"Honey, you haven't told me one name that you liked yet." "Are we positive is a girl?" "You can't tell anything by the sonagram." "Yes, Paulie, is a girl." "If you would have came with me to the doctor's today... you would have seen her kicking and moving on the monitor." "She was even sucking her thumb." "Hey, whas the matter?" "Nothing, just I'm late..." "And cousin Mike is gonna be here any minute." "So I just..." "I know that look on your face." "Whas bothering you?" "I do not have any look on my face." "Yes, you do." "I'm nervous, too." "Okay, but we got to talk about this... or is gonna get real weird, real quick." "I know, I know, I'm just... with the wedding and everything..." "I guess I'm just distracted." "Have fun with your friends." "We'll be waitin'." "Yo." "Three days away, cuz." "You lucky bastard." "Lucky?" "Yeah, lucky!" "Beautiful girl, baby on the way..." "I'd say thas lucky, man." "Thas real lucky." "You ran away and left me, long time ago" "Why are you playing that song again?" "Is a good song." "Is for someone that left a long time ago." "Did you tell him yet?" "No." "Tell me what?" "Guess where Jimbo is right now." "Eatin' a san dwich?" "Ookin' for a job?" "Picking Tc up from the train station." "What the fuck happened?" "Tc's coming in?" "Why the fuck is Tc coming here?" "Nobody likes Tc!" "And... he's a groomsman." "Oh!" "You don't make a guy like that a groomsman!" "He's a zero!" "Plus you haven't seen the guy for like 8 years, Paulie!" "Do I see you every day, anymore?" "No." "Are you still one of my best friends." "Are you groomsman?" "Yes." "Am I cousin?" "Am I a normal person... that doesn't fuckin' steal shit from you?" "Yeah!" "No, forget about it, man!" "Ook, Mike, is in a few days... all you gotta do is just be cordial to him, okay?" "You can't do that?" "I can't do that." "Why not?" "'Cause I don't know what cordial means." "Speak English, Paulie!" "Fuckin' cordial..." "what is that?" "It means "be polite," you retard." "Just be polite to the kid." "Why didn't you say polite?" "Mr. Shanty-lrish-Newspaper Man, He's got to..." "Be nice to him." "He'll be here in an hour." "I'll be cordial." "When he comes in, I'll be real cordial." "Yo!" "Thanks for showing up." "I thought I was supposed to pick you up at the train station." "Yeah, about two hours ago, man." "I gave up on you." "I'm walkin'." "I thought they said six or eight." "What eight?" "And you pick eight?" "Shut the fuck up and get in." "Come on." "You clown." "Pop the trunk, man." "You look good, man." "Yeah, you look good too, dog." "Shit, is good to see you, buddy." "Yeah, good to see you too, man." "I take you by your Daïs place or what?" "No, not necessary." "Actually, I was hoping... to crash with you and Jules, what do you think?" "Can I?" "Shit, fine by me." "You good?" "Hey!" "I don't give a shit, if you can't get over your differences... and play in the band, I'll just get a new drummer." "You can't get another drummer... it wouldn't be the same band!" "And you're not going to use the old name... if you got a new band." "No way!" "Why are you causing trouble?" "Is your cousin's wedding..." "And you're acting like a little school girl." "I said I would be cordial to the cocksucker, didn't I?" "Didn't I say I would be cordial to the cocksucker!" "But I will not play in a rock and roll band with him." "Thas where I draw the line, Dez." "Hey, Paulie, mind if I get another drummer?" "Cousin Mike doesn't want to play in the band." "Dez, we haven't played together since High School." "Maybe is not such a good idea." "Is not a good idea." "Is a great fucking idea!" "This is my wedding present to you." "Ook, you need to rock one more time... before you walk down the aisle." "Man, are you hearing me?" "I'm hearing ya, Dez." "We will rock, dude." "Come on now." "Is good that you're back, man." "Is too long you neglected your friends." "I just couldn't believe when Paulie tracks me down... and tells me he's getting married, man." "Yeah, Paulie of all people, you know." "If you ask me, is 'cause he got her pregnant." "No shit." "Well, good for him." "Biggest mistake of his life, he marries that bitch." " Yo!" " Hey!" "Hey, look who's here!" "What is goin' on, fellas!" " How you doin'?" " Good!" "Good!" "How you doin', man?" "Dig the goatee, man." "Thas cool." "Hey, have shrunk?" "Everybody's taller than me." "I heard the good news from..." "Yeah, baby on the way." "The wedding, too." "Obviously." " Dillon's got that puffed rice..." " es ahh... see whas up with cousin Mike." "Oh, yeah." "Come on." "All right." "Now what kind of friend would I be... if I didn't try to patch things up between two old friends?" "Hey, Mike, Tc's here, wants to say something to you." "Ook, first off I just want to say..." "I want to apologize for what I did." "You owe me more than an apology, you fuckin' prick." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Cousin Mike." "You said you were gonna be cool, right?" "Fuck this guy, I'm bein g cool." "I'm being cordial." "Whatever you want to say." "But this guy fuckin' disappears for eight years..." "The guy fuckin' steals from me..." "An apology's going to do it?" "I should kick your fuckin' ass on prin ciple." "Mike, you ain't kickin' nobody's ass." "Mikey, it was just a card." "Come on, man, you're being ridiculous." "Why don't we just get a fuckin' drink?" "Look, Mike, you said you were gonna accept his apology." "Just accept his apology, all right?" "Is a little crazy to get worked up over a fuckin' baseball card." "Is just a fuckin' baseball card." "Is not just a baseball card... is a Seaver Rookie," "I bought it with my own fuckin' money... when I was a child." "I was a fuckin' child when I bought that card!" "Is worth hundreds, maybe thousands of fuckin' dollars." "And-and the meaning it had to me... the sentimental value!" "I remember in the second grade..." "I don't know what to say to you, man." "I just don't know what to say, all right?" "I didn't know it was worth that much to you." "Okay?" "What more to you want?" "Well why did you fuckin' steal it?" "Mike, Mike, you're being ridiculous." "Either accept my apology or not, thas it, all right?" "All right." "I accept your apology." "God damn, you make me work, man." "Whas wrong with you?" "I got a let it off my chest." "Eight years is a long time." "I'm trying to apologize to you, man." " Come on." " I apologize to you." "You're a fuckin' animal!" "What the Hell, Mike!" "All right, fuck it!" "Fuck it!" "Go ahead!" "Go ahead." "Thas what you want Mikey... fight!" " Kick his ass, Tc!" " What do you mean?" "Fuck him up, TC!" "Go for the mouth." "All right, fuck it, all right..." "I don't give a shit." "Fuck it!" "Yoou wanna be a man?" "Fuck it, come on." "I'm not afraid of your ass." "Come on." "I forgive ya'." "Fuck it." "You fuckin' believe this guy?" "He was gonna hit me." "You should fuckin' hit him anyway." "You forgive me?" "You got problems." "You had it comin'." "You got problems with rage." "Startin' that much trouble your first day back." "Dez, what do you say you get Tc a beer right away." "I'm on it." "Is good to see some things don't change, huh?" "Welcome home brother, come on." "Shoot a little pool." "I don't understand the New York Jets..." "They always play in Giants Stadium." "All right, here we go boys." "Why don't they have their own stadium?" "My bar, listen up." "We finish the bottle, we go home." "Hey, shut it!" "Tc comin' home." "And the band gettin' back together." "And Paulie," "Paulie!" "Drink up, cuz." "Bad luck." "Is there more?" "There you go." "Where's my car?" "Jimbo, Jimbo, you're not driving anywhere." "You don't need a car now, you got a ride already!" "Look at that!" "Seriously, I'll drive!" "You're not driving anywhere!" "Are you fuckin' kidding me?" "Come on, we'll walk." "Is just a couple of blocks." "No big deal." "I'm not walking with you anywhere." "Whatever, Seaver." "Whatever." "I thought you made up." "Didn't you make up?" "You made up right?" "You made up." "Hey, thas my trash!" "Hey, come on, put it back." "Thas my trash, dude." "Whas your problem?" "The Olympic sport of beer." "Hey, hey." "Maybe we got to settle down, Jimbo." "Ettin g derelicts drink after hours!" "They should shut you down, Dez!" "Fuck you, bitch." "Dez, Dez, Dez, seriously, what are we going to do... for the rehearsal dinner?" "One song." "All right, I think if we get that tight..." "Why don't you wanna go fishing?" "Lll be fun." "You're not comin', Tc?" "There's a fine line between fishing... and standing in the boat looking like an idiot, all right?" "Come on, don't leave me hangin', man, I feel like shit." "Jimmy, he just wants to spend time with you." "Is the least you could do as his brother." "Be nice to him, okay?" "And remember, don't say anything about Sue." "You promised." "Come on, baby, have a little faith in me, all right?" "You know I purposely didn't go fishin'... 