The key is listening to the signals and hearing what they're saying.
If she touches you soft,
that's how she wants to be touched.
You do that until you can hear her get wet.
You gotta know women. I'm serious.
Last time I went home, my girl was so grateful,
she went right outside and started washing my car.
Detailed it.
Everything. Just to thank me.
Now, we gotta stop talking about pussy
'cause if we're not careful, this is gonna get us killed.
Especially in this neighborhood,
and I'm not gonna let pussy get us killed.
Wanna go left?
All right, get around this right here.
Move left.
Watch it.
Come on, man. You gotta speed up.
Sarnt, you ever had two girls at the same...
Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go!
Fire! Fire! West!
I.E.D. I.E.D. I.E.D.
Five points south of Najaf.
Third vehicle.
We got it.
That was fucked up!
Came right through the door!
Shit, that was close.
You all right, sir?
What?
You all right?
Yeah.
Sarnt, look.
What?
Look at your pants, Sir.
Did you tell your girlfriend what happened yet?
No, sir.
You're gonna have to tell her.
I'll tell her when it's working again, sir.
Okay.
But you don't become functional overnight.
You're gonna have to be patient with yourself.
She's gonna have to be patient with you.
Can you do that?
I guess.
All right, then.
Good luck to you, Sergeant.
Thank you, sir.
I've gotta be on there.
I don't want to miss this plane.
Told you already.
- You gotta see the MCNCO. - Thank you.
- Airport? - Yeah.
Sergeant T.K. Poole.
Listen, buddy, all I want to do is get back to my wife and kid.
- You gotta help me out here. - I just go by the list.
Can I see the list?
Hey. Here it is.
Hey.
Sergeant Fred Cheaver.
648. Reserves.
Hello. It's right here.
That's how you spell it?
With a C-H?
How else would you spell Cheaver?
Probably lots of ways.
Not in English.
Welcome aboard Flight 6240 to New York.
Our estimated flying time this evening to JFK
will be 8 hours and 20 minutes.
Hey.
We're all on the same team.
You got leave?
Yeah. 30 days.
Oh, yeah?
Me, too.
How long you got?
The rest of my life, thank you very much.
My tour's over.
I'm going home.
If we go down in the water...
you're gonna be sitting pretty.
What?
I said if we crash in the ocean, your donut's gonna come in handy.
It'll be like an extra life preserver.
If we crash in the ocean, it's not gonna matter.
Don't talk about planes crashing when you're on a plane.
Why not?
It's basic common sense.
It's the same reason that when you're on a cruise ship,
they're not showing Titanic.
It scares people.
Who wants to think about drunk pilots and midair collisions?
Nothing you can do about it, anyway.
It's good to be home.
We're gonna miss the whole thing.
What the hell?
Please do not leave your baggage unattended.
All unattended baggage will be confiscated.
Oh, God. I gotta get to Vegas.
I can't be sitting around here.
You're going to Vegas?
Yeah. I'm going to Vegas.
- Hey, are you going to Vegas? - St. Louis.
Excuse me.
Do you know what happened here, why all the flights are cancelled?
There was a blackout here.
The city was dark for five hours.
The lights just came back on a little while ago.
The lights are back on in the Northeast,
but the planes are still not moving.
Airline officials say it could be at least two days
until they get their planes to the right airports
and resume their schedules.
- Two days. - Yeah.
They don't know shit.
Supposedly, planes are flying out of Pittsburgh,
but they can't even get us there till tomorrow night.
And even that's a big maybe.
Well, it's nice meeting you all.
I'm outta here.
Good luck.
Where are you goin'?
I want to rent a car before there's none left.
It's 14 hours to St. Louis.
Drive all night, be there having dinner with my wife tomorrow.
Sure as shit not gonna stay here while they run out of food and water.
Hey, man.
I bet you planes are flying out of St. Louis.
Probably.
Maybe I can catch a flight to Vegas from there.
Me, too.
Okay. But we split everything three ways...
gas, rental, insurance, everything.
No free rides.
That's it. Sorry. No cars left.
You got nothing?
Nothing.
Can you believe this?
Maybe we can call the Army.
The Army? What's the Army gonna do?
You guys in the Army?
Yeah.
Were you over there?
Just got back.
