"Why do they always put braces on teenage girls at the exact moment when they're most self-conscious about their appearance?" "I don't know" "Tom" "I see him" "Tom!" "Jesus!" "Tom!" "Hello, Amy" "Hi, Darryl" "Amy, would you tell the kids you'll be right back" "And, shut the door and step outside... talk to us for a minute" "Okay" "Be right back, you guys!" "You're not supposed to go out, Amy" "She's going to smoke a cigarette" "Rudy, come on, I'm really late!" "Come on" "How was school?" "Stupid" "Why do you say that?" "We're supposed to write a story for English homework." "But they didn't tell us what it's supposed to be about" "What do you mean?" "I mean, they didn't tell us what it's supposed to be about." "They said do whatever you want" "Well, what's wrong with that?" "I don't know, I just think it's unstructured" "Well I'm sure you'll think of something" "If you can't, I'll help you" "Okay, here..." "Don't forget your backpack" "It's not a backpack, it's a knapsack" "Then don't forget the knapsack Hey, Give me a hug." "Okay" "Guess who's been asking for you?" "Oh no, really?" "Is that his car?" "Oh yeah" "Yeah, come in" "Mister Everett" "Oh yeah, Brian" "Brian, hi." "I'm Samantha Ann Prescott" "I'm the lending officer" "Yeah, hi." "Hi." "How are you." "Have a seat" "I am so sorry I was late" "Yeah, we missed you before..." "I got held up..." "Believe me, it's nothing I make a habit of" "I'm sure it's not" "Actually, would you get that door for me, please" "So I always run out at 3:15 to meet him... then run real quick over to the sitters house" "Anyway, Larry never seemed to mind about it, so I was... just hoping you'd feel the same way about it too" "Well, Samantha, I realize that Scotsville... is not exactly a major banking center" "No, it's not" "No, I know it's not" "But it's kind of a personal challenge to me to see what we can do to bring local service up to the kinds of standards that we'd try to meet" "if we were the biggest branch in the state" "Now, that means I don't want anybody running out at 3:15 or 3:30 or whenever the bus happens to come in that day" "So is there anybody else who can pick up your son after school?" "Does your husband work in the area?" "Ahh, no." "Rudy Sr. Isn't on the scene so to speak" "Well, I can give you a few days to make some other arrangements." "But..." "Well, Brian..." "I understand what you're saying and I think it's great." "I do" "Because there's a lot of things around here that could use some attention." "Believe me" "But I've been meeting this bus every day for 3 years now" "And it really does, it takes 15 minutes" "And if I take the time out of my lunch hour..." "Well, I'd prefer if you would make some other arrangements, Okay?" "I'll do my best" "So, how old's your son?" "He's eight" "That's a terrific age" "You got a letter from Uncle Terry" "What?" "What room is he going to stay in?" "He can stay in the little room" "You know what, he's not going to live here" "He's only coming here, to stay for a little while" "And it's okay if you don't remember him because you were only six the last time he was here" "But I think it'll be nice if you got a chance to know each other" "Don't you think?" "Rudy, would it distract you if I put on some music?" "No" "Did you think of a story?" "Uh-huh" "What's it about?" "My father" "What..." "What about your father?" "It's just a made-up story about him" "Can I read it when you're done?" "It's not very good" "Don't say that" "Anyway, Bob, it's kind of this adventure story" "Rudy's father is a secret agent... or something, working for the government" "And it made me feel kinda weird." "Because" "I've never said much to him about Rudy Sr" "Because I don't know what to say" "And I don't know if I should just let him... imagine what he wants to imagine" "Of if I should sit him down sometime and you know, tell him... that his father's not such a nice person" "Well I don't know, Sammy what have you told him already" "Not much." "He knows..." "He knows I don't have the highest opinion of him" "He knows I don't want to see him" "That I don't want to know anything about him" "Or to have anything to do with him" "But I've tired to keep it kinda neutral" "Well anyway, I could go into a lot more detail, believe me" "It's an interesting problem I don't really know what to tell you" "It's a little outside my personal field of experti" "Alright" "I'd be glad to give it some thought" "Okay" "What?" "No, nothing, I'm just glad to see you" "I'm glad you called me" "I bet you were surprised" "Yeah, a little" "I should get going" "Really?" "Yeah, I've got the babysitter" "But, thanks for a lovely evening" "Oh, thank you" "Hey" "Hey, Terry" "Where'd you get that hat?" "Got it on the street for a dollar" "It's nice" "Well it's pretty much your standard woolen hat" "I had a very similar reaction to it" "Umm..." "Umm..." "Can I get that money from you?" "Yeah, sorry" "That all you have?" "Yeah" "Can you borrow some more from your brother?" "That would involve speaking to him" "Well I'm definitely gonna be gone for a couple of days, Sheila" "Why do you have to stay for so long?" "Because my sister's not a bank, okay?" "I can't just show up..." "You think my brother's a bank!" "Can we just cut the puerile crap!" "I'll be back as soon as I can, okay!" "I'm not the kind of guy everyone says I am" "I know you're not" "Okay, ahh..." "I'll call you tonight" "Don't you want to tell me that you love me?" "I love you" "That was really convincing" "Well, after this is over I think you should seriously consider moving back home" "Yeah" "Alright" "So you gonna call me tonight?" "Definitely" "Hello?" "Terry!" "Whoa..." "Terry..." "That's me" "How's it going?" "Going good..." "Give me a hug How you doing, good to see you" "You too" "Where you been?" "Man I've been all over the place" "Where you headed?" "Just