'cause I know you need to talk." "So talk." "Whas going on?" "Come on, you've got some sense of whas going on." "I'm tellin' you, he's go this edge." "This ridiculous edge." "How long has he been in this funk?" " Is been this way about a year." " A year?" "Did he tell you he got fired again last week?" "What do you mean, again?" "Second job in ten months." "You knew him years ago... was he the type of guy that gets fired?" "All right, look." "Just try being direct, and saying" ""Jimbo, what the fuck is going on?"" "Come on, I've tried everything." "I've tried couples counseling..." "I've tired his father." "Nothing... he won't talk to anyone." "And he's getting fat, too." "Oh, yeah." "That I noticed." "He thinks is funny that he's let himself go." "He says now that he's married, why bother." "Thas what happens when you get to 35." "You think you got your head together... and then all of sudden your body falls apart." "Yeah, well his head is hardly together." "I got to hand it to you, bro'." "You figured it out, man." "You got a nice house, great boat... all the time to enjoy it." "Hey, look, I only fish before or after work." "Today is an exception because I wanted... to spend time with my big brother." "Wait a minute, you call what you do, work?" "Shit, if I had to type for a couple of hours every day... yeah, I'd have plenty of energy to fish." "Wait, you're going to try and tell me... the reason you just go home and watch TV every night... is because you're too tired from sellin' office supplies?" "I'm not a salesman, I'm the general manager." "Okay?" "There's big difference." "I've got 15 people underneath me." "Yeah, Jimbo." "I've seen that pack of misfits that work under you." "Jesus christ, come on, Paulie, seriously." "Do not compare what you do for a living... with what I do for a living, 'cause there's no comparison." "I do a man's work, okay," "I have to oversee multiple locations." "I've got shipping, inventory." "I've got trucks." "So when I get home, I'm tired, all right?" "I'm not doing what you do." "What do you do?" "You sit in front of the computer... for a half an hour, an hour." "So you have the free time to jog and lift weights... and fish and do all that fun shit... that you seem to have all day to do." "All right, I see what you're saying." "So you think the reason... that you packed on a couple of pounds lately... is because you don't have the time to work out anymore." "What other reason would there be?" "Maybe is the twelve pack of Budweiser a night..." "I don't know." "Jesus christ, I work a long day." "I don't have time to exercise, but I enjoy a few cocktails." "Okay?" "If you knew what I went through... the pressures I was under, the deadlines... you wouldn't begrudge me a fuckin' drink." "All right?" "I didn't get lucky, man." "I did not marry a rich girl." "Fuckin' I'll han d it to you, you got lucky." "I didn't want to get into it with you, Paulie." "I'm worried about you, thas all." "What the Hell are you worried about?" "Getting married." "We've been livin g together for a couple of years." "You know?" "I think is gonna be all right." "Is different when you get married, trust me." "I just don't want to see you making a mistake." "We got a baby comin' in a couple of months." "Is a little too late to worry about that, all right?" "Hey look, I know, I know." "You don't have to get married to someone... just because you got them pregnant." "Is not the '50s." "No one's puttin' a gun to your head." "I'm marrying her, because I love her." "Is that so hard to believe?" "No, of course, I know you love her." "And you're a good guy." "You're the kind of guy who has always done the right thing." "Is just not necessarily the right thing... to get married to someone just because you got them pregnant, thas all." "I just don't want to see you making some huge mistake." "Hey, Dez!" "Rehearsal, one hour!" "In my garage!" "That is the commitment I like to see, cuz." "Yo!" "Do you see me unloading the minivan?" "Dad, we're going to Murph's." "We're gonna be late." "You're going to be more late if you don't get your butt... off the bike and help me unload the minivan." "We have to be there in five minutes, Dad." "Yoou got to be there in five minutes, huh?" "Et me ask you a real quick question." "Who likes the delicious Fruit Loops?" "Oh, you do?" "How about the little "fudgie-fudgie"?" "You like these?" "I guess if you're too busy to help your dad unload the minivan... you're too busy to eat crap food." "Okay, okay!" "We'll help you!" "You're gonna help?" "What a good idea!" "Hey, there's more out there." "Whoa, where's the fire?" "So the band is back together?" "Yeah, rehearsal later on." "I can't believe they actually agreed to it." "Why wouldn't they agree to it?" "Why wouldn't they want to rock?" "Because, sweetie, maybe the band... didn't mean as much to them as it did to you." "What you drivin' at?" "All I'm saying is, those were your glory days... were they not?" "They were not my glory days." "I've had plenty of good days since then." "It was what, 17 years ago." "Oh, they were good days, weren't they?" "Yeah, baby, they were pretty great." "We had broken up for good, just an hour before" "Now I'm staring at the bodies as they dance across the floor" "They don't ride like that anymore" "They just don't ride it like that anymore" "We've been livin g together for a million years come on." "Now it feels so strange out in the atmospheres" "Whoa, whoa, whoa..." "You're way off." "You guys got way off." "That sucked." "Dude, we were..." "Honestly, we were..." "We started to rock." "Anyway, besides, Tc's voice sounds like dog shit." "Bite me, man." "Thas a great song, dude." "Is a stupid song, you don't play a break-up song for a guy's fiancé!" "Is a dumb idea!" "Where's Paulie, man?" "I thought he was going to come to rehearsal." "He's being a pussy." "Ike mister hurt feelin gs an d shit." "Hey, why don't we play Jane's Addiction," ""Been caught stealin"'?" "I bet Tc knows that one." "Shut the fuck up, dumb ass!" "Why don't we do "American Idiot"?" "You can be yourself!" "Stop, just stop!" "All right?" "Knock this shit off." "You know what we should play?" "We should play..." "We should play, Eddie Money, "Shakin'."" "That used to rock." "I ain't playin' shit 'til you put a fuckin' shirt on." "This is old school." "You look retarded." "Is like Sid Vicious, man!" "You're jokin', I know it, come on." "Is on!" "Les go!" "Rosanna's daddy had a car she loved to drive" "Stole the keys one night and took me for a ride" "Turned up the music just as loud as it could go" "Blew out the speakers in her daddy's radio" "She was shakin'" "Snappin' her fingers" "She was moving round and round" "That girl was shakin'" "We started drinkin', weren't thinkin' too straight" "She was doin' 80 and she slammed on the brakes" "Got so high we had to pull to the side" "We did some shaking' 'til the middle of the night" "She was shakin'" "Snappin' her fingers" "She was moving round and round" "That girl was shakin'" "Are you crazy?" "Yoou look beautiful..." "for a big, fat, pregnant girl." "Babe, is cousin Mike bringing Jen... or can I give that seat to my niece?" "I think you can probably give it away." "Hello?" "Dezzi-Dez." "Yeah... oh, would you let Tina know..." "I'm coming over later for the high chair." "Okay, thank you." "Here you go, you too." "Desmond, yeah, hold on a second..." "I'll take it outside." "Excuse me." "Private matters?" "Hey Dez..." "Whas up, man?" "Look, I'm sorry I couldn't make it today." "Everyone else was there, rockin' out Strong Island style." "Yeah, look, I know..." "I had to help out Sue out with some things here at the house." "Don't tell me you're gettin' chicken shit on me." "I need you in this band." "No, no, not at all." "Look, I, um..." "I