Essex County (2023) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
1
The County wants to know that
you can look after yourself.
Otherwise, you're going to
have to go into a nursing home.
Well, the worry now, of
course, is that, you know, he
he wanders off again,
gets lost, uh, maybe gets confused.
How come you stayed away so long,
didn't come back 'til after Dad died?
What happened between you two?
I'm pregnant.
What the hell are we going to do?
You're just another person.
I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
I want to live with you.
I'm looking into buying
the garage. I mean
WOMAN: Claire's will gave
you temporary custody.
We need to file a court
order to make that permanent,
but we cannot move on that
until the biological
father signs the notice.
There you are. I was
afraid that they got you.
I've got some papers I
need your father to sign.
Bank says they need them
by the end of the month,
or you won't get that
refinancing you want.
ANNE: What happened? Are you okay?
MAN: Bethy.
I'm just so sorry for all of it.
Claire wanted you away from that kid.
You know, Kenny, I seem to remember, uh,
you picking a fight with me once before.
He's my dad. I can do what I want.
- (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
- I'll see you soon!
- I'll see you soon!
- (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
(CLUCKING)
♪
♪
- Those are mine.
- I know that. Why don't you
sit down? We need to
talk about last night.
What were you doing in my room?
You lied to me. About where
you been, who you've been with.
You don't want me here.
Lester, that that is not true.
I'm I'm responsible for you!
I don't need your permission!
Yeah, you do! Your mom
left me in charge of you!
- Yeah! I wish she hadn't!
- Well, too bad! She did!
- For good reason, too!
- Jimmy's a really good guy,
- and you don't even know him.
- We've known him
a lot longer than (SIGHING)
Okay. Look. If you want to
if you want to see Jimmy,
maybe we could work something out,
but this isn't the way to do it.
You know I'm going to
live with him, right?
Is that what he's been telling you?
He is my real dad. You are not.
- Mom was an idiot.
- Stop it before you say
- something you're going to regret.
- I don't want to be here anymore! Fuck you!
That that is enough! Hey!
Lester!
Oh, my God.
♪
(BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRPING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
♪
(PEOPLE CHATTERING QUIETLY)
Mind if I join you?
LOU: Hmm?
You mind if I join you?
I can't hear.
Uh, would you like some company?
Is this chair taken?
- What? Bacon?
- No, I said "taken."
(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Fuck off. Get out of here!
Leave me alone.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING QUIETLY)
Mm.
- Mr. Lebeuf?
- Huh?
NURSE: Is your hearing aid not working?
No, it's fine. It gives me
good selective hearing.
You know, it might do you good
to try to make some friends.
Yeah? You think so?
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't.
NURSE: Come on. That
attitude isn't fooling anyone.
Peter told me about you, you know.
Said you're all bark and no bite.
- Oh, Peter.
- Mm-hmm.
You know Fuckhead?
- Mr. Lebeuf
- If you keep urging me
to go over and cozy
up to those drool cups,
you're going to hear
a lot worse than that.
(BELL CLANGING)
(GROANING)
BETH: It would destroy him if he knew.
(LOU GROANING)
NURSE: Lou? Are you okay?
Who are you?
Where is she?
- Anne?
- Yeah.
- NURSE: Uh
- Do you know her?
Do you know her?
Why don't we head back
to your room for a rest?
- I I'm just helping you
- No, no, no, don't.
- Yeah.
- No. No.
- I can help you.
- I can't go back there.
- It's okay. It's alright.
- No! No!
Okay.
No. It's not what she promised me.
That wasn't the deal.
Okay. I'm going to
help you stand up, okay?
On the count of three.
One. Two. Three.
- There we go.
- Oh.
Oh.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Lester
(BANGING)
(DINGING)
(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
(ENGINE STARTING)
(SIREN BUZZING)
(SIGHING)
Jimmy.
- You know, I think you made a wrong turn.
- Yeah.
Tim Hortons is a mile back.
(CHUCKLING)
You were going 20 over.
I'm not going to give
you a ticket, though.
I need to talk to you.
I got a call from a buddy in Brampton.
Told me about the trouble
you got yourself into last month.
Yeah. Well, that's, uh, that's
that's all in the past, so
Is it?
Give me a break.
- I'm just trying to live my life here.
- Okay. Let's cut the crap.
Whatever trouble you got following you,
I don't need it around here.
Better watch yourself, Jimmy.
♪
(CAR DOOR OPENING)
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
♪
(ENGINE TURNING OFF)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
- BOY 1: You took my bag.
- BOY 2: No, I did not take
- your bag!
- BOY 1: Yes, you did.
Give me the damn bag.
MAN: Hey, will you two knock it off?
- (ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
- God. Stop!