going up to see Sammy" "Yeah, yeah." "So she said you've been to Alaska?" "Oh hi, how you going Mr. Parker Good to see you again." "Take care" "So you working?" "Yeah, yeah" "Got a postcard every once in a while" "Yeah, kinda been all over" "Good to have you back here" "Thanks, Darryl." "You keep enforcing the peace lt'll be a little harder now that you're here but I'll do what I can" "No man, I'm just visiting" "Hey, I'll see you around Don't be a stranger, alright" "Sorry about yesterday" "I don't care" "I was studying the bus description And I got on the wrong bus" "I missed my stop" "I don't care, Terry." "I'm so glad to see you" "I'm glad to see you too, Sammy" "So you're coming from work" "No, it's Saturday" "Yeah, no, it's just that you dressed so formally" "Oh, no, you know, I thought I'd..." "I thought it was special occasion." "Which it is" "No, it's good, it's good I thought I'd get dressed up too" "It's okay." "You look fine" "Yeah, this is the haute cuisine of garments" "What?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "So how are you?" "We're fine, Terry" "So, how's Rudy?" "We're fine, Terry" "How are you?" "Yeah..." "Where have you been lately, Terry?" "I know, I haven't been..." "I got a postcard from you, from Alaska" "Yeah, yeah I was up there for a little while" "That was in the fall, Terry" "Yeah I know, I've been out of touch" "I was a little worried" "I've been a lot of different places." "I was down in Florida for a little while I was doing some work in Orlando." "I've been all over the place" "Well I just wish you had just let me know you were okay" "Yeah, I just didn't realize it had been so long" "You staying in town for a little while" "Well I don't know" "I got all these things I got to do back in Worcester" "Oh" "Yeah, so I'm probably not gonna be able to stay more than a day or so" "Oh..." "I'm kind of trying to keep to a schedule of sorts" "Oh, that's alright" "It's a long story and I don't want to trouble you with it right now" "Are you expecting someone?" "Who would I be expecting here?" "You just keep looking around, that's all" "No, I was just wondering if we could get some more refreshments, that's all" "I actually got to confess to you, Sammy" "That's the reason you may not have heard from me for while is I've been unable to write on the account of that" "I was in jail for a little while" "You were what?" "I sort of did a little time, I guess down in Florida, it was just bullshit" "What?" "It was bullshit!" "What did you do?" "I didn't do anything!" "Maybe I was wronged?" "No!" "Could I please..." "Oh my god!" "Please let me tell you what happened" "What happened?" "I got into a fight in a bar in Florida I was not the one who started it" "But they worked up all this bullshit against me... and they threw me in the pen for 3 months I didn't write you because..." "I didn't want you to get all upset about it" "I thought, you would figure that I was on the road for a while" "It was stupid, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you worry" "But you know what." "I can't run around doing stuff for not doing stuff because it'll make you worry" "Because I come back here and tell you my fuckin' traumas and I get this wounded" "I've let you down, bullshit." "Over and over again It just cramps me" "I just wanna get out from under it" "And now I'm back in this fucking hole explaining myself to you again!" "Please stop cursing at me" "I mean, I realize I'm in no position to basically say anything but it's not like I'm down there in some redneck bar in Florida having an argument with some stripper's boyfriend and I suddenly say to myself, hey this would be" "a good time to really stick it to Sammy and get myself locked up for a few months" "You don't write me for 6 months I don't know where you are" "I don't know if you're alive or dead" "Then you show up out of nowhere and you tell me you were in jail!" "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Sammy" "I'm really sorry" "Sammy..." "What?" "I'm in the midst of a slight predicament" "What do you need, money?" "Um, yeah." "I'm broke" "I gotta get back to Worcester tomorrow" "I got this girl there and she's kind of in a bad situation" "So..." "I just need to borrow some money" "Whatever you can spare I'll pay you back, man" "I'll pay you back" "I just..." "I really wish mom was here" "So do I, man" "No one knows what to do with you" "I know how they feel, man" "Terry, can I ask you a question?" "Sure" "I mean, do you ever go to church anymore?" "Sammy can we not talk about that shit?" "Do you?" "No, Sammy." "I don't" "Can you tell me why not?" "Yeah, because I think it's ridiculous" "Well, can you tell me without denigrating it?" "It's primitive, okay, it's a fairy tale" "Well have you ever considered maybe that's what's making things so difficult for you?" "No" "That you've lost hold... not just your religious feeling but lost hold of any kind of anchor" "Any kind of trust in anything" "No wonder you drift around so much I mean... what's to stop you." "How would you ever know if you ever found the right thing" "I'm not looking for anything, man I'm just trying to get on with it" "Here we go" "Thank you" "Thanks, Sammy I'm really going to pay you back" "Where we going?" "Pick up Rudy" "Well, do you even want me to visit now?" "Because I can catch the bus at five o'clock if that's what you want" "Of course I want you to visit, you idiot!" "I've been looking forward to seeing you more than anything" "I've told everybody I know that you were coming home" "I cleaned the whole fucking house so it would look nice for you" "I thought you'd stay at least a few days..." "I had no idea that you were just broke again!" "I just wish you'd send me an invoice!" "Hi, is that, is that Malcom?" "Hi... this is Terry Prescott" "I've been trying to get a hold of