American Bomber Page #2

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by the time we set up, he'd

disappeared.

I thought, he's a momma's boy

He's gonna call her sooner or

later.

Plus he's on the federal watch

list

the minute he uses a credit card

we got him.

Heard you had a fire.

Yeah, lightning hit my house.

Sorry to hear that.

It wasn't exactly Graceland.

I gotta get dinner going before

Ray gets home.

I appreciate you

stopping by and all.

Anne, I came to give you this.

What the hell is this?

My signing bonus. I re-enlisted

and I'm shipping out tomorrow.

Jim would've done

the same for my mom

You stupid kids.

What wereyou thinking,

going off to war?

Didn't do my Jim any good.

Didn't do me any good.

And going back there isn't

going to do you any good.

Keep your

money. I don't want it.

Anne, I really-

I gotta get dinner going.

Hi. Can I speak to Special Agent

Hondo, please?

Yeah. I'll hold.

This is the Hidell house.

He lived here for four

years before he burned it down.

He lived with his mother 'til the

check cleared and then he disappeared.

When someone's scammin' insurance,

they know sh*t they couldn't know.

I dig around and usually they

f***ed with the wiring

Or the gas line or something

There's always evidence you can

find.

With Hidell everything looked

right.

There was a thunderstorm that

night

There were lighting strikes to

the ground

There were statements

from his neighbors

That he was working on his car.

I asked him "what happened?"

"I don't know."

"What do you think happened?"

"I was sleeping and lightning

hit the house."

The fire originated in

the basement

His gassy clothes were next to

the fuse box.

A spark must've ignited his

gassy clothes.

And that's how the fire started.

The fire marshall confirmed

exactly that.

I spent weeks trying to figure

out what actually happened.

And I couldn't.

And we paid out the claim.

Thanks, man. Next one's on me.

Don't worry about it.

Speiler says good things about

you.

How'd you hear from Speiler?

Friends of friends of friends.

How long you looking to stay

in town?

Couple days.

Gonna do some

sight seeing.

'Site seein'?

That's a way of putting it.

Any sites Speiler wanted you

to check out?

You tell me.

I'm trying to be helpful.

I'm just asking.

Anything he wanted me to

show you?

No.

What he tell you about me?

You're a good man, despite

your problem with authority.

If I make my way to New York,

and I have,

I should look you up.

I did two years in the hole,

right next to him.

We'd play chess all night long.

No board or pieces.

Just in here.

Miles may have spent

two years here,

but he only spent two weeks in

my particular neighborhood.

I would say he has

a good imagination,

but that would imply

a certain level of intelligence

that the child was just

just not born with.

Never the less, if you believe

in Intelligent Design,

and I do,

then you know that everyone

has at least one use.

So do you like living

in Brooklyn?

Too many lesbians with babies.

How long you been here?

What he'd tell you about me?

What Speiler say?

I told you,

he said you're a good man

Sh*t. There must've been

a message or something.

He wants you to put me up

while I'm here.

I got some money. I don't want to put

you out. I can stay in a hotel or -

No. He sent you to me.

To me.

You sure?

Hell yeah.

I got a spare rack.

You play chess?

Never learned.

I'll teach you.

Alright. I guess I owe you

another beer.

Pawn.

Floor's all yours.

No smoking.

What?

No smoking. Allergies.

F*** am I doing?

You gonna sleep there,

try not to piss yourself again.

Pardon?

You want to sleep there, fine.

Just try not to piss yourself.

There's a Starbucks on the corner.

Go piss on their steps.

I don't have to piss.

Sh*t. Sorry.

Thought you were someone else.

The Pissing Doorman?

There's a dude who likes to

camp out

here and it took about a week

for the smell to go away.

Which step did he piss on?

That one.

You just move in here?

Naw. Just vistin'.

Staying with Miles.

Yeah. I don't know anyone

who lives here.

Mind if I bum one of those?

Sure, darlin'.

What are you from the south?

No. I'm from Kentucky.

Spent some time in Arizona,

though.

What brings you to the big,

wormy apple?

Never been. Just thought I'd do

some sight seein'.

If you find yourself at

Albatross on 5th,

the bartender'll buy you

a drink.

Yeah, why'll he do that?

To thank you for the cigarette.

Welcome to New York.

Thanks.

Hidell was on K.P detail so every day

he'd bring meals down to the hole.

The guard on duty noted that Hidell and Speiler

started speaking in some sort of language or code.

We wired the unit for sound,

recorded a couple conversations.

It sounded like Arabic.

I put in a request for an Arabic

translator,

but as you can imagine the few

Arabic translators in green

are doing more

important work elsewhere.

It's two men discussing a

vacation.

One man advising the other on

activities to engage in.

Visit the famous landmarks.

Pay respect to his fallen

countrymen.

Meet a pretty girl.

Before you push the button

and take them all to hell

with you.

Hey, bro. Wish you

were making this trip with me.

Place is funny.

Smells rank.

Garbage is piled a mile high.

I don't know where those

'Sex and the City' girls hang out,

but it's not where I've been

walking.

Everybody knows exactly where

they're goin'

and if you're not in the

flow with them, it's like

you're not even there.

It's like you don't even

exist.

But all kinds of food

everywhere.

No sand, no mountains.

Lord. You should see these

chicks, man. Jesus.

Sorry.

You'd really dig it.

It'd be nice if we could tear

this town up together.

Like two GI's on leave

in some old movie.

Beer in one hand,

girl in the other.

I guess it would've been

something.

It would've been nice.

Well, I guess I'm gonna have to

do it up for both of us.

I don't know if your mom

told you,

but I left her some cash.

It wasn't a lot,

but it was the best I could do.

She's still with Ray,

so, you know she's doin' o.k.

That's all I got for you, Jim.

See you soon.

What's shakin', Kentucky?

Came to claim that drink.

If you're still offerin'?

I am. What you havin'?

Beer.

I think I've heard of it.

Sit down.

I'll be with you in a second.

To your health.

Go f*** yourself.

The hell is this?

Taste of the motherland.

It's called Kentucky Tavern.

Tastes more like

Kentucky Latrine.

Hey, man. I say it be free,

doesn't mean it has to be good.

I can make you a Shirley Temple,

if you like.

No more bumming smokes

to strangers

My name is Amy.

John.

Now we're not strangers.

And now that we're not strangers

can I bum another cigarette,

John?

Don't you have to work?

No.

I'm gonna go have a smoke

and you're welcome to join me,

if you like.

Troy, can you watch the bar?

You can leave that here.

No one's gonna f*** with it.

Yeah.

How's your reign of

tourism going?

Went to the Statue of Liberty

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