(MUSIC PLAYING)
DAVID: Where were you born?
ZABI: Kingsley Falls, an hour outside of Quebec City.
Date?
March 7th, 1983.
My parents' names are Greg and Lana.
What's the address of your childhood home?
Two-thirty-one, Evergreen Lane, Quebec City, Quebec. G0A 1B0
SARAH: Good job.
Thanks. Your turn, Andrew.
(CHUCKLES)
Don't smile.
Sorry. I won't.
Where were you born and when?
Kinburn, Ottawa, June 7th, 1981.
Kinburn postal code.
KOH 2HO.
Father and mother's name?
Bill and Elodie Girard.
Mother's maiden name?
Rambert. No, Reigner, Reigner.
(IMITATES BUZZER RINGING)
(JARRET CHUCKLING)
(ALL LAUGHING)
MALE VOICE 1 ON RADIO: How'd your area sweep
go today, Gabe? You limpdick motherfucker.
Did you drive anything outta that bush?
Ah, shit. Who's got the radio tonight?
(GASPS)
All right, fine.
(CHUCKLES)
I got it.
(CHUCKLES)
SARAH: I got it, I got it.
JARRET: Thanks, babe.
All right, guys, I think it's tied to tuck in.
Hey, David, enjoy that overnight duty, you know?
Hey, would you mind covering for him for like...
twenty minutes?
Thirty minutes.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh.
Yeah, okay, sure, that's fine.
Thirty minutes?
(GROWLS)
Take your time.
(DAVID CHUCKLING)
(CHUCKLES)
(BOTH MOAN)
(BOTH PANT)
I love you, David.
(PANTS)
I love you so much.
(PANTS) Call me Andrew.
(BOTH PANT)
Andrew?
Yeah.
Oh. You like that, Andy, huh?
(PANTS)
You like it when I call you Andrew?
I love it.
(CUTLERY CLATTERS)
He's getting more stubborn, isn't he?
SARAH: Yeah.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(ALARM RINGING)
(ZABI MOANING SOFTLY)
(SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
(ZABI SMOOCHES)
(DOOR CREAKS)
JARRET: It's nice, isn't it?
It's almost like the old days, huh?
DAVID: Yeah.
I was starting to forget.
(EXHALES)
JARRET: We need to make a run.
(INHALES SHARPLY) I know.
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(KNOCK ON WINDOW)
VOLUNTEER 1: Afternoon, Miss.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
Can you take the sunglasses off please?
(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
Is this an official volunteers checkpoint?
It is.
Papers, ma'am.
(PAPERS RUSTLING)
(SONG PLAYING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)
Got a haircut recently.
Neck check.
Miss.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Need another minute?
VOLUNTEER 2: Am I sensing a little attitude, Miss?
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
She's clean.
(SIGHS)
You're good to go.
Enjoy your day.
(INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
(WHEELS WHIRRING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(SPEAKER BEEPING)
FEMALE VOICE 1 OVER PA: Attention, all goods
must be purchased with a valid business card.
Cash will no longer be accepted.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(SONG PLAYING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)
(GUN CLICKING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
ARJAY: (GROANING) Get the fuck off me.
(GROANING) Listen-- listen...
(VOLUNTEER 1 GRUNTS)
(ARJAY GROANS)
(VOLUNTEER 1 GRUNTS)
VOLUNTEER 1: You know, you'd look a lot prettier
with no teeth, motherfucker.
(VOLUNTEER 2 CHUCKLING)
VOLUNTEER 2: No. No, no, no, no. Blow his fucking cock off.
That's every faggot's worst nightmare.
(GUN CLICKS)
SARAH: Stop. (BREATHES DEEPLY)
(CHUCKLES)
(VOLUNTEER 1 GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(VOLUNTEER 1 GRUNTS)
(SARAH GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(VOLUNTEER 1 GRUNTS)
(GROWLS, GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
(GUNSHOT)
(VOLUNTEER 2 GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(PANTS) Come on, we're having fun.
(GROANS)
You're pretty easy.
(SCREAMS)
(GUNSHOT)
(PANTS)
(ARJAY PANTS)
(COUGHS)
(PANTS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(SARAH PANTS)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRONE WHIRRING IN DISTANCE)
What are you doing near the no-fly zone,
you little fucker?
DAVID: Don't worry, it's about to hit the perimeter.
Look.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(VEHICLE APPROACHING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
Help.
ZABI: What?
DAVID: What?
I got somebody in the back. Need to get him inside.
ZABI: What?
SARAH: He's hurt. (PANTS)
(GRUNTS) Zabi, open the door.
Yeah, yeah. I...
SARAH: You got him?
DAVID: Yeah. Grab him there.
Try to hold that wound.
SARAH: Got it.
DAVID: Try to hold onto that.
I got his legs. I got his legs.
SARAH: Let's go.
DAVID: Okay. Okay.
SARAH: Shit.
What happened? Do you know?
SARAH: Easy.
DAVID: Easy. All right.
JARRET: What the fuck is going on?
Who the fuck is that?
(DAVID SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Okay. Zabi, come here, come here. Right here.
Hold just like that. I'm gonna get my stuff.
ZABI: Oh, God. (PANTS)
Don't look at it. Just keep the pressure on.
David, hurry up. (PANTS)
Oh, my God, Sarah, what the hell happened to your head?
SARAH: I'm fine, just go move the truck.
Move the truck? What the fuck are you talking about?
Who the fuck is that?
DAVID: Okay, okay, you ready? Thank you.
Is he gonna be okay?
DAVID: I don't know. I have to look at these wounds.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
SARAH: Zabi...
Zabi. Go move the truck, we might have company.
JARRET: Company? Sarah, what the hell did you do?
(PANTS)
(BOTH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(PANTS)
(CAR BEEPING)
(BOTH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
ZABI'S FRIEND: They are gonna kill us.
ZABI: Just say it was my fault.
It is your fault.
(CELLPHONE RINGING)
Oh, it's David, I have to get this.
Zahabiya, hurry up.
Just, cover for me.
(GROANS)
(CAR HORN HONKING)
DAVID ON PHONE: Hey, babe.
Hey. Everything okay?
DAVID: I have to work a double...
(EXPLOSION)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CLAMORING)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(INDISTINCT CLAMORING)
DAVID: It's not safe anymore.
We have to get Zahabiya out of here.
SARAH: No
JARRET: David's right.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
JARRET: We have a very small window
before those volunteers you fucking shot are found.
Now is the time to move.
DAVID: They could've been found already.
JARRET: They could have sent scanners out
to cover every square inch of this place,
setting up roadblocks on every route out of here.
We need to leave.
No, we stick to the plan. We stay with the radio.
(SCOFFS) Because it has done what for us, exactly?
SARAH: We could hear from them any day now.
Yeah, or it could be another month.
Do you really wanna do this for another month?
We don't have a choice.
What about the dog, huh?
How long do you think you can keep
that fucking charade up?
Just feeding him for weeks on end forcing--
We're here because you trust me, right?
Yes, of course I trust--
Right?
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
Yes.
SARAH: That means we stay put.
We are on lock down, which means no more fishing,
no more praying on the porch, no more runs,
no more smoke breaks.
We have been way too casual.
We need to stick to the routine.
I am the only one who has done this.
So, I need you to trust me.
This will work.
We just have to stick to the plan.
What are we going to do about the barcode on our couch?
JARRET: You always do this.
You care way too much about other people.
You need to protect us and our friends.
Jay you're hurting my head.
You don't even know him.
SARAH: I know he's branded.
Just like Zabi.
(INHALES) What's one more person on this last run?
It's just one more.
Sarah.
SARAH: Stop.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(SARAH SIGHS)
You can't save everybody.
(EXHALES)
I can try.
(SMOOCHES)
(INHALES) I need to take a shower
(WATER RUNNING)
(COUGHS)
(DAVID GROANS)
(INHALES, EXHALES)
(CLOCK TICKING)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLICKING)
DOCTOR: We had a no-show for the 3:45 slot.
Just got the go-ahead to send the authorities
to that address.
(SCANNER BEEPING)
MALE VOICE 1: Come on, dude. It's all right.
ATTENDEE: Stand up.
Come with me.
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(TYPEWRITER KEYS CLICKING)
(INHALES, MOANS)
ZABI: I'm gonna go feed the dog.
I'll be right back to relieve you.
DAVID: Okay, just be quick about it
before I nod off again.
Hi. You're up.
Oh, hey.
How are you feeling?
I feel okay.
You hungry? Want some coffee?
Uh. Coffee would be great, actually.
DAVID: Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm Zahabiya.
Did you sleep well?
(DOOR CLOSING)
Yeah, I did, really well.
Oddly enough.
