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Girl, you better not be
clumping that tinsel.

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I'm not. I'm just putting
it on in little bunches.

3
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That's the definition of clumping.

4
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See, just... just one strand at a time.

5
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And hurry up. He'll be here any minute.

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I need everything to be perfect.

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I finally finished wrapping his present.

8
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You think he'll like it?
It's a telescope.

9
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Really? We thought it was a sweater.

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He's here.

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Look who I found.

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Two years ago, the Williams
family was ripped apart.

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Tonight, we were made whole again.

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My brother Bruce finished his
tour of duty in Vietnam,

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and he was coming home,
just in time for Christmas.

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Excuse me, sir. Have you
seen Dean Williams?

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He's my little brother, about this tall.

18
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It's good to see you, man.

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I didn't expect him
to look so different.

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Maybe it was the uniform,

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or maybe it was just that two years
had passed since I'd seen him.

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Whatever the reason, Bruce
was not the same teenager

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who left this house.

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He was a man.

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I mean, he was almost as tall as Kim.

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And he definitely had a man's appetite.

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What?

28
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I've never seen anyone eat so fast.

29
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Don't get that sleeve too close to your
mouth, son. You might swallow a button.

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Let the boy eat.

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He obviously missed his mama's cooking.

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We can talk later about you
chipping in on the grocery bill.

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Okay.

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In our family, eating in the dining room

35
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was reserved for special
occasions, like holidays,

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or when Grandma came over and
Mama had something to prove.

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Even more rare... my dad
giving my brother a beer.

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Bill, the boy is only 20.

39
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If he's old enough to fight for his
country, he's old enough to drink.

40
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I guess you're right.

41
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Enjoy your first beer.

42
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I think I'll have one, too.

43
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Sit.

44
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You not ready for your first beer.

45
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I saw that.

46
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So, now that you're home,
any plans for your future?

47
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The coach at 'Bama State was dying to have
you on the team before you went off to war.

48
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You should reach out. Might be
a scholarship in it for you.

49
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Speaking of Alabama State,

50
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there's a stop-the-war rally there
tomorrow. You should come with me.

51
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So I can get booed and
spit on by a bunch of kids

52
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who have no idea what I've been through?

53
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So, my sister's an activist now?

54
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Last thing I remember you
protesting was your curfew.

55
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Stupidest signs I ever seen.

56
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Well, I am proud of you.

57
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And, Mom, I'm just looking to settle in.

58
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Get a job, make a little money.

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Don't forget. We still
have a lot of work to do

60
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if we want to fix up the
treehouse by Christmas Eve.

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- You still want to do that?
- Of course.

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I mean, well, I'm too
old for that stuff,

63
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but I'd hate to ruin our tradition.

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My brother and I had a
longstanding tradition.

65
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We would sleep in our
treehouse on Christmas Eve,

66
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hoping to catch Santa.

67
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And I have some cool new ideas too,

68
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like, we could build an observation deck

69
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so we can look at the stars together.

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I promise we'll get it done.

71
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That sounds like the perfect
Christmas activity...

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sleeping outside in the
cold on rotten wood.

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Okay, hey.

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I slept in a lot worse in Vietnam,

75
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like trees that didn't have houses.

76
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Good. Then once we finish the treehouse,

77
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you can move out of my
room and live up there.

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www.subtitulamos.tv

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Hey, Dean.

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Does Br seem normal to you?

81
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Yeah, of course. Why?

82
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'Cause I just watched this movie on TV

83
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about this soldier who
came back from the war.

84
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He was, like, psycho.

85
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Yeah, I saw that one.

86
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That lady asked him how he wanted
his steak, and he was like,

87
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"I want it... raw."

88
00:04:04,589 --> 00:04:06,325
Yeah, yeah. And then he went crazy

89
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and stabbed everybody in the park.

90
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Cool.

91
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I heard that was based on a true story.

92
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I don't know what you
guys are talking about.

93
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- That's just a movie.
- Nope.

94
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Those guys don't come back the same.

95
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He's right, Dean.

