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(water gurgling)

(light clattering)

(paper rustling)

(knocking on door)

Come in.

(door opens, closes)

Hi. You're Walter?

-Yeah. Hi. Heidi?
-Yes.

-(exhales)
-All right.

That's nice.

That. Yeah.

-You like fish?
-Not especially.

It was here when I got here.
(laughs)

I've decided it's soothing.

I feel kind of soothed.

-Oh, good.
-(both chuckle)

Have a seat, please.
We can get started.

And if you don't mind, I'd like
to record just for my reference.

-Oh, no, it's fine.
-Okay, great.

And... oh.

This is new
and it's a bit bewildering.

I apologize.

-(beeps)
-Oh. There we are.

Um, it's April 10, 2018.

This is Heidi Bergman, I'm with
Homecoming client Walter Cruz.

Week one, session one.

(honking)

(indistinct chatter)

Mrs. Trotter.

Hello?

-Hmm.
-Yeah. Drink some coffee.

AJ, we talked about this.

I just need you to help me
with this one thing.

I work here.
We're not scamming the people...

It's not a scam.
What about this is a scam?

-Uh, everything.
-Heidi.

Heidi, random question.

Would you want to know
if you could

double or triple your net worth?

Does that sound like a scam?

-You can't triple nothing, AJ.
-(bell dings)

MAN:
Four, pick it up.

See? Get out of here.

Do you know what you'd like?

Um, no, I...

All right, well, take your time.
I'll come back.

No, I'm-I'm sorry,
I'm-I'm not here to eat.

Heidi? Is that your name?

Yes.

H-Heidi Bergman. Correct?

Yeah. Do I know you?

Um, I'm Thomas Carrasco
with the DoD IG.

-The what?
-The Department of Defense?

Office of the Inspector General?

Are you asking me?

(chuckles) No, sorry, it is--
it's-it's a...

And you're Heidi Bergman.
You were employed

at the Homecoming Transitional
Support Center?

Oh, um, yes.

I mean, years ago.

-How many?
-How many what?

How many years ago
did you work at Homecoming?

Uh, I-I don't know, maybe four?

What is this about?

We received a complaint
about that program,

and you're
the listed admin, so...

-I'm... I don't, um...
-The soldiers,

uh, that you treated
there, how...

how-how were they...

Um, why don't you go outside,
and I will get a break

and come talk to you?

Sure. Right-right now?

-Yeah. I'll just...
-I'll just meet you out there?

-Right outside the door. Yes.
-I'll meet you out there
right outside.

Right outside? Right outside.

Okay, Walter Cruz,
26 years old, three tours.

-You got here when, Friday?
-Yeah. Friday.

Wonderful. So I am supposed
to read you this welcome.

And I warn you,
it is very, very boring.

-(laughs softly) Okay.
-Okay.

"Welcome, Walter Cruz,

"to the Homecoming
Transitional Support Center.

"First, allow me to thank you,
on behalf of the president

"and a grateful nation
for your valuable service.

We thank you
for keeping us safe."

It's cheesy, I know.

No. No, it's fine.

"My name is Heidi Bergman,
and I am your case worker

"for this reintegration process.

"Our facility is a safe space
for you to process

"your military experience
and refamiliarize yourself

with civilian life
in a monitored environment."

Which just means

getting you situated
now that you're back.

Career-wise, health-wise.

Basically, I work for you.

Okay.
(chuckles)

All right, so the only--

I don't want to say
"mandatory"-- but...

-But mandatory?
-Yeah, I guess.

-(laughs softly)
-The only mandatory elements

are the group meals
in the cafeteria,

the workshops
which you'll hear about,

and, um, these meetings with me,

which hopefully
won't be too painful.

Well, that sounds great.

I-I want to be in compliance
with all this.

"Compliance." Wow.

(laughs softly) No, I,
I mean, I know why I'm here.

You know, other guys, they came
home and they got really amped

and just dove right into
everything and then...

and they had problems.

And I don't want to end up
like them, but... I'm eager.

Eager for what?

