All language subtitles for Perfect.Cowboy.2014

- One,
two, three, four!

Sir, the glasses stay here.

Shall we proceed...

in the case of the State
versus James Poole.

Criminal mischief, third
degree, public intoxication.

Mr. Poole, you've
been found guilty.

You have further
violated your probation

from a previous charge of
drunk and disorderly conduct

It is the judgement
of this court,

you are hereby
committed to the custody

of the bureau of
prisons for three years.

Thanks for
bringing my clothes.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

How long did it take
you to get out here?

Long time.

They really gotta put prisons

in more convenient
locations.

- Man, it's
our little Marky.

- He likes it when
you call him that.

- I'm glad I taught him
something after all these years.

- This is pretty good.

Alright.

- Alright, let's run
through "Elijah".

I'll play rhythm
'til Ty gets back.

- Well,
look who it is!

- Hey there, Jimmy.

- Hey boys.

- Welcome back, jailbird.

- Alright,
yeah, there's that.

Mark, good to see you, bud.

Kathy, hi beautiful.

Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

- Hey, get on outta there.

Alright, what's
happening in here?

Let's do 'er.

"Makin' Hay. "

You hillbillies remember that?

- Oh yeah.
- Okay.

- Rain gutter busted

about a year and a half ago.

I just wired it back up there.

- I'm gonna take a shower.

Glad you're home.

- What you readin', there?

You know, that good
book'll put you to sleep.

Makes
me dream good dreams.

- Yeah I remember you
said that once or twice.

Ooh.

- Um, here.

Wear mine.

- Hey.

- I got these.

- Oh no.

- Right?

Don't make fun.

- No...

you're cute.

You're cute.

What's goin' on?

- Woah there, boss.

- Long day.

Let's nod off.

- That one was
for all the lonely listeners

out there tonight.

The great Laurie Scarlett.

She'll be in town on the 27th-

- Yeah, well he
needs it by the weekend.

I'm gonna auction off
with all his equipment.

I guess he's retiring.

Give me a minute.

Oh man.

You have no idea what
I'm lookin' at right now.

That crazy drunk is
outside Mini Mart

throwin' beers against the wall.

- Who?

- Oh man.

- Jimmy?

- Yeah.

He's gonna get
himself busted again.

I better stop him.

- No, you don't.

You let him get in trouble.

He is no good.

- Come on, Darlene.

- Let God and
the police sort it out.

He's where he belongs.

- No, look, my Dad'd
go crazy if I let him-

- Mark, come home.

I'm not going to
waste my breath.

Don't you get
involved with this.

Especially after what he
pulled at band practice.

- Look, I'll be there
in a little bit.

- May play out
but you are gonna sit there

right in front and stare
him down, that's all I know.

- Yeah, we're not gonna do that.

- Yes we are, too.

- Darlene.

- Just come home.

- Yeah.

- How 'bout you change
outta those church clothes.

- We're already dirty.

- Well don't ruin em.

- Look, I won't.

So answer me, Dad.

Look, answer me!

What are you gonna
do about Jimmy?

- It's his band, it's
what he's been livin' for.

- Man, it's
your band, too.

- Yes it is.

- So?

- Mark,
Mark, pay attention!

So what?

- So he comes right
out of prison,

all of a sudden he's
in charge again.

He's not in charge.

- Man he acts like it.

- Hey
, get over there.

- Jesus, I don't even
know why you put up with him.

That's a mystery.

- Look, it's not that funny.

- Come on Mark, you're
spookin' the horses.

- I'm not laughin' at you, son.

- I've been workin' my
ass off writin' songs,

and learnin' all this stuff

and he doesn't give
a shit about that.

I shouldn't
have put you in the band.

- Yeah but you did.

- I shouldn't have
put you in the band

without talking to Jimmy first.

- Man, he was in
prison, he has no say.

- Your aunt Kathy has
asked you to keep it down.

- I'm sick of him,
Jimmy Poole is no good.

- Hey!

Jimmy's been in your
life for 20 years.

- Man, Jimmy Poole's no good.

Open that gate.

- Your boy's got a lot of fire.

- It's good he got
it from somewhere.

You and I never had

a strong point of
view between us.

- How's Jimmy?

- He's still
gettin' on his feet.

- God damn it.

Ah, man.

Woah.

Shit.

Shit!

- What are
you laughin' at?

- You
look sorta ridiculous

in your bun-huggers and all.

- Is that so?

You better not.

Do uh, do I look ridiculous now?

- do I?

Hey, give me my hat!

Where you goin'?

- Momma.

- Oh, can it.

He was takin' me to a wedding.

We don't know anybody.

- We know Pastor Simple.

He wants us to tell
people about church.

- Yeah, well nobody's
gonna wanna talk to me

if I look like a beggar.

Mark, people still
think Darly and I

are sisters all the time.

I'm thrilled.

Meg.

- Alright, you kids
have a good night.

Do something
romantic, make babies.

- Ugh, leave!

- Bye, Mark.

- You want to do
somethin' romantic?

- I dunno babe, just don't
think it's that funny.

You strippin' naked for
a totally strange girl.

- It wasn't like that.

I put my underwear on my
head to scare her off.

It was funny.

