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If you're interested,

I'll hook you up.

Oh...

Great stuff, we're running

a promotion right now.

No, no, it's okay.

It's good stuff.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

Alright.

Do you have any kids?

Me, no. Why?

Ahhh...

It's not really

a family vehicle.

Oh...

Yeah, you know,

got no time for it.

Focusing on my career,

and what not.

- How about you?

- Yeah, I have a little boy.

Mothers and sons...

They have a special bond, right?

- Right, thanks...

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Standing alone in the

house that I grew up in,

there's a...

big field back behind it,

and I can...

And I can see Jessie back there.

There's real tall grass

back there and...

he's just kind of appearing

and...

disappearing...

And he looks just

totally on his own.

He just used to have a...

He had a real...

He had a real good time just

playing on his own by himself.

And...

You know, I can just see

that he's happy.

And, you know,

I can hear him laughing.

And that always...

That always used to

make me laugh.

He had, like a...

He had a real funny little laugh

cause he was

so little...

When he'd laugh really hard...

He had, like this real...

real deep laugh.

And it didn't even sound like,

you know, it...

could come out of him,

and always used to

make me laugh.

Ah...

Thanks.

So good, so good, Phil, and...

And that's a place that you can

go back to anytime, right?

"Over 100,000 Elephants Killed by

Poachers in the Last Three Years."

Take your time, there's

one photo in particular

we'd like you to look at.

So, it's two children,

I can see that.

Two boys...

facing away from the camera...

Jesus, I don't know, maybe...

- Sarah, if you want to...

- It's not him.

- Could you please just look at it?

- This is complete bullshit!

It's not him.

Please take a look at it.

So besides the photos,

what else do you have?

The forensic team is

up at his property now.

F***...

Hey...

Jessie is fine.

I can feel it.

Sarah...

Sarah?

This is real.

Alright?

So you need to wake the f*** up!

Morning.

Seen Sarah?

She went out earlier, she's...

She went to school.

She needs help, Tim.

You know what I think?

I think she's gonna

figure it out herself.

Yeah?

Yeah...

Because I could not

stop for Death,

he kindly stopped for me,

the carriage held

but just ourselves

and immortality.

Okay.

Good.

Can anyone tell me

what the carriage of this...

poem is...

Be right back.

Great f***ing block.

Come on!

- Huh?

- Yeah.

Well, you gotta loosen up.

Got a tennis fan over here.

No, it was a good block.

Thanks, man,

thank you very much.

Right!

Cheers, fellas.

What's that all about?

Oh, ahhh...

Kelly.

She's...

Get this...

She's pregnant.

No sh*t!

Yeah, man, it's early.

How early?

Like...

Four months.

What, you weren't gonna tell me?

What are you talking about, man?

I just told you.

- Hey, it's f***ing awesome!

- Thank you!

What is it?

It's a...

It's a boy.

Wow, a baby!

That is outstanding.

Thanks, man.

- You must be so proud.

- I am.

We gotta celebrate.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Get another round.

Maybe next week,

we can do something.

Oh, when?

- I dunno, Wednesday, or...

- Next week?

I gotta check with

the boss, but I'll call you.

Sh*t, man, I should go.

I got a doctor's appointment...

Doctor's appointment?

This sh*t's starting

to get real, right?

Yeah, man, really real.

Pretty exciting time,

hold on, man.

What?

You think I'm gonna

get it on you?

- Get what?

- My bad luck?

What do you mean,

"Come on, man"?

- Phil...

- Why are you acting like this?

Think I'm going to infect you?

Phil, that's enough, man.

And talk to these guys,

you're not gonna talk to me?

Just want you to act

like my f***in' friend.

So what's up?

Hey.

- How you doing today?

- Great.

How are you doing?

Wish I'd slept

a little bit more.

Could use a cup of coffee.

We'll get you one.

What, you know the owner?

What is that?

His address.

- Where'd you get this?

- Look, Pete...

You just do

whatever you need to do.

Okay?

No judgment.

What's the matter with you?

Nothing.

Nothing...

I'm just trying to help.

How is this supposed to help me?

Well, I mean,

it's what you wanted.

We were sitting right there,

you told me...

I think it was just...

I dunno, I was talking,

that's all, just talking.

Hell, we were sitting

right there, you said...

Dude, Dude, this is not helping.

What kind of friend

are you, man?

I need to speak

with Mrs. Anderson.

Sarah?

Can I have a word with you?

- Time to go?

- Yeah.

Mr. Ciccarella will be right in.

Does my brother

know where you are?

No.

Is that okay with you?

No, no...

Why?

That's DMT.

Stop.

My son is alive.

- He's out there...

- He's out there.

You feel him?

Yes!

He's out there.

He is.

He's living with another family.

What family?

What family?

Tequila.

I know who you are.

I know who you are.

You're a teacher...

at Essex County, right?

I know, I know,

cause I've seen you...

I've...

My son goes to school there.

Yeah, not teaching today, huh?

No.

What is it, recess?

My son's name is Adam.

He's "special needs." You'd

recognize him if you saw him.

There's a lot of kids.

You know what this song's

supposed to be about?

It's about a fire lake?

Wow, you are a teacher.

You send your son

to a regular school?

Yeah, until they kick him out.

You don't send him to a special

education program, or anything?

No, he's...

He's a foster kid, right?

And the agency

claims they didn't know

about his condition.

We thought we were getting a...

normal kid?

Yeah right, okay,

I'm an a**hole, alright?

But you know,

look, it's a burden.

They don't let you

just dump him?

I'm glad you weren't my teacher.

You should be.

Look, I mean...

He's a sweet kid,

but if you're looking

for Rain Man,

or like a math genius,

or a classical f***ing pianist,

you're out of luck.

Out of luck.

I heard that a lot of these

kids, though, they're gifted.

You just have to recognize

what it is.

Oh, he's gifted in staring

at the f***ing TV all day.

Yeah.

So am I.

And what's your special talent?

What are you good at...?

Do that, do that!

Do that!

Yes...!

Is it three o'clock yet?

No.

I'm supposed to pick up Adam.

You still have an hour.

Adam, your dad's here.

- That's not my dad.

- Adam, I'm not a babysitter.

You wanna spend the night

here at school,

or do you wanna go home?

Hi, Adam!

Where's my dad?

Your dad told me

to come get you.

- You know Joe?

- I do. I know Joe.

Old Joe Crow,

who likes to crow...

Hey, did you know that

birds clean elephants?

And, and...

And that's called "symbiosis."

Adam, why don't you

get in the car?

And you can tell me about,

and we can go.

Are you gonna take me home?

Uh-huh.

Unless there's somewhere else

you'd like to go.

I would like to go to Africa.

There's the most amazing

elephant sanctuary there.

Okay.

- Really.

- Mm-hmm.

- You serious?

- Yeah.

- How was school?

- It was alright.

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