96
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My mama's cousin came back from Vietnam,

97
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and now everybody says he's on the junk.

98
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What's "the junk"?

99
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I don't really know.

100
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But whatever it is, it makes
your grandma lock up her rings.

101
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But what if they were right?

102
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What if guysdon't come back
from Vietnam the same?

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The next morning, I
decided I needed to pay

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extra-close attention to my brother.

105
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Never let him leave my sight,

106
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examine every word and action

107
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to make sure he's sane.

108
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I'll take that.

109
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I'lltake that.

110
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Bruce brought the balance
of power back to the house.

111
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Nothing crazy about that.

112
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I'll take that too.

113
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Nope, he was clearly bat crazy.

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Dad, can I borrow your
car to run some errands?

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I'll go with you.

116
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You like running errands now?

117
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Oh, you know me. I just love 'em.

118
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Of course I didn't, but I had to be
careful what I said to my parents.

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The last thing I wanted
was to tip them off

120
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that something was wrong with Bruce.

121
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He's got a knife!

122
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Which he's using to butter his biscuit.

123
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Or wrong with me.

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Bruce's "errand" took us to two streets

125
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my parents told me never to cross.

126
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We ended up at a shady house
in a sketchy neighborhood.

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Stay in the car.

128
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What kind of errand
required a duffel bag?

129
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Well, just in case Bruce
was a little off,

130
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it was good that I was
there to look after him...

131
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from the car.

132
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Bruce was taking too long.

133
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I tried to signal him with
the bird calls we used

134
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when we played
hide-and-seek against Kim.

135
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Nothing.

136
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And my bird game was clearly strong,

137
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so I had to go see what
was really going on.

138
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Now, I hadn't been to many
white people's houses before,

139
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but tiptoeing felt right.

140
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Dean.

141
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Is this your little brother?

142
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Yes, this is my nosy little brother.

143
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Dean, this is Mr. and Mrs. Johnson.

144
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You are very lucky to have
such a wonderful brother.

145
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You know, my son always
spoke so highly of you.

146
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He really admired the way that you...

147
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you always took care of him and
the other men in your troop.

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You cherish every moment you
have with your brother.

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Did their son...

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die?

151
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Yeah.

152
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He was one of my guys.

153
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Was he one of your friends that
you talked about in your letters?

154
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Yeah. James.

155
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What about Carver or Monte?

156
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Still there, but... good.

157
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You know, Carver has a pet chicken.

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- What's his name?
- Cat.

159
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That's so Carver.

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00:08:03,647 --> 00:08:05,838
Hey, Dean, let's go over
to the hardware store,

161
00:08:05,864 --> 00:08:08,059
pick up a few things for
the observation deck.

162
00:08:08,238 --> 00:08:10,550
We gotta be ready for
when Santa come, right?

163
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Can we buy some rope?

164
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I told you last time, we are not
tying Santa to the chimney.

165
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No, stupid.

166
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Although thatwas a solid idea.

167
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I want to buy some rope and a pulley

168
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so we can pull supplies up in a bucket.

169
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Yeah, I also have a bunch
of other ideas too,

170
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like a doorbell or maybe a slide?

171
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A slide? Isn't that a bit much?

172
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No, "a bit much" would be a moat
filled with man-eating piranhas.

173
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The piranhas part, not the moat.

174
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Excuse me, sir.

175
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I saw the "help wanted"
sign in the window.

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We filled that position.

177
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Well, maybe you should take the
sign out the window, then.

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I noticed the jacket.

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'Nam?

180
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Yeah. Yeah, I just got back.

181
00:08:59,933 --> 00:09:01,721
I was a corporal in the 22nd Infantry.

182
00:09:01,747 --> 00:09:03,680
Man, y'all saw some serious action.

183
00:09:03,705 --> 00:09:05,870
I just stocked shelves in the PX.

184
00:09:05,896 --> 00:09:07,516
Heard you say you needed a job, though.

185
00:09:07,542 --> 00:09:10,032
I work at the bank downtown.
My boss loves vets.

