1 00:00:01,712 --> 00:00:03,711 Previously on This Is Us... 2 00:00:03,712 --> 00:00:05,279 How in the hell can I know 3 00:00:05,313 --> 00:00:07,174 so little about my dad's time in Vietnam? 4 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:09,809 I got back from Vietnam not too long ago. 5 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:13,946 I had a brother. He died in the war. 6 00:00:13,981 --> 00:00:16,515 Don't worry, Nicky. I'm not going anywhere. 7 00:00:17,756 --> 00:00:19,864 I'm not going anywhere. 8 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,844 Hope you find him, Sarge. 9 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:48,318 I mean, I hope the top-secret government stuff goes well. 10 00:00:51,482 --> 00:00:53,219 Thanks for the lift. 11 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:12,747 - Where you coming from, Sarge? - A fishing ville. 12 00:01:13,351 --> 00:01:16,013 Pulling security detail along the Sông Trà Khúc. 13 00:01:16,043 --> 00:01:17,872 - The what? - The Sông Trà Khúc. 14 00:01:17,897 --> 00:01:20,365 It's 20... 25 klicks southwest of here. 15 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:22,278 Easy detail. 16 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:26,552 - Lucky. - Yeah. 17 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:34,627 That way. 18 00:01:34,652 --> 00:01:36,005 Follow the smell. 19 00:01:58,985 --> 00:02:00,388 Hey, little brother. 20 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:16,091 synced and corrected by susinz *www.addic7ed.com* 21 00:02:47,131 --> 00:02:49,146 Squirrel, take point. 22 00:02:49,763 --> 00:02:51,224 Robinson, you're with me. 23 00:02:52,136 --> 00:02:53,427 Hmm. 24 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,146 Still giving me orders, and I've been here twice as long, huh? 25 00:02:58,309 --> 00:03:00,841 Can't help it if they made me staff sergeant so quick. 26 00:03:00,866 --> 00:03:02,513 Yeah, well, you know what tonight is? 27 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,183 - 90 days. - 90 more days. Midnight tonight. 28 00:03:06,217 --> 00:03:08,482 90 days, I'm out of here. I'm gone. 29 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,120 I'm back on the block. 30 00:03:10,154 --> 00:03:11,822 You know what the first thing I'm gonna do is? 31 00:03:11,856 --> 00:03:14,396 - You're gonna go to Amarillo. - Going right to Amarillo, 32 00:03:14,458 --> 00:03:16,393 - get me that tryout. - You know, 33 00:03:16,427 --> 00:03:18,495 the Giants... they already got a center fielder. 34 00:03:18,661 --> 00:03:20,443 Willie Mays is an old man. 35 00:03:20,665 --> 00:03:22,833 He's keeping center field warm for me, brother. 36 00:03:22,867 --> 00:03:24,255 Yeah, he's all right. 37 00:03:24,679 --> 00:03:28,415 I mean, look, he's no Clemente, but he's all right. 38 00:03:28,606 --> 00:03:31,141 Well, if it doesn't work out for me and the Giants, 39 00:03:31,175 --> 00:03:33,143 I'm going straight to Pittsburgh, 40 00:03:33,177 --> 00:03:36,607 I'm-a take Clemente's job, his woman, all of it. 41 00:03:37,115 --> 00:03:38,630 And because I like you, Pearson, 42 00:03:38,655 --> 00:03:40,232 I'm gonna leave you a ticket to a game. 43 00:03:40,257 --> 00:03:42,291 Yeah. You keep telling yourself that. 44 00:04:07,033 --> 00:04:08,392 What you got, Squirrel? 45 00:04:08,501 --> 00:04:10,347 Toe popper. Homemade. 