- You did?

Did she laugh?

- Well she was
laughin' her ass off.

- What if someone saw you,
out in public and all that.

- Look, God made us
that way to begin with,

and God don't make any mistakes.

'Least not with me anyways.

- What if someone from
church had walked by

and seen you naked with
your underwear on your head?

- Then they would have
thought I was a crazy heathen

just like the rest of my family.

- Are you making fun of me?

You better not be.

Your family is not funny.

How they brought you up
with sin all around you.

And then one of them, that
Jimmy, off to prison, of course.

Now he's back, who knows
what he's capable of now.

They can't redeem some of
those people, Mark, it's true.

Then they just let 'em out
'til they commit another crime

and then they're back in
prison doin' what all they

do in there.

I'm glad you're done with that.

I'm glad you don't have to be
in a band with them anymore.

- You know that's my Dad
you're talkin' about, Darlene?

- I know that, Mark.

I do know.

Your poor Momma gettin' off the
drugs after it was too late.

- Too late for what?

- I'm just sayin',
it's also a good thing

that you're not in
that band anymore.

Look, we got a
Christian life, here.

It's good, right?

- Yeah.

That's because we're
livin' the Lord's way.

When we have our babies we're
gonna raise 'em right, too.

They're not gonna be
exposed to a contrary life

or the drugs, or any
of it like you had to.

So what was her name?

- Who?

- The woman
you stripped naked for.

Church baptizes
people in that water.

- I don't know it yet,
just sing it straight.

- Alright.

- That's the wrong chord.

- Your guitar's right
in the other room.

- Yeah, I never picked
up that guitar in my life.

- And for that we are grateful.

- Oh, wait.

Tyler Boone.

Wonderin' where you
get your ideas from.

- You'd be surprised.

- That right?

- We got a little problem.

- What's that?
- We sprung a leak.

- Oh hell, we've
clogged the sink.

- What?
- Ooh!

- What the hell.

We got a
leak a while back.

Just forgot to fix it.

Bucket does the trick most
times, I just forgot to empty it.

- Alright, I'll fix
it tomorrow, we got a mop?

- Just use a bunch of towels.

Take this.
- Alright.

- Take it to the bathroom,
dump it in the toilet.

- You
got to do this all the time?

No, just

once in a while.

I've been distracted.

I've been distracted.

- Hey.

Looky-looky.

Who are those handsome boys?

Maybe I owe you an apology.

- I'm sorry, what was that?

- Don't.

- Oh, Hosanna.

Hosanna.

- Jimmy, shut up.

- Finally.

Finally.

I'm alive this day to see
Tyler Boone apologizing

to me.

I need a witness!

Anybody?

Jimmy!

- Yep! Bring it on.

Bring it on.

Come on.

- No, not now.
- Come on

Come on.
- No.

- Come on.

Come on, come on.

What?

- I think maybe I
shouldn't have had...

I think maybe I
shouldn't have had

Mark front the group
this past year.

- Alright, well,
it's all figured out.

He took it like a champ.

- I don't think he
did take it too well.

- He'll get over it.

- He talked to me
about it this morning.

He thought that
he'd still have a-

- He thought that he
was gonna take my place

in my band.

That kid's got balls, I mean

that's good.

You gotta hand the kid
his balls.

- He does, and

- Yeah, see Tyler, he
got a wake up call.

I'm not going anywhere.

I'm back.

- Yeah.

- He uh...

he was a good placeholder.

He kept the band's chops up.

- He did a real nice job.

- Yeah, good.

What's your point, Ty?

We couldn't
just stop playing

because you got
yourself in trouble.

- Well, you didn't stop.

- No, 'cause Mark
stepped in nicely.

- What?

- 'Cause
Mark stepped in nicely.

- Well, that's what I said.

You know, for a kid I'm
sure he did a nice job.

- He's not a kid.
- What the hell is your point?

- He's not a kid!

- What's your point, Ty, you
want me out of my own band?

- I'm not saying that at all.

- Well, that's a relief,
'cause fat chance.

- Oh shut up, Jimmy.
- Hell no.

Fat chance!

I front that band.

I been waitin'
three years for it.

- He's not a kid.

He's a grown man and he put a
lot of himself into that band.

- Into my band, Tyler.

I grew that band
for years and years.

- We both did.

- Yeah we both did.

- We really didn't know
when you were comin' back.

- What the hell does that mean?

I got sentenced to three
years, I served three years.

- I've been waitin'
around forever.

Who you been talking to?

- I could have been
waitin' forever and

I won't do it.

You understand me?

- Alright.
- Never again, Jimmy.

- Alright.

- I put Mark in the band,
and he did a real nice job,

and he doesn't deserve
to be kicked aside.

- Is that your point?

- He's good.

- That better be your point, Ty,

'cause I'm not gonna
stand around here

listen to this bullshit

about how you're a widow
because I'm a big loser?

Y'know every visiting day

this same snotty, jilted
bullshit was drippin' off you

like I had killed
your dog or something.

- Yeah?
- Every time.

- I messed up comin'.

- That's right, you did.

- You were gettin' meaner
and meaner in there

and I don't want any of it.

Never again.

- Are you drawin' a
line in the sand, Ty?

