"You gotta stop listening to the same voices playing over and over in your head." "I can pretty much get the voices to stop now but it's the images that keep coming back." "Certain ones like the day they raided us, the tear gas burning my eyes, the moment they cuffed me," "watching one of my best friends die." "Maybe it's a good thing that I can't get rid of 'em." "So I can't forget where I came from." "Everyone has their number." "My number is 18." "This is my 18th foster home placement and that goes along with other numbers," "11 misdemeanors, 9 felonies, 4 convictions and 1 new haircut at the insistence of my case worker." "They say that when you get released from prison you have the glow, a new attitude." "Who knows?" "I'm just hoping 18 will be my lucky number." "We thank you for the food that you have before us and we thank for the loving hands that have prepared it." "Lord, we have a new member of the family at the table tonight and we thank you for bringing Brendan into our lives and for the new life that you have given to him." "We ask that you give him strength and wisdom in his new endeavors at school and may he always rely upon you." "This we ask in Jesus' name, amen." "Amen." "So, you must be excited about school." "Tomorrow morning we have a meeting with the principal." "It's nothing special." "that the transition's going smoothly." "Okay." "Northside's a good school." "I've been a teacher there going on 25 years." "Vanessa was a nurse there for how long, sweetheart?" "Long enough." "Well, speaking of smooth transitions, your curfew will be 9:00 on school nights." "You've had a curfew before?" "I've had a lot of practice being on time in the last few years." "Yes, yes, I suppose you have." "But it will be different without someone looking over you." "I'm sure it'll all work out fine." "Of course, it'll be fine." "I just want to be clear on our expectations." "There'll be plenty of time for these things later." "I smell alcohol on your breath, weed on your clothes, we have to report it." "Same with fighting or erratic attendance." "Now, what's going on with the community service?" "The Faith Club's working on a few projects this fall." "He'll pick up the hours there." "It's important that you don't fall short in that area either, Brendan." "Yes, sir." "Sorry I'm late." "He's volunteered to show you around." "So you just moved in with Mr. Stubbs, huh?" "Yeah." "That's cool." "Yeah, he's a pretty cool guy." "He mentors our Bible study after school." "Yeah, that's what he was telling me." "Well, look, Northside is just like any other school." "We got jocks, geeks, princesses and even a few cool kids such as myself." "When you are working with absolute value inequalities, there's a lot you have to keep straight." "You have to combine everything you know about inequalities with everything you know about absolute values." "Did you tell him he could work on Lewis's car?" " Hmm?" " He's working on Lewis's car." "Yeah, he said he took some shop classes and asked if he could." "Well, sweetheart, I really don't think that was your decision to make." "Since when do you care about cars?" "You know what I mean." "Okay, I'm sorry." "You're right." "Guess I should have said something to you." "I can tell him." "Well, you can't tell him now that you let him start." "I thought we agreed we were gonna try to help the kid turn his life around." "Well, I just didn't know that Lewis's car would be a part of that plan." "So in the garden, we see him pitting man against God and in Job, we see him trying to turn God against man and in Matthew, we see him scheming to turn Jesus from God." "Now, Jesus has just begun his ministry." "He's only been baptized a few days prior." "He hasn't even performed a single miracle and yet the enemy is already trying to bring him down." "So, Brendan, how are you finding it so far?" " Uh, it's..." " He doesn't say much." "He's got that quiet thing going for him." "Yeah, he keeps to himself." "So does that mean you're not gonna join our volleyball team then?" "Volleyball team?" "Yeah, the Seekers has an intramural team and we play after school at the park." "You should come out, Friday night." "It's more like jungle ball than volleyball." "And then afterwards you can check out my band." "See, we play mostly alternative rock with some Christian skate punk thrown in and..." "They change their name weekly." "Well, we're just still trying to find our identity, you know?" "Okay." "He helped him get insurance, too?" "Yeah, set up a payment schedule." "Where's he getting his money?" "Mike arranged that he would cut grass at the school in the fields." "I told Mike this was a bad idea." "I mean, he barely knows this kid." "How do you make a person trustworthy?" "Trust them." "Mike trusted those roofers a couple of years back." "They did half the job for the full price and then they disappeared on him." "Hey, Russell." "How you doin', man?" "What, you hit a number on the lotto?" "You're giving away cars?" "I could use a high definition TV." "You only fall asleep in front of it." "Not if it was HD." "You know, if you're thinking of passing on there's this new rec center the department is sponsoring and they're looking for donations." "I remember Lewis had that foosball table he used to play on night and day when he was a kid." "We're not sure what we're doing with that yet." "Yeah." "Brendan, right?" "I'm Detective Russell Dwyer." "I work for the county." "ever since I heard that Stubbs took you in." "You've been in the system long enough to know that your record isn't gonna fold up neatly and disappear on you." "I mean, conditional discharge where they seal your records, that's for misdemeanors." "Drunk and disorderly, whacking mailboxes with a baseball bat." "But that's not you." "Now, I know what you're thinking, another cop hassling me for no good reason, but I have a reason." "I am a stat man, Brendan." "You into fantasy football or baseball?" "Oh, you should try it." "It's a good distraction." "Now, I love it because it's all stats and the guys that are really great at it, well, they learn how to dig through all the useless data and find what's really