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00:05Nathaniel Fisher
00:07Nathaniel, it's Ruth
00:09Did you take your blood pressure medication today?
00:11Yes
00:11Don't lie to me
00:13I took it, what do you want me to do, OD on it?
00:16Oh, and I just realized we don't have any of that soy stuff, Nate drinks
00:20You know, since he gave up milk, I don't know what it's called
00:23Why not just cut some milk with tap water, you'll never know the difference
00:26Oh look, if you don't want to go, I'll go
00:28It's not as if I don't have enough to do already
00:31I'm kidding, I'll get some
00:32But it has to be after I pick up Nate at the airport, I'm already running late
00:38Nathaniel, are you smoking?
00:40No
00:40Yes, you are, I heard you
00:43I'm not, no I'm not
00:44Look, forget you'll give yourself cancer and die a slow and horrible death
00:48You should not be stinking up that new hearse
00:50I told you not to let him take it
00:52Like I could have stopped him
00:54He's every bit as proud of that thing as your fool brother was
00:56Or that damn motorcycle he had in high school
00:58And who still has a pin in his foot?
01:00Nathaniel, people want things to be nice when there's a funeral
01:04They don't want their loved ones riding around on something that smells like an ashtray
01:07Alright, alright, look
01:09I'm quitting right now
01:10I promise
01:12Okay, I'll see you tonight
01:25Oh, that new hearse was a total waste of money, there was nothing wrong with the old one
01:33I think your father is having some sort of midlife crisis
01:37It would have made so much more sense to invest in repaneling for the chapel or adding coffee bars to
01:41the slumber rooms
01:41Well, I'd much rather he buy himself a fancy new hearse than leave me for a younger woman
01:47Or a woman my age for that matter
01:50Or heaven forbid a man like my cousin Hannah's husband did
01:55God sure has dealt that woman some blows in this life
02:02Mom
02:04Can I do anything to help?
02:07No, no, honey, I'm fine
02:09Besides, don't you have a viewing tonight?
02:11We should probably be getting ready
02:14Right
02:25So, I enjoyed talking to you about that whole shiatsu thing
02:28I really hope that pans out for you
02:31You should let me work on you sometime
02:32Well, here's my cell number, I'll be here until the 29th
02:37There you go
02:44My dad is supposed to meet me here
02:46I could give you a ride
02:47Oh, that's all right, I'm sure he'll be here soon enough
02:49I wasn't talking about that kind of ride
02:56You've done a nice job
02:59She looks so peaceful
03:01Well, she is at peace now
03:03If there's any justice in the universe
03:06She's shoveling shit in hell
03:11Excuse me
03:14David Fisher
03:15David, Claire
03:16Is Nate there yet?
03:18Nope
03:18I thought he was coming in tonight so we could do that whole forced Christmas Eve family thing
03:22Well
03:22Because there's some really excellent parties I could be going to
03:25Claire
03:28This is one of the few times a year we're all together
03:30All right, all right
03:30Don't get all Pat Robertson on me, I'll be there
03:32I just, I have to drop some stuff off at a friend's house before I head over, okay?
03:36Bye
03:37You fucking boy scout
03:41Attention
03:42This is kind of disgusting
03:47Disgusting
03:48Disgusting
03:49Disgusting
03:50Very good
03:50Oh, yeah, I know
03:53You're so fucking hot
03:54Oh, you're so sweet
03:57Shut up and fuck me
04:07Hello
04:09This is Ruth Fisher
04:12Yes, I'm his wife
04:13What is this about?
04:17What?
