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♪ And if your train's on time ♪

♪ You can get to work by nine ♪

♪ And start your slaving job to get your pay ♪

[indistinct chattering]

♪ Look at me I'm self-employed ♪

♪ I love to work at nothing all day ♪

♪ And I've been takin' care of business every day ♪

♪ Takin' care of business every way ♪

♪ I've been takin' care of business it's all mine ♪

♪ Takin' care of business ♪♪

- 'Are you Warriors?' - 'Yes, we are.'

Warriors!

- We are.. - Warriors!

- We are.. - Warriors!

- We are.. - Warriors!

[continues chanting]

[crowd cheering and applauding]

Let's go!

Warriors!

- Bring it in. Come on. - Now!

Bring it in! What the hell did I tell you?

Pay attention. Red right, 34. Send it in the middle..

[man on speaker] 'Now, folks, the biggest game of the season'

'comes down to one play.'

'Oh, boy, this is a dandy..'

Red right, 34.

- You ready, Moon? - Let's go.

'Down by four with 14 seconds left, the most important..'

- Let's go! - Let's go!

Let's take care of business, huh?

Alright, ready?

[all] Break!

[man on speaker] 'Here we go. Buckle up, Irene.'

'The Warriors line up to try and make one more play.'

'No time-outs left. The clock is running.'

Hut! Hut! Hut!

[grunts]

[male commentator] 'Touchdown!'

'Bad Moon McShane has done it again.'

'How sweet the wine.'

'That's Warrior football.'

'No guts, no glory.'

Took you long enough.

I took the scenic route.

[dramatic music]

[melancholic music]

[male commentator on TV] 'First attempt to thirty, Perano..'

'...looks for his tight end, he has a..'

[Jeffries] Al's Bar, college football paradise.

You played high school ball with Al?

Yeah, he was the fastest halfback in Philly in 1967.

Ran the 40 in four three.

[chuckles] I take it that's good.

The record still stands.

There he is.

- 'What do you say, Lightner?' - Hi.

[chuckles] Tombstone!

[laughs] Good to see you, man.

Tombstone?

The guy played linebacker.

Used to bury halfbacks.

Detective Rush.

I like your place, Al.

So what's up? You said it was important.

You remember Bad Moon McShane?

[Jeffries] 'Well, hell yeah. Warrior football star.'

Murdered the night before the '73 championship.

No one knew until he was a no-show for the game.

Check this out.

I'm always searching eBay for Warrior stuff.

Found this..

...tucked inside a program.

[Rush] 'A ticket sign-out sheet.'

The way players got tickets to family and friends.

Now, I-I know you only played defense

but, uh, try and keep up.

'Look at the signature.'

McShane signed out tickets to R. Boreki at 9 a.m.

Day of the game.

But the cops said he was murdered

10 p.m. the night before.

They thought he ran into some drunk State fans.

Big rivalry game. Emotions running high.

Right, except according to this.

Mike was alive on Saturday.

That's an entire morning unaccounted for.

[Al] 'His mom..'

She still comes in.

Once a year.

Look at the pictures of him.

Sure would mean a lot to her.

Hell, all of us.

Find the person who murdered that young man.

[theme music]

[sighs]

Son of a..

Ah, leaky pipes.

Nothing but the best upkeep for the cold ones.

Yeah, this will look great in court.

"Michael Bad Moon McShane.

"Came to the U in '70 on a full ride.

Recruited from Latrobe High School."

Oh, small town kid.

An only child, raised by his English teacher mom.

Sends her boy out to school. He never comes home.

'"Body's found near a dumpster'

"between the players' dorm and the stadium parking lot

near section G-68."

"A group of students leaving the game found him.

'"Blunt force trauma to the head'

and weapon never found."

Coroner Inskeep stated time of death

was 10 p.m. Friday night.

The same numbskull coroner who mucked up every job

'he touched in the 70s.'

A message taped on Mike's door Friday night.

