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Good to see you. Cute kid.

Drew, can I have your autograph,

please?

Of course.

Where can I find an original model

of Adidas SL 72s?

That boy is looking for rules from you!

Blame me, everybody does.

You can't be a kid and raise a kid.

Dad, I'm taking this moment to tell you

that I'm untraditional.

When we celebrate the life of Mitch,

we're gonna do it with no tears...

we're gonna do it with excitement,

and I'll take care of everything.

- All right.

- Hear, hear.

We know what's up, and it's shoes.

We're so much alike!

I teach him things

that everybody should know.

I teach him about Abraham Lincoln

and Ronnie Van Zant...

because in my house,

they are both of equal importance.

You don't get what I'm saying.

You can't be buddies with your own son.

Beautiful night. Does it ever cool off?

No, this time of year,

it's hotter than the hinges of hell.

We got stars, though.

Gotta say I'm surprised your mom

didn't make it.

Yeah, she's pretty broken up.

She sends her love

to everybody, though.

Yeah. I don't blame her.

Around here, their favorite thing to do

is to get offended by something small...

and hold on to it for 50 years.

Of course, you and your dad were close.

Very close.

And I knew him very, very well.

He was my dad.

We were actually going to drive here

together this year.

Then it became next year and no.

I knew him very well. Very, very well.

Very well.

Yeah, I don't know my dad very well,

either.

That was my band.

This was the show we opened

for Lynyrd f***ing Skynyrd.

- Two of the original members.

- Cool.

Ruckus.

Keep going.

Keep going.

Right below the reggae tribute.

Look at that.

Ruckus.

Well, we almost opened for them.

It's a really long story. We never played,

and we never played since.

And now you fix computers.

All those postcards I sent

to Birmingham

All the way from those windows

of Amsterdam

Copped a gram from Dapper Sam

Just a four letter man in another jam

Oh yeah

Welcome to the Louisville Brown Hotel.

How long will you be staying with us?

Two nights.

That coupon I have not seen.

You with the Hasboro Wedding?

Chuck and Cindy?

I'm leaving Friday.

Okay.

Put it on my company card. Let it rip.

We're not married yet.

Hey, Rebecca.

Don't change the schedule

or Cindy will freak out!

She's been planning this for a year.

Don't forget,

there's a rehearsal dinner in...

Chuck and Cindy.

"Lovin' life."

Heather? Pick up, sis. I'm exhausted.

I'm at the Brown Hotel in Louisville.

Call me on the cell.

Hey, Mom, are you there?

Ellen. Hey, it's Drew. Are you there?

Call me back.

Somebody call me back.

That's what happens to a man when he

lets a woman take over, George!

You listen hard, laughing boy.

Did you bring the stuff?

No, Blinky, no!

Here's a knife that you'll really like.

This is my chef's knife.

These knives are really razor sharp!

Claire Colburn. It's Drew Baylor.

You don't have to call me back. It's...

It's all good.

What am I saying?

I don't even say, "It's all good."

Good night.

Yello.

You have to come home.

Mom has decided

that she wants to learn to cook.

Oh, no.

I'll be home soon.

Have you cried yet?

A little.

When it happens, it's gonna be for days.

You should come home.

She's out of control.

Wait a second. I'll be right back.

- Please come home.

- Hello?

Great to hear from you.

I didn't expect for you to call.

Then again, I did leave

a few thousand numbers.

It's Claire Colburn. American Airlines.

- Claire. Can I call you right back?

- I'll hold.

Okay.

- Hello.

- Please come home.

I want to learn to cook,

I want to learn to laugh...

and I want to tap dance.

It will be my salvation.

She won't stop moving, Drew!

Heather, we need a decision here.

What's your opinion

on the whole burial issue?

Because there's a lot of people here

with big opinions!

And there's a problem with the blue suit

that I can't put my finger on...

Wait, wait, wait.

How you doing, Mom?

Great. I'm great. We are gonna make it!

- Hello.

- Drew, it's Ellen. You called me?

Ellen.

Ellen? Ellen,

thank you for calling me back!

I'm so happy you called.

Could you just hold on one second?

- Hello?

- You need to come home, Drew.

I'll be right back. Hello?

Drew.

Ellen, I called you about that

silly goodbye.

Could you hold on for just one second?

Yeah, but I'm actually

on my way out to dinner.

Just hold a second.

- Can we...

- I'm just in the middle of...

- See, I've gotta...

- Ellen.

- Just call me later, okay?

- Don't go.

Okay.

Hello.

- Hello, stranger.

- Claire, hold on.

Here's what's great

about the Nashville airport.

I just wanted to call you and thank you.

So, you know, goodbye, thank you and...

- I'll hold.

- Okay.

Hello?

Cremated, don't you agree?

Heather, they really love him here.

They're not buying cremation.

They don't even acknowledge the word.

But I need to call you right back.

Is there anything more important

than the conversation we're having?

I will call you right back.

No problem.

Just dial "hell" and I'll answer.

I'll call you right back.

I miss Dad.

Was he a fun guy?

Of course he was a fun guy.

Especially in the last few years

when you got so busy.

I'll call you right back.

- I know you're late for dinner.

- I am late.

- I'm in Kentucky.

- Drew.

It was real and it was great,

and it was really great.

Call me anytime, okay? Goodbye.

It's just goodbye, you know?

It's not "goodbye." It's just goodbye.

Take care.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Hello?

Good Lord. Did I win the phone lottery?

Tell me about the Nashville airport.

I'm over it.

I'm actually almost home now.

Were the roads as hellish as I told you?

Claire, my dad's dead.

I know.

You knew?

I don't know a lot about everything...

but I do know a lot about

the part of everything that I know...

which is people.

And I thought I was so mysterious.

Trust me, everybody is less mysterious

than they think they are.

And they all know me,

and I don't know any of them...

and I had never seen

a dead body before.

To have never taken a solitary road trip

across country?

I mean, everybody's gotta take

a road trip at least once in their lives.

Just you and some music.

You have no idea of the sheer volume

of my cousin's kid when he cries.

I mean, I think there is definitely

a higher spirit.

But I agree, what's left behind finally...

are the impressions

you made on people.

More important is to know where to go.

You haven't traveled at all, have you?

I just recently decided

that things really are black and white.

And so, we all became helpers.

Which I still can't help.

I can't help helping.

Okay, I'll drive back home.

At least part of the way.

I will take a road trip.

I was actually gonna go

with Mitch next year.

Why am I calling him Mitch?

I spend so much time thinking

about all the answers to the problem...

that I forget

what the problem actually was.

If you're smart, you'll just wear your

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