The Last Descent

[baby gurgling]

FEMALE NURSE:

ls there a name yet?

EMILY:

His name is John.

[airplane passing overhead]

It's slipping.

John.

-Oh. I got it. I got it.

John.

-I got it. I got it.

Somethings missing.

-What is it?

I think I left it on the plane.

-Left what?

The diaper bag.

It's not here.

Okay, you know what,

I'm gonna go back for it.

I'm gonna go back.

I'm gonna tear that plane

apart for you, all right?

First, hold this.

Thank you.

You goober.

Daddy thinks he's so funny.

Because I am funny.

[cell phone ringing]

Josh. Josh.

-John.

Josh. Where are you?

Josh, where are you? Can

you hear me, Josh? -John.

I can't hear you.

-He's right there.

I see him.

-I can't hear him. Where...

There you are.

Welcome to Utah.

[laughs]

How's my favorite niece?

You remember Uncle Joshy?

Yeah, your uncle

Osh Kosh B'Gosh.

Okay, Mr. John

Jacob Jingleheimer-

All fight, I'm done

with the nicknames.

Hey, race you to the car.

WOMAN:

Whoa.

Go ahead.

[music playing]

MAN:
So, it's doctor's school.

You out anybody open yet?

No, not yet.

Stuffs harder

than it looks though.

Between the books

and the diapers, I am sleeping

at least a few times

a week, right, Ems?

Is he...

Uh, who are you?

[Josh laughing]

I'm just kidding.

No, he's on some crazy

new schedule, I think.

A 36-hour a day would make

my life a lot easier.

What have you been up to?

Oh, just work and school,

trying to transfer out

and get to a different

environment, I guess.

Oh, you're still the kid that wants

to get away from home, huh?

Yeah.

-Well, I get it.

But for the record,

it'd have been nice

if I could've stayed.

I'm glad

you're still here, though.

I'm home.

It wouldn't be home

without you.

Focus on driving.

Yeah, I'll try to.

Well, you're almost home.

What are you talking about?

Hey, Em, there's

a box back there.

It's a brown, rectangular...

Send that up, that'd be great.

Oh, wow. She's out.

That was quick.

She's a little juggernaut.

No way!

You brought 'em?

Hey, yes, I did.

-Yes.

I can't believe

you still have this.

Does it still even work?

-Oh, yeah. Yeah.

You know it's heavy duty

if it survives Dad.

These things'll be good for

another six generations, man.

This is awesome.

Yeah, thinking we've got

a little bit of time.

We've got all this gear

just sitting here, right now.

And Nutty Putty

just opened back up.

Maybe it'd be...

-Nutty Putty's open again?

Yeah. So I think it would be

a great opportunity

to show Emily

your great love for her

by forgetting everything

I'm saying right now.

Damage is done, Josh.

It's too late now.

But I get him

for the rest of the trip.

Yes! Yes, it is on. Yeah.

You know,

we have the whole

rest of the vacation

to act like kids.

Let's chill tonight.

And then maybe tomorrow before

I have to go back to Virginia.

After Thanksgiving we'll be

too fat to fit in the cave.

Besides, you know Mom.

She's not gonna let us

out of her sight

once she has the whole ock

under one roof again.

You're trying to hide it,

but I know you want to go.

All fight, dude, I get it.

I mean, caves are scary, so,

I mean,

if you don't want to go...

It's whatever,

you do what you gotta do.

You could be more obvious

what you're doing.

Uh-huh. Okay.

I'm not scared.

You know that, right?

I know there's a cave, we both

want to go to forever, but like...

Hey, I said you could go.

All right, I'm in.

Let's do it. Yes!

Yes. Whoo!

It's on!

- [mouthing words]

Yes!

Okay.

For the record, that wasn't a win

that you just had, okay?

You didn't manipulate me.

I had to think things through

because I'm an adult,

I'm responsible...

JOHN:
I'm not scared of the cave. There's

nowhere to be better than a cave.

It doesn't make any sense.

[ignition beeping]

[beeping stops]

All right.

Hey, you wanna...

You want to change the batteries

in your headlamp just to be safe?

We're only going

for a few hours so...

Mmm...

-All right, fine. Yeah.

Hey, just give me a call when

you're ready to come home, okay?

Okay.

-I'd like to talk about some stuff.

Oh, thanks. Stuff?

-Yeah, stuff.

What kind of stuff?

-Oh, just you know...

awesome Thanksgiving stuff,

but I want

to talk about it tonight.

About what?

It's married people stuff, man.

You wouldn't understand.

I don't want to know.

I'm scared. I have no idea

what you're talking about,

but you have my attention.

-Good, then be quick.

Okay.

Ooh. I don't want

to lose this in there.

Take that. Ah!

It's going in the diaper bag?

I'm never seeing that again.

Stop.

Why don't you buy me

a new one then?

All right, you win.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Have fun.

-I will.

[car engine starts]

Drive safe.

-See you later.

I miss you.

Ready to go?

-Yeah.

Let's do it.

-Let's do it.

I really can't believe it.

I didn't think they'd ever

open up this cave again.

Yeah, it's been like two years

since they closed it.

Only started letting people

back in in May.

They make you jumps through

hoops for these permits.

Permits?

-Yeah, dude.

It's like

a Mo-week wait to get 'em.

That's a big gamble taking Ems

about my health.

[chuckles]

Dude, you're predictable.

You gotta be known

for something.

You coming?

-Yeah.

Good to be home.

What do you think?

Six feet till it opens back up?

Oh, are you crazy?

-Come on, man.

I'm the one scared

of everything, right?

So what we're looking for

is The Birth Canal.

It should be around

here somewhere.

This is even one

of the easier squeezes

'cause everybody has to do it.

[both panting and struggling]

Heh, and I give you the slide.

JOSH:
Let's do this.

-JOHN:
All fight.

This place is unreal.

It's warm, too.

Yeah, I did a lot of reading

on this monster

before I got the permits.

-Yeah?

I guess, they haven't even

explored all of it yet.

Back before they closed it,

they were getting like

5.000 people a year.

That's a lot of people going

to a cave that has no end.

Right?

Did they say why

it's called Nutty Putty?

Yeah. I guess as you get

deeper into the cave,

you'll see

these nodules of chert

that are seeping

out of the rock, right,

and as you get deeper in,

it gets really humid,

so it makes it soft, so you can work it

between your fingers,

and it don't... it feels like

you're handling honey.

Rocks that turn into honey?

Are you kidding me?

We have to do that.

Right?

-Yeah.

Well, I don't think it

actually turns into honey,

and I think you got

to get pretty deep, too.

I don't know.

-Well...

I could be messing

it all up my head.

Well, the more you know.

Bam, bam, ham, bam I

That's absolutely

not the jingle, but nice try.

[laughs]

Whatever, man.

Whatever.

JOHN:
I gotta

be honest, I'm impressed

with your suddenly

random knowledge.

I'm just reciting what I read

fight off of the web page.

Oh, take the win, Josh.

Oh, come on, man.

I really love it

when you accidentally

show your awesomeness.

You don't need to clown me.

-I'm not clowning you.

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