Just, like, a life?

Busy, clean life.

I don't want to pollute things
here with my problems,

my stress, or whatever,
so I just...

I want to put it all behind me.

I see.

Um, and you acknowledge
that your participation

in the Homecoming initiative
is voluntary and uncoerced?

I just need you
to verbally acknowledge that.

Oh. Yeah. Yes. I do.

(indistinct chatter)

HEIDI: This is Heidi Bergman
for Walter Cruz.

I see no obstacles

to approving Cruz
for subgroup placement

-and starting him on...
-(phone vibrating)

-Hi, Colin.
-COLIN (over phone):
Yeah, H-Heidi?

Connection's really shoddy.

-You-you there?
-I-I'm here. Can you hear me?

Yeah. Yeah. I-I barely got you.

Uh, hmm. Can I, can I help you
with something?

Uh... fuck.
What was I gonna ask?

Nope, it's totally gone now.

-I-- what was I gonna...?
-(quietly): Oh, shit.

Well, anyway,
I'm at the new laboratory.

Um, how does it look over there?

Everything's up and running.

You're gonna have
a totally consistent supply now.

-That's great.
-You can just focus

-on working with the guys.
-And it's the same medication?

-There's no change in...
-Yeah-- oh-oh, Heidi,

let's not throw that word
around the facility, okay?

Now that the guys have moved in,

we should be,
you know, discreet.

HEIDI:
Right. Okay.

-COLIN:
Hey, how's it all going there?
-Well...

COLIN:
Yeah, I know, an office building

isn't the ideal
clinical environment.

HEIDI:
Oh, no, it's-it's fine.

The staff
has really been helpful,

and we've got all the office
stuff out of the way.

COLIN: A-And the decor,
Heidi, the vibe?

I told them we want
hip but masculine.

-HEIDI: Right.
-How's that looking?

Uh, it looks good.

Yeah, the decorator
did a great job.

COLIN:
Okay, perfect.

You know, we're gonna be
in a more legitimate setting

as soon as we have some results.

HEIDI: Right. Well, actually,
the guys don't seem to mind,

-and, uh...
-Okay, but you understand

the urgency here, right?

We need the data.
That's the key.

-HEIDI: Of course.
-I've got that presentation

at the DoD in six weeks.

We need to have everything
squared away by then.

-Understood?
-Understood.

COLIN:
Okay, so how soon do you think

you might have that for me?

-HEIDI: Have what?
-The data, Heidi.

-Y-Y-You're pushing on that,
right?
-Oh.

Absolutely, yeah,
and I think we're seeing...

'Cause we need to be
surgically precise in this.

-Everything these guys
remember...
-Yes, of course.

We have to get really granular
with all that shit.

Okay. Absolutely.

I just... if you can
just give me one sec, um,

I just had a session, actually,
with a Walter Cruz.

He is a great candidate,
really, really eager to be here.

COLIN: No, Heidi, Heidi, Heidi,
I-I don't have a lot of time.

I got to be at the airport
in, like, 32 minutes.

I-I-I'll be quick.
I was just thinking,

in terms of being granular,
as you said, and deliberate,

that perhaps we could take
a more holistic approach

to the initial stages
of the treatment.

-COLIN: Holistic?
-Well, I feel like
we're just kind of

throwing them into the process

without developing
much of a relationship.

-COLIN: Yeah, okay, Heidi,
I'm gonna stop you there.
-Okay.

COLIN: Okay, what we're seeking
here, Heidi, is information,

not relationships, not rapport,

whatever these men
are holding onto,

that's exactly what
we need to know.

HEIDI: No, I get that.
I just, in terms of...

COLIN: Okay, well, based on what
you just said, you don't,

so I need you to 180
on this, okay?

Um... yeah, okay.

I just was thinking of in terms
of improving the data and...

Heidi, if I go into the DoD and
I say things like "holistic,"

you know what they're gonna...

No, I don't even know
what they would do.

We need real proof
of concept here,

just a house of data to drop
on the appropriations people

so they shut their mouths,
stop prevaricating,

and open up
the approval process.