important." "I checked the recidivism statistics on that boys club you spent the last three years in." "Do you know what recidivism means?" "It's a 50 cent word that means messing up again." "Do you know the recidivism rate of those rats that came out of that hole you were in?" "90% arrested within two years of release." "Nine out of ten and that's why I'm here, Brendan." "Nothing personal, just the stats." "Now the Stubbs, they're good folks." "Never took a shortcut in their lives." "And they had a son." "He was a cop." "He was killed in the line of duty, routine traffic stop." "Guy shot him dead on the side of the highway." "They don't need any more heartache." "Yes, sir." "I will be seeing you, Brendan." "I heard some kids talking about you at school today." "I guess they found a story about a Brendan King arrested in a drug raid in the city about three years ago." "If you're uncomfortable talking about it, I completely..." "No, it's cool." "Anyway, I wouldn't worry if it gets out." "Girls love a bad boy." "They love the challenge to reform a rebellious boy." "No, they've done studies on it, man." "Did a car just go off the road up there?" "Wait, Brendan, stop the car!" "Whoa." "Hey!" "Hey, you gotta be careful, man." "Hey." "Call for help!" "Hey, you okay?" "Sorry, it's gonna be okay, I'm gonna get you outta here." "One, two, three." "Ow!" " She gonna be okay?" " She's gonna be all right." " Could you give us a minute?" " Sure, no problem." "We found these on the floor of the car." "Wanna tell me about it?" "A Northside High student risked his life to pull a girl from her burning car yesterday." "The 17-year-old girl who is yet to..." "It's a good thing you were coming by." "That was a darn heroic thing you did." "Anyone would have done it." "I don't think so." "Could have easily have gone another way." "Well, the car looked like it was about to explode, so I hung back, but my friend..." "You being there was no accident." "God has a plan." "Hope you believe that." "Hey, is this seat taken or does Katie Couric want it so she can interview you?" "No, she just left, so it's all yours." "We're rock stars, dude." "Did you catch me on the news?" "I plugged you big time." "You saved the homecoming queen, how crazy is that?" "You talked to her since then?" "No." "Dude, you gotta get on that." "You're like a super hero." " Now you've lost it." " I haven't lost it." "What are you doing in this class?" "I've never been in this classroom before." "Yeah, well... there are a lot of pretty girls in this class." "Mr. Sheedy." "Sorry." "Just don't let this fame go to your head, all right?" "Brendan, Brendan King." "It ain't a dream." " It's me, Eli." " Eli?" "Big surprise, huh?" "Who's with you?" "You know I got Rish." "What up, Bren." "Big Lex came, too." "Right." "When you guys get out?" "I got out last May, but Rish, he been stomping for about a year now." "Anyone else?" "Tev's somewhere." "How you been?" "Thought you was gonna contact me when you got out." "I had to see you on the news." "Of course, I couldn't recognize you, grew your fade out." "Y'all see this?" "Baby boy's all brand new." "Nah, he ain't brand new." "He's just a pretty boy now." "But even if they all forget, I seen you go pit bull." "I ain't seeing it now." "Yeah, I heard about you making a name for yourself while you was inside." "Got all cleaned up, huh?" "Yeah, I can't roll with the old crew anymore, Eli." "Old crew?" "We family, brother." "So I'm gonna get to why we really here." "Been to the woods where Tuck kept the stash." "It's empty, completely dry, you feel me?" "What makes you think there'd be anything there?" "Because Tuck kept a stash... weed, money, 'caine, liquor, all that." "And I know the police got work during the raid but there should be more, a lot more." "Look, I don't know, Eli." "Tuck didn't mention any other spots?" "Come on, man, you were in that more than me." "Yeah, maybe." "Tell you what, you think about it." "Maybe something pops up." "But I need you to give it serious thought." "It's good to see you, brother." "We'll be in touch." "Later." "Brendan, right?" "Hey, how are you?" "Broke my arm." "Could have been worse." "Yeah, I'll say." "I don't really remember much of it." "Thanks for helping me." "No problem." "Guess I'll see you around." "I'm sure the club can find a few ways for you to fill up your service hours." "Don't look at it as a punishment." "Mistakes are a normal part of life." "Use it as an opportunity, okay?" "Thanks, Mr. Stubbs." "She's distanced herself from me and from everybody." "She comes in, she goes right up to her room." "She got that tattoo without talking to us about it." "That is so not like her." "She would never do that." "then maybe you'd see that something's really wrong." "I'm not blaming you, but you can't say that your moving away hasn't played some part in this." "Look, call her later." "Maybe she'll talk to you." "What did he say?" "That I could do my hours with them." "Did he give you any idea what you'd be working on?" "We didn't get into that." "Hey, Bren." "a skater kid cracked up near the park, dropped a couple of hits of acid." "I haven't seen that out here in a long time." "Kind of a coincidence, wouldn't you say?" "Wasn't me." "No, not you." "You're on a new path now, right?" "The hero." "Do you remember that story I told you about the Stubbs' son?" "We never caught the guy who did that." "Now, I know you didn't do it, but you're what I picture when I think of him." "Have you talked to any of your old crew lately?" "What do you want from me?" "Yeah, there's something in your eyes that bothers me." "Like you're waiting for someone to challenge you so that you can prove them wrong." "When all that usually happens is is that you prove them right." "I just have a lot on my mind..." "I'm sorry, it's over." "Yeah, just walk away, right?" "Wanna ride?" "No, thanks." "Are you sure?" "It's kind of dark out here." "I kind of just wanna be left alone." "Usually when I just wanna be alone," "I could really use some company." "So what's the deal with you and the Seekers?" "Are you there by choice or are you court ordered like me?" "Why would you think I was