186
00:09:10,058 --> 00:09:12,008
Hired me as a teller my first week back.

187
00:09:12,034 --> 00:09:13,526
- Seriously?
- Yeah.

188
00:09:13,550 --> 00:09:15,525
- That'd be great.
- Here.

189
00:09:15,629 --> 00:09:17,974
Just let him know Mark sent you.

190
00:09:19,356 --> 00:09:22,400
And... good luck in the real world.

191
00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:24,058
Thank you.

192
00:09:25,487 --> 00:09:26,941
Let's go find some rope.

193
00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,128
Cool.

194
00:09:29,003 --> 00:09:30,267
To tie Santa up.

195
00:09:30,293 --> 00:09:31,880
- Wait, what?
- Nothing.

196
00:09:37,019 --> 00:09:38,206
Good luck.

197
00:09:38,232 --> 00:09:40,542
Remember, firm handshake,
look him in the eyes.

198
00:09:40,567 --> 00:09:42,547
Okay, Dad, I handled the M55 power,

199
00:09:42,573 --> 00:09:44,172
so I think I can handle a job interview.

200
00:09:44,198 --> 00:09:46,391
It was nice to see Bruce so excited.

201
00:09:46,417 --> 00:09:48,758
It seemed like he was
back on the right path.

202
00:09:48,784 --> 00:09:51,508
Still, I wasn't gonna take my
eyes off him for a second.

203
00:09:51,534 --> 00:09:54,097
- Dean, what are you d...
- I promise I'll stay out of your way.

204
00:09:54,123 --> 00:09:57,487
Besides, I have some important
bank business, too.

205
00:09:58,896 --> 00:10:01,331
Dang it. How did this Canadian penny

206
00:10:01,357 --> 00:10:03,362
make it all the way to Alabama?

207
00:10:03,724 --> 00:10:05,103
Corporal Williams?

208
00:10:07,724 --> 00:10:09,078
Thank you for your service.

209
00:10:09,103 --> 00:10:11,172
I served in W-W-Two.

210
00:10:11,198 --> 00:10:13,477
Always happy to help a fellow vet.

211
00:10:13,503 --> 00:10:15,219
Just because we're back home

212
00:10:15,245 --> 00:10:17,802
doesn't mean we shouldn't still
watch each others' backs.

213
00:10:17,827 --> 00:10:19,744
Well, I appreciate that, sir.

214
00:10:19,770 --> 00:10:21,042
Please.

215
00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,274
It's gonna be so cool having a
brother who works in a bank.

216
00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:28,482
I'll get all the free lollipops I want,

217
00:10:28,508 --> 00:10:31,667
and maybe I can take a bath in
money, like Scrooge McDuck.

218
00:10:34,308 --> 00:10:36,821
More, more, more!

219
00:10:38,403 --> 00:10:39,804
Mr. Williams.

220
00:10:40,034 --> 00:10:41,662
- Mr. Williams!
- Dean, let's go.

221
00:10:41,688 --> 00:10:44,075
- Wait, but I didn't get a chance
to finish m... - Now, Dean!

222
00:10:44,225 --> 00:10:45,452
Come on!

223
00:10:58,448 --> 00:11:01,397
So, how'd it go?

224
00:11:01,787 --> 00:11:04,479
Well, they offered me a job.

225
00:11:04,568 --> 00:11:06,373
But I didn't take it.

226
00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:09,350
- Why not?
- Because I don't want to be a janitor.

227
00:11:10,672 --> 00:11:11,811
What?

228
00:11:15,076 --> 00:11:17,035
I thought you were interviewing
for a teller position.

229
00:11:17,061 --> 00:11:19,147
Yeah, me too. But, clearly,

230
00:11:19,257 --> 00:11:22,200
they only offer the good
jobs to the white veterans.

231
00:11:22,608 --> 00:11:24,574
I forget what things are like back here.

232
00:11:25,912 --> 00:11:27,128
You know what?

233
00:11:27,202 --> 00:11:28,949
You're too smart to be a teller.

