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boyfriend came down from up there.

There's no one up there.

Hah!

You're looking for me?

Do you think that

you could help me down?

I'm a little bit scared

of rickety old ladders.

Thank you.

Could they make like a

hemp-flavored ice cream?

I think that would be cool.

I got fired.

From the dairy?

What did you do? Gave away

too many free scoops?

No, you, uh...

You dipped the chocolate

with the strawberry scooper?

No.

You got caught doing

the nasty at work?

Not nasty.

You did.

So, like, what? Did you go muff

diving in the back cooler?

Don't be a pig, Pete, come on.

You're a champ.

You're a f***ing champ, Joey.

I don't know what your mom's

always talking about,

you not living up

to your potential.

You're like a carpet-munching

superhero.

Hot.

What's that supposed to mean?

What?

That I'm not living up

to my potential?

Why isn't Kristen living

up to her potential?

She's the one who's

about to be a mom.

Yeah, well we're

already lost causes.

You're the hope, sister.

Let's go.

I'm coming in with you.

I don't mind seeing

how Rayna's looking.

Nope. -First time I ate

my shrimps was with her.

Did you know that?

Hey, Hannah.

Hey, Sadie.

Hi, Joey.

Rayna, I love you

and I want to be with you.

Let's go to Vermont.

Who is it?

It's Joey. Uh, she babysits the

girls and I owe her some money.

Joey, come to the club.

Oh, no, that's okay.

I'll just come back tomorrow.

Well, did you walk?

Where's your car?

It's down the road.

Well, come on in if you're in.

Come, Rayna, let's get

the baby sitter...

What kind of beer do you drink?

Oh, I'm okay.

Get her a beer.

Right.

You look after my girls?

Sometimes.

Let me ask you something, Joey,

since you know I'm not someone who

knows what goes on around here.

Where has she been when you're

doing all this babysitting?

I don't know,

shopping and stuff.

Get the f*** out of here.

- All right.

- Shut up.

This was seriously...

What's your damn business?

What do I owe you?

Uh, thirty bucks.

That much?

I think so.

You want to get my wallet, baby?

Sh*t. Oh...

Thirty...

All right, service is rendered.

- It's okay, don't worry about it.

- No.

Take it.

I'll call you if I need you.

Give me a hand.

Where is he now?

Passed out on the couch

till morning.

The girls, they're...

In the car.

Jesus, Joey, I'm kidding.

They're with their gram.

- I hate this.

- Joey.

You're not the only one

that feels something.

I don't understand you.

If you fell like having sex

with him so much,

what are you doing with me?

What am I supposed to do?

Leave Roy?

Yeah. -And then what?

And then what?

- You tell me?

- We can get a place.

You, me, and the girls.

Being with you,

I feel like I'm...

You know, I'm gonna

have to start over.

You are, we can.

No, Joey.

I can't. I can't.

Well, don't worry.

I won't come by again, if that's

what you came here to tell me.

I took the ASVAB,

that army test.

Still thinking

of joining the army?

I can't afford

all that by myself.

So you do want to go to

college, you just can't cut it.

Well, let's say I did,

which, I'm not saying I do,

the army will

help me pay for it.

Free.

Yeah, well...

There ain't

nothing for free, Joey.

Here they go.

Hannah, come

get your pumpkin, sweetie.

Hannah, is this what you want?

- What about that one?

- Hannah, come over here.

No?

What about that one over there?

This one, okay.

- Roy?

- Yeah, babe.

Here, I'll pay, you go

and put the girls in the car.

- Yeah?

- All right.

Oh, look at that pumpkin.

I love it.

Okay.

The girls keep asking me

to take 'em to Joey's ice cream.

How much do I owe you?

I've got to give you something.

Otherwise my hubby

will get suspicious.

You working here tomorrow?

Yup.

What time you get off?

Ooh, attitude.

Just run out of places

for you to get me fired from.

Little miss trouble.

I think you like

my kind of trouble.

You ever been to giants' spear?

No, ma'am.

Five.

I get off work at five.

Note taken.

We wanna get out.

We wanna get out.

Joey's pumpkins.

There was this horse,

and it was going blind.

It had this big field

all around him.

But it always just stayed right

close to this other horse.

Turns out the other horse

had a bell around its neck.

And the blind horse followed

this horse wherever it went.

They became almost inseparable.

Just the sound of it was enough.

So what are you

saying, that I'm...

Lost and you're gonna

show me the way?

Or am I the horse with the bell?

I'm just saying

that sometimes...

God brings people

into our lives,

and what we thought was our fate

really isn't anymore.

Whoa!

You really believe

all that hoopla?

What hoopla?

The Bible bangin' hoopla.

You know, all preachers

are perverts, Joey.

You act like the way things

are for you and the girls

is the only way that it can be.

But it's not.

You wanna

make a family

with me and my girls?

Then join the army

and get yourself some

skills and some money.

Forget it.

Sing a song.

Come on.

Sing a song.

Now I know

you don't like gospel.

Oh, I said I didn't like church.

I never said

I didn't like gospel.

Now I'm gonna keep going,

and you're gonna do your thing.

No.

I'm not singing all alone.

- Oh, you're so good.

- Oh, come on.

You are, you know that.

- One more time.

- All right.

Roy lost his job, Joey.

He gets back from

his run tonight and that's it.

Last time he was unemployed, he was

home for four and a half months.

I'm not gonna let you

blow your future,

sticking around here and

making $7.25 an hour,

sneaking around with some...

Married woman from the sticks.

Are you?

- I don't...

- Now get in there.

I don't mind

sticking around here.

I don't mind waiting for you.

Pumpkins will be done, Joey.

You're gonna make

your mama real proud

loafing around here in welfare.

Just 'cause I stay here doesn't

mean I have to end up like you.

Nice.

F***!

But I'm still gonna be

right here when you get back.

Do this for us, Joey.

Baby's room.

Looks great, kiddo.

I signed up for the army.

You did?

I haven't heard any talk

about the army for weeks.

Three years in, and I kind of

qualified to fix APCs and rhinos

and all the big stuff.

You signed up tonight?

Yeah, I signed up

tonight or this afternoon.

I have three years of service,

I wanna go to college,

and if I do, the army will help

me pay for a good chunk of it.

Well, put that roller down

and give your mom a hug, honey.

This is big news. -I've got

wet paint all over me, mom.

Right face, left face.

Present arm.

The diagnostics tool is the most

important tool that you're gonna have.

So, we would like to have each

one of you mechanics in the shop

to come up and use this

diagnostics tool

instead of trying

to just figure out by head.

Hut! Attention.

Right face.

If we have a vacuum leak,

where do we find it?

If you have a vacuum leak,

what you're gonna do is...

Look at the air

in the induction system.

The induction system

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