court ordered?" "Kids talk." "No, I'm not court ordered." "The police found some stuff I bought off this kid at school." "I had an AP history exam and was having some trouble focusing." "Look, I don't have a problem." "and crush up smart drugs just to get my G.P.A. up." "I never thought I had a problem, till I got locked up." "I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I'm not like..." "What?" "Not like me?" "I'm sorry, I didn't..." "It's okay." "I'm not like me anymore, either." "It's the next one on the right." "Brendan, right?" "Yeah." "I'm Zack." "Natalie's boyfriend?" "How's it going?" "I've been meaning to thank you for helping her the way you did." "It's no problem." "I appreciate it." "Me and Nat been going through some things." "because we're in one of those on again, off again cycles but that's the deal, dude." "I just pulled out of her car, that's it, dude." "Later." "You got my message." "Are you okay?" "What's goin' on?" "I want you to tell me about Brendan." "I wanna know the things I said I didn't wanna know." "What happened, he do something?" "No, no." "I just changed my mind." "Maybe you should talk to Mike." "I'd rather hear it from you." "Please?" "Hey, got a minute?" "What's up?" "Those rumors going around, are a lot of them true?" "Yeah." "I was talking to the club, and we haven't run any of this past Mr. Stubbs yet but it is our club and so a lot of the decisions do fall on us." "You want me out?" "No, no, no, just the opposite." "Well, sometimes I see the work we do and I feel like we're just going through the motions, you know, cleaning up garbage in the park, stuffing Red Cross envelopes." "It's good and everything, but we're a faith club and I just don't feel like we're making the spiritual connection we should be." "What do you want me to do?" "Well, we wanna really transforms lives and your experiences may show us how." "We'd like you to help us find projects that can really make a difference." "maybe something in your old neighborhood." "Look, I'd like to help the club, I really would, but I just think it's better if I don't go back there." "Oh." "I'm just trying to move past all that." "No, yeah, no, no worries." "We didn't think about that part." "Sorry." "Brendan, we believe in you." "Hey." "What's goin' on?" "Somethin' on your mind?" "Well, the Seekers, they asked me if I'd take them into the city and do some service work down there." "Well, sounds like a real sign of respect for you, everything you've been through." "Well, part of me wants to do it." "Another part just doesn't wanna go there." "That's totally understandable." "But let me just tell you this, everything you do, every decision you make, you need to do a cost benefit analysis." "You get to that in economics class yet?" "Uh, no." "How will something benefit you, what will it cost you, what do you have to risk." "But see, what people forget sometimes is there's a cost for not doing something, too." "We don't only pay for what we do in life, we also pay for what we don't do." "Yeah, it's a scary deal, I know." "You wanted to leave that part of your life behind." "Pray on it." "Right decision will show itself to you." "I know it did for me just a little while back when I was trying to decide whether or not to bring this young guy into my house." "Thanks, Mike." "Next on the agenda is the auction." "The posters are almost ready to go, we just need to select a charity." "That looks good." "I'll get working on the charity." "How's the online bidding for nominees coming?" "Well, last week the website crashed, but other than that, it's running smoothly." "We have a lot of bidders now." "That seems to be okay." "What else?" "Great." "John?" "We just need to get the decorations signed off on." "Who are we going to talk to about that?" " Can you talk to her?" " Yeah." "All right, yeah, we need refreshments..." "Hey, Hannah, did Mr. Stubbs talk to you about my situation?" "Yeah, he said you'll be doing some community service with us." "Yeah, I'd like to get my hours in as soon as I can, so if anything comes up." "What are you doing right now?" "Just going to the mall." "Brendan's taking Chris Sheedy and me downtown." "He's got an idea for a project he wants us to see." "He said that if he told us, we might not wanna go." "But it could count towards your hours." "Kind of short notice." "Sure, whatever." "Actually, hang on just a sec." "♪ These days, I just can't think straight ♪" "♪ I got too many angles running round my brain ♪" "♪ I gotta go but I wanna stay ♪" "♪ And it breaks my heart when I hear you say ♪" "♪ It'll be okay, ♪" "♪ 'Cause I know I won't be the same ♪" "♪ Won't be the same ♪♪" "What is this place?" "This is where I used to live." "I told myself I would never come back to this hole." "One of my friends died right here." "Before I got locked up, I used to run wild." "Bumped in and out of foster homes." "Out of control, selling drugs." "Kids in the system become your gang and your gang becomes your family." "And that type of living almost got me killed." "The first six months I was inside, I was so angry." "I was in solitary more than I was out of it." "One day a chaplain came by and handed me a Bible." "I laughed." "God never came to these places." "But I read that book because it was the only book they'd let me have." "And, I swear..." "I realized that I hadn't even been living at all, had been going about it all wrong." "I wanna rehab this house." "for neighborhood kids to come and hang out." "A place where they can work out their problems with no struggles." "Just a good home to turn to." "How are you gonna do that?" "Buy the house, fix it up?" " Who's gonna run it?" " I don't know." "It's like I have a vision and I have to just step into it." "What's impossible for man is possible for God." "That's right." "I mean, look at my life, the way it was." "It's a lot like this house." "And look at me now." "Nothing is impossible." "If God could give me a second chance, he could turn this house into a castle." "What are you gonna call it?" "Yeah, it needs a name." "Check this out:" "House of Redemption." "That sounds like one of your lame band names." "King's