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(FILM REEL CLICKING)
(WIND HOWLING)
(AMBIENT MUSIC)
(WAVES SLOSHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(WATER BUBBLING)
WOMAN: Did you see it?
(WAVES RUMBLING)
MAN: Next stop, Silver River.
(PLEASANT GUITAR MUSIC)
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
(GROANING)
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
(PLEASANT MUSIC)
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
Father Rob?
We ain't going home,
we ain't going home
We ain't ever going home
(PLEASANT MUSIC)
Ladies and Gentleman
of St. Anthony's Parish,
many of you may remember
the Sullivan family,
who were a part of our
flock for many years.
Well, today we'd
like to welcome back
Daniel Sullivan from
St. Patrick's Seminary,
whom Bishop Byrnes has
graciously sent us to support
Father Rob and our parish
during this challenging time.
Father?
Yeah.
Thank you.
I have a very distinct
memory of the reception
after Daniel's first communion,
when water started flooding out
from under the bathroom
door, right back there.
(LAUGHING)
I went in to find
Jacob, Christopher
and Danny, plunger in hand,
all with great, guilty
looks on their faces.
(PEOPLE CHUCKLING)
I would never have guessed
that any of those rascals
would still remember
the Hail Mary
by the time they were
old enough to drive.
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
So, to me,
this is nothing
short of a miracle
to have one of them
return to our flock
as a fellow clergyman.
Who knows?
Maybe he'll even back to stay.
So let's give him
a warm welcome.
(APPLAUDING)
So you excited
to be back then?
Oh, thank you.
Well, to tell you the truth,
I was gonna go on a mission
trip to Haiti in the spring
before my ordination.
So, I wasn't planning on...
10 degree weather?
Where's this
other Sullivan boy?
Father Rob says
we're lucky to have
"another Sullivan boy back."
Danny, Bart Sheraski.
One of our biggest
local job creators.
Owns the river mill.
Just a little family company.
Nice to meet
you, Mr. Sheraski.
Dan's brother,
Chris, lives in town.
Jake is the one.
Oh, Christ.
Sorry.
Jake.
What's Jake up to?
I really have no idea.
Shouldn't he be
here to welcome you?
We don't keep in touch.
Well, you've had your nose
in the books though, right?
The guy's working...
Young Daniel tells me
he hasn't seen his
brother, Jake, in years.
It's odd for a clergyman
to be cut out from
his family, isn't it?
Well, I'm sure
he's looking forward
to seeing him again very soon.
Sure, if I have time before
I go back to Milwaukee.
Head back.
And you're not
ordained yet, are you?
Sorry, I thought you said that...
So, Father Rob and I
are hoping that once...
(SIGHING)
I think she's
pitching them the dream.
You know, hometown
hero comes back.
Prodigal son, all that stuff.
She's been working
Sheraski for like a year.
Some big endowment.
I see.
Do you have any idea what
Jake is up to nowadays?
Saw him at the bait
shop a couple months ago.
Haven't seen him
in church in ages
but if you find him,
tell him I said hi.
He was a good student.
Both of them were.
Thank you, Mr. Marx.
Call me Tom.
(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)
(PHONE DIAL BEEPING)
PHONE VOICE: The number you have dialed
has been changed, disconnected
or is no longer in service.
If you feel you have reached
this recording in error,
please hang up.
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(DOOR CLOSING)
(WIND HOWLING)
(BIKE GEARS CRANKING)
Excuse me.
Do you know where
Father Rob's room is?
(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)
ELDERLY WOMAN: Take that.
Nah.
Oh and just start with half.
Those are pretty strong.
See you later, Grandma.
She's not your grandma.
Oh, Danny.
I thought maybe you should
stick to the liturgical stuff.
But if you want, I'd
love to have you do more.
You could do some readings.
The Gospel.
Then maybe after a few weeks,
I'll have you do a communion
service on your own.
Homily and everything.
Father, I'm
flattered, thank you
but I think I'd prefer not.
What?
I'm sorry, nothing.
You'd prefer not?
I'd prefer not to
get ahead of myself,
I guess.
Sorry, I got.
Sally has a list of the
people you should visit.
Try to see them on Saturdays
or Sundays if you can.
No problem.
Why do I get a sense
you don't wanna be here?
Father,
I don't
really have people here
since my folks left town.
My friends grew up.
And Jacob?
What?
You think you can just show
up here for a few weeks,
light some candles,
dish out communion
and then scoot on back
to Milwaukee by Easter?
Oh, Daniel.
When you commit to
a life in Christ,
you surrender yourself to
powers beyond your control.
Whatever God's reasons may be,
you're here now
and you must accept that.
Now let us pray.
BOTH: Our Father,
Who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name.
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Oh!
(GROANING)
(TRUCK ENGINE RUMBLING)
WOMAN: Danny?
DANNY: You look different.
Thanks?
(CHUCKLING)
Sorry, I can't believe
you're still here in town.
No, neither can I.
I mean, I left for awhile but.
Put your leg up.
(FAINT BEAT MUSIC)
Look, I'm gonna finish a blowout
but if you can hang,
I'll give you a ride.