04:31Excuse me
04:38mom what the hell are you
04:42there's been an accident the new hearse is totaled your father is dead
04:51your father is dead and my hot roast is ruined
04:56oh my god you carry a lot of tension around in your lower back
05:02as much as 20 minutes ago
05:08just so you know i never do this oh yeah me neither
05:23so uh are you ever gonna tell me your name probably not
05:30well why not because i'm a realist
05:37oh that's my father looking for me
05:47hey dad oh dave hey merry christmas
05:53uh of course i'm okay
05:55no it couldn't be better in fact
06:02what
06:06i'm so sorry nate i hate to have to be the one to tell you
06:20this is just speed right
06:22promise me this isn't crack
06:24because i gotta spend tonight having christmasy dinner with my demented family
06:26it's gonna be weird enough without me being high on crack
06:28no it's just crystal map
06:31it just makes everything burn a little bit brighter
06:35and it makes sex like totally primal
06:40yeah
06:41sorry
06:51oh well it's too late now
06:54it's mine
06:57hello
06:58david hi
07:00uh hang on a second
07:06so is nate there yet
07:08no he's still at the airport
07:10claire
07:12i've got bad news
07:13what
07:18um
07:25yeah sure
07:26okay i'm on my way
07:34i have to go
07:38no fucking way
07:40excuse me
07:41wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
07:44come back right
07:45uh i don't think so
07:47my dad just got hit by
07:49a bus
07:50and it broke his neck
07:51and
07:52he's dead
07:54i gotta go pick up my mom
07:55and bring her to the morgue
07:56so she can identify his body
08:02no i'm not kidding
08:03this is actually happening
08:05and now i'm high on crack
08:06crystal
08:07what up
08:08so i guess this whole hellish experience i'm about to go through
08:12it's just gonna burn a little brighter now right
08:14great thank you
08:16fuck
08:25you really didn't have to do this i could have just rented a car
08:28it's okay
08:29you're in no shape to drive
08:31and frankly i'm in no hurry to get home to my family's annual christmas eve massacre
08:36parents who stay together for the children but really because they got off on tormenting each other so much
08:41manic depressive brother
08:44who always chooses the holidays to go off his medication
08:47oh and an ancient springer spaniel who's completely blind deaf and incontinent
08:53what about you
08:56uh actually we're pretty normal
08:59my mom's a control freak
09:01my brother um
09:03well he's a control freak too
09:06and my sister
09:09well i left home right before she was born
09:11so i never really knew her that well
09:12but
09:13she's kind of wild like i was
09:15was
09:20my dad really rode my ass when i was a kid
09:25couldn't go rafting because he just buried this girl who drowned
09:27buries this dipshit loser rodita to flock at seagulls concert
09:31suddenly i'm not allowed to go to concerts for a year
09:33your dad worked in a cemetery
09:34how could a man who's so fucking scared of everything who never had
09:37an accident or even a speeding ticket in his entire fucking life how could he have a car wreck
09:43are you mad at him or the fact that we're all gonna die
09:48are you a shrink
09:50no god no no
09:53both my parents are
09:58so what else do you want to talk about
10:01the weather
10:03or the fact that we both just fucked a perfect stranger
10:07and that we both lied when we said we never did that
10:19wonderful sir
10:20yes as well
10:21there you go
10:24yes
10:26yes
10:26yes
10:29ah
10:32thank you so much
10:34wonderful job
10:41did you know that before you were born funeral homes ran the ambulance business
10:46i don't know
10:48curses were the only vehicles to transport people lying down
10:52um
10:54your father used to joke about that
10:58just drive him around the block a few more times we won't need to stop at the hospital
11:04you're kind of freaking me out right now
11:07Claire
11:09are you having sex
11:11what
11:13you're doing drugs
11:15you're doing drugs
11:16why are you asking me this right now
11:18your father is dead
11:21i can't
11:22i can't even remember the last time you might talk about any important
11:26i need to know you're okay
11:29oh
11:30yeah
11:31believe me
11:33i'm okay
11:37you know
11:38you know
11:38considering
11:45do you work here
12:15uh
12:17well
12:17well get used to it because now that your father is dead you can forget about ever going to law
12:21school
12:22it's just you and dead people and freaks like me for the rest of your life
12:25oh
12:27oh
12:30oh
12:30oh
12:31oh
12:34oh
12:34oh
12:35oh
12:38oh
12:38oh
12:38oh
12:38oh
12:38oh
12:42oh
12:42oh
12:45this is um
12:46Brenda Channelworth
12:48Brenda
12:49Channelworth
12:50uh
12:51Brenda
12:52this is my mom
12:53Ruth Fisher
12:55and
12:55my
12:56sister Claire
12:57um
12:57Nick can I talk to you for a second
12:58Yeah, yeah, just give me a minute.
13:01Mom, did you already do that?
13:03I can't.
13:04I've seen too many dead people in my life, their work.
13:07I won't see your father that way.
13:09I need you to do it.
13:13Oh.
13:13I need to talk to you now, please, it's urgent.
13:21So, how did you and my son meet?
13:23In cooking class.
13:26Look, I have to tell somebody.
13:28I'm tweaking.
13:30Yeah, we're all upset.
13:31No, I'm high on crystal.