Castle." "Or how about just The Castle." "Yeah, I like that." "So explain to me again, how exactly are we gonna buy this place?" "I don't know." "It's ambitious, I'll tell you that." "Well, if it helps, I did a cost benefit analysis last night." "Oh, so what, you're a funny guy now?" "I figured I could talk to some local businesses and see if they'd help out, kick in some paint and lumber and stuff." "sometimes can be purchased for back taxes, maybe even less if the city wants to unload them." "You just need to prove to them that you can take on that sort of responsibility." "With your history, that might be a tough call." "Yeah." "Might need me to co-sign with you." "You'd do that for me?" "I just did a quick cost benefit analysis." "you can come stay in the garage with me." "No joke." "Well, thanks, Mike." "figure out what you have to do to pull this together," "I'll do whatever I can to help." "God will take care of the rest." "Power of faith, huh?" "Hello, Natalie." "Hey." " Got a second?" " Yeah." "I couldn't sleep last night." "That story you told in the house just kept running over and over in my head." "Well, I'm glad you were there." "I have an idea." "but the bachelor/bachelorette auction is next month." "The money we raise, we donate to local causes and we still haven't decided on a charity to support." "I'd like to talk to student council into donating to The Castle." "Do you think they'd go for that?" "I don't see why not." "I am the president." "What?" "I'm just surprised, I guess." "Well, don't be." "Thank you." "There is one catch, though." "You're gonna have to do me a favor." "Name it." "Put yourself up for auction." "winners revealed at a party we're throwing at the pavilion." "You're kidding, right?" "to put money down on a date with you." "It's kind of not my thing." "Yeah, but you're the face of the franchise." "Can't raise money for The Castle if its leading player isn't in the game." "Hey, you know, maybe we can auction Sheedy instead." "Do I detect an element of fear in Mr. Fearless?" "Shorty is poppin'." "What's her name?" "What are you doing here?" "Just checkin' in." "Shouldn't be here." "I bumped into Tevin the other day and he seems to remember you and Tuck packing a couple of shovels in a car a couple of days before we got busted." "Don't know what he's talking about, man." "See, that's gang property, Bren, and it's not doing anybody any good sitting wherever it's at." "We need it working for us." "We need it in the streets helping us build back up." "If Tuck did it, I don't know where it is, okay?" "See, I wish that I could believe that." "Probably should think about this some more." "I don't need to think on it, E." "You like these people, huh?" "This place you are now?" "You like the people you hanging out with now, huh?" "Seems like a nice place, nice people." "And that girl..." "she real fine." "What's that mean?" "Take it easy, baby." "We just having a general conversation, that's all, B." "County clerk's office." "Hi, I'm looking for information on how to purchase a house." "I checked the website that lists properties that have a tax lien." "Do you have a parcel ID number?" "Yes, ma'am, 13004201." "Please hold." "Yes, ma'am." "Brendan, Brendan King." "Okay." "Natalie, I know you've already locked down a band for the auction, but if you're looking for an opening act, you should check us out." "We play mostly alternative rock..." "I thought we discussed this." "Oh, I forgot you're the gatekeeper to the student council now?" "No, we just don't need an opening act for the auction." "Fine, I was just throwing it out there..." "Shhh!" "No, I'm sorry." "So what do I do?" "I just go down there and... okay." "All right." "Thank you." "Thirty-five." "Thirty-five dollars?" "They do realize the place isn't even worth 35 cents, right?" "Yeah, well, how it works is we can go down there and file a petition for it and that sort of makes it ours." "But then we have 60 days to come up with the rest." "Last year's auction raised $3,500." "So, how much to file for a petition, Brendan?" "Ten dollars." "We're gonna do this." "Hey, sweetheart." " Hi." " Hi." "I talked to Stan today." "That job's coming open." "Anne Marie's going on maternity leave." "I told them I'd discuss it with you." "I don't think it's time yet." "Yeah, but when we talked about it a couple of days ago, you said it might be." "I know." "This could be a good thing, Vanessa, getting back to work." "I worry." "You're out here in the garden a lot, but sometimes it seems to me" "I mean, you grow all these beautiful flowers..." "Maybe it's time for you to bring them to some other places, you know, back to the school, back to work, back to church, back to your friends who care about you." "I talked to Russell about Brendan." "Okay." "This was supposed to be about healing?" "Well, this does not feel like healing to me." "It feels like more pain." "Vanessa, you don't have to fear the boy." "He left that world behind the day he was saved." " Saved?" " Mm-hmm." "Is that it, Mike?" "The dark clouds part, the sun shines down and the choir rejoices in song." "I didn't..." "I..." "Sweetheart." "Got a second?" "What's up?" "That's what I'm wondering." "Lot of stories flying." "I've got nothing against you personally." "You did a cool thing helping Natalie but some of the stuff I heard you're into, she doesn't need to be around that." "You're right, she doesn't." "She won't." "Good." "'Cause if I find out she was, we're gonna have a problem." "We done?" "♪ A lot of people doubted me ♪" "♪ They laughed in my face ♪" "♪ Said there ain't no way I would finish that race ♪" "♪ But I kept my head down ♪" "♪ And laced up my shoes ♪" "♪ I ran a marathon when no one thought I could ♪" "♪ I didn't always want to but I said that I would ♪" "♪ And I learned a lot about what I can do ♪" "♪ It doesn't matter if they don't believe ♪" "♪ It doesn't matter if they do not understand ♪" "♪ 'Cause every dream that I'm trying to achieve ♪" "♪ I can, I can, I can ♪" "♪ I can, I can, I can ♪" "♪ So make a list, do not make it brief ♪" "♪ Write down every single wish ♪" "♪ And every little thing that you want ♪" "♪ Don't sell