Are you givin' me an ultimatum?

I raised that boy right
along with you for 20 years.

I was right there.

And now I'm no good?

No good!

Tyler, you got it
all figured out!

I tell ya!

Shut up!

- Alright. Hey!

- Alrighty,
tonight's music

is brought to you by
our local celebrity

back among the free.

You got yourself into
a little bit of trouble

making a withdrawal from a
temperamental ATM machine.

Isn't that right, Jimmy?

- Frickin' ATM!

- Dance with me, celebrity.

- Oh...

I fear that I would
step all over your feet.

- Ah, well, I guess
we better not, then.

- Yeah.

So, Ty called in the cavalry.

- That's me, sweet pea.

He's just a little scared.

Nothin' more than that.

- Scared of me?

- Well, it's just been a while.

People can change a little bit.

People change, Jimmy.

- You've changed.

You're lookin' a little older.

You remind me of my momma.

Yo Jimmy!

Thank you, buddy.

- Yeah, I'm drinkin'.

That's
the right answer.

- Oh, let's do another one.

- Hey there, Jimmy.

- Yeah.

- John Doyle.

Wanted you to meet my
beautiful wife Lonna, here.

- Alright. Hi, Lonna.

- Hi Jimmy, I'm a big fan.

- Oh, thank you.

- Where's Ty?

- Uh he's uh, he's
at home tonight.

- You know Lonna and I have
watched a couple of your shows

and we just love 'em,
we think you're great.

- Aw thanks, that's
good to hear.

We ain't dead yet.

- Not by a long shot, cowboy.

- Not by a long shot but
your music is kinda different

its not country.

Is that Americana?

- I don't know, it's
uh, all the Bobby Darin

and show tunes growin' up

and Ty's really into
Zydeco and bluegrass

and we're all over the map.

- Well that's alright,
it's doin' well for ya'.

Happy to hear it.

- Y'know Jimmy,
I got a

- Now let's keep it going with
country karaoke with Mark!

- What are you doin'?

Oh, lord.

- I'm sorry.

- You're always
sayin' "I'm sorry".

- Seems like.

where'd
you get that bottle?

- You hid it around
here years ago.

Figured I'd need it eventually.

You're wet.

- Mark should be playin' with us

and singin' sometimes.

He's a good boy.

- Just when I think
I'm about over you.

- This guy John Doyle who was
at The Wrangler last night,

he wants us Poole Boys
to play main stage

at the Barn Dance
Music Festival.

Mark should sing a
couple of the tunes.

- Oh now you're
gonna make me cry.

- No don't.

I got somethin' for ya.

It's a little uh, little
friendship bracelet, hmm?

It's a real pretty song,
it's just you gotta...

just gotta relax
it a little is all.

- Mhmm.

- Maybe just don't play, hm?

- Oh

It's good.

- That's a "G".

- You like this?

- Huh?

- That's a real nice change-up.

- It's beautiful.

- Alright. I love you, buddy.

- I love you, too.

Mmm!

Oh boy
- On there.

Hey.

- That is my song.

Don't mess with my
song, don't you ever.

What the hell?

Now look, I'm the only one

that's gonna be singin'
that song, okay.

- Mark
- Mark

- It's shit!

- Mark!
- Mark!

- Mark, come here!

- Mark. Hey, come here!

God dammit, Mark.

Shut up, Jimmy!

I got no reason to talk to you.

- Mark!

C'mere!

Morning, everyone.

- Morning.
- Ooh.

- That was the perkiest one yet.

So we've heard a lot
about John the Baptist.

John the Baptist this,
John the Baptist that.

How he was a colorful dresser,

how we was an aromatic fellow.

We wouldn't want him sitting

next to us this
morning in church.

No.

- But Jesus, you see, chose
John the Baptist, the baptizer

as his spiritual facilitator.

And when John the
Baptist relaxed a little

and anointed Jesus,

well, all the heavenly fireworks
did begin, didn't they?

And he saw the spirit of
God come down like a dove

and a light on him and he
heard the voice of heaven say,

"This is my son whom I love.

With him I am well pleased. "

So I suggest to you

that our heavenly Father

is both well pleased with
his only son Jesus, and with

the eccentric,
colorful, fragrant

John the Baptist.

- My reading this morning
will be from the Book of Luke.

"The Word of God came to
John, son of Zechariah

"in the wilderness.

"He went into all the
region around the Jordan

"proclaiming a
baptism of repentance

"for the forgiveness of sins

"as it is written in
the book of the words

"of the prophet Isaiah.

"The voice of one crying
out in the wilderness.

"Prepare the way of the Lord.

"Make his path straight.

"Every valley shall be filled

"and every mountain and
hill shall be made low.

"And the crooked shall
be made straight.

"And the rough ways made smooth.

"And all flesh shall see
the salvation of God.

"Amen. "

- Moses came to
Pharaoh, and he said,

"Please, Pharaoh, let
my people be free. "

And Pharaoh said, "No. "
- No!

- Moses came back the
next day and he said,

"Please, free my people!"

And Pharaoh said, "No!"
- No!

- Hugh!

But you see, Mark,
the Lord forgives.

