After the Gunflint (2022) Movie Script
(keyboard clacking) (soft music)
(bright music)
(water splashes)
(people cheering and applauding)
(water splashes) (people cheering)
(bright music continues)
[Mom] Hey!
- [David] Hey.
There she is, I made it in time.
Yes.
(water splashes) (people cheering)
(phone ringing)
Hey, babe.
Yeah.
No, I'm just.
I, yeah, no, I'm leaving right now.
Um, um, what, what time does it start?
Uh, what, what time did it start?
Okay.
I'll make what I can.
Yep.
Okay, bye.
(phone chimes)
Hey, Pops.
[Pops] Hey, I just called
to say I'm really excited
for you guys comin' up tomorrow.
Jen has learned so much up there,
and she's so excited to share it with you.
You know, she hasn't stopped talking
about it for two days.
Uh, I, I'm excited too, Pops.
It'll be nice to get up there again.
[Pops] Yep.
Yeah, I'm on my way
up to the cabin right now.
Meet you there late
tomorrow morning, right?
Do you remember how to get there?
Uh, yeah.
No, I think your directions
last time were just fine.
Uh, I should find it no problem.
But, hey, you know what, I'm runnin' late
for Jenna's dive meet,
so I should probably get goin'.
Uh, we'll see ya soon, okay?
[Pops] All right, tell
Jenna I'm rooting for her.
Will do.
(Mom sighs)
- Hey.
- Hey.
Think you have everything.
I think so.
All right, hopefully.
Oh, thanks.
All right.
Well, you guys be safe up there.
Like from bears and stuff or?
(chuckles) Stop it.
Why are you so afraid of him?
He's fine.
It's... Stop it.
Look, it'll be fine. It'll be fine.
It will be, he... Jenna,
what are you doing?
He loves you.
And he, he's looking forward
to spending time with you too.
- Wow.
- But most importantly,
you get spend time with Jenna.
- Yeah.
- Because she-
- Speaking of.
- Okay.
Jenna, come on, we gotta go.
(scoffs) Just give a minute!
- I know.
- What?
You never get to spend time with her,
- and she's so excited.
- It'll be fine.
[Mom] That's like her favorite place.
- I know, bye.
- Okay, okay.
- All right, I love you.
- Okay, all right.
Let's go, honey!
Oh yes!
(Jenna exhales sharply)
Whoa, whoa.
Hugs. Hugs.
Okay, I'm gonna miss you.
I'll miss you too. Love you.
Okay. Love you more.
What are those for?
Mm, well, you love baseball so much,
I was thinking we could
play catch or something.
Dad!
- Yeah?
- Can we go?
Yeah.
Just gotta send this to Todd quick.
Finally ready?
(scoffs) Yeah.
(baseball thudding)
(phone ringing)
[Todd] David, happy Friday.
I thought you were out of
the office through the weekend.
- What's up?
- Yeah.
Hey, Todd, well, I wanna
check in before I lost signal.
Yeah, I'm heading up north
with Jenna and her grandpa.
Are we good to go on
this project next week?
[Todd] Yeah, we're good, Dave.
We, we got it all covered.
Shut it off for once, all right?
Uh, you make the rest
of us look bad. (chuckles)
Yeah, that's funny.
I just wanna make sure
Summer's got that artwork for us.
[Todd] She's got a sick kid today,
but she's sending it in from
home this afternoon, hopefully.
Okay.
Uh, can you just follow up with her?
I just, I don't wanna lose
momentum on this thing.
I'll check in when I can.
All right. Bye.
Hey, no, let's not have the radio on.
Why?
'Cause I don't wanna
listen to your music.
(sighs) I do.
You don't always get what you want.
And if you listen to good music,
you know what that meant?
Whatever.
You always get what you want.
(scoffs) That's funny.
Why is that?
Because 99% of my life
is doing what I'm supposed to do.
What I have to do.
- Bullshit.
- Whoa.
If you weren't happy,
you could just change your life.
Okay, um, language.
I'm choosing a life for you.
It cost a lotta money to go to college.
And to get private diving tutor.
And to buy a hammock,
because someone doesn't
wanna sleep in a tent.
Tents are old school, Dad.
Just false security.
A hammock and tarp works twice as well
and is so much better
than sleeping on a rock.
And where'd you hear all this?
Some article online.
Hmm.
Pops got one too.
Oh, Pops got one too.
You know, Pops doesn't know everything.
(scoffs) He does in the woods.
[David] Come on.
- Pops!
- Hey!
Hey, it's great-
- Ooh.
- Yeah.
Hey, wai-
No, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Who's this beautiful young woman,
and what'd you do with
my little granddaughter?
- Right?
- I'm still here, Pops.
Okay.
Hey, David.
Good to see ya, Ed.
Actually, you make it
up here for once, huh?
So, grab the rest of
your stuff, come inside,
figure out who's gonna carry what.
- Cool.
- All right?
All right.
(bags rustling)
(zipper rasps)
You gotta know how
long of a car ride that was.
Where's the restroom, Ed?
How long has it been
since you've been here?
(sighs) Well, there's an
outhouse outback if you need it.
And there's trees outside if you don't.
Feel, feel free.
So, did you bring the new hammocks?
Yes.
(chuckles) Show, show, show.
They're so lightweight and compact.
- But Dad didn't want one.
- Oh my, light.
He still wanted his tent.
Well, fine.
He can carry the weight.
That's, uh, that's his deal.
Yep.
(bags rustling)
I think that's gonna
be what I need from here.
- Yeah.
- You look like you're
- pretty set over there.
- Yeah, I'm good.
Good. Good.
And fly rods.
- Mine's already in.
- Mm-hmm.
I'm so excited to use these.
I know.
This is the year.
We're gonna get some big 'uns.
[Jenna] Mm-hmm.
Hey. Hey, David.
Can, you can, you can put that thing away,
you know, you're not at work right now.
Hey, just because I stop
doesn't mean work stops, Pops.
[Pops] Yeah, well the trout don't stop
to wait for you on your phone,
and you're not gonna catch anything
if you're on your phone all day.
Come on, put, put the thing away.
- All right.
- And join us over here.
Welcome back.
Okay.
Okay, looks like we're
all packed and ready to go.
Let's do it.
Throw these packs on and head out.
The trail is literally
right behind the cabin.
Can you get that for me?
- Thank you.
- There you go.
Where would I be without you?
All right.
(birds chirping)
- You ready?
- Yeah, I'm comin'.
(birds chirping) (water gushing)
So, Pops, how long before our first stop?
(Pops laughs)
We haven't been gone five minutes.
Are you wimpin' out on me already?
[David] No, I just, trying to get-
[Pops] Watch your heads.
(sighs) Just tryin' to
get the game plan, Ed
Dad, the river isn't too far from here.
But first, we have to
cross through an old bridge,
and then we go down into it from there.
Good memory, sprite.
But you know what?
I found a different spot on the map
that we're gonna go to that's
on this side of the canyon.
We'll cross over to the other side
of the canyon this afternoon.
You know, I'm surprised
that you remember that.
The last time we were here,
you were so distracted
with that compass I gave you.
You still got it?
Yes.
[Pops] Good.
Keep it handy, 'cause I
might have you navigate later.
(birds chirping)
(water gushing)
- Whoa, Pops, look at that.
- Yeah, I know.
I love these old growth forests.
[David] Wow.
[Pops] This has gotta
be a 300-year-old tree.
[David] Yeah.
Hey, why don't we take a break?
- All right.
- Yeah.
[David] I won't say no to that.
Sorry I can't offer you
any Starbucks, David.
- This'll have to do.
- I know.
Be careful, honey, um.
(Jenna chuckles)
Wow.
How old do you think this is, Pops?
Uh, I would say 300 years.
Around 300.
I mean, I wasn't around in the beginning,
but I'd say it's, you know,
in the range of 300 years old.
Wow.
[Pops] And the fact that it just snapped.
[David] Hmm.
Hey, navigator!
Why don't you hop up on that tree
and tell us what way we're headed.
[David] Careful.
So.
We're following that path.
What direction are we headed in?
We are mostly east and
a little towards the north.
Uh, and how are you supposed to say that?
Um, east by northeast.
Yes, good.
All right, good job.
So Beth tells me work's
been hitting you pretty hard lately.
I don't know about that.
I mean, it's not work if it's easy.
I don't know.
I remember a beer commercial once.
It told me, "Do what you love,
you never have to work a day in your life."
Hmm, yeah, you see that's the problem.
We've got a generation of kids
who wanna start breweries and phone apps.
No one knows how to tie a tie anymore, Ed.
Well, I guess my question to you is,
can you tie a fly to a fishing hook?
(Jenna chuckles)
All right, folks, party's over, movin' on.
[Jenna] Got it?
- [David] Yeah.
(birds chirping) (water gushing)
(Pops exhales sharply)
Oh yeah.
Yeah, this opens up nice.
Think that it's a good
spot for us to set up?
- Yeah.
- Right from here.
So I will leave you to set
up yourself on your own,
and I'll help your dad out.
Thanks, Ed.
Now, I only say that
because last time you
kinda set it up as a lefty.
You're not lefty, so.
Well, I have done this, that's all, once.
What are we gonna use?
Um, I saw a bunch of
caddisflies on the way down.
Should we use those?
Hmm, good call, sprite.
Always look for what's on the water.
Hey, grab me one of
those while you're there.
Yeah.
(water trickling) (insects chirping)
(flies buzzing)
Ah, good cast there, sprite.
You know, this place kinda reminds me
of a creek near my home where I grew up.
I came up here with Sally Tillerman.
Yeah, (exhales sharply) we'd been
to our high school football game.
Her brother Tom and I were friends.
Her brother and I came back
to the house after the game,
and parents were outta town for the night.
And, uh, we were spendin' the night.
Hey, take it easy over there, Pop.
Well, we had a little too much to drink.
Kids.
Fell asleep on the couch.