How many times do I have to tell you?
(BOYS ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
BOY 2: What is your problem?
(BOYS ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
Tell Michael if he doesn't
shape up he's out of the program.
I've I've warned him.
No. You just keep an eye on him, okay?
Yeah. Right.
(BEEPING)
(CLEARING THROAT)
Hi, Dad.
Is all well?
Uh, what what are you?
Are you, like, the guardian
of the lost souls here
or something?
I do what I can.
Uh, your your grandson
is, uh, doing good
since he lost his mom, by the way.
He's in my prayers.
So are you.
He doesn't need your prayers.
He needs a secure base.
- I agree.
- (CHUCKLING)
I'm not here for your opinion.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE: Fight! Fight! Fight!
Wait. I have to take care of something.
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
I told you two to stop it!
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
The rest of you, go back
to what you were doing!
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(KEN SIGHING)
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
Sorry. (SIGHING)
Sometimes, you just have
to remove a bad apple.
(CHUCKLING) Doesn't matter.
So, how are you, Ken?
(LAUGHING) Really? Okay.
Uh, you know, I, uh,
I met a really nice guy, actually.
In Essex County, if you can
believe that. (CHUCKLING)
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. Not interested?
Okay. Let's talk about the farm.
Uh, I've been putting
a lot of work into it.
Uh, Claire usually
took care of all this
you know, the farm paperwork, etc
but she's gone, so here I am.
(SIGHING)
So you need me to sign something.
I need you to sign the farm over.
You didn't work it a day in your life
since Granddad passed it on.
I've been working it alone for years.
I care about it a lot. That
should be reason enough,
but, uh, now that I'm Lester's guardian,
I need the security of the title.
If Jimmy ever contests Claire's
wishes with the custody
It's just paperwork. It won't make
an iota of difference to your life.
You sure you want to keep the
arrangements the way they are?
What do you mean?
For the child. Where he
lives, who looks after him.
I do. That's what Claire wanted.
Well, I thought maybe
you'd reconsidered.
Why?
Claire was not in her right mind.
And you're not a suitable guardian.
(JACKHAMMER RATTLING OUTSIDE)
I'm not signing that.
Mm. You're a hypocrite.
Always have been.
No, no, no, no.
Stop holding me hostage with that farm.
If you want to do one genuinely
good thing in your life,
just sign it over.
You'll never see me again,
and we both get what we want.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY OUTSIDE)
♪
(BIKE WHEELS CLICKING)
(CHIMING)
- (BIKE WHEELS CLICKING)
-
GIRL: Hey.
I saw your bike up there.
Wow. Did you build all this?
Yeah. Well, my dad helped me, too.
Is that who you're waiting for?
I thought your dad was that hockey guy.
Yeah. Why?
Nothing. My dad just said he was
- What?
- Just that he didn't
- live here anymore.
- Well, he does,
and I'm going to live with him.
Wait. What about your uncle?
That was temporary.
I'm moving in with my dad.
Okay. Cool.
Yeah. I'm just going
to go do some chores.
What kind of chores?
Like, feed chickens and stuff.
Wait. Real chickens? Baby chicks?
Yeah, but they're not babies anymore.
- Cool.
- LESTER: Do you want to come?
Definitely.
♪
He's been coming in and out.
Clear enough at times, then
just off in his own world.
ANNE: But is he You
think he's getting worse?
NURSE: See for yourself.
ANNE: Thank you.
(KNOCKING)
Lou?
LOU: Hmm?
Hmm.
I want to be left alone, okay?
I don't think that's true.
I think you wanted me to know.
Do you remember giving me this?
Oh. I want to go home.
ANNE: That's not up to me anymore.
- (LOU GROANING)
- Hey.
Lou. Lou? Come on.
Don't Listen. Don't drift
off on me, not right now.
You owe me that.
Boy, you're something when
you're fired up, aren't you?
I'm having a bit of a moment.
Your mother was just like that.
- You know?
- I know.
We thought it was best
for everyone concerned.
That's what we decided.
Keep the past the past.
Who decided? Who? You and Mom?
Mm.
ANNE: But Dad knew?
Right. Of course he knew.
Why didn't anybody tell me?
We just agreed it
was best for everyone.
You've been back here for 10 years.
They were dead and gone.
I I reached out to you.
I wanted you to be part of my life.
I promised Vince I'd stay away from you.
But he's not here.
I am!
Huh.
ANNE: Do you Do you have any idea
what it would have meant
to me to know the truth?
I spent my life
trying to win my father over.
I don't know what to say.
ANNE: Say anything.
Say something that will make it better.
♪
I got nothing for you.
I'm just empty.
I always have been. I don't know.