46 00:04:10,515 --> 00:04:12,549 - Okay. Blow it. - Okay. 47 00:05:14,168 --> 00:05:15,981 Hey, Townie. Knock it off. 48 00:05:16,358 --> 00:05:18,137 - Uh, just one more, Sarge. - No. 49 00:05:18,395 --> 00:05:19,988 - Go long, pretty boy. - Boone, you got a can? 50 00:05:20,013 --> 00:05:21,559 I don't think you got the arm, Townie. 51 00:05:21,584 --> 00:05:24,088 - Yeah, want to bet? Go deep. - Nah, for a big boy, 52 00:05:24,113 --> 00:05:25,822 you sure throw like a small... 53 00:05:25,857 --> 00:05:27,176 - Whoa! - Geez! 54 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,035 Squirrel? 55 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:31,418 Medic! 56 00:05:33,221 --> 00:05:35,059 Contact! Contact, left! 57 00:05:36,982 --> 00:05:38,382 Get on! Go, go, go! 58 00:05:38,460 --> 00:05:39,660 Go, go, go, go! 59 00:05:51,913 --> 00:05:54,214 - You okay, you okay? - Reloading, reloading. 60 00:05:55,654 --> 00:05:57,822 - Boone, you good? - Good as it goes. 61 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,184 Robinson? 62 00:06:03,658 --> 00:06:06,613 Hey, Robinson, a lot of bad guys. Hose it down. 63 00:06:06,638 --> 00:06:08,306 I got you. Shake 'n Bake. 64 00:06:08,331 --> 00:06:10,871 Go, go, go! Get on! Go, go, go! 65 00:06:10,954 --> 00:06:13,589 Murphy, you're with him, I'll cover. Go, go, go! 66 00:06:28,586 --> 00:06:31,254 Man down! Man down! 67 00:06:31,424 --> 00:06:32,657 I got a man down! 68 00:06:32,857 --> 00:06:34,145 Man down! 69 00:06:37,495 --> 00:06:39,012 Man down! 70 00:06:42,054 --> 00:06:43,388 Man down! 71 00:06:47,878 --> 00:06:49,106 Oh! 72 00:06:49,949 --> 00:06:51,629 Go, cover. Go, go, Cover. 73 00:06:51,654 --> 00:06:55,624 - Medic! Medic! - Where is it...? 74 00:06:55,913 --> 00:06:59,015 Did you see my foot? Did you find my foot? 75 00:06:59,050 --> 00:07:00,750 - I got to find my foot... - Hey, Donnie, stay down. 76 00:07:00,785 --> 00:07:03,587 Stay down! Stay down, Donnie. Stay down. Medic! 77 00:07:03,621 --> 00:07:06,627 Stay calm. I need to get a tourniquet on you. 78 00:07:06,652 --> 00:07:08,892 Jack, I think they can sew it back on. 79 00:07:09,168 --> 00:07:11,199 Jack, Jack. Think they can sew it on? 80 00:07:11,224 --> 00:07:12,691 - Deac! - Hey, Sarge. 81 00:07:13,074 --> 00:07:14,397 Get some morphine in him. 82 00:07:14,432 --> 00:07:15,599 Get a second tourniquet on. 83 00:07:15,633 --> 00:07:16,733 He's bleeding out. 84 00:07:16,767 --> 00:07:18,368 - Murphy! - Yeah? 85 00:07:18,402 --> 00:07:19,738 - Clear? - Clear. 86 00:07:19,970 --> 00:07:22,238 - They're retreating. - Jack, is this really real? 87 00:07:22,406 --> 00:07:24,374 - Morphine's in. - Just ride the high. 88 00:07:24,582 --> 00:07:26,376 Just ride the high, Donnie. Come on. 89 00:07:28,913 --> 00:07:30,246 I'm riding the high, Jack. 90 00:07:30,816 --> 00:07:32,411 - I'm cool. - Murillo! 91 00:07:32,871 --> 00:07:34,884 Jack. Jack. 92 00:07:35,715 --> 00:07:36,871 Give me... 93 00:07:37,621 --> 00:07:39,856 - give me my foot, please, Jack. - What? 94 00:07:39,890 --> 00:07:42,207 My foot. Just give me... 95 00:07:44,301 --> 00:07:45,729 Sarge. 96 00:08:03,387 --> 00:08:05,148 Murillo, call in... 97 00:08:05,182 --> 00:08:06,549 call in a medevac. 98 00:08:06,584 --> 00:08:09,426 - One W.I.A., one K.I.A. Go. - Roger, roger. 99 00:08:10,132 --> 00:08:12,582 Home Plate 3-0, this is Indigo two-one-niner. 100 00:08:13,707 --> 00:08:15,091 We need a Dustoff. 