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Great.

Mr. Allison?

Right.

It's been a long time.

Well, I see your mama now and again, you know, and I thought I should... Yeah,

sure.

She went through more than most.

Bob!

Oh, Ben.

The table looks terrific.

Did you get the sausage?

Not yet. I'll save some out. You take it on home.

He always liked the sausage.

He'd come all the way up for it.

Martha used to send him with his little red wagon.

And your brother isn't here?

No. No, no.

So you're coming back then.

Pardon? Somebody said, well, it's yours, isn't it?

Oh. It is.

It's in the will.

My Joey's office is handling it.

Yeah, well, I live in White River, you know. Twist his arm, Netta. We want him

back. I don't understand. His mama left him the house and all that land.

I'd move back in a minute.

Anyway, I have a business down in White River. You can sell houses here, too.

Twist, twist.

Well, he never even comes back for a visit.

We miss that face.

Mrs. Post.

It's a terrible time to do this.

Mr. Post wouldn't even come. He sends me to do the dirty work.

Oh, what? Has DJ been... He's been with us for three weeks, Bob.

Oh, really? Well, I didn't know.

You know, the hospital and... We love your brother. We always have, but three

weeks.

We're just too old. You need strength.

Yeah.

Mr. Post says he has to go.

He sends me to tell you it's an awful thing. Oh, no, no, no. It's my fault,

really. I'll come get DJ right away. I'll bring him down. Well, no, you don't

have to. Wednesday.

Fine.

That's fine.

I'm sorry I missed the funeral.

I went to see your mother in the hospital.

I don't think she knew me.

Oh.

It's me.

Yeah, you look great.

I haven't seen you in... Five years, Thanksgiving.

With your boy.

Doug, he's in college.

Wow.

Wow.

Can I get you a drink? Or some of Beth's dagger sausage, huh?

I know, I know. Mama's wine. You remember Mama's wine?

See if you can find a couple of glasses.

Just as close to grape jelly as she can make it.

So, did you get married?

Not a chance.

Who's the latest?

Can't you vote yet?

How about your ex? You've seen him around lately?

Not a chance.

Why'd you marry him in the first place? Because you went away.

He was a jerk.

You still living in rented houses? Not rented. I buy them.

And I live in them till they sell.

Because houses sell faster when they're lived in.

It's like camping out. It's a lot of fun.

You could have a real place to live if you moved back here.

I can't come back here. You know that.

Oh, it wasn't so bad.

Hell, it wasn't.

How is he?

I mean, is he?

Crazy?

Sure. He'll always be crazy.

He's schizophrenic. There's something wrong with his brain.

It doesn't go away.

I don't remember how cute he was.

All the girls in school used to think he was so cute.

And that motorcycle.

You remember that motorcycle?

A handshift Indian, yeah.

I bought that thing for 25 bucks.

He was the only one that could make it run. He had... magic hands.

We used to... I know, I know. Come, come here.

Oh, T.J.

Trying to look like Marlon Brando.

Trying to look like you.

Is he going to stay with Mrs. Post?

No.

The whole?

Yeah, mine.

You're going to take him? I've got to take him. I promised Mama.

I had to promise her every time I saw her.

She had trapped me in a corner and say, promise you'll take him, promise.

I mean, you remember what he was like.

I ran away to escape him.

He was... Well, he... One day, he was DJ.

And the next, this crazy person came out of his room. Not my brother. I mean, not

my little brother, you know?

I taught him everything. I took care of him.

And I was supposed to pretend there was nothing wrong. I mean, everybody knew

everybody. Didn't you know?

Damn, he'd run around naked.

I joined the Navy to escape him.

I was a free man. I mean, I had a tattoo.

When Dad dies and the next thing I know, Mama's got me up against the wall and

she's saying, Bobby, when I pass over, promise you'll take DJ. Promise.

Well, what could I say? Sure, okay, Mama, yeah. I mean, I was 21 years

old. What the hell did I know?

The thing of it is, I never really thought I'd get him.

a hospital or he he'd kill himself you know i mean i had a million reasons why

i wouldn't get him and then bang i got him just like that i've got a crazy man

that i haven't seen more than 10 times in over 30 years coming to live in my

house just like that

responsibilities. They're not like that.

I don't even have goldfish, you know.

What the hell am I supposed to do now?

I made... I made this promise when I was 21.

Now it's... Now I... Anyway.

I'll come visit you.

Make supper.

Great.

Just an hour down I-5.

Straight shot.

Well, that was a pretty good day.

I think we saw a fair sampling of what's out there.

They were kind of high.

Well, you can always make an offer. Don't be shy.

Are you shy?

Well, I'm not shy.

Look, you name the price, I'll bring it to them. All they can do is say no and

punch me.

Here, take a card.

And one for the dog.

And you have a nice day, all right? Mm-hmm.

Thanks.

They like the Oakview place? Oh, yeah.

Especially the Aqua Shag.