-That's our goal. Understood?
-Understood. Yeah.

You're a rock star, Heidi.
I'm serious.

It's all great work.

I just need that aggressive,
constant focus from you

and we're gonna be fine. Okay?

Okay. You got it. Thanks, Colin.

Okay, I'm running
to the airport.

This flight's
like 22 hours long.

All right. Have a good trip.

COLIN:
Guys, what the hell is all this?

We, we can't have crap
all over the floor.

If that's everything, Colin,

I'm just, I'm running
a little late getting home.

COLIN: This stuff is going
to America, all right?

You know, USA?
Yeah, so it's got to be clean.

Colin, are you talking to me?

COLIN: This-- it's got to be
a sterile facility, okay?

Sterile, clean? How-- how
the hell do you say "sterile..."

Okay. I'm-I'm gonna let you go
and...

W-Wait, Heidi, wait!

-I remember what
I was gonna ask.
-Oh, great.

Did we run the background check
on the busboys?

Background check the what?

-(clatters loudly)
-On... damn it. The busboys.

Did we background check
the busboys?

Whoever we've got working
in the cafeteria.

-Uh, I-I didn't realize
that was part of my job.
-What?

Uh, well, of course
it's part of...

Okay. Listen, Heidi, we need
to be extremely thorough

with the food service.

Now, you are my point person
there, right?

-Yes, absolutely.
-Great.

So I need you to get
into that tonight.

Okay?

Busboys, caterers, whatever.

Background checks,
full workup, okay?

We got to be, we got to be
seamless about all this.

Understood?

Okay. I'm on it right away.

Okay, good. Got to go.

Hey, Heidi. You are killing it.
Fist bump.

(sighs)

(pelican honks)

(engine starts)

(laughter
and indistinct chatter)

(opera playing)

(door opens)

HEIDI:
Hi.

In here.

Something smells good.

-It's cacio e pepe.
-Oh, nice.

All right, I just have a little
work to finish upstairs.

I'll be back.

This is, um, good. Thank you.

-It's a little cold now, but...
-I'm sorry.

I was upstairs much longer
than I expected.

I just needed to check
some things for Colin.

-He's a micromanager, huh?
-No, he's not a...

Colin's a busy guy.

We have a lot of things
to get through.

Oh. Okay. Well, you're here now.

What did you get up to today?

Ah, well, I ended up taking
an amazing walk, actually.

Out to that little airfield.

The one past the highway?
That's like five miles away.

-Is it?
-Yeah.

-You walked there?
-Yeah. Guess I did.

Anyway, there was this jet
out on the runway,

and the pilot, and he's
leaning up against the plane,

and he's got his paper
and a coffee and I thought,

"Wow. I wonder
if I could do that."

What?

Live like that. Fly all over.
Come back here.

It's beautiful here.

(Heidi sighs deeply)

-So we started chatting...
-Who?

-Um, well, the...
-You and the pilot?

Yeah, and he said
there's a flight school.

-It's not too far from here.
-(clears throat) Anthony.

I really appreciate you

coming down here to help me
with the move, I do.

Wait, wait. Before we start
talking like this...

You've got your entire life
to get back to.

-Do I? Really?
-Yes, and your job.

At Keebler? I hate that job.

-Okay, um...
-Wait, Heidi.

-We've been together
almost a year now.
-A year?

Well, yeah, we started texting
in August, so that's like...

Right. Okay.

Yeah, like ten months? But I...

and I know you always said you
wanted to keep things simple.

-I did. I do.
-I get it.

But the truth is you inspire me.

After all those false starts,

you got out of that town
and found a calling.

You're helping those guys and
it's finally happening for you.

-I inspire you? Do...
-I'm sorry?

What do I inspire you to do?

Well, just...
just make a fresh start.

You know.

Leave the past behind like
you're doing, but together.

So, you've been
in a leadership position before?

-That's right. Yeah.
-Good. That's good.

And you don't mind
working nights?