101 00:08:15,126 --> 00:08:16,426 One W.I.A.... 102 00:08:17,043 --> 00:08:18,238 What is that? 103 00:08:18,263 --> 00:08:20,176 I got you a medic. I got you, bro. 104 00:08:20,330 --> 00:08:22,207 I got you. I got you. 105 00:08:22,532 --> 00:08:23,871 It's gonna be okay. 106 00:08:29,223 --> 00:08:30,807 You're gonna be okay. 107 00:08:30,841 --> 00:08:32,942 Come on, man. You're gonna be okay. 108 00:09:14,447 --> 00:09:16,892 I guess Clemente's job is safe for now. 109 00:09:17,564 --> 00:09:19,456 Yeah, but you can still beat Willie Mays. 110 00:09:19,674 --> 00:09:20,824 My ass. 111 00:09:21,057 --> 00:09:22,900 Hey, you're going home, man. 112 00:09:24,150 --> 00:09:25,627 No 90 days, Robinson. 113 00:09:25,652 --> 00:09:27,517 You're going home ASAP. That's what matters. 114 00:09:28,775 --> 00:09:31,167 But you got more than 90 days left. 115 00:09:31,724 --> 00:09:33,697 And now you got to do it without me here. 116 00:09:34,510 --> 00:09:35,900 Roger that, Donnie. 117 00:09:36,656 --> 00:09:38,228 I'm gonna be fine. No sweat. 118 00:09:40,228 --> 00:09:41,744 You're scared, Pearson. 119 00:09:42,752 --> 00:09:44,557 Don't you ever get tired of pretending 120 00:09:44,582 --> 00:09:46,650 like you ain't plain, flat-out scared? 121 00:09:48,650 --> 00:09:50,564 Nah, I've been pretending my whole life, man. 122 00:09:51,856 --> 00:09:53,323 I don't know any other way. 123 00:09:56,656 --> 00:09:57,829 My ma... 124 00:09:59,580 --> 00:10:01,030 she used to, um, 125 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,072 she used to do this thing, 126 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,111 we were little, when we were scared. 127 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:07,361 We have a monster in the closet, 128 00:10:07,478 --> 00:10:08,962 or we knew my pop was gone, 129 00:10:08,987 --> 00:10:11,166 and he was gonna come home drunk and heated. 130 00:10:12,076 --> 00:10:13,432 She'd tell us to breathe. 131 00:10:14,486 --> 00:10:16,682 It's a funny thing that we forget sometimes. 132 00:10:17,588 --> 00:10:20,033 We so scared that we gonna die, 133 00:10:21,017 --> 00:10:23,510 we forget to do the thing that keeps us alive. 134 00:10:24,974 --> 00:10:26,346 Breathe. 135 00:10:36,871 --> 00:10:38,525 You want a foot, man? 136 00:10:46,106 --> 00:10:47,291 Jack. 137 00:11:13,971 --> 00:11:15,799 One, two, three! 138 00:11:57,306 --> 00:11:58,807 Heard you got your asses 'bushed. 139 00:11:59,783 --> 00:12:01,618 Command's throwing you some easy duty. 140 00:12:01,885 --> 00:12:03,849 You'll be pulling security at a little river village 141 00:12:03,874 --> 00:12:05,002 on the Sông Trà Khúc 142 00:12:05,096 --> 00:12:07,221 as part of the Strategic Hamlet Program. 143 00:12:08,314 --> 00:12:10,860 It'll be like Club Med compared to the boonies. 144 00:12:11,049 --> 00:12:13,767 Hear they got little boats you can go fishing on and everything. 145 00:12:14,498 --> 00:12:16,299 Get your men squared away, you're leaving first thing 146 00:12:16,324 --> 00:12:17,732 - in the a.m. - Yes, sir. 147 00:12:21,260 --> 00:12:23,973 Sir, where did you say 148 00:12:24,008 --> 00:12:25,713 the-the ville was located, sir? 149 00:12:25,814 --> 00:12:28,816 It's about 20 or 25 klicks southwest of Chu Lai. 150 00:12:29,178 --> 00:12:30,471 Here, let me show you. 151 00:12:46,135 --> 00:12:48,908 How often does the chopper come back to resupply? 152 00:12:48,933 --> 00:12:50,846 Every three, four days. Why? 153 00:12:51,252 --> 00:12:54,017 I may need you to give me a lift one of those times. 154 00:12:55,572 --> 00:12:57,840 Top secret government stuff. 155 00:13:39,284 --> 00:13:42,719 The ville is mainly populated by women and children, 156 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:45,722 'cause all the able-bodied men are out fighting the Vietcong, 157 00:13:45,756 --> 00:13:47,002 or fighting us. 158 00:13:47,784 --> 00:13:50,226 Battalion intel claims this ville 159 00:13:50,260 --> 00:13:52,854 is riddled with VC and VC sympathizers. 