Another high point of the day.

Hi, Joan. Hi. How you doing? Need me to explain anything?

I'm gone.

Next.

All right, all right. Hold it, hold it. I'm late. Now, just hold it, hold it.

Wow. Split bamboo, Bob.

Oh, where did you... Guy in upstate New York makes them. I've been waiting a

year for this.

What'd the lawyer buy?

Uh, tell me it ain't what they get for it. Look at that. Look at that. A lot,

Bob. How much? You don't want to know.

Yeah, I want to know.

Close to $1,500.

You are kidding.

It's for the fishing trip. We'll all get to use it. We'll trade off.

Oh, no, no.

We're going to try it out. No, no, come on, Bob. No, I'm serious.

Oh, yeah.

Old man Gordon's chatting. No, come on.

It's split bamboo, Bob. How about the license plate? No, no. Come on. Come on,

Bob. I'm telling you I'm serious now. Come on. That's $35, Bob. I'll bet.

No, no. Come on, please, Bob. No. Bet.

Ten bucks.

You're on.

He nailed it! Still a champ!

Still a champ!

Roast. I'm sorry I'm late.

DJ, Bob's here.

Hi, DJ.

Hi,

Bobby.

I brought your chair over from Mama's, I thought.

Yeah, well, thanks.

Still smoking?

I can't help it.

How are you?

He's a little nervous, aren't you, Hung?

Everything's new.

You want me to take you up to your room? It's just up to the top of the stairs.

and all you know.

He can't go by himself.

Yeah, well, um... Well, I can take you up, D.J. Come on. You want me to take

you up?

Well, then, I'll just leave you boys.

Wait.

Um... Listen, would you like to stay for supper?

Oh, Bob, I can't.

Now, here's the doctor's number, just in case.

And here are his pills.

Make sure he takes them.

You take him, okay, hon?

Oh, hon.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Now, now you try and be good.

Will you do that?

Will you try and be a good boy?

But my purse, I...

See? Mama's chili.

Uh, what would you like to drink?

Oh, we have beer, milk, uh, water.

Well, bright water.

I'm gonna need a lot of water with this chili.

I made it red hot, just like Mama used to.

the recipe you remember she never would give a recipe away it was kind of a

thing with her

hands

clean you know i uh i quit smoking though

i guess six months ago it's kind of hard for a while but

You have your pills?

Yeah. Do you take them now?

Okay. No, I mean...

What

I mean is, is this when you usually take them?

I... I guess so.

T.J., you've been taking pills for 30 years. You have to know. Well, I...

Oh, anyway, take them now, okay?

Okay.

This'll be your time.

Okay.

Mmm, wow.

Good stuff.

Said grace in a long time.

What was that, Latin? I couldn't... No, Sanskrit.

It was a Hindu prayer. I'm Hindu.

Oh. It was a prayer for Mama.

Soon she'll be in another body, and I'm afraid because she never believed.

I explained it to her over and over, but she just canned everything from the

garden, you know.

Even quinces. Now, I counted 74 jars of quince preserves.

Nobody ever touched them.

But we had a tree, so she had to can them.

She had to sit there in the kitchen and can every one, and she had no time for

her soul, and I think she could be punished for that.

She could come back as an insect.

That's what Hindus believe, an insect or a snake.

And then it would be thousands of years before she reached nirvana.

So I pray as much as I can, but I only know a few words.

Sanskrit.

That's not like the Lutherans. I can't talk to God.

I want to explain things to him. I want to tell him about all the years that

Mama spent with me.

They were a sacrifice, and I think she should be rewarded for them. Maybe as a

mother again, but this time with... a normal child.

That would be a reward.

You know, because, I mean, she isn't spiritual. She couldn't be a guru.

or anything, just a mother.

She did a good job, didn't she?

Yeah.

And she didn't get any happiness out of it, so I pray now that she will. That's

what I pray for, but I don't have any way of knowing.

I want a sign.

I want to know that she's happy because, well, because I miss her.

Well, I'm sorry.

That's all.

What's the matter?

Joan, is that it? Her mother wants her in by 11?

She's sick of listening to your Patty Page albums, right?

No, it's... I have my... You know, it's all this.

Yeah, okay.

Well, first of all, there are the taxes you still haven't paid.

And then there... Bob, don't use your credit card for a while, all right? Oh,

man. Then there's your house.

You're going to have to sell it, Bob. I'm sorry. There's just no way you can

make that mortgage.

I'm trying.

The market's gone, Stu.

Hey, Bert.

Tell me about Mama's place.

Well, I talked to a few developers, some of them pretty big, and they sound

interested.

I knew it.

80 acres, right? Do you know how many houses you can put on 80 acres? Do you

know how much money that is? I could be a millionaire.

And a full partnership, right, 50-50? They want to meet.

But listen, you have got to do your homework. They want facts.

Facts. I'll have facts coming up my wazoo. Listen to me.

