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[ Birds Twittering ]
[ Clucking ]
[ Ringing ]
[ Boy Grunts ] Arnold, turn it off.
[ Ticking ]
- You deaf? Get up. - It's night.
Go back to sleep.
[ Rooster Crows ]
Go away, Arnold.
[ Chuckles ] Got you now.
[ Grunts ] You got things mixed up, boy.
Look, see that light out there? We just got into bed, all right?
We're going to bed early because we gotta get up early.
Why don't you just lie here now and watch.
You'll see how it gets darker and darker and darker.
[ Laughs ]
[ Dog Barks ]
[ Crowing Continues ]
God, you smell, dog.
Arnold, you little-- Get the dog outta here.
Come on, Ace. Get off. I'm up. Arnold--
[ Crowing Continues ]
Whoo, it's cold out. Come here, Ace. Come on.
Hey, Arnold, what are you gonna do with the gun, huh?
Oh, you're gonna shoot a duck, are you?
Here, give me that gun before you shoot somebody.
Here. Take the pail. You can pick some peas on the way.
[ Barks ]
Why do we have to get up so early just to pick peas?
Well, Arnold, if you don't pick the peas before the sun rises, they just wilt.
So? I don't even like peas.
Neither do I.
Then why do we have to pick 'em?
It's pretty simple. If we don't pick the peas, Dad is gonna kick our butt.
Oh. Okay.
We're not gonna shoot any ducks with Ace along, are we?
He'll scare 'em away.
You're right. Here, Ace. Ace, get outta here.
Ace, go home. Go home, Ace. Go ahead.
[ Barks ]
Now you really gotta be quiet, 'cause these ducks will hear you.
A mile off.
They're around here.
[ Sniffs ] I mean, no noise at all.
[ Duck Quacking ]
[ Exhales ] Come along.
[ Whispering, Indistinct ]
Shh.
Arnold, you're helpless.
[ Gunshot ]
- [ No Audible Dialogue ] - [ Wind Whistling ]
[ Insects Buzzing ]
[ Pea Pod Drops In Pail ]
I heard you shooting. Did you get a duck?
- Eugene's dead. - You call that a joke?
[ Woman ] Where's Eugene?
[ Man ] Tell him to come in right now. Okay?
[ Pan Clatters On Stove ]
Where's Eugene?
In the pasture.
[ Woman ] Eugene.
[ Barking ]
[ Meows ]
[ Meows ]
[ Cow Lowing ]
[ Crying Continues ]
[ Siren Wailing ]
[ Wailing Continues ]
[ Chattering On Police Radio ]
[ Chatter Continues ]
[ Crying ]
[ Sobbing ]
[ Sobbing Continues ]
[ Duck Quacks ]
[ Man ] Arnold? I know you're up there.
Come on out. I wanna ask you a few questions.
Arnold?
Tell us.
Eugene was sneaking down ahead of me.
There was four ducks.
He said, "Keep down."
All right. Then what?
The gun got caught on the wire.
I was climbing through after him.
How come you didn't run home?
[ Horse Whinnies ]
- You answer? - No.
Well, answer.
[ Bell Tolling ]
Grandpa, can I go home with you?
I didn't hear you. What'd you say?
Can I go with you?
You thinkin' about movin' out, are you?
What about your work?
Nora can do 'em one night.
You figure they don't want you around, don't you?
How old are you?
Twelve.
Well, son, at 12 years old, you may not know all the answers.
But I don't see where one night'll hurt. Sure. Why not?
[ Chattering ]
[ Woman ] Okay. I'll see you.
[ Chattering Continues ]
[ Tolling Continues ]
From the 19th chapter of Job, the 25th verse.
"For I know that my redeemer liveth...
"and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the Earth.
"And though after my skin, worms destroy this body,
"yet in my flesh shall I see God...
whom I shall see for myself and with mine own eyes behold."
And from the New Testament, I--
[ Sighs ]
"In my father's house, are many mansions.
"I go now to prepare a place for you.
"If it were not so I would've told you so.
"As it was in the beginning, so it shall be in the end...
world without end."
[ Man ] Yeah, that's too bad.
[ Man #2 ] Yeah, we'll-- we'll get through it.
[ Man #3 ] Must've forgot my tobacco.
[ Man #4 ] Well, I can't help you out. I don't smoke anymore.
[ Man #5 ] Joe, I'm awful sorry.
[ Woman ] Doris and me were best friends all through school.
Called us the twins. [ Laughs ] Long time ago.
