1 00:00:01,594 --> 00:00:03,593 Previously on This Is Us... 2 00:00:03,594 --> 00:00:05,161 How in the hell can I know 3 00:00:05,195 --> 00:00:07,196 so little about my dad's time in Vietnam? 4 00:00:07,231 --> 00:00:09,866 I got back from Vietnam not too long ago. 5 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:14,003 I had a brother. He died in the war. 6 00:00:14,038 --> 00:00:16,572 Don't worry, Nicky. I'm not going anywhere. 7 00:00:17,813 --> 00:00:19,921 I'm not going anywhere. 8 00:00:42,933 --> 00:00:44,901 Hope you find him, Sarge. 9 00:00:44,935 --> 00:00:48,375 I mean, I hope the top-secret government stuff goes well. 10 00:00:51,539 --> 00:00:53,276 Thanks for the lift. 11 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:12,804 - Where you coming from, Sarge? - A fishing ville. 12 00:01:13,408 --> 00:01:16,070 Pulling security detail along the Sông Trà Khúc. 13 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:17,929 - The what? - The Sông Trà Khúc. 14 00:01:17,954 --> 00:01:20,422 It's 20... 25 klicks southwest of here. 15 00:01:21,038 --> 00:01:22,335 Easy detail. 16 00:01:23,841 --> 00:01:26,609 - Lucky. - Yeah. 17 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:34,684 That way. 18 00:01:34,709 --> 00:01:36,062 Follow the smell. 19 00:01:59,042 --> 00:02:00,445 Hey, little brother. 20 00:02:12,022 --> 00:02:16,148 synced and corrected by susinz *www.addic7ed.com* 21 00:02:45,501 --> 00:02:47,516 Squirrel, take point. 22 00:02:48,133 --> 00:02:49,594 Robinson, you're with me. 23 00:02:50,506 --> 00:02:51,797 Hmm. 24 00:02:53,289 --> 00:02:56,516 Still giving me orders, and I've been here twice as long, huh? 25 00:02:56,679 --> 00:02:59,211 Can't help it if they made me staff sergeant so quick. 26 00:02:59,236 --> 00:03:00,883 Yeah, well, you know what tonight is? 27 00:03:01,050 --> 00:03:04,553 - 90 days. - 90 more days. Midnight tonight. 28 00:03:04,587 --> 00:03:06,852 90 days, I'm out of here. I'm gone. 29 00:03:07,289 --> 00:03:08,490 I'm back on the block. 30 00:03:08,524 --> 00:03:10,192 You know what the first thing I'm gonna do is? 31 00:03:10,226 --> 00:03:12,766 - You're gonna go to Amarillo. - Going right to Amarillo, 32 00:03:12,828 --> 00:03:14,763 - get me that tryout. - You know, 33 00:03:14,797 --> 00:03:16,865 the Giants... they already got a center fielder. 34 00:03:17,031 --> 00:03:18,813 Willie Mays is an old man. 35 00:03:19,035 --> 00:03:21,203 He's keeping center field warm for me, brother. 36 00:03:21,237 --> 00:03:22,625 Yeah, he's all right. 37 00:03:23,049 --> 00:03:26,785 I mean, look, he's no Clemente, but he's all right. 38 00:03:26,976 --> 00:03:29,511 Well, if it doesn't work out for me and the Giants, 39 00:03:29,545 --> 00:03:31,513 I'm going straight to Pittsburgh, 40 00:03:31,547 --> 00:03:34,977 I'm-a take Clemente's job, his woman, all of it. 41 00:03:35,485 --> 00:03:37,000 And because I like you, Pearson, 42 00:03:37,025 --> 00:03:38,602 I'm gonna leave you a ticket to a game. 43 00:03:38,627 --> 00:03:40,661 Yeah. You keep telling yourself that. 44 00:04:05,403 --> 00:04:06,762 What you got, Squirrel? 45 00:04:06,871 --> 00:04:08,717 Toe popper. Homemade. 46 00:04:08,885 --> 00:04:10,919 - Okay. Blow it. - Okay. 47 00:05:12,538 --> 00:05:14,351 Hey, Townie. Knock it off. 48 00:05:14,728 --> 00:05:16,507 - Uh, just one more, Sarge. - No. 49 00:05:16,765 --> 00:05:18,358 - Go long, pretty boy. - Boone, you got a can? 50 00:05:18,383 --> 00:05:19,929 I don't think you got the arm, Townie. 51 00:05:19,954 --> 00:05:22,458 - Yeah, want to bet? Go deep. - Nah, for a big boy, 52 00:05:22,483 --> 00:05:24,192 you sure throw like a small... 53 00:05:24,227 --> 00:05:25,546 - Whoa! - Geez! 54 00:05:27,366 --> 00:05:28,405 Squirrel? 55 00:05:28,633 --> 00:05:29,788 Medic! 56 00:05:31,591 --> 00:05:33,429 Contact! Contact, left! 57 00:05:35,352 --> 00:05:36,752 Get on! Go, go, go! 58 00:05:36,830 --> 00:05:38,030 Go, go, go, go! 59 00:05:50,283 --> 00:05:52,584 - You okay, you okay? - Reloading, reloading. 60 00:05:54,024 --> 00:05:56,192 - Boone, you good? - Good as it goes. 61 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:01,554 Robinson? 