Sheila... and the phone isn't picking up" "And I was wondering if..." "She what?" "Well is she alright?" "Can I talk to her, please?" "Okay, could you please give her a message" "And tell that I..." "That girl I'm with tried to kill herself" "What?" "She tired to kill herself" "You have everything you need?" "I think so" "What are you going to do?" "I don't know." "Send her the money I guess" "Maybe you should stay home for a while" "Yeah, maybe a good idea" "This 15 year old says she's sick of her brother trying to control her" "Dropped out of school, she's doing drugs says there's nothing he can do about it" "I'm going to bed" "You have everything you need?" "Ahh, yeah, thanks" "Goodnight" "Goodnight" "Terry, I'm really glad you're home" "Yeah me too, Sammy" "So we'll drop Rudy off at the bus, then all you have to do is drop me off at the bank... and then pick Rudy up at 3:30 and drive him over to Carol's house And that's it, she lives on Harvey Lane" "Okay" "Rudy knows where she lives" "Okay" "God, Mabel, don't those colors hurt your eyes?" "Oh no, keeps me fresh" "Yeah?" "Hi Sammy, what can I do for ya'?" "Umm, Brian, did you want us to hand these time sheets... in at the end of the day or at the end of the week?" "Oh, yeah." "The end of the day will be fine" "Just seems like an awful lot of extra paperwork" "I like paperwork" "You showed up" "Looks that way" "Put on your seatbelt" "It pushes on my neck" "What?" "It pushes on my neck, it's uncomfortable" "Well, when somebody slams into us and you go sailin' through the windshield that's liable to be uncomfortable too Now put on your seatbelt" "Mom's parents died in a car accident" "Yeah, I know." "They were my parents too" "They are?" "Yeah, your mom's my sister" "Yeah, I know" "So that means we have the same parents" "Oh yeah" "Oh yeah" "Umm, Carol just called" "She said Terry and Rudy never showed up at her house" "You've got to be kidding" "It's supposed to filed by number the account number, not alphabetically" "Sammy?" "Sammy!" "Hey." "Look, if you hold it further down, you're gonna get a lot more power You should be able to hit that nail in with two or three hits." "Look" "See?" "Go ahead, try it" "That's not the way I hold it" "Well they way you hold it, is wrong" "Why can't I just hold it my own way" "You can..." "Alright, good, that's good" "Sammy, please see me, ASAP!" "Brian" "Brian, did you want to see me?" "Yeah, I was kinda wondering what happened to you today" "Didn't Mabel tell you I had a false alarm about my son" "Yeah well I kind of thought you were gonna work that out?" "I did work it out." "More or less" "Then what are you doing leaving here in the middle of the day" "Without so much as a word of explanation to me, Sammy" "Brian, don't yell at me..." "I'm not yelling at you I'm just... getting a little frustrated here" "Well..." "Sorry, would you close the door, please" "And Eddie Dwyer lives in Buffalo, with his wife and two kids, if you can believe it" "That's depressing" "Why?" "I just never expected him the marrying type" "Who are you talking about?" "Some wild kids we use to know" "Were you a wild kid?" "Not as wild as your mom" "Yeah, right" "You don't believe me?" "No" "Ask her" "Mom, were you?" "No comment" "What are you doing?" "Oh..." "Just reading some of your compositions" "Why are you smoking?" "Uhh, because it's bad." "Don't ever do it" "I won't" "You know this used to be my room?" "Yeah" "Do you want it back?" "No" "Did you fight in Vietnam?" "No." "I wasn't even born yet" "Were you ever in the Army?" "No" "My father was in the Army" "I know" "Unfortunately he didn't fight in Vietnam either" "Were you friends with him?" "Not really, I mean we had some friends in common I guess..." "I didn't like him very much" "Why not?" "Well..." "He wasn't very likeable" "Why do you say that?" "I don't know he was always better than you at everything" "Like if you were all playing basketball or something, everybody's have like a friendly game he was ready to kill somebody if his team didn't win" "Or if you told a joke or a story he always had to tell a better one" "Kinda gets annoying after awhile" "Plus it was pretty scummy how he split on you and your mom" "He was a prick." "Probably still a prick" "Fortunately for you though your mom is like the greatest" "So you had some bad luck and some good luck" "You mind if I ask you a personal question?" "I don't know" "Do you like it here?" "I mean, in Scotsville" "Yeah" "Why?" "I don't know..." "My friends are here, I like the scenery I don't know" "I know..." "It's so..." "There's nothing to do here" "Yes there is" "No there isn't man, it's narrow." "It's dull" "It's a dull narrow town full of dull narrow people who don't know anything except what things are like right around here" "They have no perspective whatsoever No scope" "They might as well be living in the 19th century... because they have no idea of what's going on... and if you try to tell 'em that they wanna fuckin' kill you" "What are you talking about?" "I have no idea you're a good kid" "Sammy, please see me..." "Brian" "Yeah, this doesn't apply to you Sammy, but..." "I've noticed that some of the employees are setting their PC monitors... to all kinds of crazy colors Purple, polks dots... what have you And it's no big deal, but really... this is a bank." "You know?" "It's really not appropriate" "So I'm just asking that people use the more quote unquote... normal range of colors in the future" "Like I said, this doesn't really apply to you" "No." "My computer palette's pretty conservative" "Bob Steegerson" "What are you wearing?" "Mom?" "What's up?" "Do you know you have an enormous leak coming from the upstairs hallway?" "Yeah, I did" "You guys sure you're going to be okay?" "Yes." "Yes" "What is happening here?" "It's just the problem is, the pipe is corroded the whole length