[ Woman #2 ] Yeah.
[ Sniffling ] She lost her husband last year.
Yeah. When he was no bigger than a baby,
I remember him coming up to me at harvest time.
- You remember, Andy? - Yeah.
We's no more than kids ourselves that year.
That's right.
Here come Eugene.
Ah, here come Eugene. Right across that field.
[ Laughing ] He was fallin' in them ruts like they was canyons.
Yeah. [ Laughs ] He was gonna do a man's work.
Yeah. He couldn't say more than two or three words,
but he was damn sure gonna join in the harvestin'.
Yeah. Least he got to live 17 years.
I had a son died at nine.
[ Man ] Yeah. Isaac. I remember Isaac.
He'd have been 20--
23.
- One time ol' Eugene whipped me wrestling. He was good. - [ Woman ] He sure was strong.
Yeah, he was, wasn't he? I remember one time he got mad at me,
and at the time, hell, I was, uh, almost twice as tall as him.
Didn't matter to him, boy. Up they go, boy. He wants to fight. [ Chuckles ]
[ Woman ] He was a good boy.
[ Woman ] Used to wear each other's clothes.
[ Woman #2 ] I was thinkin' that, um, maybe--
You don't give a hoot, that it?
[ Woman #2 ] Sure.
- But they won't forget. - [ Man #2 ] That's strange.
[ Woman ] They won't forget.
[ Engine Starts ]
Not a tear.
You'd think tears was gold and he was a miser.
[ Wind Whistling ]
Mother. Mother?
Arnold?
Go back to bed.
Arnold. He came down.
Sure he came down. He's-He's alone up there. He's scared.
No. Something different.
No. No. No. You let him alone.
Now, maybe when he's alone, maybe he'll know what he did.
Well, what if he knows already? He knew.
No. No. Believe me, he don't know.
[ Thunder Rumbles In Distance ]
[ Chattering On Police Radio ]
No. I'll stand over here.
Sit down, Son.
How you doing, Mac?
Arnold.
Just that?
Nobody can get along on just one name.
What were you doing with a .22, Arnold?
It's mine.
Okay. What were you gonna shoot?
It's out of season.
Yes, sir.
You and your brother the best of friends?
I got a best friend. He's somebody else.
- Were they good friends? - Yeah, they were.
Did they quarrel a lot?
No more than what's to be expected.
I mean, not even that. It seemed to me Arnold cared a lot for Eugene.
Yes, sir.
You mad at him?
Something he said made you mad.
Well, how'd you come to shoot him?
Yes?
The gun got caught.
It seems the hammer must've caught.
All right. Now, that's what happened.
But what I wanna know is this.
Why didn't you go back to the house and tell your parents?
What's that got to do with it?
Gotta pick peas before the sun comes up.
[ Chattering On Police Radio ]
[ Meows ]
[ Lowing ]
You know, in my life, I never could figure out anything I could postpone.
And what a guy postpones figurin' out are the big things.
Like somebody dyin'.
Yeah.
Sure.
Somebody dyin' close to you like, uh, well,
somebody so close, you-- you begin to think maybe she was you.
[ Water Running ]
And the droughts-- [ Chuckles ]
not one *** little drop of water comes down.
To where you figure he's mad at you up there, and you know you never done nothin' that bad,
I mean, that he should cause every little green sprout to shrivel up and die.
And then the snows come.
Deep snow. Blizzards.
You know, my kid brother lost his way between the house and the barn.
It was only 200 yards.
And he froze to death.
And it was several days before they found his body.
That's when I was a boy in Nebraska.
[ Sighs ]
It's true what they say, you know.
Only the good die young.
Look it over, tell me what you think.
I-I think everybody makes money here, but, uh--
I want you to sign it.
Read it, then sign it.
'Night, Joanne.
Sweetheart, just a smile.
You want some coffee?
You guys, I'm trying to close. You want some coffee or not?
No.
♪ 'Cause, baby, you're so young ♪
♪ And you'd be so much fun ♪
Give the man a smile, Josh. He wants a smile with his coffee.
♪ Smile a while La-da-da-da-dee da-da-da-da-da ♪
[ Both Laugh ]
♪ I wish that I could be the one ♪
♪ 'Cause you're so young ♪
Amalie, I already closed out. Why don't you lock up, honey, okay?
I'm going home.
You sure you're going home, Josh?
Uh-huh. I bet you are.
You ain't goin' fishing.
You through, Andy?
♪ I wish that I could be the one ♪
♪ 'Cause, baby, you're so-- you're so young ♪
You know, we all loved Eugene.