♪
- (LOU GROANING)
- (ANNE BREATHING HEAVILY)
♪
MAN: I've been meaning to tell you.
Mike Girard was in here the other night.
He was asking about you.
Says he hasn't seen you since
you played Junior B together.
He says, "I guess Jimmy's
too good for us now."
I was like, "Nah. Jimmy's
just busy, is all."
- Hmm.
- And then he starts talking shit.
"Jimmy ain't all that."
He says, "He only played one game
and thinks he's God's gift."
Freaking guy.
Never could keep his mouth from running.
You see,
that pisses me off.
BARTENDER: What, jerks
like him running their yaps?
JIMMY: No. Just all
everybody ever talks about
is that one game where I got hurt.
You know, no one ever talks
about what it took to get there.
(CHUCKLING)
When I was a kid,
I, uh, used to wake up my dad
extra early before hockey practice, eh?
(CHUCKLING) Just beg him
to take me to the rink early
so I could get out there, do some work.
After everybody left,
I'd still be on the ice.
My dad, he'd still be trying
to get me off the God damn ice.
I just never wanted to
get off it, you know?
And you know, um,
I had hands, eh?
I scored goals, made plays.
I just kept growing, God damn growing.
Before I knew it, I
was bigger than anybody
I'd ever seen before, and, uh
And that's when the coaches
started looking at me differently.
They just wanted me to do
damage, you know, wreak havoc,
go after the stars on
the other team, you know?
It just wasn't in me.
I'm out on the ice, and
one of those star players, he decides
to just ram me head first
into the boards, right?
Just hit me right in the numbers.
Everything went black.
Then I came to, and everything was numb.
Couldn't move. I thought I
was fucking paralyzed, right?
And, uh
I was so scared.
Then all of a sudden,
you know, I start
start feeling my fingers
again and my toes, you know,
start feeling my arms,
start feeling my legs.
And then right right in my gut,
all I feel is fucking rage.
So I go out there on the ice,
take my time,
line him up perfectly.
I hit that poor kid
harder than I ever hit anything
in my whole God damn life.
I thought I killed him.
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
But he woke up a couple
days later, and I had become
the God damn goon they
wanted me to become, you know?
But you you made it, right?
So it all worked out.
Everything turned out hunky-dory, buddy.
(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
(SIGHING)
♪
(SIGHING)
♪
(GROANING)
Jesus.
(PHONE RINGING)
(JIMMY CLEARING THROAT)
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
Thought you might be dead, big man.
Oh, yeah. Sorry. I, uh
Getting busy. I need
this Ford done by 5:00.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. I slept in.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Uh-huh.
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
- Yeah?
- Where the hell were you?
I was waiting at the bank.
- I texted you. I
- Yeah. I know.
I, um I forgot.
I I got a lot of stuff going on.
Do you think about anyone but yourself?
Maybe, um, maybe we could
we we could go tomorrow?
(ANNE SCOFFING)
I'm going out of town.
- Figure it out yourself.
- (BEEPING)
So big Friday night.
What you got going on?
Nothing.
HAL: You're not going out?
- No.
- Man, I was you, I'd use it.
Yeah, well, you ain't me, Hal.
- Alright. Alright.
- JIMMY: Are you?
Alright.
Did you watch the game?
No.
HAL: Every single time they get a lead,
boom, they just let the other team
Ah!
Shit. You okay?
(PHONE RINGING)
Jimmy, you okay?
I'm fine!
HAL: Jim.
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
Jim!
(GRUNTING)
Whoa!
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
Fucking done.
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
♪
LESTER: There's one named Frank.
He's really cute. He's my favourite.
SAMANTHA: Can't wait to see him.
♪
- Where are they?
- KEN: Les, I'm sorry.
I was going to tell you.
I thought you knew I'd have to take them
when they got big enough.
I'm sorry, Les. That's
just the way things are.
Are you okay?
KEN: Les, there's a whole new
batch of chicks coming in soon.
♪
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(CHATTER CONTINUING)
(CHATTER CONTINUING)
(GROANING)
(CHATTER FADING OUT)
MAN: It's a big game for the Badgers.
If they fail to get the win tonight,
it could mean the end of
their once promising season
as they find themselves
down three games to one
in this best of seven against
the Peterborough Darts.
The Badgers were heavily
favoured to win this division
after their surprising ascent
- Huh?
- MAN: In the Eastern Conference this year.
Still no word on what is
ailing their star rookie winger,
but he seems to be out of
the line-up again tonight.
Lou.
Lou.
Lou, is that you?
Lou. Lou, we got to get of here.
MAN: Lou.
Hey, Pudge. What time is it?
PUDGE: How should I know, Lebeuf?
- (TAPE RIPPING LOUDLY)
- LOU: We got a game tonight?