of the hall" "So every time I put in a new piece it starts leaking further down" "Why don't I just call the plumber?" "Why?" "He's not gonna do anything different than what I'm doing" "Yeah, we're making it worse" "No we're not." "Shut up..." "Thanks." "Thank you" "So call if there's any problems and if I'm not there." "I'm either on my way back home or on my way" "Okay" "Nice to meet you, Bob" "You too" "So lights out at ten and don't spend the whole night watching TV" "What's your idea of the whole night?" "2 hours, tops" "This kid is a sure bet to lead the way for the next generation of California Surfers" "What's your feeling about Bob?" "I don't really know him that well" "I have bad news for you" "No..." "Great." "What are we supposed to do now?" "Do you know how to play pool?" "I've played it" "I don't think they let kids in here." "What?" "I don't think they let kids in here" "Well, we're not allowed to watch any more TV so it's this or nothing" "But if we get into trouble let me do the talking." "Okay?" "Okay" "I got a hundred bucks here says me and my nephew can beat anybody in here" "Only we gotta get the next game because he's gotta be in bed by 10 o'clock" "Just hit it nice and soft, nice and soft" "One, two, three" "Sorry" "God damn it, Rudy I thought you said you could play" "Boys, it's all over but the cryin'" "Bob, are you serious?" "Yeah" "I don't know what to say..." "Look..." "I mean..." "I know that umm..." "I haven't been the most..." "decisive guy in the past" "But, I don't know." "I am tired of fooling around" "And I love you" "I..." "I'm totally..." "I don't know what to say" "You could say yes... or you could think about it some more Would you like to think about it?" "I want to think about it" "Okay." "Alright, fair enough" "It's all yours, baby" "Just make sure to hit it really gentle." "But firm" "And hit it a little low so you get some back spin" "Okay." "Don't even hit it, just kiss it" "What do you mean, kiss it?" "I mean tap it" "Firm but very, very softly" "And don't take the shot until you know you're going to make it." "Okay?" "Okay" "Let's go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go..." "What is going on here?" "We were out doing some stargazing and Rudy lost track of time" "I totally warned him about it" "You are a bad kid..." "Hey, I think it's okay just don't tell her where we went" "Because she'll be really mad at me." "Okay?" "I won't" "Hey, I mean it, Rudy, I'm not kidding" "I won't" "Did you know mom used to take me and Uncle Terry out at night to look at the constellations?" "Yeah" "Did you see that one, what's the one..." "It looks like a big W..." "Cassiopeia" "Yeah" "Oww!" "Shit!" "I've got a great idea..." "What's that?" "Why don't I call the plumber" "Do whatever you want" "Oh, what?" "What?" "That makes you mad?" "No" "Sorry" "Brian, get off my ass" "Excuse me?" "I did not change the colors on your stupid computer screen" "Well then that's all you got to say!" "There's nothing wrong with the work I do here" "I didn't say there was" "I've been doing fine the whole time before you got here" "And if you think that riding people in this pretty ridiculous way is the way to improve service... in this bank or anywhere else you're out of your mind" "May I respond?" "No, that's all I really have to..." "May I respond?" "First of all, I would appreciate it if you would not speak to me that way" "I don't talk to you that way and I would appreciate it... if you did not talk to me that way" "And second of all if you tell me that you did not change my screen... then of course I accept your answer" "But you and I are going to have to work together" "And it's not going to happen with the attitude with the lateness..." "I do not have an attitude" "You're fighting me every step of the way!" "Okay, not you, you're not late" "Well then don't say I'm late, if I'm not late" "I would like to finish" "Okay, you're all set" "Dave, this is my wife, Nancy" "Mabel, this is my wife, Nancy." "Mabel..." "Hi Nice to meet you" "And Chuck..." "Hi, nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you" "This is Sammy, our lending officer Sammy this is my wife, Nancy" "Hi, it's nice to meet you" "Brian, I gotta sit down" "Yeah." "Sure, let's go in my office" "I'm fine!" "Brian?" "Yeah?" "Mom" "Rudy!" "Look, I am really glad you guys are getting along so well like you have no idea but if I can't rely on you... to remember to get him once a day..." "You can!" "You took him to play pool in the middle of the night... and then telling him to lie to me about it!" "I don't know" "Get out of the car" "What are we doing?" "You're going to Carol's and I'm going home" "Why can't I come with you" "Because if you're such a baby that you gotta tell your mommy... about us playin' pool when I asked you not to" "And I gotta listen to her shit all day... then you're going to the babysitter's so you can stay at the baby house" "But I didn't..." "You know what?" "Don't even fuckin' talk to me" "I didn't!" "Get out" "You're working late" "How did your wife like the bank?" "Oh fine." "She wasn't feeling so great" "That's too bad" "Oh no, I don't mean..." "She's not ill" "She's just..." "I don't know" "Pregnant" "Yeah, that's right." "She's pregnant" "Well it can make you kind of cranky" "Yeah" "Look, I'm sorry we've been stepping on each other's toes" "Yeah, so am I" "I'm really not that bad of a guy" "I know you're not, Brian But you're driving everybody crazy" "Well, I'm trying to do my best here... and I'm getting it from all sides" "I know you are" "Anyway, we'll work it out" "Well, I could use a beer" "I could use a tranquilizer" "Last I heard, Rudy's Dad was living over in Auburn." "But that was a year ago" "Must be so tough trying to raise a kid on your own" "I'm not sure but I think my wife" "It's just hormones" "Well, no, it isn't." "But