But we all gotta learn to get over it.
I know.
They keep telling me that.
I mean, you're gonna have to kind of learn to smile all over again.
[ Sighs ]
♪ But, baby, you're so young ♪
You act like 12 days is 12 years.
Mm.
Days are years and years are days when it comes to sorrow.
Ain't no such thing as time.
[ Tsks ] It's the way it is.
♪ I wish that I could be the one ♪
Come on. I'll drive you home.
♪ Baby, you're so young ♪
♪ And you'd been so much fun ♪
♪ I wish that I could be the one ♪♪
[ Amalie ] Andy, you said you'd take me home.
I will. I will.
Just that I thought maybe we could talk better here.
I mean, uh, there's nobody at your house that you can talk to.
[ Sighs ] And there's sure as hell nobody at my house...
that wants to talk to me, I tell you that-- [ Scoffs ]
You know, he told me one time he wanted to be a--
What'd he call that? Remember those people in high school,
those teachers that taught you about the inside of a frog...
Biologist.
Yeah. Bio-Biologist. That's it. Yeah. [ Chuckles ]
Yeah. That's what he wanted to be.
That's what he wanted to do. [ Chuckles ]
Well, I encouraged him. I said, uh, you know, if there's any way I can,
I'll put you through school-- through college-- if I can afford it.
I would have.
You see, I never thought of Eugene as just my nephew.
I always felt he's more like my kid brother--
the one I never had but always wanted.
See, I mean, we-we were real close.
Real close.
I was the first one that took him huntin'.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
First-First time.
Yeah.
Boy, it's sure-- [ Tsks ]
clear as day why he was in love with you, tell you that.
You're about the prettiest girl I've seen in a long time.
'Round here. I think.
I know. I shouldn't be talking like that and everything.
[ Tsks ] Whew. Sure gets complicated, don't it?
Sure does get complicated.
I will. I'll take you home.
Said I'd take you home. I will take you home. In a minute.
[ Exhales ]
[ Whispering ] ***.
[ Dog Barking In Distance ]
Damn.
[ Sewing Machine Whirring ]
What are you doing up?
Lord. Can't sleep?
You okay?
You both okay?
What's the matter?
[ Sighs ]
You all right?
- Where you been, Andy? - I told you I was going out with Teddy.
I'm not lying to you,
and I don't like to be told I'm lying.
Nobody's lying to you.
Ah, Lu, what's the matter?
Huh?
Hey. Just relax. Just relax.
It's gonna be okay. Everything's okay.
Doing what?
Nobody's doing anything.
I don't believe you.
Look, you're just having some kind of chemical reaction.
[ Crying ]
Just don't touch me. Just leave me alone.
I don't wanna talk to you.
[ Sniffling ]
Who is what?
It's nobody. It's your mother's Aunt Harriet. What do you mean?
I don't wanna know anyway.
Come on.
It's all right. It's okay. Now, come on.
All right. All right.
I'll make it easy for you, 'cause I'm gonna go to bed.
You wanna stay up all night, that's your problem.
Just makin' yourself sick, Lu. That's all you're doin'.
Just makin' yourself sick. You wanna do that, that's--
that's what you can do.
[ Exhales ]
[ Birds Twittering ]
[ Rooster Crows ]
Nora, you gonna keep that pitcher for yourself?
Pass that pitcher to Arnold.
[ Door Closes ]
[ Screen Door Bangs ]
I don't know, Mama. What did I do?
I want you to talk to him, not to the air. And you talk kind.
You can't do it, and you want me to do it?
That night, I wouldn't let him tell me how bad he felt.
Now he can't.
He's so far away. What's a kind word?
- [ Horse Whinnies ] - [ Ruth ] Here, chick, chick, chick.
Here, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick. Here, chick, chick, chick.
Here, chick, chick, chick, chick.
Here, chick. Here, chick, chick, chick, chick.
Ruth, I wanna talk to you.
It's about Andy.
[ Groans ]
Yeah. I know he's doing it again, and I wanna know what you're gonna do about it.
Lu, I don't know if there's anything I can do.
Well, somebody's gotta do something, because he's not listening to me.
[ Sighs ] I just can't-- I can't get into your--
Well, what am I supposed to do?
I'm pregnant. I'm going to have a baby, and my whole marriage is falling apart.
Well, I-I don't know what to do.
[ Sighs ]
Well, damn it, Ruth. He's your brother.
He's your baby brother, so whatever he does is all right with you, right?