Well you haven't
done anything wrong,

but we all have at some
point in our lives.

So your best defense
is a good offense.

To live a good life.

Make your family.

Give me some grandbabies,
okay?

I'm sure you and Darlene
got that all figured out.

But you're doin' what you
can on that count, huh?

Am I right, slugger?
- Mhm.

- Am I right? Hm?

- Mark, will
you carry this box

out to the truck, please?

It's stuff Mom says we
need for the kitchen.

- Yeah.
- Oh, right, right, it's just

a few things you shouldn't
have to be goin' without.

Times is hard, we know.

We started off with
nothin', just like you.

And I don't imagine
there's too many people

botherin' to buy those old
cars you like to fix up.

Have you thought about
Medvelle Chevy, sales?

Well sure ya have.

Well God has a
plan, that's right.

Meg, leave him alone.

- Well, he could work for
them is all's I'm sayin'.

If he got a job in sales he
could make enough for a family.

You know Buddy
down there, right?

- Who?

- What's all this crap for?

- Stuff people have
in a regular home.

You'll see, one
day we'll need...

one of these.

What is this?

- You ready to go?

- I guess so, I have
to get my purse.

- Alright.

- You don't want to stay
and eat a little bit?

- No.

Well you go on then, I'll
get Daddy to bring me home.

That's awesome, baby.

It
was great, wasn't it?

Beautiful, yeah.

Yeah, okay, good.

Oh! Got company.

Hey there!

- Hey.

- This Hugh's place?

- Yeah, they're inside.

- Eh,
I'm John Doyle?

This's my beautiful
wife Lana over here.

- Hi, pleasure.

- Hi, sweetheart.
- How are ya.

- You're Mark, that's
Jimmy's boy, right?

- Yeah.

- I think we saw you
doing karaoke last night.

You a professional entertainer?

- Well I used to play in
a band around here, yeah.

- Y'know, I got a
group in Missouri.

They could really use your help.

- Missouri?

- That's Branson, Missouri,
you've heard of that, right?

- Yeah man, that's an
amusement park, right?

- No-

- Dolly
Parton and all that?

- No, no, no, you're
thinkin' of Dollywood,

that's in Tennessee.

- Yeah look man, I don't want
to work in an amusement park

or dinner show or
anything like that.

I'm gonna front my
own country band.

- Well, I can understand that.

Good luck to ya.

I hope you make it.

- Yeah well, I been doin' a
lot of singin' and songwritin'.

- Ya goin' in the house?
- I'm leavin'.

- Oh, well, have Jimmy
get a hold of me,

he knows how to find me.

- Can I g...

Thank you.

- Hey, Mark!

You singin' tonight?

- No, man, why
aren't you playin'?

- Oh, he asked me but
it's Lucy's birthday,

I play with her band.

- That's right,
it's my birthday.

Tell me "happy birthday," Mark.

- Aw, happy birthday, Lucy.

- I promised her we'd
celebrate and you should come.

- Uh no man, I'm
gonna go inside.

- C'mon, Jimmy's havin'
some fun up there.

- Hey where's the car?

- Alright, alright, we're
gonna go take a coffee break.

- Where's the car?

- Y'know a couple people
thought you'd be singin tonight

but then Jimmy showed up.

- Yeah, no man I'm not
in the band anymore.

- What happened?
- Steve.

They kick you out?
ucy] Are we walking

out of town?

- You weren't that bad, man.

Y'know I got kicked out of
my brother's band one time.

- Man I didn't get kicked out.

- You got a brother?

What's your brother look like?

- The fat version of me.

No, thank you.

- Shut up.
- Maybe I drove.

- Look man, we all
get kicked out.

I was about five,
kept peein' myself,

a big pee mess all over.

Hey, I
was just kidding!

I didn't actually pee myself!

- Hey, I found the car!

- So I'm thinkin' like Gee-Naw
triggers something, you know,

like a singin' cowboy, I
know it's strange, but it's

years ago.

Hey buddy.

You were in
a movie with Alan Lad, huh?

- Yeah, I was a kid
I ran down the street

in one of his movies.

Oh that's cool.

- You know
it does my heart good

to see you guys back singin'
after all this long, bad spell.

- Yeah I know I...

thanks Kyle.

- We were here just
last week, Kyle.

- I was-
- Wasn't that long a spell.

- I was talkin' about Jimmy.

- I heard you talkin', I
didn't know what you meant.

- Well it's anyway,
it's good to have Jimmy

back to singin' again.

- Mark, Kyle was just
sayin' earlier that uh

you did a real good
job while I was away.

- Man, I'd still be doin' a
good job if it wasn't for you

and your stupid shit.

- Hey, Mark.
- Fuck you, Jim.

- Hey, come on.
- Fuck you!

- Son of a bitch!

- C'mere, Mark!

- Son of a bitch.

No! No!

- Mark? Mark!
- No!

- Get up, faggot!

Get up!

Get up, faggot!

Faggot, get up!

Get up!

Get up, faggot!

- Get up!

Oh man, oh man.

I'm sorry.
- Mark, where are you,

what happened?

Are you okay, did he hurt you?

Baby, give a call home,
I've gotta know you're okay.

- You know,
you tell him that

- Mark, why
don't you call home?