Oh, not another lecture from Stewart.

I am only saying it hasn't happened yet. There's a long way to go here. I know.

I don't want you to count on it.

But I am counting on it.

It's land.

I know land.

It's in the right place. It's got the right slope. It's gonna happen.

That's why Mama gave it to me.

So I'd have a chance.

Everybody gets a chance. This one's mine.

It's gonna happen.

That's all.

Bet me.

That's the first one today I don't have.

So, could I get a check on my account for $19.95 and make it up to Spray Gun?

DJ, you don't own a car.

Well, I should get it, though.

Why?

I get them all.

Oh. Bob Bueller.

Oh, hi, Joan.

It was your Saturday.

No, I didn't forget.

How could I forget you?

Well, yeah, the one time.

No, well, you name the place.

Disco?

Oh.

Oh.

No, no, a disco's fine anywhere.

No, anywhere at all.

Now, Joan, could we talk about this later?

Yeah, okay, Joan. Well, look, I got... I got to go now.

I'm gone.

I'm going.

D.J., what did you do out back?

What?

The backyard.

It's, uh... It's what?

Speak to me.

Tell me why you would dig up the backyard.

Didn't I tell you this house is for sale? Didn't I tell you that? Yeah.

You were sitting right there and I said, be careful, this house has to be perfect

because it's for sale. Didn't I tell you that?

Yes.

Well, then why did you do it?

I... I... I... What?

I what?

He's making a garden.

What?

A garden.

Like Mama's. For the vegetables. I thought you should have the vegetables.

You didn't tell me.

I forgot. Sometimes I... My TV shows came on and I... I'm sorry.

No, it's... I... I just didn't know, yeah.

It's okay.

Did you eat yet? Well, no.

I promised to cook supper for you. Here it is. Well, come on in.

Hey, DJ.

DJ.

You know who this is?

This is Annie Gilbert.

You remember her?

Hello, DJ.

Hello, Annie.

Mmm, chicken.

I just have to heat it up a little.

Sure.

I always thought DJ stood for Dwayne Jerome

or something.

All right.

What is your name?

Paul.

How do you get D.J. out of Paul?

You don't.

It has nothing to do with his name.

It's from Dishonest John.

Dishonest John?

Yep. You see, when D.J. was a kid, he collected comic books.

He had a mountain of comic books.

And his favorite was Beanie and Cecil. You remember Beanie and Cecil?

Cecil the Sea Serpent?

Anyway.

The bad guy's name was Dishonest John.

DJ. And he had this special kind of laugh, you know. And, uh, well, Paulie,

right? He could imitate it. And he did it all the time. He did it so much that

Dad finally started calling him DJ.

And it fit him.

He was DJ. He wasn't Paul. He was DJ.

Do the laugh.

Oh, do it. Come on.

You gotta do it.

DJ, oh, come on. Here, have some more wine.

Come on, DJ.

Please.

What?

That's it.

That's it. That's perfect.

If you like, I'll come back for DJ's birthday. I'll bake a cake.

You really want to do that? Sure.

I haven't baked a birthday cake since Doug went off to college.

We'll throw him a party.

It'll be nice.

And, you know, you should make him get out more.

He looks a little... Oh, I can't make him.

He's afraid.

Well, say it's my idea. He likes me.

Don't you think he likes me? Oh, yeah, I think he likes you. I think he likes you

a lot. I think he loves you.

Well, at least it's in the family.

You're flushing, Bobby.

The last time we were like this, you had a white uniform on and no hair.

Boot camp.

A few years ago.

Was that the last time?

Yes.

It's okay.

There's no obligation.

Ginger, shut up.

Come on, D.J.

Come on, it's a beautiful day.

The rain's stopped, flowers are out, enjoy it.

Well, I don't know, Bobby. Come on, come on.

Come on.

Now, this is a courthouse lawn, all right? It's a good place to sit and kind

of watch things, you know? Nobody will bother you, except maybe Milton.

He'll try to panhandle you, but he's harmless.

This is where I work.

Is that your girlfriend?

Well, she's... Because I thought you loved Annie.

No, I don't love Annie. I don't love her.

I don't get involved, you know. I've got another problem.

Well, I think you and Annie make a good couple.

You do, do you?

Yes, I do.

Watch it.

You want some coffee?

Yes.

Come on. We got a cup of coffee.

Hi,

Bob.

Two cups, okay? Sure.

And two pies, huh?

What's pie?

Lemon meringue.

You like lemon meringue?

He was talking about your fishing trip. All he ever talks about is your fishing

trip. He said this year you'd take me.

Oh, he did? Uh-huh.

Fabulous, as usual.

Just sing out if you need a refill.

All right.

Try it.

What's the matter?

I need to wash my hands.

Oh, okay. There's a John right back there. See?

I can't take you, G.J. What would it look like?

It's just a regular bathroom. I can't.

All right, here.

Wipe your hands off. I need soap.

