Straight A's Page #5

[Joe Purdy singing

Take Me or Leave Me]

This is William. Can '1 come

lo the phone right now,

so please leave a message and

I'll call you back. Thank you.

Hi, it's me.

It's really late.

You're probably fast asleep.

[Take Me or Leave Me continues]

Come here.

[laughing]

Sh*t.

I'll go get

another one.

Hold on.

Okay, go get

another one.

[music continues]

F***ing key.

Evening.

[clears throat]

(Katherine)

Hi, it's me.

It's really /ate.

You're probably fast asleep.

Just calling to congratulate

you on the deal.

Can '1 wait to hear

all about it.

That's all, I guess.

I miss you.

[Joe Purdy singing

Take Me or Leave Me]

Good morning, everyone.

Where's Uncle Scott?

He's not in his room.

Charles, sit down.

(Charles)

Where is Moose?

Your Uncle Scott left in

the middle of the night.

He'll be back. He promised

me he would help me today.

He left. I-I don't think

he's coming back.

He will.

You don't know that?

Maybe.

He will!

You watch.

I'm going to kill him,

I swear to God.

You want a ride?

You can sit

up front.

Your Uncle Scott is old like,

you know, me and your dad.

But he's still got a /at of

growing up to do, like you guys.

I don't think Uncle Scott

knows how to grow up.

Maybe it was my fault

Uncle Scott left.

I did pressure him.

Don't you ever

think that.

(Scott) Don't crowd

him too much.

(Charles)

Uncle Scott.

Hey, man,

come here.

Can you watch

my horse for me?

Hey...

I decided to get here early and

cut through all the red tape.

And these

are for you.

I'm sorry

about last night.

I was kind

of A-hole.

You ready to do this,

big man? Yeah?

All right,

go get them.

Hey, Charles,

come here.

I want to give you this.

for good luck.

It's called a "ku".

A fisherman

gave it to me.

It's kinda like a Mayan

ying yang thing.

Go get them, dude.

Last up today

is Charles Henderson.

He'll be giving

a report on the Aztecs.

Charles?

We--

We all know

the Aztecs ruled

all of Mexico

before Cortes conquered

them in 1533.

Mexico City t-today

stands on the ruins of the

Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.

And the Aztecs were a

highly advanced empire

that reigned

for 300 years

over a nation larger

than the United States,

with the capital twice

the size of London.

But what most

people don't know

know is the way the Aztec nation

reigned over so many people,

was that they would capture

anyone who opposed them,

and sacrifice them

to the gods.

[audience gasps]

So, what they did was they

would take a conquistador,

and each priest would

get an arm or leg,

and they would stretch

him out over this rock,

and the high priest would take this

flint, this really sharp rock,

and he would hold it

above his head,

in front

of the Aztec nation,

and he would slam it right

through the breast bone.

[cheering]

And he would reach

into the Spaniard's chest

and he would

rip out the heart.

[cheering]

And he would

hold it out

in front of the whole Aztec

nation, still bleeding.

And he would scream

"To the Gods".

[cheering]

But none of that is in any

of the history books.

They don't

teach that to kids.

$0, it just goes to show that

sometimes history is remembered

the way grown ups

wished it happened.

And sometimes the truth just

gets buried with the past.

That's my boy.

[cheering]

Here you go.

Keep the change.

I appreciate it.

Thanks.

Hey, how are you doing, Louisa?

Good.

Where's Katherine?

She went to Charles' assembly.

Oh, okay.

How are doing? I'm good.

Thank you.

What the--

Do you--

Do you-do you know

anything about the--

Okay, guys, wash up your hands.

They'll be here soon.

So, why is there a goddamn

horse in the back yard?

Hey, Willie.

How have you been?

That horse, Moose,

is mine actually.

And I was thinking about giving

it to your boy, Charles.

What are you do--

He just showed up a couple of days.

Why don't you ask him?

They're here.

Your father's here.

What's he doing here?

I told you. He's coming

over for dinner for your--

No. Actually, you haven't told

me a lot of things lately.

Hello, Pappy.

Hello.

Hey, Dad.

How are doing?

Pa.

Oh. Good to see you.

Dinner's almost ready.

Dad, you must be starving.

Where's Joe?

Who's Joe?

He's been talking all day about

playing bridge with his friend Joe.

How can he play bridge

if he's so sick?

Is Joe your

imaginary friend?

No smoking

in the house.

So?

This family's f***ed.

No sh*t.

I've been saying that for years.

Hey, do me

un favor, pequeno.

Don't tell them

I s pea k ingls-

I got you.

Gracias.

[Scott clears throat]

George, how about

you sit over here?

I'm not sitting here.

Oh, come on, Mr. Henderson.

Where's Joe?

I'm sure Joe will be here any minute.

Now, come on, have a seat.

How about

you sit here?

Ah, nice.

Charles, would you just

sit down, please? Thanks.

Welcome

to the family.

I'd like to propose a toast

to the two people who are

the reason we're all here,

George and Margaret.

Here, here.

Well, I think we should

say thank you to Kathy.

I have to say it's

very generous of you

to prepare this dinner

in honor of our parents--

Why did you even

come here?

Mom told me to come,

back in Tennessee.

Sorry, come again?

To be honest, she

wanted me to come here

and make amends

with you.

Get to know Charles

and Gracie, see Dad.

She gave me a whole

list of things,

and I got on my horse

and here I am.

Here to make

peace with you.

Excuse me, everybody,

I'm not gonna get any--

Hey, hey.

William, sit down.

Mr. Henderson, why don't you read

from Mrs. Henderson's journal?

I marked the page.

Go ahead.

Read what

the missus wrote.

It's okay.

Beautiful flowers.

"I arrived

at the house today,

"and found William

and Katherine.

"They really do make

such a fine couple.

"William once

said to me

"that he knew

Katherine was the one

"the first time Scott

brought her home.

"It's a very odd place

to be as a mother,

"having both sons be in

love with the same woman.

"I think

"about Scott

"all the time.

"It's my greatest hope

"William and Scott

will make up

"and be brothers again.

"And love each other.

"Scott reminds me

[sobs] "so much of his father.

"I h-hope they

reconnect

"while our

George is still

George."

[creaking]

Oh.

Scott?

I'll be back.

[grunts]

[grunts]

[grunts]

He's ready.

[Scott groaning]

Dad, Dad!

Charles.

Call the ambulance!

Katherine, call the ambulance!

Scott. Scott. Scott.

Do you hear me?

Scott. Jesus. Hurry!

Scott.

Come on, Scott.

Mr. Henderson?

Yeah.

May I, please,

see you a moment?

What's happened?

Is he okay?

He's stable, but he's in a level three coma.

What does that mean?

Was it an overdose? He has

a history of drug abuse.

Uh, your brother

never told you

he was being treated in

Tennessee for a glioblastoma?

A type of brain tumor.

Wait a second. What?

They found it a year

ago during a routine MRI.

Because it's

a spectrum of symptoms,

everything from intense

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes