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when you're angry."

I'll sing to you.

I'll sing to you, you college boy.

"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy"

"she crossed the Missouri

with her lover, lke"

-ls he drunk?

-I don't know.

Too close.

Go call the paramedics. Hurry.

-What happened?

-Call an ambulance!

Frank is sick and I'll try to help him.

Tell me your names. Who's first?

Mario.

Todd.

Ascensin.

All right, what do you want to be

when you grow up?

I want to work on Wall street.

Wall street? I never had good enough

grades to work on Wall street.

What about you, Mario?

I want to be an astronaut.

I want to be a veterinarian.

I want to be a football player.

You did real good,

stopping that bus before you died.

Come on, kid. You can do it.

I have to go to the bathroom.

I have to go to the bathroom, too.

Come on, Frank.

Hey, you made it!

-Come in.

-Thanks.

Holy cow, look at this.

-You've been busy.

-Kind of.

I had no idea.

Everything smells great.

Look what you've done.

she can't do toast.

You've got a little mashed potatoes right...

Look at me.

Let me go get myself fixed up.

There's something fishy here

and it's not the chicken.

Then there was the time

he delivered a PBY to...

...to Michigan or Mexico.

Know what a PBY is?

-Ketchup?

-sure.

He's taking off in this PBY...

...which is a feat in itself.

They're amazing planes.

It's like a tugboat with wings.

Do they only feed you every two weeks?

What was I talking about?

Pete, still.

so he's flying this PBY

when he sees this fire.

Forest fire.

Main street. Village grocery store.

The nearest fire engine is 20 miles away.

You can pick up the chicken.

Anything that flies, it's okay.

Even in a good restaurant.

He sees this building on fire

and outside of town is this reservoir.

so he...

Fills the plane with water

and dumps it on the fire.

No, he missed!

He hit the post office next door.

Took him three tries. The town

was awash. The groceries were burned.

It was fire, flood and famine.

If he'd managed...

...the plague, it would've been the Four

Horsemen of the Apocalypse in one PBY.

I mean, he was unique.

Why are you plucking your eyebrows?

I didn't know I was.

Nervous habit. Want to do the wishbone?

sure.

Okay, here we go.

Your wish.

He was up in that plane...

...doing his dumb stunts.

There would be this tone in his voice.

I called it his "Evel Knievel" voice.

I don't know who he was

when he sounded like that.

Part of you thought it was great.

What did he think I thought?

Was he dumb enough to think...

...I admired him for it? For flying like that?

Okay.

Do you think?

I wasn't there.

I shouldn't be talking about this.

some birthday.

-lt's your birthday?

-No, it's yours.

No, it isn't.

since it was your birthday this time

last year, it should be this year, too.

Pete remembered my birthday wrong.

It's a year tomorrow.

It's a year tomorrow.

A year?

I saw him land a plane once.

I saw him dance.

-He had his own way of doing both.

-He could drive an A-26 around the sky.

He wasn't dumb. You were impressed that

he brought that A-26 in on an empty tank.

-You try it.

-When I do, I'll have the height.

-I'd like to be there.

-I want you to be there.

What are you doing to me?

Trying to confuse you, I hope.

You are.

You never thought you'd dance again,

did you?

I guess.

Hear that?

What?

There's no music.

That's my girl, pal.

Yes, put that one on.

Fast forward.

Keep going.

Keep going.

Keep going.

No, don't stop.

Left rudder.

I think you got me all wrong.

You invited me because

I'm a safe guy who will...

...play along with your memories of Pete.

I don't have any memories of Pete.

I have memories of my own,

but they don't get in the way of my life.

Hap!

Please! Please, take me out of here.

Can we...

...just finish this dance some other time?

I'm sorry.

sleep tight, baby sister.

-see you tomorrow.

-I'll see you tomorrow.

I'm going to see if old Dollar's

tied to the hitching rail...

...and ride off into the sunset

by myself again.

Can I have this dance?

Lettuce.

Ketchup.

Peaches.

Cantaloupe.

Eggs.

You're shopping in your sleep again.

Peanut butter.

Gin.

Anything special for me?

Chlorine bleach.

Chap stick.

Band-Aids.

You always made me laugh.

Yes, you did.

You never laughed.

I never laughed at your jokes, but...

...you were always very funny.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

I swear to God I'll keep you safe.

I'll never leave you again.

Yes.

Good night, Dorinda.

Night, Pete.

Hap. How did you get here?

I mean...

...how did I get here?

Merely by the wrong road.

I told you, your life is over...

...and anything you do for yourself

is a waste of spirit, remember?

Yes, I remember.

But you didn't tell me everything, did you?

Do you know

what I've been going through?

Yes.

What do you want from me, Hap?

If I'm really dead, how come I hurt so bad?

What kind of deal is this?

You said I was going back

to be an inspiration.

You never said I would feel

what I'm feeling.

You didn't tell me that I would...

...see Dorinda.

What do you really want from me?

We gave you a chance to say:

"I'm glad I lived. I'm glad I was alive.

"Now it's my turn to give you a hand.

Let me give you what I had."

But I also sent you back

to settle with the one you love.

I sent you back to say goodbye.

Until you do that, she won't be free.

And neither will you.

I'm not ready to say goodbye.

You're such a good man, Pete.

We don't send back the other kind.

But you still have to learn that

to gain your freedom, you have to give it.

so go find out.

shake 'N' Bake, do you read?

shake 'N' Bake, this is Tanker Base.

Do you read?

I read you, but I'm a little busy right now.

You've been up a long time.

How's your fuel reading?

How's your fuel?

Ted, leave your mike open.

Okay, I'm coming in.

He is really low on fuel.

-That's beautiful.

-How'd you teach him that?

You don't teach that. He's got wings.

Best I've seen since Pete.

-What gives?

-Baker coming in on a wing and a prayer.

You gave my crew 30 seconds warning!

That's all I had.

Jesus.

Another damn hotshot.

Another by god hotshot.

Right behind you!

Round them up!

There's a cutback over here! Let's go!

Operations,

this is Smoke Jumper's squad boss!

say again, over.

Mayday! We have a major blowout!

Our escape route has been cut off.

We're by the radio tower

on the south side of Dome Peak.

Our only escape route

is the gully to the southwest.

We're heading for the Kootenai River.

I can see the waterfall

at the upper end of Bull Lake.

Get on the radio to the heli-base.

Have the choppers standing by.

Libby Operations to Heli-base.

Ted, those choppers are 40 miles away.

They fly at 100 miles an hour.

Libby Operations to Heli-base.

We're 12 miles away.

We fly at 220 miles an hour.

Libby Operations, this is Heli-base.

We read. Over.

Air Attack, 6-3 Echo, this is Operations.

We will handle the incident from here.

Contact the Jumper boss

and ascertain their location.

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