[ Scoffs ]
Oh, you don't have to say it.
Nobody has to say it. I always knew what you were thinking about me.
That he was so *** classy, what was he doing with someone like me, right?
Handsome Andy. Got himself a little woman that looks like a plucked chicken.
Can't even keep a baby alive inside of her, right?
Nobody has to say anything. I always knew what you were thinking.
[ Huffs ]
Don't make fun of me, Ruth.
[ Scoffs ] You think I don't know what goes on?
I know everything. I knew about that other woman.
But she was older than me, and she already had a husband. After a while, they moved away.
But this time it's different. This time is different.
- You know who it is this time? - Maybe it's nobody.
Maybe you're just making it up or imagining it.
[ Laughs ] Jesus. That's what he said. That's right. I'm crazy.
Joe, you wanna know who it is? Do you wanna know?
Joe? Joe. It's Amalie.
Yeah. It's Eugene's girl. It's Amalie.
Everybody knows how he's hanging around her since Eugene died.
Everybody knows about it. It's Amalie.
You come back here, Lu.
Lu, you stop that! Lu!
[ Sobbing ]
Get inside. Come on. You're getting hysterical, woman. Now get in the house.
Go on in. Nora, get her some whiskey.
[ Screen Door Bangs ]
Sit down over there, Lu.
Now, where's Andy at?
He's at Sullivan's helping him with his harvestin'.
Here.
Went and hid himself in the barn.
I wanna stay here tonight.
When he comes home, I don't wanna be there.
[ Grunts ]
- I think I'm gonna lose this one too. - What makes you say that?
Last night, I had these pains.
I didn't say anything about them, but I got them now.
[ Crying ] I'm so afraid.
Lu, you go lay down.
Oh, I think I'll be fine.
[ Exhales ] I'll be fine.
[ Laughs ] I exaggerate, you know.
[ Sniffles ] That's what I do.
Hi, darlin'.
Fine.
"Grandpa," she says.
When you look at me, do you have any idea who you're really looking at?
Who?
You're you. I'm looking at my grandpa.
Your name's George Jansen, you got blue eyes and you're-- How old are you?
Well, that's who I'm talking to.
[ Chuckles ] Sweet Jesus. You hear that?
You know your sister here, she's gonna grow up to be some kind of welfare worker.
Maybe work in the courthouse where they know you by your name and number.
She says I'm George Jansen. I'm 60 years old.
Who's that? You got any idea who that is?
Arnold. Arnold Hillerman.
[ Chuckles ] You see what I mean?
You could work in the courthouse now if you wanted.
Go get the fish out of the truck, son.
Hey.
Oh, I'm all right.
What you making?
Well, I got this pillow here.
I been working on it for a while.
He's over at Corbett's. They have some problem.
Yeah.
Lu's here, sleeping in the guest room.
What's the matter with her own bed?
You know.
He's over at Sullivan's.
He'll be comin' here, you know.
Maybe kickin' the door down, actin' like some crazy kid quick as he finds her gone.
Will you stay tonight?
You can sleep up in Arnold's room.
Be a nice change.
I brought you some trout, and I'll clean 'em if you'll cook 'em.
We'll have a good supper, and I'll stay.
All right.
♪♪ [ Nora Humming ]
She sings herself asleep.
[ Chuckles ]
I guess she makes damn sure she's asleep before she stops, huh?
Mm-hmm.
I think that she oughta put this bed out in the shed. [ Breathing Heavily ]
Or maybe you can come over and stay with me.
Help me off with these boots, will you?
Yeah, you better come stay over at my place.
Might be all right, though, if I spend the night in it.
Then it'd be mine.
Yeah.
From now on, let's just figure this is my bed. Okay?
Well, get your clothes off.
♪♪ [ Humming Continues ]
[ Pounding On Door ]
[ Pounding Continues ]
Lu! Lu!
She's spendin' the night. She's not feelin' too well.
I'll talk to her in the mornin', make sure she goes back.
I'll give her a change.
Lucille? Lu? Lu?
[ Ruth ] Andy.
Lucille, you up there? Come on down, baby. Come on down, hon--
- Damn. Who else is up there? - [ Exhales ]
Looks like a full house. What you doin' here, Papa?
I'm tryin' to get some sleep.
Hmm.
Look like a kangaroo court if I ever saw one.
Danged if I ain't hanged already.
Lu. Lu! Come on out, baby.
Come on out, honey.
Come on. Come on, Ruth.
[ Ruth ] Maybe she just went on back home.