Of course we do. What's wrong with you?
Eh, I don't know. I don't know.
(CLANGING LOUDLY)
PUDGE: Where's that brother of yours?
He flew the coop. Went home.
(HOCKEY STICK HITTING PUCK,
SKATES SCRAPING ON ICE)
PUDGE: What are you talking about?
(CROWD ROARING ON TV)
Uh, I'm, uh, I'm I'm
just not feeling that good.
Well, you better have
that game face on, eh?
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
(GRUNTING)
TV ANNOUNCER: best of seven
against the Peterborough Darts.
The Badgers were heavily
favoured to win this division
after their surprising ascent
in the Eastern Conference this year.
Still no word on what is
ailing their star rookie winger,
but he seems to be out of
the lineup again tonight.
(LOU GROANING)
MAN: Do not let your hearts be troubled.
- If you believe in God
- (SOMEONE CRYING SOFTLY)
believe also in me.
(PEOPLE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
My father's house has been
(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)
But I have told you
that I am going there
to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come back.
(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)
♪
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
Hey, Vince,
I'm sorry that I didn't
come to the funeral.
I just didn't, uh
How long your ears been like that, then?
Couple years.
They're not too bad now, but,
uh, getting worse all the time.
VINCE: Hmm.
Still driving bus, then?
Streetcar, yeah.
- Streetcar.
- Mm.
How is that?
Well, it's the job.
No complaints, I guess.
Are the kids here?
I-Is Anne, uh
Don't.
Look. I don't know what to say.
Then don't say nothing, hmm?
Don't say nothing, Lou.
That's what you're good at.
I'm sorry.
♪
You stay the fuck away from her.
And get off my farm.
♪
Leave our family alone! (ECHOING)
♪
No.
MAN ON SPEAKER: Attention all nurses.
Looking for (INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)
♪
(BIRDS CALLING)
Hey, Pudge.
So, you're going, then?
Guess so.
PUDGE: You, uh, sure about this?
You know I never been
too sure about anything.
I sat around Toronto,
waiting for the right time.
(BELL TOLLING)
Wake up. Forty years had gone by.
(BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
PUDGE: Well, you better get going.
- It's getting chilly.
- (BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
Yeah. Fall's coming.
(BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
See you, Pudge.
See you, Lebeuf.
(BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
- Hey, Lou.
- Yeah.
Go get her.
I'm going to.
(SIREN WAILING DISTANTLY,
CAR HORN HONKING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(KNOCKING)
Mom? Um
Is everything okay?
You haven't been answering your phone.
It's not that bad here.
It's actually pretty beautiful,
the campus.
Is this the part that you tell me
I should be more grateful?
No, Maggie. I
No. I just I always
liked these places.
That's all.
Look. I I am sorry
about how I was with you on
the phone the other night.
I was pushing my stuff on you,
and I don't want you to do anything
just for me or or
your dad or anybody.
I didn't come here with an agenda.
Oh, Maggie, I I don't
want you to make decisions
because you're uncomfortable.
Life is is full of uncomfortable,
and avoiding it will
Will make for a very small life.
What's going on?
Maggie
I don't know how it's going
to work out with your father.
♪
It's almost a relief
to hear you say that.
I'm sorry.
Sorry. I was supposed to come
here and take care of you.
- No.
- Make you feel better.
♪
Stay tonight.
- Okay.
- Okay.
And I'm sorry, and I love you.
♪
Please, sit. (LAUGHING)
I I can't I can't stay long.
You know, I got to I got to pick
Lester up from my mom's house.
Here. That'll help you relax.
Everything go okay with the, uh
What is it you went out of town for?
Your accountant?
Yeah. Yeah. It was good. It was fine.
It was fine.
(EXHALING) Yeah.
♪
(EXHALING)
Whew. This is just
♪
This is, uh
Thank you, you know?
It's it's been a
long time since some
- (SOBBING)
- Hey, hey.
(KEN SOBBING)
Oh, sorry.
No, no, no. You're okay.
(KEN CRYING)
KEN: Oh, this is ridiculous.
No.
Hey, uh, I, uh
I saw my father,
and he's
He's
♪
(GROANING) No, no, no, no.
It's fine, Ken. It's fine.
This is
No. I'm sorry.
- Hey.
- Um, it's ridiculous.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
You got a bit emotional. It's fine.
Ken!
I Uh, I can't do this. This I
You know, I got all this
I got all this legal
stuff going on, and
You deserve to be happy, too, you know?
♪
(CAR DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
(ENGINE STARTING)
♪
♪
♪
♪
Well, would you look at this!
♪
♪
The County wants to know that
you can look after yourself.
Otherwise, you're going to
have to go into a nursing home.