never mind" "Thanks." "Thank you..." "Well, here's to improved employee-management relations" "Amen" "You know you can't judge all of Scotsville by the people in that bank, believe me" "Well umm, let's..." "let's not talk about the bank" "Okay" "Let's just forget about the bank for tonight" "Good idea" "Sammy?" "Yeah?" "I want you to tell me who changed the colors on my computer screen" "I'll never tell" "Bob called" "Where were you?" "Nowhere, I had dinner with my boss" "Kind of a late dinner, isn't it?" "Yeah" "How was Rudy?" "Fine, he's asleep" "Did the plumber come?" "Yeah the fucking plumber came, geez..." "Terry, just give me a break" "What's the matter with you?" "Nothing!" "I'm just tired" "Want to smoke some pot?" "No, I don't." "Why, you got some?" "So..." "Bob asked me to marry him" "What are you going to do?" "I don't know if he'd asked me this same time last year..." "I probably would have said yes But the minute he asked me... it was like someone was trying to strangle me" "Whoa, bad sign" "Yeah, I know." "Plus, Terry, I fucked my boss..." "What?" "I know, and his wife is six months pregnant" "Jesus Christ, Sammy" "I know." "I know" "I'm sorry I got so ma at you before I just don't want him... you know, terrified of telling..." "Well, that's not real his problem, Sammy" "Oh?" "What do you think his problem is?" "I think his problem is, he's totally sheltered... you treat the kid like's three, instead of eight" "So that's how he behaves" "And how do you think he should behave?" "I think he shouldn't have to run and tell mommy... every time he does something she might not approve of, for one thing" "Uh-huh" "I mean, I took him to play pool" "It was a little clandestine thing we did for fun" "It wasn't a big secret, I mean, you care" "I was actually trying to be nice to him but he's so freaked out... that he disobeyed your orders that he has to fuckin' squeal on me... and then I got to listen to your shit all-day And I didn't fucking do anything" "Okay, first of all, he didn't say anything Darryl did." "Okay?" "Second, I don't give a shit if you took him out to play pool" "I was mad 'cause you left him at the bus stop in the rain" "No, I don't want you telling him not to squeal" "Because I don't want him put in that position" "Well that, is a perfect example of what I'm talking about" "You are an idiot" "So what are you saying?" "Darryl told you?" "Yes!" "Sammy, please see me" "Good morning" "Yeah, good morning Could you shut the door please" "Brian, I just wanted to..." "Brian..." "You're awfully quiet" "I'm sorry" "So have you thought at all about what I said?" "Sure, I've been thinking about it" "So, any decisions, or..." "Do you want to think about it some more?" "Well I mean, I don't know, Bob" "It's not like we've been going steady for the last few months." "You know what I mean?" "Yeah, no..." "I know..." "And then we see each other twice and you suddenly say you want to get married?" "No, you know, you're right" "So what are you tallking about" "I don't know..." "I umm..." "Last year, I thought that maybe you were possibly interested in that idea but I was the one... who was ready at that point" "So that's why I thought things slow down with us" "Don't make me feel bad for you" "I don't want you to feel bad for me" "It's Brian" "Brian, where are you?" "I'm buying milk, I just thought I'd say hello" "Look, I know it's probably too late, but is there any way you can come out for a little while?" "Brian, I think you're going crazy" "I know I am." "Can you meet me?" "Umm, okay" "Umm, I have to go out for a little while do you want anything?" "Like what?" "I don't know" "Where are you going?" "Yeah, where you going?" "I have to go out for a little while" "Where?" "Yeah, where?" "I'm going to Mabel's house" "Why?" "You know what, Rudy?" "It's personal" "It's a personal matter" "That has to do with Mabel And I just have to go see her for a little while" "Listen." "Listen" "I'm sorry I said you squealed on me I was totally out of line... and I really owe you an apology" "Did you hear me?" "I don't care" "What's on your mind, Sammy?" "Well, a lot." "But principally..." "I was just wondering if you had an opinion" "If you know someone, in your family or even just someone you really care about... and they just can't quite get a hold of themselves" "So, guess who these are for?" "Me!" "That's right, my little friend" "Hello, we're going fishing" "I got a new rod and reel, five lures... a hat, a knife and a fish scalier" "That's great, sweetie" "I'll get it" "Well, I'm not really sure why you're here, Ron" "I know I haven't been the model citizen since I got here" "But considering how things have been going for me lately..." "I thought I was doing pretty well" "And I also find it kind of discouraging that you seem to think that I'm... in need of some kind of spiritual guidance or what have you." "So much so that you're willing to disregard the fact that I don't believe in any of this stuff at all" "Well I didn't mean to discourage you" "I mean it's really kind of insulting" "Can I say something here?" "Sammy asked me to come and talk to you because it's her opinion that you're not gonna find what you're looking for the way you're looking for it" "How would she know?" "I'm really not here to try to get you to do anything, or to get you to believe anything" "And I'll tell you the same thing I told her" "Which is, as far as I'm concerned the only way she can help you... is by her example By trying to be a model for you" "In the way she lives her life" "And that doesn't mean she's supposed to be a saint, either if that's what you're smiling abou" "I didn't realize I was smiling" "You know, Terry, a lot of people come to see me with all kinds of problems" "Drugs, alcohol, marital problems sexual problems" "Good job you have, man" "Well..." "I like