All right, all right. What are you yelling for? I'm not yelling. Am I

yelling? I'm not yelling.

Who's that guy?

Just try to act normal. We're in public.

I told you.

Don't you remember?

I told you. I said if I... Just eat. Eat the pie. She makes great pie.

My hands. All right, then don't eat it. Just shut up, damn it.

Thanks.

Oh, no.

No. Oh, DJ, no.

DJ. I want to get out, Bobby. I want to get out. I want to get out.

I want to get out. No, no, no. DJ, no. We're going. All right, I made a

mistake. I made a mistake.

Now, listen.

Just get up and walk out.

DJ, I have to pay.

I'm right behind you.

But if I go out... No!

Listen to me. Do it.

You do it.

Or you're going to walk home by yourself.

Now, come on.

Okay, okay, okay.

All right, we're going home now, okay?

Come on.

I wanted to go dancing.

We will. I just need a couple of drinks first. Okay.

Hey, Bob!

Hey, Bobby, Bobby, Bobby. Come on over. Sit down.

Shall we?

Hi, how are you?

Good evening, ladies.

How are you? Nice to see you.

Hey,

who was that guy you were with today?

Lonnie at the garden said he was crying.

She said he acted very weird.

She said he talked real loud, and then he put on some music, and he started to

cry.

Did he really?

Bad choice of music.

She said it was all very weird, and I'm dying to know who the guy was.

Of course, I'm the last one to cry, but... Hello?

He's my brother. What's wrong with him? He's crazy.

Really? You want to know how crazy he is? No.

He has to wash his hands four times before he can eat.

He prays to the god Vishnu.

He thinks my mother is going to be reincarnated as a bug.

He set away for two kitchen shop amatics. You never know when you'll need

an extra.

But he isn't with me tonight.

He's home putting cigarettes out on my rented furniture.

So I don't have to worry about him.

I don't have to think about him.

I don't have to talk about him, do I?

DJ! DJ, stop!

DJ!

You were watching us. Bobby, I'm sorry.

Now you see what you did? Yes. I'm going to beat the hell out of you. I am. I am

going to kick your butt out of here, send you back to the loony bin again. It

sounds, Bobby. I didn't know she was here. You were watching me with a woman.

And you were right out in the open, like an animal.

Because it doesn't make any difference if a crazy man hears you. I'm not human.

I'm just a thing.

I don't count.

Nothing counts except the way you feel. You are the same selfish bastard you

were 30 years ago. And it was too damn bad if Mama needed you because it didn't

feel good to have a crazy brother. And you haven't changed one bit in your

whole stinking life. You never did anything unless it felt good.

Like an animal.

Just like an animal.

Well, I'll tell you something, Bobby.

It doesn't work anymore.

It isn't cute.

You're old.

You're getting fat.

That girl could be your daughter. It's disgusting.

And the western border.

Does that include the tree line?

Absolutely. My tree house is still in the biggest oak.

Have you run a survey?

If you're ready to make a deal, I can get one today.

What else?

Swamp. Right.

Can the swamp be drained?

You'll lose a lot of fraud.

I mean, is it Wetlands Act?

Oh, we've always gotten variances in the past.

Okay.

Now, about the traffic question.

It's a county road.

I went to high school with the county agent, Ralph Order.

He was second-string fullback, collected splinters for four years. He finally

played in the last game. We were ahead 48 to 14.

I opened a hole wide enough to drive a tank through.

His only run in high school, 25 yards into the end zone. He owes me.

Well, it doesn't hurt to know people.

Now, the mayor and the city council, are they pro-development?

Uh, is he a pro?

Bob?

Annie!

I forgot it's the birthday party.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. How long have you been... What's wrong? What's he doing up there?

Oh, we...

I had kind of a fight, you know. He's been up there... DJ?

DJ?

Annie's here.

Would you like to come down?

DJ?

I came for your birthday, DJ, remember?

I made you a cake.

would you come down and see me

happy

birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear

dj

Happy birthday to you.

Make a wish and blow out the candle.

Make a wish.

I only put 25 on.

I couldn't fit anymore.

It would stick out the sides. I thought that was enough.

Looks beautiful.

Chocolate, chocolate.

Why don't you go wash up?

The cake looks great.

Annie made it, DJ.

She brought it all the way here by herself.

I had nothing to do with it. She made it just for you.

So if you're trying to punish me... Oh, it doesn't matter.

I'll save a piece for him. Would you like me to save a piece for you, D.J.?

I

saw you today with Milton.

He had your jacket on.

He gave his jacket to the wino in the park.

He needed it.

He's gonna hock it. He was cold.

He's gonna hock it for a can of sterno. It's my jacket.

It was your jacket.

Bob, why don't you taste the cake? It's really good.

I got the recipe from a girl at work.

Just check, I think.

Anyway, everything she brings in is really special. These little pastry

things. I can't remember what they're called. Bobby's mad at me because I

caught him in bed with a whore.