"Pez called ."

Pez? It's a drug dealer nickname?

Or the nickname for R. Boreki.

'The guy he signed out the tickets to.'

Mike's trading player tickets for drugs. Deal goes down wrong.

Questioned documents looked at the sign-out sheet.

It's Mike's signature.

Mmm.

[Valens] 'It's proof he was there that morning.'

So the call from Pez was a set-up to meet?

Well, section G-68 was isolated.

'Original report said a lot of drug deals went down there.'

Well, fullback's a big guy.

Yet no one saw him Friday night or Saturday morning?

Not his best bud, Tom The Breeze Bernard.

No one on the team, campus.

New timeline might jog some memory.

Go visit the U?

See what the team was doing the morning Moon was killed.

I'll grab some yearbooks, see if we can find this R. Boreki.

What do you say?

Tombstone?

I have so many photos of Mike playing football

but this is my favorite.

[Stillman] 'Oh, Mike liked to read.'

[Mrs. McShane] 'When he was younger, oh, yes.'

'Before the sports took over.'

Well, sounds like there was a lot more

to Mike than just football.

Mrs. McShane, we're looking for a friend of his.

R. Boreki.

Mike ever mentioned him?

I'm sorry.

You know, Mike had so many friends.

That's why I could never understand

why anybody would want to harm him.

[knock on door]

Excuse me.

[Vera] Talked to the stadium ticket clerk.

Guy never saw McShane.

Well, what about R. Boreki?

Nope, but I did get us a tailgater.

Guys were camped out at the parking lot

before the sun's up?

Gotta have a game day permit.

Oh, Rusty Jenkins. Section G-68.

Guy saw a car hightailing it out of there around 9:30 a.m.

[Saccardo] There's no crying allowed in slinging rock.

- Uh, hi. - Hey.

- Good to see you. - Yeah, I mean..

Right.

- Well.. - Well..

Speak English much?

What?

Right.

♪ And everybody jump up ♪

♪ It's electric all you chicken heads ♪

♪ It's electric just jump jump ♪♪

Which way to the mud bath?

Warrior football brings in 45 mil a year.

I'm sure they got one.

Gotta love amateur sports.

[male #1] 'Gentlemen.'

Head Coach Walters.

Detectives Jeffries, Valens.

Not a bad-looking team you got this year.

Season's still young.

Uh, you were an assistant when Mike McShane played?

Yes, sir.

I'll tell you what.

Mike was, what Warriors football was all about.

Together We Stand?

You better believe it.

His death was a hell of a shock.

Took the program years to recover.

You know anyone named R. Boreki?

'Maybe he went by Pez?'

Sorry, I don't. What's up, fellas?

Got new information, says the kid was alive Saturday morning.

Wondering if you saw him that day.

I wish I could help out.

All I know is Mike never showed up

for the mandatory pre-game breakfast at 9:00.

We hear Tom Bernard works here.

Breeze? Should be out on the field.

Jimmy.

[cellphone ringing]

You get these men whatever they need.

Mi casa es su casa.

Yeah.

[indistinct chattering]

Say, uh, Mike was still alive Saturday morning?

You're good friends, teammates.

Figured you'd know if he was mixed up

in some kind of trouble.

[chuckles] No way. No way.

Mike would never do anything to embarrass

the program, I'm telling you.

Twenty hours leading up to the game.

Players must have had their rituals.

Oh, sure, you know, some of the guys

hit the bars, blow off steam.

Mike with you that night?

No, but I didn't think anything of it.

Why is that?

He'd read in his room.

He'd try to hide it.

But you didn't play in that same game either.

Something keep you from the field?

Yeah, I blew my knee out the week before.

Never played again.

Couple of names coming up. Uh, Pez, R. Boreki.

- Ever hear of 'em? - That don't sound familiar.

You think of anyone else might have had it in for Mike?

Man, Mike was a stand-up guy.

Everybody loved him.

