Truth Be Told Page #5

- Nice shot.

- Thanks.

Went hunting a lot as a kid with my dad.

Pull, pull.

(FIRES TWICE)

Impressive.

No, practice.

So how'd you first meet Annie?

I met her in college.

She worked in the tutoring lab.

And I happened to be walking by one day

and she was standing in the window.

And she was the most

beautiful girl I'd ever seen.

So I went in,

found out she was a math tutor,

so I got her to teach me math.

Even though math was my best subject.

(LAUGHING)

And?

The rest is history, I guess. Pull!

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Excuse me.

Bishop. What?

We fixed fences all afternoon. Where?

(SIGHS)

Okay, Danny, I'm on it, I'm on it.

- Problem?

- We're gonna have to wrap this up.

More down fences,

this time on the north side.

Cows all over my neighbor's property.

He's a rock and roll rancher.

You know, all hat, no horse.

ANNIE:
Lucy and Bishop

seem to get along very well.

Lucy can't understand

why Jake seems satisfied

to live in the shadow of his father.

- Even though he loves his father.

- That's true.

Did you and Mark ever have a hard time?

Oh. Yeah, of course, everybody does.

- Oh, his mother.

- Oh. The mother-in-law.

It drove me crazy

that she bought his underwear.

She bought his underwear?

Yeah. Still does.

- Here you go.

- Oh. Thank you so much.

My pleasure.

I don't think I've ever seen a couple

look at each other the way you and Mark do.

It's like you just met.

Well, I think that's the key,

keeping the marriage fresh.

What's interesting about you and Mark

is that even though you act like newlyweds,

neither one of you wears a wedding ring.

Hi, honey!

- Hi, sweetheart. I missed you.

- Hey.

- Excuse me.

- Sure.

I can't take it anymore.

Lucy pointed out

we're not wearing wedding rings.

- Who doesn't wear wedding rings?

- Lots of people.

But I'm a marriage counselor.

I know how lies erode relationships.

The game is over. I can't stand it,

I can't live with myself anymore.

- ALEXANDER:
Mark!

- I'm telling him now.

No, no, no. Wait, listen to me.

He wants to talk to me about my program.

Just let me have the talk. Okay?

The kids need it. Please?

We've come this far.

Okay, but do it now. Don't put it off.

- I promise.

- Annie!

Want to ride along with us?

Oh. No, thanks,

I'm gonna help Sophia in the kitchen.

We riding a horse?

Son, we're talking about 425 horses.

Let's go! Let's go! Come on!

Hey, let's take the horses!

It's too far! This will be fun!

I'll show you a few tricks I've learned.

And then we can talk about your funding.

You really know how to fly this, right?

Eight hundred combat missions over Nam.

I've been shot at, shot down,

survived death at every turn.

Now get in!

Buckle up.

You never know what could happen.

But if something goes wrong up there,

at least we'll go out in style.

Got your insurance paid up? (LAUGHS)

MARK:
Listen, Mr. Bishop, I...

ALEXANDER:
(LAUGHING) Whoo!

MARK:
I'm not comfortable up here.

I wanna go back...

- ALEXANDER:
Watch this. Watch this.

- Okay, all right, okay.

ALEXANDER:
Whoo-hoo!

(ALEXANDER LAUGHING)

- MARK:
Don't do that again.

- No, no, watch this. Whoo-hoo!

MARK:
All right, listen... Listen to me...

What's Bishop doing up there?

He's such a little kid.

He's just showing off.

ALEXANDER:

Watch this, watch this. Stall out.

MARK:
You can't stall a helicopter, sir!

Stop this! Now, please.

ALEXANDER:
Whoo-hoo!

MARK:
All right. Okay. Listen.

Listen, this isn't fun. All right?

Stop, seriously.

ALEXANDER:
Whee!

MARK:
Seriously, sir, take me back now.

I'm not laughing.

ALEXANDER:

I thought you used to play pro football.

This looks really bad for the NFL

to have an ex-football player

panic up in the skies.

Son, you need to learn to cowboy up!

I've gotta round up those cows.

Sorry, Bish.

Mark! Mark.

Annie, I tried to tell him,

I swear to you I did.

I know. I know.

The man's crazy.

You know, the whole time up there,

I'm thinking I'm gonna die

in the middle of this lie

and I'm gonna leave you

to clean up the mess.

He did a loop-de-loop.

Really? A loop-de-loop?

A loop-de-loop, in a helicopter!

Well, that actually sounds kind of fun.

Look, I gotta tell you something.

That night, after the party?

When I got home,

I tried to call you, at midnight.

It went right to the answering machine,

so I kind of figured you must be...

No, no... At midnight?

- I was calling you.

- No, you weren't.

- Really?

- Yeah.

I just... I was thinking, I...

I really wanted to see you again.

You know, I don't feel so good.

Oh.

It's okay, I'm here with you now.

- This place is so creepy.

- No, it's not.

(FLUTTERING)

What was that?

It's like this every time I come up here.

- You're being tested.

- Tested?

To see if you're afraid.

Who lived here?

Anasazis. Native Americans.

They moved to the valley

over 1,000 years ago.

Some of the cliff dwellings

even have over 200 rooms.

That's a whole civilization.

- Just think, an entire city.

- So what happened to them?

They disappeared.

Nobody really knows why.

Climate change, war.

Maybe it's time to get out of here, huh?

No, I like it here.

I can relate to all this.

This is one of the coolest places

on the planet.

You are so lucky.

(HOWLING)

(SHUSHING)

What?

Some say that a few Anasazis

still roam these parts,

protecting their land.

- Let's go. Come on.

- No!

Come on, let's go. There's nothing here

but a bunch of old rocks, Zoe.

- Come on, Zoe, let's go! I'm serious.

- No! It's cool.

- (SCREECHING)

- (SCREAMING)

(GIRLS LAUGHING)

- Come on, let's go, seriously.

- No.

Oh, no. Come on.

KENNY:
Bats! Bats! Bats!

(ALL SCREAMING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(INDISTINCT)

Why would a married man

change his shirt in the hallway,

while his wife is putting her sneakers on

in the bedroom?

Neither one of them wears a wedding ring.

It's curious.

- How's your stomach?

- It's getting better. Thanks.

So how did you and Danielle meet?

We met in a Laundromat,

after you had transferred to UCLA.

How'd you know I left?

I asked the guy who ran the tutor lab,

"So, where is she?"

So why did you leave?

My parents were going through

a messy divorce.

I needed to be with them.

Must have been tough.

Yeah, well,

it must have been tougher for you.

How did Danielle...

Kenny and I were at a basketball game.

Zoe was at home with her mom

when she collapsed.

Zoe called 911.

But by the time the paramedics got there,

she had passed.

Zoe was all alone.

I'm so sorry.

- Hey! How was it?

- KENNY:
Oh, it was amazing.

- Hey, honey.

- I might take up archeology in college.

Zoe, come sit, tell us about it.

Maybe later,

I have videos of Kenny for Facebook.

KENNY:
You wouldn't!

Come on, you don't even have any friends

on Facebook.

Leave me alone! Stop it! Leave me alone!

What's everyone's problem?

(SIGHS)

(HORSE WHINNIES)

Hey there, Jack Frost. You look lonely.

I think most people think that animals

can't get their feelings hurt,

but I think they're wrong.

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