it" "Because even in this little town, I really feel li what I do is very connected with the real center of people's lives" "I'm not saying I'm always Mr Effective... but I don't feel like my life is off to the side of what's important" "I don't feel that my happiness and comfort are based on closing my eyes to trouble... within myself or trouble in other people" "I don't feel like a negligible little scrap... floating around in some kind of empty void With no sense of connected-ness to anything... around me except by virtue of whatever little philosophies I can scrape together on my own" "Well..." "Can I ask you, Terry... do you think your life is important?" "You mean, like, me personally?" "My individual life?" "Yeah" "I'm not really sure, what do you mean?" "It's important to me, I guess" "And like, to my... you know the people who care about me" "But do you think it's important?" "I..." "Do you think it's important in the scheme of things?" "Not just because it's yours or because you're somebody's brother" "Because I really don't get the impression that you do" "Well I particularly don't think anybody's life has any particular importance besides whatever you know, like whatever we arbitrarily give it" "Which is fine." "I mean, you know we might as well" "I think my life is as important as anybody else" "I don't know..." "A lot of what you're saying has real appeal to me" "A lot of the stuff they told us when we were kids" "But I don't want to believe or not believe in something because I might feel bad" "I want to believe in it and not believe in it because I think it's true or not" "Yeha, I want to think my life is important" "That it's connected to something important" "Well isn't there any way for you to believe that without calling it God or religion or whatever term it is that you object to?" "Yeah, I believe that" "So Sammy, what example are you setting for us tonight?" "What time are we getting up to go fishing?" "We're not going fishing" "What do you mean?" "Why not?" "I think you should go fishing with Father Ron" "I don't want to go fishing with Father Ron" "Well, I'm not gonna take you" "I'll take you sweetie" "I realize that you're mad at me..." "I'm not mad at you but he didn't do anything to you" "And you cannot promise a little boy that you're gonna..." "I just, you know, after all that religions conversation, I realize... it's probably not so good for him to be spending so much time with someone... who doesn't believe that his life is important in the scheme of things" "Would you please..." "I'm serious" "Listen." "I am sure if you put your mind to it... you can think of some other way of getting back at me besides this" "So would you please just give it some thought and take him fishing tomorrow?" "I would, Sammy, but I really don't think it's good for him" "You suck" "You know my wife, Nancy" "Yes, hello" "Nice to see you" "Father, nice sermon" "Anyway, I don't know what the churches... specific position is on fornication and adultery these days" "But I felt really hypocritical not saying anything to you about it before, so... what is the official position these days?" "Well..." "It's a sin" "Good." "I think it should be" "But we try not to focus on that aspect of it, too much, right off the bat" "Why not?" "Well I think you should" "Maybe it was better when you came in here and they screamed at you for having sex with your married boss" "They told you what a terrible thing it was They were really mean to you" "Maybe it'd be better if you told me I was endangering my immortal soul" "And that if I don't quit..." "I'm going to burn in hell Don't you ever think that?" "Umm... no" "Well it would be a lot better than all this... why do you think you're in this situation... psychological bullshit you hear all the time" "Well, why do you think you're in this situation?" "With which one?" "All of them?" "I feel sorry for them" "Isn't that ridiculous?" "I've never been so bored in my whole life" "We should have been here around 7 or 8 AM" "What time is it now?" "02:30" "Was my father a good fisherman?" "Yeah, he was good at all that stuff He knew every thing about the woods everything about hunting everything about fishing, everything about cars" "If he wasn't such a pain in the ass he would've been a lot of fun to be around" "Maybe he's nice now?" "I doubt it" "Well, I think he is" "How would you know?" "Did you ever meet him?" "No" "Were you ever curious about meeting him?" "I guess so" "He lives near here" "I thought he lived in Alaska" "No..." "I lived in Alaska" "He lives in Auburn, as far as I know" "We could look him up in the phone book" "Wanna try it?" "Alright" "But, Rudy..." "I'm sure I don't have to tell you this" "But I'm not kidding, man" "Don't tell your mother" "Can I get you something?" "Hey, you want to go for a walk?" "Or a drive it's really nice out" "No, I'm not going to stay long" "Bob, I don't wanna get married" "Okay" "I've been thinking about it fo a while... and if you had asked me last year I'm sure I would have said yes" "Oh, thank you" "But I'm not sure it would have been an good idea then either" "I've been going through a really hard time lately" "I think that getting engaged to you or anybody else would probably be the stupidest most self destructive thing I could possibly do" "Okay" "And I really think you need to grow up" "Well how about we fix my personality some other time?" "Okay" "I really hope we can still be friends" "Oh yes, me too..." "Bob..." "Bob..." "I..." "I don't know..." "Sammy, I love you, I really..." "I love you" "I love you too" "Oh shit, I got to go!" "I'm sorry" "What?" "Where do you have to go?" "I have to get Mabel her car" "Now?" "I don't understand, how are we leaving things?" "I don't know." "Call me later" "This is incredible" "That is not what I mean" "Maybe we should call first?" "Well