62 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:04,983 Hey, Robinson, a lot of bad guys. Hose it down. 63 00:06:05,008 --> 00:06:06,676 I got you. Shake 'n Bake. 64 00:06:06,701 --> 00:06:09,241 Go, go, go! Get on! Go, go, go! 65 00:06:09,324 --> 00:06:11,959 Murphy, you're with him, I'll cover. Go, go, go! 66 00:06:26,956 --> 00:06:29,624 Man down! Man down! 67 00:06:29,794 --> 00:06:31,027 I got a man down! 68 00:06:31,227 --> 00:06:32,515 Man down! 69 00:06:35,865 --> 00:06:37,382 Man down! 70 00:06:40,424 --> 00:06:41,758 Man down! 71 00:06:46,248 --> 00:06:47,476 Oh! 72 00:06:48,319 --> 00:06:49,999 Go, cover. Go, go, Cover. 73 00:06:50,024 --> 00:06:53,994 - Medic! Medic! - Where is it...? 74 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:57,385 Did you see my foot? Did you find my foot? 75 00:06:57,420 --> 00:06:59,120 - I got to find my foot... - Hey, Donnie, stay down. 76 00:06:59,155 --> 00:07:01,957 Stay down! Stay down, Donnie. Stay down. Medic! 77 00:07:01,991 --> 00:07:04,997 Stay calm. I need to get a tourniquet on you. 78 00:07:05,022 --> 00:07:07,262 Jack, I think they can sew it back on. 79 00:07:07,538 --> 00:07:09,569 Jack, Jack. Think they can sew it on? 80 00:07:09,594 --> 00:07:11,061 - Deac! - Hey, Sarge. 81 00:07:11,444 --> 00:07:12,767 Get some morphine in him. 82 00:07:12,802 --> 00:07:13,969 Get a second tourniquet on. 83 00:07:14,003 --> 00:07:15,103 He's bleeding out. 84 00:07:15,137 --> 00:07:16,738 - Murphy! - Yeah? 85 00:07:16,772 --> 00:07:18,108 - Clear? - Clear. 86 00:07:18,340 --> 00:07:20,608 - They're retreating. - Jack, is this really real? 87 00:07:20,776 --> 00:07:22,744 - Morphine's in. - Just ride the high. 88 00:07:22,952 --> 00:07:24,746 Just ride the high, Donnie. Come on. 89 00:07:27,283 --> 00:07:28,616 I'm riding the high, Jack. 90 00:07:29,186 --> 00:07:30,781 - I'm cool. - Murillo! 91 00:07:31,241 --> 00:07:33,254 Jack. Jack. 92 00:07:34,085 --> 00:07:35,241 Give me... 93 00:07:35,991 --> 00:07:38,226 - give me my foot, please, Jack. - What? 94 00:07:38,260 --> 00:07:40,577 My foot. Just give me... 95 00:07:42,671 --> 00:07:44,099 Sarge. 96 00:08:01,757 --> 00:08:03,518 Murillo, call in... 97 00:08:03,552 --> 00:08:04,919 call in a medevac. 98 00:08:04,954 --> 00:08:07,796 - One W.I.A., one K.I.A. Go. - Roger, roger. 99 00:08:08,502 --> 00:08:10,952 Home Plate 3-0, this is Indigo two-one-niner. 100 00:08:12,077 --> 00:08:13,461 We need a Dustoff. 101 00:08:13,496 --> 00:08:14,796 One W.I.A.... 102 00:08:15,413 --> 00:08:16,608 What is that? 103 00:08:16,633 --> 00:08:18,546 I got you a medic. I got you, bro. 104 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:20,577 I got you. I got you. 105 00:08:20,902 --> 00:08:22,241 It's gonna be okay. 106 00:08:27,593 --> 00:08:29,177 You're gonna be okay. 107 00:08:29,211 --> 00:08:31,312 Come on, man. You're gonna be okay. 108 00:09:12,817 --> 00:09:15,262 I guess Clemente's j is safe for now. 109 00:09:15,934 --> 00:09:17,826 Yeah, but you can still beat Willie Mays. 110 00:09:18,044 --> 00:09:19,194 My ass. 111 00:09:19,427 --> 00:09:21,270 Hey, you're going home, man. 112 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,997 No 90 days, Robinson. 113 00:09:24,022 --> 00:09:25,887 You're going home ASAP. That's what matters. 114 00:09:27,145 --> 00:09:29,537 But you got more than 90 days left. 115 00:09:30,094 --> 00:09:32,067 And now you got to do it without me here. 116 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,270 Roger that, Donnie. 117 00:09:35,026 --> 00:09:36,598 I'm gonna be fine. No sweat. 118 00:09:38,598 --> 00:09:40,114 You're scared, Pearson. 119 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:42,927 Don't you ever get tired of pretending 120 00:09:42,952 --> 00:09:45,020 like you ain't plain, flat-out scared? 121 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,934 Nah, I've been pretending my whole life, man. 122 00:09:50,226 --> 00:09:51,693 I don't know any other way. 123 00:09:55,026 --> 00:09:56,199 My ma... 124 00:09:57,950 --> 00:09:59,400 she used to, um, 125 00:10:00,130 --> 00:10:01,442 she used to do this thing, 126 00:10:01,770 --> 00:10:03,481 we were little, when we were scared. 127 00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:05,731 We have a monster in the closet, 128 00:10:05,848 --> 00:10:07,332 or we knew my pop was gone, 129 00:10:07,357 --> 00:10:09,536 and he was gonna come home drunk and heated. 130 00:10:10,446 --> 00:10:11,802 She'd tell us to breathe. 131 00:10:12,856 --> 00:10:15,052 It's a funny thing that we forget sometimes. 132 00:10:15,958 --> 00:10:18,403 We so scared that we gonna die, 133 00:10:19,387 --> 00:10:21,880 we forget to do the thing that keeps us alive. 