yourself short ♪" "♪ Don't ever hesitate if people turn you down ♪" "♪ Do not settle, do not wait, don't ever turn around ♪" "♪ Because you're almost there ♪" "♪ I swear, I swear it's yours ♪" "♪ And all that matters is there's no regrets ♪" "♪ It doesn't matter if they do not understand ♪" "♪ 'Cause everything you want you haven't gotten yet ♪" "♪ You can, you can, you can ♪♪" "My friends and I, we get in with these clubs and it's all about the resume spike." "We pick a charity and throw an event and pass the money along to someone else, never really getting our hands dirty." "It feels good, doesn't it?" "Feels right what we're doing." "Hold still." "If you don't mind me asking, what happened to your family?" "Sorry." "No, it's... my mom died, drugs." "And my dad, I don't know who he is." "Any brothers or sisters?" "How does anyone make it through that?" "My parents are divorced but I know who they are," "I know where they are." "Is that like a girlfriend tattoo?" "No, it's kind of like something to remind me of how I got here." "A broken heart?" "It's a mended heart." "Is that a cross in the middle?" "Yeah, I kind of messed that part up." "I like that it's not perfect." "There." "What's the worst thing you've ever done?" "Well, I've made a lot of bad decisions, but at least I never killed anybody." "It's just, um, I'm not proud of them." "I have to go." "Hey, wait." "Natalie, hey, hang on." "Hey, hang on." "Whatever it is you're going through, you don't, you don't have to do it alone." "Brendan... yeah, I do." "You're not returning my texts." "You thought I would?" "You said friends, right?" "I broke up with you." "You should hate me right now." "Well, I can't." "We never really talked about things, about the accident and the other stuff." "I don't know what else to say." "You're not answering any texts, any calls and anyone sees you outside school, you're hanging out with the Seekers." "Yeah, you used to go out and have fun and now something's changed." "So what are you saying?" "You can't tell me you're having it with the Seekers." "So it's official then, you've become one of them." "Maybe I have." "Really?" "How's Natalie doing these days?" "Why don't you ask her yourself, man?" "She doesn't talk to me much lately and when she does, it doesn't sound much like the Natalie that I know." "What is it with you?" "You saved her life, now maybe you think you can save her soul?" "I mean, isn't that what you guys do in your club?" "Huh?" "Let me make this as straight as I can for you." "Stay away from her!" "I don't want any trouble." "Yeah, see, I've been on the field against teams loaded with city trash waving their tats and their thug signs." "They ain't so bad when it's an even playing field." "When they don't have the posse and the hardware." "What about when they do got it?" "Eli, it's okay, man." "Yeah, it's okay, bro." "Yeah, I know." "Got your posse here, don't you?" " Put the gun down!" " I'm sorry!" "You got my man outnumbered four to one." "Hey, put it down!" " Huh?" "It's more even now, right?" " I'm sorry." "I know you're sorry." "So what you're gonna do is go give my man an apology." "I..." "I apologize." " Put it down." " I ain't buying it." " Say it on your knees." " Enough." " On your knees!" " I apologize!" "Back off!" "Get out of here, man." "What's wrong with you?" "What's wrong with me?" "What I don't get is why you taking this from them." "and start waving guns in people's faces." "Wow, you got stale in the joint, bro." "Come on, you're taking a ride with me." "No, man, I'm getting out of here." " Curfew." " Curfew?" "You don't get it do you?" "They ain't never gonna accept you out here." "You'll always be trash." "No matter how many houses you fix up with them." "Aw, you didn't think we knew about that." "♪ When I'm not quite sure ♪" "♪ When I change my mind ♪" "♪ When I veer off course ♪" "♪ When I've cross the line ♪" "♪ But I miss you, yes, I miss you ♪" "♪ All of the time ♪" "♪ When I'm half asleep ♪" "♪ When I'm wide awake ♪" "♪ When I play for keeps ♪" "♪ When I find my way ♪" "♪ Well I miss you, yes, I miss you every day ♪♪" "Freeze this moment in your mind." "Why is that?" "the behind the music special on me, you can tell them, "I remember meeting Sheedy in the hallway." "that his band had just gotten the gig at the charity auction. "" " Seriously?" " Totally." "But I thought they already had a band." "Well, they backed out." "Would you mind helping me hand out these flyers, though?" "Isn't that your publicist's job?" "That's cold, man, that's cold." "Hmm, you think that's him right there, right?" "Yeah, I know that's him." " We got a winner." " Hey, I'm on it." "Bad day for a bike ride." "I'd say so myself." "You want me to keep following him or should I get him now?" "Yeah, we follow him." "Stay close." "When we hit him, we hit him hard." "Got it." "Did you get a look at these guys at all?" "How many, height, weight, what they're wearing?" "I really didn't see that much." "Hey, Mr. Stubbs." "Hey, buddy." "How you doing?" "I'm doing all right." "Brendan, don't I look pretty." "It is an improvement." "Hey, Russell." "Mike." "Look, I just got one more question for you." "We got some security video from the school, caught a glimpse of a van driving pretty fast around the time you were hit." "Black van, ring a bell?" "Look, I really don't remember that much." "Give it time." " It'll come back to you." " All right." " Mike." " Yeah." "Look, thanks for coming, guys." "Yeah, we'll have you back in math class in no time." "Brendan?" "I heard about Chris." "I feel so bad." "About the other day, I'm sorry I just took off like that." "It's cool." "I guess I just got scared of what you'd think of me if I told you." "Well, you don't have to be." "Yeah, I do." "It'll change things." "Maybe you're playing it just right then." "Keep whatever it is buried inside and let it eat away at you until you can't feel or care about anything at all." "Yeah, maybe you're right." "Natalie?" "Natalie!" "Hey, wait!" "Natalie?" "I got pregnant last year." "I didn't tell anybody." "Zack didn't know, or my mom." "It was a mistake, but it happened and I dealt with it." "I