-Nights? No, I could do that.
-Okay.

Now, you don't seem to have
much experience in this field.

Is that right?

That is true,
but I'm a really fast learner.

Okay. I like hearing that.

All right.
Well, that should do it.

Thank you so much for coming in.

-We'll, uh, let you know soon.
-Thank you.

That was great.
That was really, really great.

That was wonderful.

I really like the part where you
ask me about my experience

working at the store
because an interview,

it's a conversation,
essentially, right?

It's a two-way street.

So that was really, really nice.
Thanks a lot.

-Good job.
-Good job, dude.

-Appreciate it, bro.
-Yeah, you fucking nailed it.

In a couple years, think you'll
be assistant manager.

And a couple years after that...

Assistant regional manager.

CRAIG: Let's see here.
Okay, how about Rainey?

(men cheering)

-All right. You're week four,
is that right?
-Yeah.

Okay. So a month from now, you
could be doing this for real.

-Working at a shoe store?
-(laughter)

Whatever you choose to do,
this could be good practice.

Okay? All right, so let's start.

-Great. Welcome. Hi.
-Hi.

This is my shoe store. I own it.

Wow. All this?

-(laughter)
-Could I take
a look at your résumé?

Thanks.

Okay. I see here that you served
in the military.

Yeah, I do.

That's great. We love that.

So, what is something
you learned in the military

that you could apply to your
work here at the shoe store?

Not too much, honestly.

-(laughter)
-Okay, but just give it a try.

Okay?

It was a fucking desert. There
weren't too many shoe stores.

CRAIG: Okay, right,
but I remember last week

you were talking
about, um, communication

between team members and how
important that is for you guys.

-Right?
-I was?

Rainey, just humor me
a little. Okay? Please.

I don't know. Shoes. Uh...

you got to find the right size
or you could get infected.

-(laughter)
-Okay. No, no, that's good,

that's good,
there's something there.

Could you tell me
more about that?

I just, I had
this one pair of boots

that was too small for me,

and I was lazy or stubborn
or whatever...

Oh, lazy and stubborn?
You're the full package, huh?

-Huh? What the fuck
you just say?
-CRAIG: Don't worry about that.

Hey, shut that out.
Don't worry about it.

Let's just keep it right here,
let's stay

in the shoe store. Rainey.

Rainey. All right?

Now, what were you saying?
Talking about infection, right?

Yeah, just that I kept
wearing them, and over time,

I skinned the front
of my big toe off,

and then there was fungus
and it got infected,

and by the time I had someone
look at it, they were like,

"What the fuck is wrong with
you? You almost lost your toe."

-So, yeah, shoes.
-(laughter)

Okay, that was interesting.

Um, yeah, personal anecdote,

is always-- you know,
I feel like in a,

in an environment
like this, however...

I get what we're trying
to do here. It's unnecessary.

-What's not necessary?
-This is. I have a job.

You have a job?
Rainey, we're talking about

what's next for you.

-Your next chapter.
-My next chapter?

My whole fucking book is over
there. All right, Craig?

Look, this is just an exercise
to help you acclimate...

-I understand what it is,
and it's ridiculous.
-What's ridiculous?

-This, bro. You...
-WALTER: Chill, Rainey.

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

(overlapping shouting)

Okay. Relax.

Fuck.

CRAIG:
Let's take a breath.

WALTER: And then my buddy Shrier
pulled me off.

HEIDI:
Okay, then what happened?

WALTER: Then nothing.
Counselor sent us

back to our rooms and then
they told me to come here.

HEIDI:
How do you feel about that?

WALTER:
About what?

About what just happened.

I guess embarrassed.

Why?

Well, because I lost control
of myself.

-But he hit you.
-No, he didn't.

No, he did.
Says right here, uh,

"Cruz confronted Rainey,
who struck Cruz..."

Yeah, I know, but...

it just doesn't feel like me,
to react like that.

And that worries you.

Yeah, it does.

I mean, you know,
Rainey's obviously dealing

with his own shit,
and so it came out sideways.

