ice creaking]
slow, eerie music
[birds singing]
[gasps]
[both gasp]
[Billy panting]
[Billy grunts]
[sighs heavily]
[sighs]
[water running]
[sighs]
Are you kidding me?
Billy!
Billy, you run these heaters, it costs me 30 bucks a day.
If you would just cut some fucking firewood,
maybe we could climb out of this money pit.
And do not use all the hot water.
-[breathing heavily] -Look, my back hurts.
-My hands hurt. -[knocking]
I-I need a shower.
Billy.
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
Want me to bring 'em inside?
No, I got it. Billy, I'm sorry.
I'm just upset we're in this situation. I don't like...
Can I...?
Billy.
Come on. Come inside and let me make us dinner.
Billy!
I'm sorry! [sighs]
[Hillary Clinton] You know, it is wonderful to be back,
here in Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania...
"My husband hasn't fucked me in 30 years,
so I'm here in Pennsylvania to fuck you,
whether you like it or not.
Open wide, Steelers fans." Hmm? [chuckles]
What's going on here?
Everybody in town turn Mormon?
They're all at Rylan's, celebrating.
They didn't auction his place. The prick.
What are you drinking?
Bourbon. [clears throat]
Give me a Rolling Rock and bring Jackson another.
-Mm-hmm. -Come on with this.
Penn State's playing.
Got to get used to it. I bet she's running.
I thought we should check in,
see how you're doing with your meds.
I thought you were wooing me.
Well, I'm fine, I guess.
I'm not...
You know, uh, it's hard to tell.
I've been on this crap a long time.
Klonopin and Zoloft to pull me one way,
the Benzedrine the other way.
I don't even remember what baseline's like for me.
-You'll get there. -Hmm?
The VA loves their PTS cocktail.
But ten years later,
vets realize how difficult it can be to stop.
Just keep at it.
Titrate down that two percent a week,
and you're gonna be just fine.
-Yeah, well, here's hoping. -Mm-hmm.
Oh, look, um...
when you start to have leftover pills,
you bring 'em right back to me.
Hmm? So you won't be tempted.
People are doing that with their opiates now.
It's-it's really helpful.
If I'm ticked off or kind of jumpy lately,
what do you make of that?
I think it means you're ticked off or kind of jumpy.
Um, it's only been two weeks. You're only down four percent.
You know, when you're down 50
-in, like, six months... -Ah.
things can get a little shaky. [clears throat]
But you got to remember, you got to bring
-the amphetamines down, too. -Yeah.
-That's very important. -Yeah, yeah. No, I'm...
All right, well, this has been fun.
-You're a good date. -[laughs]
I just thought we should check in.
Yeah. No, I-I know. Um, I appreciate it.
Chloe, you got that bottle on ice for me?
Indeed I do.
[sighs softly]
"Finger Lakes Valley, New York champagne, sparkling wine."
What the fuck you giving me?
I thought you had the French stuff.
You want the French stuff, move to France.
You're lucky I didn't just shoot some Fresca
into the chardonnay and tell you it was champagne.
I'm trying to make a good showing here.
So keep your mouth shut and pour.
She's gonna be impressed
by the green bottle and the gold foil.
I should shut you down for selling this crap.
I got some rubbers in the drawer.
You want to buy those, too?
Your dad would've smacked you for that.
You're right. I'm sorry. That's inappropriate.
I should shut you down for selling rubbers.
That's-that's my business model.
There's enough dicks in the Valley to go around.
-Mm-hmm. [laughs] -[laughs]
Hi there.
They, uh, didn't have any of the French kind,
but they say this is just as good.
I mean, it can't be, but... we could try it anyway.
Does it have alcohol and bubbles?
I'm told it has both.
Then it's good for me.
Hey, are you the one with the nice handwriting?
Yeah. I thought I should make it official.
Come on inside.
Virgil's not around?
You don't have to ask that every time.
He hasn't been over in going on a year.
'Cause it was him and Arlo and Dennis and the other one
who showed up this morning with rifles
and shut the whole thing down.
Oh.
Thanks for not running 'em off.
They weren't doing anything illegal.
Not technically, at least.
Got to go by the book.
Equal justice for all.
Even if we're after the same woman.
[chuckles]
Come on. Let me clean some glasses.
Hey, hang on a second.
So, we can take these off now.
[groan softly]
[tape ripping]
[paper crumpling]
That's better.
You're a good man, Del Harris.
[rock music playing]
[lively chatter]
Rylan,
I don't know whose cock you're sucking at the bank,
but we're glad they didn't foreclose your ass.
-That was your mother's cock. -[chuckles]
Then I remembered she doesn't work at the bank.