Okay.
Yeah?
Okay.
(HAIRDRYER BUZZING)
So that's your dream, then?
Is to become a priest?
And then a bishop
and then the pope?
Well, I want to
help people overcome
their spiritual burdens
through Christ's teachings.
That's so cool.
(GIGGLING)
Thanks.
A right on Maple.
Let me do a little detour.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Where are we?
Most people in this town,
they have such a narrow
view of what's possible.
They don't really go too far.
I bet you'll be bishop.
Stick with it.
(FAINT POP MUSIC)
Can't take it with you
On the same street
Can't take it with you
This?
Right now?
Come on.
Let's say hi.
I'm gonna.
I got to pee.
(SIGHING)
Who brought those?
He was popular.
You still
come here
after six years?
Seven.
Yeah.
He was my first.
My horoscope told me
that I was gonna receive
an unexpected visitor.
Me?
What's your sign?
When's your birthday?
DANNY: May 2nd.
So you're Taurus the bull.
Stubborn, private.
But dependable, trustworthy.
What's his?
Scorpio.
Magnetic.
Unpredictable.
Makes sense.
Middle child.
Class clown.
Maniac.
(LAUGHING)
Yeah.
And yours?
Aquarius.
The Water Bearer.
Charming,
free-willed.
Contradictory.
(CHUCKLING)
Sounds about right.
(LAUGHING)
I really,
I missed you guys.
You seen Jake?
Yeah.
Where?
Try his place.
I don't...
You don't know where he lives?
So you guys don't...
We're different people
than we used to be.
(CHUCKLING)
No.
You're just wearing
different costumes.
Nettleton Road.
Dirt driveway.
Past the rusted-out
car in the ditch.
(DOOR CREAKING)
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
Shit.
Whoa.
(BANGING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
(MUFFLED MUSIC)
(GUNSHOT BOOMING)
JAKE: Motherfucker!
Get up!
Come over here, I got
a present for you!
I'm all set.
Thanks.
(DOOR CREAKING)
What the hell are you doing?
You disappear on us for a year.
Mom doesn't even
know where you are
and I got to find out where
you live from Chris' ex?
I disappear?
I never left.
You're the one who ran away,
so don't come in here with
your dick hanging out!
I'm here for a month.
Two, maybe.
I'm doing stuff with the church.
I'm not trying to get
in your face, man.
I just need you to
come to mass
a couple times and just
talk to people.
They just need to see
that we're good guys
and that the church
is in good hands.
Whatever.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
(CHUCKLING)
No, I get it.
It's like I'm,
what do you call it?
I'm like a
a merit badge.
Family's important.
I don't wanna screw this up.
I'm getting ordained in May.
No shit.
What do you say, Sunday?
See you there?
Not even a little foreplay
before you bend
me over here, eh?
Come on.
Please.
Maybe there's something
you'd like to pray for
(CHUCKLING)
or ask forgiveness for.
Jesus Christ.
Stop saying that.
Man, you are
completely brainwashed.
I'm not brainwashed.
You used to hate this shit.
You even took communion home
with you from mass one time
and you burned it.
It's because it's different
when you're a kid, man.
It's different when
you're not a kid.
Sorry I bothered you.
Forget it, I'll go.
Hey.
Danny!
Just, will you just?
All right, stay, come in.
Or.
Take a seat.
(GUITAR PLUCKING)
You been playing?
Most days.
That and Mario Kart.
(STRUMMING)
Yeah, won't.
Hey, will you just
put that down?
Put it down.
The strings are
a little brittle.
Yeah, no shit.
It's freezing in here.
Out of fire wood.
Speaking of which,
what you up to tomorrow?
Cutting firewood.
(BIRD SQUAWKING)
What the?
Lumberjack style.
Come on.
I could probably
get us a chainsaw.
JAKE: No chainsaws.
Why?
Too loud.
The whole point of fire wood
is so I don't have to give
money to fracking and shit.
What about driving?
It's a necessary evil.
DANNY: Here we go.
Nah, this shit's rotten.
Up here.
Hey,
do you remember the time
we caught a garter snake
and you stabbed it to
death with a screwdriver?
And then you threw it
into the Thompsons' yard.
Shit stank.
Yeah, why?
Or what about the
time you got in a fight
on the bus with Randy Lipvak?
But you were too
small to beat him up,
so instead, you told him you
were glad his mom was dead.
Yeah.
You were a nasty
little bastard.
I remember stuff
about you too.
JAKE: Oh yeah?
Indulge me.
Do you remember that time
when you were like seven
and Dad sent Chris to
bed without any dinner
and then you saved half
of yours in a napkin
and brought it up to him?
I think the sweetest
thing you ever did though
was when you got the
entire 5th grad class
to make Valentines for
people at the nursing home.
I bet they were really touched.
You ever go by their anymore?
Oh yeah.
Old chicks dig me.
Well come on, tree's
not gonna cut itself.
Dude.
There's a reason this
shit is obsolete, man.
They clear-cut the
whole country with this.
We can cut this
little branch, here.
DANNY: Okay.
Pull.