[The Doobie Brothers singing "China Grove"]

[splashing]

Oh, hey, man.

Thanks, Stace.

Warrior win and cold beer. Life is good.

Which way to the Watergate Hotel?

Take that stupid thing off.

Selling these everywhere.

Oh man, that guy's going down.

If the President of United States says

he didn't do it, he didn't.

How would you know?

He wouldn't lie to the whole country, man.

Well, everybody's saying he's guilty.

Well, I believe him.

People gotta stay loyal.

Like, Together We Stand.

[chuckles] You're the last boy scout, Moon.

[laughs] Hey, how about a doob?

I gotta split.

- See you at weights tomorrow? - Yeah, you'll see me.

I'll be the guy, urgh, out-benching you.

[chuckles] In your dreams.

Oh, groove on, baby.

Groove on.

Gotta love the 70s.

Instant replay and the pill.

Two greatest inventions ever.

So, who hosted this party, someone's parents?

Steve Pratt.

Booster with big bucks.

- They just opened up his house? - Sure.

He recruited Moon. Was real close with him.

Same Pratt who paid for half the new stadium?

Still comes to every game.

Um, thanks, Breeze.

We'll let you get back to it.

Alright.

See you.

I remember two-a-day practices.

Never been in such pain.

Man, if I could go back.

You ever play?

Little bit.

[chuckling]

Heard Mike McShane spent a lot of time here, Mr. Pratt.

Oh, hosted a few Warrior parties back in the day.

They get kind of wild?

[chuckles] It was a different time.

Mike ever come to you with any problems?

Drugs or money?

Mike was just a fun-loving kid

who believed in God, country and Warrior football.

You two close?

Both small-town kids who played big-time ball.

You knew that Mike grew up without a dad.

Well, come rain or shine, I took him out

for a good dinner once a week.

That boy needed a father figure.

Mr. Pratt, you never answered my question about drug use.

Mike worked two jobs, and he still couldn't make ends meet.

[laughter]

♪ Hey kid rock and roll ♪♪

Thanks, honey.

To you, Mike.

Hell of a season so far.

- Thanks, Mr. Pratt. - Damn it, son.

It's been three years. Call me Steve.

Sorry, Steve.

[camera clicks]

♪ Jump up and down in my blue suede shoes ♪

I have never profited, never profited..

Can you believe this? The way they're treating the president?

- Hey, Joe. - Yeah.

- Could you turn that thing off? - You got it.

You seem a little preoccupied.

Well, Mr. Pratt, I hate to ask--

Are you low on cash?

- Just till the end of the week. - Say no more.

Hope it's for a girl.

Textbooks.

Good one.

Now, you remember..

...you can always come to me, okay?

Warrior football is about sticking together.

And that ain't bull.

No, sir.

[Rush] 'You think the money was for drugs?'

Back then, I would have said no.

Not a kid like Mike.

But now, I've seen it happen to too many players.

Someone named Pez out with you that night?

I don't think I ever heard that name.

[whistles] Hey!

Careful of the pool.

I've done everything I can to brainwash that boy

into loving football.

[chuckles] But he likes soccer.

The things you live to see, detective.

Well, I haven't been here since the '04 playoffs.

McNabb lit it up.

[sighs] Then the Super Bowl happened.

Yeah, how much you lose on that game?

That's not the point.

- 'Rusty Jenkins?' - Yeah?

You're the detectives here about, uh, Bad Moon?

You were parked at Warrior Stadium that morning?

Yeah, firing up the old barrel.

You know, you got to get that pork falling

right off the bone by game time.

You ain't lived till you've had my pork.

Sounds delicious. Now, about that morning?

- You said, you saw a car. - Yeah, a red one.

He busted out of there like he robbed a bank.

[car tires screeching]

You get a good look at the driver?

Nah, it was too far away.

Was the car a two-door?

Yeah, it was like one of them muscle cars.

Uh, like a stock car with a white stripe on the side?

Yeah, I think there was.