(ZABI CHUCKLES)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
It's good, no. (INHALES) I'll see you in a little bit.
Here you go.
Uh. We don't have any sugar...
or milk, actually. (CHUCKLES) Sorry.
It's fine.
(WOOD CREAKING)
DAVID: (INHALES) So, uh,
you're feeling a little bit better.
That's really good.
Oh, thanks to you, I guess. (CHUCKLES)
Are you in an EMT or doctor or something?
Or, you were?
I... I was a nurse.
I was studying to get my MD when... everything fell apart.
Well, either way, could've fooled me. (CHUCKLES)
(INHALES)
(SLURPS)
(CHUCKLES)
(GROANS)
Mm, here, here, here. Easy.
(ARJAY GROANS)
(GROANS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
VOLUNTEER 3 ON RADIO: Victims' bodies have been located,
and volunteers' families are being notified.
(VOLUNTEER 1 GRUNTS)
(SARAH GRUNTS)
VOLUNTEER 3 ON RADIO: Continuing to collect evidence
from the scene.
(PANTS)
VOLUNTEER 3 ON RADIO: Potential ID of suspect
is being circulated.
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
ARJAY: I appreciate you all helping me.
I'll be outta your space as soon as I can.
(INHALES) I'm sorry for being such a burden.
You're not a burden.
So... (EXHALES) ...this is our radio.
We're waiting on coordinates from my contacts in Canada.
They're all working to find us a safe crossing point
to get over the border.
Those coordinates will only come through this.
So, this radio is our lifeline.
I've done this before
with a few other groups... (INHALES)
...but this time, we're all going
to get out for good.
Uh. We man the radio in shifts, all day, all night.
So there's never a moment when someone
isn't listening to it.
We could get noticed at any moment, any day now.
You wanna get the fuck out of this country?
LORI: Obviously a lot of controversy
(CHUCKLES)
LORI: ...around the volunteers.
Uh. You know, today's your opportunity
to try to explain to our viewers what you guys represent?
(TRAIN ENGINE REVVING)
(DRONES WHIRRING)
Well, I mean, this is a group of concerned citizens
who all agree the key
to a healthy society starts at home.
You know, in-- in your neighborhood,
in your communities, and... (INHALES)
...illegals are still pouring in with their drugs
and their bombs and their-- their trucks
used as battering rams--
TV off.
(TV BEEPS)
More stringent measures must be taken.
What type of measures are you suggesting?
THE FOUNDER: Well, we need to start self-policing.
We need to know who our neighbors are.
We need to protect our children, our culture,
our way of life. And eventually, this organization
will have a volunteers group in every major city. (CHUCKLES)
Like a-- a militia?
I mean, it essentially...
(LAUGHS)
...sounds like you're building out a militia.
No, I-- I wouldn't jump to that.
We're just trying to embody the change
we wanna see in our communities.
You mean maintain the status quo in your communities?
It sounds like you don't want change--
All right, look, you understood my meaning.
You're-- you're being pedantic now.
LORI: Your followers, um, they have a uniform.
Uh. The-- the orange?
This is a uniform? No. (CHUCKLES)
LORI: And your members consist of predominantly
white men.
Uh. Excuse me, Lori, we encourage anyone
who believes in the cause to join.
Now, I can't rightly say exactly what the breakdown
of our members look like, but--
LORI: You know, actually, I can, um,
I have the figures right here.
(CLEARS THROAT)
This is-- Yeah, actually can-- can we just put this on screen
for our viewers?
Uh. As you can see, 89 percent of your group polled
identified as avid gun rights activists.
Yeah. I've seen the, uh, so-called report
you're talking about.
Who, uh, did the polling for that, exactly?
You know, there actually, there've also been reports
of certain volunteer factions being continuously linked
to violent hate crimes?
Those reports are false.
Completely fabricated.
LORI: Do you have any comments on these numbers?
THE FOUNDER: I don't. They are fake.
I think...
You know I-- I think, respectfully,
I think we're done talking here.
(SPITS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
DAVID: (CHUCKLING) Did you decide on a name yet?
I've always liked the name Isko.
Isko?
ARJAY: Mm-hmm.
I don't know.
You kinda seem like a Justin to me.
Oh, no. Ew, gross.
That is like the least Filipino name I've heard.
Other than like, Brett.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Who cares? You can be whatever you wanna be.
ARJAY: I do.
Don't whitewash me, girlfriend. I care.
(CHUCKLES) Okay. Okay.
Um... (INHALES)
and you studied to be an architect.
ARJAY: Mm-hmm.
But now you work as a...
As a, uh... (LIPS SMACKING) ...project manager
at a queer nonprofit organization
that, uh, houses homeless, LGBT kids.
Uh. Wow, okay.
ARJAY: Mm-hmm.
That is incredibly specific.
It is. (LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
And then, you know, we have to figure out the basic stuff.
You know, birthday, address, social insurance number,
shit like that.
(LIPS SMACKING) Fine. But I'm sticking with Isko.
(DAVID CHUCKLING)
Uh. Hey, you should probably stay off your feet.
(EXHALES) No, I've been laying down for, like, two days.
I need to move. (INHALES) My ass is killing me.
What is going on here? (CHUCKLES)
Who are these guys?
Can't sleep either, huh?
Babe. Yeah, I told him he should be asleep.
Yeah, you-- you should be asleep too.
Quiet shift?
DAVID: Yeah, as always.
Well, up early. Might as well... (INHALES)
...feed the dog.
Oh, you guys have a dog?
Oh, I love dogs. (CHUCKLES)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(DOG BARKING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
ZABI: If you're staying here,
you should probably learn how to do this too.
Stay close. Watch your head.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
GABE: What about my water?
ZABI: Take one of those water bottles.
Roll it across the floor to him.
Who's this faggot? (SNIFFLES)
If you want your waste bucket emptied this week,
you won't use that language.
We had everything lined up.
The safe house, the supply chain,
but the location was compromised when we arrived.
Sarah thought fast. We ended up here at his house.
I don't understand.
A volunteer's property's a no-fly zone.
They get to keep their freedom of privacy
as upstanding Americans for their dedicated service.
Hey, I'm sorry. And you said, this is his house?
Yeah, we're hiding in plain sight.
Oh, my God.
I don't know
how you haven't strangled that guy yet.
I wouldn't be able to help myself.
We're not gonna hurt him, we just-- We need him right now.
When we leave, we'll let him go.
I said lockdown, Goddammit. Get your asses inside.
ZABI: You want me to do the check-in?
No, I got it.
VOLUNTEER 4 ON RADIO: Gabe, check in.
(RADIO STATIC)
Gabe, you limpdick motherfucker, where the fuck are you?
Check in.
(RADIO STATIC)
ZABI: Tag me in.
Kept the seat warm for ya.
Thanks.
(SIGHS)
Take a load off. We'll be here a while.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
JARRET: How you feeling, babe?
Like I got pistol whipped in the back of the head.
(EXHALES)
Did you have David take another look at you?
Yeah, he says I probably have a brain hemorrhage.
That's not funny.
(CHUCKLES)
You know, we still haven't unload the supplies
from the truck, including the ibuprofen
you clearly need Sarah bear.
We shouldn't risk it.
(SIGHS) It's been nearly two days.
We haven't heard peep on the radio.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
JARRET: We need those supplies--
Jay.
JARRET: And I need my hot sauce.
Please, you're hurting my head, again.
JARRET: I'm going.
Feeding an extra mouth is a burden...
that we do not need.
DAVID: You are so paranoid.
I am not paranoid, I'm cautious.
You always get like this with new people.
No, I don't.
Yes, you do.
You get closed off and paranoid and grumpy.
JARRET: He is not a new person, David, he's a total stranger.
He's branded, and we are trying to get out just like him.
I'm just saying, be cautious with the guy, all right?
Stop being all chummy and shit.
This plan is complicated enough as it is
without having some unvetted gay guy
piggybacking his way across the border on our dime.
(METAL CLATTERING
Jesus, now you sound like them.
Ah, shut up.
(SCOFFS)
DAVID: Just be nice.
JARRET: Okay.
We already gave him the option to come with us.
And Sarah trusts him.
So, that should be all that you need to know.
I love you to death, David, but you're wrong here.
He could be a liability. (EXHALES)
Welp, at least Sarah got booze.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)
(GABE EXHALES)
(EXHALES)
(CHAINS RATTLE)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)
(EXHALES)
(LAUGHING)
Pick your...
Spades. So, those are your cards.
Um. Spades are trump. You have to follow suit.
So if someone plays a Heart, you play Heart.
If someone plays a Diamond, you play Diamond.
You're in teams. It's you and Jarret versus--
We're gonna kill it, 'cause I have a great hand.
