Battalion

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[Woman] Chicken's almost done.

Mom?

I'll start preparing

the salad if you like?

Sure, that'd be

great Margaret.

I'll get you a few

things for it.

Mom, I'm hungry.

We'll eat soon,

Jennifer, okay,

as soon as your

father gets here.

Thank you.

Do you think we've

got enough beer?

He won't want beer

when he gets home.

He's gonna need whiskey.

Now, David, don't go

getting Christopher drunk now.

Why not? He's on shore leave,

he can do whatever he wants.

I hope he'll wanna spend

time with his family.

What about John?

Is he planning on

showing up tonight?

John? Planning something?

There's a new one.

Well, maybe you

should give him a call.

He'll wanna be here.

I've tried three

times already.

He never answers.

I'll try again.

(vibrating)

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(vibrating)

Really?

Hey bro, good game.

Thanks dude.

Although, I think

you take this sh*t

a little too seriously, man.

It's just street football.

That's because we're

the best, brah.

You guys are delusional.

Yeah, street football

is like our thing.

Unlike people running

you down like that.

He's just jealous,

dude, forget about it.

So, I take it you

guys play a lot?

Oh yeah, all the time.

We're like backyard

champions of LA.

(giggling)

Yeah, from Glendale all

the way down to Long Beach.

Past Long Beach,

bro, way past.

Yeah, but we're unstoppable.

John here, he's our

secret weapon.

Who's on the barbecue?

It smells awesome.

(laughs)

He's drunk.

Well, it's good

to have skills.

What, drinking?

He's really good at that.

No, I mean...

I think it's his last drawing.

(laughing)

I have skills too, by the way.

Really? You mean besides

running with a ball?

Oh.

(laughs)

I'm sorry.

That's fair, kind of.

What other skills do you have?

I fix things.

Really? Like what?

Anything, stuff

around the house,

plumbing, motorbikes.

I just spent a month

up at Big Sur

helping a guy build

a pizza oven.

It took a month to

build a pizza oven?

Man, this thing was huge.

You could fit like

five pizzas at once.

Plus, I had a lot

of cervezas, okay.

I'm a busy man.

Actually, you know what?

I think I might need

something fixed.

Really?

Yeah, my truck,

there is this noise.

Your truck has a noise?

Yeah.

I think I should

come around some time

and take a look at your truck.

What are you doin' tomorrow?

Well...

(vibrating)

Is this your phone, dude?

Yeah.

It's been ringing

all afternoon.

Hello.

Hey! Where are you going?

I have to go.

I'll call you tomorrow.

He's always doing that.

But I didn't give

him my number.

Oh, I'll give you his number.

Good.

'Cause I really need

my truck fixed.

Sure.

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Despite what you've

seen in the movies,

traveling through

space is not the same

as driving down the I-95,

where the speed limit's

more of a suggestion

than an actual limit.

The speed of light is it.

Nothing moves faster.

Even at that speed it

would take decades

to reach our closest neighbors.

For now, we're stuck

here on this rock, Earth.

Boring.

(laughing)

Well, let's not

forget that this boring

little planet is home.

It looks pretty small from here,

but it holds everything

in your life.

Your family, your friends,

everything you've ever known,

everything you wanna be.

It's all we've got, so take

care of it, protect it.

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Hey Tracy!

Hi!

Ugh! I am so glad

this week's over.

Wait, you actually

have weekends?

I know I should

be researching,

but it's so hard.

You know, Melissa,

you don't actually

have to go to every

party you're invited to.

I know.

Actually speaking of parties,

what are your plans

this weekend?

Well, if you must know,

I'm going on a date tonight.

A date!

I thought I was the one

having too much fun.

Who's the lucky guy?

I, I kind of met him online.

It's probably gonna

be a total disaster.

No, don't say that.

Online dating is totally fine.

Ever normal people are

doing it these days.

Wow, you're really filling me

with confidence right

now, thanks Mel.

Look, if he turns

out to be a jerk,

I'm having some

people over tomorrow,

you should totally come.

We'll drink champagne,

we can laugh about it,

and then by mid afternoon

you'll be too drunk to care.

(weighty instrumental music)

Hello! Earth to Ms. Gleeson.

Sorry.

So, you're thinking of

joining the army now?

Seriously?

Lunch tomorrow sounds good.

Good, because I

bought this new dress,

and I'm not sure but

I think Ill wear it.

It's just the

perfect little cut.

It's got this heart shape here.

We should stop for

a seismic, Stan.

Yeah, we just did.

We're runnin' out of time.

We need to reach the objective.

Remember what Jackson said,

measure stealth not speed.

And keep your mouth shut.

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You want more gravy?

Chris?

- What?

- Gravy?

No, thank you.

[Jennifer] Uncle John!

Hey!

Argh! Sorry I'm late.

I had a bunch of errands to run.

Thanks for coming, John.

It's good to see ya' buddy!

Give your damn

brother a hug, Chris.

[John] It's good

to have you back.

Thanks.

I hear you made Lieutenant.

I thought you might

want these to celebrate.

Thanks, man.

Come and eat, John.

There's plenty left.

Smells awesome, thanks.

Hey!

Chicken, potatoes.

[John] Great!

So, have you been keeping

yourself busy, John?

Yeah, ever since

I came back to LA,

it's just been nonstop.

Been fixin' up this guy's

kitchen for the past week.

Plumbing, is it?

Carpentry mostly.

Bench tops, cabinet

doors, that kind of thing.

He wants to turn the house

into a bed and breakfast,

you know, one of those

internet things.

Internet things?

Yeah, don't ask

me how it works,

but a bunch of my

friends are doing it.

Well, it's a great achievement

owning your own home,

something you could aspire to.

Sure, I'll just wait

for the 1940s to come back

so I could afford it.

(laughing)

Well, things ain't

what they used to be,

but when Margaret and

I bought our first home

up in Granada Hills there

was almost nothing there.

And it was cheap land too.

Excuse me.

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Good evening.

Do you have a booking tonight?

Yeah...

I'm with that guy,

I think, sort of?

That's fine, go on through.

[Tracy] Byron?

- Yes, Tracy.

- That's me.

- Hi.

- Sorry I'm late.

No, it's fine,

take a seat, please.

So, have you looked

at the menu, or...

Yeah, yeah, it looks good.

That's the wine list though.

Oh, of course, right.

(chuckles)

Good evening, how are you?

Can I get you two anything

to drink to start off?

Yeah, wine please.

Merlot.

[Waiter] Sure, a glass?

Bottle.

Did you want somethin'

to drink, or?

Maybe we could

share the Merlot?

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