That's a Plymouth Duster. It's got to be.

Well, thanks, Rusty.

You should do repo work.

Busted out of here like a bank robber.

Or a killer fleeing a crime scene.

Well, missed out on Rusty's pork.

[Miller] What are all these files?

Records from the DMV.

November '73.

We're looking for anything suspicious..

...in a red Plymouth Duster.

[sighs] You're evil.

[Valens] 'Found your name in the yearbook, Professor Boreki.'

Mike McShane, a good friend of yours?

I was his tutor.

So, why did he leave tickets for you?

Well, one of the supposed perks of the job.

- Guess I was next in line. - Big fan, huh?

[chuckles] No.

Almost un-American, isn't it?

- So why tutor thoseguys? - I needed the money.

Students who couldn't throw an inflated ball

actually had to pay their own way.

[McShane] Whitney Fellowship? What's that?

It's an academic scholarship. Gonna pay for my grad school.

Free ride, just like me.

What are you gonna study?

You got a"Beowulf"paper due in two weeks.

I can write that for you next weekend.

Shouldn't you help me with it?

You read "Beowulf?"

Just started it.

You should stick to your playbook.

I'll handle the paper, T-Bone.

It's Bad Moon.

You know, you guys sound like a Ponderosa menu?

T-Bone, Chunk, Rib Eye.

♪ And they put you on the street ♪

♪ Yeah you go back ♪

You never had a nickname. That's your problem.

♪ Wheel turning round and round ♪

Don't worry. I'll think of one for you.

[female #1] 'Hey, Mike.'

How you doing, Cynthia?

♪ When you know she's no high climber ♪♪

These players needed guys like me.

They'd lose their eligibility if their GPA fell below a 2.0.

Uh, what about the pills he was taking?

I tutored a lot of players.

They were always jacked up on something.

- Painkillers or uppers. - Where did they get the drugs?

They had some quack supplying the whole team.

Now this, uh, quack doctor, uh, ever hear his name?

No, I'm sorry, I really wouldn't know about that.

Name Pez ring any bells?

No. You'd have to ask someone on the team.

Right, uh..

You were just a...tutor.

Uh, if you think of anything else..

...professor, let me know.

[Mrs. McShane] I don't understand.

Mike was never sick a day in his life.

Your son never mentioned taking any pills?

Pills for what?

Maybe to help recover from a game?

- Injury or pain? - No.

The-the team was on a vitamin program.

A vitamin program?

Yeah. Mike never liked it.

He always hated needles from the time he was a little boy.

These vitamin shots, do you know who gave them to your son?

No, he just told me the whole team took them.

You wouldn't believe all the trainers

and doctors they have now.

I used to have to tape my own ankles.

What was the doctor's name you saw back in the day?

Uh, you mean the team doctor?

No, the other one, uh..

'...the guy off campus, the local guy.'

- Had a crazy nickname. - Pez?

What about him?

Hooked you up with painkillers, cortisone, right?

Whatever it took to get the body back on the field.

What about vitamin shots?

Vitamin shots?

What are you talking about?

Do you remember the doc's real name?

What's he got to do..

...with Bad Moon's murder?

I don't know. We'll see.

Long time ago, Will.

Come on, Al, you kicked up the dust

on this case, brought it to me.

Where you going with this?

Thinking steroids.

Back then? I never saw it.

No, the Warriors ran a clean program.

Then why go under the table for shots?

'Except to break NCAA rules, not to mention the law.'

I don't believe it.

'Then tell me the doctor's name.'

If you're right..

'...and this gets out..'

...the whole program, even now..

...people will get hurt.

Screw the Warriors program, Al.

A kid got murdered.

'We gotta see this through.'

Just give me a name.

[Valens] 'Nice digs you got here, Dr. Lason.'

'I understand you did some work'

'with the Warriors back in the day.'

[Rush] Former players are starting to talk.

Your name keeps coming up, Pez.

I run a sports medicine clinic.