134 00:10:23,344 --> 00:10:24,716 Breathe. 135 00:10:35,241 --> 00:10:36,895 You want a foot, man? 136 00:10:44,476 --> 00:10:45,661 Jack. 137 00:11:12,341 --> 00:11:14,169 One, two, three! 138 00:11:55,676 --> 00:11:57,177 Heard you got your asses 'bushed. 139 00:11:58,153 --> 00:11:59,988 Command's throwing you some easy duty. 140 00:12:00,255 --> 00:12:01,889 You'll be pulling security at a little river village 141 00:12:01,924 --> 00:12:03,372 on the Sông Trà Khúc 142 00:12:03,466 --> 00:12:05,591 as part of the Strategic Hamlet Program. 143 00:12:06,684 --> 00:12:09,230 It'll be like Club Med compared to the boonies. 144 00:12:09,419 --> 00:12:12,137 Hear they got little boats you can go fishing on and everything. 145 00:12:12,868 --> 00:12:14,669 Get your men squared away, you're leaving first thing 146 00:12:14,694 --> 00:12:16,102 - in the a.m. - Yes, sir. 147 00:12:19,630 --> 00:12:22,343 Sir, where did you say 148 00:12:22,378 --> 00:12:24,083 the-the ville was located, sir? 149 00:12:24,184 --> 00:12:27,186 It's about 20 or 25 klicks southwest of Chu Lai. 150 00:12:27,548 --> 00:12:28,841 Here, I'll show you. 151 00:12:44,505 --> 00:12:47,278 How often does the chopper come back to resupply? 152 00:12:47,303 --> 00:12:49,216 Every three, four days. Why? 153 00:12:49,622 --> 00:12:52,387 I may need you to give me a lift one of those times. 154 00:12:53,942 --> 00:12:56,210 Top secret government stuff. 155 00:13:37,654 --> 00:13:41,089 The ville is mainly populated by women and children, 156 00:13:41,325 --> 00:13:44,092 'cause all the able-bodied men are out fighting the Vietcong, 157 00:13:44,126 --> 00:13:45,372 or fighting us. 158 00:13:46,154 --> 00:13:48,596 Battalion intel claims this ville 159 00:13:48,630 --> 00:13:51,224 is riddled with VC and VC sympathizers. 160 00:13:51,351 --> 00:13:52,810 They want the place pacified, 161 00:13:52,848 --> 00:13:54,904 whatever the hell "pacified" means. 162 00:13:55,137 --> 00:13:56,785 I mean, how do you pacify people 163 00:13:56,810 --> 00:13:58,302 who don't want to be pacified? 164 00:13:58,807 --> 00:14:00,274 But I guess we'll string some 165 00:14:00,309 --> 00:14:02,825 concertina wire, try to keep out the VC riffraff 166 00:14:02,850 --> 00:14:05,146 and then provide a little old-fashioned American 167 00:14:05,180 --> 00:14:06,833 firepower when it hits the fan, 168 00:14:06,882 --> 00:14:08,700 which most definitely will happen. 169 00:14:10,060 --> 00:14:11,794 At night, you watch. 170 00:14:12,054 --> 00:14:13,911 Shadows come, shadows go. 171 00:14:14,083 --> 00:14:15,982 Are they against us? Are they with us? 172 00:14:16,007 --> 00:14:17,583 Don't know, don't care. 173 00:14:17,763 --> 00:14:20,504 They cut the wire, next day you repair the wire. 174 00:14:20,529 --> 00:14:21,911 Rinse and repeat. 175 00:14:22,646 --> 00:14:26,001 I'll be checking in on you every couple days. 176 00:14:26,786 --> 00:14:28,607 This is a cush detail 177 00:14:28,632 --> 00:14:30,161 and it will not last forever, 178 00:14:31,148 --> 00:14:32,749 so do not take it for granted 179 00:14:33,026 --> 00:14:34,646 and do not screw it up. 180 00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:31,435 Sarge. 181 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:34,936 Wake up, gentlemen. 182 00:15:34,970 --> 00:15:36,255 Let's go. 183 00:15:36,364 --> 00:15:37,575 Come on, wake up. 184 00:15:37,711 --> 00:15:39,615 Think you're sleeping in on vacation here? 185 00:15:40,693 --> 00:15:42,044 Murillo. 186 00:15:42,172 --> 00:15:44,029 Show 'em. Open the case. 187 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,966 - Look what Sarge got for us. - Yeah. 188 00:15:46,990 --> 00:15:48,314 - Hell, man. - Yeah. 189 00:15:48,315 --> 00:15:49,840 Holy crap, Sarge. 190 00:15:49,865 --> 00:15:51,219 How'd you score this? 191 00:15:51,253 --> 00:15:53,554 Still want to play me in high-stakes poker? Whoa, whoa! 192 00:15:53,589 --> 00:15:55,223 Whoa. Back up. 193 00:15:55,771 --> 00:15:57,677 Now, this camp, I swear to God. 194 00:15:57,728 --> 00:15:59,911 I need you to police it up, 195 00:16:00,162 --> 00:16:02,396 and I need it done ASAP. Right now. 196 00:16:02,431 --> 00:16:04,966 Pull yourselves together. And then... 197 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,334 we celebrate. 198 00:16:07,735 --> 00:16:09,036 You got two hours. 