Straight A's

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Sport casino floors.

Over 100,000 square

feet of VIP gaming.

I mean, she's a beauty.

She's of steel.

Yeah, we're going to call her

the queen of the red.

The grand casino.

It's going to be perfect.

(little boy)

if you Wikipedia death,

it says it is the permanent termination

of all biological functions

that sustain

living organisms.

What it doesn't tell you

is how to cope with death.

You have

to let go, Gracie.

It's the only way

to say goodbye.

When we lost Samson,

Gracie and I were the

saddest we've ever been.

(Gracie)

Bye, Samson.

My Mom says that life

changing e vents,

no matter

how big or small,

happen in threes.

I must get back

to work, okay?

Come.

Wait. Did you sign it?

Oh, no.

Samson was the first.

[horse neighs]

And then, he arrived.

Look!

A horse?

The third would happen

within four days,

and show us that life

really comes full circle.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Can I help you?

Yeah, this

the Henderson house?

Si.

I'm your Uncle Scott.

Your daddy's brother.

He never mentioned me?

You must be Todd.

No, Charles.

Sh*t.

Caroline.

My name is Gracie Ann,

and I'm 6 and 3/4s.

Well, Gracie Ann,

I'm 31 years old.

Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Henderson

is not here right now.

Where did he go? He's

out of town for work.

Ah.

(Gracie) Can I pet your horse ?

You sure can.

My horse's name

is Moose.

Moosey.

You can pat him.

That's him

saying hi.

(Gracie)

He's so nice.

Yeah, he's a good one.

I like him.

Me, too.

Why do you ride

a horse?

Well, Charles

I got a DUI-

They took my license.

Ain't that a b*tch ?

So, what

happened here?

(Gracie)

Samson passed away.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That really sucks.

How did it happen?

I'm in the middle of an investigation.

Could be foul play.

You mean murder?

Possibly.

Samson have

many enemies?

I haven't ruled

anyone out yet,

but there is one person

I'm focusing on.

Oh, who's that?

[woman ta/king]

If I wanted carnations, don't you

think I would've ordered them?

I asked

for the great rose.

I asked for them.

I did ask for them

Mom hates frogs.

Did you say a frog?

Wait, Samson was a frog?

He was an oriental

fire belly toad.

You got a f***ing

love frog.

Shh.

He was a nice king frog.

He never got to be a prince.

At least I got

a chance to know him.

I think that's about the

nicest eulogy I ever heard.

I should be so lucky

when I go.

What's a eulogy? It's what

you say at a funeral.

Yes, your psalm.

Your psalm?

Like your net worth.

That grand total of your

entire life in three lines.

(Mum) All right, you guys,

enough of this nonsense.

What the hell

is that?

[horse whinnies]

Who are you?

Excuse me.

Check this out.

Hey, sister.

How the hell are you?

[gasps]

[glass breaks]

Nice house.

Why are you here?

You need money?

Mom told me you all needed my help.

So, here I am.

Your mother?

When?

Couple of days ago.

Couple of days ago ?

Where ?

Coffee shop.

Nana?

Yeah, Nana.

I refer to her

as Mom but--

Scott, are you okay?

Nana's dead.

Yes, I know. That's

what makes it so wild.

I'm sitting there at Jake's a couple of

days ago having a coffee and a smoke

when, I don't know where, Mom's

sitting next to me. I swear to God.

I just' smoked a little that morning,

so I thought it was me being high,

but buzz wore off,

she stuck round.

She told me

some stuff.

One thing leads to

another, and here I am.

How come we've

never met you?

I've been--

Been traveling.

Traveling ?

Where ? Honduras ?

I ain't never made it

to Honduras.

Truth calls

for some whiskey.

[whispers]

Sh*t.

Charles, I've spent the better part of the

last eight years in and out of hospitals.

Are you a doctor?

Thank you, Charles.

No.

Are you sick?

You could say that.

Testicular cancer?

That's what Lance

Armstrong suffered from.

[laughs]

Do you like

Lance Armstrong?

No.

No to a testicular cancer or

no to liking Lance Armstrong ?

Both. So, why were

you in the hospital?

Your uncle

here is---

Was a little crazy and a

kind of a drug addict.

Gracie. What? It's all right.

It's just funny.

Who doesn't think

a crazy person's fun?

Point is,

I'm better now.

Is that why you had coffee a couple

of days ago with your dead mother?

(Charles) For the

last eight years

you've been in a

mental institution ?

In and out. Also spent

quite a bit of time

in a rehab facility for drug

and alcohol dependency.

It ain't tight.

You know, guys,

go upstairs, please.

Louisa!

What?

Please, take

the children upstairs.

[Gracie speaking

in Spanish]

In English in the house when

Mommy's around, please-

Why are you here ?

F*** me.

Why are you here?

We moved here to be closer to

your dad after your mom died.

He has-- Alzheimers, so he says.

Hey, hey, how

did you know that?

Mom told me.

There's no smoking

in the house.

Come on.

You know, Cathy, I never figured you

for living in a house like this.

Things change.

People change.

Did you hear me? There's

no smoking in the house.

All right.

You know what?

Mom's right.

Is that how you should

have been at her funeral?

No, about Charles. Really?

What did she say?

Is he gay?

What?

I don't know why she said he's

gay, but he is a little strange.

It's a Vicodin.

You want one?

No, I don't want

a Vicodin.

Doctor's orders.

Where's Willy?

He'd deck you if he heard

you call him that.

Shreveport, I think,

till Thursday.

Today's Sunday?

Today's Tuesday.

So, I lost a couple

of days somewhere.

I take it there isn't a job you

have to be at during the week?

What's your job ?

All right.

I really want

to see my brother,

so I'm thinking maybe I'll just

hang here until he gets back.

It is great

to see you, Cathy.

You still look

pretty hot-

[buzzing]

(man) Now, you were killing

it out there today.

Big dog,

teach in a clinic.

You all right?

Yeah.

We've just got to convince the

broker to give us a few more days

on the option.

It should happen.

Yeah. that's not what

I'm talking about.

Hey, what's up?

I, uh,

when I get back to Dallas,

I'm going to leave my wife.

Hi, what's happening?

Hey, Charles, that

Xbox work out there?

I already beat

all the games.

Oh, yeah ?

What are you

working on?

An oral report

for class.

I'll tell you what.

You hit them books,

and after dinner

you and I'll get our game on.

Deal?

Oh, man.

How come you

call her that?

How come I called

who what?

Mommy "sister."

I don't know. I guess I made it

up after she married your daddy.

Technically Katherine 's

not your sister.

She's your sister-in-law. Hm.

How come she doesn't like you?

You don't think

she likes me?

She's pretty mean

to you.

Yeah, that's just

'cause we go way back.

I bet you guys didn't know that your mommy

and I were high school sweethearts.

[giggles]

Did you

and mommy kiss?

Of course we kissed. Lovers,

we did everything. I--

Is that why

you went to the rehab?

Probably.

[knocking]

Yeah?

Dinner's almost ready.

All right, homie.

You can sit by me.

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