I make my money on player referrals.

Did you have a red Duster back in the 70s?

No, and I don't think I like the tone of this conversation.

You called Mike the night before he was killed.

Wanted to meet.

That just a bad coincidence, doc?

My attorney's number.

You were involved in a drug ring

where a kid ended up dead.

Now, thanks for your time, Dr. Lason.

If we have any more questions, we'll give you a call.

What's up?

Check out Dr. Lason's golf buddy.

[Valens] 'Son of a bitch.'

Yeah, popular guy, this Pratt.

A big game tomorrow.

Oh, playing Michigan for the 75th time.

You gotta love college tradition.

Mmm, tradition like doping the players?

I don't understand.

Dr. Lason, steroids, your money.

Understand?

Mike was just like the rest of the boys.

He would do anything to play ball.

Including taking steroids?

[chuckles] Nobody knew the side effects.

Hell, nobody even knew what they were back then.

Not that you bothered to find out.

We thought we were helping him.

It had nothing to do with Mike's death.

So why was he calling Dr. Lason?

It was about Breeze.

[Breeze retching]

You okay, man?

I'm okay. I'm okay.

'Are you sure?'

Uh, just don't say anything to coach.

Come on, Breeze. Something's wrong here.

I'm begging you, Mike.

'Don't tell them, please.'

[panting]

'Don't, don't.'

Mr. Pratt.

What did you do?

My advice was for him to tell the coach.

Turns out that Breeze had a bad kidney

which he didn't want the team to know about.

- A life-threatening condition. - And when was this?

Couple of days before Mike died.

Mike must have called Dr. Lason to take a look at Breeze.

That when the coach let Breeze go?

Yes.

And Breeze blamed Mike for it.

Well, I sure hope not.

[Valens] It's not looking good for the Breezeman.

Being kicked off the team, lying about Pez.

Hmm, a little 'roid rage. Bad stuff happens.

Hmm, I'm pulling him in tomorrow morning.

Thinks he's gonna look at mug shots.

It's kinda sad.

'These guys still so stuck in it.'

[Miller] 'The glory days.'

'I keep waiting for mine to start.'

[Valens] 'I'm outtie.'

Outtie? What are you 16?

Oh, sorry, granny, I must depart.

I'll see you guys tomorrow.

[Valens] 'Yep.'

Two of whatever this guy's having.

Detective Rush.

I'd say you were lookin' smokin' hot but..

...it'd be an inappropriation to my co-worker.

I wouldn't want that.

Inappropriation a word?

Should be.

I came over 'cause I got a question.

Question away.

You were talking to that addict on the last job.

How it is when you start using.

You're free.

You're flyin'.

Sounds like you've been there.

So you're thinkin' what's a guy in NA doin' in a bar?

That, or you're a better liar than I am.

Oh, liar?

I consider us storytellers.

You know, like I came over 'cause I got a question.

[chuckles] That was no story.

There you go again.

You're a tricky guy.

I got you, detective.

[chuckles]

That's what you're having?

Appletini. Problem?

What sorority you pledge in?

[chuckles] It's good.

Don't knock good.

Hmm, don't knock good.

[Saccardo] 'Check this out.'

Ta-da!

Oh, you got talent. Gotta say.

I could teach ya.

The bar trick?

Yeah, but then you have to join my sorority.

Are you making an inappropriation?

Thanks for comin' in.

Sorry.

That smile for me?

The hoagie.

He in there?

Got him waitin'.

- Morning. - Morning.

[Valens] 'This is Detective Rush.'

Nice to meet you.

Said you might have a suspect.

Yeah, you.

Let's count the lies. Pez, steroid use.

How they booted you off the team.

- I miss anything? - Oh, yeah.

The one where he had nothing to do with Mike's death.

I didn't. I swear.

They didn't just kick you off the team.

They took away your scholarship.

[Valens] 'Now you didn't keep up your grades'

so they sent you packing.