199 00:16:10,615 --> 00:16:12,425 Murillo, anyone makes a move on the crate, 200 00:16:12,450 --> 00:16:13,741 you give 'em a serious ass kicking, 201 00:16:13,775 --> 00:16:15,243 - that's an order. - Roger that, Sarge. 202 00:16:15,849 --> 00:16:17,365 Townie, Murphy, 203 00:16:17,645 --> 00:16:19,318 get dressed, you're with me on the wire. 204 00:16:26,130 --> 00:16:28,422 Man, this ville leaks like a sieve. 205 00:16:28,457 --> 00:16:30,005 That's affirmative, Murph. 206 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:32,489 These yo-yos, they come and go at will, 207 00:16:32,728 --> 00:16:34,091 like they own the place. 208 00:16:34,296 --> 00:16:36,497 Well, hey, man, they sort of do own the place. 209 00:16:37,115 --> 00:16:38,591 I mean, it's their ville, right? 210 00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:40,529 No excuses. 211 00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:42,419 Just saying, man. 212 00:17:00,842 --> 00:17:02,809 Been having nightmares about this ville 213 00:17:02,834 --> 00:17:04,591 since the last time I was here. 214 00:17:05,162 --> 00:17:08,131 Your men are the sloppiest bunch of junkyard dogs I've ever seen. 215 00:17:08,156 --> 00:17:10,560 Oh, no, no, sir. They're in good form. 216 00:17:11,051 --> 00:17:12,379 Hmm. 217 00:17:15,722 --> 00:17:18,138 Sir, I was wondering if I could ask you a favor. 218 00:17:18,852 --> 00:17:21,855 I just heard that my brother is at LZ Gloria, 219 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,477 and he's in a bit of trouble. 220 00:17:23,512 --> 00:17:26,591 Guess he's been Article 15'd, and, well, I was wondering, 221 00:17:26,616 --> 00:17:28,677 since it's under 20 klicks from here, 222 00:17:28,905 --> 00:17:31,006 if I can get on the next supply chopper, 223 00:17:31,243 --> 00:17:32,811 hitch a ride, go to him. 224 00:17:32,836 --> 00:17:34,490 Well, it's all sun and fun out here, 225 00:17:34,515 --> 00:17:36,333 but you realize there's a war going on? 226 00:17:36,358 --> 00:17:37,859 No, I-I know, I know that, but I... 227 00:17:39,361 --> 00:17:40,880 Did you catch this yourself? 228 00:17:41,708 --> 00:17:42,919 Oh, is this for me? 229 00:17:43,265 --> 00:17:44,665 Lanh! Lanh! 230 00:17:46,092 --> 00:17:47,125 Lanh! 231 00:17:50,044 --> 00:17:52,302 Hey, you little pissant Ho Chi Minh, 232 00:17:52,327 --> 00:17:54,091 we don't want your fish. Di di pronto. 233 00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:55,685 - Di di pronto. Scram. - Hey, Townie, 234 00:17:55,990 --> 00:17:57,912 take it easy, okay? He's just a kid. 235 00:17:57,946 --> 00:18:00,348 Yeah, now he is, but wait till he turns 15. 236 00:18:00,382 --> 00:18:02,544 Little commie runt will slip through that stupid wire 237 00:18:02,569 --> 00:18:04,385 we patch up every night and start blowing us away. 238 00:18:04,419 --> 00:18:05,497 Townie. 239 00:18:13,638 --> 00:18:14,982 He's not wrong. 240 00:18:15,931 --> 00:18:17,615 Due respect, sir... 241 00:18:19,055 --> 00:18:21,880 I'm asking you for 24 hours to go see my brother. 242 00:18:21,905 --> 00:18:23,794 Sergeant, you're down two men already. 243 00:18:24,277 --> 00:18:25,513 I can't spare you. 244 00:18:26,181 --> 00:18:28,646 And your squad doesn't exactly inspire me with confidence. 245 00:19:20,896 --> 00:19:22,021 Hey there, Joe. 246 00:19:22,046 --> 00:19:23,240 Hello, Mrs. Pearson. 247 00:19:27,956 --> 00:19:29,286 Oh, I'm such a klutz. 248 00:19:31,165 --> 00:19:32,458 Have a good day, Joe. 249 00:20:17,770 --> 00:20:19,021 Hey, Ma. 250 00:20:19,046 --> 00:20:20,615 Just checking on you. 251 00:20:39,816 --> 00:20:41,122 Dear family, 252 00:20:41,732 --> 00:20:44,601 I'm up at a forward firebase called LZ Gloria 253 00:20:44,635 --> 00:20:47,200 somewhere out in the boonies of Quang Nam Province. 254 00:20:47,521 --> 00:20:49,083 I got Article 15'd. 255 00:20:49,279 --> 00:20:51,608 That's getting my rank busted to PFC 256 00:20:51,642 --> 00:20:53,488 for "reckless endangerment to myself 257 00:20:53,513 --> 00:20:55,043 and to my fellow soldiers," 258 00:20:55,068 --> 00:20:57,763 like I'm the danger, and not this messed up war. 259 00:21:05,099 --> 00:21:07,300 I'm not getting out of here alive, I know that, 260 00:21:07,491 --> 00:21:10,027 but I'm not dying on anyone's terms but my own. 261 00:21:13,115 --> 00:21:15,285 I'm living in hell on earth, family. 262 00:21:15,310 --> 00:21:17,747 Hell, I may have already died and I don't even know it. 263 00:21:25,419 --> 00:21:26,976 I hope to see you again. 264 00:21:27,747 --> 00:21:29,154 Wherever that may be. 265 00:21:30,193 --> 00:21:31,450 Love, Nick. 266 00:22:05,653 --> 00:22:07,107 Jack Pearson? 267 00:22:12,193 --> 00:22:13,723 Your pulse is high. 268 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,859 Doctors make me nervous. 269 00:22:15,893 --> 00:22:18,652 I've been your family doctor since you were six, Jack. 270 00:22:18,677 --> 00:22:21,879 If I'm still making you nervous, I'm not doing my job very well. 271 00:22:23,068 --> 00:22:25,301 Hey, you know, Nicky wanted to be a doctor? 272 00:22:26,404 --> 00:22:27,670 Wants... 273 00:22:27,974 --> 00:22:29,185 Wants to be a doctor. 274 00:22:29,224 --> 00:22:30,888 - Didn't know that. - Yeah. 275 00:22:31,342 --> 00:22:33,910 Maybe because he was always sick as a kid. 276 00:22:34,404 --> 00:22:35,591 I don't know. 277 00:22:36,154 --> 00:22:38,648 But he did love the science of it all, I think. 278 00:22:40,544 --> 00:22:42,224 And even when we were little, 279 00:22:42,544 --> 00:22:44,005 I-if I got a cold... 280 00:22:45,810 --> 00:22:49,988 he'd-he'd try to figure out the perfect combo of O.J. or soup 281 00:22:50,013 --> 00:22:51,816 to make me feel better, you know? 282 00:23:03,661 --> 00:23:05,568 I want to enlist, Doc. 283 00:23:07,548 --> 00:23:09,021 I need to be there with him. 284 00:23:10,865 --> 00:23:13,285 You have a legitimate reason not to go, Jack. 285 00:23:13,310 --> 00:23:14,418 The tachycardia... 286 00:23:14,443 --> 00:23:16,247 It's a harmless irregular heartbeat. 287 00:23:16,638 --> 00:23:19,289 Look, I was fine to take the 4-F, avoid the war. 288 00:23:19,323 --> 00:23:20,982 I'm not stupid, but... 289 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:24,208 well, he's there now, 290 00:23:25,288 --> 00:23:26,529 and he's struggling. 291 00:23:28,034 --> 00:23:31,841 Look, I just need to be where he is. 292 00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:36,044 Okay? Even if I can't get to him. 293 00:23:36,529 --> 00:23:39,146 Even if I can't do anything for him. 294 00:23:39,248 --> 00:23:41,513 I just need to be there. 295 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:45,161 He's my little brother, Doc. 296 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:47,872 It's my job to take care of him. 297 00:23:48,622 --> 00:23:50,669 That is my only job. 298 00:23:55,130 --> 00:23:57,493 Do a hundred push-ups right before you go in. 299 00:23:58,107 --> 00:24:01,168 Then catch your breath. That should help you pass. 300 00:24:01,193 --> 00:24:02,832 Should help balance it out. 301 00:24:03,482 --> 00:24:05,552 If they notice anything, 302 00:24:05,896 --> 00:24:07,403 just say you're nervous. 303 00:24:07,438 --> 00:24:10,144 Honestly, they'll probably be so surprised 304 00:24:10,169 --> 00:24:13,091 to see anybody volunteer for this damn war now, 305 00:24:13,945 --> 00:24:15,872 it's your brain they'll want to check. 306 00:24:44,928 --> 00:24:46,646 Want a little coffee with your sugar? 307 00:24:46,671 --> 00:24:47,763 Funny. 308 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,279 So you just gonna stand around, watch me work all day? 309 00:24:57,763 --> 00:24:59,208 Hey, man, I'm just... 310 00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:01,760 trying to pass the time. 311 00:25:05,075 --> 00:25:06,357 Get any sleep? 312 00:25:06,645 --> 00:25:08,396 Not really. You? 313 00:25:08,694 --> 00:25:11,162 Slept like a baby, 'cause everything's gonna be all right. 314 00:25:11,423 --> 00:25:13,154 Yeah, not if my number comes up. 315 00:25:14,325 --> 00:25:15,583 The lottery, I mean. 316 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:17,224 It's not gonna happen, Nicky. 317 00:25:18,906 --> 00:25:20,318 - It might. - It won't. 318 00:25:21,122 --> 00:25:22,240 Yeah, I know. 319 00:25:22,935 --> 00:25:24,943 - You got a plan. - I don't. 320 00:25:25,093 --> 00:25:26,357 Yeah, you do. 321 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:31,107 My own personal Superman. 322 00:25:32,536 --> 00:25:33,786 Just your big brother. 323 00:25:33,878 --> 00:25:35,107 And I'm your Lois Lane. 324 00:25:35,132 --> 00:25:37,600 Always needing to be saved. 325 00:25:38,005 --> 00:25:40,888 You know that is not who you are, right? 