I'm sittin' here waitin'.
- Darlene?

Tell him, he don't
bother coming back here.

- Your son
kicked me, hard.

- This is your
son, right now.

If you two don't
get it figured out

I'm through with
the both of you.

I mean it, Jimmy.

- Yeah, I'll drive
myself to the hospital.

Don't wait up.

- I'm
sittin' here waitin'.

What are you
doin' here so late?

- I have to talk to you.

Can I talk to you?

Yeah.

Shut the door.

- Maybe you should get a dog.

- No dogs.

Me and Jimmy got in a fight...

at The Wrangler.

- You came out lookin' alright.

- Yeah he
didn't hit back.

I just kept kickin' him.

He took it.

He just took it.

I couldn't stop.

You know I miss you?

I don't want things
to be this way.

- It's the way it is.

It's been like this
for so many years.

Every day I'm ashamed.

- No...

no.

- Your Daddy's always
been there to hold you up.

- Y'know I got no
problem with him.

- It's hard raisin'
somebody else's boy.

Jimmy always gave
you what he's got.

- That's no way to live.

- Yes, it is.

Yeah, it is.

- I don't feel like it is.

- You make it feel
like you want.

You're grown up,
you figure it out.

I've not met your wife.

She's family now, she's there.

You love her.

Figure it out.

I could make you a bed if you...

I don't have that
many blankets, but-

- You know, I
better get on home.

Don't ever feel ashamed.

- Hi, I'd like to speak to
somebody in the emergency area.

Hey, James Poole came
to you last night

to get some stitches.

I'm just checkin' in
'cause he didn't come home.

- Are you a relative?

- He's my partner.

- I'm not able to give
that information out

over the telephone
unless you're a relative.

- We've been
together 20 years.

- You'll have to come down
and see if another nurse

will give you that information.

- Is he there!?

I'm not
able to give you the information

over the telephone
unless you're a relative.

- I'll be right there.

- Please let me know if you
have any other questions.

- Mark.

It's over.

Can you hear me!?

It's over!

- James Poole, yes.

He's in Room 140
right down there.

- Why is he in a room?

- You can go in and ask him.

- I know, that was amazing.

- I'll letcha go in.

- No, it's okay if
you come in, too.

- He's got a lot of pride.

I'll just wait out here.

- Alright.

- What's goin' on?

What's goin' on, Jimmy?

- The thing is, you're
gonna be there for me.

Long sufferin', actin'
like you understand.

- Jimmy!

- You're gonna be a saint,
you are baby boy, you are.

- Why are you in here?

- Uh...

they gotta run tests.

- Tests for what?

- HIV.

Seems I got the HIV.

So, they gotta run more
tests, see where it's at,

see how my body's doin'...

how long it's been.

- They sure you got it?

- Yeah.

- So I might have it?

- No.

No, that's not likely.

- I uh...

I got nervous when you
didn't come home last night.

- Yeah, they drew blood
and, y'know the whole place

went on high alert.

Yeah, I was a lot more
popular when I walked in,

boy howdy.

- You feel alright?

- Yeah, I feel fine.

Uh, I'll be home
in a couple hours.

Why don't you take off?

- No.

I'll stay here.

God.

Go home.

You can take the truck.

- Kathy's here.

I'll have her take me home.

- You don't tell her.

- Okay.

You need anything?

- No, I'll be home
in a couple hours.

- What the hell
was he doin' in there,

what kinda bullshit
was he up to?

- Three years,
that's a long time.

- I know it is, Kath!

Three years.

It's a long, long time.

Mark's not gonna
know about this.

- Alright.

- Hey.

- They getcha
all stitched up?

- Sure.

- Well, thanks
for the garden book.

You probly won't see it again.

- Yeah, probly
got.

- You guys take care.

- It's going to
be a bumpy night.

- You get the bridles
out of the garage?

- Yep.

I'll see you later.

- Where you goin'?

- I'm going to aunt Kathy's.

- Well...

- You know for as long
as we've been together

I've felt sorta tainted...

because of my family and all?

Y'know and I felt you
pitied me in a way that

I guess makes me feel
like a better person, but,

what I'm beginning
to realize is-

- I never said I was better-

- What I'm beginning to realize,

is that you actually
hate where I come from.

- Jeez, I don't hate where you-

- I really thought

that once you got to know me
- Mark.

- and know my family
that you'd change.

- What do you mean, "change"?

- That you'd accept my family.

- I believe what I believe.

- Okay, well...

you know there's a lot wrong
with my ways of thinkin',

and I know I gotta work on that.

But I wasn't raised wrong,

y'know in sin, or any of that.

You can't see that
because you're,

you're a pretty hateful person.

But I felt this
was for a long time

and I'm not gonna
feel it anymore,

not from my own wife.

- You keep callin'
it "hate" Mark.

I call it walkin' with the Lord.

Yeah, it's not right.

What did you ever
want from me, Darlene?

- I wanted a good husband

and I got one.

You're not one of them.

- You know, maybe I am.

But that's my family.

We're all goin' to
hell if one of us is.

It's not for me to say.

- I've heard it all, Mark!

I heard every part of it.