Well, the worry now, of
course, is that, you know, he
he wanders off again,
gets lost, uh, maybe gets confused.
How come you stayed away so long,
didn't come back 'til after Dad died?
What happened between you two?
I'm pregnant.
What the hell are we going to do?
You're just another person.
I didn't mean to hurt anyone.
I want to live with you.
I'm looking into buying
the garage. I mean
WOMAN: Claire's will gave
you temporary custody.
We need to file a court
order to make that permanent,
but we cannot move on that
until the biological
father signs the notice.
There you are. I was
afraid that they got you.
I've got some papers I
need your father to sign.
Bank says they need them
by the end of the month,
or you won't get that
refinancing you want.
ANNE: What happened? Are you okay?
MAN: Bethy.
I'm just so sorry for all of it.
Claire wanted you away from that kid.
You know, Kenny, I seem to remember, uh,
you picking a fight with me once before.
He's my dad. I can do what I want.
- (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
- I'll see you soon!
- I'll see you soon!
- (TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
(CLUCKING)
♪
♪
- Those are mine.
- I know that. Why don't you
sit down? We need to
talk about last night.
What were you doing in my room?
You lied to me. About where
you been, who you've been with.
You don't want me here.
Lester, that that is not true.
I'm I'm responsible for you!
I don't need your permission!
Yeah, you do! Your mom
left me in charge of you!
- Yeah! I wish she hadn't!
- Well, too bad! She did!
- For good reason, too!
- Jimmy's a really good guy,
- and you don't even know him.
- We've known him
a lot longer than (SIGHING)
Okay. Look. If you want to
if you want to see Jimmy,
maybe we could work something out,
but this isn't the way to do it.
You know I'm going to
live with him, right?
Is that what he's been telling you?
He is my real dad. You are not.
- Mom was an idiot.
- Stop it before you say
- something you're going to regret.
- I don't want to be here anymore! Fuck you!
That that is enough! Hey!
Lester!
Oh, my God.
♪
(BIRDS AND INSECTS CHIRPING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
♪
(PEOPLE CHATTERING QUIETLY)
Mind if I join you?
LOU: Hmm?
You mind if I join you?
I can't hear.
Uh, would you like some company?
Is this chair taken?
- What? Bacon?
- No, I said "taken."
(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Fuck off. Get out of here!
Leave me alone.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING QUIETLY)
Mm.
- Mr. Lebeuf?
- Huh?
NURSE: Is your hearing aid not working?
No, it's fine. It gives me
good selective hearing.
You know, it might do you good
to try to make some friends.
Yeah? You think so?
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't.
NURSE: Come on. That
attitude isn't fooling anyone.
Peter told me about you, you know.
Said you're all bark and no bite.
- Oh, Peter.
- Mm-hmm.
You know Fuckhead?
- Mr. Lebeuf
- If you keep urging me
to go over and cozy
up to those drool cups,
you're going to hear
a lot worse than that.
(BELL CLANGING)
(GROANING)
BETH: It would destroy him if he knew.
(LOU GROANING)
NURSE: Lou? Are you okay?
Who are you?
Where is she?
- Anne?
- Yeah.
- NURSE: Uh
- Do you know her?
Do you know her?
Why don't we head back
to your room for a rest?
- I I'm just helping you
- No, no, no, don't.
- Yeah.
- No. No.
- I can help you.
- I can't go back there.
- It's okay. It's alright.
- No! No!
Okay.
No. It's not what she promised me.
That wasn't the deal.
Okay. I'm going to
help you stand up, okay?
On the count of three.
One. Two. Three.
- There we go.
- Oh.
Oh.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Lester
(BANGING)
(DINGING)
(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
(ENGINE STARTING)
(SIREN BUZZING)
(SIGHING)
Jimmy.
- You know, I think you made a wrong turn.
- Yeah.
Tim Hortons is a mile back.
(CHUCKLING)
You were going 20 over.
I'm not going to give
you a ticket, though.
I need to talk to you.
I got a call from a buddy in Brampton.
Told me about the trouble
you got yourself into last month.
Yeah. Well, that's, uh, that's
that's all in the past, so
Is it?
Give me a break.
- I'm just trying to live my life here.
- Okay. Let's cut the crap.
Whatever trouble you got following you,
I don't need it around here.
Better watch yourself, Jimmy.
♪
(CAR DOOR OPENING)
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
♪
(ENGINE TURNING OFF)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
- BOY 1: You took my bag.
- BOY 2: No, I did not take
- your bag!
- BOY 1: Yes, you did.
Give me the damn bag.
MAN: Hey, will you two knock it off?
- (ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
- God. Stop!
How many times do I have to tell you?
(BOYS ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
BOY 2: What is your problem?