326 00:25:43,302 --> 00:25:44,497 Okay. 327 00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:49,747 Hey, look, we'll... 328 00:25:49,962 --> 00:25:51,443 we'll watch at the bar tonight. 329 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,208 I have a plan. 330 00:25:59,136 --> 00:26:00,466 Thanks, Supe. 331 00:26:10,130 --> 00:26:12,810 ...the president may be under great pressure 332 00:26:12,835 --> 00:26:15,177 to reciprocate, possibly by announcing 333 00:26:15,202 --> 00:26:17,669 a heavier second step American troop withdrawal... 334 00:26:17,723 --> 00:26:20,124 Hey, Nicky. Let's go. It's almost time. 335 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:22,779 No, we're gonna watch it downtown. 336 00:26:22,804 --> 00:26:24,203 You're not watching it here? 337 00:26:24,732 --> 00:26:26,716 It's draft lottery, it's not the Super Bowl. 338 00:26:28,569 --> 00:26:30,169 Remember, sweetie, 339 00:26:30,298 --> 00:26:33,300 you were born lucky, and I'm praying for you. 340 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:35,302 - Thanks, Mom. - Yeah, thanks, Mommy. 341 00:26:37,549 --> 00:26:38,810 Look out for your brother. 342 00:26:38,835 --> 00:26:39,990 Always do. 343 00:26:40,055 --> 00:26:42,669 Yeah, God forbid he learns to look out for himself. 344 00:27:16,152 --> 00:27:17,325 Slow down. 345 00:27:17,579 --> 00:27:19,724 Nick, slow down. 346 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,419 Oh, they're gonna call my number. 347 00:27:22,444 --> 00:27:25,302 I just know they're gonna call my number. 348 00:27:26,729 --> 00:27:29,208 Hey, you were born lucky. Remember? 349 00:27:29,870 --> 00:27:33,107 Your birthday is gonna be the 365th one called tonight, 350 00:27:33,132 --> 00:27:34,833 and you're not gonna get drafted. 351 00:27:36,793 --> 00:27:38,435 We just don't want to hear "October 18" 352 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:40,461 for a very long time tonight. 353 00:27:40,486 --> 00:27:41,779 Yeah. 354 00:27:47,208 --> 00:27:50,638 You know, I read that the cutoff is something like 200. 355 00:27:50,997 --> 00:27:53,013 And anybody picked after that's probably not gonna go. 356 00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:55,825 We interrupt this broadcast to go live 357 00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:58,818 to the Selective Service National Draft Lottery. 358 00:28:00,038 --> 00:28:01,372 The director of Selective Service 359 00:28:01,397 --> 00:28:03,091 is going to establish tonight 360 00:28:03,776 --> 00:28:06,505 a random selection sequence 361 00:28:07,312 --> 00:28:10,771 for induction for 1970. 362 00:28:18,749 --> 00:28:21,185 September 14. 363 00:28:21,786 --> 00:28:23,833 September 14, 364 00:28:23,925 --> 00:28:26,443 zero, zero, one. 365 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,271 April 24. 366 00:28:31,150 --> 00:28:32,497 April 24 367 00:28:32,522 --> 00:28:34,232 is zero, zero, two. 368 00:28:35,437 --> 00:28:37,438 December 30. 369 00:28:38,035 --> 00:28:39,368 December 30 370 00:28:40,129 --> 00:28:42,669 is zero, zero, three. 371 00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:46,099 February 14. 372 00:28:46,337 --> 00:28:49,841 February 14 is zero, zero, four. 373 00:28:52,170 --> 00:28:54,693 October 18. 374 00:28:55,435 --> 00:28:57,536 October 18, 375 00:28:58,181 --> 00:29:00,661 zero, zero, five. 376 00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:04,693 September 6. 377 00:29:06,236 --> 00:29:07,810 September 6 378 00:29:07,888 --> 00:29:09,645 is zero, zero, six. 379 00:29:10,675 --> 00:29:12,841 - October... - We'll get you to Canada. 380 00:29:13,578 --> 00:29:15,458 I know a guy. He-he'll get you set up. 381 00:29:15,860 --> 00:29:18,365 Get a place to live, a job, everything. 382 00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:19,924 I don't even have a passport. 383 00:29:19,949 --> 00:29:21,904 You don't need one. Look, all you need 384 00:29:21,929 --> 00:29:23,950 is a driver's license and a reason. 385 00:29:24,646 --> 00:29:27,080 Okay? The guards, t-they don't even carry guns. 386 00:29:29,398 --> 00:29:30,716 It's gonna be okay. 387 00:29:31,901 --> 00:29:34,240 November 22. 388 00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:38,013 November 22, 389 00:29:38,579 --> 00:29:40,794 zero, zero, nine. 390 00:29:42,256 --> 00:29:43,966 December 6. 