[ Andy ] Nah, she didn't go back home. That ain't her style.
She's gotta pull some kind of dipsy-doodle *** like this, try to scare us.
[ Andy ] Lucille!
Lu! Come on, baby. Come on home.
We'll find her. She'll be in here.
[ Lu Groans ]
Uh-oh.
Uh-oh-oh-oh.
There, my girl.
It's coming. Grandaddy, it's coming.
Well, then, don't you think you oughta be back in your bed?
[ Groans ] It's coming way before it ought to.
[ Breathing Heavily ] Just like the other one.
- [ Groans ] - I don't know why they do that.
Okay. [ Whimpers ]
We'll get some help.
What's goin' on here? She all right?
I know.
[ Grunts ]
Lu? Lu, you all right, honey? You all right?
[ George ] Put your hand here. Can you get up on your feet?
[ Andy ] Come on, baby.
[ George ] Help her up there.
All right?
She can't make it.
Take a hold of my neck. That's a girl.
[ Ruth ] It's all right.
Well, she might feel different tomorrow, but--
Mm.
I don't know if she will this time.
[ Sighs ] I really blew it, didn't I?
Damn.
Yeah. You know, sometimes I think she married me just to be fooled.
She thought I was the best thing since popcorn.
Boy, I sure fooled her, didn't I?
I sure fooled her.
I told her-- I told her I wasn't no good.
You ever think that...
maybe you fool yourself?
Hmm.
Yeah. I thought about that one a long time ago.
[ Exhales ]
I think I fooled myself about--
just about everybody I've known--
man, woman, child.
I say to myself,
"I know that person better than he knows himself."
Of course, I'm wrong about nine-tenths of the time.
About Arnold too.
Arnold?
[ Exhales ]
Well,
I think I'm gonna leave you, Sister.
You got a house full of crazy people here.
I'm about to make it one less.
[ Kisses ] Be seein' you.
[ Screen Door Bangs ]
[ Andy ] Joe. Be seein' you.
[ Screen Door Bangs ]
[ George ] It ain't your doin', kid.
It's their own doin'.
If Andy had a-chose money, he'd a-had everybody's last dollar.
Or if he'd a-got into real estate, he'd a-gathered up all the land,
and you'd had to pay a *** toll to get across it.
He just chose wrong. That's all.
That boy chose women.
And if you wanna know, I chose 'em myself.
But I'll tell you something-- one, maybe two.
Three at the most.
It was enough for me.
And not at the same time.
It ain't your doin'. You hear me?
I hear.
Well, then say somethin'.
[ Exhales ] I guess you did.
I just want you to know that I never felt like-- like you said,
that you weren't good enough for him.
I always felt he was lucky to get you.
Even if my children don't get born?
Well,
it should never be that way--
children die before their parents.
It should be the parents that go first.
[ Lu ] Well, I'll go down to Reno, get my old job back.
I got a lot of friends in Reno.
Yeah, I do.
Lot of friends.
You know, when Andy met me down there, I was just a change girl.
Maybe--
Maybe if he ever comes down there again, maybe I'll be a dealer.
I got a girlfriend who's a dealer there now-- blackjack dealer.
I think you better take it easy for a while.
Oh, yeah, I'll do that.
I'll do that. I'll do that at my folks'.
- [ Vehicle Approaching ] - Here it comes.
[ Exhales ]
I sure hate to see you go, Lu.
I'll-- I'll keep in touch.
Okay.
[ Joe ] Lu's not a spunky woman.
She acts like one, but she's got no real life in her--
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
She's the kind that just, you know, leaves.
[ Ruth ] Sometimes I wish I could just... wander away.
I don't mean go buy a ticket, get on a bus.
I just mean wander away.
I wouldn't know my name or where I came from.
It'll be all right to do when I'm an old lady.
That's what my mother did.
One day, she just... wandered away.
She had on a soiled dress.
She'd been tryin' to feed a puny hen.
When they brought her back, she still had some corn for the chicken in her hand.
She didn't recognize us.
[ Door Closes ]
Can't be nobody but Arnold.
It's me.
Seems to me like you came a long way just to hit the sack.
[ Chuckles ] No.
See, when I'm supposed to be asleep, I usually ain't.
Sometimes I get up in the night and have me a little bite to eat.
You want one?
Okay.
A man can live a long time in the woods, can't he?
That long?
[ Chuckling ] What do you mean, "That long"?
Usually, a guy gets off in there and he wants to come right back out.
Could I live in the mountains by myself?
Get yourself a gun, you can.