160 00:13:52,981 --> 00:13:54,440 They want the place pacified, 161 00:13:54,478 --> 00:13:56,534 whatever the hell "pacified" means. 162 00:13:56,767 --> 00:13:58,415 I mean, how do you pacify people 163 00:13:58,440 --> 00:13:59,932 who don't want to be pacified? 164 00:14:00,437 --> 00:14:01,904 But I guess we'll string some 165 00:14:01,939 --> 00:14:04,455 concertina wire, try to keep out the VC riffraff 166 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,776 and then provide a little old-fashioned American 167 00:14:06,810 --> 00:14:08,463 firepower when it hits the fan, 168 00:14:08,512 --> 00:14:10,330 which most definitely will happen. 169 00:14:11,690 --> 00:14:13,424 At night, you watch. 170 00:14:13,684 --> 00:14:15,541 Shadows come, shadows go. 171 00:14:15,713 --> 00:14:17,612 Are they against us? Are they with us? 172 00:14:17,637 --> 00:14:19,213 Don't know, don't care. 173 00:14:19,393 --> 00:14:22,134 They cut the wire, next day you repair the wire. 174 00:14:22,159 --> 00:14:23,541 Rinse and repeat. 175 00:14:24,276 --> 00:14:27,631 I'll be checking in on you every couple days. 176 00:14:28,416 --> 00:14:30,237 This is a cush detail 177 00:14:30,262 --> 00:14:31,791 and it will not last forever, 178 00:14:32,778 --> 00:14:34,379 so do not take it for granted 179 00:14:34,656 --> 00:14:36,276 and do not screw it up. 180 00:15:31,934 --> 00:15:33,065 Sarge. 181 00:15:35,330 --> 00:15:36,566 Wake up, gentlemen. 182 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,885 Let's go. 183 00:15:37,994 --> 00:15:39,205 Come on, wake up. 184 00:15:39,341 --> 00:15:41,245 Think you're sleeping in on vacation here? 185 00:15:42,323 --> 00:15:43,674 Murillo. 186 00:15:43,802 --> 00:15:45,659 Show 'em. Open the case. 187 00:15:46,830 --> 00:15:48,596 - Look what Sarge got for us. - Yeah. 188 00:15:48,620 --> 00:15:49,944 - Hell, man. - Yeah. 189 00:15:49,945 --> 00:15:51,470 Holy crap, Sarge. 190 00:15:51,495 --> 00:15:52,849 How'd you score this? 191 00:15:52,883 --> 00:15:55,184 Still want to play me in high-stakes poker? Whoa, whoa! 192 00:15:55,219 --> 00:15:56,853 Whoa. Back up. 193 00:15:57,401 --> 00:15:59,307 Now, this camp, I swear to God. 194 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:01,541 I need you to police it up, 195 00:16:01,792 --> 00:16:04,026 and I need it done ASAP. Right now. 196 00:16:04,061 --> 00:16:06,596 Pull yourselves together. And then... 197 00:16:06,630 --> 00:16:07,964 we celebrate. 198 00:16:09,365 --> 00:16:10,666 You got two hours. 199 00:16:12,245 --> 00:16:14,055 Murillo, anyone makes a move on the crate, 200 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,371 you give 'em a serious ass kicking, 201 00:16:15,405 --> 00:16:16,873 - that's an order. - Roger that, Sarge. 202 00:16:17,479 --> 00:16:18,995 Townie, Murphy, 203 00:16:19,275 --> 00:16:20,948 get dressed, you're with me on the wire. 204 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,052 Man, this ville leaks like a sieve. 205 00:16:30,087 --> 00:16:31,635 That's affirmative, Murph. 206 00:16:31,785 --> 00:16:34,119 These yo-yos, they come and go at will, 207 00:16:34,358 --> 00:16:35,721 like they own the place. 208 00:16:35,926 --> 00:16:38,127 Well, hey, man, they sort of do own the place. 209 00:16:38,745 --> 00:16:40,221 I mean, it's their ville, right? 210 00:16:40,932 --> 00:16:42,159 No excuses. 