234
00:11:28,975 --> 00:11:30,837
It's time to start college.

235
00:11:30,862 --> 00:11:32,717
The GI Bill will cover your tuition.

236
00:11:32,766 --> 00:11:35,038
Let your Uncle Sam pay
instead of your father.

237
00:11:36,577 --> 00:11:37,828
Thanks, Dad.

238
00:11:37,854 --> 00:11:39,285
But you don't have to worry about me.

239
00:11:39,311 --> 00:11:40,595
I know I got options.

240
00:11:41,085 --> 00:11:42,202
Alright, son.

241
00:11:42,228 --> 00:11:44,746
I felt bad that Bruce didn't
get the job he wanted,

242
00:11:44,772 --> 00:11:47,991
but the silver lining was we had
more time to spend on the treehouse.

243
00:11:48,017 --> 00:11:49,871
Maybe now we could finish
that observation deck

244
00:11:49,896 --> 00:11:51,397
by Christmas Eve.

245
00:11:52,689 --> 00:11:54,160
Where's Bruce?

246
00:11:54,186 --> 00:11:56,207
Yep, that's an electric saw.

247
00:11:56,233 --> 00:11:57,691
It was 1968.

248
00:11:57,717 --> 00:12:00,348
There were a bunch of kids walking
around missing a couple of fingers.

249
00:12:00,374 --> 00:12:02,264
He said he had some
last-minute shopping.

250
00:12:02,577 --> 00:12:03,668
Look.

251
00:12:03,793 --> 00:12:06,074
It's the ornament Dean
made in kindergarten.

252
00:12:06,100 --> 00:12:08,188
I can't tell. Is it Jesus in a manger

253
00:12:08,214 --> 00:12:10,303
or a space alien on a skateboard?

254
00:12:13,249 --> 00:12:14,702
There he is.

255
00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:17,785
Where are your shopping bags?

256
00:12:17,811 --> 00:12:19,866
Oh, right, right.

257
00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:21,780
I didn't do much shopping.

258
00:12:21,827 --> 00:12:23,181
Good news...

259
00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:25,871
The dean of admissions from 'Bama State
is gonna meet with you personally

260
00:12:25,896 --> 00:12:27,871
the day after Christmas vacation.

261
00:12:27,896 --> 00:12:29,038
Thanks.

262
00:12:29,251 --> 00:12:32,069
Thanks. But, I wouldn't
want him to waste his time.

263
00:12:33,074 --> 00:12:34,601
That's fine.

264
00:12:34,717 --> 00:12:36,077
Maybe you're not ready for school,

265
00:12:36,103 --> 00:12:37,936
but I could ask around at work
and see if there's anything.

266
00:12:37,962 --> 00:12:39,834
I can take care of myself.

267
00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,983
Don't speak to your mother that way.

268
00:12:42,971 --> 00:12:44,420
I'm sorry, Mama.

269
00:12:45,195 --> 00:12:46,428
What's wrong?

270
00:12:47,008 --> 00:12:48,210
Tell us.

271
00:12:50,265 --> 00:12:52,459
I re-enlisted for another tour.

272
00:12:53,034 --> 00:12:54,936
I go back in January.

273
00:12:58,475 --> 00:13:00,184
Have you lost your mind?

274
00:13:00,210 --> 00:13:02,137
- When did this happen?
- Now.

275
00:13:02,163 --> 00:13:04,246
I just got back from the
recruitment office.

276
00:13:04,272 --> 00:13:06,496
I guess maybe my friends
at school were right.

277
00:13:06,522 --> 00:13:09,754
Bruce had to be crazy if he
wanted to go back to Vietnam.

278
00:13:09,780 --> 00:13:12,460
But... you just got home.

279
00:13:13,241 --> 00:13:15,316
What about all the stuff we
were going to do together?

280
00:13:15,342 --> 00:13:17,354
I know, Dean, and I'm
sorry, little buddy, but...

281
00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,241
I promise we'll finish the
treehouse before I leave.

282
00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:23,967
Don't bother.