(BOYS ARGUING INDISTINCTLY)
Tell Michael if he doesn't
shape up he's out of the program.
I've I've warned him.
No. You just keep an eye on him, okay?
Yeah. Right.
(BEEPING)
(CLEARING THROAT)
Hi, Dad.
Is all well?
Uh, what what are you?
Are you, like, the guardian
of the lost souls here
or something?
I do what I can.
Uh, your your grandson
is, uh, doing good
since he lost his mom, by the way.
He's in my prayers.
So are you.
He doesn't need your prayers.
He needs a secure base.
- I agree.
- (CHUCKLING)
I'm not here for your opinion.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE: Fight! Fight! Fight!
Wait. I have to take care of something.
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
I told you two to stop it!
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
The rest of you, go back
to what you were doing!
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(KEN SIGHING)
(PEOPLE OUTSIDE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
Sorry. (SIGHING)
Sometimes, you just have
to remove a bad apple.
(CHUCKLING) Doesn't matter.
So, how are you, Ken?
(LAUGHING) Really? Okay.
Uh, you know, I, uh,
I met a really nice guy, actually.
In Essex County, if you can
believe that. (CHUCKLING)
Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. Not interested?
Okay. Let's talk about the farm.
Uh, I've been putting
a lot of work into it.
Uh, Claire usually
took care of all this
you know, the farm paperwork, etc
but she's gone, so here I am.
(SIGHING)
So you need me to sign something.
I need you to sign the farm over.
You didn't work it a day in your life
since Granddad passed it on.
I've been working it alone for years.
I care about it a lot. That
should be reason enough,
but, uh, now that I'm Lester's guardian,
I need the security of the title.
If Jimmy ever contests Claire's
wishes with the custody
It's just paperwork. It won't make
an iota of difference to your life.
You sure you want to keep the
arrangements the way they are?
What do you mean?
For the child. Where he
lives, who looks after him.
I do. That's what Claire wanted.
Well, I thought maybe
you'd reconsidered.
Why?
Claire was not in her right mind.
And you're not a suitable guardian.
(JACKHAMMER RATTLING OUTSIDE)
I'm not signing that.
Mm. You're a hypocrite.
Always have been.
No, no, no, no.
Stop holding me hostage with that farm.
If you want to do one genuinely
good thing in your life,
just sign it over.
You'll never see me again,
and we both get what we want.
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY OUTSIDE)
♪
(BIKE WHEELS CLICKING)
(CHIMING)
- (BIKE WHEELS CLICKING)
-
GIRL: Hey.
I saw your bike up there.
Wow. Did you build all this?
Yeah. Well, my dad helped me, too.
Is that who you're waiting for?
I thought your dad was that hockey guy.
Yeah. Why?
Nothing. My dad just said he was
- What?
- Just that he didn't
- live here anymore.
- Well, he does,
and I'm going to live with him.
Wait. What about your uncle?
That was temporary.
I'm moving in with my dad.
Okay. Cool.
Yeah. I'm just going
to go do some chores.
What kind of chores?
Like, feed chickens and stuff.
Wait. Real chickens? Baby chicks?
Yeah, but they're not babies anymore.
- Cool.
- LESTER: Do you want to come?
Definitely.
♪
He's been coming in and out.
Clear enough at times, then
just off in his own world.
ANNE: But is he You
think he's getting worse?
NURSE: See for yourself.
ANNE: Thank you.
(KNOCKING)
Lou?
LOU: Hmm?
Hmm.
I want to be left alone, okay?
I don't think that's true.
I think you wanted me to know.
Do you remember giving me this?
Oh. I want to go home.
ANNE: That's not up to me anymore.
- (LOU GROANING)
- Hey.
Lou. Lou? Come on.
Don't Listen. Don't drift
off on me, not right now.
You owe me that.
Boy, you're something when
you're fired up, aren't you?
I'm having a bit of a moment.
Your mother was just like that.
- You know?
- I know.
We thought it was best
for everyone concerned.
That's what we decided.
Keep the past the past.
Who decided? Who? You and Mom?
Mm.
ANNE: But Dad knew?
Right. Of course he knew.
Why didn't anybody tell me?
We just agreed it
was best for everyone.
You've been back here for 10 years.
They were dead and gone.
I I reached out to you.
I wanted you to be part of my life.
I promised Vince I'd stay away from you.
But he's not here.
I am!
Huh.
ANNE: Do you Do you have any idea
what it would have meant
to me to know the truth?
I spent my life
trying to win my father over.
I don't know what to say.
ANNE: Say anything.
Say something that will make it better.
♪
I got nothing for you.
I'm just empty.
I always have been. I don't know.