got to ask your advice about something." "I'm thinking about maybe not making Jimbo the best man." "Thas a big mistake, Paulie." "Is your brother." "Thas the kind of thing brothers don't recover from." "Yeah, well, he told me that marrying Sue was a mistake." "Ook, Paulie..." "Your brother's always been sort of a schmuck, right?" "If he's such a schmuck... why should I have him be the best man, right?" "'Cause he's your brother." "Not a good enough reason." "Is there any way you're blowing this thing out of proportion?" "I remember how nervous I was before I got married." "I was 21 years old, right?" "Hey!" "Did I invite you into this conversation?" "Hold on a sec'." "Did I invite you?" "No!" "Do your homework!" "Sorry about that." "Look, think long and hard." "About this whole thing before you make that call." "All right?" "See you tomorrow." "Pop!" "Whare you gettin' at?" "All I'm sayin' is I appreciate all your help." "Ivin g here at the house with me... is nice to have your company... watchin' the Met games and all, but... don't you think is time?" "Time for what?" "You're a grown man, still livin' at home." "Is not healthy." "I got to take care of you." "But I don't need you to take care of me." "Yes you do, Pop." "You should start thinkin' about startin' your own family, Son." "Takin' care of them." "Don't you want a family?" "Of course I do." "So what are you waitin' for?" "Don't you know any nice girls who want to get married?" "Nice ones, no." "Maybe you'll meet one at your cousin's wedding." "Weddin's are good for that." "I don't know." "No one like Jen." "Is like I told you, only the lonely can play" "Forget about it, you look fantastic." "Yeah, is him, I got it." "What are you doing here?" "I thought it would be a good time to come by and get some of my stuff back." "What stuff?" "I thought we did this already." "No, I had an extra box of stuff in the back bedroom." "Oh, I threw it out, I thought it was garbage." "You threw it out?" "Jen come on, you didn't throw it out." "There were two important baseballs in there." "It couldn't have been too important if you left them here." "No, they were important, they were real important." "They were valuable collectors items." "Collectibles." "Grow the fuck up, Mike." "I mean, don't you see thas why we broke up." "You are a child." "What man in his thirties, do you know that cares about baseballs and comics an d all that other adolescent shit that you obsess over!" "How... how you been otherwise?" "Go away, Mike." "You look really good..." "Jen come on!" "Did I tell you Paulie's getting married this weekend?" "Yeah Mike, you told me that." "Yeah, is exciting." "Really exciting." "I got a tux, is nice." "I..." "I don't have a date for that, you should come, you know all the guys." "You know my little brother is back from college." "Yeah?" "So?" "So." "I think you should stop, stopping by." "And if you don't, I think I'll have him take care of it." "Who Top cat?" "You're threatening me with my little brother?" "Yeah, he's not so little anymore." "Wow, man, you know what?" "You just want to throw me under the bus, toss me out of your life like we never had anything, cool, thas fine with me, Jen." "I don't give a shit, you can do that." "Fine, whatever man..." "All right, you know what?" "Do me a favor, see if you ever meet another guy, like me, in your whole life!" "Ever, 'cause I got news for you, Jen." "Guys like me, nice guys." "Cordial guys." "Huh, Yeah... thas me..." "We're far an d few between, Jen." "Far and few between, so good luck, go enjoy your lonely life." "'Cause I can't do it anymore." "I'm done, fine!" "I got your bike..." "I got your bike in my truck." "I've been driving it around, trying to figure out when would be the right time to bring it over." "The right time?" "Yeah, the right time." "I got your bike." "Is in my truck." "There you go, I put all the reflectors back on for you." "Thank you, Mike." "Give Paulie and Sue my best." "You look great." "Jen, come on, les work it out." "Come on, talk..." "Jen talk to me." "Talk to me Jen, whatever I did, I'm sorry." "I don't even know what I did and I'm sorry!" "Jen!" "Jennifer come on, Jen!" "What you yellin' for!" "Mind your fuckin' business!" "Thas what!" "You're not even close." "I am close." "Hey, Jimbo, Jimbo, what was that song you wrote for Jules when you were trying to woo her, in High School." "What was it?" "Woo me, is that what you call it?" "He had ulterior motives if I remember correctly." "Remember that song you wrote for her, back when you were trying to..." "You know what I mean." "Back in the day, remember?" "You're talking like 20 years ago?" "Come on, come on, don't be a prick." "He used to play all the time... come on, what was it..." "How'd it go." "Hey Jules..." "Don't you play me for no fool..." "Jesus christ, that was back in High School, man." "How am I supposed to remember that?" "Jimmy, you're so full of shit, you didn't forget the song." "I don't remember the song." "Oh, you remember every note to "Stairway to Heaven"" "but you can't remember three cords you wrote for me." "I haven't played "Stairway to Heaven" for years," "Jesus, come on." "Thas not the fuckin' point!" "Hey, why don't you just grab the guitar and play it... ook, I don't remember the fuckin' son g." "If I remembered the song, I would play the song." "Okay!" "But I don't remember, I'm sorry!" "I'm having a tough time, Paulie," "I don't know whas going on." "You know what it is?" "I get over come with emotions." "Yoou know, I'm completely flooded with emotion." "I start crying, my heart gets all heavy, I can't drive, cause every song I hear on the radio reminds me of her." "Right." "And I know I shouldn't go over there and see her, but I can't help myself," "I got to see her with my own eyes." "Seriously, you got to calm down, man." "I mean, there are other women out there, give yourself time, and you'll meet somebody new." "But not that hot Paulie, she's so hot." "And that ass, God, Paulie..." "Where am I going to find somebody that hot, that likes back, again." "Thas a combo in this life time." "Look, you know, when I met Sue, she was kinda going through what you're going through now." "She was datin g this clown from Staten Islan d, when I was working over there and I'd see her on the ferry occasionally." "And one night, I'm coming back." "And I see her, and she's crying." "So, I go over to her, you know, being the nice cordial guy that I am." "I ask her how she's doin'." "And she tells me the story about, about how she just found out her boyfriend was cheating on her." "So I walked her home and asked her, you know, maybe when she's feelin g better, maybe she let me take her out." "Maybe, ahh... maybe let me make something of her life." "Month later, she called." "Here we are." "Baby on the way." "I didn't know thas how you guys met on the ferry like that." "Thas romantic, Paulie." "Yeah, yeah." "Thas really romantic." "How come you never told me that before?" "I don't know, that kinda shit just doesn't come up, does it?" "What about Violet, I like that." "That could be a good name." "No, no flowers." "And no virtuous names either." "Ike Hope, Faith or Chastity." "She should have a regular name like Liz, or Betty." "Liz or Betty." "Now you are aware that those are the same names, right, they're both nicknames for Elizabeth." "You know what, I didn't know that." "You know what we should do, we should do what Dez and Tina did." "They waited until their boys were born." "Check out their personalities, an d then they name them." "Oh so, are you waiting to check out her personality, before you finish painting her room?" "I'm going to get to the room, all right?" "How about Betty?" "You like Betty?" "I like it." "Elizabeth it is then." "I like Elizabeth." " Okay." " Okay." "Where do you think you're going?" "I got an eight o'clock tee time with Paulie and the guys, I'm late for." "You're not doin' anything." "I going to work and is your turn to take the kids to school." "8 o'clock tee time." "Desmond, you're the adult, they're the kids." "Okay." "I'll see you tonight." "Come on boys!" "Les look alive, Daddy's taking you to school." "Love you." "You too babe." "Boys, les go!" "I'm gonna go to work, okay?" "I remember, when we first met" "You were, standing by the pool" "Smoking on a cigarette" "You asked me to the