But in the middle of the night,
Sally wakes me up and she's like,
whispers in my ear,
"Hey, let's go do something."
"Okay."
So we snuck outta the
house in my dad's Buick.
[David] Young ears, Pops
Eh, not for long.
Well, what the hell does that mean?
- She's in high school.
- Yeah?
People are gonna pay attention to her.
It's not gonna be like the
guy she was seeing last year.
Mr. Puppy Love.
[David] Wait, who?
- You remember Aaron.
- No.
[Jenna] (chuckles) He was
around the house all the time.
Our house?
See, that's what I'm talkin' about.
She's probably got guys
coming after her left and right.
And one of these days,
those puppies are gonna grow up,
and she needs to know
what's goin' on in their head.
Ew, Pops!
(chuckles) What I'm saying is,
we was romantic.
It was a great outing.
And you know why?
'Cause I didn't push.
She wasn't a conquest.
I didn't have to prove anything.
She was just somebody
that was (chuckles) so cool.
And I just enjoyed being with her.
It didn't matter what we did.
That's all it was about.
I mean, my, my generation,
we were told the men lead everything and,
and a woman's gotta do what we say.
And that's all crap.
Like, what do we know?
I mean, these fish outsmart us all the time
with their pea-size brains. (Jenna laughs)
I've seen you with your teammates,
and you command respect
just being who you are.
You don't ever have to
play damsel in distress
or dumb blonde or any of that stuff
to get what you want or get
what you need in this world.
And you certainly will
never have to do anything
you're not comfortable with.
Thanks, Pops.
(Pops inhales and exhales sharply)
I thought I'd get a
reception up here on this hill.
(chuckles) Here's too far, Dad.
Hmm.
Oh my god, Pops!
A bald eagle.
Oh, yeah.
Right up next to the tree.
Now that's pretty special.
Hey, in school, did they ever teach you
why the founding fathers chose the eagle
as our national symbol?
Um, no.
Well, they chose the eagle
because it flies into the wind,
it faces adversity.
Hmm.
Now, Ben Franklin,
he wanted the turkey
to be the national bird.
But you know, given the
way the country's gone,
it, it might not have been a bad choice.
But either way, he way he was outvoted.
Uh, eagles.
So eagles fly into the
wind instead of with the wind
like all the other birds.
You know, our society's
kinda forgotten that.
Everybody wants microwaves,
and fast food, and drive through, and-
But drive throughs are so good.
Mom doesn't know how to make a quesarito.
And what is a quesarito?
A quesadilla wrapped inside of a burrito.
Oh yeah.
(both laugh)
Oh, okay. (chuckles)
But my point is eagles.
Now when was the time that you chose
to work hard to get something?
Hmm, I work hard at my diving.
Yeah, okay.
What else?
(sighs) Oh, and I
hated algebra last year,
but I stayed after school a lot
and I worked hard and
ended up getting a B+.
See, that's because you're an eagle.
And don't ever forget that.
(sighs) You know who else is an eagle?
Your dad.
I bet you nobody works harder
in his office than he does.
And you know why he does it?
Because he loves you.
Just wish he'd pull
his head out of his work
and just spend time with me.
You know, it's not wasting
his time working for me,
just be with me.
Yeah, he does get caught up in that.
And there are so many
kids that feel the same way.
I mean, they look at their dads and,
and by the time they're old enough
to throw a ball for their kid,
they've forgotten what
it's like to be a son.
And the mom's forgotten
what it's like to be a daughter.
And I, I'm just, I'm really hoping
that you're not gonna
be one of those people.
[Jenna] Me too.
[Pops] Good girl.
Wow! Check it out.
Yeah, just like "Temple
of Doom", right, Dad?
Yeah.
I'm Indiana Jones.
You could be Short Round
With how easily you get scared,
it's more like I'm Indie and you're Willy.
Well, the good news is
there's no witch doctors
on the bridge,
and I'm pretty sure there's
no alligators down below.
(sighs) Bad news is God only knows
when they've done any
maintenance on this thing,
and I'm pretty sure the DNR's
forgotten that it even exists.
Well, let's go check it out.
(water gushing)
(water gushing)
(brooding music)
Okay, since I weigh about
the same as the two of you,
I'll be the test.
I figure worst case scenario,
I could see Emily a little
sooner than I expected.
- Pops!
- Stop it, huh?
Just kidding.
But you know, I am a little jealous
that Jesus is eating
Grandma's pot roast and I'm not.
All right, here we go.
(brooding music continuous) (water gushing)
(ropes creaking)
Wait, wait, honey,
let's go one at a time.
I don't trust this thing.
I think we're good.
Okay. All right.
Careful.
(brooding music continues) (ropes creaking)
(wood cracking)
(Jenna thuds) (Jenna screams)
(Jenna sobbing and grunting)
We're okay. (Jenna whimpering)
Honey, can you gimme your arm?
No, it's stuck.
- It's stuck, it hurts.
- Okay.
Think I broke it. (sobbing)
It's broken?
Shit.
Okay, okay, lemme, lemme.
Can you, can you get it
out on your own at all?
- No.
- Gimme, gimme your right arm.
I can't, Dad, it is stuck.
- It's stuck.
- I can't move it.
Okay. Shit.
(Jenna whimpering)
We're gonna get that outta there
before these ropes give way.
I'm gonna push on this for you.
Can you get your arm out, honey?
- Okay.
- Ow!
Okay. (Jenna whimpering)
(tense music)
(both grunting)
Okay, let's get to Pop.
That a girl.
That a girl.
Okay. Okay.
(Jenna grunting) (tense music continues)
- Okay.
- Ow!
All right.
(Jenna gasping) (Poops grunting)
(Jenna moaning)
Oh God.
Ed, she's hurt real bad.
(Jenna sobbing) (Pops grunting)
Good.
All right, scoot up there.
Scoot up there girl.
It's okay, honey.
[Pops] She's hurt bad.
She's hurt bad.
- Ed.
- Here, I need you
to tear me some strips of
tape so I can get her arm.
I know.
What are we doing?
I'm gonna splint the arm.
I just need you to tear - Okay
some pieces for me.
Look at me, look at me, look at me.
Breathe. Breathe.
I know, I know.
I know.
Okay, I'm gonna use this as a splint.
[David] It's okay, honey.
(Jenna sobbing)
Okay, it's gonna hurt.
- Hang in there.
- Breathe.
Breathe. Breathe.
(Jenna grunts)
[David] Are we gonna be
able to walk out of here, Ed.
Yeah, we are.
I'd say take another bridge,
but there's no other bridge.
- Breathe.
- We can't, we can't.
- There's no shortcut?
- No, we gotta walk.
We got like 15 to 18 miles on trail
to get to the Gunflint Trail
to get back to Grand Moray.
So we're just gonna have to.
And as far as we can.
We've got, like, three hours of daylight.
So we'll just, if we can
get in five or six miles.
- I know.
- Okay, okay.
- I know, I know, I know.
- Can you-
Will you please try and look at me?
Look at me, breathe, breathe, breathe.
Can you walk five miles today?
- I don't need my arm to walk.
- You can do this,
you can do this, you can do this.
Okay, okay.
[Pops] All right.
(Jenna moaning)
Here you go, up, up, up, up.
[David] Careful.
Okay.
Look at me, look at me, look at me.
Breathe. Breathe.
All right, here we go, here we go.
(Jenna grunting)
Wait up, sport.
(birds chirping)
Hey, Jenna, how's that arm?
It's fine.
[David] Are you sure?
And it hurts like hell,
but it's not gonna get better
every time you talk about it.
[David] Okay.
You know, for as many stories as I have
where I shoulda broken a bone,
I, I never have.
[Jenna] Really?
Yeah, I had a lotta sprains,
a lotta stiff, sore muscles,
but I never broke a bone.
Well, I do not recommend it.
Hurts like a bitch.
I bet.
(Pops exhales sharply)
Aah.
Maybe.
Oh, yeah.
This looks like as about
as good as spot as any.
I wanna to get further,
but we don't have a
whole lotta daylight left.
I'll go collect some wood
out in the forest here,
and if you can start on
the tent and hammocks,
- that'd be great.
- Okay.
Um, what about me?
You're on the injured reserve list.
You just rest.
(tent poles clattering)
(tent poles clattering)
[David] Let's see here.
Yeah.
Uh, you know you're doing it wrong.
Oh yeah?
What do you know, Ms. Hammock?
I've set up a lotta tents before.
(David scoffs)
[David] Okay, smart Alec,
why don't you show me what you got?
Well, you gotta put the stakes in first.
Oh.
(stakes clinking)
Ah.
(David grunts)
(tent poles clattering)
(Jenna chuckles)
(David chuckles)
(David sighs)
I guess I should've
practiced before we left.
Here.
Thanks.
[David] How's your arm?
[Jenna] It's fine.
And then you. Yeah.
[David] We just feed it through?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh.
(Pops chuckles)
Aah!
Hey, quite a team there. (chuckles)
God, I haven't seen that old tent in years.
That must a added a
couple pounds of your pack.
Well, I don't know, it wasn't too bad.
[Pops] You shoulda
packed the instructions,
might a, might a helped
a little bit. (chuckles)
And then put it in there.
Okay.
See, you only need one hand.
- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh.
(insects chirping)
(fire crackling)
Pops, these venison steaks are amazing.
Yeah, there's nothing like fresh meat
cooked over an open flame here.
Here, a chaser.
You know, I, I gotta say,
(chuckles) I'm r-really proud of you guys.
That whole bridge collapse
thing was really scary.
An- and you guys showed a lotta courage
and a lotta resilience.
An- and I'm sorry I got us into this mess.
And I, I'm so sorry about your arm, Jenna.
I'll be fine.
It hurts a lot,
but it'll be fine.
So, Ed, what, what is the plan here?
I mean, after we get to
the end of the Gunflint,
how much further do we have to Grand Moray?
Uh, I think it's about 25 miles or so.
25 miles!
Are we walking that whole way?