Mm, fishin' gear,
fryin' pan, bedding.
You understand, I'm not tryin' to get rid of you.
But you asked me, so I'm telling you what you need.
You need a sharp knife.
A fella can get along almost anywhere on a lot less than he thinks,
in town or anywhere.
Shrivel up sometimes though.
Especially your ***.
Sometimes it'll fall right off.
I figured you'd lend me a shotgun.
Oh, you did?
Well, if you ain't comin' back, then it wouldn't be a loan.
I think what you're askin' is, will I give you a shotgun?
You've got a few.
Yeah.
But I've had them guns a long time.
And if I gave one away, I wouldn't see it no more.
And I wouldn't see the fella I give it to either.
Now, it might be I can get along without one of my shotguns,
but I don't wanna lose a grandson.
I wouldn't have none left.
Say, did you ever think of becomin' a millionaire?
If I was you, I'd give that some thought.
[ Screen Door Bangs ]
- Where's Arnold? - Not with me.
Well, where is he?
I bet you he's gone to Grandpa's.
All right.
[ Nora ] Grandpa?
I think we oughta let him do what he feels like doin' for the time being.
What else would he feel like doing except gettin' the hell out?
Who talks to him like he can hear?
Who looks at him like he can see?
Not you, not Nora.
Bye.
He's over there. He says no one should go and get him.
Well, let him stay there forever.
Shall we do that?
[ Thunder Rumbling In Distance ]
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
Old Pea Vine's about due. You want a little colt?
Gonna be real pretty, I bet.
Where's Arnold?
Is he with your father? I heard he was.
Yeah, uh-huh.
The two of 'em livin' like a couple of old codgers.
Arnold's the older one. He's goin' on 90. Hmm.
You wanna go?
You're supposed to say, "Andy, I wanna live with you the rest of my life."
I wanna go.
You just got it wrong, right?
But you were sure sayin' the right things last night. I'll tell you that.
[ Horse Whinnies ]
What are you doin'?
You never let me sorrow.
What are you talkin' about? I let you do anything you want.
You never let me sorrow for Eugene.
Yes, I did. I sure did.
You were sorrowing so much, you needed comfortin'.
- So did I. - No.
You never let me.
Yeah, right. It's me. It's always me. Join the club.
What do you think you can do, just waltz out of here clean like a spoon?
You just broke up my marriage, hotshot.
That's where it lies, ain't it?
You just got a need. That's all, just a strong need.
Nothin' to be ashamed about.
[ Whimpering, Crying ] Andy, I just wanna go home. Please.
I just wanna walk home.
[ Exhales ]
[ Sniffles ]
[ Exhales ]
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
Since I brought the venison,
you don't mind me sittin' down here with the family?
[ Scoffs ] What family?
What do you mean? You still got family.
Just... one missin'.
Eugene.
You know whose chair you're sittin' in?
Well, I didn't know all the chairs had names on 'em,
but, uh-- [ Clears Throat ] whose is it, Arnold's?
That's right.
If you hadn't had Arnold, it'd be Eugene's chair, and Eugene'd be sittin' here.
And you'd have a chair for company,
and there wouldn't be no bad feelin's.
Yeah, and if Lu hadn't left you, you'd be sittin' at your own table...
on your own chair.
Uh-huh. If the rabbit hadn't stopped, the dog wouldn't a-caught him.
It just seems to me all the trouble started with Arnold,
so I don't know why you make it sound like it all started with me.
I don't know where it started.
Well, if it didn't start with Arnold,
then why don't Joe go get him and bring him back here...
so he can be sittin' here instead of me?
You know, I been thinkin' about little ol' Arnold.
Maybe he ain't such a mean son of a *** like the sheriff said he was.
Maybe he's just like a woman-- can't bear to admit what they do to you.
They just look at you like, "Who, me? What'd I do?"
What?
I hardly even started.
All right. Okay.
Get out of my house. Out.
Out.
Okay, Joe. You ought to go get Arnold, bring him back here.
You act like I'm the one that turned you all against him.
I didn't do nothin'.
Damn. You ought to go, Joe. [ Clears Throat ]
Bring your boy back, let me off the hook.
All right. Okay.
Get outta here.
I ain't stupid, you know. Damn.
Thank you very much. Thank you for the swell dinner!
I sure did like the dessert too. Thank you very much!
♪ I'm callin' up to tell you that I love you ♪
♪ I'm callin' up to tell you that I care ♪
- [ Dogs Barking ] - ♪ After all is said and done you know I'm the only one ♪♪
You go get Arnold.