Me and Zabi.
That's not true. Zabi is one of the great card sharks
of all time.
JARRET: Whoa.
ZABI: Didn't know that, did you?
(ARJAY EXHALES)
DAVID: If someone plays a Heart, you gotta play a Heart,
if it's Diamonds-- Let's just play.
Okay.
DAVID: We'll tell you
when you fucked it up.
JARRET: All right, starting off.
Here we go.
Three of clubs.
DAVID: Wow, that's powerful.
It's...
A powerful first move.
I hope everyone's paying attention.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)
(CHUCKLES)
ZABI: Okay, kid's got moves.
DAVID: Dance that pain away, boy.
(ZABI CHUCKLES)
Go, go, go, go.
ZABI: Yes. (LAUGHS) Oh.
You okay?
(ARJAY GROANS)
Huh?
(RADIO SWITCHES OFF)
DAVID: (EXHALES) What are you doing? It's early.
Uh. David. It's actually really late.
No, it's not late. Just shut up.
Arjay, drink, hmm?
(RADIO CRACKLES)
(RADIO STATIC)
VOLUNTEER 5 ON RADIO: Solemnly swear
to always hold hate in my heart for...
niggers... spics.
(RADIO STATIC)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(SIGHS) Well, I think we should all just...
(INHALES) ...get some rest.
(DAVID EXHALING)
David...
Aren't you on radio tonight?
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Fuck.
Um...
can I switch with someone?
With who?
Um...
(DAVID EXHALING)
I can take it.
No, you can't. I have to train you first. But...
JARRET: No, no.
...in this place we...
I can teach him. Okay?
DAVID: You sure?
Yeah, why don't you get some rest.
DAVID: Okay. Be nice.
JARRET: Okay.
DAVID: Paranoid grumpy.
Okay.
DAVID: Yeah?
Yeah.
Night.
ARJAY: Night.
(DAVID SIGHS)
Let's go. (GRUNTS)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
JARRET: These are our radios. Our walkie, the CB.
The walkie is always on channel three.
That's the volunteer's channel.
The CB, you don't fuckin' touch it.
You just listen.
Every 15 minutes you put an entry in the log.
It keeps you alert and shows you're not fucking us all
by falling asleep.
Got it. Uh. What do I write down, exactly?
Whatever you want.
Just make sure it keeps you awake.
We can't miss this.
Once we get those coordinates from Sarah's contacts,
we have a one hour window to make it
to the rendezvous point before the window closes,
for good.
You understand how important this is?
Yeah, of course I understand.
(JARRET EXHALES)
If you were to hear something tonight... anything tonight,
you write down exactly what you heard, word for word,
legible, no mistakes.
Okay, so, you mean if I hear the coordinates
or if I hear the volunteers again?
Once you write it down, you move as fast as you can,
and you wake us all up,
and we book our asses to the rendezvous.
Do you understand all that, bud?
Or do you want me to write you a manual?
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
What's your deal?
JARRET: What's yours?
I already told you.
Yeah.
ARJAY: Mm-hmm.
Yeah, you already told me.
You're just some little kid, and you're looking to get out.
Aren't we all?
I don't care,
one way or another what your story is, Arjay.
But you were never supposed to be a part of mine.
So do not fuck this up.
Or you can wave goodbye to your free ride
across the border.
(SNORES)
(INHALES, EXHALES)
(METAL CLATTERING)
(DOOR CREAKS)
GABE: Oh, I thought you forgot about me.
What's for dinner?
I was gonna give this cigarette to you.
Like I promised yesterday.
(INHALES)
Until you called my new friend a faggot.
(SCOFFS)
If you'd like to apologize, I might reconsider.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Well, he is, isn't he?
A faggot? No, he isn't.
He's gay.
I'm a Muslim.
You're a white volunteer who wants us dead.
No, I don't want you dead, you're a lady.
Well, maybe the faggot 'cause he's a dude.
I just don't wanna have to look at you.
ZABI: 'Cause I'm a shit-skin?
Remember when you used to call me that?
GABE: I never called you that.
Yes, you did. You used to call me a shit-skin.
And you stopped. Why did you stop?
I definitely never called you that.
You called me a shit-skin and you saw how it hurt me...
and then you stopped.
It was easy to stop, wasn't it?
Took a while to get there, but we were making progress.
Yeah, we were till that...
bald bitch came and busted my lip again today.
You know, she doesn't have to smash my face in
every time she wants me to do a radio check-in.
She could just ask me nicely.
I'll talk to her about that.
It's important we're civil with each other.
GABE: Civil?
(SCOFFS) What the fuck you talk...
I'm chained to a post in my own fucking barn.
Shittin' in a bucket!
Civil?
That fuckin' bald cunt's got some serious rage issues
and she's taking it out on me.
(WOOD CLATTERING)
The way you talk to us,
you're not doing yourself any favors.
(TRAY CLUTTERS)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Hey there. (CHUCKLES)
Sarah said for you to go to bed.
I'm radio-trained now. (CHUCKLES)
(DAVID SIGHS, CHUCKLES)
Are you okay? (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)
You ever stop to think about...
these ideas that you believe
and this cause that you're behind,
that maybe it's just... all wrong?
GABE: What do you mean?
I mean, everything that the volunteers do...
and say,
how it affects other people. What if it's just...
wrong?
(SIGHS) It's not.
But... what if?
What kind of pain were you going through?
When you started believing everything that you believe?
I don't...
(CHAINS RATTLING)
...I don't know what you're asking me.
I'm just asking,
when you started feeling this way.
What happened to you?
GABE: I think I don't wanna talk anymore.
I don't feel like talking. (INHALES)
You-- you gonna give me that cigarette or not?
(EXHALES)
You're a really good dancer, Arjay.
(CHUCKLES)
Okay. (LAUGHS)
(DAVID LAUGHING)
DAVID: It's like... it's like you don't care what
anyone else thinks about you.
I don't, or I try not to at least. (CHUCKLES)
I wish I was like that. (CHUCKLES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
ARJAY: Hey...
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
...what's the matter, David?
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
I'm...
I'm really glad you're here.
Why do you think it is we can't talk about this?
(INHALES) Why do we always get stuck in the same place?
There's nothing to figure out.
You don't have to figure out my fucking brain.
I already told you, I wanna preserve my culture,
my way of life, my country.
Your existence, people like you,
they're actively replacing my entire race.
That's just a fact.
It's the largest genocide this world has ever seen.
You ever stop to think that that's wrong?
I just-- I'm trying to understand all this... rage.
Allowing you to exist is a threat to the white race.
I hate this fuckin' conversation.
'Cause you're afraid of having it.
Shut the fuck up!
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Do you ever regret it?
Regret what?
Our stupid tattoo.
Are you kidding me, man?
Of course not. That was an epic night.
(GROANS)
Oh, no, no, no. I'm so fucking stupid.
ARJAY: Hey.
I'm so fucking stupid.
It's okay.
DAVID: No, it's not, no.
(INHALES) I'm sorry,
I'm so sorry.
ARJAY: No, you don't need to apologize.
I didn't mean to. You're not a...
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
I'm really fucking drunk right now.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) And I didn't mean to.
(SOBS) I'm... I'm not, um...
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHAINS RATTLE)
I'll see you tomorrow.
(EXHALES)
Hey.
Give the faggot a goodnight kiss for me.
It's exhausting.
Isn't it?
(DOOR CLOSING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DAVID SNORING)
David?
David.
(EXHALES)
(DOOR CREAKING)
ZABI: Hey.
Hey.
How's it going?
He just came down here and fell asleep.
(ZABI LAUGHS)
My silly boy. I'll take him upstairs.
Everything okay with the radio?
Yeah, great.
Any questions?
Hmm.
You'll do great.
(DAVID SNORES)
ZABI: Hey, come on. Let's go to bed.
DAVID: I'll just sleep here. I just got outta bed.
Okay. You're okay. It's okay.
That's it. (EXHALES)
ZABI: Shh.
Oh, easy. Easy.
(FLOOR CREAKING)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
DAVID: Don't worry man, I got it.
(MUFFLED VOICES)
DAVID: Table talking's fine.
Just don't play that one.
I can. Stop looking at my cards.
(JARRET LAUGHING)
SARAH: It's very rude. (groans)
What are you gonna do?
SARAH: I'm gonna-- I'm gonna do this.
(JARRET LAUGHING)
(GASPS)
Hey, buddy.
Hi, honey.
Come here. Oh, what's going' on, hmm?
ZABI: Could he be any more adorable?
Hmm?
DAVID: Impossible.
What happened?
BOY: I fell.
You wanna tell me a secret?
ZABI: No.
BOY: I heard something outside.