thought it was for the best." "Thing of it is I didn't think" "I was strong enough to have a baby, but now I don't think I'm strong enough to carry this emptiness." "I'm not sure of anything anymore." "But please, don't tell me faith can fix me, because I cut myself off from God forever." "It's okay, I promise." "It's okay." "Brendan around?" "He's not here right now." "You know, I think it's really nice what you guys are doing for him, the way you gave him a second chance after all the trouble he's been through, you know." "Not like it's his fault, though." "Kind of like a dog that's bred to be vicious." "Can't help it." "I think you should leave." "See there's a funny thing about fighting dogs, 'cause no matter how many times you try to save them, there's not enough TLC on the planet that can keep him down." "Sooner or later, they'll turn." "I said he's not here right now." "You tell Brendan..." "Eli says, hey." "My mom has this vision of what she wants me to be." "I'm afraid that if I tell her, that vision will be destroyed." "What about Zack?" "Where does that stand?" "Where does that stand?" "It stands still with Zack." "My whole life feels like it's been standing still and then you showed up." "You really need to talk to Zack." "Yeah." "Mom?" "♪ You and I will pull the tide and steal the sand ♪" "♪ From beneath your toes ♪" "♪ and bring you closer to the center of the world ♪" "♪ and the center of you ♪♪" "Yo, E, it's me." "Yeah, we gotta talk." "Looks like the transformation stuck, 'cause he ain't the same old, G." "What's up, Bren." "So this is it, huh?" "Man, we was family, bonded through blood." "Blood that we spilled, blood that we saw spilled because Tuck bled out in front of both of us." "You got something you wanna say?" "Yeah, you wanna hurt somebody, hurt me." "That's all you got, huh?" "E, what you're looking for isn't the answer." "Let it go, man." "You cannot let go who you are." "I did and it's so much better." "You can, too, life is supposed to be good, Eli." "You've got to be kidding me." "Listen, I promise you there is a hope so great that it changed me and it can change you." "Last chance, stop trying to save me and save yourself and your new people." "You don't have to do this." "Did you hear that?" " Hmm?" " What was that?" "Can't sleep?" "Mike." "Huh?" " Brendan's not back." " Hmm?" "Mike, Mike!" "What?" "Brendan, Brendan!" " Brendan." " I'll call 911." "No, they'll put him away." "Brendan." "Help me get him up!" "Vanessa, help me, please!" "Don't let him fall." "Don't let him fall off the back." "Watch his head." "Looks like they've gotten to him pretty good." "I don't wanna bring this in here." "I don't want this in here." "Vanessa, we already have." "I'm gonna call the police." "Vanessa, help me, please." "You know what to do, I don't." " Oh, I'm sorry!" " Shh..." "There's no way for me to know what is going on, if there's internal bleeding or anything, I don't know that." "Okay, easy, easy, easy." "I need a cover." "It's okay, buddy." "Relax, Brendan." "It's okay, it's okay, relax." "Ice pack." "Place it right over there." "Two minutes on, two minutes off this area." "This is all I can do." "Okay." "Hello, County." "Detective Russell Dwyer, please." "I haven't seen him yet, ma'am." "It's a bit early." "Can I help you?" "When will he be in?" "His shift starts at 7:00." "Oh." "Is there a message?" "Ma'am?" "No, no message." "It's okay, son." "I know what you set out to do, you know, I do, but it's too much." "I mean, first the car, the house, now this?" " V..." " Listen!" "The boy needs to be under the care of a doctor!" "He needs to be in a hospital!" "Hospitals ask questions." "You know that." "He's aged out of the system." "This is his last stop." "Then what?" "He goes back out to the streets?" "If that happens, Mike, it's not our fault." "It's not on us." "Maybe not, but it feels like it is." "I have always been surrounded by men who could never turn their backs on people in need and I guess I should feel like that's a blessing, but I feel abandoned!" "Lewis never abandoned you." "Well, then why am I here and he's not?" "Oh, really, V, really?" "You're not here in any sense that I remember." "Lewis was taken, but then you've gone and given everything else away." "I was abandoned by whoever I was praying to all those years." "Why did he let it happen?" "Why?" "I mean, I have tried, Mike, I swear to you I have tried to believe that there's a reason." "I mean, there's a reason for everything, right?" "That's what we're always telling ourselves, right?" "Well, I can't think but that maybe the only answer is that there is no answer!" "there's just random chaos and that's all there is." "Lewis's death was a tragedy, but God will use it for a better purpose." "I believe that, V, I really do." "I know." "Now, we can turn away from this kid or we can turn to him." "I wish I could believe like you believe." "It's been a long, long, long, long road and I..." "I really don't know anymore." "I just don't know." "V..." "No, I can't, just let me get..." "He was in a fight." "Where?" "Don't know." "He's not saying." "He got roughed up pretty bad, though." "Can I see him?" "He's resting now and I'm not so sure he'd want you to see him like that." "He didn't say what happened?" "I'll tell him you stopped by." "Maybe I should help you with that." "I got it." "Look, it's not a request." "Just take a break." "I'll do it." "Okay." "Thank you." "Hey!" "Hey!" "What happened with you and Brendan?" "What?" "Did you get in a fight with him?" "No, but he's been in a fight, got hurt pretty bad." "Wasn't me." "What do you see in him anyway?" "With all his baggage, where is he really going?" "He's turned his life around." "Right, through Jesus." "What is it that you don't like?" "or someone that has a relationship with God?" "Both." "Some kids just substitute the God thing in for whatever else they've been using or abusing, instead of whatever other kind of crazy they were before." "Some are downright scary, not to mention being the biggest hypocrites." "Brendan's not crazy and he's not a hypocrite." "You haven't known him long." "He could just be using you, using your