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in the ground on time.

You're cuttin' it close.

[sighs] Florence and the boys are

out there workin' double time, sir.

And you know field needs to be rebroke

'cause of that rain.

Mmm, don't I know it? Yeah,

wish we could control the rain. [chuckles]

[exhales] Y'all ought to be

well into plantin' by now,

and you haven't even

gotten your fields laid by.

Can't afford to wait any longer, Hap.

You're a farmer. You understand that.

Yes, sir.

Of course, if you had a mule...

you'd be done in no time.

-We lost that mule to lockjaw, sir.

-I know.

Florence and the boys out there--

You're gonna have to rent one

of my mules, Hap.

You'll go on half shares

till you pay it off.

Send one of your boys around after dinner

to fetch that mule.

Yes, sir.

[tractor engine starting]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[breathing heavily]

-[bone cracking]

-[yelps]

[yelling]

[panting]

[men chattering]

[grunts]

[breathing heavily]

[retching]

[sighs]

[coughing]

[Henry] Honey, by the way,

I forgot to tell ya.

Florence ain't gonna be able

to work with us for a while.

What do you mean

Florence isn't comin' back?

Well, not till the end of July, anyways.

Until we get the seed in the ground.

-Where's Hap?

-Hap broke his leg. I told ya.

-No.

-I did.

-You didn't, Henry.

-I did.

I need help with the girls.

Can't you lend them a mule--

No, I can't lend him a mule.

You don't just lend somebody a mule.

Why don't I just give 'em the whole farm

while I'm at it?

I mean, if they can't get the seed

in the ground in time,

they need to rent one of ours,

and they can pay us a half share for it.

It's tough on them, but it's good for us.

Hap hurt himself working for us.

No, Laura, Hap Jackson hurt himself

workin' for Hap Jackson.

-Farming's a business.

-I just think--

You just think. Well, I just sank

everything we have into this farm.

Everything.

We need to make some money this year,

or our family's in trouble.

Now, do you understand that?

Do you?

Yes, Henry.

All right, then. Hmm? Come on.

[Laura] 8-30-62.

The date the Confederate forces crushed

the Union army in the Battle of Richmond.

I don't think he knew

that I knew the combination.

[knocking on door]

-Hello. Mrs. Jackson?

-Yes?

I'm Dr. Pearlman.

I'm here to treat your husband.

Oh, thank you. Come in.

[Florence] If you'd asked me before then,

I'd have told you

all white folks was the same.

[Hap breathing heavily]

[shuddering]

[Laura] Henry stayed mad at me...

and he showed it by ignoring me

in our bed.

I hadn't always enjoyed

Henry's lovemaking,

but it made me feel like a true wife.

[Henry grunts]

[Laura] I never thought of refusin' him.

How could he refuse me?

[man and woman moaning]

[Harry Truman on radio]

This is a solemn but glorious hour.

General Eisenhower informs me...

that the forces of Germany

have surrendered to the United Nations.

The flags of freedom fly all over Europe.

For this victory,

we join in offering our thanks

to the providence

which has guided and sustained us...

[soldiers cheering]

[horns honking]

-[soldier 1] Hitler is dead!

-[soldier 2] War is over!

[all yelling indistinctly]

[soldier 3] Hitler's dead!

[in German] This is over, yes?

[Ronsel sighs]

[soldier 4] War is over!

[soldiers cheering]

Boom!

We're in enemy territory.

We're in enemy territory.

You dead, cracker, you dead!

[imitates tank sounds]

We're runnin' over 'em.

Watch your right, gunner.

Bang!

You dead.

[Laura]

Saturday was my favorite day of the week.

It was the only day I felt truly clean.

-[Isabelle] Am I sitting down?

-[Laura] Yes. Sit down.

The rest of the time, we stank.

Mama, somebody's coming!

-Uncle Jamie!

-[Isabelle] Uncle Jamie!

[Jamie] Now come give

your Uncle Jamie a hug.

-[Jamie] Who's that?

-[yelling]

[Jamie] Is that my little Amanda doll?

-And who is this? My little Bella.

-[Henry] Jamie!

-Oh! Give your Uncle Jamie a hug!

-Jamie! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

-[Jamie] You have grown so big!

-Whoo-hoo! Jamie! [chuckling]

-Now, who's that? [grunts]

-[laughing] Oh!

Come on, girls.

You look good, brother.

You look like hell.

-Don't sugarcoat it now.

-"Don't sugarcoat it." Come on!

Huh?

-[girls giggling]

-You see him in his uniform?

[Jamie] Oh, my sweet sister-in-law.

-Welcome home, Jamie.

-[Henry] Come here.

-[Laura chuckles] All right.

-[Henry] You gonna see what he's got? Huh?

How you enjoyin' it here

in Henry's version of paradise?

[both laugh]

You'd think a son would see fit

to say hello to his own father.

[Jamie] Oh, dearest Pappy.

God, how much I missed you.

He's missed you, too,

though he won't admit it.

Yeah. Well, I bet he's quit chewing chaw

and joined the NAACP, too.

-[spits]

-[Henry laughing]

Come on,

I can't believe you walked out here!

Well...

I didn't wanna bother you guys.

It's, uh...

[Jamie laughing]

That's the last thing that she said.

Boy!

-[all laughing]

-Oh, Lord!

Oh, boy.

So, what's it like being a big war hero?

-Sh*t, I wouldn't know. [laughs]

-[Pappy] No, don't give me that.

Army wrote me letters

about your fancy medals.

Said it was the highest honor

an airman could achieve.

-[Henry] They did?

-Well...

I was lucky.

-Other men weren't.

-[Pappy] Yeah. Well...

I bet you got plenty of tail

out if it, too.

Oh, Jamie never needed medals

to get girls, Pappy.

[Pappy] Mmm?

-Take after me that way.

-[Henry] Hmm.

Your mama was the prettiest girl

in Greenville.

And I had 'em all sniffing up after me.

[chuckling]

Yeah. I'll tell you one thing for sure.

You had to kill a whole lot of Krauts

to get them medals.

How many did you take out, you reckon?

Fifty? Fifty? A hundred?

-Oh, I don't know.

-[Pappy] Well, take a guess.

I don't know.

What... What's the matter?

Man ought to know

how many men he's killed.

Well...

I'll tell you one thing.

It was more than one.

Well, son...

at least I looked my one in the eye

before I shot him.

Not like dropping bombs

from a mile up in the air.

[Henry] Pappy.

-Pappy, come on.

-[Pappy] To hell with him.

[Henry] Why'd you have to go and do that?

Hmm?

He's just proud of you.

-That's all.

-[Jamie] Mmm.

-Yeah.

-Got a point, though.

We should hit the hay.

You'll be okay on the couch?

[Jamie] Yeah.

Come on.

Good to see you, little brother.

Appreciate you and Laura for having me.

[Henry] Okay.

You need a good night's sleep.

Feed you up. Get some meat on those bones.

Actually, it was more like four.

Four what?

Miles up in the air.

The altitude we dropped those bombs from.

The hell you even see anything

that high up?

You'd be surprised.

Roads, cities, factories.

Just not people.

20,000 feet, they ain't even ants.

Pappy's right.

Man ought to know.

[Henry] Good night.

[Ronsel]

Home again, home again. Jiggity-jig.

Tupelo! Next stop, Tupelo!

[Ronsel] Coon, spade, darky, n*gger.

Went off to fight for my country

to come back

and find it hadn't changed a bit.

Thank you.

Howdy, Miss Tricklebank.

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