Take Me to the River

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Mom?

Yeah, Monkey Face?

Have you, told

the Nebraskan family I'm gay?

No. Was I supposed to?

I don't know.

I was kind of thinking

that while we're here...

maybe we don't need to make

a real big deal about it.

So you just...

You want me to lie?

No, come on. Not lie.

Don, will you help me? I...

You're better with words.

Well, you know what,

it's-it's not about you.

Okay? That's fair.

It's... It's about Mom

and it's about Grandma.

And it's about having a good

time with the Nebraska family,

and let's not focus

on you, okay?

Right. Okay.

So, we should

tell the entire family...

that you're

not really Jewish too.

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

Everybody just

squeeze in just a little.

There you go.

Okay.

Everybody look at the camera.

I can't get everybody...

Squeeze.

Squeeze just a... Say, "Go, Oklahoma

Sooners." Kidding. Kidding.

- Ryder, come stand back here by me.

- See, I can't get...

The house...

The house is cut off.

- You ready... ready, Don?

- Yeah, Cindy.

It doesn't have to be perfect, just make

sure you get everyone in the picture.

Why'd you take your pants off?

I'm just going to move this.

Ryder. Ryder, chin up.

There we go. We can

barely get everybody in.

Okay, everybody say,

"Go, Cornhuskers!"

Go, Cornhuskers!

Louder! Go, Cornhuskers!

Cornhuskers!

Did it go?

Not yet, Mom.

The beans has to come

out of the oven.

Yay!

Wait, wait! One more.

One more for-for safety, guys.

Come on, guys...

Hey, Ryder.

Come here.

Aikido?

- Push me.

- No, Dad, I'm not gonna...

Come on, push me. I want to

show you what happens. Push me.

You see?

You see what happens?

You come at me,

I redirect your energy.

Hey, they can't fight you unless you

give them something to fight against.

Okay?

Come on, chin up?

Come on. Come on.

Okay.

Hey.

Show me your best aikido.

Great, Joe.

Get that one in there.

Sh*t!

Good, Donny.

Honey, give the guy

a little space now.

Ryder!

That looks just like

Ginger horse.

She still has the picture

from last year on her wall.

Abbey.

Looks like you got a fan here.

Are you really from California?

- Really?

- Yeah.

Cool.

And... it is done.

Yes!

- Sign it.

- There we go. Okay.

How-how do you

spell your name again?

It's M...

O...

L, L...

Y.

I'm afraid he's gonna have his

hands full with that one.

All right, now say thank you.

- Thank you.

- Come on, now.

Let him do a picture

for one of your sisters.

I want a mother and a baby deer.

- Ask nicely, Abbey.

- Please! Please! Please! Can I have...

I hope he doesn't mind a bunch

of girls hanging on him.

It'll be good for him.

What's up with his shorts?

Is that a swimsuit?

- Ryder?

- What?

Is that a swimsuit?

No.

Is it underwear?

They're shorts.

Told ya.

You following us, Ryder?

No.

Where'd you get those glasses?

The 1980s.

Ryder!

Yeah?

Keep talking so I can find you.

Hi.

I'm-I'm right here. Hi.

- Gotcha.

- Yeah.

Can you stand up a second?

Ruth told me you had the shortest

pants on she'd ever seen.

So I need to check

them out for myself.

You have a lot of guts whipping

these out on Grandma's farm.

Ryder, I'm sorry, but Molly's refusing

to let anyone tie her shoes but you.

Looks like you got

your hands full here.

Okay. I... I can tie 'em for

her if she wants me to.

Yeah.

Being fickle today.

Can't talk reason with her.

It's cool.

There we go.

There's the first one.

And there we go.

All right now, say thank you.

Let's go to the hay mound

like you asked for.

- I want to go with Ryder.

- Let the poor guy finish his dinner.

I want to go with Ryder!

Hey, Keith,

I-I can take her.

It's all right, Ryder.

No, really.

It's okay.

- Here, come on, Molly, let's go.

- All right.

I don't want you

climbing those hay bales.

Yeah, we won't.

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Ryder.

Is it true that Uncle Don

isn't really your dad?

What?

No, that's weird.

Where'd you hear that?

I don't know.

What, did you dad tell you that?

I don't think

your shorts are weird.

I think they're cool.

Well, thank you.

I...

I think they're cool too.

Ryder!

Hey, Molly, your dad said

not to get up on those.

Where are the baby birds?

Do you see... see these mud

things up in the rafters?

Where?

It's right there.

Do you see the,

brown like muddy thing?

- That-That's the nest right there.

- I see.

How are we gonna get them?

Molly, I think we should

kind of leave them alone.

How about you come up here?

Why... why don't we go

check out the cows?

Check out the cows.

I...

I mean, I don't even think the,

bales go high enough.

We can do chicken fighting.

Like...

Like you getting up

on my shoulders?

Yes. Chicken fighting.

I don't know if that

sounds safe, Molly.

I do it all the time.

Okay, we'll do it,

but you have to promise me that

you're not gonna fall, okay?

I know.

All right, wrap your legs

around my neck. Ready?

I do this all the time.

I bet you do.

Okay, here we go.

Daddy!

Molly!

Daddy!

My God!

What happened?

Daddy!

Are you hurt?

- I'll take her inside.

- Ryder, are you all right?

What happened to her?

- I-I don't know.

- Were you there?

Yeah, I was.

I... Does this happen with her?

- I...

- What?

It's okay. Just tell us

what you remember.

We were just... We were up in the

barn and she started screaming.

- What were you doing up there?

- We were just talking.

- Could she have cut herself?

- I...

I mean, we were sitting on a

hay bale, so I don't think so.

She was just screaming. I...

Is that all?

You know what, she's gonna be fine, 'cause

Ruth is taking care of her. She's...

Don't go anywhere.

I...

All right, why don't we all

just go sit down a second.

Everything's fine.

Everything's...

Molly just had a little spill.

Everything's fine. Sorry.

Mom, I...

Just sit over here.

Don't worry. She's...

Just... It's probably

a little, tiny thing.

I...

H-how is she?

She's...

Are you okay?

Yeah.

But anyway,

she's settling down, so...

We'll see if we can get her

to stop crying...

long enough to tell us

what happened.

Okay.

Cindy, is she okay?

Yeah, that's what we're

trying to figure out.

Do you think maybe I should

go in and take a look at her?

You know what, I think Keith's

got it taken care of,

but thank you.

Did she stop crying?

She's fine.

I'm just gonna go sit with her.

Make sure doesn't need any...

- Ruth, I said she's fine! Now stay put!

- All right.

What is going on?

I have no idea.

You kids, why don't you all

go inside and play, all right?

Okay.

Go inside.

Boys mind moving to another table for

a second? I want to talk to Ryder.

Is Molly all right?

I'm gonna ask you again.

- I want you to look me in the eye...

- Cindy, a little help.

- Tell me what happened.

- Keith, I would be happy to go in and examine her and...

I just did that.

Well, so does she... does she have a

laceration or what did you find...

- No.

- We were sitting on the hay bales...

And she was reaching for a bird's

nest and she just started crying...

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