[laughter]
It would be so nice if you spoke sentences
that had actual meaning.
Cheer up, Billy.
You got your own bedroom to sleep in tonight.
He's right.
-Let's celebrate! [laughs] -[laughs]
-Cheers! -Cheers!
[Grace] Mm.
There it is.
-What? -Okay, let me see it.
What? No, no, no, no, it's fine.
-Yes. Let me see it. -[stammers] Grace.
Come on. Please. Look, it's not gonna hurt.
-I'm not gonna hurt you. -Okay.
-Come to Mama. -[laughs]
Aha. Bingo.
Okay, so tell me, what do you do when you're clipping it?
-How do you reach back? -I...
I, like... I just... I reach back, you know, like this.
Yes, and you probably, like, tip the clippers
and then you pretty much clear-cut this whole patch.
Why don't you just let me start doing it for you?
Feel that.
-Ah. Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm.
You feeling that?
Mm-hmm.
Do you feel that?
Mm-hmm.
Me, too.
-[rock music playing quietly] -[lively chatter]
[indistinct chatter nearby]
[line ringing]
-[phone ringing] -[R & B music playing]
You keep calling.
Hi. Yeah, hi.
I know you probably don't want to talk to me,
but I just want to make sure that you call your brother.
I think he needs to hear from you.
What's going on?
He walked into the river.
He went out on the ice and fell through.
I had to fish him out.
Is he all right?
I got him home and wrapped up in some blankets, but...
he was acting strange.
Strange how?
He was going on about your mom.
About her ending up in the river, and then he went in, too.
I'm sorry. I know you don't want to talk about your mom.
It's all right. [sighs]
Christ.
I'll call him tonight, I promise.
Okay. Good.
Why do I not want to talk to you?
We hardly talked the past couple years.
You're married.
Seriously, you're married.
Congratulations. That's a big deal.
It is.
Thank you. It is a big deal.
You're living in New York City?
Yeah.
How is that?
Different.
Incredible sometimes.
Just sometimes?
You know, eight million people live in this place.
That's basically half the size of Fayette County.
Sometimes it feels like a miracle.
Then, yesterday I was on a plane,
and we were gonna land, and I was looking down
at the city below and I...
had this feeling
that maybe people aren't supposed to live like this.
Maybe it's a mistake.
gentle guitar music
I've never been on a plane.
Listen, I should go.
Just, Lee, just call your brother.
Where are you?
Where would I be?
What the fuck?
My bad.
Hey.
Number 51. Linebacker.
Right.
Yeah. We played you in County senior year.
You had scouts in the stands.
I thought you sucked.
Yeah, you were right.
Was never that good. Overrated.
Uh, they said you got a D1 scholarship.
That's bullshit.
You wouldn't be here if you had a D1.
Look at me.
You sucked.
Okay.
[train whistle blowing]
Hit me.
I don't want to hit you.
I'm giving you a free shot.
eerie, suspenseful music
Hit me.
Please don't do this.
-[grunting] -[crowd clamoring]
[speaks indistinctly]
-[grunting] -Stop moving.
I don't want to choke you out.
Don't make me choke you out.
[breathing heavily]
Stay down.
I'm gonna get up and walk away.
Stay on the ground.
[groans]
[man] Hey!
[man 2] Watch out.
[both grunt]
Billy!
jarring, pulsating music
[groaning]
[Del moans softly]
[Grace] Mmm.
If I knew you were dropping by,
I would've put on something sexier.
Oh, it's, uh, it's plenty sexy to me.
You want to go into the bedroom?
-I do. -Okay.
[sighs]
I love New York.
Who knew the Finger Lakes could bring so much pleasure?
[laughs] There's a joke in there somewhere,
but I'm much too ladylike to make it.
[clears throat] Let's go, buddy.
Okay.
What's going on down there?
Yeah, as if you don't know.
-[laughs] -[groans softly]
[Del sniffles, sighs]
[phone ringing]
[Del sighs]
That's the, uh...
work ringer.
Okay.
[Del groans softly]
Yeah? [clears throat] Yeah?
[Steve] Hey, Chief, I-I think you need
to come down to Rylan's.
There's some trouble down here.
Why can't you handle it?
Yeah, um... y-you where I think you are?
I-I can't say any more.
I-I just think you ought to come down.
[siren wailing]
Yeah, I-I... [continues indistinctly]
You're screwed now, bitch. We got you covered.
Hope you're not in cleats down there.
[laughs]
Novick, put your gun away.
Let him sit up, put your gun in your holster.
Get up.
[quietly] Geez.
Chief, you want to take a look?
Yeah.
[grunts]
[dog barking nearby]
Christ.