we're right here" "Come on" "There he is" "His last name is Kolinsky?" "Yeah" "Go ahead, knock" "Yes?" "Hi, we're looking for Rudy" "Who should I say is calling?" "An old friend" "Who is it!" "He says, an old friend!" "How old is he?" "Hey!" "Hey, Rudy" "Hey" "Hi, I'm Terry" "Hello" "This is Rudy" "You don't say" "Rudy, meet Rudy" "I'll just be in the kitchen" "Nice meeting you" "Okay if we come in for a minute?" "What the hell are you doing?" "What do you mean, what am I doing?" "Could you back away from the door please?" "We just wanna come in..." "Back away from the door please?" "What are you doing here?" "Just wanted the kid to see you, man" "Well now he saw me" "Now you saw me, alright?" "Now, do you mind?" "Man you are really..." "I'm trying to be polite, alright" "So just take off, okay, just take off" "I just wanna..." "Do you know what you're doing here?" "Just get out of here, alright" "You know what, man you're still a fucking asshole" "I'm an asshole?" "Get out of here!" "Get your fucking hands off him!" "Get off!" "Listen, Officer." "I just came down here to talk to the guy and he starts shoving me" "And you're not the boy's legal guardian?" "I don't even know if that's my kid" "You're a fucking lying piece of shit!" "Then they were fighting He's on our property..." "I don't know who this guy is You know you came here..." "We have a right to protect ourselves" "I came here to talk to him..." "Step back" "He started the whole thing and now I'm being arrested" "Stop talking" "What's going to happen to him?" "Terry, stop talking" "Alright..." "Any idea where we might be able to contact his mother?" "No, because he's not my Goddamn kid!" "Oh my gosh..." "What's the matter?" "Oh my gosh, what time is it?" "Oh my God, oh my God, it's nine-thirty!" "Hey, you know Nancy's going to be gone for the rest of the week" "You know, Brian..." "Yeah?" "I don't mean to be..." "Couldn't we just..." "I mean could we give it a rest?" "Yeah, sure, if you want to" "I mean, I just think, I don't know we had a great little fling... you know, why push it" "Is that okay?" "I just..." "Yeah, sure, okay." "No, you're right" "So we are still friends?" "Sure" "Alright..." "Around two o'clock this afternoon" "Yes, a '97 red Subaru Outback New York plates, AUZ416." "Please" "Thanks for coming over I want to have a car handy, just in case" "No problem" "Yes, what about other towns?" "Yes." "Yes" "I called the Highway Patrol, four times!" "What am I supposed to do all night?" "Hello?" "Anyone hear from Sammy this morning?" "I didn't" "Un-huh." "Well, if anybody ever hears from her again, would you let me know" "Yes..." "Thank you Mike, I'll give you a call" "Alright" "It's going to be alright We got on the phone with Rudy Sr a little bit... and he's calmed down he wants to forget the whole thing" "Darryl, I really appreciate this" "Yeah, it's Brian" "Brian..." "What the hell happened to you today, lady?" "You're fried!" "Good!" "Rudy?" "Yeah?" "Is there anything you want to ask me about your father?" "Oh, that wasn't my father" "What?" "That wasn't him." "I heard him tell the cops" "No, Rudy, that was him" "I wish it wasn't, but it was" "No it wasn't" "Yes, Rudy it was" "Your father's name is Rudy Kolinsky He lives in Auburn" "Would you turn it off, please?" "You don't have to say anything, Sammy" "I want you to leave" "What do you mean?" "I mean, I don't think you should live here" "I don't think you know how to behave around an eight year old... and I don't know how to make you stop" "So I don't think you should live here I don't know what else say" "I don't know how to behave around an eight year old..." "That's right" "I think you don't know how to behave around an eight year old" "Are you out of your mind?" "Now you just listen to me" "I may not be the greatest mother in the world" "But I'm doing the best I know how" "And he doesn't need you to rub his face in shit... because you think it's good for him!" "He's going to find out the world is a horrible place and that people suck soon enough and without any help from you." "Believe me!" "I think you should get your own place" "I thought, maybe..." "I'd be happy to help you out financially" "What do you mean, get my own place?" "Yes." "Yes" "Why would I do that?" "Why don't I just leave, period" "If that's what you want to do, that's fine" "But that's not what I'm saying You are an important person to Rudy" "And you are the most imortant person to me" "But I'm saying I can't take anymore of this" "Well..." "And I thought you could sell your half of the house to me" "And then I could pay you back a certain amount, whatever it is... over a certain period of time" "No, you know what, I'll just go" "Well, that's not what I'm saying" "Where you gonna go?" "I don't know, I just want out of this town" "And if you've got any sense when you're older you'll leave too" "You know your mom's going to stay in this town for the rest of her life" "You wanna know why?" "Because she thinks she has to" "She thinks there's all these things she has to do" "I'll tell you one thing about your mom" "She's a bigger fuck up than I ever was" "I know I messed up, okay" "You think I enjoy getting thrown in jail?" "Because I wanted you to face that prick your Dad, like a little man" "And show you what kind of guy he is?" "I got carried away, I know..." "I lost my temper, just a little bit..." "Which is not the end of the world either by the way, just for future reference" "And now she's throwing me out of my own home because, I fucked up a little bit" "Which I totally admit..." "I was like, totally ready to admit that" "I could go with you" "Well thanks man, but I ahh..." "I can't really take care of you" "Is that for you?" "Yeah, I'm just gonna stay at Ray's until I leave" "Well, you don't have to do that" "Yeah, well, that's what I wanna