And it was all Mike's fault.

Your best friend betrayed you.

No way he did that. He stood up for me.

The thing with Mike is that he thought with his heart.

Told the truth, and that can get you

into trouble with some people.

Hey, hold on.

Taking away my scholarship too.

Together We Stand, my ass.

I'm sorry, Breeze.

- I didn't mean to-- - It's not your fault, man.

It's just, just bad luck.

- 'There you are.' - Not now.

I'm trying to save your ass from flunking.

Your"Beowulf"paper was due this morning.

I turned it in.

You were supposed to give it to me.

You know, it's half your grade.

You get an F, I'm the one who takes the heat.

I got a team meeting.

The same team who just took away the halfback scholarship?

'He gets sick, all of a sudden, they got a problem'

'with his GPA?'

That's a mistake I'm gonna fix.

I'll get Breeze back on the team.

A mistake? Come on, Mad Dog.

Those 'roids are clouding your head.

I'm not on steroids, you little maggot.

So you become a Warrior, and suddenly

you're benching 400 pounds?

You don't know what you're talking about.

No, it's simple, Mike.

You pass, you play.

Team wins, school makes money.

Everybody's happy.

That's how it works.

You're a dollar bill to them.

You're the one getting paid here.

And if I flunk, you're done.

I'm a dollar bill to you.

Don't worry about me. I got a life after college.

Wonder what would happen to your stupid fellowship

if they knew you cheated for football players.

That kid was pissed off.

Are you saying the nerd bashed the fullback's head in?

Doesn't take much to sneak up on somebody.

That takes a coward, right, Breeze?

And it is about you.

Moon took away your football career.

I was in the emergency room all day that Saturday.

The doctors were trying to save my kidney.

The same kidney made worse

by the steroids they fed you.

Yeah.

The way they treated you..

How could you work there?

It's the only thing I got.

I tell you what.

In that backfield with Moon..

[chuckles] Still the best days of my life.

Quit shoving me, man. I got rights.

Can it or I tighten the bracelets.

Who's she?

Detective Rush. She's cool.

Well, then get these damn things off me, man.

That glorious stench?

Chanel dumpster No. 5.

That's alight, captain says you're gonna remember

what it's like to stink real soon.

You going someplace, Saccardo?

Joint operation with the feds coming down.

Just waiting to hear.

Oh, send me a postcard.

[woman yelling]

Uh, yeah, no, I'm not kidding.

Uh, it's about the hit-and-run report you filed 30 years ago.

Yeah, a red Duster hit your car near the university

around 10:00 a.m.

Yeah.

Uh, did you get a look at the driver?

Uh, it says in the report the, the Duster that hit your car

had no plates.

Uh, dealer plates or no plates?

Um, my assistant wants to know

if they were, uh, dealer plates.

Yeah.

Thanks, pal.

Dealer plates.

Suspect was fleeing the scene in a brand-spanking-new car.

Let's find us a Duster.

Um-hmm.

So how did you afford grad school with no loans?

Well, what does this have to do with Mike McShane?

Mike was gonna tell those fancy scholarship guys

that you were a cheat.

You knew after Mike left the tickets

he'd take the shortcut back to the dorm.

- 'You wait for him, professor?' - If you think--

We think..

...you saw Mike again.

Bashed the guy's head in.

Alright, I was mad at him.

[sighs]

Maybe it was my fault.

- Your fault? - If I just hadn't..

I don't know, shined the light..

...maybe he'd be alive.

[The Allman Brothers singing "Blue Sky"]

I just met with a doctor in town.

He said I had signs of liver damage.

Side effect of steroids.

♪ Walk along the river ♪

I can't believe they did this to me.

♪ Sweet lullaby ♪

To all of us.

♪ They don't worry 'bout where.. ♪♪

I should have listened to you..

...about a lot of things.

I don't know anything.

I stopped by your English prof's office.

Just graded your"Beowulf"paper.

How bad was it?