You heard something?
Oh, I'm sorry.
Want Daddy to put you back to bed?
JARRET: Need me to investigate?
Take care of all the monsters for you?
JARRET: Yeah? Should I go check?
Yeah? All right, come here.
ZABI: Somebody's bed time.
You know what, give your Mom a kiss.
Here you go. (GRUNTS)
Give Mommy a kiss.
Oh! (LAUGHS)
Thank you.
(LAUGHS)
All right, here we go. You ready?
(BOY CHUCKLES)
(JARRET BLOWS RASPBERRY)
Oh!
(BOY LAUGHS)
JARRET: Love you.
Goodnight.
JARRET: What do you say we have a sleepover, huh?
(SARAH CLEARS THROAT)
(CELLPHONE ALARMS BUZZING)
SARAH: What's going on?
(INDISTINCT CLAMORING OVER PHONE)
Oh, God.
(EXPLOSION OVER PHONE)
(CHILD CRYING OVER PHONE)
JARRET: Sarah.
(INDISTINCT CLAMORING)
SARAH: Get him away from the window.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
JARRET: It's okay.
SARAH: It's okay.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(RADIO STATIC)
VOLUNTEER 6 ON RADIO: Volunteer number 9947, check in.
Nine-nine-four-seven, I said check in.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Jarret, Jarret, wake up.
ARJAY: They're talking to us.
Uh. The volunteers are asking 9947?
Get back to the radio, now.
VOLUNTEER 6 ON RADIO: 9947, Rise and shine, buttercup.
Jesus Christ, keep it down, asshole. 9947 reporting.
VOLUNTEER 6 ON RADIO: Five minutes out, coming in now.
(RADIO STATIC)
Uh. I'm still in my underwear, man.
David, Zabi, code red.
What's going on?
No time to talk, just get downstairs. Let's go.
VOLUNTEER 6 ON RADIO: Put your fuckin' skirt on,
motherfucker. We're activated. Gonna raise some hell.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Fuck yeah, man. I'll be ready.
(WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS)
Fuck.
SARAH: Let's go, let's go.
Arjay, downstairs, come on.
Get in the basement. Let's go.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Sarah, should we bring the dog up?
No. Uh. (PANTS) Go to his room. Put on his clothes.
What? Put on his clothes?
Yeah, you just answered as 9947, you need to be him.
No, Sarah, fuck that.
You get his ass out here and you tell him
that we're gonna shoot him
if he doesn't make his friends go away.
We shoot him or them, we're dead.
Sarah, we did not plan for something like this.
That's why I am making a plan.
The-- they probably don't know who Volunteer 9947 is
or they would've used his name. They-- they always do.
Probably?
Just-- We don't have time for this.
Please, go put on his clothes.
JARRET: Fuck.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SARAH PANTS)
(RADIO STATIC)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Zabi? (PANTS)
Give me a hand with this.
What is happening?
SARAH: The volunteers are coming. Keep your mouth shut.
(PANTS)
Sarah, take the walkie.
Yeah. Make a pot of coffee, act normal.
I'm gonna keep the dog from barking.
I don't know if this is a good plan,
making coffee. What am I gonna offer them some?
I need the gun.
I need it for that piece of shit.
Well, then use a fucking knife, I need the gun.
Oh, my God, okay. (PANTS)
Fuck.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
ARJAY: Shit. (PANTS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(CAR HORN HONKING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Help!
SARAH: Shut the fuck up.
GABE: Help! (GRUNTS)
(SARAH PANTS)
Help! (GROANS)
Shut the fuck up.
(GABE GROANS)
Shut the fuck up right now.
(GROANS)
Stop screaming.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
VOLUNTEER 7: You Victor? 9947?
Guilty as charged.
VOLUNTEER 7: Grab your shit. We gotta move fast.
VOLUNTEER 8: Some queer killed two
of our brothers not ten miles down the road.
(GROANS)
Shut up.
(GABE WHIMPERING)
VOLUNTEER 7: Gathering any of us we can along the way,
building a little hunting party.
Gonna have ourselves a fag drag.
Nobody kills two of our men without the hammer coming down.
Get in the fucking truck.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
VOLUNTEER 8: Yeehaw! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(VOLUNTEER 8 LAUGHING)
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(EXHALES)
VOLUNTEER 8: Giddyup, giddyup.
They're gonna fuckin' kill him.
He's smart. He'll figure it out.
(DOOR OPENING)
(SARAH BREATHES HEAVILY)
Sarah, what do we do?
We're gonna go after him, right?
(EXHALES) Why didn't anyone plug this back in?
DAVID: Sarah?
(SARAH SOBS)
Sarah, he needs us. We have to go after him.
SARAH: (PANTS) He's doing what he needs to do
and he always comes back to me.
Isn't this time a little fucking different?
We stay on task, we stay on routine.
That's all that matters.
Who cares about that fucking radio?
They could've called when it was unplugged.
Fuck the radio. They're gonna kill him!
Stop being emotional, I'm trying to focus.
(PANTS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(RADIO STATIC)
What did you do to him?
(INHALES) I kept him quiet.
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES)
(SIGHS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(PANTS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
What are you doing?
DAVID: Arjay, get outta the way.
No, I know Jarret is your friend and you love him,
but you can't go after him alone. Don't be stupid.
I'm gonna keep my distance.
I just need to see that he's okay.
(PANTS) So, move.
(PANTS)
Get out. (PANTS)
No, it's not safe.
You're not thinking clearly, David.
(DAVID PANTING)
It is safe. It is safe for me, it is safe.
I'm not branded, unlike you. (PANTS)
We're not that different.
(DAVID PANTS)
Yeah, except that I can pass and you can't.
So, get the fuck out.
I understand being emotional
and making stupid decisions, okay?
(BREATHES HEAVILY) It's been my entire life.
But what you're about to do is gonna get you both killed.
No, I can't...
(DAVID PANTS)
I know how much you care about him,
but you're not leaving.
(PANTS)
ARJAY: I won't let you.
(PANTS)
Why are you doing this to me? (PANTS)
I know how you feel.
(AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING)
DAVID: Shut up.
You don't understand how I feel.
ARJAY: Yes.
You do not know how I feel.
ARJAY: I do know.
DAVID: You don't know how I feel. You don't--
David. David, David, David.
I understand exactly how you feel. Okay?
(PANTS)
I'm-- I'm sorry.
Hey. It's okay.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
David, that's not what I came here for.
Sorry.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Well, fuck it then, you're gonna come with me.
No, David, David.
Come here.
It's okay.
(DOOR CREAKING)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(OBJECTS CLATTERING)
(EXHALES)
I know if I apologize, it won't mean anything to you,
but it doesn't change the fact that I'm sorry that happened.
It won't happen again.
I won't let it.
You're outta your mind if you think anything you say
to baldy's gonna have an effect.
(INHALES)
Is there anything I can do to show you I truly am sorry?
To make you trust me again?
No.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Never seen this photo.
(EXHALES)
(CHAINS RATTLING)
ZABI: You have a beautiful family.
(CHAINS RATTLING)
I'm gonna leave this here.
I'll see you for dinner?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
GABE: I just want a beer.
Get me a beer, I'll forget your friend's a cunt.
(RADIO STATIC)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
VOLUNTEER 9 ON RADIO: Any volunteers in the area
come down to the quarry. We got some snowflakes to melt.
Fuck you, you bastards!
(SARAH SCREAMING)
(SNIFFLES)
Fuck.
(RADIO STATIC)
(EXHALES)
Okay, it's a big day, Reese.
(SARAH SOBS)
(SIGHS)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(RADIO STATIC)
(ARJAY EXHALES)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(EXHALES)
DAVID: You should cover up.
ZABI: I don't like that he's down there alone.
SARAH: Arjay can handle it.
He can also handle David, apparently.
I'm glad he knocked some sense into you.
If you push it like that again, I'm gonna to lock you
in the fucking barn.
Okay.
You could've blown the whole operation.
Okay, okay. I get it.
Fuck.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
Arjay.
Absolutely quiet.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
VOLUNTEER 10: Your weapon.
(SIGHS)
(DOOR CREAKING, CLOSING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(JARRET GROANS)
(JARRET BREATHES SHAKILY)
(METAL CLANKING)
(JARRET EXHALES)
(GLASS CLINKING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
We have a serious problem.
Jesus, this is insane.
Well, David, I think what is insane
is staying someplace where people might attack you
if you're holding Zabi's hand.
DAVID: You are being paranoid, man.
There's no way that this can get any worse.
Somebody... (INHALES)
...someone will do something.
ZABI: David...
What?
...they're branding people now.
(CROWD CHANTING IN DISTANCE)
JARRET: The group that Sarah has with her right now...