283
00:13:30,655 --> 00:13:33,171
Now he'll never know
what his present was.

284
00:13:37,262 --> 00:13:38,829
You're not thinking straight.

285
00:13:38,855 --> 00:13:41,533
We've been watching the news. We know
it's getting worse over there every day.

286
00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:43,481
I've been going to protests and sit-ins

287
00:13:43,507 --> 00:13:45,354
to end this war so you could come home.

288
00:13:45,379 --> 00:13:47,940
- And now you're choosing to go back?
- Okay, you just don't understand. I...

289
00:13:47,965 --> 00:13:50,241
Help us to understand, son.

290
00:13:51,551 --> 00:13:52,926
When I'm here,

291
00:13:53,973 --> 00:13:57,215
people see me as just a janitor.

292
00:13:57,371 --> 00:14:00,543
Over there, my men, they respect me.

293
00:14:00,582 --> 00:14:01,759
I'm a leader.

294
00:14:01,785 --> 00:14:05,146
You really think they
respect a black soldier?

295
00:14:05,297 --> 00:14:07,858
Kim, one of the reasons I re-enlisted

296
00:14:08,004 --> 00:14:10,238
is because they're gonna
promote me to sergeant.

297
00:14:10,723 --> 00:14:13,197
I could have a career in the Army,

298
00:14:13,223 --> 00:14:15,877
which is a hell of a lot better than
sweeping floors for the rest of my life.

299
00:14:15,903 --> 00:14:18,712
You'd have a lot more opportunities
if you went to college.

300
00:14:18,738 --> 00:14:21,504
- You made good grades.
- That was two years ago.

301
00:14:21,934 --> 00:14:25,073
So was my last baseball
game and my last rally.

302
00:14:25,099 --> 00:14:27,848
None of you have any idea
what I've been through.

303
00:14:29,289 --> 00:14:31,540
I have a lot of friends
back there in Vietnam.

304
00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,386
And I feel bad about that.
I think about that a lot.

305
00:14:34,660 --> 00:14:36,955
Okay? I feel like I have
to go back right now

306
00:14:36,981 --> 00:14:38,388
and make sure they get home safely.

307
00:14:38,413 --> 00:14:41,119
- Son, that is noble, but...
- There's no point in talking.

308
00:14:41,145 --> 00:14:44,074
I already signed the papers at the
recruitment center. It's too late.

309
00:14:48,227 --> 00:14:49,558
It's too late.

310
00:14:56,034 --> 00:14:58,155
The good news was Mama and Daddy

311
00:14:58,181 --> 00:14:59,708
were on the same page.

312
00:14:59,785 --> 00:15:01,877
Bruce was wrong and we were right.

313
00:15:01,903 --> 00:15:04,675
It would only be a matter of time
before they laid down the law.

314
00:15:04,701 --> 00:15:06,253
What are you doing?

315
00:15:06,413 --> 00:15:09,319
Putting a box together for
your brother to take with him.

316
00:15:09,410 --> 00:15:11,916
Want him to have some things
that remind him of home.

317
00:15:12,251 --> 00:15:14,939
So you're just letting
him go back to Vietnam?

318
00:15:14,965 --> 00:15:17,047
We can't stop him, Dean,
much as we want to.

319
00:15:17,073 --> 00:15:19,669
He's a grown man. He makes
his own choices now.

320
00:15:19,856 --> 00:15:23,000
But he's our son, so we have
to love and support him.

321
00:15:23,026 --> 00:15:25,082
I bet Dad would yell at him.

322
00:15:26,517 --> 00:15:29,601
They've been out there working
on that treehouse all morning.

323
00:15:31,711 --> 00:15:33,065
No yelling.

324
00:15:33,472 --> 00:15:34,803
No yelling.

325
00:15:35,551 --> 00:15:37,733
What is wrong with this family?

326
00:15:37,758 --> 00:15:39,218
I couldn't believe it.

327
00:15:39,244 --> 00:15:41,653
My parents were actually
gonna let this happen.

328
00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:43,187
Clearly, it was up to me now

329
00:15:43,213 --> 00:15:45,662
to keep my brother from
going back to Vietnam.