Got a B plus

all on your own.

No way.

Maybe I should have listened to you.

Now don't get all sappy on me, you little twerp.

- You still gonna play tomorrow? - Why?

Just figured maybe you weren't gonna be

playing for those idiots anymore.

Fall football.

Chill in the air

pads crackin', fans screamin'

going so hard you think you might die

but then you don't.

They can't take that away.

"Let him who may win glory before death, for that is best."

"At last for the departed warrior."

[chuckles]

You really did read it.

I'll leave you tickets for the game.

Hey.

I thought of a nickname for you.

I was gonna go with Bones

'but then it hit me.'

Wiglaf.

Thanks, Bad Moon.

[Stillman] 'Wiglaf.'

That's from "Beowulf."

Yeah, the only warrior who stood by Beowulf at the end.

Helped him slay the dragon.

- Mike's way of saying thanks. - I guess so.

Did Mike tell you what he was gonna do?

Uh, he said he was gonna talk to Coach Walters about Breeze.

Thought he never had the chance, but now, uh..

You think, Mike stood up to Walters.

It would have been the first, that's for sure.

You got a lot to answer for, coach.

Treating those players like disposable meat.

They were treated like kings.

[chuckles] 'Oh, yeah?'

'Breeze too?'

Breeze got sick.

Because of your steroid program.

'Mike ever come to you to talk about it?'

Yeah, he came to me. Friday night.

Not Saturday morning.

That's convenient for you.

I was with the coaching staff all Saturday morning.

Then about 70,000 witnesses saw me on the sidelines.

Why don't you call one?

You like that, don't you?

'Fans cheering.'

'All that glory on Saturdays.'

Bet you'd do anything to keep it.

- Anything to shut Mike up. - I didn't kill Mike.

Then what did you say to him?

Not a hell of a lot.

But with Breeze off the team, he loses his scholarship.

If he can't keep his grades up--

But that was never a problem when he was starting, was it?

He's given everything to the team.

I mean, Together We Stand, right, coach?

Finished?

I-I just think that we need to--

Get the hell out of my office.

You don't give a rat's ass about us, do you?

Now watch yourself, boy.

Walk away before you lose your own damn scholarship.

You'd do that, wouldn't you?

Just put your pads on tomorrow

and be a Warrior.

I will never put on a Warrior jersey again

you son of a bitch.

[Jeffries] 'And you let that stand?'

He would have played.

'They always do.'

Besides..

...not myjob to mollycoddle players.

Now, that's what the boosters are for, right?

Take 'em to dinner, slip the players cash.

'Handle a mess like Mike.'

Your point?

Steve Pratt did the dirty work.

You called him, right?

[chuckles]

After all these years, still beholden to Steve Pratt.

[chuckles]

You needed your new stadium, right?

This used to be a game,coach.

You ever miss that?

[Vera] 'George.'

You folks being helped?

Steve Pratt sent us.

[chuckles] Why didn't you say so?

You affiliated with the program?

Class of '92.

'Looking for a Duster.'

They stopped making those in the 70s.

We used to sell a ton of 'em.

Well, Steve said he test-drove one once. That true?

Sure, the players loved them.

Tell us more.

[Valens] 'Looked you up in some old Warrior programs, Steve.'

Can't seem to find your game stats.

Well, I was on the team.

We went to the Orange Bowl.

But you never played. Does that even count?

It counts.

Well, you've been pretending you're somebody else

for a long time 'cause you were nothing like Bad Moon.

[Valens] 'Well, you're..'

'...warming the bench.'

Together we...sit.

You two, I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Mike was like a son to you.

Must have stung when he said he was leaving the team.

- He was his own man. - You try and talk to him?

I mean, he must have come to you if it was..

...just a talking-to that we can understand.

I had a chat with your buddy

at the Dodge Dealership over in Roxborough.

He lent you a red Duster the morning Mike was killed.

Same one you returned after the hit-and-run.