I'm gonna kill it!

I can't stay.

Goodbye.

DJ?

DJ!

Don't do this.

Are you up there? Hey!

Don't do this.

DJ?

DJ!

Oh, you scared the hell out of me.

dj dj oh no

don't be dead don't be dead

what's the matter are you paralyzed

oh dj teach can you hear me can you hear me

dj are you awake can you hear me T.J., wake up! Wake up!

I'm sorry, I did not... I'm gonna go get the doctor.

I'm gonna get the doctor. You're gonna be okay.

It's gonna be okay.

Mr.

Bueller, hi. I'm Dr.

Preston. Look, your brother's okay.

He had a break.

No heart attacks or strokes or whatever.

I know that's what it looked like, but what he had was a catatonic episode.

It's not the end of the world. He's already improving.

He stopped taking his medication, that's all.

What, his pills? No. He told you he was taking them. Does you really believe

him? Well, it doesn't matter. No, I counted them. He hasn't taken a pill in

two weeks.

But it's all tied in.

His mother dies. He moves to a new house. A brother with, I imagine, some

history there.

And he can't take it, so he goes into himself.

That's what catatonia is.

Am I talking to a psych grad here?

Pardon? Well, that's what it is. It's a way of protecting yourself.

It's temporary and then it's over.

For now.

There are things going on in his brain that we can't even guess at.

Voices, hallucinations.

There's a dysfunction in schizophrenia like blindness.

You can't expect a blind person to see.

We can't expect your brother to be normal.

Whatever that may be.

I think that's important.

Expect nothing.

It'll make your life a lot easier, okay?

Anyway, we'll keep him here for a couple of weeks, make sure he's back on his

feet. A couple of weeks?

I thought maybe a couple of months.

No, that's not the way we do it anymore.

We get them back on their meds and out as fast as we can.

The drugs work, and the law says so.

Anyway, your brother's a perfect candidate for release. He's bright, and

he's got a home to go to.

Does he have a home to go to?

I don't know.

He's driving me crazy. I can't sleep. I can't work.

I can't... He walked in on me with a woman.

I don't know if I can... I was thinking, oh, like a

home or something of that nature.

Way out?

Yeah.

I know.

Will, there are three ways to go.

You can apply to a state program.

There's some good ones, some terrible ones.

The waiting list is two years.

Or private care.

There are very few, some fantastic.

The Beckman Clinic is an hour and a half from here.

Looks like a country estate, 50 Gs a year.

And then there's boarding care, which is a room and three meals a day, period.

Not expensive.

The patients call them warehouses.

It works for some, but your brother, I don't know.

He's been taken care of like a little boy for 30 years.

I just don't know.

a dress on one of those.

All right.

Sunday, garden day.

You could just watch me.

Oh, no, no, no. Here.

Sorry. Thanks.

Look, I just... I just wanted to tell you about what DJ said.

Oh, you don't have to.

No, no, I won't do it.

Well, he didn't catch us in bed anyway. We were on the living room sofa, and she

wasn't... Well, that's just crazy, of course. She was just a girl from the

office. Oh, that's a relief.

Well... No.

Well, I just don't want you to think that... Well, I do things like that,

like he said. I'm not that kind of person.

Just wanted you to know.

Why?

Because.

Oh.

No, because, well, it's important to me what

you think.

Gee, can you make this any harder?

Okay.

I just came by to...

Tell you that.

And... And D.J.? Well, I went... I wanted to

see a home.

A place for crazy people.

For D.J.? No, for me.

I didn't sign him up.

I just went there.

Was it nice?

I don't know. It was...

I just can't picture him there, you know?

He wouldn't make friends.

I know DJ. He'd sit in his room all day with a cup of coffee, and nobody would

even talk to him.

Nobody would even see him, and I just can't stand that. I can't stand thinking

about that. But I can't stand him either. He's making me into a crazy

person.

think I can take him back.

I don't want him back, that's the truth.

But he's my brother.

I can't even go see him in the hospital.

Can you believe that? I haven't even been to see him yet.

What am I supposed to tell him?

I never had to make a decision like this before.

I wish I could help you.

I want to help you so much.

DJ? Hi Bobby.

How do you feel?

I'm getting better.

Good.

The doctor said you were.

I could hear you trying to help me.

I wanted to say I'm sorry, but I couldn't. It's my fault, too.

Yes.

It is.

Because you don't know what it's like.

No.

I guess I don't.

Do you want to know what it's like, Bobby?

Sure.

It's like...

All the electric wires in the house are plugged into my brain and everyone has a

different noise so I can't think.

Some of the wires have voices in them and they tell me things like what to do

and that people are watching me.

I know there really aren't any voices but I feel that there are and that I

should listen to them or that something will happen.

That's why I send for all the ads on the TV because I feel the voice and the ad

is talking to me I hear him talking to me he tells me to buy the things and

that Well, I'm afraid if I don't I See

things in the crowds I I see people looking at me and And talking

I hear them talking about me sometimes I Share them planning to kill me.