Happens to us all sometimes,
me included.

How does it happen to you?

(sighs)
Different ways.

Give me an example?

Uh, it's mostly like, uh,
I'll get these flashes--

things I could do
to myself, it's...

it's just tension.

For sure.

(sighs)
Okay, here's an example.

I-I wouldn't
really do this, but...

there's this desk in my room.

It's wooden and it's got
these sharp corners

and when I first got here,

I don't know why,
I just imagined myself

sitting down in a chair
and leaning all the way back

and, like, slamming my forehead

into the corner of the table.

Just like jamming it
into right here.

But I mean,
that was an extreme, it...

it doesn't always
happen like that.

How often would you say?

(pelican honking)

I'm so sorry.

There's this bird.

He'll stop in a second.

-That's incredible.
-No, that's driving me crazy.

He's some kind
of protected species,

and we're not allowed
to touch him.

Well, I could take care
of him for you if you want.

-(chuckles) Would you?
-No problem.

Dead of night, full camo.

He'd wake up in the Everglades,
everybody wins.

I'd love that. Honestly,
I would be forever in your debt.

(honking stops)

See?

Gone.

Did it with my mind.

Um...

Thank you.
(chuckles)

What about sleeping? Are you
having any trouble with that?

Yeah, a little.

Nightmares, things like that.

That's very normal.

We could see if one of the guys

wants a roommate
for a few nights.

-What do you mean?
-Well, some of the guys,

when they first get here,
and they have a room

all to themselves, they're
separate from their unit,

it's just a little too quiet,
you know?

So we could ask around.

Okay. Maybe.

Maybe Shrier.

Yeah, I'd be okay with that.

That's allowed?

Of course.

We're here to help you
make this transition.

Whatever supports that,
that's what we're gonna do.

(birds squawking)

Got two minutes.

I appreciate your cooperation...

Back away from the door
a little bit.

-Sure.
-Thanks.

(Heidi sighs)

-So?
-Yeah, so...

You-you did work at Homecoming,
at the Tampa facility?

Yeah. Years ago. I-I said that.

What-what's this about?

Well, my department,
we field and review complaints,

and I'm currently following up
on certain allegations...

-About me?
-The...

No.

(chuckles):
Okay, so then...

But you were
an administrator there. Correct?

I was a counselor.

A counselor. All right.

Um, and why did you
leave that job?

I quit.

-Why?
-My mother got hurt

and I had to come home
and take care of her.

So you quit the job in Tampa
'cause your mom got hurt

and now you work here
at this restaurant?

Well, I, you know,
it's-it's what I could get.

But I had
to come back home and...

-'Cause your mom got hurt.
-Yes.

And is your current employer,
are they aware...

What does that have
to do with anything?

I'm just...
You didn't want to talk inside.

-DARA: Yo!
-Yes.

You okay?

-HEIDI: Yeah. Yeah.
-Really?

Yeah. I'll be back
in just a second.

-Okay.
-Thanks.

It's a little embarrassing,
okay?

I had this whole career,
and then I had to come back,

and now I do this. All right?

What were your duties there?

I was a counselor. I told you.

And what did that involve?

Um, I worked with soldiers,
their mental health.

Honestly, I don't remember
much about it. Okay?

I was... it wasn't
a good fit for me.

Are we done?

Ms. Bergman,
I'm simply trying to get

some basic information
about the program.

It's not my intention
to agitate.

I am not agitated.

C-Can you tell me
if your clients were there

on a voluntary basis, or...?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Do you have a badge?

Do you have some kind
of identification?

Uh, I have a business card.

As I explained,
we received a complaint.

This was four years ago,
during your time there.

Specifically, that one...

"One of the soldiers,
he wants to leave,

h-he wants to go home,
but they won't let him."

My question is,
were the men there voluntarily?

I answered your question.
I really need to go back inside.

Is there a reason
why you're refusing...

I'm not refusing.

I don't remember.

You don't remember anything
about your work?

I already told you.

What about the name Walter Cruz?

Do you remember him?

No.