do" "Well..." "Are you gonna come back and say goodbye?" "No, I'm just gonna take off, I'll see ya'" "Look, I know you're upset about Uncle Terry leaving and so am I" "But he's not in control of himself" "And I don't want him hurting your feelings anymore or mine" "And you may not like it but that's how it's going to be." "Okay?" "I don't care" "You don't care?" "I don't care either" "Well I'm sorry you're having all this trouble" "Thank you" "You made a pretty good speech to me the other day about people... sticking to their commitments." "Yeah" "Well you made a commitment Sammy to this bank, to this job" "I know I did" "And to work things out with this tough new son of a bitch boss of yours" "How whatever may have passed between us after hours... doesn't mean you can walk away from that commitment" "Yeah, even if you have a legitimate family emergency" "I'm really sorry I didn't call in..." "That is why I think in the calm cold light of day... that you and I have to both think real hard... about whether you really want to continue on here at Outpost Bankers Trust" "You've got to be kidding" "You're not happy, I'm not happy and it's not good for you... and it's sure as heck not good for the bank" "You know, you're the worst manager we've ever had" "Come on, Sammy..." "By far, the worst" "I don't want to trade insults with you" "Well I don't want to be fired Brian." "I've been here for 7 years" "And if I were you I'd be a little nervous about firing an employee..." "I just had an affair with." "Okay" "Don't threaten me..." "I'm not threatening you" "I'm not threatening you" "I just think it's an area we should explore" "You explore it, I'm going back to work" "Oh, and I have to pick up Rudy today because there's no one else who can do it I'll find someone else when I have time" "Yeah fine" "Why don't you just take over the whole bank" "Well, I called Uncle Terry where he said he'd be staying... and there was no answer So I don't know if he's still in town" "Rudy, you're not speaking to me?" "Well, I'm sorry you're mad at me but I only did what I had to do" "I just hope you don't stay mad at me for the rest of your life" "Rudy, that's enough" "Rudy!" "Now you got to cut this out!" "What did I do?" "You don't know what you're talking about!" "There was nothing else I could do!" "I don't know how to explain it to you any better than that, but... you cannot go on this way because you don't know anything about it... and you don't kow what you're doing!" "Okay, I'm sorry!" "I don't want you to be sorry I want you to stop it!" "I'm stopping" "See, I'm stopping." "I'm stopping" "Ray's house" "I didn't know if you'd left yet" "No, I'm leaving tomorrow" "What time?" "Umm, bus leaves at 9" "Well, I'd really like to see you before you go" "I mean, can I give you a lift do you want to have breakfast or anything" "I think Rudy, would really like to say goodbye" "Yeah, I don't know, I mean..." "Terry, you can't just leave like this" "Alright, alright, I'll come by tomorrow morning" "Alright, but just... we have to be out of the house by 8 o'clock so I don't want to tell Rudy you're coming... unless you think you can make it no..." "I'll be there" "Alright" "Alright" "You better get your sneakers on" "Sweetie, I'm sorry, but we have to go" "Why can't I miss school one day?" "Hey, how's it going, man" "Sorry I'm late" "So Rudy, if I write you a letter will you write me back?" "Yeah" "That's gonna be pretty nice for you, because I write a pretty Goddamn interesting letter" "Yeah, we'll see" "Well, alright, say goodbye" "Bye" "You need some cash for the bus?" "No, I got a few bucks aren't you gonna be late for work?" "Oh, yeah..." "That's okay" "Terry, I don't even know where you're going" "Well, yeah..." "I don't really have a concrete plan yet" "I got to go back to Worcester and get my stuff" "Oh, you're gonna try and see that girl?" "Yeah, you know I thought I'd try and show my face... let her brother have a crack at me" "What?" "No..." "I don't want anyone to have a crack at you" "I'm just kidding." "I just thought I just thought I'd check up on her" "And then after that, I don't know" "I've been thinking about Alaska a lot" "I still got a lot of friends out there" "I don't really know" "Anyway, I'll write you" "You will?" "Sure, Sammy." "Of course I will, you know that" "What is gonna happen to you?" "Nothing too bad." "But I gotta tell you, Sammy..." "I know things didn't work out too well this time... but it's really good to know, wherever I am... whatever stupid shit I'm doing that you're back at my home, rooting for me" "It's all going to be alright, Sammy" "Comparatively, and I'll be back around this way again" "I just feel like I'm never going to see you again" "Of course you will, you never have to worry about that, ever" "Don't go anywhere until you know where you're going" "I do, I do know where I'm going I'm going back to Worcester" "I'm going to try and see that girl" "And then depending on what happens there I'm going to see if there's work for me out west" "And if there is, I'm going out there this summer and make some money" "And if there isn't, I'll figure something else out" "Maybe I'll stay in the east." "I don't know..." "I really liked Alaska It was really beautiful, and it just..." "It made me feel good And before things got so messed up..." "I was doing pretty well out there" "Seriously" "But I couldn't stay here, Sammy I don't wanna live here" "But I'll keep in touch" "And I will be back, because I want to see you and I want to see Rudy" "We'll have Christmas together, how's that?" "We'll all have Christmas together" "Come on, Sammy." "You can trust me" "Come on, Sammy, look at me..." "Look at me..." "Sammy, remember when we were kids" "Remember what we always used to say to each other" "Of course I do" "Remember when we were kids" "I'll really miss you"