211 00:16:42,588 --> 00:16:44,049 Just saying, man. 212 00:17:02,472 --> 00:17:04,439 Been having nightmares about this ville 213 00:17:04,464 --> 00:17:06,221 since the last time I was here. 214 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:09,761 Your men are the sloppiest bunch of junkyard dogs I've ever seen. 215 00:17:09,786 --> 00:17:12,190 Oh, no, no, sir. They're in good form. 216 00:17:12,681 --> 00:17:14,009 Hmm. 217 00:17:17,352 --> 00:17:19,768 Sir, I was wondering if I could ask you a favor. 218 00:17:20,482 --> 00:17:23,485 I just heard that my brother is at LZ Gloria, 219 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:25,107 and he's in a bit of trouble. 220 00:17:25,142 --> 00:17:28,221 Guess he's been Article 15'd, and, well, I was wondering, 221 00:17:28,246 --> 00:17:30,307 since it's under 20 klicks from here, 222 00:17:30,535 --> 00:17:32,636 if I can get on the next supply chopper, 223 00:17:32,873 --> 00:17:34,441 hitch a ride, go to him. 224 00:17:34,466 --> 00:17:36,120 Well, it's all sun and fun out here, 225 00:17:36,145 --> 00:17:37,963 but you realize there's a war going on? 226 00:17:37,988 --> 00:17:39,489 No, I-I know, I know that, but I... 227 00:17:40,991 --> 00:17:42,510 Did you catch this yourself? 228 00:17:43,338 --> 00:17:44,549 Oh, is this for me? 229 00:17:44,895 --> 00:17:46,295 Lanh! Lanh! 230 00:17:47,722 --> 00:17:48,755 Lanh! 231 00:17:51,674 --> 00:17:53,932 Hey, you little pissant Ho Chi Minh, 232 00:17:53,957 --> 00:17:55,721 we don't want your fish. Di di pronto. 233 00:17:55,746 --> 00:17:57,315 - Di di pronto. Scram. - Hey, Townie, 234 00:17:57,620 --> 00:17:59,542 take it easy, okay? He's just a kid. 235 00:17:59,576 --> 00:18:01,978 Yeah, now he is, but wait till he turns 15. 236 00:18:02,012 --> 00:18:04,174 Little commie runt will slip through that stupid wire 237 00:18:04,199 --> 00:18:06,015 we patch up every night and start blowing us away. 238 00:18:06,049 --> 00:18:07,127 Townie. 239 00:18:15,268 --> 00:18:16,612 He's not wrong. 240 00:18:17,561 --> 00:18:19,245 Due respect, sir... 241 00:18:20,685 --> 00:18:23,510 I'm asking you for 24 hours to go see my brother. 242 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,424 Sergeant, you're down two men already. 243 00:18:25,907 --> 00:18:27,143 I can't spare you. 244 00:18:27,811 --> 00:18:30,276 And your squad doesn't exactly inspire me with confidence. 245 00:19:24,273 --> 00:19:25,398 Hey there, Joe. 246 00:19:25,423 --> 00:19:26,617 Hello, Mrs. Pearson. 247 00:19:31,333 --> 00:19:32,663 Oh, I'm such a klutz. 248 00:19:34,378 --> 00:19:35,671 Have a good day, Joe. 249 00:20:20,983 --> 00:20:22,234 Hey, Ma. 250 00:20:22,259 --> 00:20:23,828 Just checking on you. 251 00:20:43,029 --> 00:20:44,335 Dear family, 252 00:20:44,945 --> 00:20:47,814 I'm up at a forward firebase called LZ Gloria 253 00:20:47,848 --> 00:20:50,413 somewhere out in the boonies of Quang Nam Province. 254 00:20:50,734 --> 00:20:52,296 I got Article 15'd. 255 00:20:52,492 --> 00:20:54,821 That's getting my rank busted to PFC 256 00:20:54,855 --> 00:20:56,701 for "reckless endangerment to myself 257 00:20:56,726 --> 00:20:58,256 and to my fellow soldiers," 258 00:20:58,281 --> 00:21:00,976 like I'm the danger, and not this messed up war. 259 00:21:08,312 --> 00:21:10,513 I'm not getting out of here alive, I know that, 260 00:21:10,704 --> 00:21:13,240 but I'm not dying on anyone's terms but my own. 261 00:21:16,328 --> 00:21:18,498 I'm living in hell on earth, family. 