Come here.
All right, listen.
I do have one car left.
I'm supposed to hold it for my boss, but screw it.
You guys can have it.
Oh, my God. That's so nice!
Thank you!
Oh, no.
Thank you.
Sure is beautiful.
I guess we don't have time to stop.
No. We don't have time to stop.
I never been to New York before.
You been to New York, Sarnt?
I'm stationed at Fort Drum.
I've been there a million times.
I thought you were from Las Vegas.
No.
I'm not from Las Vegas, either.
Well, my friend's from there.
That's his guitar.
Well, it was his guitar.
I mean, he got killed, so I'm just taking it back to his family.
That's a real nice thing to be doing.
You must be a good dancer, huh?
Oh, no. My wife's a good dancer.
I just try to keep up.
She loves all those Latin dances.
Samba, merengue, tango.
She's a looker, huh?
Yes, she is. Yeah.
What she's doing with someone like me,
I'll never know, and I'm not gonna ask.
We're lucky ones, aren't we?
We made it through in one piece.
I got shot in the leg, but all I gotta do is put some goo on it, so...
Did you get shot... Sarnt?
No. I caught a piece of shrapnel.
Where?
Outside of Najaf.
No. I mean where on your body.
Thigh.
Upper thigh.
How about you, Sarnt?
I had back surgery. Three crushed vertebrae.
What happened?
Porto John fell on me.
What?
Was it full?
No. It was...
It was brand-spanking-new.
It was completely sanitary.
We were setting up a camp outside of Bandar,
and it fell off a forklift.
Well, don't tell the ladies that.
You gotta find something better than that.
You kidding?
I love that Porto John.
Best thing that ever happened to me.
A week later, my unit shipped off to Mosul,
got shot to pieces.
The shitter saved my life.
Wish I could've brought it home, set up a shrine.
If I have another kid, I'm gonna name him Porto John.
That's...
Porto John Cheaver.
They all look so good.
I don't know what to order.
What can I get for you?
Give me the Number 8, the Number 9, and the Number 10.
Coffee, orange juice, and milk.
Good, huh?
I tell you, this woman's smart.
She's got plans for us.
You... Can't... She's dying to get married
'cause I'm her ticket to the top.
How are you her ticket to the top?
She's a lieutenant. She outranks you.
No. Right now she does.
I mean, she's got the connections,
but I got the juice.
I mean, it's like a merger between us.
You know? She's gonna get me into Officer Candidate School.
I'm gonna move up the ranks.
Then I'm gonna run for office.
And you have to have a good head of hair to run for office,
and I have a good head of hair.
So your fiancée is meeting you in Vegas?
No. She's stationed at Fort Dix.
I'm gonna meet her there afterwards.
Oh, I get it.
First, a little fun at the tittie bars.
No. I got business to take care of.
You paying back a gambling debt?
Wrong again.
Randy had a gambling debt.
Yep.
That's why he had to rob Lucky Jim's.
He stole $50,000 so he could pay back the loan sharks.
But then of course, the cops got on his tail, and...
and that's when he enlisted.
You know, he just went...
went right into the Army and disappeared.
It was the perfect getaway.
See, that's exactly what the Army doesn't want.
The Army's got standards.
Like, it... it means something.
It's not like lowlifes and gangbangers.
What?
The last thing we need is trash like your pal Randy.
- They don't want... - Fuck you! Fuck you!
- Whoa! - What the fuck is wrong with you?
That "trash" saved my fucking life!
He pulled me outta that truck when I got shot!
And he took a fucking bullet in the fucking head!
All I got left is his fucking guitar!
Get back in the car.
Get back in the car!
I ought to kick your ass!
Oh, you're gonna kick my ass.
Yeah. I could do it, too.
I'd just push you down a flight of stairs,
punch you in the kidney.
You'd better have eyes in the back of your head.
This is not... We don't have time for ass-kicking stops.
You just say you're sorry, and let's get going.
- I'm not sorry! - I'm not talking to you.
- Say you're sorry. - No. I'm not gonna say I'm sorry.
That's like saying I'm sorry that the sky's blue.
Come on, man. You just...
You just insulted her dead friend. Huh?
Come on. Suck it up.
Say you're sorry. Let's go.
I'm sorry that you got so upset.