You know, there's gotta be some mistake.

No mistake.

Got a tailgater who ID'd you

driving away from the crime scene at 9:30.

Well, I can go get our witness right now

and put you through a line-up, lie detector.

Up to you.

You took him for a drive just to talk, right?

To work it out.

You always had a way with those kids, didn't you?

Just went for a drive to talk.

You were the father he never had.

Always tried to be there for him.

Well, you gave everything to Mike.

You rescued him from his small town.

Yeah, you threw parties.

You took him to fancy restaurants.

Youmadethat kid.

I treated him like a son.

[Valens] And how does Mike thank you?

Stirring up trouble.

Going behind your back.

The coach calls you to fix it.

'That's your job. To take care of it.'

When Mike starts talking, you lose everything.

And the games, the parties.

A son.

I tried.

I tried to tell him not to do it.

Not to do what, Steve?

[Rush] 'Tell us what happened, Steve.'

Tell us so you don't have to live with this anymore.

God help me.

[engines revving]

[sighs] Well..

'I was gonna wait till after the game, but..'

[laughs] That's all yours, son.

You deserve it.

Imagine driving through campus in this baby.

Pretty blonde riding shotgun.

You think this is about a car?

- What, Mike? - Don't you get it?

You-you're ruining the game I love.

You're thinking too much, Mike.

You don't want me to think, you pump us

full of steroids without telling us.

- Those things help you. - Uh, it's cheating.

It isn't right.

Look, I came here to play ball andget a degree.

Well, guess what? You don't play, you don't get a degree.

- 'Okay? So buck up.' - Now, my grades are good.

I can get a scholarship anywhere in the country.

Mike, come on, okay?

Nobody's talking about you leaving here.

I'm not staying unless Breeze does.

- Unless certain things change. - Oh, my God.

What the hell is wrong with you?

Do you have any idea how lucky you are?

How stupid you're being right now?

I trusted you.

You know, I-I actually..

I was wrong.

Oh, what, about me? Is that what you're saying?

I discovered you, okay?

I made you everything you are.

You'd still be pumping gas back in Latrobe.

- That's not true. - 'You've eaten at my table.'

You never said no to a freebie, did ya?

- Fifty here, fifty there. - That was for books.

You think this is easy?

Everything I do for you? For all my boys?

- Your boys? - Yeah.

Your boys think you're a joke.

- What did you say? - You're a benchwarmer.

You're trying to relive glory you never had in the--

- You shut your mouth. - No.

If you're what being a Warrior is..

...forget it.

[dramatic music]

[metal clanking]

[thud]

[gasping]

[melancholic music]

[engine starting]

[tires screeching]

♪ Your everlasting summer you can see it fading fast ♪

♪ So you grab a piece of something ♪

♪ That you think is gonna last ♪

♪ But you wouldn't even know a diamond ♪

♪ If you held it in your hand ♪

♪ The things you think are precious I can't understand ♪

♪Are you reelin' in the years? ♪

♪ Stowin' away the time? ♪

♪ Are you gatherin' up the tears? ♪

♪ Have you had enough of mine? ♪

♪ Are you reelin' in the years? ♪

♪ Stowin' away the time? ♪

♪ Are you gatherin' up the tears? ♪

♪ Have you had enough of mine? ♪

♪ You've been telling me you're a genius ♪

♪ Since you were 17 ♪

♪ In all the time I've known you ♪

♪ I still don't know what you mean ♪

♪ The weekend at the college ♪

♪ Didn't turn out like you planned ♪

♪ The things that pass for knowledge I can't understand ♪

♪ Are you reelin' in the years? ♪

♪ Stowin' away the time? ♪

♪ Are you gatherin' up the tears? ♪

♪ Have you had enough of mine? ♪

♪ Are you reelin' in the years? ♪

♪ Stowin' away the time? ♪

♪ Are you gatherin' up the tears? ♪

♪ Have you had enough of mine? ♪♪

[Rush] Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.

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