262 00:21:18,523 --> 00:21:20,960 Hell, I may have already died and I don't even know it. 263 00:21:28,632 --> 00:21:30,189 I hope to see you again. 264 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,367 Wherever that may be. 265 00:21:33,406 --> 00:21:34,663 Love, Nick. 266 00:22:08,866 --> 00:22:10,320 Jack Pearson? 267 00:22:15,406 --> 00:22:16,936 Your pulse is high. 268 00:22:17,453 --> 00:22:19,072 Doctors make me nervous. 269 00:22:19,106 --> 00:22:21,865 I've been your family doctor since you were six, Jack. 270 00:22:21,890 --> 00:22:25,092 If I'm still making you nervous, I'm not doing my job very well. 271 00:22:26,281 --> 00:22:28,514 Hey, you know, Nicky wanted to be a doctor? 272 00:22:29,617 --> 00:22:30,883 Wants... 273 00:22:31,187 --> 00:22:32,398 Wants to be a doctor. 274 00:22:32,437 --> 00:22:34,101 - Didn't know that. - Yeah. 275 00:22:34,555 --> 00:22:37,123 Maybe because he was always sick as a kid. 276 00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:38,804 I don't know. 277 00:22:39,367 --> 00:22:41,861 But he did love the science of it all, I think. 278 00:22:43,757 --> 00:22:45,437 And even when we were little, 279 00:22:45,757 --> 00:22:47,218 I-if I got a cold... 280 00:22:49,023 --> 00:22:53,201 he'd-he'd try to figure out the perfect combo of O.J. or soup 281 00:22:53,226 --> 00:22:55,029 to make me feel better, you know? 282 00:23:06,874 --> 00:23:08,781 I want to enlist, Doc. 283 00:23:10,761 --> 00:23:12,234 I need to be there with him. 284 00:23:14,078 --> 00:23:16,498 You have a legitimate reason not to go, Jack. 285 00:23:16,523 --> 00:23:17,631 The tachycardia... 286 00:23:17,656 --> 00:23:19,460 It's a harmless irregular heartbeat. 287 00:23:19,851 --> 00:23:22,502 Look, I was fine to take the 4-F, avoid the war. 288 00:23:22,536 --> 00:23:24,195 I'm not stupid, but... 289 00:23:25,781 --> 00:23:27,421 well, he's there now, 290 00:23:28,501 --> 00:23:29,742 and he's struggling. 291 00:23:31,247 --> 00:23:35,054 Look, I just need to be where he is. 292 00:23:36,859 --> 00:23:39,257 Okay? Even if I can't get to him. 293 00:23:39,742 --> 00:23:42,359 Even if I can't do anything for him. 294 00:23:42,461 --> 00:23:44,726 I just need to be there. 295 00:23:46,703 --> 00:23:48,374 He's my little brother, Doc. 296 00:23:49,413 --> 00:23:51,085 It's my job to take care of him. 297 00:23:51,835 --> 00:23:53,882 That is my only job. 298 00:23:58,343 --> 00:24:00,706 Do a hundred push-ups right before you go in. 299 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,381 Then catch your breath. That should help you pass. 300 00:24:04,406 --> 00:24:06,045 Should help balance it out. 301 00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:08,765 If they notice anything, 302 00:24:09,109 --> 00:24:10,616 just say you're nervous. 303 00:24:10,651 --> 00:24:13,357 Honestly, they'll probably be so surprised 304 00:24:13,382 --> 00:24:16,304 to see anybody volunteer for this damn war now, 305 00:24:17,158 --> 00:24:19,085 it's your brain they'll want to check. 306 00:24:49,493 --> 00:24:51,211 Want a little coffee with your sugar? 307 00:24:51,236 --> 00:24:52,328 Funny. 308 00:24:58,805 --> 00:25:01,844 So you just gonna stand around, watch me work all day? 309 00:25:02,328 --> 00:25:03,773 Hey, man, I'm just... 310 00:25:04,825 --> 00:25:06,325 trying to pass the time. 311 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,922 Get any sleep? 312 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:12,961 Not really. You? 313 00:25:13,259 --> 00:25:15,727 Slept like a baby, 'cause everything's gonna be all right. 