Pull.
Don't push, I'll pull.
Fuck!
Goddamn it.
Well.
If it isn't the future
Father Sullivan.
Is that Chris, uh, Jacob?
Yeah.
Hi, Jake.
Hi, Mr. Marx.
This isn't bio class, fellas.
Call me Tom, all right?
What's up?
Do you have a chainsaw
that we could barrow?
Sure I do.
I'll tell you what,
make you a bargain.
You boys come join Jeanne and I
for brunch this
weekend after church,
you can use the chainsaw
as much as you want.
Sounds good to me.
Jake?
Sure.
TOM: All right.
Come on.
Jake, you catch anything lately?
Just a nasty
case of the crabs.
You know what I mean.
A few northern, some perch.
TOM: I hear there's
some walleye biting too.
Not by my spot.
Where is that anyway?
(CHUCKLING)
Good man.
(CHAINSAW RUMBLING)
(CHAINSAW PUTTERING)
(CHAINSAW BUZZING)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(SCHOOL COMMOTION)
(GROANING)
I left my math homework
at home but Mom's not there.
I need the truck.
DANNY: No way.
I'm going off campus.
CHRIS: I need it by fifth
hour or I'm gonna get an F.
DANNY: Well, then you
should've remembered it.
Find a ride with somebody else.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(PHONE CHIMING)
JAKE: What?
Nothing.
All right, well, I
got to get into town, so.
Oh.
So jam later?
Yeah, maybe next time.
So, yeah,
I'll stop by or something.
All right.
(CHUCKLING)
It's been so long.
Been awhile.
Oh and hey,
thanks for helping me out today.
You know, you really
handle wood like a pro.
Why do you hurt me so
Leaving me so all alone
Why do you make me cry
(TRIES SQUEALING)
From you
Why do you
(SIREN ALARMING)
So all alone
Why do you make me cry
Everybody okay here?
Yeah.
I'm really sorry.
(THUDDING)
Stay in the car,
keep your hands still!
You have a license
and registration?
Why don't you have a license?
Well I don't normally drive.
Oh, Daniel, that
does not bode well.
I went to go see
Jake, like you asked.
I didn't have a ride.
Well you can always call me.
(CHUCKLING)
How'd it go?
Good.
Anything else?
Francis brought over
some music selections
and Father Rob's notes
from the past three months.
The congregational
feedback forms
and next week's
music are on top.
Please think about mass.
Father Rob needs you.
The impression you make
is gonna count for a lot.
I will do my best.
(SOMBER PIANO)
(CHURCH BELL RINGING)
(SOMBER ORGAN MUSIC)
(FATHER ROB GROANING)
BOY: Father?
It's time.
(GAGGING)
Oh, fudge.
I need to go.
Get Francis,
we'll cancel mass.
Water, water.
No.
No.
Everyone's here.
Daniel can do it.
Daniel?
Come on, Sullivan, step up.
Okay.
Sure, yes sir.
I'll do the service, Father.
There's consecrated
hosts in the...
Tabernacle, I know.
You know today's Gospel.
Mathew, chapter two.
(CHUCKLING)
You got a homily
prepared, too, kid?
No, father.
Well make one up.
Go on, now.
Okay, okay.
Come on, come on, come on.
My mom said you
crashed Father Rob's car.
Uh huh.
And that you don't
have a driver's license.
That's right.
How come you don't
know how to drive?
Stop talking!
Focus on the service, okay?
Okay, sorry.
Danny, hi.
(ORGAN MUSIC)
We're late, let's go.
Good luck.
(PLEASANT ORGAN MUSIC)
(CONGREGATION SINGING)
Blessings of our
Lord Jesus Christ
and God our Father to you all.
CONGREGATION: And also to you.
Please be seated.
Father Rob
fell under the weather
at the last minute,
so he asked me to continue
with a prayer
service this morning.
It is my first time,
so please be gentle.
(CONGREGATION MEMBER COUGHING)
"John the Baptist appeared
in the wilderness,
"saying, 'repent, for the
Kingdom of Heaven is near.
"'This is the one of
whom the prophets spoke
"'when they said to straighten
the pathways for the Lord.'
"So the people came
to him from all around
"to be baptized by him
at the Jordan River,
"and confessed their sins.
"John said" I am
baptizing you with water,
"'for your repentance,
"'but the one who is coming
after me is more powerful.
"'He will baptize you in the
Holy Spirit, with Fire.'"
These are the words of our Lord.
CONGREGATION: Praise to you,
Lord Jesus Christ.
Father Rob would.
I didn't really have time to.
When I first took the time
and read this passage on
my own a couple years ago,
I thought it was strange.
Why would Jesus, the Son of God,
go get baptized by someone else?
In Mathew's Gospel, Jesus,
even though he was God's son,
knew that he was
just a human too.
So even he must seek forgiveness
for his own transgressions
before he could fully
serve God's purpose.
What a great role model, right?
So let's be sure to
follow his example.
I want all of you, on your
way out of mass this morning,
to make sure and bless
yourselves with the holy water
in those basins on the wall
and ask God for his
forgiveness and his guidance
before you head
out of this church
and back into this day
that he has given you.