Oh, no, no, no.
Once we get to the
Gunflint Trail, we'll hitchhike.
Wait, hitchhike?
No, no, no, no.
People pick up hitchhiker on the Gunflint.
It's all because of Gunflint Gary.
[David] Who's Gunflint Gary?
As the story goes,
Gunflint Gary murdered
somebody up in Duluth,
and he fled up to the Gunflint on foot.
Well, he hiked and hitchhiked for days
and nobody pick 'em up.
He noticed a car that had passed him by,
followed them, their
trail, up to their camp.
Killed 'em just outta spite.
They say that he lives
like a hermit up here
in the Boundary Water still to this day.
Why didn't he just steal the car?
He's got everything he needs up here.
But he was running away from the cops.
Couldn't they find him?
That's right.
This area is so vast,
you're only seen if you wanna be.
This has gotta be BS.
Jenna, this is just a ghost story, honey.
Well, maybe.
But you know what?
It's a common enough tale
that people pick up
hitchhikers on the Gunflint.
Why do they call it Gunflint, anyway?
Well, it's, it's the
chert rock that's here.
It's all over the place.
It's this black stone,
and it's got iron and red jasper in it,
and, and it's everywhere you look up here.
And they used to call it flint rock.
Eh, that's not really
a geo-geological term.
It's just, it's just any rock
that produces a spark.
Like the first French explorers
that came through here called
this area lac des pierrafeusille,
which means lake of the flintstone.
And as a matter of fact,
they named that river that
runs over there Fred Flintstone.
And that lake over there Wilma.
[David] Pops. (Jenna sighs)
(chuckles) Okay.
Hey, you guys, I only got so many stories.
What can I say?
That story was funny the first time.
Second and third time
wasn't that bad either.
It's old news now.
(fire crackling) (insects chirping)
Hey, Dad.
[David] Yeah.
When was the last time you saw your dad?
I was a pretty young, sport.
Like eight or nine.
What do you remember about him?
I dunno, he was tall and skinny.
He had scraggly hair,
pucked face, scruffy beard.
These two tattoos on his arms,
I, I don't remember what they were.
They were kinda faded.
So is that one he left Nana?
He left Nana when I was two.
I'm not even sure he was my real father.
But I'm not sure who else it would be.
So when did you see him?
In jail.
Nana would take me to visit. (sighs)
I think she thought the,
the bars and the handcuffs
would force him to face me.
Some people just won't face the truth
unless you get them pinned
down like that, you know?
So he never took you camping?
(David scoffs)
Hey, uh, Dave.
My turn.
No, sport, he never
took me camping. (sighs)
He never did much of anything for me.
First time I went camping
was with Pops and Grandma,
before she passed.
Your mom was there.
[Jenna] And where was I?
(chuckles) You weren't even a thought.
We just got engaged.
Hmm, I didn't know what to make
of a guy who'd never been
up in the woods before.
But it was clear he loved your mom.
Why the woods?
And why did that matter so much?
Well, the woods, they
show you who you are.
They teach people that
you can't control everything.
And you learn how to handle pain better.
Like taking a long
hike with a broken wrist.
You know, you don't have
to be grizzly freaking Adams
to be a man, Pops.
I mean, I work pretty hard.
Jenna wants to go to college one day.
I gotta pay for that.
That's why I work the long hours.
Beth wants the kitchen redone-
Okay, but is it really a sacrifice
if you don't have to spend
time with your family?
I'm here, aren't I?
Yeah, if you hadn't dropped
your phone in the river,
you'd be on it right now.
That's bullshit.
That's a mature man.
Is that what you're tryin'
to teach your daughter?
You know, I'm tryin' to teach my daughter
the best I know how.
I didn't have a dad to show me how
and no one to take interest in me.
I don't know how to put up a tent.
I don't know to make a fire.
- It's not about putting up
a tent and makin' a fire.
It's about, (scoffs) nobody
knows how to be a parent.
I mean, babies don't come
with an instruction manual.
And teenagers, (chuckles) they sure don't.
When I was a kid, my dad
would whip me with a belt
for the slightest infraction.
That's what they did then.
Now we call it abuse.
But if I've learned anything
from raising any of my kids,
I learned something new every time.
But the main thing that I
learned was you gotta be present.
You gotta participate
in raising those children.
So just, just stop whining
and feeling sorry for yourself,
and man up, David!
You know what, I don't need to take this.
Get up. Walk away.
Turn your back on it
like it's not my crap to deal with.
I'll see you two in the mornin'.
(tent zipper whirring)
(Pops grunts)
(Pops moaning) (soft music)
(moaning) Oh no.
(Pops moaning continues)
(Pops breathing heavily)
(Pops grunting)
(Pops moaning)
(Pops breathing deeply)
(Pops muttering)
(Pops moaning and groaning)
Jenna.
- Pops?
- Jenna.
Pops!
Oh my god.
Dad!
Pops. (Pops moaning)
Pops?
Pops?
Jen, what's the matter?
What happened? Did he fall?
Pops? (Pops moaning)
- What?
- My chest.
[David] He says it's his chest, its.
What are you, what are you doing?
His pills. Where his pills.
What pills?
I.
His nitro pills.
His heart medication.
He's been on them for years.
I don't know anything about it, I just.
[Jenna] (sighs) Of course you didn't.
Jenna, it's not my fault
he's havin' a heart attack, honey.
Jenna!
Of course it's your fault.
You don't even know he
was on the fucking medication!
You don't know anything about him!
You don't know anything about me!
What's my favorite class?
What's my least favorite class?
Who are my friends?
You don't even know if I have a boyfriend
or a girlfriend or anything!
- Wait, you're gay?
- No!
That's what you're getting out of this?
No, honey, I.
(soft brooding music)
Jenna. Jenna!
Pops is sick.
I need your help.
You, I.
Look, I'm sorry, I, I've,
I've been a jerk, I.
Work's got me wrapped up and I,
I've been distracted.
Hey, I need you to forgive me.
We gotta help Pops here.
I can't do it by myself.
If Pops lives, I'll think about it.
Ed. (Pops groaning)
- Ed.
- It's all right.
Okay, Jenna, he's, he's real sick.
All right, your arm all of a
sudden is small potatoes, okay?
I need your help.
I know you're pissed at me,
you have every right,
but we gotta figure this out, okay?
How do we get him out?
(soft brooding music)
Okay.
Ooh, good. Yeah, a stretcher.
Um, I'll go grab some sticks, okay?
(soft brooding music continues)
Ow.
(soft brooding music continues)
(David grunts)
[David] You remember
those knots that Pops taught ya?
(strap whirrs)
Okay, he's good.
[David] Okay, I'm
gonna, I'll roll him over,
we'll get him underneath.
Okay, good.
- [Jenna] There you go.
- [David] Yeah.
Grab this foot here.
- Okay.
- [Jenna] Got it?
- Okay.
- [David] I think so.
- You ready?
- [Jenna] Okay, roll 'em.
[David] Yeah.
- Let's roll 'em.
- [Jenna] Very easy, easy.
Easy.
- Okay.
- [David] okay.
Okay, good.
Just straighten his legs out.
Okay.
[Jenna] For just in case it rains.
Okay. All right.
- Are we ready?
- [Jenna] Yeah.
Okay.
Aah, shit.
The tent.
We're gonna need it.
All right.
Just pull 'em outta the pegs, honey?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
You need help with your hand?
No.
Ah, here.
I'm fine!
(Jenna grunts)
Okay.
(David grunts)
Jen, if we can't do this together,
it ain't gonna happen.
Okay.
I'll hold this.
Okay.
Like that?
Okay.
- Same thing here?
- Yeah.
Okay.
(grunts) Ow.
(Jenna groans)
- Okay.
- I think we're good.
- [David] Yeah? Okay.
- Wait, wait.
Where's my compass?
Ow.
Pops said we were
supposed to go southeast, so...
That way.
All right.
(David exhales sharply)
You ready?
(David grunts)
Okay.
(Jenna grunts)
(David grunts)
Okay.
You say when, honey?
- It's okay, we can go.
- Okay.
Ah, shit.
(birds chirping)
Honey.
Yeah?
I think we went the wrong way.
The sun is supposed
to be in front of us here
and it's, it's, it's not.
- Shit.
- I know.
Can we take a break?
Yeah, let's go ahead.
You okay?
(both grunts)
How's your arm?
It's fine.
Okay, do we have the map?
Yeah.
Okay, so.
- Can you hold it?
- Yeah.
So.
So we crossed that stream about, like,
an hour or so ago.
Okay.
We must have missed
the fork and the trail.
- No, it's okay.
- Shit.
It's okay, honey.
You were behind me, it was dark.
It's okay.
It's, it's okay.
So if we cross that stream,
and we're supposed to be at that peak.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, it.
Look, we backtrack a little bit.
We get back on the trail and keep goin'.
It's another 45 minutes, okay?
Okay.
All right.
You wanna put this away?
(Jenna grunts)
(Jenna grunts)
That a girl.
(both grunting)
You okay?
You got it?
Okay.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
All right.
(Jenna breathing heavily)
(rain pattering)
(Pops groaning)
- Dad, Dad, Pops.
- Yeah, okay.
- Just wait.
- All right.
Nice and easy.
(David grunts)
(Pops moaning)
Pops.
(Pops muttering)
Get some water
(Pops breathing heavily an moaning)
Pops
Hey, Pops.
Pops.
(Pops breathing heavily)
(Pops gagging and coughing)
(Pops moaning)
Just go.
[David] No, no. No, Pops.
Just go. (sobbing)
No. (speaks faintly)
Jenna.
Jenna!
(Pops breathing heavily an moaning)
Jenna.
Jenna.
(sobbing) Don't talk to me.
Jenna.
I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do it anymore.
I don't think I can carry him.
He's just, he's just gonna
die anyway. (panting)
Jenna.
Pops is in rough shape, okay.
You're right.