(CROWD CHANTING IN DISTANCE)
JARRET: ...they have them.
(CROWD CHANTING IN DISTANCE)
Just think about it, okay?
(CROWD CHANTING IN DISTANCE)
Really, think about it.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHAINS RATTLE)
(GABE CHUCKLES)
How'd you know my brand?
Got it from your pantry.
Ah, of course you did.
(CAN CLATTERING)
(GULPS)
Ah.
(EXHALES)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(DOOR CLOSING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(SIGHS)
JARRET: David says you've been on the radio most of the day,
you should take a break.
Why don't you tell me what happened to you out there,
and I'll tell you if I wanna take a break.
They've gotten bigger.
They're growing. They're more organized.
And?
And we need to move right now.
Bad idea.
Sarah. (EXHALES)
It's been months.
This operation has dried up.
We are waiting on a ghost.
We promised David and Zabi that we would get them across
and that is what we're going to do.
We were positioned as outpost for nearly three weeks.
Just watching one road out of the mountains
for Taliban fighters. Hmm.
During the day, it was burning fucking hot.
It was freezing cold at night. I mean, it just sucked.
(INHALES)
Twenty-four-seven, eyes on the same
stupid fucking road.
Sounds pretty boring.
Yeah, it was more boring than you could imagine.
(CHUCKLES)
I had no idea you served.
(GABE SCOFFS)
Two tours.
Thank you.
For what?
Serving.
Wanting to help the world.
Hmm. (INHALES)
(CLEARS THROAT)
I had to feed wife and kids somehow.
I don't know that I helped all that much.
You must have.
(CAN CLATTERING)
Thank you for your service.
Well, it's been a long time since anybody said that.
(INHALES) Y-- you remember when we used to thank the troops
for the service? People even had stickers and shit.
Yeah, I remember. (CHUCKLES)
Feels like a long time ago now.
Something tells me you never had a bumper sticker.
(LAUGHS)
(GABE LAUGHING)
(INHALES)
GABE: Ah, well. (SIGHING)
(CHAINS RATTLING)
Didn't get much thanks from ole...
Uncle Sam either. (EXHALES)
ZABI: What was it like when you came back?
Couldn't sleep.
Couldn't find work. Couldn't get treatment.
Couldn't talk to my wife, it was fuckin' great.
Where is she now?
GABE: I don't know.
(CHAINS CLATTERING)
(EXHALES)
(LIPS SMACKING) Took off with the kids.
(INHALES, LIPS SMACKING) You know...
probably couldn't put up with me anymore. (CHUCKLES)
I don't blame her.
I'm sorry.
Well... (INHALES) ...shit happens. (EXHALES)
You got another one?
(LAUGHS)
So, all it took you to chill out was a couple beers?
Should've asked for one a month ago.
Yeah, well...
baldy would've just cracked it over my fucking skull.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN: (CRYING) Please.
Please.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN: Please! (SCREAMING)
We can go home.
(EXHALES)
(RADIO STATIC)
JARRET: We can go home and start over, you and me.
No, we can't.
You signed up for this. You knew what we were getting into.
(EXHALES)
I'm scared. Okay, Sarah? (BREATHES SHAKILY)
I'm really scared and I want to go home.
I know, we all are.
But you cannot let them see that.
You have to stay strong for them.
(INHALES) We need to put our family first.
(SCOFFS, INHALES) We don't have a family anymore.
We can start a new one.
We already did.
They're upstairs.
(FLOORBOARD CREAKS)
ZABI: Why did you join?
GABE: What, the army?
(CHAINS RATTLING)
No, the volunteers. Was it after your wife left?
(EXHALES)
(LIPS SMACKING)
ZABI: Well, it's...
it's okay if you don't--
you don't wanna talk about it.
No, it's okay. (EXHALES)
Yeah.
It was after they left.
Because... you were...
lonely?
Yeah.
(INHALES) I guess I, uh, was a little lonely, yeah.
And you wanted to protect your country?
ZABI: Like you had done before.
Yeah.
(CAN CLATTERING)
From who?
(CHUCKLES) People like you.
ZABI: People like me?
Well, not you, exactly.
Uh...
ZABI: What sort of people then?
(INHALES SHARPLY)
Well just, you know, uh...
yeah, Muslims, foreigners, illegals, types of people.
But I'm a Muslim.
GABE: So, uh...
Yeah. Well, yeah.
I wanna protect it from people like you then.
Just p-- people that don't belong here.
But I was born here.
Well I said... not you, exactly.
But people like you.
(INHALES) So, if protecting your country,
your culture, from people like me means...
(INHALES) ...tracking me everywhere I go
and locking me up, w...
would you do that to me?
Can we go back to just talking? (SIGHS)
We are talking.
Well, fuck, I mean, let's talk about something else.
(EXHALES)
GABE: It's killing my buzz.
Okay.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Am I the first Muslim you've ever met?
'Course not, I served in Afghanistan.
But am I the first Muslim you've ever really,
really talked to?
(SCOFFS)
You kiddin' me?
(INHALES SHARPLY)
I trained ANA recruits outside the wire for weeks on end.
I was with 'em every single day. I-- I turned 'em into soldiers.
So, you must have gotten close with...
some of them?
Yeah.
Yeah, sure but...
(INHALES, CLEARS THROAT) ...some of 'em were...
(EXHALES)
(CHUCKLES) ...pretty cool guys, definitely.
Yeah but, good guys or not, I had to watch my back.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
Do you want me dead, Gabe?
No.
I don't. Of course I don't.
'Cause those volunteers that showed up today...
I'm certain,
if they had found me, they would've killed me.
You heard 'em, didn't you?
I heard 'em.
ZABI: You don't seem like one of them.
(INHALES)
Yeah well... (CLEARS THROAT) ...I'm not.
Most of those guys are just a bunch of assholes
playing dress up. You know... (INHALES)
Never served, never did much of anything. I...
I don't-- I don't care for most of 'em,
to be honest with you.
But you see what they're doing,
the people they're hurting. Those people... (INHALES)
...they're like me.
No, I never hurt anybody.
But people are hurting now. People are dying... now.
Now.
I never thought it would turn into what it did.
Neither did I.
(INHALES) I'll tell you one thing,
um, when I joined...
I definitely didn't see myself hanging out in my barn with you.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I never thought I'd be complicit in locking you up
in your barn. (CHUCKLES)
Never thought I'd have a conversation...
like this with a... volunteer.
And I never thought I'd share a beer with a Muslim.
ZABI: I never... I never thought I'd have to leave my home.
I never thought that...
I would see my family...
blown apart because...
a volunteer placed a bomb in our mosque.
I didn't know that happened to you.
It did.
I'm sorry it did.
Don't you wish that this would all just...
go away? (SCOFFS)
I mean, wouldn't that be nice?
(INHALES)
Yeah, it would. (CLEARS THROAT)
I don't think it's too late.
I'll drink to that.
Yeah, I'm gonna put these in the fridge next time.
Are you even supposed to be drinking?
No.
Goes against my beliefs.
Fuck yeah.
(LAUGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
Finish it off.
I'll see you tomorrow.
In sha'Allah.
(CHUCKLES)
In sha'Allah.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
DAVID: I was about to go do a safety check,
you've been gone for so long.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
Have you been drinking?
Uh. Had a couple beers, yeah.
You drank with him?
With the dog?
We're not gonna call him that anymore.
From now on we use his name...
Gabe.
DAVID: No, we don't.
I don't wanna use his name. Why would I wanna use his name?
What exactly is going on?
What are you doing with him, Zabi?
Talking.
I'm trying to understand.
What? What are you trying to understand?
Why he's such a piece of shit to us?
He's ignorant and angry...
but he's not entirely bad.
He's still a-- a person, David.
No, Zahabiya, no.
He's trying to get into your head.
(ZABI INHALES)
He's totally playing you.
You know that I'm right.
I don't think you are.
I'm sorry it makes you angry, but I-- I don't.
Yeah it-- it does make me angry.
That you are out there in that barn hour after hour.
What are you trying to do, convert him?
You can't.
There's no middle ground with the volunteers.
They see black and they see white.
You're wrong.
I talked to him tonight about my family,
and he said he was sorry.
(SIGHS)
ZABI: It wasn't an act.
He wasn't pretending.
Oh, don't be stupid, please.
He just wants to get outta that barn.
He's not different than us, he's just on the other side.
(DAVID EXHALES)
ZABI: If I could change his mind.
If I could change...
DAVID: You can't, you can't...
...one person's mind...
DAVID: ...change his mind.
...then maybe more people--
Just-- just fucking stop it, all right?
Stop trying to find his humanity.
He doesn't have any.