13:33I smoked something with some friends before David called me.
13:35You did what?
13:36Don't worry, it's the first time, but I think I'm having a meltdown,
13:39and I can't tell if it's dad being dead or the crystal,
13:42but I'm really scared.
13:45You cannot do this to me right now.
13:48Don't be such a narc, we smoke pot of dinks, giving...
13:50Look, I have to go identify our dead father's body.
13:53And I'm sorry you're having a bad drug experience, but deal with it.
13:56I'm sorry you're having a good drug.
13:56I'm sorry I'm sorry you're having a good drug experience.
14:01I know.
14:01I know.
14:01I know.
14:03I know.
14:04I know.
14:11I know.
14:14What's got this thing?
14:17I know.
14:22Well.
14:23Well?
14:27Well, well.
14:29The prodigal returns.
14:31This is what you've been running away from your whole life, buddy boy.
14:35Scared the crap out of you when you were growing up, didn't it?
14:38And you thought you'd escape. Well, guess what?
14:42Oh, nobody escapes.
14:49Well?
14:51Yeah, that's him.
14:56Okay, let's get out of here.
15:03How'd he look?
15:05Dead.
15:07There need to be a lot of reconstruction.
15:10David's not that skilled at the really hard stuff.
15:12Federico usually does that. He's quite gifted.
15:17You don't think we'll have to have a closed casket, do you?
15:20I would hate to send that message.
15:22What message?
15:23That we're not equipped to handle a major restoration.
15:25Or that we're not proud of our work.
15:27Mom, can we talk about this later?
15:28We should really get Nate home. He's probably exhausted.
15:30Let's go.
15:41Um, thanks for driving me here.
15:46Please. Just avoiding my own hell. I'm a big coward.
15:51Oh.
15:53Me too.
15:56I don't know if I can handle this.
16:00Well, you're about to find out.
16:03I wish you the best Nate.
16:06Goodbye.
16:25Claire, you're driving too fast.
16:29This isn't fast. You want to see fast?
16:35Get out of here!
16:46Listen, do you do a lot of drugs?
16:48What?
16:49No.
16:50It's none of your business.
16:51Yes, it is my business.
16:52Look, you were driving like a maniac back there.
16:54You could have gotten us all killed.
16:55What the hell is this?
16:56You're not my father.
16:58Look, you split as soon as you could.
16:59You don't even know me.
17:00So don't start thinking you could tell me what to do.
17:02Okay?
17:20So, where's Dad?
17:22Dad's stairs already?
17:23Um, he's still in the morgue.
17:25You didn't bring him back with you?
17:27Oh dear.
17:30That didn't even cross my mind.
17:32We should have taken the van so we could bring him home.
17:36I'm sorry.
17:38That was very stupid of me.
17:45How's it going, Dave?
17:47Are you sure he doesn't have enough to feel bad about right now?
17:50Things have to be done.
17:52Federico's downstairs ready to start.
17:53Every second we wait will only make Dad's restoration more difficult.
17:56But you wouldn't know about that, would you?
17:58Bag boy.
18:01Bag boy?
18:04I am assistant manager of organic produce at the highest volume food co-op in Seattle.
18:08Jesus!
18:08Put your dicks out and measure them!
18:10Let's get this over with!
18:13What were we supposed to do?
18:14Just throw Dad in the back of Claire's car?
18:15It is a hearse.
18:18Yeah, hi, it's David Fisher.
18:21Yeah, so I need to come pick up the body.
18:22Do these people mean nothing to me?
18:25Know you not the family of the man who has slaves for you from dawn to dark these many years?
18:31But they appear to be so happy!
18:33I made you some dinner.
18:34I'm so not hungry.
18:36We have to eat, Claire.
18:38We didn't die.
18:40And, uh, what is that?
18:42No.
18:43No.
18:43You're talking to me from your father.
18:45Brother Tiny Tim.
18:57On three.
18:58One, two, three.
19:15I'm sorry, man.
19:16Thanks.
19:46Only real life is better.
20:16Only real life is better.
20:35Hey, buddy boy.
20:38Come on in.
20:40It's okay.
20:43Say hello to Mr. Bloomberg.
20:46There's nothing to be afraid of, Nate.
20:48Mr. Bloomberg is dead.
20:51And I'm getting him ready so his family can see him for the last time and say goodbye to him.
20:55It'll make them feel better.
20:57That's what daddy does.
21:01What do you got?
