Christmas Comes Home to Canaan Page #5

Here.

You didn't

have to do that.

One of you guys

want to open it?

Go on.

What is it?

A friend

brought it back

from Italy.

I wanted you all to have it.

Isn't it beautiful?

Uh... yes, ma'am.

Sure is.

I thought it would look

so pretty on your tree.

We already have an angel.

Oh, but not like this.

This is a botticelli.

Well, a copy, anyway.

All the way from Florence.

You know, it would

look real nice

on the mantle.

- I-I vote we put it there.

- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm...

It's a tree-topper.

You can't put a tree-topper

on the mantle.

Here, let me do it.

There.

A little touch

of renaissance.

Didn't you hear him?

He said

we already have an angel.

And where do you

get the nerve

to just waltz in here

and move things around

without askin'?

You had no right...

Sarah...

I'm so sorry.

Why don't you just leave?

It's been hard

on all of 'em.

I'm not blind

to that, but...

It's think it's been

toughest on her.

I never meant to do anything

that would upset her.

I know.

This just all happened

pretty quick, you know.

Christmas was

when we lost her mama.

I think this just

brought it all back.

For you, too.

Thing is,

maybe she knows

you're just not ready.

It's just her way

of showing it,

of getting your attention.

It's odd.

14 years I've lived with this,

the sorrow of losing Betsy,

and I thought that...

I know

what you thought.

Sometimes, we think

we've worked through a thing,

just by having lived with it

so long,

but oftentimes,

it's something

we set aside,

and never really faced

at all,

just got on with life.

Daniel, you've done

a remarkable thing

for your kids.

You've given them

a stable home,

and I know that wasn't easy.

You took on Rodney

when he needed a family,

and maybe you let that focus

distract you

from your own grief.

I don't know.

Maybe.

And now they're grown.

I think it's your turn.

Your turn to face that grief,

to work on you,

in your own time,

in your own way,

just you.

I'm sorry.

You sure you don't

want me to drive you?

My daddy always taught me

a fella should

leave the dance

with the same girl

he brought.

Dj offered.

It's fine.

You know,

all I'm asking for

is just a little more time.

We all have things

we can't change.

I only wish

you could have looked

a little deeper into your heart

before you thought

to invite me in,

that's all.

Goodbye, Daniel.

...we got the fertilizers,

and the pesticides

around the corner,

up against the wall...

What's 01' man shoup

up to now?

Come on,

let's go find out.

It's too much trouble.

You go.

You sure?

Yeah.

...fertilizer out back

and pesticides

around the corner,

right next to the ones

against the wall...

Hey, Mr. shoup!

Rodney!

Rodney Freeman.

You're just in time.

Just in time for what?

For a tour.

You're looking at the newest

authorized distributor

of the agro harvest line

of professional farm products.

It seems like an awful

lot of inventory.

Well, it is,

but you know what they say,

if you can't give it to 'em

when they need it,

they'll find it someplace else.

Now, for the first time,

the farmers can buy

all their supplies

right here in canaan.

Come on, let me show you.

All right.

We got stacks and stacks

of stuff out back,

you'll be surprised

when you see

how much stuff we got...

Hey, hey, bobber,

they're wreckin'

the house down, come on.

This don't concern you.

Bobber, no!

You get back here

right now!

I should've listened to pop

and stayed home that night.

You know,

back in California,

I told him "some better"

was good enough.

But I only told him that

because he felt so bad,

and everyone worked so hard.

But it's not, Rodney.

"Some better" is not

good enough by half.

Let's get out of here.

Not too far over...

All right, when you...

When you sit here,

put your foot in the straps.

See?

And when you push down,

it raises the sandbag.

And you want more weight,

you can just put

some sand in.

Well, you want to try it out?

Those doctors already tried

everything in the book.

I don't know

if a bunch of pulleys

and a bag of sand's

going to make a difference.

Now, last year,

this was all alfalfa,

but I've been speaking to

Ralph Clark down at the co-op,

and he says

we might oughta consider

putting in soybeans,

maybe up to half.

Now, I told him

I'd ask you.

We could do that.

But mind you,

down at Davis & Dunn,

they're puttin' in

100 acres or more of sorghum.

Davis & Dunn?

You know,

that new company farm

South of town?

Maybe they know

something we don't.

Well, we ain't never

planted no sorghum before.

Just cause we haven't,

doesn't mean we shouldn't.

Whatever you think.

Oh, no, daddy,

I ain't puttin'

my head in that noose

without some company.

Well, whatever we plant,

it's either gonna freeze, bake,

get eaten by bugs,

or be worth nothing

by the time we bring it in,

so I say plant whatever

you wanna plant.

It ain't gonna

matter much anyway.

Well, now, ain't you just

Mr. sunshine these days?

Hey, where you goin'?

Town's that-a-way.

Well why drive

all the way to clarksboro

when we can order from

old man shoup?

Well, Rodney was right.

Looks like openin' day

at the county fair.

All he's missin'

is the cotton candy.

And the people.

Yeah, that's what

I was afraid of.

What?

Well, farmers

not buying their stuff here.

We may have come a ways

in this town,

but we ain't come that far.

Wait here.

I'm not useless, you know!

Whatever you say, bobbles.

Here, bandit,

come on, boy!

There you go.

Hey, look at that.

Keep it up, bobber.

How long's

he been out there?

Almost an hour.

I think it's about time

we all had a little talk.

I never seen him

like this before.

Ever since Christmas.

When briony left,

it's like the joy just

flew right out of his life.

Why doesn't he just call her

and tell her he's sorry?

Because he's too proud

to let her

see him like this.

So, why'd he let her leave

if he loved her so much?

Maybe he decided

he just wasn't ready

for someone else in his life.

It's been 14 years.

How ready

does he got to be?

If only she hadn't

busted that angel.

It wasn't the angel.

It wasn't?

It wasn't the angel, or mama, or

any of that other stuff.

He did it because of me.

Hey, bobber!

Change the channel

to happy days, will ya?

You know that's only

for emergencies,

right?

What do you think

this is?

You need to go where?

California,

to talk to Dr. adair.

She's the only one who can help.

Does Mr. Burton

know about this?

He'd never let me.

Then how can you just

up and disappear?

I'll tell him I'm staying

over at a girlfriend's.

Jeri-Lynn Drake's baby's sick,

and I'm helpin' out.

I've got enough

for my ticket.

I've just never

flown anywhere before.

Don't even know where to start.

Can you help me?

Are you sure about this?

Well...

I guess I do know

a little something

about getting out of dodge...

Or whatever this place is.

...that's a really

good improvement.

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