Okay?
No. That's not an apology.
But it's pretty close.
Come on, let's go.
That's not an apology.
Come on. Let me in.
Dude, let me in.
I can't.
Just press the key thing, man.
The keys are in the car.
Shit.
What the fuck were you thinking?
I was thinking I had two fucking nut cases throwing shit, getting into a fight.
- We didn't fight. - This is not my fault.
Well, it's sure as shit not our fault.
We didn't lock the keys in the car.
Whatever. We need a coat hanger.
Coat hanger's not gonna work on a late model car.
You need a Slim Jim.
Well, you know what? I don't have a Slim Jim.
Thank you.
So, they went on this worldwide tour,
and they... they got... 'cause they got this contract.
And they got to meet the queen,
and they got to meet the president.
And after that,
Randy got the guitar from his daddy,
who got it from his granddaddy,
who got it from Elvis.
Elvis.
Come on.
It's true.
That guitar's worth a lot of money.
She's a beaut, don't you think?
Yeah. I already got one, though.
- You do? - Yeah.
Me, too.
That's great. What color?
So, how is it over there?
You guys see any action?
- Yep. - Yeah.
Yeah?
Well, we all think you're doing a hell of a job.
- Thank you. - Thanks.
No, no. Thank you.
You know, we get clients all the time
in the dealership who want their Hummers outfitted just like yours.
The desert camouflage, the whole bit.
One guy even put armor on his H1.
They want bullet holes?
Yeah, they probably do.
Hey, check this out.
Push that third button right back there.
Not bad, huh?
Yeah.
Yeah. Bet you guys don't have that on your vehicles.
No, sir, we don't.
You got it?
- That didn't take long. - Thank you.
I have to use the bathroom.
I'll pull over by those bushes.
No, I said "use the bathroom,"
not squat by the side of the road.
And the weird and wacky talent this week is...
Congratulations, Wayne.
All yours.
Do you want to play pool, or...
pinball or something?
Nah. We should get going.
Okay.
Turn it down!
Turn it off!
Is this a good show?
Yeah.
I've never seen it before. Is it new?
Not that new.
I've haven't really seen much of anything lately
'cause I've been overseas the past 14 months, and...
you know, I'm in the Army.
But I'm home on leave for 30 days,
so I'm just... I'm hoping to catch up.
I like your jacket.
It's okay.
What's the "I" stand for?
Indiana.
You know, the college and the state
where you're standing right now.
Yeah, you know, I was thinking of going to college when I get out, but...
Do you like it?
Do you think you could be quiet?
Sure, I can be quiet.
Good.
No way.
You know, I'm limping because when I was over there,
I got shot in the leg.
That wasn't very smart, was it?
Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
Back off! Back off!
What's wrong with you guys?
Back off!
Calm down.
No, that's right. Be afraid.
No, be very afraid.
Go, go, go!
All right!
Yeah! We won!
Kicked their college asses!
Oh, this girl's crazy.
Yeah.
Just glad I didn't have my weapon.
TV! TV! TV!
- I wish we had some booze. - Yeah.
Check my bag.
Doctor in Germany gave me a bottle of schnapps.
And a tough night here at the arena for the home team.
- Thank you. - All right.
Not bad.
I mean, what you really want after a fight is whiskey
'cause it mellows you out.
If you want to get mean, you drink gin,
vodka if you want to zone out,
and you save tequila for when you want to get crazy.
She didn't need tequila tonight.
Did anybody see a straw around here?
No. Why?
'Cause if you drink through a straw,
it gets you drunker.
That's not true.
Of course it is.
That's ridiculous.
How could that be true?
Well, I don't really know how it works.
It just... It...
It just gets in... It just goes in faster.
Oh, it's just one of...
one of the mysteries of life?
- Is that what you're saying? - Uh-huh.
Shit, man.
You okay?
I was...
You know.
Sorry.
Honey, it's me.
You there?
Pick up.
Okay. Well, we got held up a little bit,
but we'll be rolling in in about two hours or so.
Is that the Mississippi?
That's it.
I always wanted to go on one of those riverboats.
You know? Do you think maybe we could stop?
No.
Pat!
Honey! I'm home!
Honey?
Sure you got the right house?
Yeah.