21:03Dad!
21:04You got me!
21:08You can touch him if you wear one of these.
21:12Believe me, he won't mind.
21:14He won't care.
21:14Yeah.
21:25Mate!
21:27What's up?
21:32Hey, here we go.
21:33It's good to see you.
21:34Ooh, uh, really sorry about your dad, man.
21:39But, um, you know, time is up is up, right?
21:42How's he doing?
21:44Uh, so far so good.
21:46I really appreciate you coming in on Christmas Eve, Federico.
21:49At least I can do for Mr. Ruff.
21:51Everything he did for me, I'm gonna be up all night anyway.
21:54Putting together all this useless shit Santa Claus is bringing my kid, you know?
21:58We don't use that kind of language in here.
22:00Show some respect.
22:07You need something?
22:09Uh, no.
22:11I just, um...
22:14David Fisher?
22:16Hey, listen, I just want to remind you.
22:18Don't eat too much with your family tonight, alright?
22:20Because I am making you something totally decadent and fatty with dessert.
22:25Uh, hold just a second, please.
22:34Hi.
22:36Keith, I'm sorry I can't make it.
22:40Why not?
22:42Because my father was just killed in a car accident.
22:44Oh shit, David, I'm so sorry.
22:47What can I do?
22:48Uh, nothing, thanks.
22:50I have to stay here.
22:51Listen, if you need anything, don't hesitate to call me.
22:56Sure.
22:58I mean it, David.
22:59You don't have to go through this alone.
23:03I gotta go.
23:08Okay, here it goes.
23:10This is the one I'm most proud of.
23:13The husband, okay, got fired, flipped out, shot his wife point blank in the head, right?
23:19Then turned it around and shot himself in the mouth.
23:21Seriously close casket shit, right?
23:23Now look at this.
23:24Huh?
23:25Ha-ha!
23:26Like the bride and groom on top of a cake.
23:29Hmm.
23:31Yeah, and then we cremated him.
23:33What a fucking waste.
23:36Oh.
23:38Actually, uh, this right here is my best work.
23:45Wait a minute, this kid was born just like last month.
23:48I'm four fucking years old in April.
23:49Can you believe it?
23:51Oh shit.
23:51Oh.
23:53Uh.
23:54Vanessa's pregnant again.
23:56Hey!
23:57He's stuck, huh?
23:59Hey, it wasn't planned.
24:00You know what?
24:01Neither was this one.
24:03And he's the best thing that ever happened to me.
24:06Keep an eye on those chemicals, Federico.
24:08We don't want him to burn.
24:23Hey.
24:27Where's mom?
24:28She went to bed.
24:32Is she feeling any better?
24:34Yeah, Nate.
24:35She was on top of the goddamn world.
24:40Hi.
24:43Where's David?
24:44He's downstairs, working.
24:47A dad.
24:50Yeah, well, him and Rico.
24:55He said not to wait out for him.
24:56We should try and get some sleep.
24:58Yeah, as if that were a viable option.
25:21You want to go to the grocery store?
25:23Yes.
25:23Anything to get out of here.
25:46Hello?
25:47Hello?
25:48Well, it's about to start raining frogs here.
25:50How are things on your end?
25:52God, I'm glad you called.
25:54Really?
25:54Why?
25:55I don't know.
25:56Because you, uh...
25:58You have a calming effect on me?
26:00Uh-huh.
26:01Are you familiar with the psychological term, rejection?
26:04Well, are you familiar with the psychological term below me?
26:08Come on.
26:10You grew up with all that psychobabble.
26:12You felt against that every chance you got, still do.
26:14And that includes having sex with strangers in closets at airports.
26:18And you think you're not easy to read?
26:20Coasting by on your looks and charm isn't working like it used to,
26:24but you have no idea what else to do because you've never had to learn.
26:27Any woman with half a brain looks at a guy like you and thinks,
26:30good for a hot fuck, but believe me, that's it.
26:35I...
26:41Nate, can we go home?
26:43I really got to take a shower.
26:44Oh, God, Jesus Christ.
26:45Am I not allowed to have even a single moment to myself?
26:54Okay.
26:55It's okay.
26:58What can I do?
27:00Nothing. No one can do anything.
27:08You have to pay for that cantaloupe.
27:10No, fuck off!
27:20She looked her best every day of her life.
27:23Don't let one horribly disfiguring accident change that.