330
00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:52,354
That's right... the sit-in,

331
00:15:52,379 --> 00:15:54,900
a classic act of civil disobedience.

332
00:15:54,926 --> 00:15:58,489
Occupy, disrupt, let them
know you mean business.

333
00:15:58,514 --> 00:16:00,216
_

334
00:16:02,896 --> 00:16:05,083
Yeah, it wasn't really working.

335
00:16:05,827 --> 00:16:07,825
Merry Christmas, little fella.

336
00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:10,043
Malcolm X was right.

337
00:16:10,068 --> 00:16:13,036
This nonviolence thing
was not very effective.

338
00:16:14,661 --> 00:16:18,153
Here comes one of the
imperialist warmonger pigs now.

339
00:16:18,919 --> 00:16:22,213
Hey, any idea how long
your sit-in's gonna last?

340
00:16:22,239 --> 00:16:23,604
Time to hold my ground.

341
00:16:23,630 --> 00:16:25,182
We're supposed to close
early for Christmas Eve,

342
00:16:25,208 --> 00:16:27,078
and I've still got some shopping to do.

343
00:16:27,103 --> 00:16:29,153
Gonna buy my nephew a G.I. Joe.

344
00:16:30,689 --> 00:16:32,769
Don't waste your money
buying the black one.

345
00:16:32,795 --> 00:16:35,037
It's just the white one painted brown.

346
00:16:36,286 --> 00:16:38,847
But I'm not leaving
until I end this war.

347
00:16:38,873 --> 00:16:41,216
I don't want my brother
going back to Vietnam.

348
00:16:41,241 --> 00:16:42,482
Okay.

349
00:16:42,579 --> 00:16:44,002
What was your brother's name?

350
00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:46,279
- Bruce.
- Right.

351
00:16:47,030 --> 00:16:49,606
Well, you gotta do what you gotta do.

352
00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:52,813
I couldn't believe how all these people

353
00:16:52,839 --> 00:16:54,901
could just blindly go about their lives

354
00:16:54,927 --> 00:16:57,349
while my family was being torn apart.

355
00:16:57,599 --> 00:16:59,487
I also couldn't believe how stupid I was

356
00:16:59,513 --> 00:17:01,448
not to pee before I started my sit-in.

357
00:17:01,474 --> 00:17:04,492
I gotta use the bathroom. Can
you hold this sign for me?

358
00:17:04,517 --> 00:17:06,099
I'll be right back.

359
00:17:16,912 --> 00:17:20,078
I was starting to see how
they get people to re-enlist.

360
00:17:20,103 --> 00:17:22,951
This guy was a master of persuasion.

361
00:17:29,724 --> 00:17:30,925
Hey.

362
00:17:31,379 --> 00:17:33,105
Can I join your sit-in?

363
00:17:33,314 --> 00:17:34,534
No.

364
00:17:35,102 --> 00:17:36,980
I'm trying to end this war.

365
00:17:37,378 --> 00:17:38,909
And you don't care.

366
00:17:42,517 --> 00:17:43,683
Okay.

367
00:17:44,093 --> 00:17:45,894
That's not true.

368
00:17:46,471 --> 00:17:48,562
I want to end the war, too,

369
00:17:48,588 --> 00:17:52,124
but I also want to help my guys
from my platoon get home safely.

370
00:17:52,150 --> 00:17:55,007
So you care about them more
than you do your own family?

371
00:17:55,033 --> 00:17:56,752
Of course not, Dean.

372
00:17:57,125 --> 00:17:58,916
But you all are safe here.

373
00:17:59,172 --> 00:18:01,088
I just want to make sure

374
00:18:02,016 --> 00:18:03,897
my buddies get to spend next Christmas

375
00:18:03,923 --> 00:18:05,705
with their little brothers.

376
00:18:06,330 --> 00:18:07,796
When Bruce said that,

377
00:18:07,821 --> 00:18:09,249
I realized that all those soldiers

378
00:18:09,275 --> 00:18:11,078
I saw enlisting today had families

379
00:18:11,103 --> 00:18:13,080
that felt the same way as mine.