Can't believe your own dog doesn't know you.
We don't have a dog.
Yes, sir.
You have a good life here, Cheaver.
There you are.
Fred.
You're home.
I missed you.
God, I missed you.
Let me get the dog to stop.
Whose dog is that?
Mine.
No, no, no.
Pogo, you come with me. Yes. You come with me.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I'm gonna put you in here for a while.
Yes, I know. I'm sorry.
Mommy loves you.
So.
Where you been all my life?
How's your back?
It's fine.
Doesn't matter now.
Scott spent the night at Brad's house.
He should be back soon.
Great.
Where are your friends?
They're out back.
Don't you think we should get them?
Well, sure. Yeah.
- Let 'em in. - Okay.
Welcome.
Can I get you something to drink?
Yeah.
Do you want one, Fred?
No. Thanks.
Well, I bet you're all glad to be back.
- Yeah. - Oh, yes, ma'am.
Excuse me for a minute.
Sit down.
So.
How are you?
Fine.
Are you sure?
Is anything wrong?
No. Nothing.
Something's wrong.
I don't see you
for almost two years, and then...
I don't know.
Well...
I don't know, either.
Well, I guess they say that...
you know, that...
it's difficult at first, and...
I'm sorry. I jus... I really am.
I just can't do this.
Everyone told me to wait, but I don't see the point.
You know me. I'm no good at pretending.
Pretending about what?
Fred, you're not gonna like this.
Okay.
I think I w...
I need a divorce.
What?
I'm sorry.
But to go around pretending for a week that it's not true,
well, that didn't seem fair to you, either.
Wait a minute...
I come home, and...
Why do... Why do you want a divorce?
I didn't plan it this way.
It just happened. You were gone.
I'm sorry, but I've moved on.
You gotta be kidding.
I got a new job, and I'm finally happy.
Finally happy? What...
You mean you weren't... you weren't happy before?
Well, I guess I was. I don't know.
L... I...
You seeing someone else?
- No. - You can tell me.
I'm not seeing anyone else.
I don't want to see anyone else.
I'm happy being alone.
I want to be alone.
I know that sounds harsh, but it's the truth.
I am happy.
Without you.
Oh, my God.
This is what makes a guy flip out.
He's gonna strangle her.
If it were you, you wouldn't strangle her.
Okay.
Shoot her. Whatever.
Hey.
- What's up? - Hi.
Who are you?
Friends of your dad.
My dad?
- He's... - Scott.
Dad!
It's good to see you.
Wow! Look at you.
How are you?
I'm good.
How are you?
Just great.
So.
Did Mom tell you?
Yeah.
You surprised?
Yeah.
Can you believe it?
Stanford.
- What? - I got into Stanford.
What?
Yeah, I got in!
You got into...
I got into Stanford.
Oh, yeah!
Oh, my... Yes! All right!
- I did it. - I knew you could do it!
Yeah, and I got a scholarship that'll pay for half the tuition.
- Fantastic. - And I made six grand working this year.
- Excellent. - And I need $20,000 to pay for the rest.
That's not so great.
Well, I told him I'm not sure we can come up with the $20,000.
It's doable.
I'll just get my old job back, and if we have to,
we'll take a second mortgage on the house.
We have a second mortgage already.
Well, then we'll sell the fucking house, all right?
Okay. Well, it took the Schneiders two years to sell theirs.
I need the money in three weeks or I lose my place.
I'll get you the money.
I promise.
Can I talk to you?
What are we doing here? We should be focused on Scott.
I am focused on Scott.
We gotta make sure we can do this for him, pool our resources, whatever it takes.
Why do you need a divorce right now? I just don't get it.
I'm sorry, Fred.
But this is what I want to do.
Now, I've had some papers drawn up,
and I just want to stick to the plan.
Listen. We're gonna keep it together.
We're gonna stay calm.
Look, there's no killing yourself or anyone else, okay?
Hey, you're gonna get through this.
All right? Do you hear me?
This is fine right here.
Here you go.
Cheaver.
Come on, what's your plan?
I'll take you guys to the airport
and then I'm gonna drive straight to Salt Lake,
see my brother.
I'm not going back home.
I can tell you that much.
What about your kid?
I'll figure something out.
Your brother should lend you the money.