You are either gonna
believe all that,

all the rationals
they tell themselves

about why they hold
on hard to their sin,

or you are gonna be saved!

God bless you!

- You want a hard candy?

- No.

- That's great.

- My life's a mess.

- I'm a bit
surprised to see you.

This your first time?

- I came with Ty to
Christmas a couple times.

- So why you here now?

- Should I go?

'Cause I haven't put enough
money in the money basket?

Do I have to pay you to be here?

- What are you
lookin' for, Jimmy?

What are you lookin' for?

- I don't know.

Some wise words.

- You read the Bible?

- No.

- You're willin' to try?

- I don't think so.

- What's in like in prison?

- It's pretty confusing.

- I'll bet.

Back to drinkin'?

- Little bit.

You got a problem with that?

- Sure.

Do you?

Man, I hate this.

- What's that?

Why do you hate this?

- I gotta be pretty desperate
to come here and talk to you.

- Yeah, well, it hasn't been any

big thrill for me yet, so far.

Got a AA meeting in the
other room on Tuesday nights.

- Shit.

- I'll go with you.

No you will
not, this is humiliatin'.

- I'll go shopping for an hour,

and then I'll come
back and pick you up.

Now get outta my truck.

- Good evening.

Hi everybody, my name is
Toby, and I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, Toby.

- Let's open up tonight's
meeting with a serenity prayer.

God, grant me the serenity

to accept the things
I cannot change,

the courage to change
the things that I can,

and the wisdom to
know the difference.

Amen.

- So is anybody here
for the first time?

Maybe somebody from out of town?

- Yeah.

- Where you goin'?

- What's your name?

- Brandy.

- I'm Mark.
- Yeah?

Where you goin'?

- I'm gonna go
check out my Dad's band play

in a little bit.

Be the last time I get
to see 'em for a while.

- Why's that?

- Got a job in Branson,
Missouri playin' a new band.

Yeah we already
got jobs lined up.

- You're gonna be a big star.

- Your mouth to God's ear.

- Yeah?

- Well, you wanna walk around
for a bit, check it out?

- Yeah.

- Ladies
and gentlemen,

Elvis has entered the building.

- Whoo!

- That a squirrel?

What?

- Hey man,
you guy's tore it up.

- Gettin' too
old to tear anything up.

- Aw, poor old man.

- It was a good one, though.
- Yeah.

- Ty and me were hopin'
you'd join us tonight.

- Yeah he told me about that.

- Yeah?

What else he tell you?

- Just that.

They think I'm real good.

- No...

Mark, your Daddy's
a terrible liar.

- Yeah one of you is.

- So you're takin' off.

- Yep.

John Doyle's got
me all hooked up.

- He's a friendly sort.

- Yeah, he's that.

- You just watch out he
don't touch your, you know,

little private parts.

- Yeah well so long
as he's gentle I don't mind.

- Whoo, that's our boy.

We're real proud of you, Mark,

your Dad and me.

You're gonna go there
and show 'em what for.

Hasn't always been easy
for you, I know that.

- There's nothin' wrong
with the way it is.

- Alright, alright.

Anyway...

- Hey, Jimmy?

Y'know I'm so sorry that
I laid a hand on you.

I really am, I am so sorry.

- No, don't worry about it.

You got stuck with me years ago.

You did the best with it.

We love you, buddy.

You're a good boy.

- Thanks, Jim.

- I spose we're gonna miss ya,

I should say that, uh-

- Don't hurt yourself.

- That's good advice.

I'm gonna go in there and
soak up some more adulation.

- Yeah, while you still can.

- You're a
shitty little kid.

- You know I
always thought that.

- Yeah?

- It's best that I
don't be seen with you, y'know.

- Yeah of course.

- Not right now.
- No.

- So if you could
just walk a couple steps off.

- Oh yeah,
you got it, yeah.

- Thank
you, that's good.

- Hey ladies
and gentlemen,

it's my good friend Jimmy Poole!

I used to
Jimmy Poole.

Brandy, have you met my
good friend, Jimmy Poole?

- When you goin'?

- I gotta be in
Branson on the 10th.

- Oh.
- Yeah,

take a couple days to drive up,

look around a bit on the way.

- You goin' alone?

- Yeah.
- Cool.

- Well I gotta make a split.

- Right.
- Are you hungry?

- I want pizza.
- Pizza.

- Jazzhands.
- Jazzhands!

Not blades.

Yee-Haw!

Whoo!

- Straight line!

That's a glee.

- Where is he?
- Mark!

- We can't bend over!

- Then
don't bend over.

- I can't breathe.
- Good!

- I'm sorry, it's my fault,
we're not finding the right hat.

Just do
it without the hat.

Forget the hat.

- Try this one.

- Mark, we're gonna take it
from the top of your song,

with video!

* I ride along

* Singin' a song

* Hoo-ee! I've got it made

- You know Mark Boden.

Yes?

- You're Brandy.

- Hi, Darlene.

- I heard you been
writin' my husband letters

up in Branson.

- They aren't anything.

He's lonely for home.

- I know, we share a home.

- I'm not running after him.

He really is sad that-

- You don't know him.

- Just a little, I guess.

- Yeah, that's
right, just a little.

And I know him a whole
lot more than that.