issues and his religion thing for whatever he wants." "Stop calling it a thing, a God thing, a religion thing." "It isn't a thing to him, it's a way of life, a way to life when he was headed for death before." "Listen to yourself!" "You sound like a Bible thumper." "I'd rather sound like anybody in the world right now than what you sound like." "Just be still." "Be still, Brendan, shh." "You're safe." "Shh." "Shh... shh." "Morning, V." "Russell." "I was passing on my way to work and the scent of that omelet stopped me in my tracks." "Well, you know what?" "You can just have half of this one." "That sounds good." "Hey, listen, you didn't happen to call my number at the station the other morning?" "Me?" "Yeah, caller ID put the number here." "What call where?" " Hey, morning, Mike." " Morning." "Did you call the station the other morning?" "Did I?" "Look, if there's something you wanna say, I'm all ears." "Nothing to be afraid of." "Is that kid causing you some trouble?" "Brendan?" "No." "Oh!" "My brain." "It was me." "I did call you." "Yeah, you know you were telling us about that rec center?" "Yeah." "Well, Mike and I discussed it and we want to donate some of Lewis's things." " Right." " Yeah." "You're starting to part with some of Lewis's things." " Mm-hmm." " Yeah." "Well, did you get it?" "Did I get what?" "The rec center's number." "No, not yet." "Thank you." "Brendan really thinks that he's gonna take the house." "That should be and could be making us a whole lot of money." "And make a clubhouse." "Make it hot, Lex." "You wanna play games?" "Breaking news this morning, firefighters were busy in the city last night with a suspected case of arson." "A fire apparently started shortly before 2:00 a. m." "at a house on Scio Street." "They put it out about 15 min..." "How you feeling?" "Can I get you something to eat, drink?" "Sure." "Brendan, you know that house that you guys were working on?" "There was a fire." "I'm sorry." "Hey." "Hey." "Look, I didn't mean to just pop in on you." "I just wanted to know you're okay." "Here, I got something for you." "It's not a big deal, just saw it at the mall last week and..." "Brendan?" " I can't take this." " What?" "Brendan, we'll find another house." "We'll start all over." "I'll talk to student council." "We can still use the auction to support this." "If you're trying to scare me, it's working." "Maybe you should be scared of me." "Yeah, well, you would be if you know what's inside me." "What does that mean?" "Come on, you can tell me anything." "Brendan, will you please say something?" "Why don't you say something?" "Say something to Zack, say something to your mom." "Let them know what you're dealing with." "They're the ones you should be concerned about." "Forget about me, I'm..." "You should just go, Natalie." "That's it?" "After everything?" "Packing?" "I put you and Vanessa in a bad spot, Mike." "You wanna tell me what's going on?" "I helped a friend bury some stuff before we got arrested." "Drugs." "The guys that beat you up, they know that?" "Yeah, and they're gonna hurt some people if I don't get it back to them, people close to me." "Like Sheedy, like the house that they burned down." " Then give it to them." " It's not that simple, Mike." "If I had it my way I'd let it stay buried, let it rot, but they won't let that happen." "it's out there on the streets hurting people and ruining lives and I won't let that happen." "That doesn't leave you many options, does it?" "Only one that I know of." "Only one because you're only listening to your own voice." "You're shutting out God." "Can't you see that?" "Yeah, I did that, too." "When they took away my baby boy, I turned my back on God, tried to handle it on my own." "I held my thumb out for a way out, Mike, and it didn't come, okay?" "So now I gotta do this my way." " It is not too late, Brendan." " I gotta go, Mike." "No, no, you wanna make this a fight of flesh and blood, but it's not." "It's spiritual with the powers of darkness." "The enemy is afraid of what you can truly become." "You need to turn this over to God right here, right now." "Mike, I gotta go." " Put the bag down." " Mike..." "Put it down!" "Sit down." "Sit down!" "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." "In all your ways, submit to him and he will make your paths straight." "If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all." "He will fight this fight for you, son." "I know." "We should talk to Russell." "You come on down when you're ready." "Brendan!" "Where in the city is he going?" "I don't know." "Well, what do you know, Mike?" "What can you tell me?" "There's been a van hanging out here for the past couple of days, a black van." "Here's the license plate." "Look, I told you this is a bad idea" "Russell, the kid's heart is in the right place." "I've seen inside their hearts, Mike." "The day I found Lewis on the side of the road." "No, no, that's not what it is!" "Yeah, it is." "It's not your fault, Russell." " What?" " Lewis." "Look, I'm talking about Brendan, Mike, not Lewis." "in every conversation we've had for the past four years." " Oh." " You and Vanessa both." "I told you once and I'll tell you again," "Lewis did not become a cop because you encouraged him or you nudged him." "He became a cop because he wanted to!" "It's not on you, Russell, and you don't have to make it your mission to protect Vanessa and me." "Well, it feels like I do." "You got to let it go." "All right, where is it?" "Should be right here." "Should be where?" "Look, we buried it 15 feet from that tree." " Calm down." " I said it's under here." "Let's dig." "That's what we came to do." "Just shut up and dig, man." "You shut up." "Let's go." "You guys been fighting like little girls since you joined the set." "You know, we weren't happy doing what we had to do, Bren." "It hurt, man." "I just want you to know." "You are a brother to us." "And Lex, you're digging incredibly slow." "Rish, will you help him, please?" "Yo, this dude's playing us, E, there's nothing in here." "Calm down, all right, because Brendan knows what happens when people play me." "Come on, dig, man." "This is empty, man." "Brendan, where's