My brother is in Debtors Anonymous.
Fred?
I thought that was you. You're back.
Hey, Carl.
- Hi. - What's up?
How'd it go over there?
Great.
You know, it went great.
Well, we all missed you...
you know, seeing you every day.
Well, I'm coming back.
I'm just gonna take a few days off,
and then it's nose-to-the-grindstone time.
I gotta earn some money.
Yeah.
But, you know, since Alan's been in charge,
he's just been running the company into the ground,
and then that lawsuit... you heard about that.
No.
Already laid off 60 guys, including me.
Shit.
They're shutting down the whole place next month, so...
Fuck.
Yeah.
Fuck!
- Hey! - Fuck!
Oh, my goodness.
Fuck!
Okay, there's no need for that.
Take good care of yourself.
Don't drive straight through, okay?
You'll get into a wreck.
Not a bad idea.
What?
Catch a telephone pole going 90.
Collect some life insurance money.
No, no, no.
No, no. Forget that.
'Cause insurance doesn't pay for suicide.
Yeah. Not if it's an accident.
- Enough with the crazy talk, please. - Yeah.
- You're not being serious... - I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
- Okay, good. Good. - It's just a joke.
Yeah, have a nice flight.
And good luck to you.
- All right. - Drive safe.
- You're on the wrong side, pal. - Yeah, I know.
You know what? It's all right, 'cause I'm driving anyway.
What?
We're coming with you.
- No, you're not. - Yep.
Of course we are.
- No, you're not. You got a... - Yes.
You have a flight to catch.
We'll fly out of Salt Lake City.
I feel pathetic enough, all right?
Crying don't mean you're pathetic, okay?
I'm fine.
Yeah, you're great.
That's why we're coming with you.
We want to meet your whole family.
This is what you gotta do.
Okay, Cheaver, you gotta get your finances in order.
All right, you buy a house,
you gotta have an exit plan.
You gotta know how you're gonna sell it.
You're right.
Hey, easy there, cowboy.
It's for my back.
So what you gotta do
is buy an apartment house, rent it out,
live in the basement for free.
Six months later, you borrow on it and buy another one.
Am I still living in the basement?
Absolutely.
Take a left.
You can get around this.
Yeah, a man's gotta be indispensable.
You want to move up in the world, you gotta have skills.
Basic skills.
Yeah, what are your skills?
Leadership.
I'm a leader.
Me, too.
No, you're a private.
That's the opposite of a leader.
You know computer?
Yeah, kinda.
You're at a disadvantage if you don't master computer skills.
You gotta build on that.
Learn a new word every day, and...
get comfortable with it.
Do you know where you're going here?
I got a sense of it.
I think you might be making your way around to the east.
No. I'm good.
Cheaver, we going the right wa...
Do you think he's okay?
He took a ton of those pills.
Cheaver!
Wake up, man!
Cheaver!
Come on, man! Wake up!
T.K., watch it!
Oh, my God.
Holy shit!
Oh, my God.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
Oh, my God, T.K., you're so lucky.
Yeah, well...
I'm a lucky guy.
What the hell were you doing, T. K?
- He stopped short. - It was a red light.
It was a red light.
There's nothing I could do. He stopped...
I can't fucking afford it!
Hey, guys.
I think it opened up.
Come on, keep pressure on it.
They said a left at Templeton.
Did you see Templeton?
There it is.
What the hell?
We need a doctor.
Well, the doctor isn't in till 3:00,
so you're gonna have to wait.
Oh, it can't wait. Is there a nurse?
No.
You know what?
I'm gonna treat her myself.
What do you mean?
I'm a doctor. An Army medic.
You can't just go in there!
You have to wait!
Yikes.
Here, you're gonna have to take off your pants.
Yeah.
- Does that hurt? - It's okay.
Have you ever done this before?
No.
But sometimes you gotta put things out
just to get things done, you know?
Mm-hmm.
You're gonna be fine.
Hey, thanks.
No problem.
Hey, you mind if I use your phone?
Hey, babe.
Sorry I missed you,
and I do miss you,
but I'm gonna be another day or two, so...
I love you. Okay.
I'll talk to you later. Bye.
How you doing, Cheaver?
I'm okay.
Yeah, you gotta give us those pills.