♪
- (LOU GROANING)
- (ANNE BREATHING HEAVILY)
♪
MAN: I've been meaning to tell you.
Mike Girard was in here the other night.
He was asking about you.
Says he hasn't seen you since
you played Junior B together.
He says, "I guess Jimmy's
too good for us now."
I was like, "Nah. Jimmy's
just busy, is all."
- Hmm.
- And then he starts talking shit.
"Jimmy ain't all that."
He says, "He only played one game
and thinks he's God's gift."
Freaking guy.
Never could keep his mouth from running.
You see,
that pisses me off.
BARTENDER: What, jerks
like him running their yaps?
JIMMY: No. Just all
everybody ever talks about
is that one game where I got hurt.
You know, no one ever talks
about what it took to get there.
(CHUCKLING)
When I was a kid,
I, uh, used to wake up my dad
extra early before hockey practice, eh?
(CHUCKLING) Just beg him
to take me to the rink early
so I could get out there, do some work.
After everybody left,
I'd still be on the ice.
My dad, he'd still be trying
to get me off the God damn ice.
I just never wanted to
get off it, you know?
And you know, um,
I had hands, eh?
I scored goals, made plays.
I just kept growing, God damn growing.
Before I knew it, I
was bigger than anybody
I'd ever seen before, and, uh
And that's when the coaches
started looking at me differently.
They just wanted me to do
damage, you know, wreak havoc,
go after the stars on
the other team, you know?
It just wasn't in me.
I'm out on the ice, and
one of those star players, he decides
to just ram me head first
into the boards, right?
Just hit me right in the numbers.
Everything went black.
Then I came to, and everything was numb.
Couldn't move. I thought I
was fucking paralyzed, right?
And, uh
I was so scared.
Then all of a sudden,
you know, I start
start feeling my fingers
again and my toes, you know,
start feeling my arms,
start feeling my legs.
And then right right in my gut,
all I feel is fucking rage.
So I go out there on the ice,
take my time,
line him up perfectly.
I hit that poor kid
harder than I ever hit anything
in my whole God damn life.
I thought I killed him.
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)
But he woke up a couple
days later, and I had become
the God damn goon they
wanted me to become, you know?
But you you made it, right?
So it all worked out.
Everything turned out hunky-dory, buddy.
(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
(SIGHING)
♪
(SIGHING)
♪
(GROANING)
Jesus.
(PHONE RINGING)
(JIMMY CLEARING THROAT)
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
Thought you might be dead, big man.
Oh, yeah. Sorry. I, uh
Getting busy. I need
this Ford done by 5:00.
Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. I slept in.
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Uh-huh.
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
- Yeah?
- Where the hell were you?
I was waiting at the bank.
- I texted you. I
- Yeah. I know.
I, um I forgot.
I I got a lot of stuff going on.
Do you think about anyone but yourself?
Maybe, um, maybe we could
we we could go tomorrow?
(ANNE SCOFFING)
I'm going out of town.
- Figure it out yourself.
- (BEEPING)
So big Friday night.
What you got going on?
Nothing.
HAL: You're not going out?
- No.
- Man, I was you, I'd use it.
Yeah, well, you ain't me, Hal.
- Alright. Alright.
- JIMMY: Are you?
Alright.
Did you watch the game?
No.
HAL: Every single time they get a lead,
boom, they just let the other team
Ah!
Shit. You okay?
(PHONE RINGING)
Jimmy, you okay?
I'm fine!
HAL: Jim.
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
Jim!
(GRUNTING)
Whoa!
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
Fucking done.
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
(PHONE CONTINUING TO RING)
♪
LESTER: There's one named Frank.
He's really cute. He's my favourite.
SAMANTHA: Can't wait to see him.
♪
- Where are they?
- KEN: Les, I'm sorry.
I was going to tell you.
I thought you knew I'd have to take them
when they got big enough.
I'm sorry, Les. That's
just the way things are.
Are you okay?
KEN: Les, there's a whole new
batch of chicks coming in soon.
♪
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(CHATTER CONTINUING)
(CHATTER CONTINUING)
(GROANING)
(CHATTER FADING OUT)
MAN: It's a big game for the Badgers.
If they fail to get the win tonight,
it could mean the end of
their once promising season
as they find themselves
down three games to one
in this best of seven against
the Peterborough Darts.
The Badgers were heavily
favoured to win this division
after their surprising ascent
- Huh?
- MAN: In the Eastern Conference this year.
Still no word on what is
ailing their star rookie winger,
but he seems to be out of
the line-up again tonight.
Lou.
Lou.
Lou, is that you?
Lou. Lou, we got to get of here.
MAN: Lou.
Hey, Pudge. What time is it?
PUDGE: How should I know, Lebeuf?