Want me to take him in?
No.
Hand me your firearm. Go on home.
I can book him. Tell me what you want me to do.
I want you to give me your gun and go home and sleep it off.
You'll get your last paycheck in the mail.
What the fuck?
-You're firing me? -Give me the gun.
Now that you've found your new best friend,
you're done with me?
I protected you so many times, Pete,
tried to get you cleaned up, changed attendance records,
all because you've got a family.
Well, I can't help you anymore.
We had budget cuts the last three years.
You just made my decision a lot easier.
If somebody's getting fired because of budget cuts,
it better be the Chinese guy.
I got seniority on the Chinese guy.
Chinese guy comes to work on time.
Chinese guy doesn't get drunk and wave his gun around.
The Chinese guy doesn't park his cruiser off 201
and sleep through his shift.
And the Chinese guy is Korean, you fucking dipshit.
Now give me the gun! And go home.
Stand up.
Walk.
melancholy piano music
[engine starts]
You're a fucking moron, you know that?
There are times you need to walk away.
I did walk away.
You didn't do a very good job.
What do you care?
I'm starting to ask myself the same question.
Hell, you're about to get what you want.
Send me up the river,
get my mama all to yourself.
Bring her to your cabin in the sky.
Just wait till my daddy drives up your long dirt road.
Just wait.
[phone ringing]
Hey.
No, I'm...
I'm lying here.
Isaac.
Fuck you.
I'm sorry, Lee.
I'm sorry.
Tell me about him.
He's from Spain?
Are you gonna change your name?
[Grace] That's my son in there.
You are gonna get out of the way--
[Steve] You don't have a right to--
[Grace] Get out of my way and let me see him.
-[Steve] I'm sorry, ma'am. -[Grace] Where is he?
-[Steve] I'm sorry, ma'am. -[Grace] Don't
look at me like that. You know exactly who I am.
-[Steve] I'm sorry, okay? -That's my son in there.
You're gonna get out of the way and let me go see him.
He hasn't been arraigned yet, hasn't seen a lawyer,
-and he... and he's over 18. -So what?
You don't have a right to see an adult offspring.
Offspring?
Are you shitting me? Where's Del?
Chief Harris isn't in right now.
[Grace] Where is he?
[Steve] He's on police business.
Okay.
Did Del arrest Billy last night?
Did he leave my fucking home
to go arrest my son?
[Grace sighs]
Billy is a good kid.
He has an asshole for a father, but he has a good heart,
and somebody's got to help him out.
Okay?
Sorry.
[sighs]
There.
Folks say life,
as we get on in years,
is a series of indignities.
I'm not sure I see it that way.
'Cause once you don't give a shit how you look
or what people think, then nothing seems like an indignity.
[chuckles] It's just my fat ass sitting in my chair,
and a couple of man-boobs blocking the view of my shoes.
[laughs] So what?
-I'm-I'm good. Thanks. -You sure?
On duty.
I still care too much what people think.
You don't seem to care what the county judge thinks.
I was under the impression
you're supposed to be catching bad guys,
not serving as their lawyer.
I did catch him, and I locked him up.
The question now is whether the D.A.
is going to embarrass herself
by charging a kid with a felony for a bar fight,
especially when the other kid came after him,
cut him first, with a bayonet.
I mean, where do you even get a bayonet?
They're not kids.
That's a good point.
Another man came after him with a bayonet.
You getting paid for this,
or is this just 'cause you're screwing his mama?
Glenn, he's young and he's in a fight.
You remember those days.
The blood starts pumping. There's no pulling back.
No, I don't remember those days.
I was a fat kid, bad fighter.
I'd talk my way out. [clears throat softly]
In February '91, I'm with the Second Brigade
just over the Iraq border.
Al Busayyah.
It's right after sunset, and I'm patrolling the perimeter,
and it gets dark real quick in the desert.
There's a man with a satchel.
I see him about 200 yards out.
No-man's-land.
He's making a wide arc around town.
I got maybe three minutes
till I won't be able to see him anymore.
I'm staring at that satchel, and my blood starts going,
and my ears start pounding, and I'm not even thinking.
My M16's coming up, and I'm sighting him.
I'm leading him a bit,
and I'm squeezing the trigger, and I'm firing.
And I keep on firing,
even once he goes down.
I'm talking 25, 30 rounds.
Next morning, a patrol goes out,
take a look, and there's hardly anything left.
Just blood and shredded clothing.
And no satchel.
Did someone come and take it? Maybe.
Was it there in the first place?
But you're under threat, and you start defending yourself,
and you just keep on going.
Past the time the threat's moved on.
Maybe that's just what men do.