27:27Use new Wound Filler Cosmetic Moulding Putty.
27:30Now faster setting and self-sealing to help make masking unsightly wounds a breeze.
27:51Mom, you remember that stuffed dog I used to have?
27:54I dragged it around until its ears fell off and then you made new ears out of a dish towel?
27:57I hated that dog after that.
27:59And I threw it up on the roof.
28:01No.
28:04Then I wanted it back and I begged Dad to go get it but he said no if I really
28:06wanted it and never thrown it up there in the first place.
28:09Your father did so many wonderful things.
28:11Your father did so many wonderful things for you and that's all you can think of right now.
28:14But I just remembered it.
28:15He was a good man!
28:22I'm going running.
28:36Oh no.
28:37You're doing me?
28:38You're the worst one we've got.
28:40Thanks Dad.
28:41Where's Federico?
28:43It's Christmas morning.
28:44He's with his wife and kid.
28:45He'll be in later.
28:46Oh, goodness wait.
28:48I don't want you ruining my face.
28:49It's a little late for that.
28:51Not funny.
28:52I need to stay busy right now.
28:53So, go reorganize some files or develop a new bookkeeping system.
28:57That's what you're good at.
28:58You never really had any aptitude for this stuff.
29:02I know.
29:04What did I do with my life?
29:05I went to school to learn exactly how to do this stuff.
29:09Other kids my age were going to frat parties.
29:11I was draining corpses and refashioning severed ears out of wax.
29:15Thank God I didn't lose an ear.
29:17I can only imagine what you'd do with that.
29:19I did it all for you.
29:22I did it to make you happy, you ungrateful son of a bitch.
29:26Um, Dave?
29:30Yeah, I just wanted to let you know I was here.
30:14I was here.
30:16The last one was a big
30:18thing on the other hand.
30:18I was like, oh, I was like this.
30:23Hey, guys!
30:25Hey, guys!
30:25Hey, guys!
30:26Hey, guys, guys.
30:30Hey, guys.
30:31Hey, guys.
30:31Hey, guys.
30:49We'll deal you in next hand.
31:19Well, I'm about to jump out of my skin.
31:21Don't.
31:22I'm just barely holding it together.
31:24Are you still high?
31:25I don't know.
31:26Am I sweating?
31:27I don't know I am.
31:32It's too fucking weird.
31:33It's been like three days.
31:35I'm still trapped in zombie world.
31:36This is all happening to you.
31:39Fuck off.
31:42Sorry, but you're not the only one who wasn't prepared for this.
31:44I came home expecting to sleep late and chat on mom's cooking for six days.
31:48Now I find myself feeling like I'm not even a part of this family.
31:52I'll let three places with you in a heartbeat.
31:55What?
31:56At least you got out of here.
31:57I live in a shitty apartment, which was supposed to be temporary.
32:00I work at a job, which was also supposed to be temporary.
32:02Until I figured out what I really wanted to do with my life, which apparently is nothing.
32:06I have lots of sex, but I haven't had a relationship last more than a couple of months.
32:10I don't even have the self-discipline to floss daily.
32:12I've had four root canals.
32:14Four.
32:14I'm 35.
32:15I've had four root canals.
32:20I'm going to be one of those losers who ends up in his deathbed saying, where'd my life go?
32:24No, you won't.
32:26You'll be saying, where the hell's the morphine?
32:30I'm just trying to cheer you up.
32:31I've spent my whole fucking life being cheerful.
32:34I'm sorry about your father, but he's in a much better place now.
32:39You were so right about that.
32:45Who the hell is that?
33:04I know, Ruth.
33:07I know everything.
33:12I've known the Fishers for years from church.
33:16You know them, too?
33:18Yes.
33:18Yes, I work here.
33:19Oh, you work here?
33:20Mm-hmm.
33:30What are you doing here?
33:32Just got off duty.
33:33I can't pay my respects to your father.
33:34You never even met my father.
33:37Exactly.
33:38And you've met my parents how many times now?
33:40Christ, we just spent the weekend at their house.
33:42Don't do this to me, Keith.
33:42This is not your high school reunion.
33:44I'm sorry.
33:45This is not the time for you to be political.
33:47You think that's why I'm here?
33:47To be political?
33:48To keep your voice down.
33:49What is this?
33:50We can fuck each other, but I can't be a shoulder for you to cry on?
33:53I'm not crying.
33:54So what am I?
33:55I just sext you?