You think the hard things are... just the work you do,
and if you take care of the work--
But there's some harder things to do than work,
like tryin' to feel what your son is feelin'.
You'd just rather not see him around.
Well, I don't think you know. You're the one that talks about wandering off.
Why don't you go ahead and just do that?
Lu runs off, hops on a bus, and-and-- and you talk about wandering away...
to look for your mind like you lost the damn thing.
You don't know what goes on in me about Arnold.
You think I don't feel love anymore?
[ Slaps Counter ]
Carrots.
And, Nora, please don't cry at the dinner table.
[ Sniffling ] Okay.
[ Whimpering ]
[ Crying ]
Arnold? Arnold?
Arnold.
Hey, Arnold. I've been callin' you.
I don't have the measles. I got a clean bill of health.
A what?
I said, "a clean bill of health." Nobody says that anymore.
My dad used to say that.
[ Sighs ] Now, where's-- where's George at?
He went to town.
I didn't feel like it.
What, are you a hermit these days?
- What are you gonna do when school starts? - Go to school.
Well, I come to bring you home.
I don't bother hi-him. He likes to have me.
I'm not sayin' you bother him. I'm sayin' your mother wants you home, Arnold.
I'll go to school from here.
Now go get your stuff. Go on.
Look, Lu's not there. She went back to her old job back in Reno.
And Andy's not gonna be comin' around anymore, 'cause I don't want him there.
When he gets old and I'm not there anymore and you want him to come around, that's okay.
But I don't want him there now. Lu's not there, and Andy's not there.
I want you to come on home with me.
I've been lonesome.
I don't like my bedroom.
I wanna sleep in the guest room.
Sure, fine. Whatever you want.
It just ain't where I sleep.
When you wanna come home, you get your stuff, you give me a call.
I'll come get you.
Daddy, you goin' up to get the calf?
Daddy?
Daddy, the calf's right there.
Daddy, it's caught.
Daddy?
Just let her stay here. Hell with it.
The coyotes will get her.
Maybe it just don't matter.
It don't matter.
Why don't you just go on back down the hill and leave me be?
It don't matter.
Don't matter.
♪♪ [ Car Radio: Country Rock]
Come on. Hey, you need a ride?
Come on. Get in.
♪♪ [ Continues, Indistinct ]
Yep.
Reno, Nevada.
I've been there.
Pretty.
I'm not goin' there today though. I'm goin' to a rodeo.
Two rodeos?
Arnold Hillerman.
Hi, Arnold.
♪ Lord, I love that country music ♪
♪ Jamboree in the hills every summer in July ♪
♪ Jamboree in the hills Lots of fun and country music ♪
Here. You want some?
Go ahead. Give it a shot.
♪ That's where I want to die ♪
Ew!
Mm-mmm!
♪ Jamboree in the hills ♪♪
- [ People Chattering ] - [ Woman ] You gents want any drinks?
[ Woman ] Scotch?
[ Continues, Indistinct ]
[ Man Chattering On P.A., Muffled, Indistinct ]
[ Bus Departing ]
[ People Chattering ]
Excuse me, honey. You're too young to be in here.
Is there something I can help you with?
Does Lucille Jansen work here?
Lucille Jansen? Oh, Lu. Sure.
Yeah.
Tell you what. Wait right here, and I'll go in and find her, all right?
Don't go away now.
Hey, Lu, this really cute guy's lookin' for you.
He's got dark hair, and he's very short.
He's over there.
Thanks.
Lu?
What are you doin' here?
Where are your folks-- your mom and dad?
- They're not here. - You came here all by yourself?
[ Sighs ]
[ Traffic Noise, People Chattering ]
Damn shoes.
[ Door Closes ]
Do you want somethin' to eat?
It's okay. I got apples.
"It's okay. I got apples."
You know, you don't have to grovel, Arnold.
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
Go ahead. Sit down.
Go on.
[ Sighs ]
[ Exhales ]
What am I gonna do with you?
I suppose you came down here thinkin' you could get me to apologize for hurtin' you.
Gonna get me to say, "Oh, the poor kid. Poor kid."
- It ain't that. - Well, what is it?
Lu?
I did harm.
I did harm to Eugene.
And after him, I did harm to you.
[ Beer Can Slides On Table ]
I came to say, Lu, I didn't mean harm.
Nobody meant harm, Arnold.
Well, I guess you better go on home now.
This ain't no place for kids, you know.