Sadie Hawken's dance" "I spent all night, trying to get into your..." "Hey Jules" "What we gonna do, come September and when you go off to school" "Hey Jules, you're just hangin' with a fool" "I'm not cheating on you" "I'll never let go of you" "Nice shot, man." "Thank you Bro'." "That still doesn't explain why you took his baseball card though." "'Cause I was mad at Mike about something, so I did it just to piss him off, you know stupid kid stuff." "Stupid kid stuff is the fact that eight years later he's still pissed about it." "Wait 'til he finds out I only got 40 bucks for it." "You're kidding me, you only got 40?" "Yeah." "Can you believe that jack ass thought he was going to retire off that?" "And why was it so urgent to get out of town and then why not call anybody all this time." "Oh come on, Paulie, if anybody was going to get it, it would be you." "Bro', I have no idea what you're talking about." "Well, the reason that I left the way that I did, was because..." "Well, I accepted something about myself that I knew you guys couldn't." "We're your best friends, what wouldn't we accept about you?" "Paulie, I'm gay." "Hey you know, I'm honest with myself, I probably... probably crossed my mind a couple of times." "You never really allowed yourself to really believe it, right?" "Yeah, yeah I guess." "Yoeah, well welcome to the first 25 years of my life, man." "So... thas just what you do now?" "Or..." "No dude, thas who I am now." "Yeah, thas what I meant." "Just hit the ball, come on." "Made ya' nervous, didn't I?" "Ittle bit." "Ittle bit." "I'm tellin' ya, my dad flipped when I told him." "I'm sure, what did he say?" "You can imagine." "My daïs old school, like," "It was the hardest thing I ever had to do, man." "I just really prepared my announcement to him and then, when at dinner, I says to him," ""Dad, could you pass the salt to a homosexual."" "And my Dad just stayed real quiet for a long time." "And then he says to me, "Are you seeing a psychiatrist?"" "Ike I got some kin d of sickness or somethin g." "And then he says to me, with real disgust," ""Be safe."" "And that was it, man, that was it." "That was it." "Hey, Dez!" "Can we talk for a second at what a stupid idea it is to have a softball game for a bachelor party." "Come on." "What the hell is that all about?" "You know what we should be doing." "Yeah, playin' basketball." "No man, we should be gettin' a limo, we should be packin' it full of strippers and we should all be gettin', you know, on our way down to Atlantic city." "Our wives would love that." "He wants to play softball, we're playin' softball." "Oh, God, softball, thas a lot of fun." "You all right?" "He said, uh," "He says you were judgmental yesterday." "Who did, He did?" "Paulie said I was being judgmental?" "Yeah." "He said that to you?" "When?" "The other day." "He said I was being judgmental the other day?" "To you?" "He didn't say shit to me, look, the other day, we talked" "I was just telling him what my feelings were, you know what I mean, he's my brother." "I can't give him advice." "Don't give him advice unless he asks for it." "No, thas what a older brother's supposed to do." "You know Paulie, he's not going to ask for advice." "Just do every one a favor, all right." "For the next couple days, keep your opinions about Sue to yourself." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Whas that mean?" "Did he say, I said something about Sue?" "Jesus christ, I'm just lookin' out for him, man." "I mean, seriously, you think he's doing this thing because he loves this girl?" "Or do you think he's doing it because he knocked her up." "No, I think he's doing it for all the right reasons." "He loves her." "I still don't understand why you're letting his asinine comments bother you." "Sue, how could they not bother me." "Because they would only bother you if they were true." "Ook, he's my brother an d my best man." "He's supposed to be supportive." "Just think about what his speech is going to be like." "To Paulie and Sue, I think you're making a huge mistake." "But good luck, you're gonna need it." "What do you think, Paulie." "You think we're making a mistake." "What?" "What are you talking about." "No." "Well are you excited to get married?" "Sue, of course I'm excited to get married." "Ook, all I'm sayin g is maybe Jimbo shouldn't be the best man, if he feels the way he does." "I mean think about it, it just doesn't feel right." "How do you feel, Paulie?" "Would you still propose to me if I weren't pregnant?" "Of course." "But..." "look..." "Is an unfair question, because you are pregnant." "And, I'm not going to put myself into a hypothetical." "If you're doing this outta some kind of obligation, Paulie, then you can forget about it." "I want to get married to you." "'Cause I love you." "But if you don't feel the same way about me, then you can just forget about it." "Sue, Sue," "Of course I feel the same way." "You know, you're being irrational." "Yes, I love you, but can I say that positively," "I'm ready to get married and have kids?" "I don't know." "Excuse me?" "Then what are we doing here, Paulie!" "This is real life, okay." "These are the cards we were dealt." "The cards we were dealt?" "This is not a God damn hand of poker thas poppin' out of my belly, Paulie!" "Sue, this is crazy, we're getting married in 3 days." "I just told you what my brother said 'cause it pissed me off!" "Oh, Jesus." "You know what I was thinking," "You should get into upper management." "I was in upper management." "No, I'm not talking about work," "I'm talking about, your family." "Your wife." "You guys should start a family." "Id settle you down, man." "Get rid of all that noise in your head." "Where's this coming from?" "Is just..." "You have a kid, you walk in light." "It gives you a reason to wake up in the morning." "Walk in the light?" "Yeah." "What, Too much?" "Too heavy?" "Yo." "What the fuck?" "What?" "Where are you?" "What?" "I'm gettin' lunch with Dez." "Why?" "You asked me if you could work a couple days this week." "Don't you remember asking me if you could work today?" "Did we say today?" "Yeah, we said today." "I fuckin' forgot, I was gettin' tuxedo's with Dez." "Yeah." "I got mine this morning, nice." "Cummerbun d." "Forget about it, is all over." "Man, I got Dez, we can't do this tomorrow?" "No, we can't do it tomorrow." "Tomorrow's Paulie's softball game." "Yo, Jimbo, you're really kind of screwing me here," "I'm short a man." "I got a job to do." "Come on, Mike, God damn it," "I'm going through some shit in my life." "Real shit right now, and you give me a hard time about edging g some fuckin' lawn." "I'll talk to you later." "Wally chara, never walked onto the mound." "So my little guy is jumping up and down on the bed, right." "And he says to me, say, hey dad, pull my finger, right." "So I pull his finger, but instead of farting, the little guy, he's in shorts and he shits himself!" "The little guy shits himself right there." "What did you do?" "I said, "Son, you're an idiot, clean your shit up."" "Well, thas really understanding of you man." "If you shit yourself, you got to pick it up." "I don't like that story at all, is kinda of sad." "You know cousin, Mike, you have to tell the story about the time you pissed your pants." "Which time was that?" "What time was that..." "Sisters Dorothy's class." "I think you were 11 th grade." "Sister Dorothy's class was 4th grade." "You know what, let Jimbo tell it." "'Cause he was in the class, he sat right behind me." "6th grade." "Whas the difference, I pissed my pants, who cares what grade it was." "Okay, so we're in Sister Dorothy's class and Mikey's sitting two seats up in front of me." "He says, raises his hand, "can I go to the bathroom?"" "She says, "No."" "All right, so ten minutes pass, he raises his hand again, says," ""can I go to the bathroom?"" "And she says, "No," again." "And she knows I'm suffering, 'cause she can see the pain in my eyes." "And you know what, she doesn't care, because she's a nun." "And she likes to see kids suffer." "Yeah, and this is a big day." "We had these special reports, this book report." "You had done, uh... you'd drawn this picture of Tom Seaver." "Remember you spent days doing it, this really passionate..." "It was awesome!" "It had to be passionate." "It was about the '69 Mets." "Right?" "Tom