Okay, I'm not a doctor,
but there's a good chance
he's not gonna make it
on that hammock back there, okay?
But listen to me.
If there's even a, a
1% chance that he will,
we've gotta get him
outta here into a hospital.
Okay?
Either we carry him out
here for one more day, okay?
Or you carry him on your
shoulder for the rest of your life.
(Jenna sobbing)
Oh shit.
Oh god.
(Jenna sobbing) (rain pattering)
That was too far.
Okay.
Okay, we, we can do this, okay?
We can do this.
Okay?
I'm here, and you're
here for Pops, all right?
(Jenna sobbing)
Let's do it together, come on.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-Hoo
(slow-paced country music)
You gotta keep moving,
ain't no slowing down
I'm in war with the devil
and I need some solid ground
There ain't no turning back
No, not that way
Whoa, and the cup that I've been given
I can't give it away
But I try
Yes, I try
And I cry
Yes, I cry
Oh
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
I feel 'em burning
deep down in my bones
I don't know a thousand hours
So far away from home
Oh, I'll be a soldier
till the battle's done
When I look up through the heavens
I know this war is won
And I try
Yes, I try
But I cry
Yes, I cry
Oh
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Yes, I cry, yes, I cry, yes, I cry
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
(slow-paced country music)
(Jenna and David grunt)
[Jenna] Hey, Dad.
Yeah?
Remember when you said how being an adult
is doing what you don't wanna do?
Yeah.
I'm starting to get that now.
[David] This has
been a tough trip, honey.
We didn't even catch any fish.
I was so looking forward to going fishing.
Ow!
You okay?
[Jenna] Yeah.
I gotta be honest
that I know you love this,
but the fishing and all that,
it's just not my thing.
I'm not good at it.
Isn't being an adult
doing things that are hard?
It is, but there's a difference
between doing the things that are hard
'cause you do it by choice
and the things you do
that are hard that you just,
you have to do.
Sitting on my butt at a ball game.
That's easy.
Work is hard.
(Jenna grunts)
But Mom said you're
really good at your job.
Yeah, I guess I am, I.
The only thing fulfilling
about my job, honey,
though, is that I am good at it. (chuckles)
It's not like I'm making
any good in the world with it.
They just pay me.
Don't you get rich in the process though,
and that makes you happy?
(chuckles) Well, they just
pay me to do my job, honey.
For every dollar I make,
the company makes five or more.
It's kinda like I'm a storm trooper
working for the evil empire. (grunts)
- You okay?
- Yeah.
At the end of the day,
the world's not a better
place for what I do.
[Jenna] I do not wanna
end up in a job like that.
(chuckles) I don't want
that for you either, sport.
(birds chirping)
(Jenna grunts)
You okay?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Oh, wow!
Look at that sunset.
Let's put 'em down, yeah?
(Jenna grunting)
(David grunts)
Are you okay?
How's that arm, huh?
It didn't really hurt, um,
until you said something.
I think I blocked it out.
I'm glad you could block it out.
- Sorry I mentioned it.
- It's fine.
Can we, can we stop here for tonight?
We have, um, the last I checked the map,
we just, we got another six miles to go.
You know, maybe we should stay here.
I mean, we could probably be where we need
to be by noon tomorrow.
- Should we do that?
- Yeah.
All right.
I'll set up camp here.
I'll get you pack.
(fire crackling)
- Hey, Dad.
- Yeah?
I thought a lot today about your dad
and I'm sad I'm never
gonna get to meet him.
Hmm.
Yeah, I'm sad about that too.
But, you know, I still think
you're a really good dad.
Thanks, Jenna.
I'm sure it must've been hard for you,
trying to figure out everything
about how to be a dad
when you never really had one growing up.
Yeah, it made it hard at times.
But life is hard, you know?
I mean, everybody wants you to be perfect
at everything, right?
I feel like, I don't know.
I feel like I'm supposed
to be the perfect employee,
you know, perfect boss,
and the perfect neighbor,
and husband, and.
I feel like I'm supposed
to be the perfect dad.
But I always come up short, you know?
Like you're never good enough.
That's how I feel. (Jenna chuckles)
What?
Everyday, I feel like I'm not enough.
(scoffs) I sit at lunch
with my friends at school
and I think to myself,
do these people actually even like me,
or are they just pretending?
I go on social media all the time
and I judge myself.
I see these terrible comments
of people saying things like,
"you're so ugly, fat, desperate."
And it's like we all go around
with these red pens just
grading each other all the time
and waiting for someone to make a mistake
so we can feel better about ourselves.
And I'm tired of it.
I'm so tired of feeling scared
of someone just waiting
for me to make a mistake.
I'm tired of not feeling like I'm enough,
to be liked by my peers or loved by my dad.
Hey.
Hey, don't ever say that.
Look, you're the best thing
that's ever happened to me.
[Jenna] Then why are you never home?
Why are you always at work
instead of being with me and Mom?
I don't know, I.
Because it's easier.
I'm killing it at work.
I know what I'm doin'.
And when it comes to showing
you how much I love you,
I, I guess I'm scared
that I'm gonna mess up
so I, I guess I've quit tryin'.
Dad, just try.
That's all I can ask.
Push through that fear,
and know that I'm scared too.
(scoffs) I think we're all a little scared.
That's why I love going up here.
The woods terrify me
and inspire me all at the same time.
I feel so strong and yet so small up here.
There's this quietness.
It drowns out everything
that stresses me out
from back home.
It just gives me this clean slate.
(sighs) And, you know, Dad,
I know you're trying.
You really suck at it sometimes,
(chuckles) but I know
you're trying to be a good dad.
So many of my friends'
fathers don't even try.
They don't care.
And some of them just
give up and get a divorce.
But you pushed through
and you stay with us.
Even now, after everything
that has happened.
(sighs) And because of that...
I forgive you.
Thanks, Jenna.
I love you, you know that?
I love you too, Dad.
(birds chirping)
(tent zipper whirring)
(urine trickling)
(David yawning)
(pants zipper whirrs)
(David grunts)
(David groans)
Ed, we're gonna keep movin'.
Ed, I think we should.
Shit.
(melancholic music)
Oh, Pops.
Oh god.
Oh.
(David sobs)
(melancholic music continue)
(David exhales sharply)
(David sighs)
Jenna, (clears throat)
we should get movin'.
Honey, it.
- Hi.
- Mornin'.
(David exhales sharply)
Honey, Pops didn't make it last night.
No, um.
- I just checked his breathing
- The nearest to hospital,
- it's so.
- No, he's.
- It's close.
- Honey.
- No.
- He didn't.
No, Pops.
(grunts) Pops.
Pops.
Pops?
Pops. (sobbing)
Pops. (sobbing)
(melancholic music)
No. No.
Pops, please, no, no, no, no. (sobbing)
Please, no, Pops.
Please wake up. (sobbing)
Just, just wake up. (sobbing)
It's okay, Pops, it's okay.
(Jenna sobbing)
(melancholic music continues)
Wake up. (sobbing)
Please, please.
Why won't you wake up?
(Jenna sobbing)
(melancholic music continues)
Jenna.
(Jenna sobbing)
(David sighs)
I know.
(Jenna sobbing)
(melancholic music continues)
It's okay.
- He loved you so much.
- I know.
He'll be fine. (sobbing)
But I'm not ready. (sobbing)
I'm not ready. (sobbing)
I don't know what to do without him.
Look.
(melancholic music continues)
He taught you everything you know.
About being strong.
(Jenna sobbing)
(David exhales sharply)
But I miss him. (sobbing)
I know.
I need you to be strong.
We gotta get you to a hospital.
You okay?
Besides, (sobs) he's probably
enjoying grandma's pot roast right now.
(both chuckle)
(Jenna sobbing)
So, if we break camp,
we could probably get outta here by noon.
Are you up for it?
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
(David speaks faintly)
- Are you okay?
- Yep.
(Jenna grunting)
(Jenna sighs)
- Okay, I'm good.
- [David] Okay, let's go.
(David panting)
(distant rumbling)
Dad, I, I think I hear something.
What's that?
I, I hear a car.
I think we're close to the road.
(distant rumbling continues)
I think it might be a waterfall, sport.
No, it's a car.
[David] I hear what you hear.
The, the volume doesn't change, it just.
It's not moving.
I think it's a waterfall, honey.
We gotta keep goin'.
Fine.
(water gushing)
I've never been more mad seeing a waterfall
in my entire life.
I was positive that it was the road.
I know.
I know.
You know, I saw a waterfall
on the map this morning
that was halfway to the road.
We stay in this trail,
we'll be to the road by one o'clock.
How are we gonna tell Mom?
I'll tell her.
I'll tell her.
She's gonna be heartbroken.
Every time I see a
waterfall for the rest of my life,
I'm gonna remember Pops and this whole,
this whole trip.
(birds chirping)
(David pants)
[David] I think it's
just up over this hill.
[Jenna] You said that about
every hill for the past hour.
I know, but it's just past these pines.
[Jenna] So you're pining for the road?
When did your jokes get so cheesy?
[Jenna] I was so looking
forward to spending time
with you on this trip.
Maybe I should have been
careful for what I wished for.
[David] Well, it'll be
good on your dad jokes.
[Jenna] God, please leave me here.
(chuckles) Thought about it.
But we're almost there.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(David panting) (truck driver grunting)
Okay.
(stretcher thuds)
Can I go in the back?
Yeah, no problem.
- That all right?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
(Jenna grunts)
You sure?
Yeah.
(truck engine roaring)
- [David] Good.
- [Driver] It's open.
[David] Okay, I'm in.
That girl looks like she's been
through hell last couple days.
(sighs) We all have.
I wish for her sake Pops
would've made it, but.
(exhales sharply) And that man worked hard,
but he always found time for his family.
He didn't get caught
up in the little things.
She lost her hero back there.
He always stuck to his guns, you know?
Sounds like a good man.
He was a good man.
Can you pull over?
What?