33:56Jesus!
33:57Do we really have to have this conversation now?
34:00Oh, shit.
34:01Here comes my mother.
34:04I'm so tired.
34:05I know, Mom.
34:06It's exhausting.
34:09Is something wrong?
34:11No, nothing's wrong.
34:12This is Keith Charles.
34:13He's a friend of mine.
34:13He came to pay his respects to Dad.
34:15It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Fisher.
34:16I'm really sorry about your husband.
34:21You're friends with a cop?
34:23We play racquetball together.
34:26Oh, nice to meet you.
34:29I'd like to see your father now.
34:39Who's that cop?
34:42My Aunt Shirley was laid out here.
34:44Aunt Shirley, huh?
34:46Shirley Hamilton.
34:47Terrible accident.
34:48Lost her ear.
34:49Oh, yeah.
34:51Yeah, I know Shirley.
34:52I remember Shirley.
34:53Really?
34:53Yes, yes.
34:54I was the person who, uh,
34:55swore her ear back on.
34:56That was me.
34:57Really?
34:58That's my work.
35:00That's my work.
35:03Oh, oh, oh.
35:05Oh, oh, oh.
35:08Yeah.
35:11What, she's sad,
35:12so he has to get her out of sight?
35:13They always do that.
35:14The second someone starts to lose it,
35:16they take them off into that room.
35:18Makes all the other people uncomfortable, I guess.
35:20This is not about the other people.
35:23Volume.
35:30When I went backpacking through Europe after I quit school,
35:35I went to this island off the coast of Sicily.
35:37It's this volcanic island.
35:40And on the boat over, there was this pine box.
35:43Somebody from the island who was being returned to be buried there.
35:46And there were all these old Sicilians dressed up all in black,
35:49waiting, just lined up on the beach.
35:51And when they got that coffin to the beach,
35:53those old Sicilian women just went apeshit,
35:56screaming, throwing themselves on it,
35:57beating their chest, tearing at their hair,
35:59making animal noises.
36:00It was just so, so real.
36:04I mean, I'd been around funerals my entire life,
36:07but I had never seen such grief.
36:10And at the time, it gave me the creeps,
36:12but now I think it's probably so much more healthy than...
36:20this.
36:24The cup is hot.
36:28Oh, David, David.
36:29I know, Mom.
36:31It's going to be okay.
36:32It just takes time.
36:34I've done a terrible, terrible thing.
36:36What?
36:37I've done a terrible thing.
36:39How's she doing?
36:40She's fine.
36:41I'm not fine.
36:42I'm a whore.
36:43I was unfaithful to your father for years.
36:46And now he knows.
36:47He knows.
36:50Oh.
36:52I met a man at church once
36:53when your father didn't come with me.
36:56Mom.
36:57And he invited me for coffee.
36:59He said he liked my hair.
37:01He's a hairdresser.
37:03A widower.
37:05Well, they divorced before she died,
37:07so technically I guess he's divorced.
37:10He invited me to accompany him on a hike.
37:12This is really not the time.
37:13I didn't even have the right shoes.
37:14Maybe he needs to just get this out.
37:15Well, I don't want to hear it.
37:16I used to love hiking when I was younger
37:18and being outdoors.
37:20I always wanted to take you kids camping,
37:22but your father would never leave the business.
37:26Well, I can tell you,
37:27I went camping with this man from church
37:30several times.
37:32Told your father I was visiting my sister,
37:35which if he'd ever thought to call...
37:36You even begin to fathom the impropriety of this.
37:39Your husband is lying in a casket out there.
37:40David, she's grief-stricken, okay?
37:42Fuck propriety.
37:43We don't say that word!
37:54Did you know him?
37:57No.
37:58Did you?
38:01He was my father.
38:03You're Claire?
38:05Yeah.
38:07Keith Charles.
38:08I'm a friend of your brother's.
38:09Of Nate's?
38:10No, David's.
38:12David's friends with a cop?
38:14We play racquetball together.
38:15David plays racquetball?
38:17Excuse us.
38:22You want me to cry on your shoulder?
38:24Fine.
38:24My mother just confessed she was having an affair.
38:27Oh.
38:27Yeah, with some hairdresser
38:29who likes to hike.
38:30Now fucking Nate is in there
38:31playing Mr. Sensitive with her
38:33while her dead husband lies in the next room.
38:34It's disgusting.
38:35Hey, breathe, all right?