I have more reason to hate him than you do.
My family was slaughtered.
David, slaughtered, my entire...
family.
Our family.
Yeah, but I can't bring myself to hate him.
I need to convince myself that the world isn't shit,
that there's still good people in it.
Because if I-- if I don't believe that
then what is the point of being part of it?
Tell me.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
(DOOR OPENING)
Just...
(DOOR CLOSING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(EXHALES)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
David,
I hope this correspondence finds you well.
I'm pleased to inform you
that according to this year's census,
you're eligible to have your student loan debt
entirely abolished in exchange for a onetime donation
to my election campaign.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(INHALES)
Hey, hey, it's okay.
Jarret...
Come with me. Don't talk.
Okay?
Come on.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(WATER RUSHING)
(GRUNTS)
Jarret, are you gonna tell me what happened yesterday?
Or you just gonna float there?
You should come in. It's nice.
I'm cold.
Are you not cold?
It's freezing.
But it's nice.
I gotta cleanse my eyeballs. (CHUCKLES)
ARJAY: What happened today, it was a mistake.
I stopped you from leaving, that's all.
You, a-- and your secrets. Uh...
I don't want any part of it.
Whoa.
Did you get your tattoo removed?
Uh. Yeah. Couple a years ago.
JARRET: Uh. Ouch. I'm not sure if I should be offended or not.
Why the hell did you do that?
Well, uh, it just always made me think
too much about that day.
The day that we... When we found 'em.
JARRET: Yeah, so?
So, I always hated myself when I thought about it.
Ouch, man...
now I'm actually offended.
Why would you hate yourself for something we did
when we were drunk and stupid teenagers?
Do you ever think about that night?
I remember it, if that's what you mean.
(DAVID SNIFFLES, BREATHES HEAVILY)
What do you remember about it?
Why would you get it removed?
That shit doesn't work, man. I can still see it there.
What do you remember about that night?
(SIGHS)
DAVID: Tell me.
Remember the same thing that you remember.
Tell me.
JARRET: Tell you what?
You can't even fucking say it.
JARRET: David...
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
JARRET: I remember, David, okay?
I remember, you remember.
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
Do you want me to say it?
Would it make you feel better if I said it?
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
I remember. (BREATHES HEAVILY)
Is that what this is about?
(BOTH MOAN)
(DAVID BREATHES HEAVILY)
(ARJAY PANTS)
(MOANS)
(PANTS)
You hear something? (PANTS)
(DRONE WHIRRING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Don't make a sound. It won't see you.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRONE WHIRRING)
DAVID: Every time I look at that tattoo...
(PANTS) ...I would think of that night.
And I would think about how it ended,
and wonder why it made me feel so bad.
And then the volunteer shit started happening and I was...
(PANTS) ...and I was...
I was scared and I just wanted those feelings to go away.
So I...
I fucking got it removed.
David...
David, hey.
Not that it helped. (SOBS)
Hey, Dave.
I love you.
But you are in your head.
We were just kids.
(DAVID SOBBING)
JARRET: And nobody blamed you
for hiding that part of yourself...
(SOBS)
...when our country started falling apart.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
But I am really...
not the one that you gotta talk to about this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.
I'm scared.
JARRET: I know.
I don't want her to think less of me.
(PANTS)
David, hey, hey. Hey.
I am so fuckin' sorry...
(PANTS)
...that this whole thing is such a mess.
But we are going to get out of here.
I swear, okay?
We're gonna leave tonight.
(CRIES)
Okay?
As soon as the sun goes down.
We're not gonna wait on coordinates anymore,
all right?
Okay.
Okay?
We need to ditch Arjay.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
We need to put the dog down.
(PANTS)
And I need you, David, okay? I need you to stop crying...
and help me, okay?
Help me, please, convince Zabi and Sarah it's time to go.
Okay?
Come on.
Okay.
(SNIFFLES)
JARRET: Come on. Get in, get in.
JARRET: Come here.
Come here. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
JARRET: Zabi.
Hey.
You stop feeding that piece of shit.
Where were you guys? What's going on?
We're leaving, tonight.
Now, I know you don't wanna do this,
but we all have to do things that we don't wanna do. (PANTS)
So, you're gonna go in there
and take care of your pet project.
Put a bullet in his fucking head,
and meet us inside for a group meeting.
You got it?
David...
JARRET: David, come on!
David!
(DOOR OPENING)
ZABI: You heard that.
(CHAINS RUSTLE)
ZABI: I'm sorry, I... (BREATHES SHAKILY)
I don't know that I can protect you.
(CHAINS RATTLING)
I can help you.
I tr-- I trust you.
Hey.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
Zabi, if you trust me too, I can help you.
I can sh...
I can show you across the border.
If you let me go,
I can show you across the border.
I... I know how to get there.
I'm sorry. (INHALES) They'll never believe that.
Jarret will never believe that.
(GABE BREATHES SHAKILY)
You still have to try.
(BREATHES SHAKILY) I wanna see my family again.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
If you don't, he's gonna kill me. (SNIFFLES)
There is a simple way not to fuck this up
and that is to stay put.
Why do we have to keep having the same conversation
over and over again?
This is not like your other runs.
This time, it's different.
How?
Things have changed.
These aren't just groups of fucking zeros...
going out, looking for a good time,
calling in a couple of illegals.
These are organized hunters with assault rifles
out for blood.
Yeah, well, things have been escalating for months.
We found a group of people yesterday, trying to cross.
They brought them to a field.
And they beat them to death.
(DAVID EXHALES)
They tied them with chains to their trucks...
to drag them around this field for hours.
They lit their bodies on fire.
Sarah, they lit their bodies on fire.
So, you're proving my fucking point.
We just can't... (INHALES)
...we can't go running out there like idiots.
I had to kick.
I had to kick a woman's face in and I had to like it, Sarah.
I had to like it.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
I need...
We need to leave tonight
and that is Goddamn fucking final.
Okay. Okay. Let's just calm down a second, okay?
We're all gonna figure this out together as a group.
Now, just listen.
And I know you're not gonna like this, Jarret,
but Gabe, the volunteer, he wants to help us.
Don't even get me started.
And you?
You need to leave.
David and I have talked, and you're a liability.
Jarret says that there are photos
of you all over town.
From where?
A checkpoint?
I don't know, but you have to leave, Arjay.
I'm sorry.
(SARAH COUGHING)
(SOBS)
JARRET: He is a leech.
We are not getting rid of anyone.
Yeah, apparently not.
We can't even get rid of the fucking asshole
at the barn because he's become your buddy.
Jarret!
Zabi, who's on? (SOBS) No one's on the radio.
Sarah. Sarah, nobody is coming to save us.
Nobody.
Can you just wake up?
(SNIFFLES)
ZABI: Jarret.
JARRET: Fuck it.
ZABI: Jarret,
you wanna plan, I have one.
Gabe knows how to get us across the border safely.
He's willing to show us
in exchange for letting him go...
(SCOFFS)
...unharmed, which...
is what we were planning, right? That was the original plan.
He wants to help us. This might be our best chance.
(INHALES) You can come with us tonight or you can stay
and you can wait to be dragged out by a fuckin' chain.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
(DOOR CLOSING)
Is that what you think of me too?
That I'm a leech.
No.
Arjay... of course not.
Everything was fine before you showed up.
(ARJAY BREATHES SHAKILY)
I don't think that's true.
(INHALES) But you know what?
(SOBS) You tell yourself what you need to
in order to survive this.
(ZIPPING BAG)
ZABI: Arjay.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
(DOOR CLOSING)
(SIGHS)
ZABI: Wait!
Arjay!
I'm not going back. Please, don't ask.
Okay, but...
where are you going to go? (PANTS)
What are you going to do?
You don't have to leave.
You're part of our family now. (PANTS)
Our fucked up little family.
Please, Zahabiya.
I don't wanna cause anymore trouble.
(PANTS)
ARJAY: I should've never stayed in the first place.
Please, let go of me.
I want you to stay, Arjay.
(PANTS)
I don't deserve your help.
(ZABI PANTS)
Of course you do. (PANTS)
I've been nothing but trouble to you and your friends.
Just let me go.
ZABI: No, I won't.
I can't let you leave like this. (PANTS)
Stay.
You're the only one here who really knows
what I'm going through. (PANTS)
David and I...
(INHALES)
David and you what?
There are things that you do not know.
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(RADIO STATIC)
(SARAH COUGHS)
(SIGHS)
(RADIO STATIC)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(METAL CLATTERING)
(DOOR OPENING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
They wouldn't listen.
I don't think there's any convincing them.
They don't trust you.
Well, you can.
You can trust me.
I hope so.