Seaver, your favorite." "So I drew a picture of Tom Terrific on the mound." "Wham, with that fast ball, inside-out cutting' action." "Go ahead." "So, some other kiïs reading' his report." "And I hear whimpering." "And I look up, and is Mikey and he's shakin'." "Okay, and I wonder what the Hell is going on." "look down and I notice there's a big..." "There's a pool of piss in his seat." "And is dripping down, right on top of Tom Seaver." "Right on top of this report this poor kid, and then the other kids are noticing." "And he starts to cry." "Okay, then Sister Dorothy notices, and you know what she says." "She says, "Stop being such a baby."" "Thas fucked up." "Yeah, but what does my big brother do?" "I mean, the protector of all of us." "Jimbo, check this out, comes over to my desk, grabs me by my hand, he says "come on, we're leaving."" "And he just walks me through the class." "And he walks me right up to the door, and Sister Dorothy goes," ""Where do you two think you're going?"" "How the fuck have I never heard this story?" "You've heard this story before." "I've never heard this story, before." "You were probably too busy worrying about how to get the band together or something like that." "You guys don't want to rock?" "I do want to rock." "I just don't want you to keep asking me what fuckin' dot we're on." "You're a bunch of dicks, I don't know why I call you friends." "Come on, let Jimbo finish his story." "And I said, "Get out of our way."" "No, thas not what he said, thas not what he said." "Jimbo looks at Sister Dorothy and says," "I quote," ""Get the fuck out of our way."" "But here's the best part." "Whas better than that?" "Here's the best part," "She does." "She clears outta the way, they walk right out of the front door of the school and go home." "Thas the kind of big brother I got." "To big Jim, huh." "My best man." "I'll toast to that!" "Jimbo, that was beautiful, man!" "What about me I'm the one that pissed my pants." "Paulie, would you be pissed at me if I didn't come to your wedding, 'cause I'm startin' to feel kin da weird about it." "Look, I know you're drunk, so I'm not going to pay too much attention to this, but what the Hell are you feelin' weird about?" "I don't even have a girlfriend," "I don't have a girlfriend, I live in the same house" "I grew up in, I have the same job" "I had when I was in High School." "Thad be great if I was 23 years old, but I'm not 23 years old." "I'm 33 years old." "When am I goin g to have a family, he's got a family, he's got two beautiful boys." "You're starting a family." "Where's my family." "What, when I'm an old man?" "Whas that got to do with you not going to his wedding." "A lot!" "I don't want everyone asking me about Jen and be answering questions about Jen all night!" "Who's going to be asking?" "Who?" "Listen to me, Michael." "You're my cousin, right?" "You're coming to my wedding." "All right, Paulie." "Go to bed." "Get some sleep." "I'm gonna call her." "No, no, you're not going to call anybody, all right." "You're going to go to bed, we've got softball first thin g in the mornin g." "Hey, see you tomorrow!" "Hey, why don't you wake up the whole neighborhood." "Smarten up!" "Enough already!" "My kids are sleeping." "I'm sorry, Dez." "Hey, Pop, les go fish!" "Ain't gettin' married so much fun?" "Oh yeah, lot of fun." "Lot of fun." "Every time a guy gets married, he gets divorced from his friends." "And his buddies are never going to be a hundred percent supportive of that." "This has been a weird week." "You know, I mean, like..." "Jimbo all of a sudden seemed like his old-self tonight, right?" "Yeah." "I should just keep him as the best man, but then I have cousin Mike telling me he doesn't want to go to the fuckin' wedding." "What the Hell is that about?" "Is training you for kids." "Is Goïs way of training you for kids." "I mean, every day you wake up, they can have completely different personalities." "Trust me." "Man I got to tell you Dez, I'm freaking out about that man." "I mean, how do you the whole kids thing?" "Honestly?" "You have one kid, you loose a little bit of your life, little free time, little bit of your freedom." "You have two kids, life is over, Joe-Joe." "So why do it, I mean..." "Why did you and Tina have another kid?" "What do you do with your free time?" "Honestly, what do you do?" "You watch TV." "You go and hang out with these knuckle heads." "You jerk off, right." "Isten to me," "Free time, is not all is cracked up to be." "But at the end of the night." "If I couldn't... you know..." "If I couldn't go upstairs... check in on my little boys, if I couldn't look at them, make sure they're okay." "My life..." "My life..." "My life would be empty, is what it would be." "There are people that know, and there are people that don't know." "And you my man, are about to be a man that knows." "All right man." " All right." " All right, thank you." " No fear." " Sleep tight." "Paulie." "You know I'm doin' this whole band thing for you, so, you know, if you don't wanna do it," "Just let me know, all right." "Dez, I'm into it, all right." "Nice." "Thas good, hey, if you could just get the other guys a little excited about it, that would great." "Is important." "Really important that we do this." "All right?" "Paulie, and just remember when we rock out, shirts are optional, baby." "Go to bed, Desmond." "Shh." "These guys are in uniforms, we're gonna get crushed." "All right, les bring it in here!" "All right now, come on, take a knee." "Get your hat off, Jimbo, les go, hats off." "I'm good, I'm good." "Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done." "On Earth is it is in Heaven." "Give us this day, our daily bread." "Forgive us for our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." "And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil." " Amen." " Amen." "All right, bring it in here real quick, we do burned tongue on three." "One, two, three!" "Burned tongue!" "Is going right out there!" "Come on, Jimbo!" "Come on!" "All right Jimbo, get ready to move!" "Come on, Paulie, do your thin g!" "Come on, Paulie!" "Paulie!" "Coney Island, huh?" "What do you say to that, hotdog!" "Come on, big mouth!" "Come on, big mouth!" "Oh, Tc, you stink!" "Nice rip, cuz'." "Good to see you've been the cages." "Nice one, Mike!" "Way to go," "I got it!" "I got it!" "What the fuck is your fuckin' problem!" "What the fuck are you talking about!" "It was my ball, you shouldn't even tried to fuckin' get it." "They why didn't you get it!" "Because you fuckin' called for it!" "I didn't want to get barreled over by you!" "Fuck you!" "Isten, next time I call for it, clear the fuck out, I'm the center fielder." "Hey, you know what Jimbo, fuck you, man." "No, fuck you, man!" "Go fuck yourself!" "Fuck you!" "You've been a fuckin' prick every..." "All right, break it up!" "Get off!" "Fuckin' prick!" "Fuck you, Paulie!" "I'll fuck you up!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Knock it off!" "Fuck man!" "Paulie, come on." "You know what?" "I'm fuckin' done, all right!" "I'm goin' home!" "Good, you big pussy go home!" "Boohoo!" "And you know, another thing Jimbo, how about this," "You're not going to be my best man!" "How about that, you fuckin' prick!" "What, because of this?" "Yeah, because of this!" "Is a fuckin' softball game," "I'm your fuckin' brother!" "Well then why don't you fuckin' start actin g like one, you fat fuck!" "Fuck you!" "Fuck you, Paulie," "I don't want to part of your wedding anyway." "Fuck your fucking wedding." "Don't say anything you're going to regret man." "Fuck you!" "And I'm the fuckin' center fielder, bitch!" "Can I talk to you about something?" "Jesus christ, baby, Is not a good time, trust me." "Just hear me out, 'cause I really need to talk to you." "Why does everyone fuckin' need to talk to me right now?" "Are you crying?" "Ike you give a shit." "Of course I give a shit, baby, my brother just fuckin' wigged out on me." "Just keep it together, all right." "Yoou're a selfish fuckin asshole!" "You know that!" "What do you want me to do!" "Just go to Hell!" "You want to talk!" "Yeah, I want to talk!" "All right, les talk!" "Right now!" " Es talk!" " Talk to me!" "Fuck you, I can't stan d your face!" "Bullshit, I'm listening, talk to me right now." "I'm fuckin' waiting, I'm right here!" "I'm going to