38:37You're gonna get through this.
38:38Oh, I know.
38:39I'll be the strong one,
38:40the stable one,
38:41the dependable one,
38:42because that's what I do.
38:42and everyone around me
38:44will fall apart
38:44because that's what they do.
38:46Hey,
38:47don't you get exhausted
38:48being so hard on everyone
38:49and yourself.
38:50Shut up.
38:53She met him at church.
38:55You met me at church.
39:12I didn't even realize how lonely I was
39:16or how long it had been
39:17since a man touched me like that.
39:22Well, loneliness is a terrible thing.
39:27I'm still a woman, you know.
39:30Yes, I know.
39:32And now your father sees me.
39:35My God sees me.
39:38He knows everything.
39:41I'm so ashamed.
39:46You didn't do it to hurt anybody.
39:49You were lonely.
39:51I'm sure Dad forgives you.
39:54Thank God, does it?
39:56Oh, yeah, yeah.
39:58I'm sure he does, too.
40:02Oh.
40:05Look, it's okay.
40:07Everybody forgives everybody
40:09for everything.
40:21I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:22I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:23I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:23I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:25I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:25I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:26I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:26I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:28I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:28I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:28I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:29I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:31I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:31I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:32I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:36I'm sure you don't know what to do.
40:49You're looking for the olives, honey.
40:51They're right here.
41:01Oh, shake, shake, shake.
41:04Ashes to ashes and dust to dust is easy as pie
41:07with Franklin's new lint-proof earth dispenser.
41:10Say goodbye to soiled fingers forever.
41:13Only from Franklin Funeral Supplies.
41:15We put the fun back in funeral.
41:21In the midst of life, we are in death.
41:24Of whom may we seek for succor?
41:26But of thee, O Lord, who for our sins are justly displeased?
41:31Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts.
41:35Shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer,
41:37but spare us, Lord most holy,
41:40O God most mighty,
41:42O holy and merciful Savior,
41:45thou most worthy judge eternal.
41:47Suffer us not at our last hour
41:50through any pains of death
41:52to fall from thee.
41:58In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life,
42:03through almighty God, we commend our brother,
42:06Nathaniel Samuel Fisher,
42:07and we commit his body to the ground.
42:11Looks like you're selling popcorn.
42:14Earth to earth, ashes to ashes,
42:18dust to dust.
42:19The Lord bless him and keep him.
42:22The Lord make his face to shine upon him
42:24and be gracious unto him.
42:26The Lord lift up his countenance upon him
42:29and give him peace.
42:57No!
42:59No. I refuse to sanitize this anymore.
43:03This is how it's done.
43:05Yeah? Well, it's whacked.
43:06What is this stupid salt shaker?
43:09Huh? What is this hermetically sealed box, this phony astroturf around the grave?
43:13Jesus, David, it's like surgery. Clean. Antiseptic. Business.
43:19He was our father!
43:21Please don't do this.
43:22You can pump him full of chemicals, you can put makeup on him,
43:25and you can prop him up for a nap in the slumber room,
43:27but the fact remains, David, that the only father we're ever going to have is gone.
43:33Forever.
43:34And that sucks, but it's a goddamn part of life.
43:37I mean, you can't really accept it without getting your hands dirty.
43:40Well, I do accept it, and I intend to honor the old bastard
43:43by letting the whole world see just how fucked up and shitty I feel that he's dead.
43:49God damn it!
43:53Uh, I'm in.
43:56Wait.
44:07What's up?
44:21I, love myself.
44:24I, love myself.
44:27Letter.
45:00Let us pray.
45:02Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
45:07Thy kingdom come, thy will be not heard, on earth as it is in heaven.
45:12Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,
45:17as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.
45:20Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
45:24For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.
45:29Amen.
45:30Amen.
45:31Amen.
45:33The Lord be with you.
45:34And that's true.
45:43Mom, Federico's going to drive you back, okay?
45:45I just need to go over a few details with Nate.
45:47We'll be right behind you.
45:48Over there, Mrs. F.
45:51You have such delicate hands, Federico.
45:54Like a statue.
45:56Or an illustration in an antique book.
46:00Or one of those little ceramic hands they use to display gloves.
46:13You want to be the alpha dog, Nate?
46:14Is that it?
46:16I'm coasting toward midlife with nothing to show for it.
46:19Now you want to come back and be the rock for this family to lean on?
46:22Fuck you.
46:23That is not what I'm...
