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S-o-l-d-i-e-r.

Service to the country, occupation

and career enhancement,

leadership, diversity,

income, excitement and respect.

They're all great reasons

to join the army.

Which would you say

is your number one priority?

- Excitement.

- Occupation.

What are you naturally good at?

I uh, I'm good at fixing cars.

Like the old diesel engines

not the new computerized ones.

I'll tell you what.

You take the ASVAB.

We schedule the physical and

then we three will have another

little sit down and seal the deal.

All right?

All righty.

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

Excuse me.

Your change.

You'd totally get a guy

who'd do it for free.

Yeah, but I didn't

know any better.

I wanted to test it out.

I didn't think

anyone was looking.

Ice cream time, ladies.

So what do I need to do to get

my friend here some ice cream?

I'm all closed up.

Pretty please.

Got some chocolate sauce?

Are you working here

all weekend?

I am.

I bet you could use a beer.

Or two.

There's plenty

of beer at my house.

Rayna!

I'm playing music

with some friends later.

Play music with my friends.

Okay, let's keep

this party going.

Recycle.

You've been cradling

that same beer all night.

I bet you haven't

taken two swigs.

Flat.

Sorry.

Don't be sorry, baby girl.

- Let's catch up.

- -Rayna.

We're taking off.

Oh, I should probably see

if I can get a ride.

They're not going anywhere.

All right.

I pour, you drink.

You don't want

to be rude. Do you?

You like me, huh?

What?

Nailed it.

I knew it.

Mom.

Hannah, Sadie.

Hello.

Hi, gram.

Oh.

You girls want some

Mac and cheese?

Huh?

Mommy.

I said you guys want

some Mac and cheese?

You're gonna break

that horse if you sit there.

All right, Sadie.

Who wants some Mac and cheese?

You want to go ask mommy's friend

if she wants some Mac and cheese?

Who is she?

- What?

- -Who is she?

I don't know.

You've got to ask her.

Hi.

What's your name?

Sadie.

I like that name.

You wanna ask mommy's friend

if she wants some

delicious Mac and cheese?

You want some of this?

- For lunch.

- Want some?

You can stay if you want to.

Um...

I'm, uh...

Half an hour late for work.

Hey, gram!

Could you drop my friend off

on your way home?

All right.

Joey.

This is just between us,

you know that, right?

Okay.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

Girls you wanna say goodbye

to mommy's friend, Joey?

Bye, Joey.

Bye, Joey.

Sorry.

When you finish, you

better call your mom

because she was here

looking for you.

- You hear me?

- Mm-hmm.

Sounds good.

And where were you last night?

At a friend's party.

What friend?

No one you know.

I know everyone.

Can I, uh,

borrow your Van?

What friend?

A girl named Rayna.

Rayna hooks up chicks?

I said I was at her party.

Yeah, but you didn't

come home last night.

She knows you're my sister.

You know her too?

She's trash, Joey.

She's one of those girls

who'll just keep having babies

so she can get

a fatter welfare check.

Seriously, Joey, her husband

is an a**hole.

Doesn't even drive a truck.

Well, he doesn't seem to be

around that much anyhow.

Whoops!

Started out this morning so...

Did you check the battery

before you took the starter out?

Your husband's

on the road a lot.

You wanna take a shot?

Yeah, I will.

Can we have two wild turkeys?

Oh, my god.

So you kind of have

the voice of an angel.

Just sweet, beautiful.

So, how long you been playing

with Pete and them?

Uh, like, since

graduation I guess.

Oh.

Which was...

Like a couple of months ago.

Okay.

Baby.

You're getting out of here?

Uh...

I'm not going to scoop ice

cream for the rest of my life.

Oh.

Big muscles, big dreams.

Yeah, my mom says

I'm army material.

That's a good place to meet men.

The army.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I don't know if I should do it.

My sister is having a baby

and I wanna stick around.

Help her out so...

No, you should get out of

here when you can, soldier.

Yeah, where we going?

I am never leaving.

But...

We're gonna have

a very good time

before you get out of here.

What are we gonna do?

I don't know,

I have a few ideas.

Probably starting with shots.

William, two shots.

A brown stuff.

Oh, my god.

Is that you wearing

a bon jovi t-shirt?

My mom and one of her

creepo boyfriends

took me to a concert in Jersey,

for the one and only time I've

ever been out of Pennsylvania.

Your mom was cool though.

She was flying, Joey.

Passed out before

the concert even started.

Scumbag fingered me

under the bleachers

while they played

"livin' on a prayer".

Don't look at me like that.

I ain't gonna tell you nothing.

Let me show you.

I went to this rainbow gathering

on the other side

of Pennsylvania.

Trippy amazing.

Ah!

There's the grateful dead

and still,

still going and Jerry Garcia...

We could go on tour.

I bet they've got

a real nice bus.

And we can get fake boyfriends.

So that

no one will be suspicious.

I don't care what people think.

Yeah, right.

There are these girls

at the rainbow gathering...

and they were all

lovey-dovey and sh*t,

and they shared a tent,

and nobody in their crew

said nothing about it.

Where were they from?

I asked them.

Burlington, Vermont.

Oh.

I took off next Wednesday

to take you to that

army physical.

Okay.

Keep those on,

and try the blouse with them.

Mary's niece, Kelly,

you remember her?

Kind of.

Bonnie's older sister.

She was in the service,

and she went to college,

and now she's teaching fifth

grade over in Tunkhannock.

Mary says she loved the army.

Made lots of friends.

Yeah, um...

I don't know, ma, Chet said

that I could keep my hours

and just start doing cow chores

once the ice cream

season slows down.

Hmm.

And the band's got gigs.

Tuck it in.

I think Pete and Kris are probably

gonna need help with the baby too.

Oh, Kristen's got my help.

You need to start thinking

about your own future, honey.

And I think...

Kristen is fixing to ask you about

turning your room into the baby's room,

so, well, we're gonna

have to figure that out.

Now...

That's a church outfit.

After dinner, could you

give me a ride to Noxen?

Fair season is over, honey.

Why do you need to go out there?

Just visiting a friend.

People make crystal methane

at Noxen.

I saw it on the news.

She's nice, ma.

Pete and Kristen know her.

The law that has been known

as "don't ask, don't tell..."

Please tell me you are not

gonna try and stay around here

and let Pete and Kristen's friends

have a bad influence on you.

It's not gonna be like that.

Sexual orientation,

with our fear of reprisal.

So do you water

the cows every night?

- Yeah.

- Do you milk the cows?

No.

One sec.

- Who the hell is up there?

- Oh, f***.

I'm gonna perforate that loft with

buckshots in about 30 seconds

if you don't come down.

Oh, hey, Chet, just me.

I was watering the cows and I noticed

they could use a little bit more hay.

Sorry, Chet, I didn't

mean to scare you.

I think it's about time your

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