We must continually prepare
and purify ourselves
to be fully received
into God's grace.
(PLEASANT ORGAN MUSIC)
Body of Christ.
Amen.
Body of Christ.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
The body of Christ.
GIRL: Amen.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
Hi.
Cross.
Lord, bless Nicole in the name
of the Father, Son
and the Holy Spirit.
Oh.
"Body of Christ?"
But you're.
But.
Whatever, dude.
(CONGREGATION GASPING)
Peace be with you.
Body of Christ.
Um.
Body of Christ.
Amen.
(DIAL TONE BUZZING)
JAKE: Hey, you missed me.
Don't leave a message because
I don't check my voicemail.
(THUDDING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Where the hell were you?
What, I'm here.
You didn't show
up for the service!
I looked like an idiot!
Marx took off already.
He said after church.
It's after.
What, you didn't
think I was gonna...
Come to my first
service ever, yeah.
I showed up, all right?
Jesus Christ,
you think I came all
the way down here
to be scrutinized
by my old teacher
over some crappy waffles?
I'm just trying to
help you out, bro.
Why don't you be more
specific next time?
How'd it go?
(LAUGHING)
Wanna eat?
I'm not hungry.
Well, if you're just gonna
sit on your ass and freeze,
we might as well
be catching fish.
(SOMBER COUNTRY RADIO MUSIC)
So the other night,
I was at a bar up in Bessemer
and two priests walk
into the bathroom.
Uh huh.
So they step up to the urinals
and one glances
over at the other
and he sees a little square
patch on the other guy's pecker
and he asks him,
"Hey, does that
thing really work?"
And the other priest says,
"Oh yeah, I think so.
"I'm down to three butts a day."
(THUDDING)
Come on.
I'm sure you got better ones.
Easy.
How thick it it?
JAKE: I don't know.
Let's find out.
Fuck!
Woo!
Oh God.
(LAUGHING)
Regular or crispy?
Crispy.
Okay.
Burned them anyway.
(WATER SLOSHING)
There we go.
Good work.
Give me one of those.
You've earned this.
Good meat, good drink,
good God, let's eat.
Amen.
(SIGHING)
See?
I still know how to pray.
(ICE CRACKLING)
So do you ever?
What?
DANNY: Pray.
No.
DANNY: Why not?
Because I don't believe
in fairytales anymore.
People spend their
entire lives feeling bad
and trying to dig themselves
out of a bottomless pit
so they can fly away to
some magical la la land
after they die.
It's bullshit.
No it's not.
What's wrong with
treating people
how they would
like to be treated
and teaching people not to
steal and not to murder?
Murder?
God is the single biggest
reason people murder each other.
He's the biggest reason
that people help each other.
He?
Yes, schools, missions,
food for the poor, charities.
If there is a God,
He or She or It
doesn't give a rat's ass
about what goes on down here.
Why would you say that?
Why would he let
millions of people suffer
and starve and kill
each other over nothing?
Huh?
He let Christopher
die for no reason.
We have free will.
Oh, Jesus,
don't give me that
"mysterious ways" bullshit!
Chris was the best one of us.
The one everyone liked.
He was good at everything.
It should've been me instead.
Or you.
Chris got in the car with
the wrong guy on the wrong day
and the seat belts were broken
and they were going 70 in a 45
and I should've let him
take the fucking truck.
Okay?
(SOMBER MUSIC)
There's a reason people
go to confession.
They want a fresh start.
They want absolution
and God grants that.
Oh, I know.
People love to be told
that they're forgiven
and it's not their fault
when they've done
something they regret.
You see,
at least I have the integrity
to accept the shitty
things I've done.
Where as you,
well,
that's why you're
here, isn't it?
Ice fishing?
The church.
I'm here because I'm called
to spread the message
of God's love.
No,
you're here because you've
judged yourself guilty
and putting on
that little outfit
gives you the power
to drill that guilt
into everyone else and have
them beg for the forgiveness
that you can never have.
And you're signing up to
punish yourself for life.
Aren't you?
I'm sorry if that's
what you believe
but if you really think that,
then I challenge you to
come to mass on Sunday.
(LAUGHING)
"Come to mass."
Week after week, drop
a dollar in the hat
and send a billion to the Pope
so he can live in the most
lavished palace on the planet,
tax free.
If you came,
you would see how much
positivity people get from it.
A sense of community, man.
Oh.
A sense of
"communion," eh?
All right.
Let's commune.
We'll be
commun-ists.
You know,
as best I recall,
I don't remember
the bible preaching
against this wonderful plant.
Smoke this with me
and I'll come to Mass.
Next Sunday.
9 AM.
And let's be honest, after
you sad little start-up here,
you need me.
Yeah, I guess so.
Why, you do PR now?
Game on!
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(LAUGHING)
Keep it burning!
(LAUGHING)
Yeah, dude!
Yeah!
(LAUGHING)
Oh, hold on, hold on.
Woo hoo!
Say, "cheese."
Fromage!
Nice.
Woo!
Well,
you want some pike?