And I'm afraid for him.

- Are you really?

- Yes.

- Why?

- He's turning his back

on a whole lot
more than just me.

You know about the
rest of his family.

- Yeah.

- He's going to lose his way.

- Well I hope not.

- I hope not, too.

I really do.

Oop! Sorry.

- Hey, slow down, gal.

- Morning.

Mark got himself
in today's paper.

I didn't want you to miss it.

- Jimmy seen it?

- I don't know.

I been stayin' at Kathy's.

- Yep.

You runnin' away from him?

- You don't know what's up.

- Alright.

I know about runnin'.

- Woah!

- What'd you do to me!
- Hey, you're a hit!

Good job out there, keep it up.

- Ten minutes.
- Thank you.

- Ten minutes, everybody!
- Thank you, Ted.

- Hey, and I'm gonna
make you two stars, next.

- Oh!
- It's your turn.

You just
missed that goofy clown

that delivered that mess.

Or just singing through the speakers

and went running for
the hills.

No offense.
- No offense!

- No offense.

- Clown said somethin' about
pony rides in the parking lot.

- Come on man
that's nasty, Jesus.

- That is nasty.

- It's not nasty, it's a clown.

- What are you looking at.

Alright Ladies,
don't put on too much makeup,

you have to look
like rugged cow...

boys.

- I don't think so.

- Hey Dad.

Oh hey, Jim!

Hey yeah I got the basket
and balloons and stuff.

Yeah man, pretty gay.

Thank you.

Yeah yeah, the show's great.

Yeah John Doyle
suckered me down here

and I fell for it
hook, line and sinker.

Yeah.

Yeah the old ladies
are gonna love me.

Yeah well you
should come down here too, man,

they'd eat you up.

Can I talk to Dad?

Yeah where is he?

Why?

- I was hopin' you
weren't comin' home.

- I talked to Mark.

I filled him in
on the whole deal.

- What'd you do that for?

- He deserves to know
what's goin' on over here.

- You tell him about you?

- About me?

What about me?

- About your condition.

- My condition?

About how I gots
the devil's HIV?

- Did you tell him?

- Yes, I did.

- Why?

That's so selfish.

- To tell him that I'm havin'
problems with my health?

- You don't be
communicatin' with him.

- Well, you got
no control over that.

- You're the worst thing
that ever happened to him.

- No, that's not true.

- All of it.

The drinkin', the violence,

the messin' around in prison.

And now you bring your
disease into this house!?

- Well, I'm not drinkin'.

- Fuck you!

- Drinkin's why
all this happened.

- You were sick,
and you didn't tell me!

- No, I-

- I found a Band-Aid
in the trash can.

The one they give you when they
check your blood in prison.

You knew, Jimmy!

- I couldn't tell you.

Look at you.

- I don't know what
you were doin' in prison.

I don't wanna know.

But I can't live with the
fear of HIV under my own roof.

I hate that I'm that weak.

That's the way it is.

- Tyler don't
move outta here.

- I'll be back for more
things when you're not here.

You guys go on in.

- That the baler horse?

- Yeah.

She's lookin' real
good this year.

- She should do well.

Hey, you got a second?

- Yeah.

I'll take her.

- Alright.

- You boys
take your time.

- Horse has
come a long way.

- Mm.

- I passed you on
the road today.

Just seemed like a good
idea to keep goin'.

I know you saw me and I'm
sure that must've been rough.

I just wanted to come down

and tell you I didn't
mean to hurt you.

- Aw that's bullshit.

- No, it isn't.

- Yeah, it's bullshit.

You're so full of goodness,
you couldn't hurt a fly.

- Cut it out.

- When it comes to
one time too many,

get outta the way 'cause
hell hath no fury.

- How many times
does it have to be?

Huh?

How many times do I
gotta come in second

to what you're drinkin'

before I get to say
it's too damn much?

It's too damn much.

- How do you even know?

- What?

- You hardly ever
come up for air, Ty.

You're so right, and
you're so perfect

that the rest of us are
just a little lonely.

You're so good

and nothin' seems to
shake you from that.

Does it?

I'm surprised that I found
the line in the sand.

- You got HIV, Jimmy.
- Yeah.

- That scares me to death.
- Alright.

You slept with, I don't know
how many people in prison.

- I slept
with one person.

- Don't tell me.
- No.

- Don't talk about it.
- One time.

- Deny it!

Just deny it, Jimmy!

- That's what I'm talkin' about.

- I don't know how you got HIV,

but somethin' real strong
tells me nobody forced you

to do anything you
didn't want to do.

And if there's one
thing you coulda used

all your fightin' for

is to stay clean for me.

And you didn't.

And then you lied about it.

- I am messed up.

That's not news.

I'm the same way as I was
when we fell for each other.

- Yeah, yeah I've heard it.

I gotta go.
- I am messed up,

but what I do know

Is that you-
- Is that you're a drunk?

'Cause you're lonely?

You're a drunk
'cause you're lonely?

- No, I've stopped drinkin'.

It's easy for you, okay.

But I'm all over the map.

And if there's one thing
that's kept me flyin' right

it's you and Mark.

My family.

And give or take,

I have been there,

kickin' in, doin' my part

for a lotta years.