46:23Do you want to get your hands dirty?
46:26You sanctimonious prick.
46:27Talk to me when you've had to stuff formaldehyde-soaked cotton up your father's ass so he doesn't leak.
46:32Jesus.
46:33Yeah.
46:34Well, I'm sure you just would have tossed him out with the garbage.
46:37It may seem weird to you, but there is a reason behind everything that we do here.
46:42We provide people with a very important and sacred service at the darkest time in their lives.
46:47Because maybe they don't want to make a spectacle of themselves.
46:50Because maybe they prefer to grieve in private.
46:52Why?
46:54Why does it have to be such a secret?
46:55It's nothing to be ashamed of.
46:59Dave, please.
46:59Dad, you know nothing!
47:03Nothing!
47:07You had a responsibility to this family.
47:10And you ran away from it and you left it all for me.
47:12Whoa!
47:13Don't blame me if you're not living the life you want.
47:15That is nobody's fault but your own.
47:20Okay.
47:22Fine.
47:22Just do me a favor, okay?
47:24You got out.
47:27Stay out.
47:33Excuse me, Mr. Fisher.
47:35Sir, if I could just get a moment of your time.
47:37What?
47:37I'm from Cronus Service International.
47:39I'd like to talk to you about the advantages of joining our family in the death care facility.
47:42I cannot believe this.
47:44Sir, if you just hear me, I can see that.
47:45We're not selling, then get the fuck out of here.
47:47We wouldn't change the name of the business.
47:48And of course, we would retain you as a salaried manager.
47:50Look, I really want to hit somebody right now and it might as well be you.
47:59I'll call you when you've had some time to recover from your loss.
48:08You're really lucky, you know that?
48:09Are you kidding?
48:10It was over in a second.
48:12I didn't have to be afraid of it.
48:13I didn't even have to think about it.
48:15No more bullshit.
48:16No more responsibility.
48:18No more having to care.
48:19No more boredom!
48:22No more waiting to die.
48:26Okay.
48:48Hi.
48:53Well, after four days with my family, I'm ready for shock therapy.
48:57Just waiting to see if my HMO covers it.
48:59Ah.
49:02How's it going with you?
49:04Oh, it's great.
49:06Great.
49:07You know, my father's dead, my mom's a whore, my brother wants to kill me, and my sister's
49:11smoking crack.
49:12I think I win.
49:15Four days ago, I was a relatively happy guy.
49:17Now it's like, I don't even know who that guy was.
49:26I'm a fucking mess, if you want to know the truth.
49:30But I think you're already aware of that.
49:37Well, here's my number.
49:39If you ever want to, I don't know.
49:42Go out on a real date.
49:44You know, where you buy me dinner before I put out.
49:48Uh-huh.
49:51Maybe I'm one of those women that meets a man who seems emotionally conflicted.
49:55No relationship skills, and I figure, hey, it's for me.
49:58You know, I don't even live here, right?
50:00I live in Seattle.
50:00See, that just makes you more attractive.
50:02Really?
50:02Oh, yeah.
50:03Huh.
50:04Well, I also happen to be a serial rapist.
50:08I've got ten nurses buried under my house.
50:11Now you're making me laugh.
50:24Oh, my God.
50:44Oh, hey, whoa, whoa.
50:49I need, I need.
51:08It's okay, it's okay.
51:42It's okay.
51:42It's okay.
52:02Good morning.
52:08Thank God you're here.
52:11Yeah, well, of course I'm here.
52:21What do you want for breakfast?
52:23I'm going to go for a run and I'll eat when I get back.
52:25Nate?
52:26Yeah?
52:28You don't have to go back to Seattle right away, do you?
52:36Uh, I guess not.
52:37I can make a few calls.
52:42Yeah, sure.
52:44Just for a few days.
52:49Okay.
52:58Okay.
53:09Yeah.
53:14Yeah.
53:21Yeah.
53:23Yeah.
53:24Yeah.
53:28Yeah.
53:29That's good.
53:29Waiting at the station
53:35Waiting for the right moves
53:43Waiting
53:45And if you ever change your mind
53:50You know I'm not hard to find
53:55And if you ever need someone
53:58I'll still be waiting
54:05Waiting with the orphans
54:11Waiting for the feast days
54:16They tell me that success brings
54:22Waiting in the half light
54:28Waiting through your whole life
54:40Just leave
54:42Waiting with theヶ