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Go! Come on, go get 'em!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Leave me alone!

You need a refill on anything, honey?

- I'm good. - You doing okay?

Is there someone I can call?

- I'm fine. - Oh, honey.

Let me know if you need anything.

Ma'am! No! Jesus Christ.

Let go. Let go!

Let go of my hand! Don't do that!

No, Mom! Mom!

No, no!

Just one, really quick. Smile!

Is there something that you would like to say

to Mr. and Mrs. Rosenblum, Bezhig?

Are you going to be my mom and dad?

You're a criminal, mom!

You're a criminal!

Miss Rosenblum.

The receptionist said you've been waiting a while to see me?

Yup.

How have you been?

Not good.

Is there something I can help you with, Miss Rosenblum?

- Yeah, maybe. - Look.

I'm going to talk to you, but don't...

You're in my office.

Well, you told me not to come to your house.

You need to lower your voice.

Please, sit.

You don't seem well.

I'm not.

Look, Miss Rosenblum,

I appreciate you're upset.

Many adoptees are when they find out

they can't access their files,

but you cannot come in here and yell or be unpleasant.

I'm wondering.

Did you think it was funny?

To call my motel and give me, like,

little pieces of the information that I wanted?

Was that funny to you?

I'd like to know where is my twin brother?

Who I didn't even remember was my twin.

And where's my mother?

My whole family, both families, are fucked up.

And all the things I thought I knew

about my life are lies.

My family, back in Montreal...

I'm not talking to them.

And my family here in Regina, I don't know them.

Not really.

And I'll probably never really feel like

they're my real family.

You can't tell anyone,

I mean anyone, that I'm talking to you.

You're not talking to me.

This is...

it's not legal.

I could lose my job.

Your job?

What?

What?

Look, the whole thing...

it was hard to know what to do.

How do you sleep at night?

Niizh was adopted into a family in North Dakota.

I drove him down myself.

Where?

It was near Williston.

It was a farming family. Thompson Dairy.

And your mother, I don't know.

I can't help you with that.

I've applied for a job in public housing.

I'm hoping to move on from this department.

I am sorry.

If...

I am sorry if I... Esther.

Yeah, what?

Good luck in public housing.

Operator, how can I help you?

Yeah, hi, I'm looking for a number in North Dakota.

Okay, what's the name please?

For Thompson Dairy?

Do you have a city?

Near Williston.

I only have an address

for Thompson Farm and Dairy, do you want that?

Yeah, sure.

It's 27911, fifty-third,

Williston, North Dakota.

Thank you.

- Hi. - Hi.

I'm looking for the Thompsons.

Well, you found 'em.

Is there a Niizh Thompson here?

He was a boy.

Adopted by the Thompson family.

Oh, Henry. Right, yeah, Niizh.

Are you his family member?

Well, officially speakin', I'd be his sister.

Oh. So am I.

Of course y'are.

- Is he here? - No, 'fraid not.

Well, he took off on us, as soon as he turned 16.

Haven't seen him since.

If there's anything you can give me,

uh, to help me find him,

it would be really great to have it.

I know he's in a band.

He is?

He sent us his cassette.

I can give it to ya.

Okay.

I can show you where he slept.

- Yeah. - Ye... oh, no.

No, hun.

Not in the house.

Come on. I'll show ya.

And your mom and dad adopted him?

Mm-hmm, well, they didn't really

think of it like adopting a son.

He was more of a hired hand.

He had to have been about eight or nine

by the time he came to us.

You know, I didn't really think about it much at the time.

Seemed normal, but...

I look back on it now and I think...

it must've been very lonely for that boy.

You know, I gotta admit to ya,

I didn't really pay much attention to him at all.

I hardly talked to him.

This is it?

That part Mom used to sing to us.

There's a number here. Maybe I could call his manager.

Phone's right there.

Hello?

Hi, I'm looking for one of your artists.

Uh, Niizh Thompson?

Is this for a gig?

Well, how do... how do I reach him?

I don't like it when girls call here for him.

Uh, no, I'm a family member of his.

From North Dakota?

No. Canada.

- You're his real family? - Yeah.

Uh, I don't know where he is,

but we're comin' to Canada in a few weeks.

Selkirk?

You're coming to Selkirk?

- In a few weeks? - Yeah.

That's not too far.

We're playing at a bar called the Windsor Hotel.

You should come.

Well, I'm here with his brother,

- we can go together. - No, I can't.

Well, I'll track him down

and let him know you called.

Uh, okay. Thanks.

This is important, Leo.

Go meet your brother.

You still there?

I'll call you back in a few days.

- Thank you. - Sounds good.

Leo, we're gonna be fine here.

You gotta go.

Please, Leo.

He hasn't left since we had the kids.

I'll call you from the hotel.

When I arrive tomorrow.

- Oh, come on. - Bye, Daddy! Bye, Auntie!

- Bye. - Bye!

- I'll see you. - Bring us presents!

I'm gonna miss you!

I'm gonna miss you, too! I love you!

Bye, Auntie! Bye, Daddy!

You're gonna be okay.

We're gonna take a 15-minute break

and we'll be back with our latest single, "All I Want."

- This is fuckin' crazy. - Hi.

Hi.