Just pull the truck over here.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(bright music)
(water splashes)
(people cheering and applauding)
(water splashes) (people cheering)
(bright music continues)
[Mom] Hey!
- [David] Hey.
There she is, I made it in time.
Yes.
(water splashes) (people cheering)
(phone ringing)
Hey, babe.
Yeah.
No, I'm just.
I, yeah, no, I'm leaving right now.
Um, um, what, what time does it start?
Uh, what, what time did it start?
Okay.
I'll make what I can.
Yep.
Okay, bye.
(phone chimes)
Hey, Pops.
[Pops] Hey, I just called
to say I'm really excited
for you guys comin' up tomorrow.
Jen has learned so much up there,
and she's so excited to share it with you.
You know, she hasn't stopped talking
about it for two days.
Uh, I, I'm excited too, Pops.
It'll be nice to get up there again.
[Pops] Yep.
Yeah, I'm on my way
up to the cabin right now.
Meet you there late
tomorrow morning, right?
Do you remember how to get there?
Uh, yeah.
No, I think your directions
last time were just fine.
Uh, I should find it no problem.
But, hey, you know what, I'm runnin' late
for Jenna's dive meet,
so I should probably get goin'.
Uh, we'll see ya soon, okay?
[Pops] All right, tell
Jenna I'm rooting for her.
Will do.
(Mom sighs)
- Hey.
- Hey.
Think you have everything.
I think so.
All right, hopefully.
Oh, thanks.
All right.
Well, you guys be safe up there.
Like from bears and stuff or?
(chuckles) Stop it.
Why are you so afraid of him?
He's fine.
It's... Stop it.
Look, it'll be fine. It'll be fine.
It will be, he... Jenna,
what are you doing?
He loves you.
And he, he's looking forward
to spending time with you too.
- Wow.
- But most importantly,
you get spend time with Jenna.
- Yeah.
- Because she-
- Speaking of.
- Okay.
Jenna, come on, we gotta go.
(scoffs) Just give a minute!
- I know.
- What?
You never get to spend time with her,
- and she's so excited.
- It'll be fine.
[Mom] That's like her favorite place.
- I know, bye.
- Okay, okay.
- All right, I love you.
- Okay, all right.
Let's go, honey!
Oh yes!
(Jenna exhales sharply)
Whoa, whoa.
Hugs. Hugs.
Okay, I'm gonna miss you.
I'll miss you too. Love you.
Okay. Love you more.
What are those for?
Mm, well, you love baseball so much,
I was thinking we could
play catch or something.
Dad!
- Yeah?
- Can we go?
Yeah.
Just gotta send this to Todd quick.
Finally ready?
(scoffs) Yeah.
(baseball thudding)
(phone ringing)
[Todd] David, happy Friday.
I thought you were out of
the office through the weekend.
- What's up?
- Yeah.
Hey, Todd, well, I wanna
check in before I lost signal.
Yeah, I'm heading up north
with Jenna and her grandpa.
Are we good to go on
this project next week?
[Todd] Yeah, we're good, Dave.
We, we got it all covered.
Shut it off for once, all right?
Uh, you make the rest
of us look bad. (chuckles)
Yeah, that's funny.
I just wanna make sure
Summer's got that artwork for us.
[Todd] She's got a sick kid today,
but she's sending it in from
home this afternoon, hopefully.
Okay.
Uh, can you just follow up with her?
I just, I don't wanna lose
momentum on this thing.
I'll check in when I can.
All right. Bye.
Hey, no, let's not have the radio on.
Why?
'Cause I don't wanna
listen to your music.
(sighs) I do.
You don't always get what you want.
And if you listen to good music,
you know what that meant?
Whatever.
You always get what you want.
(scoffs) That's funny.
Why is that?
Because 99% of my life
is doing what I'm supposed to do.
What I have to do.
- Bullshit.
- Whoa.
If you weren't happy,
you could just change your life.
Okay, um, language.
I'm choosing a life for you.
It cost a lotta money to go to college.
And to get private diving tutor.
And to buy a hammock,
because someone doesn't
wanna sleep in a tent.
Tents are old school, Dad.
Just false security.
A hammock and tarp works twice as well
and is so much better
than sleeping on a rock.
And where'd you hear all this?
Some article online.
Hmm.
Pops got one too.
Oh, Pops got one too.
You know, Pops doesn't know everything.
(scoffs) He does in the woods.
[David] Come on.
- Pops!
- Hey!
Hey, it's great-
- Ooh.
- Yeah.
Hey, wai-
No, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Who's this beautiful young woman,
and what'd you do with
my little granddaughter?
- Right?
- I'm still here, Pops.
Okay.
Hey, David.
Good to see ya, Ed.
Actually, you make it
up here for once, huh?
So, grab the rest of
your stuff, come inside,
figure out who's gonna carry what.
- Cool.
- All right?
All right.
(bags rustling)
(zipper rasps)
You gotta know how
long of a car ride that was.
Where's the restroom, Ed?
How long has it been
since you've been here?
(sighs) Well, there's an
outhouse outback if you need it.
And there's trees outside if you don't.
Feel, feel free.
So, did you bring the new hammocks?
Yes.
(chuckles) Show, show, show.
They're so lightweight and compact.
- But Dad didn't want one.
- Oh my, light.
He still wanted his tent.
Well, fine.
He can carry the weight.
That's, uh, that's his deal.
Yep.
(bags rustling)
I think that's gonna
be what I need from here.
- Yeah.
- You look like you're
- pretty set over there.
- Yeah, I'm good.
Good. Good.
And fly rods.
- Mine's already in.
- Mm-hmm.
I'm so excited to use these.
I know.
This is the year.
We're gonna get some big 'uns.
[Jenna] Mm-hmm.
Hey. Hey, David.
Can, you can, you can put that thing away,
you know, you're not at work right now.
Hey, just because I stop
doesn't mean work stops, Pops.
[Pops] Yeah, well the trout don't stop
to wait for you on your phone,
and you're not gonna catch anything
if you're on your phone all day.
Come on, put, put the thing away.
- All right.
- And join us over here.
Welcome back.
Okay.
Okay, looks like we're
all packed and ready to go.
Let's do it.
Throw these packs on and head out.
The trail is literally
right behind the cabin.
Can you get that for me?
- Thank you.
- There you go.
Where would I be without you?
All right.
(birds chirping)
- You ready?
- Yeah, I'm comin'.
(birds chirping) (water gushing)
So, Pops, how long before our first stop?
(Pops laughs)
We haven't been gone five minutes.
Are you wimpin' out on me already?
[David] No, I just, trying to get-
[Pops] Watch your heads.
(sighs) Just tryin' to
get the game plan, Ed
Dad, the river isn't too far from here.
But first, we have to
cross through an old bridge,
and then we go down into it from there.
Good memory, sprite.
But you know what?
I found a different spot on the map
that we're gonna go to that's
on this side of the canyon.
We'll cross over to the other side
of the canyon this afternoon.
You know, I'm surprised
that you remember that.
The last time we were here,
you were so distracted
with that compass I gave you.
You still got it?
Yes.
[Pops] Good.
Keep it handy, 'cause I
might have you navigate later.
(birds chirping)
(water gushing)
- Whoa, Pops, look at that.
- Yeah, I know.
I love these old growth forests.
[David] Wow.
[Pops] This has gotta
be a 300-year-old tree.
[David] Yeah.
Hey, why don't we take a break?
- All right.
- Yeah.
[David] I won't say no to that.
Sorry I can't offer you
any Starbucks, David.
- This'll have to do.
- I know.
Be careful, honey, um.
(Jenna chuckles)
Wow.
How old do you think this is, Pops?
Uh, I would say 300 years.
Around 300.
I mean, I wasn't around in the beginning,
but I'd say it's, you know,
in the range of 300 years old.
Wow.
[Pops] And the fact that it just snapped.
[David] Hmm.
Hey, navigator!
Why don't you hop up on that tree
and tell us what way we're headed.
[David] Careful.
So.
We're following that path.
What direction are we headed in?
We are mostly east and
a little towards the north.
Uh, and how are you supposed to say that?
Um, east by northeast.
Yes, good.
All right, good job.
So Beth tells me work's
been hitting you pretty hard lately.
I don't know about that.
I mean, it's not work if it's easy.
I don't know.
I remember a beer commercial once.
It told me, "Do what you love,
you never have to work a day in your life."
Hmm, yeah, you see that's the problem.
We've got a generation of kids
who wanna start breweries and phone apps.
No one knows how to tie a tie anymore, Ed.
Well, I guess my question to you is,
can you tie a fly to a fishing hook?
(Jenna chuckles)
All right, folks, party's over, movin' on.
[Jenna] Got it?
- [David] Yeah.
(birds chirping) (water gushing)
(Pops exhales sharply)
Oh yeah.
Yeah, this opens up nice.
Think that it's a good
spot for us to set up?
- Yeah.
- Right from here.
So I will leave you to set
up yourself on your own,
and I'll help your dad out.
Thanks, Ed.
Now, I only say that
because last time you
kinda set it up as a lefty.
You're not lefty, so.
Well, I have done this, that's all, once.
What are we gonna use?
Um, I saw a bunch of
caddisflies on the way down.
Should we use those?
Hmm, good call, sprite.
Always look for what's on the water.
Hey, grab me one of
those while you're there.
Yeah.
(water trickling) (insects chirping)
(flies buzzing)
Ah, good cast there, sprite.
You know, this place kinda reminds me
of a creek near my home where I grew up.
I came up here with Sally Tillerman.
Yeah, (exhales sharply) we'd been
to our high school football game.
Her brother Tom and I were friends.
Her brother and I came back
to the house after the game,
and parents were outta town for the night.
And, uh, we were spendin' the night.
Hey, take it easy over there, Pop.
Well, we had a little too much to drink.
Kids.
Fell asleep on the couch.
But in the middle of the night,
Sally wakes me up and she's like,
whispers in my ear,
"Hey, let's go do something."
"Okay."