I'm going to uncuff you, Gabe. (BREATHES SHAKILY)
ZABI: And I'm asking you to stay put.
Don't run for the hills the second my back is turned.
Don't storm the house and catch us off guard.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
If I come back with the group and you're still here waiting
they'll know that they can trust you.
(BREATHES SHAKILY) I'll know that I can trust you.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(CHAINS RATTLING)
(GABE BREATHES SHAKILY)
(ZABI EXHALES)
(CHAIN RATTLING)
(SNIFFLES, SOBS)
(BOTH CRYING)
I really hope this isn't the last time
I see you.
(EXHALES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Arjay's gone.
DAVID: Good.
He doesn't wanna cause any more trouble.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
I'm guessing you didn't kill the volunteer?
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Are you kidding me?
Of course not.
(BAG THUDDING)
Well then, what are we gonna do, Zabi?
We can't let him go tonight when we leave.
He-- he'll just round up the troops and hunt us all down.
He won't. I trust him.
(DAVID SIGHING)
Look, come with me, I'll show you.
He's not the person that you think he is.
(ZIPPER ZIPPING)
Someone has gotta take care of this.
We have to cover our tracks. (INHALES, EXHALES)
Can you even see how this looks right now, David?
You're holding a gun... (INHALES)
...and talking about killing someone.
(SCOFFS) It's seriously like I don't even know you.
Yeah, well... it has to be done.
So, I don't know what to tell you.
(GUN CLATTERS)
Go get Jarret. Tell him to do it.
(DRAWER CLOSING)
(RADIO STATIC)
Sarah... I've packed all of your things.
(SARAH INHALES SHARPLY)
JARRET: I would like you to come upstairs.
(RADIO STATIC)
(EXHALES)
(SARAH SIGHS)
JARRET: I don't know how to do this without you.
(SOBS)
I don't know how to do anything without you.
(SNIFFLES)
We've helped so many people.
The one time I try to do it with the people I love the most
it all gets fucked.
JARRET: I know.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
But I need your help.
David and Zabi feel safest when you are leading us.
Arjay told me...
about what happened.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
Is it true?
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Is this the first time?
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
You-- you've always felt this way?
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Why? (BREATHES SHAKILY)
Why have you never talked to me about this? (SOBS)
I could've... (SOBS)
I would've understood, I... (BREATHES SHAKILY)
I would have.
You can't understand.
I'm branded, David. (SOBS)
Branded. (BREATHES HEAVILY)
I got marked while you hid.
You could've had the-- You didn't... (SOBS)
...you didn't even have the courage to be yourself
let alone talk to me about this.
And meanwhile, we could have been
going through all of this together. (CRIES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
I'm sorry.
(ZABI SOBBING)
I'm so sorry.
There should've been two letters on our door.
I went through all of this alone! (SOBS)
You could have been honest with me.
You don't understand.
You didn't give me a chance to. (BREATHES SHAKILY)
I've always been alone with this.
ZABI: You didn't have to be. (SOBBING)
(EXHALES)
ZABI: You made that choice.
I didn't have to self-report, send in my census form.
I could've hid,
stopped going to mosque, avoid my family. (SOBS)
But I... (CRIES) ...I know who I am.
(SOBS)
And even though it's been terrifying,
even though it has put me through hell... (CRIES)
(SOBS)
If I... (SOBS)
if I could go back... (SOBS)
...I would still self-report because I am proud of who I am.
JARRET: I'm gonna unplug the radio.
Don't you fucking dare.
Sarah...
Let me do this.
All you have to do is come with me
and we can have the life we had before--
No, don't touch it.
I promise we can start again.
We can build a new family, Sarah.
I don't want to replace him.
Okay?
(SOBS) I don't.
I'm gonna unplug it right now.
SARAH: No.
JARRET: Sarah, we need to let go.
We have to move on!
SARAH: Stop! (GRUNTS)
(JARRET GROANS)
(SARAH WHIMPERS)
Oh, my God. Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
Baby, okay baby, calm down, okay?
(SARAH PANTS)
You're making yourself sick, calm down.
ZABI: I've always known that you were different.
That's why I fell in love with you. (SOBS)
But, now... (CRIES)
JARRET: David! Zabi, help!
(EXHALES)
I need to get Sarah and Jarret
and we need to meet at the barn now.
David, David, do you hear me?
(DAVID BREATHES SHAKILY)
David, look at me, look at me.
Look at me!
(GROANS)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
I'm sorry. I know that you're in pain.
(SOBS)
But that man in the barn, he's in pain too.
(BREATHES SHAKILY) And I trust him.
He has been open and honest with me
and he is our way out of here.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
I will always love you.
Always. (SOBS)
But we have to start over and to do that,
we need to get out of here, now.
JARRET: Help!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
JARRET: Help!
(DOOR OPENING)
(FOOTSTEPS THUMPING)
It's okay, okay? It's okay.
It's okay.
ZABI: What's happening?
JARRET: I don't know. I don't know,
she just started bleeding.
What did you do?
JARRET: I don't know.
Honey.
JARRET: I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know.
Okay, hey, look at me.
I don't know.
Sarah, we're gonna get you cleaned up,
and get us out of here, all right?
(JARRET PANTING)
We've got to wait.
JARRET: It's okay, it's okay.
Just wait.
JARRET: It's okay.
SARAH: We can't give up now.
(RADIO STATIC)
Sarah, Sarah, it's okay, it's okay.
Look at me. Look at me, keep your eyes open.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
ZABI: You've given us everything we need, okay?
Let me help you.
(SARAH PANTS)
ZABI: We don't need to worry anymore.
I've got you, I've got you.
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)
(JARRET GRUNTS)
ZABI: It's okay, it's okay.
(JARRET PANTS)
(GUNSHOTS)
ZABI: David.
I got her, I got her, I got her.
Here, I got her, I got her.
Be careful. I'll be right behind you.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(PANTS)
David...
(BREATHES SHAKILY) No.
(PANTS)
JARRET: David...
why don't you give me the gun?
It's over. Okay? It's over.
Just give me the gun.
(GUN COCKS)
No!
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRIES)
(PANTS)
Okay, okay, come out here. Time to go.
ZABI: (SOBBING) No, I can't go.
JARRET: We're gonna go, come on.
Come on.
(SARAH BREATHING HEAVILY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
VOLUNTEER 11 ON RADIO: Volunteer 9947, check in.
Volunteer 9947, scanner just picked up
multiple shots in your zone.
Multiple shots fired in your zone.
(PANTS)
VOLUNTEER 11: Volunteer 9947, check in.
Multiple shots fired in your zone. Copy.
(PANTS)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOBS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
JARRET: Sarah!
(SOBS)
JARRET: Sarah!
(SOBS)
Oh, my God. Oh, my God, I told you not to move, baby.
How did you get up the stairs?
(SOBS) There is no baby.
He's gone.
I know.
VOLUNTEER 11 ON RADIO: Volunteer 9947
gunshots in your zone.
(SOBS)
Repeat, multiple shots fired in your zone. Copy.
SARAH: (CRYING) My head hurts so much
and I don't know what to do.
JARRET: It's okay. It's okay.
(SOBS)
JARRET: I promise we're gonna fix it
and we'll make it stop hurting, okay? I promise.
VOLUNTEER 11 ON RADIO: All units to zone ten.
All available units to zone ten.
(SARAH PANTS)
VOLUNTEER 11: Volunteer 9947, check in.
(RADIO STATIC)
(SARAH PANTING)
(SOBS) No. (PANTS)
(RADIO STATIC)
Volunteer 9947, I heard 'em too. I'm gearing up and ready to go.
VOLUNTEER 11 OVER RADIO: Copy.
No, Jarr.
(PANTS)
JARRET: Yes, yes.
I'm gonna buy you some time, okay?
Now, you and Zabi, you're gonna get to the truck,
and you're gonna drive to the border,
and you're gonna cross.
You're gonna find one of the spots
that you've crossed before 'cause I know you can do it.
You remember. You remember.
(BREATHES SHAKILY) What about David?
ZABI: David...
is...
gone.
He's gone.
But you two are gonna get outta here, okay?
You just gotta go now.
No, no.
Yes.
I'm gonna find you.
No.
I'm gonna find you. Promise,
No.
I'll find you.
I'm gonna find you. (PANTS)
(SARAH PANTING)
JARRET: Zabi, Zabi, hey, look at me.
You gotta take care of her, okay?
Okay.
You gotta take care of her. You do not come back.
Okay.
ZABI: Sarah, let's go.
(JARRET BREATHES HEAVILY)
SARAH: Please, come.
JARRET: I love you, okay? I love you, okay?
You just gotta go. You gotta go now.
Okay.