take a shower!" "My fuckin brother..." "Fuck!" "Hello?" "Hey Julianna, is Paulie," "Is Jimbo around?" "Oh no, he just left." "Lf, umm... if you speak to him later, could you have him call me." "We just had a stupid situation at the softball game." "And I just don't like the way I left things." "Fine Paulie, if I hear from him, I'll tell him." "Hey, is everything all right, you soun d, you soun d a little upset." "Everything's fine." "I'll pass along the message, okay." "Boys, where you at!" "We're in here, Dad!" "Hey, grab your axes, les practice." "Dad, we practiced all ready." "Yo, gentlemen, when I ask you to do something," "I expect you to do it." "Les go, chop-chop!" "Come on." "What you talkin' about?" "Blues is awesome." "Okay what were we working on last week?" "Dad, you know our band is so lame." "What is it?" "Overboy, somethin g like that." "Loverboy, '85, the best of," "Les go." "No." "Rock out." "Fine." "I'll slap a headband on you." "Go." "No." "Grab your bass." "Just play." "Thas it, listen to each other." "I was born to run, i was born to dream" "The craziest boy you've ever seen" "I got to do it my way" "Or no way at all" "And I was here to please, I'm even on my knees" "Makin' love to whoever I please" "I got to do it my way" "Or no way at all" "Mike, don't you even want to know why I didn't call you all these years." "I really don't give a shit at this point, Tc." "Come on, come on, don't you think it would have to be something really heavy for me to take off and not tell you about it, comeo on." "We shared everything, man, when my mom died, who did I go to first, Huh?" "I went to you." "We shared everything." "Yeah, so I thought." "I also thought, we were going to go in together on my Daïs landscaping business." "Not me, We." "Both of us." "I know, I know." "No one knows how to get hold of you." "Your father doesn't even know where to reach you." "And then I'm left holding the bag on the landscaping business." "I know I didn't handle it right, okay." "Handle it?" "You didn't handle anything, what the fuck did you handle?" "Mike, I'm gay." "What?" "The reason I left, is because I'm a homosexual." "You didn't talk to me for eight years, 'cause you're a gay?" "That doesn't even make fuckin' sense." "It does make sense, 'cause when I told my Dad about it, he couldn't deal with it, so what made me think my friends could handle it any better, huh?" "Because we were your friends!" "And I was your best friend, man!" "Jesus christ, what did you think," "I wasn't going to talk to you again for the rest of our lives?" "Thas what wound up happening anyway, why didn't you gamble on me, man!" "'Cause I just didn't think you'd understand." "So you take my Tom Seaver fuckin' rookie card?" "That was my favorite card in the world!" "Thas the one you take?" "No, do you want to know why I stole your Tom Seaver card?" "Yeah." "You want to know why I stole your Tom Seaver card." "I just said I want to know, what are we arguing about?" "I was pissed at you man, thas why." "Can you imagine being gay, and having your best friend making faggot jokes" "24-7 every God damn day of your life!" "Don't be such a "fudge-packer" this." ""Take it up the ass" that." "Can you imagine being g me?" "Be me for a God damn day!" "So, I took the one thing I knew would piss you off!" "You son of a bitch!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Fuck you!" "Yo!" "What up B', what are you doing around here, you going to see your Dad?" "Naw, hell no." "Just walking around, clearing my thoughts." "You know." "What about you, get over your little tantrum?" "I will after the drink I'm about to have." "What is with you, you're getting a drink, you don't invite me, I go away for 8 years and all of a sudden I'm an outcast?" "Shut the fuck up, get in." "Thas right." "Come on, son." "Gary, get off my car." "How many times do I to tell you." "Go join the Army like your brother." "I got five messages from you, what do you want?" "Whas up, twins." "Et me get a crun ch." "I know why Tc took my Tom Seaver rookie card." "He told me." "There's your crunch." "He took my Tom Seaver rookie card because he's gay." "And he was mad at me because I kept making gay jokes all through high school." "He's a gay guy, our best frienïs a gay guy, and we're all making gay jokes, I felt terrible, but you made gay jokes too, right?" "No, because I knew, I knew before he did," "I knew back in high school." "How did you know he was a gay?" "I was with him down by the shore and... just you know." "I knew." "How would you know, are you a gay?" "No." "Only on the weekends, but don't tell my wife, pay for my crunch." "Et me get a screwball." "Come on, today." "You know you're parked in front of my house, this one's on the arm." "Now this, this is where we should have a bachelor party at." "What is this?" "Oh man, come on." "You're a married guy, what are you doing here?" "You're not." "Yeah, I don't like these joints, man." "Why, man, is fuckin g great!" "I'll tell you something buddy, for the next hour," "I'm not married, you know what I'm saying?" "Gentlemen put your hands together for the PBaroness of PBurlesque!" "Chrystal!" "Oh, and here he is, one of our regulars, Jimbo." "Hi, Jimbo..." "Two whiskey's up here." "Hey, chrystal, I didn't know you worked Fridays." "Charming place." "Ooks all right to me." "Hey, Mr. B!" "Hey Jimbo, what do you say?" "Who's your friend?" "This is my friend Tc, he's been my friend since we were 3 years old now he gives me a hard time, just like you do." "What are you giving Jimbo a hard time about?" "I'm actually not, I'm just trying to make sure he's okay, thas all." "Yeah, I'm fine." "I can tell you, he is not okay." "Look at him." "Is the middle of the afternoon, he's a married man and he's in a titty bar." "If thas doin' okay, the world is upside down." "Don't you start in on me." "All right." "What do I tell this bum every time I see him?" "He's lucky." "He's lucky, he don't know real hardship." "He's like all the kids your age." "They're fuckin' babies, crying all the time." "Cryin' all the time instead of knowing' you's are lucky." "Et me ask you a question, TC." "Are you married?" "Oh, Jesus christ." "I've heard this speech before, excuse me," "I'm going to be at the bar." "No, sit down," "Stay two seconds." "Learn something for a change." "Are you married?" "No sir, no I'm not." " Any kids?" " No." "You ever been in the service?" " No." " See that figures," "Because if you had gone into the service, they would teach you how to be a man." "Oh, really?" "Instead, you stay home with your mother, living in the same house you were born in for 25 years." "What happens?" "She teaches you how to be a cheerleader." "Definition of an adult is a person that has a job, is married, has kids, and owns a home." "Okay." "When I was growing up, the average age of an adult, by that definition, was 24 years old." "Now how old are you?" "I'm 35, sir." "Christ had already died on the cross for your sins by that age." "Why don't you have a wife and kids?" "'Cause I'm gay, sir." "Thas why." "Hey Jimbo, come on, any day." "I think we should get out of here." "Come on." "I'm having a drink with my friend chrystal." "I think we should go, come on, les go." "Dude, if you wanna go, go." "I just got here, man." "Come on, I want to talk to you over here." "If you wanna fuckin' go Tc, just fuckin' go!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, everything all right here?" "Yeah, is fine." "Everything's okay?" "Yoeah, he's a frien d of mine." "Excuse me ma'am, can I talk to him for a minute, please?" "Tc, stop." "Fuck." "Think of Julianna, come on." "Don't you dare fuckin' bring that shit up." "Exactly, think about it." "This is not going to fix it." "Tc, you are so fuckin' close to gettin' slapped." "Just get the fuck outta my face." "Come on, I'm gonna ask you one last time." "Please come with me right now." "Okay, I tried man." "I tried." "Shut the fuck up." "Uh oh!" "I hear thunder!" "Ook at the ol' man, he's an animal!" "Who's an animal!" "Look if you want her, don't be a wuss, go and get her." "I'm not a wuss, Pop." "Come on, she just don't want to be bothered, thas all." "Suit yourself." "All right, Pops, come on, les go!" "Go get 'em, old man!" "Use the jab, Pop, use the jab!" "Jenny!" "Hey Jen!" "Jennifer!" "Come on out!" "Jenny!" "Mike, why are you here?" "'Cause I love you, Jen." "All right, I love you so much." "I can't get you outta my life." "I need you." "Hey, hey." "You're scaring me." "I don't know any other way to say this, but I never want to see you again." "Why am I scaring you Jen," "I just want to get you back in my life." "Thas all." "Okay, we're never getting back together again, okay." "Is over." "I never want to see you again." "I don't want to be friends, you know," "I don't want anymore of your visits." "I don't want shit from you!" "So please, leave me alone and get on with your life." " Jen..." " Is over." "What happened Jen, what?" "What did you do to her, Michael!