I don't know.
But it's definitely what young men do.
I hear you're on a mess of drugs because what you did overseas,
or up in Pittsburgh PD,
gives you bad dreams or something.
That what you hear?
Listen, son, don't get defensive.
We're all on something.
Everybody in the holler's on one thing or another.
You just be careful how far you wade out into this mess.
At a certain point, you're in over your head.
[sighs]
[exhales]
[bailiff] All rise.
The Honorable Judge Paronne is now presiding.
You may be seated.
I understand the county district attorney
and the defense counsel have had discussions
leading up to this appearance?
-Yes, Your Honor. -We have, Your Honor.
The Commonwealth is charging Mr. Poe
with misdemeanor assault in the third degree.
The Commonwealth is satisfied
that this was a mutually agreed- upon combat and, therefore,
not eligible for felony charge.
[Paronne] Mr. Poe, you have an effective
and persuasive advocate.
William Poe, please stand.
Do you understand the charges brought against you?
[Billy] Yes, sir.
[Paronne] How do you plead?
Guilty, sir.
[pen writing rapidly on paper]
I'm sentencing you to six months' probation.
I hear you lost your job as a result of this incident.
Yes, sir.
Do you have a place to live during these six months?
Uh, with my mother, sir.
[Paronne] Son, look at me.
We got 12% unemployment in this part of the state.
Personal income is 25% less than the rest of Pennsylvania.
I understand you got offered
a college football scholarship out of high school.
Speak up, son.
Yes, sir, I did.
[Paronne] Well, I don't know why the hell you didn't take it.
I suggest you seize that opportunity,
for your good and everybody else's.
We're adjourned.
[Steve Earle's "The Galway Girl" playing]
[chuckles]
Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
Ay-I, ay-I, ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Of a fine, soft day-I-ay
And I ask you, friend
[Grace laughs]
What's a fella to do?
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
-[laughing] - And I knew right then
I'd be taking a whirl
Come on!
Around the Salthill prom with a Galway girl
Oh
Come on. Come here.
Wait.
Just turn down the music for a minute.
-Just need one minute. -Hey, hey, where you going?
Babe, come on.
-Just a second. - We were halfway there
When the rain came down
Of a day-I-ay-I-ay
And she asked me up to her flat downtown...
-Hi, Del. -You look pretty.
Oh. Thanks.
Uh, listen, I-I, uh... I know it's been a long day,
lot of emotions, but if you're up to it, uh,
they got some of the actual French stuff in today,
and I defrosted a couple venison steaks from the fall.
They've been in the freezer, but they'll still be good.
I thought I could cook you some dinner.
We could celebrate a bit.
God, Del.
That's really sweet of you.
Uh, but it's... it has been a long day.
And, to tell you the truth, I-I just, uh...
You know, when Billy was little and we were real tight for cash,
I think the only protein we ate for a year was venison.
So since then I just... [clears throat]
I don't know. It's-it's very sweet of you,
but I really am kind of wiped out.
Hey, Chief. How's it going, man?
All right.
Hey, listen, I wanted to thank you for all you done for Billy.
That's, like, real stand-up of you.
And I do not know what's going on with Grace here,
turning down good food when it's offered, but come on in, man.
Let's grill up them steaks and-and let's drink together.
Let's toast to a good day. What do you say?
That's okay. I didn't realize.
I don't want to intrude. Here you go.
-No, no, no, no, no. -Oh, wow.
-Give him back the wine. -So nice of you, man.
-Thank you. -You, uh, you two keep it.
You got a lot to celebrate.
Your son's going to avoid jail time.
Even though he beat a kid with a two-by-four.
Even though he clubbed him in the skull
when he was down on his knees.
That boy of yours got off with probation.
Lot to celebrate.
Give him back the fucking wine.
[engine starts]
Uh, he's... he's in the car.
slow, melancholy music
[engine shuts off]
Novick.
[sighs]
slow, haunting music
[car doors close]
[door opens]
-[sighs] -[indistinct voices approaching]
dramatic, pulsing music
Chief. You beat us down here.
Hey, Frank.
What do we got going on?
Uh, nothing good.
It's Pete Novick.
Hadn't seen him in a long while.
[Frank] What do you think he was doing down here?
Uh, no idea.
Meeting up with somebody?
Could be. Yeah.
I just don't know.
"The Eye" by Waxahatchee
I leave my home
Desolate
But not alone
I have a gift
I've been told
For seeing what's there
And I will chase
All the rain
Put it down
Call it paint
To possess
Something arcane
Oh, it's a heavy weight
Oh, and one of these days you'll call up
You'll give me something beautiful
To think and sing and follow