So we snuck outta the
house in my dad's Buick.
[David] Young ears, Pops
Eh, not for long.
Well, what the hell does that mean?
- She's in high school.
- Yeah?
People are gonna pay attention to her.
It's not gonna be like the
guy she was seeing last year.
Mr. Puppy Love.
[David] Wait, who?
- You remember Aaron.
- No.
[Jenna] (chuckles) He was
around the house all the time.
Our house?
See, that's what I'm talkin' about.
She's probably got guys
coming after her left and right.
And one of these days,
those puppies are gonna grow up,
and she needs to know
what's goin' on in their head.
Ew, Pops!
(chuckles) What I'm saying is,
we was romantic.
It was a great outing.
And you know why?
'Cause I didn't push.
She wasn't a conquest.
I didn't have to prove anything.
She was just somebody
that was (chuckles) so cool.
And I just enjoyed being with her.
It didn't matter what we did.
That's all it was about.
I mean, my, my generation,
we were told the men lead everything and,
and a woman's gotta do what we say.
And that's all crap.
Like, what do we know?
I mean, these fish outsmart us all the time
with their pea-size brains. (Jenna laughs)
I've seen you with your teammates,
and you command respect
just being who you are.
You don't ever have to
play damsel in distress
or dumb blonde or any of that stuff
to get what you want or get
what you need in this world.
And you certainly will
never have to do anything
you're not comfortable with.
Thanks, Pops.
(Pops inhales and exhales sharply)
I thought I'd get a
reception up here on this hill.
(chuckles) Here's too far, Dad.
Hmm.
Oh my god, Pops!
A bald eagle.
Oh, yeah.
Right up next to the tree.
Now that's pretty special.
Hey, in school, did they ever teach you
why the founding fathers chose the eagle
as our national symbol?
Um, no.
Well, they chose the eagle
because it flies into the wind,
it faces adversity.
Hmm.
Now, Ben Franklin,
he wanted the turkey
to be the national bird.
But you know, given the
way the country's gone,
it, it might not have been a bad choice.
But either way, he way he was outvoted.
Uh, eagles.
So eagles fly into the
wind instead of with the wind
like all the other birds.
You know, our society's
kinda forgotten that.
Everybody wants microwaves,
and fast food, and drive through, and-
But drive throughs are so good.
Mom doesn't know how to make a quesarito.
And what is a quesarito?
A quesadilla wrapped inside of a burrito.
Oh yeah.
(both laugh)
Oh, okay. (chuckles)
But my point is eagles.
Now when was the time that you chose
to work hard to get something?
Hmm, I work hard at my diving.
Yeah, okay.
What else?
(sighs) Oh, and I
hated algebra last year,
but I stayed after school a lot
and I worked hard and
ended up getting a B+.
See, that's because you're an eagle.
And don't ever forget that.
(sighs) You know who else is an eagle?
Your dad.
I bet you nobody works harder
in his office than he does.
And you know why he does it?
Because he loves you.
Just wish he'd pull
his head out of his work
and just spend time with me.
You know, it's not wasting
his time working for me,
just be with me.
Yeah, he does get caught up in that.
And there are so many
kids that feel the same way.
I mean, they look at their dads and,
and by the time they're old enough
to throw a ball for their kid,
they've forgotten what
it's like to be a son.
And the mom's forgotten
what it's like to be a daughter.
And I, I'm just, I'm really hoping
that you're not gonna
be one of those people.
[Jenna] Me too.
[Pops] Good girl.
Wow! Check it out.
Yeah, just like "Temple
of Doom", right, Dad?
Yeah.
I'm Indiana Jones.
You could be Short Round
With how easily you get scared,
it's more like I'm Indie and you're Willy.
Well, the good news is
there's no witch doctors
on the bridge,
and I'm pretty sure there's
no alligators down below.
(sighs) Bad news is God only knows
when they've done any
maintenance on this thing,
and I'm pretty sure the DNR's
forgotten that it even exists.
Well, let's go check it out.
(water gushing)
(water gushing)
(brooding music)
Okay, since I weigh about
the same as the two of you,
I'll be the test.
I figure worst case scenario,
I could see Emily a little
sooner than I expected.
- Pops!
- Stop it, huh?
Just kidding.
But you know, I am a little jealous
that Jesus is eating
Grandma's pot roast and I'm not.
All right, here we go.
(brooding music continuous) (water gushing)
(ropes creaking)
Wait, wait, honey,
let's go one at a time.
I don't trust this thing.
I think we're good.
Okay. All right.
Careful.
(brooding music continues) (ropes creaking)
(wood cracking)
(Jenna thuds) (Jenna screams)
(Jenna sobbing and grunting)
We're okay. (Jenna whimpering)
Honey, can you gimme your arm?
No, it's stuck.
- It's stuck, it hurts.
- Okay.
Think I broke it. (sobbing)
It's broken?
Shit.
Okay, okay, lemme, lemme.
Can you, can you get it
out on your own at all?
- No.
- Gimme, gimme your right arm.
I can't, Dad, it is stuck.
- It's stuck.
- I can't move it.
Okay. Shit.
(Jenna whimpering)
We're gonna get that outta there
before these ropes give way.
I'm gonna push on this for you.
Can you get your arm out, honey?
- Okay.
- Ow!
Okay. (Jenna whimpering)
(tense music)
(both grunting)
Okay, let's get to Pop.
That a girl.
That a girl.
Okay. Okay.
(Jenna grunting) (tense music continues)
- Okay.
- Ow!
All right.
(Jenna gasping) (Poops grunting)
(Jenna moaning)
Oh God.
Ed, she's hurt real bad.
(Jenna sobbing) (Pops grunting)
Good.
All right, scoot up there.
Scoot up there girl.
It's okay, honey.
[Pops] She's hurt bad.
She's hurt bad.
- Ed.
- Here, I need you
to tear me some strips of
tape so I can get her arm.
I know.
What are we doing?
I'm gonna splint the arm.
I just need you to tear - Okay
some pieces for me.
Look at me, look at me, look at me.
Breathe. Breathe.
I know, I know.
I know.
Okay, I'm gonna use this as a splint.
[David] It's okay, honey.
(Jenna sobbing)
Okay, it's gonna hurt.
- Hang in there.
- Breathe.
Breathe. Breathe.
(Jenna grunts)
[David] Are we gonna be
able to walk out of here, Ed.
Yeah, we are.
I'd say take another bridge,
but there's no other bridge.
- Breathe.
- We can't, we can't.
- There's no shortcut?
- No, we gotta walk.
We got like 15 to 18 miles on trail
to get to the Gunflint Trail
to get back to Grand Moray.
So we're just gonna have to.
And as far as we can.
We've got, like, three hours of daylight.
So we'll just, if we can
get in five or six miles.
- I know.
- Okay, okay.
- I know, I know, I know.
- Can you-
Will you please try and look at me?
Look at me, breathe, breathe, breathe.
Can you walk five miles today?
- I don't need my arm to walk.
- You can do this,
you can do this, you can do this.
Okay, okay.
[Pops] All right.
(Jenna moaning)
Here you go, up, up, up, up.
[David] Careful.
Okay.
Look at me, look at me, look at me.
Breathe. Breathe.
All right, here we go, here we go.
(Jenna grunting)
Wait up, sport.
(birds chirping)
Hey, Jenna, how's that arm?
It's fine.
[David] Are you sure?
And it hurts like hell,
but it's not gonna get better
every time you talk about it.
[David] Okay.
You know, for as many stories as I have
where I shoulda broken a bone,
I, I never have.
[Jenna] Really?
Yeah, I had a lotta sprains,
a lotta stiff, sore muscles,
but I never broke a bone.
Well, I do not recommend it.
Hurts like a bitch.
I bet.
(Pops exhales sharply)
Aah.
Maybe.
Oh, yeah.
This looks like as about
as good as spot as any.
I wanna to get further,
but we don't have a
whole lotta daylight left.
I'll go collect some wood
out in the forest here,
and if you can start on
the tent and hammocks,
- that'd be great.
- Okay.
Um, what about me?
You're on the injured reserve list.
You just rest.
(tent poles clattering)
(tent poles clattering)
[David] Let's see here.
Yeah.
Uh, you know you're doing it wrong.
Oh yeah?
What do you know, Ms. Hammock?
I've set up a lotta tents before.
(David scoffs)
[David] Okay, smart Alec,
why don't you show me what you got?
Well, you gotta put the stakes in first.
Oh.
(stakes clinking)
Ah.
(David grunts)
(tent poles clattering)
(Jenna chuckles)
(David chuckles)
(David sighs)
I guess I should've
practiced before we left.
Here.
Thanks.
[David] How's your arm?
[Jenna] It's fine.
And then you. Yeah.
[David] We just feed it through?
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh.
(Pops chuckles)
Aah!
Hey, quite a team there. (chuckles)
God, I haven't seen that old tent in years.
That must a added a
couple pounds of your pack.
Well, I don't know, it wasn't too bad.
[Pops] You shoulda
packed the instructions,
might a, might a helped
a little bit. (chuckles)
And then put it in there.
Okay.
See, you only need one hand.
- Uh-huh.
- Uh-huh.
(insects chirping)
(fire crackling)
Pops, these venison steaks are amazing.
Yeah, there's nothing like fresh meat
cooked over an open flame here.
Here, a chaser.
You know, I, I gotta say,
(chuckles) I'm r-really proud of you guys.
That whole bridge collapse
thing was really scary.
An- and you guys showed a lotta courage
and a lotta resilience.
An- and I'm sorry I got us into this mess.
And I, I'm so sorry about your arm, Jenna.
I'll be fine.
It hurts a lot,
but it'll be fine.
So, Ed, what, what is the plan here?
I mean, after we get to
the end of the Gunflint,
how much further do we have to Grand Moray?
Uh, I think it's about 25 miles or so.
25 miles!
Are we walking that whole way?
Oh, no, no, no.
