Last Flag Flying Page #2
Bless my soul.
- Praise God!
- Welcome, brothers, welcome.
Thank you for joining us
in our fellowship this morning.
Mmm.
Oh.
Oh, man, oh, man.
Southern ham. Thank you, ma'am.
All right, so listen up, Ruth,
I'm hoping that this old man
appreciates you.
Oh, I think he does.
'Cause if he ever don't,
you pack your bag
and you come live with Sal.
You don't have a wife?
No, ma'am.
Neither chick nor child.
I do have a lady friend, though.
But she don't cook worth a damn.
She does have other talents,
if you know what I mean.
Um, well, what about you,
Mr. Sheppard?
Are you single or married?
Oh, I married a wonderful
woman, Mrs. Mueller.
Light of my life, my Mary.
Heart as big as anything.
Real pretty girl.
Great big smile.
Mm. Nice.
She, um...
she had a little slowness
because of a thing
when she was born.
Wait, what's that mean?
She's retarded?
No. No.
She could do anything
that anybody else could.
She just was a little delayed.
Huh.
- Mm.
Well, what does she do?
Oh, I'm sorry. She...
Um... I lost Mary in January
from, uh, breast cancer.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, Doc.
You know me,
I-I don't mean nothin'.
We pay for what we say,
Salvatore.
Yeah? Well, put it on my tab.
It's okay. You didn't know.
Your tab's long overdue,
I suspect.
Um, do you, uh,
have any children, Doc?
Um, yes. Just one, a son.
- Larry Jr.
- Oh.
Well, uh, Richard and I,
we have a girl and a boy.
And we have four grandchildren.
Praise God.
Wait, is it... Richard?
Honey, do we have some coffee
or pie or something
for our guests before
we send them on their way?
Richard.
Oh, yes. Um...
I have a peach cobbler
for dessert.
Ooh! Peach cobbler!
Now we're livin'!
Huh? Ooh!
All right.
You married up, Richard.
I'm glad to see you prevailing
over your hardships, Doc.
Oh, I-I do my best.
You, at least, seem to have
turned out to be a decent man.
Well, try to be.
And so do I.
Me, too.
I, uh...
I regret any role I played
in all that... foolishness
that happened back in Vietnam.
Oh.
It's okay.
What the hell happened
to Mueller the Mauler?
Huh? I mean...
well, sh*t.
What, did you put him in
the Witness Protection Program?
You got him hiding
under the couch or something?
Jesus.
I grew up, Sal.
I found my life's purpose
on the way.
Good for you.
So, what about you?
Is that the way things
shook out?
Yeah.
Yeah, I re-upped. Sure.
Expectin' all the dominoes
to fall,
just like they said they would.
I was ready to kill me
some commies in San Diego,
Hey, can you believe this?
People go to Vietnam
on f***in' vacation.
- Hmm.
- Huh? They pay
good money
where 52,000 young Americans
took their last dump.
F*** me.
So, you, uh, mustered out
on principle?
I mustered out
with a plate in my head
on 100% disability.
And that's the good news.
Boy, I wonder how that happened.
Oh. Now, that's a good story.
F*** all if I can remember it.
Yes, yes.
I'm sure of it.
Speakin' of drink,
this is the best water
I've ever had.
You see, Ruth,
I was on the shy side
of insubordination
most of the time,
but I could get away with it
on account of my dashing
- I guess
we should all be just grateful
that we're still alive.
- Amen.
- Praise God.
I tell myself that.
Doc, you're not gonna eat that?
- Mmm, mmm, mmm.
- Ooh, God. I don't want it to go to waste.
You, uh, okay, Doc?
Mm-hmm.
Whatever it is
that's troubling you,
it's probably best
to talk about it.
My son...
Because of my son,
I c-came here,
found you guys.
Maybe I shouldn't have.
Your son?
Larry Jr.
A year ago, he joined the corps.
Oorah.
And then two days ago,
they came and told me
that he'd been killed.
It was in, uh, Baghdad.
His convoy got ambushed.
They told me that he unloaded
his weapon on them
and he died with his bayonet
in his hand.
Jesus.
He's coming home tonight.
He's gonna be buried
in Arlington.
Full honors. A hero.
And I was wondering
if you guys could come with me.
We ask, heavenly Father,
that you continue
to strengthen his spirit
and to soften the sadness
during this-this time
of bereavement.
I can promise you, Doc,
you will meet your wife
and son again,
in a better place.
Oh, come on.
And all of this will seem
like a momentary separation.
Oh, come on.
What better place
are they going to, huh?
Las Vegas? Miami Beach?
Uh, Doc knows the place
of which I speak, Sal.
Well, then show him.
He's got a map.
Or maybe he can look it up on
the World Wide Internet, huh?
Well, one only knows it
when one sees it.
And as far
as you are concerned, Sergeant,
it's odds-on that you shall
never, ever see it.
Well, then I guess
I'll never miss it.
Oh, you will miss it.
You will miss it dearly,
of eternity.
Do you even know
how long eternity is?
Yeah.
It ain't gonna matter.
Let me ask you something,
with all the billions of people
floatin' around in your heaven,
how come none of them
ever got the word back
to the rest of us?
One of them did.
Oh, right.
That guy. Yeah.
A bit sketchy on the details,
if you ask me.
I'm not asking you.
Okay, Doc, listen up.
I'm really sorry for your loss,
but I ain't gonna blow
The worst thing
that can happen to anybody
has landed on you,
and now you just got to deal
with it.
Lord have mercy.
What?
You were a hazard
when you were a younger man.
Now you're just an old fool.
What the hell are you
talking... You know, I...
I got your hazard
dangling here, huh?
I'm going to ask you to watch
your language in my house, sir.
- What language is that? I'm not...
- Man, listen...
- Guys,
guys, I didn't want
to cause any trouble.
Okay.
Doc,
I'm gonna help you bury
your boy.
Now, I may not be able
to get you up into heaven,
but I can sure as hell get you
to Arlington.
Mueller?
to help you, Doc,
- but I... -But he has to stay
here and pray for you,
which will be very helpful.
- Richard.
- Yes.
Could I see you for a moment?
Of course, dear.
Mueller, please.
I don't get around so well
anymore, as you can see, Doc.
We'll just be in the car.
I know, but...
I don't think so.
No, no, it's impossible.
He is comin' with.
That's affirmative.
No. He said he wasn't going to.
No, don't matter what he said.
I guarantee you
his old lady is shaming him.
Okay? She's in there
right now saying,
"Richard, you have to..."
...go with that poor man.
He needs you.
He will have qualified people
to counsel him at Arlington.
Well, yes, but who will protect
him from that Sal person?
Oh, Lord, that's right.
Sh*t always goes sideways
- when Sal's involved.
- Richard,
what in the world has happened
to your vocabulary?
Oh, I'm sorry, babe. I'm sorry.
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