I don't

I want to be like everybody else.

I want to be like you, Bobby.

I can remember what I was like before.

I was a class officer. I had friends.

I was going to be an aeronautical engineer.

Do you remember, Bobby?

Do you remember me?

Of course I do.

I've never had a job.

I've never owned a car.

I've never lived alone.

I've never made love to a woman.

And I never will.

That's what it's like.

You should know.

That's why I'm Hindu.

Because maybe it's true.

Maybe people are born again.

And if there is a God, maybe... He'll give me another chance. I believe that.

Because this can't be all I got.

I'll pick this up.

You wanna watch TV?

I just put one house per acre.

I see it as kind of a flagship place, you know?

Big houses.

Expensive. Real expensive.

And what's this?

The racket club.

I love it.

What I really love is I own 50% of it.

50%. You know how much that is?

Yeah, you could take me out to dinner.

Oh, I will.

I will, I promise.

Why didn't you put up with this?

He likes my cooking.

He doesn't eat it.

Has he been taking his pills? Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. He's no trouble at all.

He's kind of like a stuffed person, you know. I'm going to forget he's here.

What does the doctor say?

Expect nothing.

How can I expect nothing?

I expect him to move at least. I can't help it.

I swear he has been sitting there for two weeks.

I should kick his butt out of there is what I should do.

Something. I've got to do something.

I just don't know.

What the hell with this?

DJ, listen to me.

I'm afraid it's starting again.

All the same stuff.

You won't eat. You just stare at that.

You aren't getting better, are you?

Do you feel better?

I don't know.

I think you need a change.

Now, wait.

What would you say to a week or just a couple of days at the lake?

Oh.

I don't know, Bobby.

Oh, that's a great idea.

Oh, I think it's a great idea.

The most beautiful place. Oh, it's so peaceful in this traffic.

No bad news, huh?

No houses that won't sell and no TV to stare at. I think he's wonderful.

I don't know.

All you do is just sit in a boat and pull in the fish.

Oh, he'd love it, D.J.

Would you... Would you come?

Oh. No.

No. Yeah, I thought just us guys.

Just you and me.

I'm not sure I'm up to it.

Well, what's there to be up to?

I mean, you just sit in a boat and it rocks you like a cradle.

You don't have to shave. You don't even have to change your underwear. It's

heaven.

And you're a good fisherman, too.

I am?

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

You were better than Dad.

You were better than me.

I'm damn good.

Oh, man.

I gotta tell you.

I thought I was gonna miss fishing this year. I went over and I said goodbye to

the guys, and I can't tell you how bad I felt, but, well, it's silly. It's just a

little thing, but... No, it's not a little thing. It's important. It's

tradition.

I think you should go.

I don't know.

The bedroom is in there.

The one we usually get is bigger.

Where's the... Where's the bathroom?

There it is. See?

You want to use it? No.

Well, DJ, if you have to go, it's okay. No.

Want to go for a walk? See the lake?

I don't think so, Bobby. I'm kind of tired.

Yeah. Long trip?

Are you going to go inside and sit down? Yeah, okay.

Sure.

You can sit there tonight, DJ, but tomorrow morning we're up and out at

dawn.

That's when the fish bite, and that's why we're here, right?

Come on get it

Ready

They're rising.

Beautiful. Oh yeah.

It's okay.

Not our boat.

Hey.

Look.

The castle.

Oh, yeah. Gee, look at it.

But I thought it was a dream. I didn't remember it was here.

Oh, yeah.

It's a dream.

No, we used to come here every day. With kids?

Yeah, you remember the old guy that owned it?

Chromedome?

Chromedome? I don't know. Yeah, he used to chase us. We'd throw crab apples at

him. Remember?

Chromedome. You want to go in?

What? Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, come on.

It's locked, Bobby.

It's always been locked.

Come on.

Wait, wait.

We... We used to... Hey.

Hey.

We used to jump off here.

Right.

Yeah, it's still a long way.

You were scared.

You were chicken.

You were chicken. I remember, Bobby.

We came up here.

We were going to jump off.

And we had decided, and we brought... We went to...

Olsen's store and bought... You bought sour balls, but I wanted a chocolate

bar. I remember, and you said, no, it's too hot, it'll melt, but I got it

anyway, and we walked all the way here, and my candy bar melted. My face is all

smeared with chocolate, and... I stood... Be careful.

I stood... Be careful. Right here.

On this spot.

All that time ago.

A lifetime.

And I put my foot right up here like this.

Hey, don't, don't. But you wouldn't.

You stayed back.

I can see you, Bobby. I remember.

Try not to look scared. Your mouth full of sour balls.

Gosh, it's like a photograph.

And I said, I said, come on.

Come on, just stand next to me. Come on.

What are you, a chicken?

Remember?

And I said, come on.