Once we get to the
Gunflint Trail, we'll hitchhike.
Wait, hitchhike?
No, no, no, no.
People pick up hitchhiker on the Gunflint.
It's all because of Gunflint Gary.
[David] Who's Gunflint Gary?
As the story goes,
Gunflint Gary murdered
somebody up in Duluth,
and he fled up to the Gunflint on foot.
Well, he hiked and hitchhiked for days
and nobody pick 'em up.
He noticed a car that had passed him by,
followed them, their
trail, up to their camp.
Killed 'em just outta spite.
They say that he lives
like a hermit up here
in the Boundary Water still to this day.
Why didn't he just steal the car?
He's got everything he needs up here.
But he was running away from the cops.
Couldn't they find him?
That's right.
This area is so vast,
you're only seen if you wanna be.
This has gotta be BS.
Jenna, this is just a ghost story, honey.
Well, maybe.
But you know what?
It's a common enough tale
that people pick up
hitchhikers on the Gunflint.
Why do they call it Gunflint, anyway?
Well, it's, it's the
chert rock that's here.
It's all over the place.
It's this black stone,
and it's got iron and red jasper in it,
and, and it's everywhere you look up here.
And they used to call it flint rock.
Eh, that's not really
a geo-geological term.
It's just, it's just any rock
that produces a spark.
Like the first French explorers
that came through here called
this area lac des pierrafeusille,
which means lake of the flintstone.
And as a matter of fact,
they named that river that
runs over there Fred Flintstone.
And that lake over there Wilma.
[David] Pops. (Jenna sighs)
(chuckles) Okay.
Hey, you guys, I only got so many stories.
What can I say?
That story was funny the first time.
Second and third time
wasn't that bad either.
It's old news now.
(fire crackling) (insects chirping)
Hey, Dad.
[David] Yeah.
When was the last time you saw your dad?
I was a pretty young, sport.
Like eight or nine.
What do you remember about him?
I dunno, he was tall and skinny.
He had scraggly hair,
pucked face, scruffy beard.
These two tattoos on his arms,
I, I don't remember what they were.
They were kinda faded.
So is that one he left Nana?
He left Nana when I was two.
I'm not even sure he was my real father.
But I'm not sure who else it would be.
So when did you see him?
In jail.
Nana would take me to visit. (sighs)
I think she thought the,
the bars and the handcuffs
would force him to face me.
Some people just won't face the truth
unless you get them pinned
down like that, you know?
So he never took you camping?
(David scoffs)
Hey, uh, Dave.
My turn.
No, sport, he never
took me camping. (sighs)
He never did much of anything for me.
First time I went camping
was with Pops and Grandma,
before she passed.
Your mom was there.
[Jenna] And where was I?
(chuckles) You weren't even a thought.
We just got engaged.
Hmm, I didn't know what to make
of a guy who'd never been
up in the woods before.
But it was clear he loved your mom.
Why the woods?
And why did that matter so much?
Well, the woods, they
show you who you are.
They teach people that
you can't control everything.
And you learn how to handle pain better.
Like taking a long
hike with a broken wrist.
You know, you don't have
to be grizzly freaking Adams
to be a man, Pops.
I mean, I work pretty hard.
Jenna wants to go to college one day.
I gotta pay for that.
That's why I work the long hours.
Beth wants the kitchen redone-
Okay, but is it really a sacrifice
if you don't have to spend
time with your family?
I'm here, aren't I?
Yeah, if you hadn't dropped
your phone in the river,
you'd be on it right now.
That's bullshit.
That's a mature man.
Is that what you're tryin'
to teach your daughter?
You know, I'm tryin' to teach my daughter
the best I know how.
I didn't have a dad to show me how
and no one to take interest in me.
I don't know how to put up a tent.
I don't know to make a fire.
- It's not about putting up
a tent and makin' a fire.
It's about, (scoffs) nobody
knows how to be a parent.
I mean, babies don't come
with an instruction manual.
And teenagers, (chuckles) they sure don't.
When I was a kid, my dad
would whip me with a belt
for the slightest infraction.
That's what they did then.
Now we call it abuse.
But if I've learned anything
from raising any of my kids,
I learned something new every time.
But the main thing that I
learned was you gotta be present.
You gotta participate
in raising those children.
So just, just stop whining
and feeling sorry for yourself,
and man up, David!
You know what, I don't need to take this.
Get up. Walk away.
Turn your back on it
like it's not my crap to deal with.
I'll see you two in the mornin'.
(tent zipper whirring)
(Pops grunts)
(Pops moaning) (soft music)
(moaning) Oh no.
(Pops moaning continues)
(Pops breathing heavily)
(Pops grunting)
(Pops moaning)
(Pops breathing deeply)
(Pops muttering)
(Pops moaning and groaning)
Jenna.
- Pops?
- Jenna.
Pops!
Oh my god.
Dad!
Pops. (Pops moaning)
Pops?
Pops?
Jen, what's the matter?
What happened? Did he fall?
Pops? (Pops moaning)
- What?
- My chest.
[David] He says it's his chest, its.
What are you, what are you doing?
His pills. Where his pills.
What pills?
I.
His nitro pills.
His heart medication.
He's been on them for years.
I don't know anything about it, I just.
[Jenna] (sighs) Of course you didn't.
Jenna, it's not my fault
he's havin' a heart attack, honey.
Jenna!
Of course it's your fault.
You don't even know he
was on the fucking medication!
You don't know anything about him!
You don't know anything about me!
What's my favorite class?
What's my least favorite class?
Who are my friends?
You don't even know if I have a boyfriend
or a girlfriend or anything!
- Wait, you're gay?
- No!
That's what you're getting out of this?
No, honey, I.
(soft brooding music)
Jenna. Jenna!
Pops is sick.
I need your help.
You, I.
Look, I'm sorry, I, I've,
I've been a jerk, I.
Work's got me wrapped up and I,
I've been distracted.
Hey, I need you to forgive me.
We gotta help Pops here.
I can't do it by myself.
If Pops lives, I'll think about it.
Ed. (Pops groaning)
- Ed.
- It's all right.
Okay, Jenna, he's, he's real sick.
All right, your arm all of a
sudden is small potatoes, okay?
I need your help.
I know you're pissed at me,
you have every right,
but we gotta figure this out, okay?
How do we get him out?
(soft brooding music)
Okay.
Ooh, good. Yeah, a stretcher.
Um, I'll go grab some sticks, okay?
(soft brooding music continues)
Ow.
(soft brooding music continues)
(David grunts)
[David] You remember
those knots that Pops taught ya?
(strap whirrs)
Okay, he's good.
[David] Okay, I'm
gonna, I'll roll him over,
we'll get him underneath.
Okay, good.
- [Jenna] There you go.
- [David] Yeah.
Grab this foot here.
- Okay.
- [Jenna] Got it?
- Okay.
- [David] I think so.
- You ready?
- [Jenna] Okay, roll 'em.
[David] Yeah.
- Let's roll 'em.
- [Jenna] Very easy, easy.
Easy.
- Okay.
- [David] okay.
Okay, good.
Just straighten his legs out.
Okay.
[Jenna] For just in case it rains.
Okay. All right.
- Are we ready?
- [Jenna] Yeah.
Okay.
Aah, shit.
The tent.
We're gonna need it.
All right.
Just pull 'em outta the pegs, honey?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
You need help with your hand?
No.
Ah, here.
I'm fine!
(Jenna grunts)
Okay.
(David grunts)
Jen, if we can't do this together,
it ain't gonna happen.
Okay.
I'll hold this.
Okay.
Like that?
Okay.
- Same thing here?
- Yeah.
Okay.
(grunts) Ow.
(Jenna groans)
- Okay.
- I think we're good.
- [David] Yeah? Okay.
- Wait, wait.
Where's my compass?
Ow.
Pops said we were
supposed to go southeast, so...
That way.
All right.
(David exhales sharply)
You ready?
(David grunts)
Okay.
(Jenna grunts)
(David grunts)
Okay.
You say when, honey?
- It's okay, we can go.
- Okay.
Ah, shit.
(birds chirping)
Honey.
Yeah?
I think we went the wrong way.
The sun is supposed
to be in front of us here
and it's, it's, it's not.
- Shit.
- I know.
Can we take a break?
Yeah, let's go ahead.
You okay?
(both grunts)
How's your arm?
It's fine.
Okay, do we have the map?
Yeah.
Okay, so.
- Can you hold it?
- Yeah.
So.
So we crossed that stream about, like,
an hour or so ago.
Okay.
We must have missed
the fork and the trail.
- No, it's okay.
- Shit.
It's okay, honey.
You were behind me, it was dark.
It's okay.
It's, it's okay.
So if we cross that stream,
and we're supposed to be at that peak.
Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, it.
Look, we backtrack a little bit.
We get back on the trail and keep goin'.
It's another 45 minutes, okay?
Okay.
All right.
You wanna put this away?
(Jenna grunts)
(Jenna grunts)
That a girl.
(both grunting)
You okay?
You got it?
Okay.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
All right.
(Jenna breathing heavily)
(rain pattering)
(Pops groaning)
- Dad, Dad, Pops.
- Yeah, okay.
- Just wait.
- All right.
Nice and easy.
(David grunts)
(Pops moaning)
Pops.
(Pops muttering)
Get some water
(Pops breathing heavily an moaning)
Pops
Hey, Pops.
Pops.
(Pops breathing heavily)
(Pops gagging and coughing)
(Pops moaning)
Just go.
[David] No, no. No, Pops.
Just go. (sobbing)
No. (speaks faintly)
Jenna.
Jenna!
(Pops breathing heavily an moaning)
Jenna.
Jenna.
(sobbing) Don't talk to me.
Jenna.
I'm sorry.
I don't think I can do it anymore.
I don't think I can carry him.
He's just, he's just gonna
die anyway. (panting)
Jenna.
Pops is in rough shape, okay.
You're right.
Okay, I'm not a doctor,
but there's a good chance
he's not gonna make it
on that hammock back there, okay?