314 00:25:15,988 --> 00:25:17,719 Yeah, not if my number comes up. 315 00:25:18,890 --> 00:25:20,148 The lottery, I mean. 316 00:25:20,379 --> 00:25:21,789 It's not gonna happen, Nicky. 317 00:25:23,471 --> 00:25:24,883 - It might. - It won't. 318 00:25:25,687 --> 00:25:26,805 Yeah, I know. 319 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:29,508 - You got a plan. - I don't. 320 00:25:29,658 --> 00:25:30,922 Yeah, you do. 321 00:25:34,059 --> 00:25:35,672 My own personal Superman. 322 00:25:37,101 --> 00:25:38,351 Just your big brother. 323 00:25:38,443 --> 00:25:39,672 And I'm your Lois Lane. 324 00:25:39,697 --> 00:25:42,165 Always needing to be saved. 325 00:25:42,570 --> 00:25:45,453 You know that is not who you are, right? 326 00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:49,062 Okay. 327 00:25:53,112 --> 00:25:54,312 Hey, look, we'll... 328 00:25:54,527 --> 00:25:56,008 we'll watch at the bar tonight. 329 00:25:58,525 --> 00:25:59,773 I have a plan. 330 00:26:03,701 --> 00:26:05,031 Thanks, Supe. 331 00:26:14,695 --> 00:26:17,375 ...the president may be under great pressure 332 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,742 to reciprocate, possibly by announcing 333 00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:22,234 a heavier second step American troop withdrawal... 334 00:26:22,288 --> 00:26:24,689 - Hey, Nicky. Let's go. - It's almost time. 335 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:27,344 No, we're gonna watch it downtown. 336 00:26:27,369 --> 00:26:28,768 You're not watching it here? 337 00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:31,281 It's draft lottery, it's not the Super Bowl. 338 00:26:33,134 --> 00:26:34,734 Remember, sweetie, 339 00:26:34,863 --> 00:26:37,865 you were born lucky, and I'm praying for you. 340 00:26:37,890 --> 00:26:39,867 - Thanks, Mom. - Yeah, thanks, Mommy. 341 00:26:42,114 --> 00:26:43,375 Look out for your brother. 342 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,555 Always do. 343 00:26:44,620 --> 00:26:47,234 Yeah, God forbid he learns to look out for himself. 344 00:27:03,398 --> 00:27:05,094 ♪ From your dream ♪ 345 00:27:05,148 --> 00:27:07,805 ♪ And you look into the mirror ♪ 346 00:27:07,899 --> 00:27:09,703 ♪ By the bed ♪ 347 00:27:11,055 --> 00:27:12,844 ♪ Do you wonder ♪ 348 00:27:13,869 --> 00:27:16,039 ♪ As the day grows... ♪ 349 00:27:20,717 --> 00:27:21,890 Slow down. 350 00:27:22,144 --> 00:27:24,289 Nick, slow down. 351 00:27:25,005 --> 00:27:26,984 Oh, they're gonna call my number. 352 00:27:27,009 --> 00:27:29,867 I just know they're gonna call my number. 353 00:27:31,294 --> 00:27:33,773 Hey, you were born lucky. Remember? 354 00:27:34,435 --> 00:27:37,672 Your birthday is gonna be the 365th one called tonight, 355 00:27:37,697 --> 00:27:39,398 and you're not gonna get drafted. 356 00:27:41,358 --> 00:27:43,000 We just don't want to hear "October 18" 357 00:27:43,025 --> 00:27:45,026 for a very long time tonight. 358 00:27:45,051 --> 00:27:46,344 Yeah. 359 00:27:51,773 --> 00:27:55,203 You know, I read that the cutoff is something like 200. 360 00:27:55,562 --> 00:27:57,578 And anybody picked after that's probably not gonna go. 361 00:27:57,603 --> 00:28:00,390 We interrupt this broadcast to go live 362 00:28:00,415 --> 00:28:03,383 to the Selective Service National Draft Lottery. 363 00:28:04,603 --> 00:28:05,937 The director of Selective Service 364 00:28:05,962 --> 00:28:07,656 is going to establish tonight 365 00:28:08,341 --> 00:28:11,070 a random selection sequence 366 00:28:11,877 --> 00:28:15,336 for induction for 1970. 