You had to, right? You were the big kid. You had to stand right next to me, just

like this.

That's right.

Come on, come on.

And then I said, let's count to three, and we'll jump.

One. But I could feel you leaning back. I held on.

I said, two.

Two and a half. CJ.

Then we flew.

It was like flying, remember?

A long, long time.

And then we hit.

Don't you remember?

Boy, I remember.

I remember it like a photograph.

It's dawn.

Look, pointing out.

That's when they bite, isn't it? Yeah.

Well, come on then.

I feel good, Bobby.

Good.

No, I don't mean better than I used to do. I mean good, like everybody else.

Like a normal person.

I feel like a normal person.

Because of you.

Yeah. You did it. You made me come here. I wanted to sit in that corner for the

rest of my life.

You made me come here.

I want to thank you for it, Bobby.

No, really, from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you.

I didn't sleep last night.

No, no, no, no, no. It's okay.

I had a, I don't know what you call it, a revelation.

I could stay.

No, no, wait, please.

Please, look at me.

Have you ever seen me like this?

I'm not staring at the TV.

I'm not praying in Sanskrit.

It's this place, Bobby.

It's magic.

It makes me feel like a new person.

I could make it here, really. I could fix up the car and get some work.

Work? DJ, when was the last time you worked?

Do you remember your bike?

You're Indian.

I fixed that up myself.

And it ran like a dream. You remember how it ran?

Huh?

Well, I fixed out for it.

It'd come back to me. Just, you know, part-time.

You think that you'd be alone?

Nobody to bother me. No pressure.

That's what I'm supposed to have, isn't it?

And you could come up whenever you like. You'd have a place to stay free.

And Annie, Annie would love it here.

I'd cook her fresh fish.

You know, have Mrs. Post up, pay her back. Maybe I get to know somebody with

a big boat, take you all out water skiing.

Okay, I'm getting carried away, but it's just the ideas are flooding in, you

know?

You know what it really is, Bobby?

It's the memories.

They're from before.

They're so sweet.

It's like I got up here and all that sickness.

It never happened here.

I can start over, you know? I can have a future like everybody else.

I can be normal here.

That's it.

I can be normal here.

Don't worry about it.

Magic.

You ready to bed? Not yet. It's late.

I'm not tired.

I'm sorry. The ideas won't stop. I mean, look how many I have.

Can you imagine me with ideas, stupid, boring DJ?

You want to hear one?

How's this?

I don't just repair the old motors. I buy some used ones for next to nothing,

like the motorcycle, like the Indian, and then when they're fixed up, rent

them out. A rental business.

And how about cable TV?

That's a good one. I'm not saying these are all good, but that is a good one.

DJ. This is a magic cabin, Bobby. I told you. It's the Enchanted Cottage. DJ, did

you... You remember that movie? Robert Young. See, I remember everything. DJ,

hey!

Listen to me.

Did you take your pills?

Yes, I did.

Yes.

Really, check the bottle. No, I don't have to. No, I want you to. It'll make

you feel better.

It's okay, Bobby.

I got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow, got the string around my

finger.

I'm okay.

Hey, what is that? Ha-ha!

I'm just happy, that's all. That's the problem. You never see me happy. I know.

I haven't seen myself happy. Not in years and years and years, but I'm okay.

I know it's Tuesday. I know my middle name is Arthur, after Arthur Godfrey.

I'm okay.

Just happy.

That's all there is to it. Scout's honor.

Okay?

All right.

I'll be out late.

Okay. Good night.

DJ!

I told you I was getting better. Oh, no, D.J.

Look. Look at what I've done. You see?

It's all fixed up, Bobby.

I've been working so hard. Look at it.

Look. Huh?

Look. Okay, okay.

I got it figured out.

I've been away, but I'm back now.

I'm king again.

I'm king of my castle.

Ah! Oh, God! Snakes!

Snakes!

Come down now, please. I need the queen for my castle!

Okay, okay, we'll get someone if you just come down.

Annie? Annie, sure, we'll get Annie. I want her, Bobby!

And the one you brought home, I want her.

And that waitress, too!

Uh, DJ?

Because I'm the king!

They are my...

DJ, wait!

DJ!

DJ, wait!

Where are the crab apples?

Don't come up! Don't!

Don't come up!

Don't!

I'm stopped, I'm stopped.

Hey, I'm stopped!

I'm gonna jump anyway.

No, you're not. Damn it. I'm going to jump. Damn it, you stay right where you

are. I'm going to jump. Stay.

Jump. Stay.

This is my castle. Look. Look what a great job I did. DJ, let's jump. No.

I've crumbed him. He's got us. Where are the apples?

Where are the apples?

Jump.

Jump.

DJ. Jump.

DJ.

It's okay now. I can fly.

I can fly.

This castle is so beautiful!

It's me, Bob Buehler, remember?

Are you going to kill me? No. Are you going to kill me? I can't get out of the

car, Mr. Olsen. I can't leave my brother.

