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I have one! I have one, Joseph! | I have one! I have a trout!

- Sh*t! Reel him in! Reel him in! | - I got one! There he is!

He's a rainbow! | Reel him in, Martha! Reel him in!

What do I do now? | What do I... Where is he?

You got him! You got him! | You got him! Here he is.

- Look at him! | - He's Loch Ness monster's cousin!

Joseph, Joseph! No! | Joseph, wait!

Perfect!

Good thing he threw the hook. That | baby was ready to take your leg off.

Sh*t!

This fishing is a wonderful time!

Hey, Martha!

There you go. | Come on.

My wits are weak, | but my back's strong.

Who ever said trout | fishing was gonna be easy?

Martha? Martha! | You okay?

It's me and you, huh, | stud-hoss? Yeah.

Twenty miles of sh*t creek | with our bare hands, huh?

I don't forget. | Jacknife like an elephant.

Short on smarts, | long on memory.

You sleep. | Jacknife's on watch. You sleep.

Would you have him give me a buzz?

I started working at this garage. | See, if he wants, he could call...

or he could come by.

- Ain't it time to give them a rest? | - Jacknife! Long time no see.

- You gonna drive again? | - I'm looking for Dave Flanagan.

- He's up front. | - This way?

Oh, yeah. No, I got no | problem with that. Oh, no.

Hold on a second.

Be on time tomorrow.

Hey, Davey! Davey!

- How you doing? | - I suck.

Let's go grab a beer.

- Look, look, Megs... | - Since when ain't you thirsty?

Since when ain't you thirsty?

- What you doing here? | - I thought I'd see how you'd doing.

I got my car, I just came over. | It's just about to fall apart.

So then she, she moved to Florida.

I don't know. She thought | Connecticut was too cold.

Maybe too many bad memories | of your old man around here, huh?

It must've been tough, Davey. | You come hobbling off the plane...

...and they tell you he's dead. | - Yeah. I was pissed.

It was his gung-ho vet sh*t that | got me to enlist in the first place.

I'd been fantasizing for months | to deck that son-of-a-b*tch.

Yeah, man, I felt cheated.

You're outta here!

You know what I hated? | Waiting.

Knowing it was just a matter of | time till something bad happened.

F***, yeah.

See, Davey, the only way I could | handle it was to get up for it, man.

know what I'm saying?

It was like, like | something set in, you know?

And not just me. | I was like a lot of us, maybe.

I was never there, Megs.

I don't follow that.

It never happened.

It's over and done with. | You understand?

Go, go, go!

Go, go, go!

I got one at ten o'clock! | Dead hot!

- Bobby, please. | - Come on, Dave!

- You got five seconds! | - Come on, Davey!

Get him outta of here!

Bobby, don't, please! No!

No!

- Help me! | - Come on, Davey!

- Got my piece? | - Got it! You okay, Davey?

- Let's go! | - My f***ing leg!

Bobby.

How long you been back?

A month, maybe.

Well, I hooked up with | an old buddy of mine.

A vet?

Trying to give him a hand?

Sh*t, I, I go all I can do | to help me, man.

- You wonder if you'll forget it? | - Every damn day.

I don't know if I wanna think about | this stuff he makes me think about.

It makes me feel good when | my friends come to me.

Makes me feel good to know | I'm not alone. That's important.

To know you're not alone.

People alone... | they just waste away slow.

That's true for all people, | you know, man? Not just vets.

Jake? This...

this guy, he's got a sister.

Tell me about her.

- What time did you get home? | - Don't start.

- Mother called. | - Great.

- How's Florida? | - She wanted to talk to you.

So you could get on the extension | and you could gang up on me?

Forget it.

Have a nice day.

Oh, I forgot. Your friend | left you a number.

- Who? | - Joseph. Megs.

He's not my friend, Martha.

- He wants you to call him. | - He's not my friend.

Quiet, please!

All right, take your seats. | Take your seats, everybody!

Would this entire class like to stay | after school with me for a month?

Thank you. Now, people, | open your books to page 550.

Bone structure. Today we're | studying the Haversian canal.

What is bone tissue? | Is bone living?

David. Oh, David.

Okay, start this sucker up.

- There you go. | - Zippety-do-dah!

Let me ask you something. | You any good with foreign jobs?

If it's got wheels, if it's got an | engine, my friend, I'm your man.

- What'll it be? | - Oh, yes.

- Is Joseph Megessey around? | - Who?

Oh, Megs. Yeah. Why don't | you park over there, huh?

Hey, Megs!

Yeah?

You got yourself a visitor.

He's over there.

Hello, Joseph.

Oh, goddamn. Look what...

Martha? Would you, you know, | like to adjourn to the office?

- Yes. | - Right this way.

Goons.

It's nice of you | to stop by, Martha.

You wanna go with me for | a walk in the parking lot?

Yes.

- Allow me. | - Oh, thank you.

- This your car? | - Yes.

Well, it's reliable.

You could use a little air. Move | over to the pump. I'll fix you up.

- Oh, no. It's all right. | - No, no. It's no trouble.

Joseph? Would you let me | buy you a cup of coffee?

Don't you go anywhere. | I'll be right back.

Except it's on me. | A lady don't buy when I'm around.

Clean us, mates! | I got a date with the lady!

You jealous dogs! | You dirty jealous dogs!

Do you come here often?

- Do you come here often? | - Oh, yeah. Oh, I pass it.

It's nice.

- Looks all right. It's okay? | - Oh, it's lovely, yes.

- I should be dressed better. | - No, you're fine.

I don't get out much | for meals and stuff.

Do your girlfriends | come over and cook for you?

Is that like a real question, | or are you just jerking my chain?

What?

- No, I just... | - What?

I'm a little nervous. I was trying | to make conversation with you.

- You're nervous? | - Yes.

Me, too.

- Cocktails? | - Oh, we were gonna have...

How about it? I mean, I'll have a | cocktail if you'll have a cocktail.

- Oh, sure. | - Cocktails are good.

What kind of a cocktail would you | like, sir? Something elegant?

Elegant is good... also.

How about a Bud | or something, Martha?

Two Buds.

Well, how about you, Martha? | Boyfriends, I mean?

Hey, I'll bet you gotta fight them | off with tommyhawks, don't you?

- I've given up the fight. | - You?

Come on! You, you're built like | a brick shithouse, Martha.

- That's the most ridiculous thing. | - I noticed that right off.

- You've got the biggest pair of... | - Stop contradicting me!

- There you go. | - Thank you.

- I know what I am. | - Yeah? What's that?

Martha.

Some people get awful the | minute they open their mouths...

and other people, | like you, Martha...

they grow on you.

The more you get to know them, | the better looking they get.

And that's what I think.

I can see I'm gonna need | another one of these.

David said you two | were in Vietnam together.

Yeah, basic right through, we were.

He never talks about it.

No? Me, I talk about it | all the time.

To myself, when there's | no one else around to listen.

Did you know his friend Bobby?

You like to drive? You know, just | hop in the car and head somewhere?

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