391 00:29:44,956 --> 00:29:46,333 December 6 392 00:29:46,358 --> 00:29:48,177 is zero, one, zero. 393 00:30:19,272 --> 00:30:20,857 Make me proud, son. 394 00:30:51,435 --> 00:30:53,271 You guys enjoy your hunting trip. 395 00:30:53,374 --> 00:30:54,513 Thanks, Ma. 396 00:30:56,988 --> 00:30:59,888 I love you, Nicky. I love you so much. 397 00:31:00,977 --> 00:31:02,411 I love you, too. 398 00:31:47,314 --> 00:31:49,281 He's never gonna speak to me again. 399 00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:52,341 Lucky. 400 00:31:57,824 --> 00:32:01,271 Hey, you know it's not your job to fight his demons, Nick. 401 00:32:13,272 --> 00:32:14,927 I wonder what happens next to me. 402 00:32:19,679 --> 00:32:21,052 It's weird, isn't it... 403 00:32:22,170 --> 00:32:23,810 the way we think about our lives? 404 00:32:25,799 --> 00:32:26,950 What's next? 405 00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:29,536 What happens next? 406 00:32:30,396 --> 00:32:31,794 Always moving forward. 407 00:32:35,630 --> 00:32:37,091 I wonder if things would make more sense 408 00:32:37,116 --> 00:32:38,990 if you looked at everything in reverse. 409 00:32:39,569 --> 00:32:40,661 Like, if you... 410 00:32:41,635 --> 00:32:43,029 started at the end, 411 00:32:44,233 --> 00:32:46,958 and move backwards and try to figure out how you got there. 412 00:32:50,982 --> 00:32:53,044 I wish I could do that right now. 413 00:33:03,474 --> 00:33:05,177 I read that you could become a medic 414 00:33:05,202 --> 00:33:07,103 if you train in Texas for two months. 415 00:33:09,434 --> 00:33:11,536 Medics get shot, too, Nicky. 416 00:33:22,997 --> 00:33:24,410 We're almost 30 miles from the border. 417 00:33:24,444 --> 00:33:26,669 Let's... let's get a motel. 418 00:33:26,958 --> 00:33:29,497 Get some rest. You... you can cross tomorrow. 419 00:34:34,036 --> 00:34:35,840 Nicky, go long. 420 00:34:36,270 --> 00:34:37,772 I won't catch it. 421 00:34:37,807 --> 00:34:40,121 You can do it, come on. Go long. 422 00:34:46,648 --> 00:34:47,824 Ow. 423 00:34:52,154 --> 00:34:53,688 It's okay, Nicky, you're okay. 424 00:34:53,723 --> 00:34:55,357 - My glasses. - It's okay, it's okay, 425 00:34:55,391 --> 00:34:57,043 it's okay. You're-you're fine. 426 00:35:00,957 --> 00:35:03,121 If he sees the glasses he'll be mad. 427 00:35:04,231 --> 00:35:06,051 He'll be mad at me, not you. 428 00:35:07,012 --> 00:35:08,535 I'll never let him touch you. 429 00:35:10,179 --> 00:35:11,621 I hate my glasses, anyway. 430 00:35:12,902 --> 00:35:14,949 Come on. They make you look smart. 431 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,140 No one tough wears glasses. 432 00:35:18,231 --> 00:35:19,692 What about Superman? 433 00:35:19,837 --> 00:35:21,738 Superman doesn't wear glasses. 434 00:35:22,093 --> 00:35:23,535 He does when he's Clark Kent. 435 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:24,996 Not when he's Superman. 436 00:35:25,738 --> 00:35:27,598 He's a tough guy in disguise. 437 00:35:28,554 --> 00:35:29,754 That's you, Nicky. 438 00:35:30,324 --> 00:35:33,293 You're Clark Kent. You're CK. 439 00:35:33,988 --> 00:35:35,426 Tough guy in disguise. 440 00:35:36,065 --> 00:35:37,957 Just a matter of time before people realize 441 00:35:37,982 --> 00:35:39,449 you're actually Superman. 442 00:36:00,070 --> 00:36:01,824 Christ's sake, clean up your toys. 443 00:36:12,101 --> 00:36:15,003 Don't you tell me what I need! 444 00:36:15,037 --> 00:36:17,402 Stanley, it's late. 445 00:36:17,699 --> 00:36:21,076 Please, hey... don't touch... don't touch that. 446 00:36:21,110 --> 00:36:22,527 Don't! 447 00:36:22,552 --> 00:36:23,809 Hey! 448 00:36:26,734 --> 00:36:29,969 I don't want to hear it. Bring that back! 449 00:36:29,994 --> 00:36:32,529 Leave me alone, leave that here. 450 00:36:32,745 --> 00:36:34,045 All right? I don't want to hear it. 451 00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:35,637 All right, get back to your... 452 00:36:37,844 --> 00:36:40,574 - ...touch that. - Maybe if you don't need another three. 453 00:36:40,995 --> 00:36:42,973 Don't you dare tell me what I need. 454 00:36:42,998 --> 00:36:44,231 Leave her alone. 455 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,241 Isn't this cute? 456 00:36:53,207 --> 00:36:54,474 Okay, Stanley, come on. 457 00:37:02,893 --> 00:37:04,598 Three of you deserve each other. 458 00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:14,829 I'm sorry, boys. 459 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:16,464 I'm so sorry. 