Mr.

Olsen!

Would you make a phone call for me?

I'll pay you back. I want you to call his doctor.

The number is 310-555-8664.

Are you going to kill me? Are you going to kill me, Bobby? Are you going to kill

me? Mr. Olsen, tell him it's for Paul Buehler.

and tell him to send an ambulance right away.

Quick as he can.

Okay, okay, DJ, okay.

Look, Mr.

Olsen, I wouldn't bother you, but I can't get out of the car. Can you see

that? Please, Mr. Olsen.

You're not going to fly.

Bobby,

that's him. Bobby.

DJ, no. Where's that? No, no.

Where's DJ?

He's in the nuthouse again.

What? Well, I was up there with him for, I don't know how long. They made me

leave. Come inside.

I saw him take him in a straitjacket. He kept yelling for me. They wouldn't let

me near him. He was so scared.

They wouldn't let me help him.

That's okay.

You tried.

I tried.

Doug's room.

Sheets are fresh.

They'll feel so good.

I kept seeing things on the road.

Little cows.

Little people.

Oh, there's some dirty.

That's all right.

I just have to get some sleep.

Why don't you stay?

But you have to sleep. I will.

I will.

You're so sweet.

Annie, you should have seen him.

He was all covered in vines.

I grabbed him and his body was like ice.

Like a dead body.

I didn't see it coming. That's what... He was so happy.

He had a plan. He was going to fix outboard motors, you know.

It seems like such a little thing.

I thought, why not? Why couldn't it happen?

I wanted him to be happy.

All the time he was going crazy and I didn't see it.

I'm ignorant. I don't know anything.

I can't help him.

I tried any. I tried as hard as I could.

I was patient.

I reached out to him.

I did.

And now he's worse than he's ever been.

For a while,

He was DJ again.

He could fish and he was funny.

I remembered what it used to be like.

I remembered how good it was to have a brother.

To be a brother.

I miss him.

He didn't make the transition?

No. And you're spending a lot of time feeling guilty?

Not anymore.

Well, I think we can help him. We can't make him well, but we can make him

involved. I think that's the key.

What does he do? Does he watch TV?

Yeah. Well, he won't here. We won't let him.

He'll be productive.

His days will be full.

He'll have friends.

Does he, uh...

Does he have any friends?

No.

I'm sure you'll see a change.

But it's, uh, it's expensive.

It's, uh, best of care, and it's very expensive.

It's, uh, well, it's almost $60,000 a year now.

I can handle it.

Did you get a reading on this yet?

Wetlands Act?

No. Have you spoken to your friend, the county agent, about... No.

Bob's been through some pretty rough times, Michael, you know, I told you.

You want the land, I'll sell it to you straight.

No strings, no partnership.

Bob.

Do they want it?

Yeah, especially without me.

Well, you'll still get something.

Sure.

How much?

Enough for a couple of years.

Then what I don't know Did you see that

couple at the clinic patients had their arms around each other did you see that

Yeah, I did

DJ, I can't help you anymore.

I wish I could. I wish I could make your life over. I'd make it happy, but I

can't. I don't know how. I never learned. I never even thought about it.

I thought Mama would live forever, and I... I didn't take the

responsibility.

I've got to change all that. I've got to do something. I can't let you sit there

for the rest of your life.

So I... I got you into the Beckman Clinic.

You understand?

You can do things there, D.J. They have... They have classes and they have

a garden. You can grow your own vegetables with other people.

That's the thing. There are other people there that you can talk to, and they're

women, D.J. It's your chance.

Won't it cost a lot of money?

I can afford it.

I don't want to go, Bobby.

No, I know, I know.

It'll be new for a while, but, you know,

they understand.

And it's a beautiful place. It's a funny farm.

Doesn't matter what it looks like. It's a place to hide crazy people.

Okay, okay. Maybe you won't like it. I can look for something else.

That's my job. I'll find out what's out there, and then you can choose. But

right now, they have a room for you.

And you gotta go now before you get used to that damn chair.

What if I do? What's so bad? Can't I just sit here if I want to?

No. Why? Because I'm a pain?

No. I can be quiet, Bobby. I can take my pills.

No, it isn't that. I don't want to go. It's your chance, DJ. You promised,

Bobby.

You promised Mama. You told her you would always take care of me. I can't

keep that promise, DJ. I just can't.

I'm sorry.

Because you deserve better than that.

You said at the lake.

You said that if you could just stay there you'd have a future like everybody

else and that what you said Well, this place can give it to you some kind of

future Isn't that what you want

DJ

Because you'll never have a chance at it here. I mean, look where you are, the

same chair, the same TV, all the same, all alone every day,

over and over.

You got nothing here. You got nobody, D.J.

I got you.

Oh, you'll always have me, D.J.

I'll see you and I'll call you.

I'll never leave you.

I love you, DJ.

You're my brother.

I'm so scared.