- You're the love of my life.

You're the love of my life.

- You can't hide
away on this one.

- I don't know how
I'm gonna forgive you.

I don't think I can!

You got to.

- Night, Jimmy.

- Alright, goodnight,
thank you very much.

- I'll see ya Tuesday.
- Alright.

- What's Tuesday?

- A meeting.

So, this is a sweet ride, huh?

- Yeah rentals don't
need much personality.

- Well that's a good thing.

So you decided to
come all the way home

just to watch us squirm.

- I came home for
Thanksgiving but,

watching ya'll
squirm is a bonus.

- You're brave.

Ty's supposed to
make the side dish,

'course he's already at Kathy's
so now I have to make one.

- Lord help us
- Yeah, I can't come

empty handed,

so I'm gonna bring green beans.

- Look, I'll eat
whatever you cook up.

- Alright,
you can't make a face.

- I won't.

Yeah this's gonna be weird.

- Yeah,
it's gonna be weird.

I gotta walk into
this nightmare sober.

- I'm proud of you.

- Yeah just when I'm
about to off myself

these people come
up to me all huggin'

and hand over a
colorful poker chip.

All's right with the world.

Right?

So how's everything
with your health?

- You're just gonna
go ahead and ask.

- You takin' care of things?

- I'm in denial at the moment.

But, I don't have anything to
worry about for quite a while,

so as long as I'm
a good soldier.

- You gonna be smart?

- Yeah, I'm gonna
be smart, shut up.

- Alright.

- So what's he sayin' about me.

- Who?

You know, he loves you so much.

- You're lyin'.

- No-
- You're a liar.

- I swear, you know,
I can tell and he...

he really misses you.

- It's gonna be awful.

- I can't wait.

- Let's go home.

- Hey, c'mere boy.
- Good to see you.

- It's good to see you.

Hey, Jimmy.

Happy Thanskgiving.

- Alright, thank
you, Happy Thanksgiving.

- You got to ride
in the chariot.

- Oh yeah, she's a
mean machine alright.

- You look good.

- Psh, I'm about to
crawl out of my skin.

- Let's go inside.

- You know, stoppin' drinkin'

is supposed to be
good for a person

and, man-oh-man this is...

- Hey.
- I saw your picture

in the paper.

- That dopey photo?
- No, it wasn't.

- How are you?

- Thank you.
- Hey there.

- Hey.
- Okay.

- Happy Thanksgiving.
- Oh Happy Thanksgiving, huh?

- Hey, look who's here.

- Brandy, what the heck.
- Hey there, showbiz.

- How did you get-

- Well, Brandy's family
celebrates earlier in the day, so.

- Great!

- Asked her if she could
join us for a little while.

- So how is everything?
- How was Branson?

- It was good it was fun, yeah.

- Alright you guys,
come and get it.

You're welcome.

Mark, why don't
you sit right there

at the head of the table.

Brandy, you can sit
right here next to Mark.

You guys have a seat, and I
will sit next to the kitchen.

Here we go.

Mark, why don't you go ahead.

- No.

- You're
the guest of honor.

- I've never done-

- Oh hell, just
shut up and do it.

- Um, Dear Lord,

I'm about to butcher this
prayer, so please forgive me.

Um, we are so blessed and
thankful to have this family here

for, to celebrate
this Day of Thanks.

Yikes.

- Never
mind, go on Mark.

- We have so many gifts.

All of us, this food,

our homes, our music
that fills us up.

And our good, good friends.

So thank you, Lord.

Thank you very much, Lord.

Oh, man.

- Make mine
a diet coke, Lord.

Amen.

That was beautiful,
that was beautiful!

- Yep, yep yep.

Alright let's carve into
this thing here, yep yep.

Ooh this looks good, right?

Now, you laugh at my jokes
so, y'know you can stay,

ah sorry about that.

- No, Brandy you
can't laugh at the jokes.

- Yeah, sure.
- Even if they're funny.

- Y'oh, I see how it's gonna be.

- Let's not anger
him, he will go on forever.

- Yeah thank
you, thank you very much.

Thank you for everything.

Thank you, thank you.
- Shut up.

- Hey, boy!

Teach you how to be
a man there grandson,

is that what's goin' on?

- Man, I should nail your
ass into the ground, old man.

- I'm sorry, what
did you just say?

Oh, I just said
that, didn't I?

Wow, that's shocking.

- Mark, what is a chaines?

- A kinda turn, it's like a
lot easier than a pirouette

- Oh lord.
- for example.

- Lord!
- Well, listen to fancy pants,

he's doin' pirouette.
- Damn straight.

- Yeah, you
know I blame myself,

it's the show tunes,
all the show tunes.

Let's talk about sports!

Does anybody know
anything about sports?

- No, I don't know
anything about sports,

I'm sorry Bran-dear.

- Yeah Mark, tell
'em about the sports.

- Uh, well...
- I don't know either.

- I'm sorry?

- I played
in High School.

- Oh yeah,
yeah-yeah-yeah.

Kathy was a-
- Tight end.

- I been there.

I been there myself.

- Have a little
bit of dignity, woman.

She's got quite
a sense of humor, y'know.