- (TAPE RIPPING LOUDLY)
- LOU: We got a game tonight?
Of course we do. What's wrong with you?
Eh, I don't know. I don't know.
(CLANGING LOUDLY)
PUDGE: Where's that brother of yours?
He flew the coop. Went home.
(HOCKEY STICK HITTING PUCK,
SKATES SCRAPING ON ICE)
PUDGE: What are you talking about?
(CROWD ROARING ON TV)
Uh, I'm, uh, I'm I'm
just not feeling that good.
Well, you better have
that game face on, eh?
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
(GRUNTING)
TV ANNOUNCER: best of seven
against the Peterborough Darts.
The Badgers were heavily
favoured to win this division
after their surprising ascent
in the Eastern Conference this year.
Still no word on what is
ailing their star rookie winger,
but he seems to be out of
the lineup again tonight.
(LOU GROANING)
MAN: Do not let your hearts be troubled.
- If you believe in God
- (SOMEONE CRYING SOFTLY)
believe also in me.
(PEOPLE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
My father's house has been
(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)
But I have told you
that I am going there
to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come back.
(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)
♪
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
♪
Hey, Vince,
I'm sorry that I didn't
come to the funeral.
I just didn't, uh
How long your ears been like that, then?
Couple years.
They're not too bad now, but,
uh, getting worse all the time.
VINCE: Hmm.
Still driving bus, then?
Streetcar, yeah.
- Streetcar.
- Mm.
How is that?
Well, it's the job.
No complaints, I guess.
Are the kids here?
I-Is Anne, uh
Don't.
Look. I don't know what to say.
Then don't say nothing, hmm?
Don't say nothing, Lou.
That's what you're good at.
I'm sorry.
♪
You stay the fuck away from her.
And get off my farm.
♪
Leave our family alone! (ECHOING)
♪
No.
MAN ON SPEAKER: Attention all nurses.
Looking for (INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)
♪
(BIRDS CALLING)
Hey, Pudge.
So, you're going, then?
Guess so.
PUDGE: You, uh, sure about this?
You know I never been
too sure about anything.
I sat around Toronto,
waiting for the right time.
(BELL TOLLING)
Wake up. Forty years had gone by.
(BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
PUDGE: Well, you better get going.
- It's getting chilly.
- (BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
Yeah. Fall's coming.
(BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
See you, Pudge.
See you, Lebeuf.
(BELL CONTINUING TO TOLL)
- Hey, Lou.
- Yeah.
Go get her.
I'm going to.
(SIREN WAILING DISTANTLY,
CAR HORN HONKING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)
(KNOCKING)
Mom? Um
Is everything okay?
You haven't been answering your phone.
It's not that bad here.
It's actually pretty beautiful,
the campus.
Is this the part that you tell me
I should be more grateful?
No, Maggie. I
No. I just I always
liked these places.
That's all.
Look. I I am sorry
about how I was with you on
the phone the other night.
I was pushing my stuff on you,
and I don't want you to do anything
just for me or or
your dad or anybody.
I didn't come here with an agenda.
Oh, Maggie, I I don't
want you to make decisions
because you're uncomfortable.
Life is is full of uncomfortable,
and avoiding it will
Will make for a very small life.
What's going on?
Maggie
I don't know how it's going
to work out with your father.
♪
It's almost a relief
to hear you say that.
I'm sorry.
Sorry. I was supposed to come
here and take care of you.
- No.
- Make you feel better.
♪
Stay tonight.
- Okay.
- Okay.
And I'm sorry, and I love you.
♪
Please, sit. (LAUGHING)
I I can't I can't stay long.
You know, I got to I got to pick
Lester up from my mom's house.
Here. That'll help you relax.
Everything go okay with the, uh
What is it you went out of town for?
Your accountant?
Yeah. Yeah. It was good. It was fine.
It was fine.
(EXHALING) Yeah.
♪
(EXHALING)
Whew. This is just
♪
This is, uh
Thank you, you know?
It's it's been a
long time since some
- (SOBBING)
- Hey, hey.
(KEN SOBBING)
Oh, sorry.
No, no, no. You're okay.
(KEN CRYING)
KEN: Oh, this is ridiculous.
No.
Hey, uh, I, uh
I saw my father,
and he's
He's
♪
(GROANING) No, no, no, no.
It's fine, Ken. It's fine.
This is
No. I'm sorry.
- Hey.
- Um, it's ridiculous.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
You got a bit emotional. It's fine.
Ken!
I Uh, I can't do this. This I
You know, I got all this
I got all this legal
stuff going on, and
You deserve to be happy, too, you know?
♪
(CAR DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
(ENGINE STARTING)
♪
♪
♪
♪
Well, would you look at this!
♪
♪