DANNY: Eh, Northerns
aren't any good.
JAKE: In the winter they are.
Think Nicole would want it?
As like a peace offering?
If we filleted it
up or something?
Although she is known
to munch the tuna,
I'm pretty sure she's
a vegetarian, so.
All right.
Back to your home, little guy.
Oh, get in there.
(DANNY CHUCKLING)
He doesn't want to go.
Woo!
Huh?
Hey,
don't worry about the chicks.
I got something
that will appease.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh!
Oh!
Woo!
Yes!
Woo!
(KNOCKING)
Hey, Cass.
Danny, Cassidy.
Cassidy, the Deacon
Daniel Sullivan.
I was raised Catholic.
You could've given me communion.
You didn't have to act
like a homophobic prick
like that in front of everyone.
I'm sorry, I didn't
think you were hungry.
(LAUGHING)
What the hell?
(LAUGHING)
Girlfriend, we come in peace.
I have a present for you.
Give it to me then.
It would be better
for the both of us
if I gave it to you in private.
(CHUCKLING)
You smell like fish.
Oh funny, I was gonna
say the same thing.
Now this is just a
little peace offering
from me and my brother, Daniel.
But I still need that
hundred from the last one.
I got
Okay.
Hey.
Even Danny toked a little.
CASSIDY: Yeah, no shit.
No, I did not.
Said he's puff if I came
to church with him next week.
(CHUCKLING)
I'm so sorry about church.
I just had everybody watching me
and a lot of restrictions
and policies that
a lot of individuals.
(LAUGHING)
You are so high right now.
(LAUGHING)
Don't, please
don't tell anyone.
We don't exactly hang
out with the same people.
You see?
That's the problem.
And that is why Danny
and me are throwing
a full-moon Soire this week,
down at the fishing hole.
Outside?
Hell no.
We're gonna have a
bonfire, booze, tunes,
and there's always
the little shanty
if you wanna warm
up and get cozy.
So you're going then?
Yeah.
Are you going?
You guys should go
because it's gonna be fun.
(LAUGHING)
Okay, well I'll
bring the absinthe.
Yes!
All right!
Woo!
(NICOLE WHIMPERING)
Should we smoke some of that?
Yes.
You're smoking us out.
Come on, Cassidy.
CASSIDY: All right, all right.
Dick.
You are such a prick.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
So you're selling?
That's your "work?"
I provide a natural
alternative to pharmaceuticals
for a select local clientele.
DANNY: You're a weed dealer.
You do realize I just fixed
everything with
them for you, right?
Gotta make a living, amigo.
You coming?
I don't get it.
You were Mr. Honor Roll.
You were on the math team.
You're so smart and you coulda
done anything with your life.
It's just a little
sad.
I know you saw me at the
nursing home last week.
Yeah.
I should've said...
That's no the point.
The point is, I was there
because I bring medicine
to a sick 82 year old woman
whose medical treatments
sucked the life out of her.
And I bring her the only thing
that makes her feel any better.
Let's her put food
in her stomach.
Helps her sleep.
She would take a visit from
me over one from you any day.
So save your holier-than
thou attitude for the sheep.
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(WATER BUBBLING)
(WATER SLOSHING)
(PHONE BUZZING)
Hello?
Are you trying to kill
me before the cancer does?
Father Rob?
FATHER ROB: You got friends
making a scene in Church?
You stood up the Marxes?
You got arrested
and the car's been impounded?
Am I missing anything here?
Yes, no.
No, you're not.
I wasn't arrest really.
Even better question.
Do I need to pull out my IV
and personally come over there
and knock some sense
into your thick head?
No, Father.
I'm assuming you're going
to wisely use your time
and you're gonna get it
together for next Sunday
because chances are,
I'm not going to be
able to make it again
and you're gonna
be the one up there
in front of the congregation.
Yes, sir.
Now I expect to
hear a glowing report.
Oh, hell.
Maybe I made a big
mistake with this.
No, Father, I...
Don't talk.
Just fix it.
And for the love of God,
Danny, don't fuck it up!
Don't F it up.
FATHER ROB: Yeah, that's right.
Okay.
Bye.
(PLEASANT MUSIC)
Now we'll make it up to you
Anything you want me to
The past is past,
I can't undo
So I will make it up to you
What can you say
Through all that you've done
There's just no way
Did you ever
think for a moment
Your son, your child,
your little boy
He was too sick.
Why aren't you holding
confession today?
That is one of
the few privileges
I won't have until I'm ordained,
unfortunately.
You're welcome to visit
Father Rob in hospice.
You know, I'm sure he would be...
You're supposed to be
helping out the Church
wherever you can, yes?
Absolutely, Mr. Sheraski.
Then you'd have
a minute to speak
to a parishioner in
confidence, wouldn't you?
I guess I could.
Thank you, come on.
Let's go somewhere else though.
(CLINKING)
This one's fertilizer.
(CHUCKLING)
Oh man.
Is that Clarence or John Paul?
I think they're identical.
(TEA POT WHISTLING)
This other one doesn't
look much better.
(TOILET FLUSHING)
Don't!
What?
