The Lazarus Project
Daddy, what's the greatest thing
you ever saw?
The greatest thing that I ever saw.
One time, when I was a little boy...
...I was playing with my slingshot,
and I saw this jaybird.
I don't know why, but I shot him.
You killed a birdie?
I didn't mean to.
I don't even know why I shot at him,
but I felt so bad.
that he would come back.
And all of a sudden,
the jaybird woke up.
He just... He just flew away.
God saved him?
Yeah, I think so.
Hey, Katie.
Bedtime.
Why does it always
have to be bedtime?
I'll race you inside.
December 18th.
Your last day.
No more parole.
I'm a free man.
It seems like so long ago.
So...
You wanna celebrate?
You got problems. Issues, man.
Come on, today's a good day.
I'm celebrating something.
So no problems today
and definitely no issues.
Sorry to bust up your fantasy world,
Cinderella...
...but our 5:
00 just took a nose-diveinto the Dallas river.
We lost a thousand cases.
- All right, call in a four-shift.
- Okay.
Have them pull a swing. I want another
truck loaded and off by 11.
All right?
Yeah?
- Did you hear about the 5:00?
- Yeah.
Hell, if it ain't always something,
huh?
We'll make up for it by tomorrow.
How's the driver?
Broken leg.
Passerby pulled him out.
Who says
there's no more heroes, huh?
How's your little girl?
She's good. She's an angel.
Love every moment.
It kills you when they leave.
I'll call the driver's wife.
- Ben.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
I can schedule the classes
around Katie's school.
And if I score over 80 on the test,
RealTops guarantees me a job.
How much is the class?
It's $ 1100.
This could be really good for us.
I can make money selling homes.
Enough that we can move out
of the city, on a lake.
- But Dallas isn't that bad, come on.
- I know.
There's a RealTops office
in Marietta.
When that brewery opens...
But they haven't offered me
the job yet.
Yeah, but they will.
Danny trusts you.
He'll want you running that place.
in the country, huh?
lt'd be nice to look out the window and
see something other than concrete.
I like the country too.
- Why, you mother... You mother...
- Watch your mouth.
You know how Dad felt about cussing.
- They let you out early?
- They can't keep you forever.
Not on burglary, anyway.
- Good to see you, big brother.
- It's good to see you, okay?
Hey, Lisa.
- It's good to see you.
- Yeah.
Good to see you too.
Look at you.
Prettiest little girl on planet Earth.
- Katie, this is your uncle Ricky.
- I've seen your picture.
That's funny, that's really funny...
...because I got a picture of you
in my wallet.
How long are you in town for?
I don't know.
I gotta get her to bed.
- I love you, baby.
- Hey, it's good to see you. It's...
Yeah.
I'm sorry I couldn't come visit you.
Florida's a long drive.
And jail ain't a place
for your little angel.
She's beautiful, Ben.
Hey, Ricky,
there's blankets in the closet.
Thanks, but I got a room.
I didn't wanna impose.
All right, I'm going to bed.
You boys
Good night.
How's Marilyn?
She's not a part of my life anymore.
I got something.
I got something good.
Supercomputers.
Ones like the military uses.
The internals, wiring and switches...
...all custom-made,
lined with a common conductor.
Gold.
I'm not talking gold bars.
I'm talking something so low-profile,
a rent-a-cop watches the place.
Dust. Gold dust.
Untraceable.
The lab stocks 30 pounds of it.
You can carry that out
with a knapsack.
All I need is a dialer.
Look, Ricky.
Every day I was inside,
all I could think about was my family.
You know that Katie was 3 years old
when I got out?
Three years old.
And she didn't even know
who the hell I was.
I can't go back in.
You ever think
about what we'd be doing...
...if Dad hadn't killed himself?
All the time.
I'm heading to Utah Sunday.
Till then, I'm at the Six Days Inn.
Don't be stupid, Ricky.
You're out. Stay out.
If you change your mind, call me.
I'm calling you no matter what,
but I'm not changing my mind.
- I love you.
- You too.
Dad?
Ben.
Damn it, Ben.
Don't smoke in bed.
You're gonna burn this place down.
Are you okay?
I am fine.
I just had another bad dream.
I'm sorry.
May I see? Are you all right?
You're all right.
What did Ricky want?
He just wanted to say hi.
Other side. Okay?
- Stop it, Daddy.
- One more, one more.
Love you, guys.
Yeah.
Joey said you wanted to talk to me.
Yeah, sit down, Ben.
Well, this must be serious.
with my head poking through the door.
Yeah, that's true.
I mean, that's... That's how we talk.
You upset with me, Danny?
Oh, God, no, Ben.
You're one of the good ones.
That's what's making
this position I'm in...
Well, it's making me sick.
I gotta let you go.
I put you in
to run the new place in Marietta.
The owners
did a background check.
- Your record came up.
- Yeah, that was a long time ago.
Hell, I don't care
what you did in the past, Ben.
I've made some bad choices
in my life too.
Yeah, well, then talk to them, Danny.
Tell them I'm not the same man.
I have talked to them, Ben.
Hell, they wanted you gone
three weeks ago.
Danny, this job is everything to me.
I'm sorry.
Hi.
Hey.
- I see you got your books already.
- Yeah.
All I gotta do is study for five months
and we are home free.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm all right, just...
I'm... I'm tired.
I'm just gonna lay down.
Yeah.
Tomorrow night.
Why did you change your mind?
Life changed it for me.
Just get in the back.
Hey, give us a second.
Ready?
Who in the hell is that?
His name is Phelps.
And he's the one that gave me the tip.
We were inside together.
He's okay, man.
He's just an extra pair of eyes, is all.
You didn't tell me about Phelps,
Ricky.
I didn't tell you,
because I knew how you'd react...
...and I need you.
No, I can't do this.
Period. Tell him.
Let's get the hell out of here.
Ben...
Phelps, he works for someone.
A guy I owe a lot of money to.
And they...
They want their money now. Tonight.
And they're not the kind of people...
...who would understand
why it didn't happen tonight.
They're gonna kill me, Ben.
Let's go.
Hold this.
Come on, man. It's cool, man.
Ricky told me. No guns. I know.
You'll do as you're told.
- What's with all the colored ones?
- Watch this.
Yellow's video.
Red's audio.
Green is the alarm companies.
Most of the others are dummies.
All right.
All right, five minutes
until the alarm company...
...knows they have crossed wires.
It means we have three.
- Ready?
- Yeah, ready.
Let's go.
All right.
Almost looks real.
All right,
you know what you're doing.
Make sure no one surprises.
We're going straight in. Ready?
Let's go.
Touch that thing and we all go
boom-boom. Show me your hands.
You, right there.
Come with me.
Come on, come on, come on.
Let's go.
Get out of here, come on.
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