460 00:37:16,671 --> 00:37:18,473 He didn't use to be this way. 461 00:37:20,644 --> 00:37:21,714 Jack. 462 00:37:21,777 --> 00:37:23,520 Sweetie, your heart is racing. 463 00:37:24,293 --> 00:37:25,848 It always beats fast. 464 00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:27,223 I'm fine. 465 00:37:34,517 --> 00:37:36,871 - Oh, Stanley, I'm scared. - No, no, just keep breathing. 466 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,512 You're doing great. Mom's gonna be just fine, Jack. 467 00:37:39,777 --> 00:37:41,549 Okay, sir, we'll take it from here. 468 00:37:41,574 --> 00:37:43,518 - Stanley. - No, no, come on, hon, 469 00:37:43,543 --> 00:37:44,705 you've done this before. 470 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:46,231 Okay? You did great the first time, 471 00:37:46,256 --> 00:37:47,723 - you're gonna do great now. - Okay. Right. 472 00:37:50,988 --> 00:37:52,168 Jack. 473 00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:04,039 You're a lucky woman, having a baby on October 18. 474 00:38:05,184 --> 00:38:07,376 18 is my lucky number, you know? 475 00:38:07,731 --> 00:38:10,301 My best daughter was born on the 18th, 476 00:38:10,708 --> 00:38:12,543 I was 18 when I got married 477 00:38:13,137 --> 00:38:15,574 and June 18 is my anniversary. 478 00:38:16,756 --> 00:38:18,910 Yes, ma'am, super lucky day today. 479 00:38:19,118 --> 00:38:20,324 Lucky baby. 480 00:38:21,744 --> 00:38:24,293 My husband's hoping I can hold out till tomorrow. 481 00:38:25,123 --> 00:38:27,309 The 19th is his father's birthday. 482 00:38:27,822 --> 00:38:29,113 You like his father? 483 00:38:36,667 --> 00:38:38,796 Dad, do you want a boy or a girl? 484 00:38:39,558 --> 00:38:41,195 - Truth? - Truth. 485 00:38:43,081 --> 00:38:44,476 I want another boy. 486 00:38:48,788 --> 00:38:50,304 Ah, there you are. 487 00:38:50,614 --> 00:38:51,757 Hey, Dad. 488 00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:54,484 Eh, any news? 489 00:38:54,661 --> 00:38:56,304 No, not yet. 490 00:38:56,892 --> 00:38:58,038 Oh. 491 00:39:02,458 --> 00:39:03,742 You pick a name? 492 00:39:05,054 --> 00:39:06,945 Yeah. Nick if it's a boy, 493 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:08,971 and Noreen if it's a girl. 494 00:39:09,663 --> 00:39:10,859 What do you think? 495 00:39:11,835 --> 00:39:13,002 Yeah. 496 00:39:13,419 --> 00:39:14,679 Yeah, sure. 497 00:39:16,550 --> 00:39:17,593 Yeah. 498 00:39:26,046 --> 00:39:27,745 Come on! I know you can do this. 499 00:39:28,798 --> 00:39:30,179 You're doing good, come on. 500 00:39:31,944 --> 00:39:33,218 Keep pushing. 501 00:39:40,491 --> 00:39:41,953 It's been hours. 502 00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:43,851 Yeah. 503 00:39:49,724 --> 00:39:50,937 You want a swig? 504 00:39:51,710 --> 00:39:53,812 Come on, Dad, you know I don't drink. 505 00:40:02,351 --> 00:40:04,757 Hey, Dad, you know, if that kid's born after midnight, 506 00:40:04,782 --> 00:40:06,179 you'll share a birthday. 507 00:40:10,649 --> 00:40:13,703 Yeah, well, it is getting late. 508 00:40:14,265 --> 00:40:16,359 Your mother's held dinner for me. 509 00:40:17,762 --> 00:40:19,460 I expect you'll send word. 510 00:40:22,292 --> 00:40:24,648 - Thanks for coming down, Dad. - Yeah. 511 00:40:35,749 --> 00:40:36,937 Here you go. 512 00:40:37,888 --> 00:40:39,288 Here's your mama. 513 00:40:46,257 --> 00:40:49,038 Well, 11:58 p.m.... 514 00:40:49,063 --> 00:40:50,804 made it just by the skin of our teeth. 515 00:40:52,356 --> 00:40:54,234 That guy, right there. 516 00:40:55,263 --> 00:40:56,648 That's your little brother. 517 00:40:57,726 --> 00:40:59,468 October 18 after all. 518 00:41:00,170 --> 00:41:02,835 18 is a very lucky number. 519 00:41:03,414 --> 00:41:05,304 Very lucky number indeed. 520 00:41:05,621 --> 00:41:06,710 Now, remember... 521 00:41:07,205 --> 00:41:10,468 big brothers look out for their little brothers. 522 00:41:11,226 --> 00:41:12,546 It's their only job. 523 00:41:13,581 --> 00:41:15,335 It's the only thing that matters. 524 00:41:17,986 --> 00:41:19,587 And you know what? 525 00:41:19,997 --> 00:41:21,820 All these little guys in there... 526 00:41:22,328 --> 00:41:24,070 every single one of 'em... 527 00:41:24,515 --> 00:41:27,203 they have the same birthday as your little brother. 528 00:42:00,547 --> 00:42:01,851 Hey, little brother.