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, He didn't do anything." "No, what are you doing here, Mike, why are you upsetting my sister?" "I'm not trying to upset your sister, Top cat." "I'm just trying to get back in my life, thas all." "She doesn't want to get back together with you." "She told you that already." "Isten to me, I don't want to see you aroun d here again." "Or I'm going to have to do something you don't like." "What are you going to do Top cat, you're 19 years old." "You're 19!" "Don't be stupid!" "Listen to me, don't you be stupid and make Top cat angry." "Watch your hands." "Angry?" "What about my level of anger!" "Is anybody here concerned about how angry I am!" "All right, I'm going to give you 3 seconds." "Get in your truck and go." "One." "Two." "Dick." "Ugh!" "Oh, you asshole!" "You hit me!" "Yeah." "I told you to get out of here, man." "So you hit me when I wasn't paying attention." "Yes, and I'm going to hit you again unless you get in the truck and go." "You've changed, Top cat." "Hey, Jen, I got news for you, you'll never find a guy like me again as long as you live." "I'm a good guy, Jen." "And you blew it." "How'd it go, son?" "Not so good, Pop." "All right, why don't you go into the living room, lie down, put on the Met game," "I'll make us a meatloaf, how's that?" "That sounds really good, Pop." "Hey babe, the crib is done." "And it looks terrific." "Good." "Do you think you'll finish painting her room tomorrow?" "Can't the painting wait a week?" "I mean, we're getting married this weekend, babe." "I don't want it to wait." "Why does it need to be tomorrow?" "Because her room being done, makes thin gs feel real to me." "Is important." "So waiting until after the weekend is going to make it feel less real?" "Yes." "We said we'd have it done by the wedding." "I'm gonna get a beer." "Tc?" "Jimbo, this isn't good, man." "Whas up, man, I thought you left hours ago." "This isn't good." "No, this is good." "And is none of your fuckin' business." "Miss, look, just go back, okay." "He's a happily married man." "Shut the fuck up." "We're going for a drink." "We're just goin g for a fuckin' drink." "Look you..." "Shut the fuck up, Tc!" "Isten, you know Jimbo, I'll just..." "Chrystal, come on, don't listen to him." "We're just goin g for a drink." "Et her get inside, let her go inside, she's fine." "God damn it, what the fuck are you doin g, man!" "Let her go, okay." "What the fuck are you doin g!" "Think about this, just think about it." "Think about your wife." "Think about how it will ruin your whole fuckin' marriage." "My fuckin' marriage is shit anyway!" "My marriage is fucked man!" "Yoou want to know whas fuckin' wron g with me?" "You want to know whas fuckin' wrong, is that what it is?" "Huh?" "Is that what my wife wants to know?" "Did she send you?" "She didn't send me." "Is that what my fuckin' brother wants to know and his perfect little fuckin' wife?" "Whas wrong with Jimbo, is that it?" "Just relax, sit down right here," "I'm gonna get some coffee." "I don't want fuckin' coffee, all right!" "Look is all gonna work out." "Is not gonna work out, is fucked, you know why?" "Why?" "You know why Julianna hates me?" "She doesn't hate you." "She should, and you know why?" "I can't have kids man." "What do you mean, you can't have kids?" "She wants babies, she wants babies, and for a year we were fucking trying." "And it wasn't happening', man." "So a couple of months ago," "I went to the doctor and he told me I had some hypothalamic pituitary, shit... sperm shit..." "I'm totally and completely infertile man." "Man, I'm sorry." "No chance of havin' a kid." "I didn't know..." "I can't have a kid, you think she's going to fuckin' stay with me if I can't have a kid." "She's going to understand..." "No she's not going to fuckin' understand." "Paulie's going to have a kid." "Paulie's going to have a kid, my little brother he's going to have a kid." "Thas what a fuckin' man is." "Someone who can have a kid." "My little brother's going to have a fuckin' kid and I can't." "I can't even be his best man, what the fuck." "He was my best man!" "He was my best man!" "Hey Sue, I'm thinkin' about going to Dez's for a couple of beers tonight, if thas all right?" "Is almost midnight." "Actually, is only 1115." "Actually, thas not the point." "Paulie, the point is, is that I'm pregnant and I'm gettin' scared because and you're so off in your own shit an d your own feelin gs an d here I am, just sittin g here waitin g for you to take care of me." "Sue, look, I mean I think you're kind of over reacting..." "I mean I did take care of the crib today." "All right, I did finish the crib." "Over-reacting?" "Is been months, since you've given me flowers." "How about a little romance, Paulie?" "You know what would be nice, occasionally, breakfast in bed." "Or-or... better yet, how about a foot massage?" "Do you know-do you know what is like." "To be on your feet all day, five an d a half months pregnant, planning a wedding that your fiancee has absolutely no interest in," "And working your ass off?" "You know what, Sue, I mean look," "I don't see you making me breakfast in bed." "You are not fucking pregnant, Paulie!" "And I have to do everything!" "And when you actually do contribute, is like pulling teeth." "Ike the God damn crib for example." "'Cause I'm not under any pressure, right?" "I'm runnin' around all week trying to keep everybody happy." "But thas nothin'." "What about my happiness?" "Oh, please, Sue, look." "L-I don't mean to sound unsympathetic." "But why does it always have to come back to you?" "Why?" "Paulie, I'm so sorry." "You have so many outings to plan." "The softball games, and the fishing trips, and the golf outings." "Your stupid fuckin' band." "You know what, thas a lot." "You know what, fine." "I'll just stay home, okay?" "No, is not about that." "I miss my friend." "I just want my friend back." "And I don't even know if you want this, if you want me?" "If you want this baby or any of this, this whole life." "What?" "Hey, is me, Tc." "Look, I need a favor." "Well, then you called the wrong guy, Tc!" "Oh, come on, I don't need this right now." "I got Jimbo right here passed out." "He's in a bad way, he's been drinking all day." "I just don't want to bring him home." "Did you call Paulie?" "Paulie doesn't need to deal with this shit, right now." "Paulie!" "Come on, relax." "All right, bring him over here." "But listen, Tc, listen real close, okay?" "Such an ass, man." "Un, dues, tres, quatorze." "Shut the Hell up, thas awful!" "I know it sounds awful!" "Thas why I'm practicing!" "What the Hell is this?" "Is Jimbo, Dad, he's all drunk." "You're a pack of idiots." "What did we do?" "We're helpin' him out." "We got to get him some coffee." "What is this?" "Is "Little House on the Prairie."" "Get him on the couch." "How'd this happen?" "How'd this happen, practice." "How else does it happen?" "He's a drunk!" "I'll talk to him in morning." "Son of a bitches, waking me up the middle of the night." "You were up anyway, watchin' porno." "What are you arguing about?" "Jimbo, cover yourself up." "Jimbo, look... hey!" "Daddy, I was joking!" "You got to be fuckin' kidding me." "You said, "don't see you making me breakfast in bed."" "Well, she was screaming her head off at me." "You know, like a crazy woman." "She's pregnant, she's allowed to scream at you." "All the time?" "Yeah, Is called hormones." "Look, I know I'm supposed to be excited for the wedding, and for the most part I am." "The thing that scares me are those moments when I'm not excited." "Like, tonight for example, you know?" "Can I just say, I think you're blowing it?" "I mean, thas just