I don't think I'll be up in the mornin' when you leave,
so I'll give you some money.
When I get up, I'll call your mom and tell her you're coming home on a bus.
And you make sure you use this money to go home and nowhere else,
or it's gonna bring you bad luck.
How do you know?
I know a lot of things you don't know.
So, uh, what's goin' on here?
- Oh, hi, babe. - Hi.
Um, this is Arnold.
How ya doin', Arnold?
What's he doin' here?
I don't know. He just showed up.
Oh, no.
Actually, I've been telling him to keep out of trouble.
Good. So, how you doin', Arnold?
Huh?
So, uh--
I'll just go upstairs, huh? You all right?
Oh, yeah.
[ Kisses ] Okay.
I'll be upstairs.
So, how's ol' Andy?
I guess he's all right.
You know, what I thought was love really wasn't love at all.
It was just wantin' to be loved.
[ Sighs ] Yeah.
Like him.
He says he loves me.
How do I know? [ Laughs ] How does anybody know?
Oh.
[ Voice Quavering ] You know, every time I start thinkin' about Andy,
my hands start shakin' and-- [ Sniffles ]
I start droppin' coins all over the floor at work,
and they're rollin' around, and I--
My heart starts poundin'.
Yeah. Yeah, they got these windows where I work...
up in the ceiling, and-- and they look down on everybody workin' there...
to make sure that nobody's stealin' from them.
And I'm standing there, my hands are shakin'--
[ Laughing ] and the coins are rolling all over the place.
And they're lookin' down, and I'm goin', "Oh, Jesus, they can see my hands are shakin'.
[ Sniffles ] And then they're gonna fire me."
I wouldn't fire you.
[ Sniffles ]
[ Crying ]
Oh. [ Sighs ]
[ Laughing ]
Silly me.
I'm gonna be okay.
[ Woman Chattering ]
Don't cry.
Do you wanna go to sleep now?
[ Baby Continues Fussing ]
Where you bound for?
You never heard of it.
Well, Reno is a good place to leave.
Why you goin' there then?
You know what I did?
What, lost all your money? Did you gamble it all away?
[ Voice Quavering ] I was goin' huntin',
get some ducks.
Gun got caught on the wire.
I killed Eugene.
[ Crying ]
I couldn't believe it. [ Crying ]
- Hey, Grandpa. - Well, hello there.
You back for a while?
You know that note you left me?
You spelled "Reno, Nevada" like it was one word.
It's two words.
What was I supposed to think, maybe you'd gone to China?
I saw Lu.
- Grandpa, I saw Lu. - Oh, I heard you.
You know, you didn't need to go clear to Reno, Nevada, to see Lu.
Son, all you need to know is what I've been telling you.
Maybe you wanted to hear it from a woman, though, huh?
Kind of soft and sweet and gentle.
- You hungry? - Yeah.
Good.
Come on. I'll feed you.
I'll fix you somethin' to eat,
maybe take you to the carnival.
Maybe show you the Fat Lady and the geek show.
All right. Fifty cents. Fifty cents. Step right up.
Come on up. Lady, what are you waitin' for? Wanna be scared outta your wits?
Give me one of them.
Same as that, only more juice.
[ Chattering ]
What do you wanna do? Where you wanna go first?
Mm. I wanna take you on the Ferris wheel.
[ Laughing ]
Your money.
Thank you.
It's a stupid game. Here.
See if you can find the freak show.
Come here. How are you?
How have you been? I haven't seen you.
You haven't been comin' around lately.
Well, you've had your grandson there with you.
I'm fine. He'll be goin' to school now soon.
So you come around, okay?
Okay.
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Barker ] Come on in, ladies and gentlemen. Come on in.
All right. Fifty cents. Fifty cents.
Step right up and see the Petrified Man.
The Petrified Man. Only 50 cents. Come on in.
You've never seen nothin' like this in your life.
If you wanna be scared, if you think you've been scared,
or you had nightmares-- ha!
Come up here, and we'll show you what scaring is all about.
Your mother will scare you. Your father will scare you. You think that'll scare you?
Come on in here and let me show you what'll scare you.
Come on up! Only 50 cents!
[ People Shouting, Screaming ]
[ Crowd Exclaiming ]
-[ Fireworks Continue Bursting ] -[ No Audible Dialogue ]
[ Fireworks Whistling, Bursting ]
[ Exclaiming ]
It's all right.
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
You okay? You all right?
[ Crying ]
[ Fireworks Whistling, Bursting ]
♪♪ [ Carnival Fades, Ends ]