the box?" "Oh, yeah." "And the gong sounds, tough guy." "That's the music I was waiting to here, come on." "Funny how the memory works, huh?" "Yeah, yeah, it's supposed to be heavy." "This is what you do for family." "Let me see it." "Got your blade?" "Back up." "Get up!" "Get over there." "Get up!" " Get on your knees." " All right." "All of you." "What are you doing, Brendan?" "You're not gonna shoot us..." "Oh, come on, man, take it easy, Brendan, take it easy." "Get the brick, Lex, and put it back in the cooler." "Close it up." "This is not how you treat family, Brendan." "You ain't my family, Eli." "Family's supposed to care about each other." "All you ever did was care about yourself." "This is gonna stop." "This is gonna stop right now!" "Don't, man, don't." "All right." "Just take the stuff, all right, take it and go." "I don't want it, Eli." "Don't, don't." "Just get out of here." "Get the box." "Get the box." "This ain't over, Bren." "And you know it." "You never came to bed." "I couldn't." "Just hope he's all right." "I thought for sure I heard him come back last night and when I looked outside, it was the car next door." "And if it was him, would you let him stay after everything now?" "This scares me, Mike, it does." "I wouldn't let anyone hurt you." "He was addicted to this game." "Tried to teach it to me a million times." "I could never seem to get the hang of it." "Cute." "♪ Waiting for the doors to open up ♪" "♪ To take a seat and leave the night ♪" "♪ To show there's a new life out there ♪" "♪ The news she'll not forget so easily ♪" "♪ It's hard to sleep comfortably ♪" "♪ With a hand that turns to what's growing inside... ♪" "Hey, Mom?" "Hey." "Can I talk to you?" "Sure." "♪... that says I don't want you anymore ♪" "♪ The midnight train to out of here ♪" "♪ The pouring rain, the cold, hard steel ♪" "♪ Will take me somewhere secure... ♪" "I was just having a conversation about you not two minutes ago and now here you are parked across the street from my parking spot." "What are the odds?" "I don't know." "You're the odds man." "Oh, they got to be 1,000 to 1." "Where'd you get those bruises on your face?" "Vanessa and Mike know you're here?" "No." "Well, maybe you could clear a few things up for me." "We caught the guys that ran into your buddy, Sheedy." " When was this?" " Early this morning." "Exit the vehicle slowly!" "On your knees!" "On your knees!" "Hands on your head!" "Mike called, said he saw a black van hanging around the house a couple of nights ago." "Pegged the plate to a T." "And get this, they were old buddies of yours from downtown." "Crazy, huh?" "You wanna know something else?" "They were driving around with a cooler full of heroin." "Looks like those boys are going back inside for a long time." "What were they doing hanging around Mike and V's place and what does all this have to do with you?" "I didn't know what to do." "You didn't know about the cooler?" "I thought I could handle it on my own." "I shoulda came to you." "I'm sorry, I was wrong." "You're sorry?" "You know what's supposed to happen now, don't you?" "Yeah." "Well, what are you doing here?" "Turning yourself in?" "I guess so." "Go home, Brendan." "Mike and V are looking for you." "For the record, I still got you at 90%." "Doesn't mean I'm not pulling for you, but I'm not betting on you yet." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Just stick this right on the end, okay?" " Got it?" " Yeah." "Everything okay?" "Everything, uh, worked itself out." "You hungry?" "Uh... yeah." "Give me a hand with this." "Sure." "Let's eat." "All right." "Hello, Sandra." "How are you?" "Ta-da." "Not broken anymore." "How does it feel?" "Like rubber." "How are you making out?" "Well, I've never been auctioned before, so kind of weird, I guess." "Don't worry, my sources tell me that someone cracked open their piggy bank and dropped some serious coin on you." "I talked to my mom and Zack." "I'm glad." " Step one, right?" " Yeah." "I don't wanna give up on this, Brendan." " On any of it." " Me neither." "You think he's gonna be all right?" "I think he's gonna be just fine." "Ready for this?" "I guess so." "Hold tight, Brendan." "Greater things are yet to come." "Everyone, put your hands together and welcome this year's nominees." "Everyone has their number." "Mine is holding at 18." "If you would have told me that last year" "I would have had my doubts, but I'm still here." "I'm not sure what the future holds, but I know that I don't have to walk it alone." "If you stand firm in your faith, anything is possible." "♪ Wanna be okay when I'm sitting here alone, ♪" "♪ not just thinking of the ways that I could've done it wrong ♪" "♪ No, I'm getting kind of rich ♪" "♪ On the side of any soul alive ♪" "♪ Have you heard the Mona Lisa?" "♪" "♪ Have you heard who you are ♪" "♪ You're a new morning, You're a new morning ♪" "♪ You're a new morning, now ♪" "♪ You're a new morning now ♪♪" "♪ Oh, I could reach my limit and not know what's best to do ♪" "♪ Where the streets cross avenues ♪" "♪ And two lives are forced to choose ♪" "♪ My mind could will me through it ♪" "♪ But my heart would search for you ♪" "♪ Yeah, my heart would search for you ♪" "♪ And my mind I'll have to lose ♪" "♪ I'm climbing up skyscrapers to a ceiling in the sky ♪" "♪ So appealing is the high ♪" "♪ Leaves a feeling where it lies ♪" "♪ Where it lies ♪" "♪ Oh, I owe the city birthday cake ♪" "♪ and thank you cards are due ♪" "♪ Replaced the past with attitude ♪" "♪ And drunken sentimental moods ♪" "♪ Conclusions I have come to ♪" "♪ Are delusions I'm going through ♪" "♪ 'Cause my heart's searching for you ♪" "♪ And my heart I'll never lose ♪" "♪ I'm climbing up skyscrapers to a ceiling in the sky ♪" "♪ So appealing is the high ♪" "♪ Leaves a feeling where it lies ♪" "♪ Where it lies ♪" "♪ Oh, I might never reach it, ♪" "♪ Still I've reached a point of view ♪" "♪ I'm looking up not down at you ♪" "♪ And what's best I'm living through ♪" "♪ The challenge is in climbing ♪" "♪ And the sky's not always blue ♪" "♪ And some things you cannot choose ♪" "♪ Like my heart, I'll never lose ♪♪" "Closed Captions by CaptionLink"