(ZABI PANTS)
(SARAH COUGHING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PANTS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(WATER RUNNING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(DOG BARKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(DOOR CLOSING)
(ZABI PANTS)
(DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
This way.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
Hey, 9947.
VOLUNTEER 12: I'm 4464, good to meet you, brother.
JARRET: Nice to meet you.
I'm Dee, 23487.
Hi.
VOLUNTEER 12: Hey, sorry to bug you guys, but, uh,
I'm gonna sweep the area, all right?
JARRET: It's not a disturbance at all.
I mean, I just-- I just appreciate you guys checking in.
(PANTS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
JARRET: Step on inside, I'll-- I'll get my gear.
DEE: Hey.
Yeah?
DEE: You said you heard shots, right?
Yeah. I-- I definitely heard 'em.
Well, what direction did they sound like...
(DOOR CLOSING)
...they were coming from?
Uh. I-- I couldn't rightly say.
I mean, I had the game on, uh, pretty loud.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
(SARA WHIMPERS)
Sarah...
VOLUNTEER 12: We know they came from zone ten, right?
Very few residences around here.
Shouldn't take long to find 'em.
Do you mind if, uh, for safety sake,
if we take a look around?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
I-- I don't mind at all.
As long as you don't mind my dirty undies laying about.
Hey, hey, hey, uh, weren't you with us yesterday?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ZABI: (PANTING) Sarah.
Come on.
I know you, you busted that one bitch's teeth,
clean outta her head. (LAUGHS)
Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(PANTS)
Go, go, go, go.
(DEE LAUGHING)
(BOTH PANT)
VOLUNTEER 12: Fuckin' miss out on all the fun.
(VOLUNTEERS LAUGHING)
(SARAH BREATHING HEAVILY)
Sarah, we have to run, okay?
I can't do it.
You can do it, you can do it.
(PANTS)
I need help.
ZABI: Okay.
(PANTS)
Ready? One, two, three. (GRUNTS)
(SARAH PANTS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRONE WHIRRING)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SARAH GROANS)
(VOLUNTEER 13 INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO)
(DOG BARKING)
Finished sweeping the property. We didn't find anything.
All right, let's start a larger sweep of the area.
Check the woods at the perimeter.
Hey, 9947, what you got in that barn?
(CHUCKLES) I mean, to be honest fellas,
it's been a long time since I've been in there.
You know, the usual stuff, tractor, small propane tanks,
you know.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GUN CLICKING)
(SARAH PANTS)
(STORM SIREN BLARING)
SARAH: (WHIMPERS) What the fuck is that?
(PANTS)
ZABI: They found Gabe, and David.
Sarah, we gotta go.
No, Jarret.
(ZABI GRUNTS)
(BOTH PANT)
Come on.
(SARAH GROANS)
(ZABI PANTS)
(STORM SIREN CONTINUES BLARING)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(ZABI PANTING)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(SIREN BLARING)
(ZABI PANTING)
SARAH: What's going on?
Why are we slowing down?
There's a checkpoint ahead.
We might be fucked.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
ZABI: Holy shit.
SARAH: What?
They have Arjay.
Tied up on the side of the road just to our right.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
(EXHALES)
Evening, miss, can I see your papers?
Oh, of course.
I heard the siren. Is everything all right?
Everything's fine. Your papers.
Wait here a minute.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)
Give me the gun.
When you see your moment,
grab Arjay and get the fuck outta here.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Looks like we got a problem here, Miss Sarah.
It says here you're female, Caucasian.
I need you to turn around so I can see... (GROANS)
SARAH: Don't come any closer motherfuckers
or I'll blow his head off.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
VOLUNTEER 14: She's armed.
VOLUNTEER 14: Billy, keep an eye on that bitch in the truck.
VOLUNTEER 15: All right, just settle.
We need to get more men in the area.
VOLUNTEER 15: Let him go.
SARAH: Or what?
Can I tell you the truth? Can I?
BILLY: Don't you move a muscle, bitch.
SARAH: Come on. Come and get me. Try it.
What're you lookin' at? Keep your eyes down.
VOLUNTEER 16: Get to the truck.
VOLUNTEER 17: All right.
VOLUNTEER 14: This is your last chance. Let him go.
(SARAH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
SARAH: I shot those little bitches
I said don't look at me.
(ARJAY GRUNTS)
(VOLUNTEER 17 GROANS)
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SARAH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(DOOR CLOSING)
(SARAH SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(GUNSHOTS)
(ARJAY BREATHING HEAVILY)
(EXHALES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Where's everyone else?
(BREATHES SHAKILY) They're coming later.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
They'll be right behind us. (BREATHES SHAKILY)
How will they find us?
(ZABI BREATHES SHAKILY)
They just will. They... (INHALES)
...they'll cross too and... (BREATHES SHAKILY)
...we'll find each other.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
How?
So, you were saying, native New Yorker?
DAVID: Mm-hmm.
Native New Yorker.
Brothers and sisters?
DAVID: Three brothers.
(SOBS)
ZABI: Three brothers?
And, uh, where do you fall in the line?
DAVID: Yongest.
The baby.
Yeah.
(ZABI SOBBING)
DAVID: I'm glad I waited that whole extra 20 minutes
for you.
(LAUGHS)
Dude, it was the MTA.
You're really not gonna ever let this go, are you?
Are you?
If you had been ghosted as many times as I have,
you wouldn't let it go either.
I don't think you wanna compare statistics in that area, buddy.
Oh, yeah? Try me.
Let's say, I've been on more dates that didn't show up
than did.
(CHUCKLES) Uh. It's just...
I'm usually always wearing this.
So, on a first date... I don't know.
I'd love to ask the real assholes
why they didn't show up, but I-- I have my theories.
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
I'm Muslim.
This is a hijab.
Got it. Uh. Sorry, I'm an idiot. (CHUCKLES)
ZABI: No.
Thank you for telling me that.
And I'm sorry, I still don't understand.
You didn't wear this on our first date because...
Um. I... I don't know. (CHUCKLES)
It's kind of hard to talk about.
(INHALES, EXHALES)
I guess I-- I haven't really felt...
very safe... recently,
with everything that's been going on.
So...
you were a stranger.
On our first date, I was nervous. I...
I didn't know what I was walking into.
You could've been a volunteer for all I knew.
What? Do I look like a volunteer to you?
ZABI: Well...
(BOTH LAUGH)
No, come on. (INHALES)
Med school keeps me way too busy to do any volunteer work.
Last time I ever volunteered for anything
I think was, um, a bake sale in middle school.
(LAUGHS)
I made burnt cookies.
(ZABI LAUGHS)
It's really, really great recipe.
I can share it with you.
ZABI: Please.
Yeah.
(ZABI LAUGHS)
Do you wanna put that on?
Yes.
DAVID: You look...
so beautiful.
(ZABI CHUCKLES)
That's very sweet but...
sometimes... (EXHALES)
...people look at me and they only see this...
this one thing.
Sometimes, I know that they don't like me
because of it.
I met you and for a split second I thought...
this would just all be so much easier
if I wasn't Muslim,
which is horrible, but...
So, you hid it.
I... (INHALES)
...thought that I could not hide this part of myself but just...
delay you knowing about it until I felt...
safe.
I don't know, it sounds stupid but...
I... I haven't been wearing it recently.
You don't have to hide that part of yourself from me.
You don't have to hide anything with me.
(CHUCKLES)
Okay.
Thank you.
I won't.
Because, uh, I'd like to keep seeing you,
if that's...
(ZABI CHUCKLES)
...something that's interesting to you.
ZABI: Are you sure?
'Cause times are changing. And... (INHALES)
...people will look at us, my parents included.
Fuck 'em.
(LAUGHS)
Not your parents, of course, no.
I will win them over easy enough.
Oh, yeah? Are you ready to convert?
Oh, easy. One step at a time.
Okay, then... hold my hand.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(TRUCK ENGINE REVVING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONCLUDING)
(STATIC BUZZING)
âª This is my country My damn country âª
âª Give me my country You can keep the rest âª
âª This is my country My damn country âª
âª And it don't mean a thing If it don't past the test âª
âª I'm drawn like a moth To the neon lights âª
âª I need a bucket of beer And someone to fight âª
âª Don't call yourself country If your music is shitty âª
âª Or this Carolina boy'll Take you down to fist city âª
âª You know who you are I ain't gonna name names âª
âª Just keep your hands Off my country âª
âª And go back From where ya came âª
âª This is my country My damn country âª
âª Give me my country You can keep the rest âª
âª This is my country My damn country âª
âª And it don't mean a thing If it don't pass the test âª
âª If you can't sing along To "Tear In My Beer" âª
âª Then don't forget your coat And get the fuck outta here âª