This is our older brother, Leo.

- Hi, Niizh. - Leo.

Hi. It's been a while.

Wow, this is...

This whole show I was tryin' to figure out which ones were you.

Would you like a beer?

No, I'm okay, thank you.

And you, would you like to drink

with your long-lost brother?

Yeah.

Great.

Guys! Guys! This is my sister!

- No way! - Hi, I'm Becky!

We talked on the phone!

Is that your brother over there?

- What's his problem? - Oh, he's fine.

He just doesn't drink.

Let's do a shot, sister.

- Yeah. - You probably need it.

- I guess I do. - Let's fuckin' party.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

You want another beer?

Yeah. Sure.

Come on.

He's spending all this time with her.

Hey. You gonna smoke that?

Gimme one.

Niizh, over here!

No, no. I don't wanna go.

I got you.

Nope, this way, this way.

I wanna stay.

Well, you'll see him in the morning, okay?

I don't wanna wait till...

Fuck.

Hello?

We wanted to say goodbye.

We're driving back, so...

Sure, yeah.

Maybe we should come back later?

This doesn't seem like a good time.

Why wouldn't this be a good time?

It's my fuckin' life.

Uh, I just meant that we shouldn't have come so early.

That's all.

Uh, that's not what you meant.

You think I'm a fuck up.

Okay, cool it.

No. I'm sorry, we'll just come back later.

You don't even fuckin' know me.

All right, let's go.

- No, Leo, I'm fine. - Oh, big fuckin'

- protector now, huh? - Let's go.

Look at me when I'm fuckin' talkin' to you!

Leo! Leo!

Leo! What did you do that for?

Fuck, okay, Niizh, listen...

just wait, wait, wait, wait...

Niizh!

- Stop! - Fuck you!

Just stop, okay?

Stop! Wait! Wait, Niizh!

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck...

Stop! Leo! Niizh!

- Wait! - Fuck you!

Fuck you!

Niizh, Stop!

Leo!

Let's go, come on.

You wanna go to the hospital?

No.

I've spent my whole life...

protecting my family from that shit.

Leo...

I wanna go back.

He doesn't want anyone. He made that clear.

What the fuck do you think is gonna happen?

I don't know.

What?

Who is it?

It's just me. I'm so sorry.

Say sorry and you'll get your way?

Sorry.

Is that what they teach you in private school?

Fuck it, come in.

Actually...

I don't know what to say.

I didn't know what to do.

Niizh.

Wanna go bowlin'?

What?

- Can I get two beers? - Yeah, for sure.

Want one?

No, I'm sure.

- Hmm, I'm okay. - Come on.

Hold it like a soft ball.

And you gotta, like, you know, have the positioning there.

You know, feet shoulder-length, like this.

Watch.

Ah, yes!

Your turn.

I'm gonna try it like this.

Ah!

Yeah!

Go, Niizh, it's your birthday.

Ah! Oh, oh, oh.

Game point right here.

Whoo!

Have you bowled before?

Or you have bowled before and you're just shit at it?

I used to bowl with my youth group,

but the balls were much bigger.

What the fuck is a youth group?

I have that smile.

What?

I... I just noticed that, yeah.

We do have the same smile.

Almost like we're twins.

I'm gonna go grab more beers. You want one?

I don't normally drink that much.

Neither do I.

So, how come you're not famous?

What? Your music's so good.

Pfft.

How many famous Indians do you know?

I'm fine with where I'm at.

Road life.

Touring.

Girls.

Could I come with you?

On tour?

I'm serious. I can be your assistant.

You're not really road material.

Really?

Could I come with you? Just for a few days.

- No. - But you and I,

we could spend more time together.

- We could... - What the fuck is it with you?

How come you're all over me?

You were always like this.

Like, when we were kids.

Weren't you?

All bossy and shit.

I'm a shithead. I know.

That's the one thing I kind of remember about you.

What time is your bus?

Five.

I guess I should get a room.

Why?

To sleep in it?

Just stay up.

I'll stay up with you.

I went to North Dakota.

Saw the farm.

Met your sister.

Shit.

She showed me where you slept.

You didn't deserve that.

It was fine.

It's better than all the other places.

I don't know.

I try not to think about all that.

All what?

A bunch of foster homes.

There was this one lady who used to like to hit me, and...

I was six.

She just...

fuckin'...

what the fuck, man.

What the... what the fuck.

I'm fucked up.

I'm fucked up, too.

No, you're not.

Bye.

I could catch a different bus.

Go catch your bus.

I got a show in North Dakota tonight.

And you can't come.

But I love you.

Just go.

Hey, stop!

You did that to our car? You think that's funny?

Leave my brother alone!

Let me go!

- Auntie! - Auntie!

Hey. Hi.

I'm so happy to be back. I got you something.

This is for you, and this is for you.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Hello? I'm back.

I should've called to let you know I was staying.

I'm sorry.

Me and Niizh stayed up all night, we spent the day,

we went bowling, and...

What?

What's wrong?

Becky called.

Okay.

He's dead.

She got him to the hospital, but...

She found him in his motel.

No, wait, how?

Drugs.

But I was just with him this morning.

Was it an accident?

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Can you come? Please?

I need you to come.