her, she's looking for something." "She's asking for help." "And you're sitting here at this bar." "What are you doing?" "You know what it is, Dez?" "Is like... a wedding is one thing..." "There's all the insanity that goes around that, and preparing for that." "And everyone gets nervous before they get married." "But... you know, we got a kid coming in a couple of months." "A kid that we didn't plan for." "And I guess I'm just..." "I don't know if I'm..." "If I can be a good dad." "You know, I don't know if I can do it." "Et me paint you this little scenario, okay?" "Sue gets done with your indecision." "All right, she can't deal with it anymore, you guys break up." "And say down the road, like three years down the road, she meets this guy and he's a great guy." "And he's not a coward." "And there's some night you'll have visitation rights." "And this guy- this guy he's reading stories to your kid." "He is tucking your kid into bed." "This other man is loving your kid." "And at some point your, you know, your boy or your girl is going to start calling this guy Daddy." "Fuck, I'm not sayin g I want some other guy raise my kid." "I'm just saying... ook, I love Sue an d I want the baby I'm just..." "Then there's no problem." "All right, listen, there's no problem." "Go home." "Thank you, Desmond." "My gosh." "He's out like a light in there." "Where did you guys go?" "He took me someplace call the F oxy Hunt, something like that." "Apparently he's a platinum member too." "Yeah, tell me about it." "Son, you don't go there, do you?" "No, Pop, I would never go there." " Good." " Not Mikey." "All right, boys, thas it for me." "You'll clean up, won't you, son?" "Yes, Pop." "Good to see you, Tony." "Yeah, good to see you, Mister Sullivan." "My boy will forgive you eventually." "He gets that stubborn streak from his mother." "But she always came around too." " I love you, Pop." " Love you too." " Good night." " Good night." "Et me ask you a question about bein g gay." "Off the record, all right?" " Uh-huh." " Off the record." "Fine, fine." "Off the record." "Dating, thas got to be kinda weird, right?" "Mikey, what are you getting at?" "Okay, is got to be easier to date if your gay, right, because with girls is, you got to know what she likes, an d is a whole deal." "But with guys, guys are horny all the time, you just meet two guys and boom." "Actually it would just be easier that way." "Is the same thing, man, you want to meet somebody, just hook up, get your leather stretched, whatever." "Thas easy, man." "But if you want to meet somebody and make it special, make it count, thas tough too, man." "Thas always tough, no matter what you are." "You know what I mean?" "I probably should have thought this through before we got into all the particulars." "You asked." "I know I asked." "Is just..." "I'm just trying to be honest, man." "Uncle Liam." "Morning, James." "You feeling the pain?" "Oh, yeah." "I hit it pretty hard last night." "How did I get here?" "Tc brought you over last night." "You passed out." "But don't worry, we called Julianna." "She knows you're here." "Pops, did I do anything really stupid?" "Come on inside, I'll make you breakfast." "Good morning." "Morning." "Hmm." "Flowers." "Breakfast." "What is missing in this picture?" "What could possibly be missing?" "A foot massage." "You did really good, Paulie." "I like the bedroom." "Is beautiful." "Thank you." "So you two have kissed and made up, huh?" "Yeah, we made up, but there's no kissin' goin' on." " Not yet." " You're not my type." "You think Jimbo knows?" "Not a chance." "Knows what?" "How about you, Pops, you know my secret?" "I'm old, I'm not stupid." "What secret?" "Guess." "Man, I'm way to fuckin' hung over to guess anything, what?" "Check it out, right, TC is gay." "Bullshit." "Thas right, I got a boyfriend to prove it." "He's got a boyfriend." "Good for you." "Yeah." "Jesus christ, Pop!" "I can see your feet!" "Paulie, hey listen..." "Before you say anything," "I know I've-I've been a prick all week and ahh..." "Can we talk?" "Is pretty important." "I didn't know how to deal with it." "I still don't know if I can deal with it." "You two can still have kids, Jim." "You two can adopt." "Oh, God, come on, thas what the Doctor said." "Is such bullshit, Paul." "Is not the same thing and you know it." "It is the same thing." "Any asshole can get a girl pregnant, all right?" "That doesn't take any talent." "But to be a dad, to be a good dad." "Doesn't seem to be too many guys that can do that." "When I found out you two were having a kid," "I just snapped." "I did, I mean, you're my younger brother, okay?" "An d you had your world together an d my life's fallin g apart." "Is not supposed to be that way." "You were the punk kid who was trying to hang out with me and my friends." "Yeah, you liked it better when you could beat the shit out of me everyday, huh?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I liked that a lot." "Seriously, umm..." "I know I've been tough the last couple of months to deal with." "I'm sorry." "Can you forgive me?" "Of course, man, come on, you're my brother." "Just talk to me next time, don't let it get weird like this." "What about Julianna, you know?" "I can't..." "This shit is so hard for me, this emotional stuff." "You just got to tell her as straight as you can." "Just be honest." "I can't call her, send her e-mail." "Can you do it for me?" "Look man, you're gonna be fine." "Just tell her the same way you told me." "She's gonna to leave me." "She's not gonna leave you, she loves you." "Why?" "A year from now, you're going to adopt a kid and you're going to have a big fat smile on your face." "My chinese and Romanian kids can play with your kid." "Well, is everything all right?" "The guys called me last night in the middle of the night and I woke up, what the Hell is wrong with you?" "Listen." "There's something I got to talk to you about, okay?" "Okay." "Okay, I know I've been really hard to be around for awhile." "Don't think I'm not aware of that, okay?" "But there's a reason, it isn't just things were bad at work..." "A couple of months ago I went to see a doctor, right?" "Is okay, baby, whas wrong?" "Okay, you're scaring me." "They did some tests." "He told me I can't have kids." "I knew how bad you wanted them." "I thought you were gonna leave me." "You can't leave me." "Is okay." "I was so worried." "If you need to leave me, I understand." "I just want you to be okay." "Tc, you got to go, is your Father." "Is the right thing to do." "I don't think is a good idea, I just don't." "It is." "He's your father." "If I can take it, he can take it." "He loves you more than anybody on Earth." "You're his son." "Go ahead." "Good luck." "All right, thanks." "Sure you don't want me to stay?" "No, I'm good." "Thanks, man." "Gay pride, woo hoo!" "Dad?" "Dad?" "Dad, is me, Tc." "Look..." "Perdóneme." "Perdóneme." "You look great, man." "Oh, I feel like crap." "I don't know, man." "Come on, you know you need to do this." "Why do I need to do it?" "Thas stupid that I need to do this." "Come on, don't be a can dy ass," "You know what you need to do, do it." "Look, he probably didn't mean it." "He was probably just caught up in the moment." "Es not make a whole big thin g out of it." "For Chriss sake, why don't you go by an d hug him?" "You wonder why your kids are juvenile delinquents." "Mike, he's not a good guy, go get your revenge." "What she says." "She'll say anything you say." "Look what she does." "Thas not true." "I have my own mind." "All right, come on, hurry up." "Top cat!" "Thas disgusting." "Really, really disgusting." "Hey, Sue!" "Sue, you home?" "Yeah." "Hey, come on." "I got a surprise for you." "You didn't need to do this, Paulie." "This is beautiful, but... unnecessary." "Yeah, well I absolutely had to do this." "All right, give me..." "Give me your engagement ring." " What?" " Give me your ring." "All right Sue, I know for the last couple of weeks..." "Maybe even the last couple of months," "I haven't been the man I'd promised you I'd be when I first did this," "PBut I want you to know from this moment forward you have me fully, all right?" "As your friend, and as your husband," "And as the father to our baby." "And you know I want that baby, Sue." "You know that, right?" "Yes." "Will you marry me?" "Yes." "Yes, I will."