380
00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:14,312
Or worse,

381
00:18:14,336 --> 00:18:17,317
like the parents we visited
yesterday who lost their son.

382
00:18:17,478 --> 00:18:19,456
I still didn't want my brother to go,

383
00:18:19,666 --> 00:18:22,171
but at least I could
understand why he was going.

384
00:18:22,197 --> 00:18:23,463
So...

385
00:18:24,379 --> 00:18:27,564
you think we can get home now?
I got something I want to show you.

386
00:18:29,478 --> 00:18:30,695
Okay.

387
00:18:30,721 --> 00:18:33,018
Plus, we gotta get that
sign back to Kim's room

388
00:18:33,044 --> 00:18:36,775
before she knows it's missing,
because she'll murder you.

389
00:18:41,314 --> 00:18:45,478
By the way, my plan to end
the war in Vietnam did work.

390
00:18:45,780 --> 00:18:47,994
It just took another seven years.

391
00:18:57,103 --> 00:18:59,190
How about that for a treehouse?

392
00:18:59,216 --> 00:19:00,781
How about that?

393
00:19:11,624 --> 00:19:13,125
I totally dig it.

394
00:19:14,793 --> 00:19:17,423
It's the perfect place to
sit and look at stars.

395
00:19:17,448 --> 00:19:20,531
You know, if one of us had a telescope.

396
00:19:21,534 --> 00:19:22,710
Yeah.

397
00:19:22,930 --> 00:19:24,171
If.

398
00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,710
You see that constellation right there?

399
00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:31,085
That one's called Cassiopeia.

400
00:19:31,357 --> 00:19:34,172
You can see it from where
I'm stationed in Vietnam.

401
00:19:35,344 --> 00:19:38,765
When I look up at it every night,

402
00:19:40,002 --> 00:19:42,030
I'll always be thinking of you.

403
00:19:42,862 --> 00:19:45,210
And you can think of me, too,
when you see it from here.

404
00:19:45,344 --> 00:19:47,914
I guess the war did change my brother...

405
00:19:47,940 --> 00:19:49,607
in some ways.

406
00:19:49,773 --> 00:19:51,950
But not in the ways I had feared.

407
00:19:52,241 --> 00:19:54,937
And not in the ways
that really mattered.

408
00:20:00,793 --> 00:20:03,645
He was still the kind of guy
who would spend Christmas Eve

409
00:20:03,671 --> 00:20:06,561
freezing his butt off in the
treehouse with his little brother.

410
00:20:09,551 --> 00:20:11,940
Yeah. Where's Santa?

411
00:20:11,965 --> 00:20:13,250
He's late.

412
00:20:14,731 --> 00:20:16,569
Maybe he really is Black.

413
00:20:20,585 --> 00:20:21,617
Yes!

414
00:20:24,784 --> 00:20:26,070
Careful.

415
00:20:27,343 --> 00:20:29,989
- Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland"!
- Later, it occurred to me

416
00:20:30,015 --> 00:20:33,390
that we all gave Bruce gifts
that he had to be home to use.

417
00:20:36,022 --> 00:20:39,031
That's how confident we
were he'd be coming back.

418
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,046
Now, I wonder what this could be.

419
00:20:42,072 --> 00:20:45,039
- It's a telescope.
- I thought it was a pair of socks.

420
00:20:46,234 --> 00:20:49,028
You think you can, keep an eye
on it for me while I'm gone?

421
00:20:49,054 --> 00:20:50,319
Of course.

422
00:20:50,344 --> 00:20:52,482
Wait. I'm allowed to use it, right?

423
00:20:52,507 --> 00:20:53,594
Yes, you...

424
00:20:53,620 --> 00:20:56,300
Don't feel bad, Bruce. He said
the same thing to me last year

425
00:20:56,326 --> 00:20:58,750
when he bought me a black GI Joe.

426
00:21:06,898 --> 00:21:16,187
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