But listen to me.
If there's even a, a
1% chance that he will,
we've gotta get him
outta here into a hospital.
Okay?
Either we carry him out
here for one more day, okay?
Or you carry him on your
shoulder for the rest of your life.
(Jenna sobbing)
Oh shit.
Oh god.
(Jenna sobbing) (rain pattering)
That was too far.
Okay.
Okay, we, we can do this, okay?
We can do this.
Okay?
I'm here, and you're
here for Pops, all right?
(Jenna sobbing)
Let's do it together, come on.
Okay.
Come on.
Come on.
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-Hoo
(slow-paced country music)
You gotta keep moving,
ain't no slowing down
I'm in war with the devil
and I need some solid ground
There ain't no turning back
No, not that way
Whoa, and the cup that I've been given
I can't give it away
But I try
Yes, I try
And I cry
Yes, I cry
Oh
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
I feel 'em burning
deep down in my bones
I don't know a thousand hours
So far away from home
Oh, I'll be a soldier
till the battle's done
When I look up through the heavens
I know this war is won
And I try
Yes, I try
But I cry
Yes, I cry
Oh
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Yes, I cry, yes, I cry, yes, I cry
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo
(slow-paced country music)
(Jenna and David grunt)
[Jenna] Hey, Dad.
Yeah?
Remember when you said how being an adult
is doing what you don't wanna do?
Yeah.
I'm starting to get that now.
[David] This has
been a tough trip, honey.
We didn't even catch any fish.
I was so looking forward to going fishing.
Ow!
You okay?
[Jenna] Yeah.
I gotta be honest
that I know you love this,
but the fishing and all that,
it's just not my thing.
I'm not good at it.
Isn't being an adult
doing things that are hard?
It is, but there's a difference
between doing the things that are hard
'cause you do it by choice
and the things you do
that are hard that you just,
you have to do.
Sitting on my butt at a ball game.
That's easy.
Work is hard.
(Jenna grunts)
But Mom said you're
really good at your job.
Yeah, I guess I am, I.
The only thing fulfilling
about my job, honey,
though, is that I am good at it. (chuckles)
It's not like I'm making
any good in the world with it.
They just pay me.
Don't you get rich in the process though,
and that makes you happy?
(chuckles) Well, they just
pay me to do my job, honey.
For every dollar I make,
the company makes five or more.
It's kinda like I'm a storm trooper
working for the evil empire. (grunts)
- You okay?
- Yeah.
At the end of the day,
the world's not a better
place for what I do.
[Jenna] I do not wanna
end up in a job like that.
(chuckles) I don't want
that for you either, sport.
(birds chirping)
(Jenna grunts)
You okay?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Oh, wow!
Look at that sunset.
Let's put 'em down, yeah?
(Jenna grunting)
(David grunts)
Are you okay?
How's that arm, huh?
It didn't really hurt, um,
until you said something.
I think I blocked it out.
I'm glad you could block it out.
- Sorry I mentioned it.
- It's fine.
Can we, can we stop here for tonight?
We have, um, the last I checked the map,
we just, we got another six miles to go.
You know, maybe we should stay here.
I mean, we could probably be where we need
to be by noon tomorrow.
- Should we do that?
- Yeah.
All right.
I'll set up camp here.
I'll get you pack.
(fire crackling)
- Hey, Dad.
- Yeah?
I thought a lot today about your dad
and I'm sad I'm never
gonna get to meet him.
Hmm.
Yeah, I'm sad about that too.
But, you know, I still think
you're a really good dad.
Thanks, Jenna.
I'm sure it must've been hard for you,
trying to figure out everything
about how to be a dad
when you never really had one growing up.
Yeah, it made it hard at times.
But life is hard, you know?
I mean, everybody wants you to be perfect
at everything, right?
I feel like, I don't know.
I feel like I'm supposed
to be the perfect employee,
you know, perfect boss,
and the perfect neighbor,
and husband, and.
I feel like I'm supposed
to be the perfect dad.
But I always come up short, you know?
Like you're never good enough.
That's how I feel. (Jenna chuckles)
What?
Everyday, I feel like I'm not enough.
(scoffs) I sit at lunch
with my friends at school
and I think to myself,
do these people actually even like me,
or are they just pretending?
I go on social media all the time
and I judge myself.
I see these terrible comments
of people saying things like,
"you're so ugly, fat, desperate."
And it's like we all go around
with these red pens just
grading each other all the time
and waiting for someone to make a mistake
so we can feel better about ourselves.
And I'm tired of it.
I'm so tired of feeling scared
of someone just waiting
for me to make a mistake.
I'm tired of not feeling like I'm enough,
to be liked by my peers or loved by my dad.
Hey.
Hey, don't ever say that.
Look, you're the best thing
that's ever happened to me.
[Jenna] Then why are you never home?
Why are you always at work
instead of being with me and Mom?
I don't know, I.
Because it's easier.
I'm killing it at work.
I know what I'm doin'.
And when it comes to showing
you how much I love you,
I, I guess I'm scared
that I'm gonna mess up
so I, I guess I've quit tryin'.
Dad, just try.
That's all I can ask.
Push through that fear,
and know that I'm scared too.
(scoffs) I think we're all a little scared.
That's why I love going up here.
The woods terrify me
and inspire me all at the same time.
I feel so strong and yet so small up here.
There's this quietness.
It drowns out everything
that stresses me out
from back home.
It just gives me this clean slate.
(sighs) And, you know, Dad,
I know you're trying.
You really suck at it sometimes,
(chuckles) but I know
you're trying to be a good dad.
So many of my friends'
fathers don't even try.
They don't care.
And some of them just
give up and get a divorce.
But you pushed through
and you stay with us.
Even now, after everything
that has happened.
(sighs) And because of that...
I forgive you.
Thanks, Jenna.
I love you, you know that?
I love you too, Dad.
(birds chirping)
(tent zipper whirring)
(urine trickling)
(David yawning)
(pants zipper whirrs)
(David grunts)
(David groans)
Ed, we're gonna keep movin'.
Ed, I think we should.
Shit.
(melancholic music)
Oh, Pops.
Oh god.
Oh.
(David sobs)
(melancholic music continue)
(David exhales sharply)
(David sighs)
Jenna, (clears throat)
we should get movin'.
Honey, it.
- Hi.
- Mornin'.
(David exhales sharply)
Honey, Pops didn't make it last night.
No, um.
- I just checked his breathing
- The nearest to hospital,
- it's so.
- No, he's.
- It's close.
- Honey.
- No.
- He didn't.
No, Pops.
(grunts) Pops.
Pops.
Pops?
Pops. (sobbing)
Pops. (sobbing)
(melancholic music)
No. No.
Pops, please, no, no, no, no. (sobbing)
Please, no, Pops.
Please wake up. (sobbing)
Just, just wake up. (sobbing)
It's okay, Pops, it's okay.
(Jenna sobbing)
(melancholic music continues)
Wake up. (sobbing)
Please, please.
Why won't you wake up?
(Jenna sobbing)
(melancholic music continues)
Jenna.
(Jenna sobbing)
(David sighs)
I know.
(Jenna sobbing)
(melancholic music continues)
It's okay.
- He loved you so much.
- I know.
He'll be fine. (sobbing)
But I'm not ready. (sobbing)
I'm not ready. (sobbing)
I don't know what to do without him.
Look.
(melancholic music continues)
He taught you everything you know.
About being strong.
(Jenna sobbing)
(David exhales sharply)
But I miss him. (sobbing)
I know.
I need you to be strong.
We gotta get you to a hospital.
You okay?
Besides, (sobs) he's probably
enjoying grandma's pot roast right now.
(both chuckle)
(Jenna sobbing)
So, if we break camp,
we could probably get outta here by noon.
Are you up for it?
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
(David speaks faintly)
- Are you okay?
- Yep.
(Jenna grunting)
(Jenna sighs)
- Okay, I'm good.
- [David] Okay, let's go.
(David panting)
(distant rumbling)
Dad, I, I think I hear something.
What's that?
I, I hear a car.
I think we're close to the road.
(distant rumbling continues)
I think it might be a waterfall, sport.
No, it's a car.
[David] I hear what you hear.
The, the volume doesn't change, it just.
It's not moving.
I think it's a waterfall, honey.
We gotta keep goin'.
Fine.
(water gushing)
I've never been more mad seeing a waterfall
in my entire life.
I was positive that it was the road.
I know.
I know.
You know, I saw a waterfall
on the map this morning
that was halfway to the road.
We stay in this trail,
we'll be to the road by one o'clock.
How are we gonna tell Mom?
I'll tell her.
I'll tell her.
She's gonna be heartbroken.
Every time I see a
waterfall for the rest of my life,
I'm gonna remember Pops and this whole,
this whole trip.
(birds chirping)
(David pants)
[David] I think it's
just up over this hill.
[Jenna] You said that about
every hill for the past hour.
I know, but it's just past these pines.
[Jenna] So you're pining for the road?
When did your jokes get so cheesy?
[Jenna] I was so looking
forward to spending time
with you on this trip.
Maybe I should have been
careful for what I wished for.
[David] Well, it'll be
good on your dad jokes.
[Jenna] God, please leave me here.
(chuckles) Thought about it.
But we're almost there.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(David panting) (truck driver grunting)
Okay.
(stretcher thuds)
Can I go in the back?
Yeah, no problem.
- That all right?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
(Jenna grunts)
You sure?
Yeah.
(truck engine roaring)
- [David] Good.
- [Driver] It's open.
[David] Okay, I'm in.
That girl looks like she's been
through hell last couple days.
(sighs) We all have.
I wish for her sake Pops
would've made it, but.
(exhales sharply) And that man worked hard,
but he always found time for his family.
He didn't get caught
up in the little things.
She lost her hero back there.
He always stuck to his guns, you know?
Sounds like a good man.
He was a good man.
Can you pull over?
What?
Just pull the truck over here.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)