I could've taken
him to Father Rob
for a blessing or a
burial or something.
I don't know.
Just get him a new one, he
won't know the difference.
What did you want
to talk to me about?
Thank you.
I thought your homily
was a bit clunky.
But I agreed with
your sentiment.
Thanks.
There are some things I'd...
I'd just like your ear
and a guiding hand in prayer.
Certainly.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I was rude to this young man
whose competence I doubted.
But I was wrong,
and see that he is
capable of being
the leader we expect him to be.
He gave us directions to
stay on the right path
and to keep your church sacred.
I...
I...
Even at my age
and with a family.
DANNY: Go on, yes?
It's a poison of the mind
but I can't help but
dwell in impure thoughts
from time to time.
That's a very
common affliction.
Can you help me purge
these sinful urges, Daniel?
Only God and a strong
will can do that.
Let's pray together.
Yes.
Please, let's pray.
Hail Mary.
BOTH: Full of grace
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus...
Stop that!
Pray for your sins.
I'm sorry.
Your best hope for salvation
is to seek God's mercy
through reconciliation.
That's why I'm here.
Go see Father Rob.
I can't help you.
Thank you for your
service, Father.
Deacon.
I can't take that.
BART: It's for the Church.
Bart!
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
Hail Mary full of grace
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among
women and blessed.
What's this?
A donation.
Why do you do it?
Why do I do what?
Give so much of
yourself to the Church.
Well.
(SIGHING)
That's...
That's between me
and God, Daniel.
Whatever happened with Bart,
I'm sure you did your best.
We've all got
something, don't we?
Yes we do.
I shouldn't have
to tell you this
but everything
happens for a reason.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
CHRIS: I left my math
homework at home.
I need the truck.
DANNY: Find a ride
with somebody else.
(DRAMATIC STRING MUSIC)
I miss you.
(DOORBELL RINGING)
NICOLE: Hey.
Hey, Nicole.
I figured you needed a ride.
A ride where?
Well it's a full moon.
You said you were
going, come on.
Oh.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, I can't.
I got a hundred things
to work on for Sunday.
It's only Thursday.
You have all weekend
to study your homework.
Cassidy's driving.
What's this?
This is Saint Christopher.
He's the patron
saint of travelers.
Jesus appeared to him as a child
and carried him
across a raging river
with the weight of the
world on his shoulders.
He's just supposed to keep
you safe during your travels.
Christopher.
Come on.
(CHUCKLING)
Will you have me
home by midnight?
Shotgun.
Okay.
Okay.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(FIREWORKS POPPING)
Hey!
Who invited this narc?
(LAUGHING)
Better late than never.
Come on, come on.
CASSIDY: Woo!
Shotskis!
(GROANING)
Hey, Dan the man,
you're in this too.
Let's go, let's go.
Okay.
Uno, dos, tres, down the hatch.
(GAGGING)
Woo!
What was that?
That, my friend,
is the finest Canadian
blended whiskey money can buy.
I'm sorry, does your pussy hurt?
Even Danny took it like a man.
MAN: Danny the
derelict deacon, huh?
Is that on a T-shirt yet?
MAN: So what exactly
is a deacon anyway?
It's like an assistant coach.
Okay,
so like if the priest
is Mike McCarthy,
then you're like Dom Capers?
Good analogy.
(GROANING)
Jesus.
Between the two of you,
it feels like a minority
to be a regular straight dude.
You guys.
Just kidding, bro.
You still play?
Do it.
I need to warm up, literally.
(GUITAR STRUMMING)
If you're feeling warmer.
(LAUGHING)
Do you have a pick on you?
Thank you.
(STRUMMING TUNE)
(PLUCKING)
(STRUMMING BEAT)
(STRUMMING TUNE)
NICOLE: Yeah.
Woo!
(NICOLE LAUGHING)
CASSIDY: Oh yeah!
(STRUMMING TUNE)
Come on, guys, is
that all you got?
(PEOPLE CHEERING)
(FIREWORKS POPPING)
(STRUMMING TUNE)
(FIREWORKS SCREECHING)
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
(CHEERING)
(CLAPPING)
(YELLING)
(GROUP CHEERING)
(FIRE SIZZLING)
Anthony, goddamn it,
did you piss in the fire?
That's what happens when you
put it on frozen water, dude.
This is bullshit.
Where are we gonna go?
Plan B.
Where?
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
You've got to be kidding me.
What the hell are you doing?
It's a big empty house,
ideal for hosting a
gathering of friends.
No!
There's no way in hell we're.
Okay, okay.
Okay, go, go, go, go.
Go, go, quiet!
Quiet!
If anything happens.
We might
accidentally have fun.
Oh!
(LAUGHING)
Okay, all right.
Coming through.
Okay, okay.
What the hell?
Hey!
El Derelicto!
Give me that.
It's all right, it's
all right, I got it.
Hey,
it's all good, okay?
What do you need?
Here.
Have a malt beverage.
Whose is this?
It's mine.
You can have it.
I don't.
No, no, don't be rude to
the hot girl.
Who are you again?
I'm Stacy.
You guys are gonna play, right?
