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Higher Power Page #2
- Got you.
(indistinct chatter)
Psychologist:
And how isthe job-hunt going?
- Any luck?
at this
government funded facility.
It's... I don't know
I didn't even apply.
They uh, I don't know, they got
my name, They contacted me and...
Thought it was
kind of weird but...
you know, whatever.
It's good pay and benefits so...
A year sober, a new job,
a new man.
It's all good stuff.
Man:
Well, everyone,this is a special evening.
Joe, come on up here
and get your one-year chip.
(applause)
higher power. Um...
I don't really know who
or whatever that is yet.
I remember when my wife was sick
and uh...
After she died
I prayed all the time.
There was no voice
coming back to me.
There were no answers,
There were no nothing.
And I ended up stranding my kids
out to sea.
I don't blame them
for hating me.
I mean, I'd hate me too.
Uh...
But I got to believe
that in their hearts
I don't know.
I can do better.
I can be better.
(ambient music playing)
- Buddy! Hello!
- (Heather giggling)
Heather:
Oh,where are my kisses?
- Good boy! Oh, hello!
- Hi.
Welcome home, Dad!
- Joe:
You got a little taller.- Rhea:
Little bit, little bit.Where's your sister?
- Heather:
Oh, she's uh, she's up there.- Rhea:
Oh Dad, you stink.- What's with this?
- It's for a school project.
You wanna know what it's about
now?
No, no.
Come here and give me a hug.
- Zoe:
No, you smell.- (Rhea laughing)
- Look.
- Zoe:
No. (squealing) No!- Here.
- Zoe:
Stop it. (laughing)Heather:
Don't chase your child.Joe:
All right, so what is thisreport on?
Zoe:
Uh, it's on professionsand I chose yours.
- Can I ask you a few questions?
- Rhea:
No, wait, wait!- Rhea:
Wait. Here it is.- Joe:
Abso...- Zoe:
Wait Rhea I was gonna... Just one second.- Heather:
She baked a cake.Be right with you.
Zoe:
Say your nameand your profession.
- You need to say it into the camera.
- Joe:
Hi.My name is Joseph Steadman.
I am a deck hand
on a commercial fishing boat.
Zoe:
What do you do in your off-timewhen you're... When you're not working?
Uh...
Being here.
Being home.
(clears throat)
You know, you guys.
Michael:
So I'm just wondering,like,
at one point you're gonna have
to take, like, a bedpan test?
- Like, do you guys have...
- Do you...
do you really think
that's a real thing?
You need to be pretty
experienced at that.
- I mean, it's a very delicate situation...
- What do you think nursing is?
Michael:
...just dumping themout there for ya.
Just saying, things that will
make you a better nurse
- at the end of the day.
- Yeah, that's abs...
- Zoe:
Oh, sh*t.- Michael:
What?- Hey, Zoe.
- Zoe:
That's my dad.I got a year sober today.
I uh, thought maybe
we could uh...
go to dinner, maybe talk.
I got you something.
Am I embarrassing you?
Dad, why don't you go try
this with Rhea?
She needs it. You think coming
here with presents is gonna help?
Okay, no, no, no, listen,
listen, listen. I...
I'm trying. And you know, I...
I can't get through to Rhea.
Not by myself.
Maybe we could, uh,
do it together.
Maybe the three of us
like a family.
Can we just leave? Can we go?
Alright, well I just want you
to have this.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Look, why don't
you just give her some space?
She's obviously just not into it
right now.
- Alright, listen. I just...
- Hey, you are.
- I am what?
- You are embarrassing her.
- (groans) Get your f***ing hands off me!
- Zoe:
Dad!- Dad, just stop!
- What's your problem? Christ!
- Stop! Stop!
- What the f*** is wrong with you?
- Jesus Christ!
- I'm sorry!
No, it wasn't him, it's you!
It's always you!
It's the same sh*t!
Zoe. Zoe!
I...
(birds chirping)
(intense music playing)
(phone ringing)
Zoe:
Come on, Rhea. Pick up.I got you that phone
so you would use it.
Okay, please? Sis, I'm here.
Just... Don't forget, okay?
I don't understand.
She was doing so well.
We talked every Sunday for the last
three months. She's using again.
Look, just give her some time, all right?
I know she's gonna call.
You know?
You don't know anything
about me, Michael.
I mean, why are you
even still here?
My dad just punched you
in the face.
No, look. Hey, it's okay.
I'm here because I love you,
all right?
God, you don't wanna get sucked into this.
I'm like a f***ing black hole.
No.
You are not a black hole, Zoe.
Your dad is.
And unlike him
I'm not going anywhere.
All right?
It's okay.
It's gonna be okay.
(eerie music playing)
Joe:
Rhea. Rhea, it's me.Uh...
Uh, I f***ed up.
Can you call me?
I, uh...
I wanna fix this. Just call me.
(music rising to crescendo)
Heather:
I'm not scared anymore, baby.
I've accepted it.
And I need you to do the same.
You just have to believe
like I do.
Believe you're the man
that I see.
I need you to be strong
for our girls.
And you keep our family
together when I'm gone.
Joe:
Don't say that.You're not going anywhere.
Joe...
Please.
Promise me.
Joe:
I promise.I'm sorry, baby.
I messed everything up.
I lost 'em.
(tense music playing)
(Joe muffled yelling)
(groans)
(eerie music playing)
Control:
Gentlemen.- We are at zero hour.
- (music rising to crescendo)
(beeping)
(ominous music playing)
(beeping)
(high-pitched buzzing)
- (ears ringing)
- (groans)
Open your eyes, Joseph Steadman.
don't they?
(groaning)
What...
When your wife died
you reached out for a God.
But no one answered. (echoes)
You wanted someone
to tell you what to do.
(echoes) To tell you what to do.
Joe:
(recording) I rememberwhen my wife was sick
- And uh... She died.
- (groaning)
I prayed all the time. And uh, there
was no voice coming back to me.
I did not know what to do.
I did not know what to do.
I did not know what to do.
I did not know what to do.
(screaming in agony)
Control:
We're transmittinga data burst
through a device
we placed on your optic nerve.
It allows us to see
what you see.
And you to see
what we want you to.
In this case your drug addict
daughter, Rhea.
Now you see the consequences
of your actions, Joe.
Look at how you influenced her.
She's about to score
her next hit.
I've been watching your family
for some time now, Joe.
(Joe screams in pain)
Control:
Why did you give upso easily?
- Joe:
No!- Control:
You're not fixing anything!- It's broken, all of it.
- Joe:
Stop!Lost because you weren't strong
enough to hold it together.
- Joe:
Get out of my head!- Control:
Broken promises, Joe.Broken family, smashed down
by your unstable hands.
Zoe:
It's got magic powersto keep you strong.
Control:
And I can help youfind your strength to put those
- pieces back together.
- Joe:
I always wanted magic powers.Control:
But first,you have to answer me, Joe.
Do you believe in me?
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