We're not gonna let you off yourself.
If you kill yourself, Cheaver, do you know where you go?
Hell?
Worse.
The Lake of Fire.
Lake of Fire?
Yeah.
You don't want to go there.
I feel like I'm in it.
Hello.
Theodore?
Yeah.
I think it's your girlfriend.
Hey, baby. How are you?
No. No.
No, the other guy got shot in the leg.
He's the one whose wife left him, so we're driving him to Salt Lake City,
and then I'm going right home. Okay, babe?
No, I'm with two guys.
All right. Well, let...
Let me call you back, okay?
I love you, too, baby.
Okay. All right. Bye.
Oh, my Lord. You're one good liar.
You know that?
But just so you know, that's not a good thing.
That just makes you a big phony.
Well, most of what I said was true.
Except you forgot the part about the tittie bars.
That's 'cause I'm not going to a tittie bar.
Seems to me if you can't tell your soul mate the truth,
then maybe she's not really your soul mate.
I didn't say she was my soul mate.
If Randy lied to me...
I'd take that guitar,
and I would bust it over his head and the damn lap dancers, too.
There's no lap dancer!
Okay, so tell her the truth.
Why can't you just tell her the truth?
Forget it. Just...
I don't get it.
What's the big problem?
- The big problem? - Yeah.
Is that I got wounded in the dick. That's the big problem.
What?
But I thought you said...
Yeah, and it doesn't work.
I can't get it up. Okay? You happy?
No.
Why are you going to Vegas?
I got the name of a place in Vegas where they got real pros,
and I'm gonna see if they can get me hard.
Hookers?
No. High-end girls who know how to handle special cases.
Why don't you let your fiancée do it?
Because she doesn't know where I'm wounded.
She's not gonna be interested if she knows I'm not working right.
- No. You don't know that. - Yeah, I do know that.
You gotta give her a chance.
If it's not working, she and I got nothing to talk about.
Well...
even if it doesn't work, you can still pleasure her.
That's true.
Yep. He can do threesomes.
With another girl.
No, another guy.
The guy does it with T.K.'s fiancée while T.K. Watches.
- Just... - Colee...
Or you can use a vibrator.
They make 'em real lifelike these days.
You can even strap it on,
or, you know, they can put this thing inside your penis.
It's like a balloon, and all you gotta do is just pump it, pump it up.
- Colee? - Yeah?
Enough.
Well, it's just about how much you love her.
Rent-a-car folks gave me the go-ahead, so I can do it.
But there are about five jobs ahead of you.
- Shit. - All right.
So, what are you doing after Vegas?
Gonna go see your mom or...
I haven't spoke to my mom in three years.
No?
Why not?
She kicked me out of the house when I was 16.
Wanted to spend more alone time with her boyfriend.
The only people I really want to talk to now
are Randy's family.
I'm gonna stay with them from now on.
Well, you can use my phone, tell them we're running late.
No, that's okay.
They don't even know I'm coming.
They don't?
Nope.
You know that family Colee's bringing the guitar to?
She thinks she's gonna live with them.
They're gonna be her family.
That girl's living in a dream world.
Plus she's got no skills.
Thanks.
Looks good.
Where's Colee?
I don't know.
- That girl you were with? - Yeah.
I think she went across the street to the church.
Can I help you?
We're just looking for someone.
Are you friends of Colee?
- Yeah. - She told me to look out for you.
Just come this way.
He stopped me and then he said, "What do you do?
"What do I do?" "What business are you in?"
And it's funny 'cause I always say, "Well, I'm in the love business. "
And don't you know the Lord himself
is chairman of the board of this love business.
Think about it.
He is, isn't he?
And so then, you've got to ask yourself,
don't you want to be in business with the Lord?
Hey! Come on in.
I know I sure do.
'Cause the Lord takes responsibility
even when you make mistakes, doesn't he?
He's really good, isn't he?
That's what I call a good C.E.O.
Now, in the spirit of our Lord, who died for our sins,
let's reach out to each other with a greeting of peace.
Peace be with you.
- We should get out of here. - Yeah, I know.
Peace be with you.
Now remember the folks behind you, too.
- Don't be shy. - Peace be with you.
And if any of you are troubled,
I encourage you to speak out.