Oh yeah, just
as long as I win.
Deal us in.
Hermano?
You're lucky I'm not kicking
everybody out right now.
It's okay, darling.
Relax.
Sir, ma'am?
No, next round.
I wanna make a toast.
(LAUGHING)
Hey.
(SHUSHING)
To my brother.
(FAINT BEAT MUSIC)
MAN: Yeah!
(YELLING)
(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC)
DANNY: I'm out.
Three sixes.
No way.
Read 'em, count 'em
and strip, sweetheart.
Oh.
You were bluffing?
MAN: (WITH MASK) Uh oh.
WOMAN: You don't have to.
JAKE: Oh yes she does.
I'll cover my eyes.
(LAUGHING)
Do I?
I took mine off.
Let's see 'em.
(GIGGLING)
(LAUGHING)
Ah!
Clever girl.
NICHOLE: Thank you.
MAN: (IN BACK) Who's dealing?
(LAUGHING)
(GASPING)
(LAUGHING)
(SCREAMING)
JAKE: What?
Come on.
Babe!
NICOLE: Danny!
Yeah?
NICOLE: Can you bring me my shirt?
I don't know, my
hands are pretty full.
NICOLE: Come on!
Okay, okay.
(FAINT BEAT MUSIC)
(LAUGHING)
Will you hook
my bra up for me?
My hands are frozen.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You get much
practice with this?
Only when the nuns need help.
I'm just kidding.
(LAUGHING)
(FAINT BEAT MUSIC)
(LAUGHING)
(DOOR SLAMMING)
Time to go, ladies, come on.
Time to go!
Time to go!
Everybody, time to go!
Thank you, thank you!
Thank you for coming!
Thank you, time to go!
Time to...
She's out, man.
What?
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(PARTY COMMOTION)
(CHUCKLING)
What's the matter?
Is Nicole gay or what?
I mean, all girls
are a little bit gay.
Nic, she just likes
whoever she likes.
Why?
Because.
(LAUGHING)
Anything to see my boobs, huh?
Absolutely.
Oh, no, no, no, no!
(LAUGHING)
Goddamn, girl.
Revenge is mine, bitch.
If you want me to take
off my pants just ask.
You cheat at cards, so.
I do not.
Do you have any dry threads?
Yeah.
Upstairs.
Come on.
(MUFFLED BEAT MUSIC)
Mi casa, su casa.
God.
Woo!
Nice butt.
(GIGGLING)
Hi.
(THUDDING)
Ow.
Ow.
(CHUCKLING)
Sullivan sandwich.
Hey.
What?
I barely got to see anything.
I know.
Danny saw more than you.
Oh yeah?
Not worthy.
(LAUGHING)
They're very pretty.
Pretty?
They're very nice.
(MUFFLED BEAT MUSIC)
(MOANING)
(MOANING)
Danny.
Danny.
(PARTY COMMOTION)
(LAUGHING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(MUFFLED BEAT MUSIC)
(HUFFING)
(GROANING)
(YELLING)
(HUFFING)
(SNIFFLING)
(PARTY COMMOTION)
(INTENSE BEAT MUSIC)
(GAGGING)
(PEOPLE GROANING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(DOORBELL RINGING)
(KNOCKING)
(GROANING)
Sorry.
I should've even
have to be here, Danny.
Where's my freaking chainsaw?
I need it.
Oh, I'm sorry.
What's going on?
You look like a
truck ran over you.
Oh, yeah, I'm just feeling
a little under the weather.
I can ask Jake for you.
Is he here?
Let me talk to him.
No, he's asleep.
You know what, forget it.
I don't need to talk to him.
Just have it back
by noon, all right?
Noon today?
Yeah!
Today!
It's down at the hole.
Well let's go get it then.
It was right here by the wood.
This is perfect.
A picture of your life.
Alone in the cold, surrounded
by a bunch of trash.
Thank you for
dragging me into it.
You came looking
for me, remember?
Dumb ass.
You know, I prayed to Chris
to bring us closer together
and then Nicole showed
up, out of the blue,
wanting to drag me out here.
That messed me up.
I wasn't gonna come.
Do you hear yourself?
You got what you prayed for,
so I don't get what
you're so pissed about.
This isn't what I wanted.
Well, I had a good time.
All I wanted, Jake,
was for you to do something
right for once and stop,
stop embarrassing yourself.
You're the embarrassment.
Signing your life
away over guilt
for something you
didn't even do.
I am the reason that
Chris got into that car.
Yeah, well,
I'm the reason why he
didn't have his homework.
What?
He pissed me off.
So I took it.
That morning
before we left.
You never told me
about this before.
What did he do to you?
I don't even remember.
I was 15.
It as probably something stupid.
So what, Jake?
Chris dies and you
say screw college?
Screw getting a job?
Screw my family,
screw everybody?
Pretty much.
Why can't you get
your shit together?
You haven't stepped
foot back here in years.
You could've gotten
out of this shit hole!
I barely finished school.
What did you?
What was I gonna do?
Move with Mom and
Dad to Phoenix?
You were halfway
across the country.
At least I had friends here.