Testify.
I'm hoping you can pray for us.
We're soldiers home on leave, and my friends here are troubled.
Cheaver has a very bad back and a broken marriage
and he wants to take his own life.
And T.K.'s wounded in the private parts,
which is why he's lying to his fiancée about going to whores.
Thank you, sister.
Lord, bring your healing touch
to Sister Margaret's arthritis...
and give her daughter strength and faith
in the final days of her pregnancy.
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
And be sure to say a prayer...
Please stand, sir.
Get up.
It's your turn.
Lord, help these soldiers,
who have given so much for this country.
Ease the burden of pain from Brother Cheaver's back
and heal his broken spirit.
Amen.
And for Brother T.K., make his wounded...
whole again.
Amen.
You soldiers from Kansas City?
No, sir. We're just passing through.
Well, I hope you're hungry.
We're having quite a shindig tonight.
Happens to be my birthday.
Happy Birthday.
That's very nice of you but...
I'm Stan Tilson, and you don't need to be polite about it.
I want you folks to come and that's it.
We don't have time for this.
Well, you can't say no to that kind of invitation.
Half of healing is fellowship.
We'll have a quick bite and be on our way.
Ah, welcome, welcome.
Now, we don't start for a little while,
but you folks make yourselves right at home.
What are those?
Lobster.
Big lobster.
- Ask her for umbrellas. - How many chairs do we need?
I've got five set up here, so I need to get a few more.
Give me a hand right here.
This guy's got some serious dough.
Happy Birthday.
Would you care for some stuffed endive?
No, thank you.
It really is. The place looks fabulous.
I work for my dad. I work in commodities.
- Really? - Yeah.
Cool. Yeah, my dad's a drill instructor.
Yeah, I got a brother stationed in Korea
and another brother who's in basic training.
So your whole family's in the Army?
Yeah. I mean, just about. You know, my mom's not.
Our whole family is in finance.
- Cool. - Yeah.
These are the soldiers that Dad invited.
This is my brother Peter.
Right. Welcome home.
- Thanks. - Thanks.
No, thank you.
It's a big mess over there, isn't it?
Well, of course it is. It's a war.
War is messy.
It can't be all perfect.
How would you know?
Well, how would you know, Peter?
We don't exactly see you over there.
But I'm not for the war.
I don't think it's a great thing.
Neither do I.
Since when?
I can change my mind, can't I?
Like everybody else.
Yeah, go ahead, change your mind.
But these guys are stuck over there.
That's not the point, Peter. I mean, you don't get it.
You just don't get it.
You can't change your minds, can you?
You can't just leave?
No, not really.
We do get some R&R.
These guys are screwed and for what?
- Guys... - For what?
Can we just argue about golf, please?
There's a lot at stake over there, Peter.
Yeah, a lot of money.
Barbara, what's the name of that woman
who's always trying to get that Saturday morning tea time?
- Angela Morton. - Right.
That's her big cause.
What do you really think we're fighting for?
What are you doing over there?
Honestly, we're just trying to stay alive.
Stay alive?
I bet that's not too easy.
Stay alive? Jesus Christ.
If that's your attitude, no wonder we're losing.
Bob!
Hey, that's nice.
Well, I don't have to listen to this crap.
- Come on. - No, but you just...
Can't you just shut up for once?
- What? - You always do this.
I'm sorry.
It's okay.
It's fine.
Parties are supposed to be fun.
White wine, please.
So you're a soldier, huh?
Used to be.
You saw a lot?
Enough.
So they have girls in the military now?
Yes, ma'am.
Is that your friend?
The girl I'm with?
We're sharing a car.
You married?
I'm separated.
You?
What's that mean?
It means "mmm. "
Okay.
Do you know how to dance?
As a matter of fact, I do.
Cheaver's got some skills.
I think she likes him.
Do you wanna dance?
Can you dance?
Of course I can dance.
Nah, I meant your leg.
Oh, yeah.
I don't know. We could try.
Does it hurt?
Yeah, a little, I guess.
I think if you put your foot on mine...
Put my foot on yours?
Yeah.
- Like, on your toes? - Sure.
- How's that? - Yeah.
- We can try that. - All right.
- Yeah, that helps it. - Does it?
Okay.