What did you expect?
We were all crushed, Jacob.
We all had choices to make.
Yeah, yeah,
and yours was to ditch me
for a bunch of hypocrites
and pedophiles.
The seminary saved my life.
The seminary saved you
from living your life!
Yeah, no, you just
had to make sure
that you were gonna
be broke and alone.
So I guess we have a
little bit in common,
you fucking hypocrite!
Don't call me that.
The first girl who lays
hands on you since college
and you're ready to dip
your dick, Mr. Chastity.
Shut up!
Or what?
You'll hit me?
Huh?
(SMACKING)
Come on, you little bitch!
Hit me.
Stop that!
Come on, I dare you!
(GROANING)
(THUDDING)
(YELLING)
Stop being a piece of shit!
(THUDDING)
(ICE CRACKLING)
(DANNY GROANING)
(ICE CRACKLING)
Hey.
Come on, get up!
Come on, quick, quick!
(CRASHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(GASPING)
Jake!
(WATER BUBBLING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
CONGREGATION: Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(WATER SLOSHING)
(GASPING)
Hang in there, Dan.
Stay with me!
Stay with me, come on.
Come on, buddy.
(HEAR MONITOR RINGING)
DOCTOR: How long ago was the EPI?
MAN: Two minutes.
(WHOOSHING)
Hey.
SALLY: Is he?
Where's Jacob?
He's here.
Down the hall.
He's stable.
I'm so sorry.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, don't touch that.
What time is it?
After 11.
It's Sunday.
I hate to say this.
Especially now, since
you're just coming around.
(CHUCKLING)
This hasn't worked out at all.
Father Rob and I really
wanted it to but...
That's okay.
Bishop Byrnes is sending
up a new priest this week,
so we packed your things.
If they discharge you today,
you can make the
four o'clock bus.
Oh, Danny.
You're a good kid.
We're in a tough spot is all.
Best of luck.
(DRAMATIC STRING MUSIC)
(GROANING)
They're talking
about cutting them off.
What about you?
You got all eleven?
I blacked out.
They say my heart
stopped for an hour.
I don't get how we got out.
I just remember
trying to get air
and inhaling so much water.
Went dark.
I had some crazy hallucinations.
You coulda...
No, I didn't mean to...
No, I'm sorry.
Don't apologize.
It's not your fault.
You saved me.
Dude.
Marx?
He says he found
us on the ice.
What?
We somehow
climbed out?
Yeah.
(PLUCKING)
Nic brought it.
So they're shipping me off.
(LAUGHING)
They're firing you?
Essentially.
(CHUCKLING)
So back to priest
university then?
See that?
(STRUMMING TUNE)
Man, this party's lame.
When did you get good?
It's been awhile now.
The priest said you got hurt.
We hope you get better.
It's fresh, just
needs to be reheated.
Mom, I wanna learn guitar.
Sweetie, we can't...
Do you give lessons?
Oh.
Yeah, yeah.
I do.
Give me that.
Give us a call when
you feel up to it.
Mhmm.
Giving your number
to a 10 year old?
That's my type, bro.
(LAUGHING)
You know what I'm
talking about, Father.
Oh my.
(LAUGHING)
You're sick.
(CHUCKLING)
Okay, here.
Help me out.
Okay.
Tell Nicole to bring
my ride around back.
For real?
I can't afford this shit
and I'm not sure I'm down with
them chopping off my foot.
You good?
Okay, yeah.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Can you forgive me?
If I hadn't have dragged
you out that night
when you wanted to stay and...
No, don't.
My horoscope said that
something really small
was gonna turn into
something so much bigger.
Nicole, it's okay.
None of this was your fault.
(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)
Are you sure?
Just be good to yourself.
(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC)
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
Ow.
Oooh.
So what's next then?
A four hour bus ride.
Smelling dairy farms.
And then a shit storm
from Bishop Byrnes
when I get back to campus.
Sounds like a gas.
Yeah.
What about you?
Probably smoke some bud.
Fire up the Nintendo
while I wait to see
if my toes fall off or not.
(LAUGHING)
A pair of dynamic
young prodigies.
Well.
Stay out of trouble, Dan.
(BUS ENGINE RUMBLING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(GROANING)
You know, I figured I'd
stick around for awhile.
Until the whole toe
thing blows over.
Help you with some firewood
and kick your ass at Mario Kart.
Okay.
(ENGINE RUMBLING)
("I AND THOU" BY THE
DAREDEVIL CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT)
Woke up this morning
I thought I'd
been transformed
My body turned to seed
Grew up a wheat field
To about the knee
And that's all I'd ever be
And I am looking for
the thing in itself
Not healing but health
The other, not self
The I and thou
And I am looking for
the thing in itself
For meaning, not wealth
The lover held jealously
The I and thou
(PLEASANT MUSIC)
Woke up this morning
I thought that I could see
The vail had
been pushed aside
The cave wall shadows
The whole menagerie
I turned and actualized
I am looking for
the thing in itself
Not healing but health
The other, not self
The I and thou
I am looking for
the thing in itself
For meaning, not wealth
A lover held jealously
The I and thou