367 00:28:23,314 --> 00:28:25,750 September 14. 368 00:28:26,351 --> 00:28:28,398 September 14, 369 00:28:28,490 --> 00:28:31,008 zero, zero, one. 370 00:28:32,605 --> 00:28:34,836 April 24. 371 00:28:35,715 --> 00:28:37,062 April 24 372 00:28:37,087 --> 00:28:38,797 is zero, zero, two. 373 00:28:40,002 --> 00:28:42,003 December 30. 374 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:43,933 December 30 375 00:28:44,694 --> 00:28:47,234 is zero, zero, three. 376 00:28:48,148 --> 00:28:50,664 February 14. 377 00:28:50,902 --> 00:28:54,406 February 14 is zero, zero, four. 378 00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,258 October 18. 379 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,101 October 18, 380 00:29:02,746 --> 00:29:05,226 zero, zero, five. 381 00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:09,258 September 6. 382 00:29:10,801 --> 00:29:12,375 September 6 383 00:29:12,453 --> 00:29:14,210 is zero, zero, six. 384 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,406 - October... - We'll get you to Canada. 385 00:29:18,143 --> 00:29:20,023 I know a guy. He-he'll get you set up. 386 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,930 Get a place to live, a job, everything. 387 00:29:22,955 --> 00:29:24,489 I don't even have a passport. 388 00:29:24,514 --> 00:29:26,469 You don't need one. Look, all you need 389 00:29:26,494 --> 00:29:28,515 is a driver's license and a reason. 390 00:29:29,211 --> 00:29:31,949 Okay? The guards, t-they don't even carry guns. 391 00:29:33,963 --> 00:29:35,281 It's gonna be okay. 392 00:29:36,466 --> 00:29:38,805 November 22. 393 00:29:40,731 --> 00:29:42,578 November 22, 394 00:29:43,144 --> 00:29:45,359 zero, zero, nine. 395 00:29:46,821 --> 00:29:48,531 December 6. 396 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:50,898 December 6 397 00:29:50,923 --> 00:29:52,742 is zero, one, zero. 398 00:30:23,837 --> 00:30:25,422 Make me proud, son. 399 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,836 You guys enjoy your hunting trip. 400 00:30:57,939 --> 00:30:59,078 Thanks, Ma. 401 00:31:01,553 --> 00:31:04,453 I love you, Nicky. I love you so much. 402 00:31:05,542 --> 00:31:06,976 I love you, too. 403 00:31:51,879 --> 00:31:53,846 He's never gonna speak to me again. 404 00:31:55,665 --> 00:31:56,906 Lucky. 405 00:32:02,389 --> 00:32:05,836 Hey, you know it's not your job to fight his demons, Nick. 406 00:32:17,837 --> 00:32:19,492 I wonder what happens next to me. 407 00:32:24,244 --> 00:32:25,617 It's weird, isn't it... 408 00:32:26,735 --> 00:32:28,375 the way we think about our lives? 409 00:32:30,364 --> 00:32:31,515 What's next? 410 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,101 What happens next? 411 00:32:34,961 --> 00:32:36,359 Always moving forward. 412 00:32:40,195 --> 00:32:41,656 I wonder if things would make more sense 413 00:32:41,681 --> 00:32:43,555 if you looked at everything in reverse. 414 00:32:44,134 --> 00:32:45,226 Like, if you... 415 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,594 started at the end, 416 00:32:48,798 --> 00:32:51,523 and move backwards and try to figure out how you got there. 417 00:32:55,547 --> 00:32:57,609 I wish I could do that right now. 418 00:33:08,039 --> 00:33:09,742 I read that you could become a medic 419 00:33:09,767 --> 00:33:11,668 if you train in Texas for two months. 420 00:33:13,999 --> 00:33:16,101 Medics get shot, too, Nicky. 421 00:33:27,562 --> 00:33:28,975 We're almost 30 miles from the border. 422 00:33:29,009 --> 00:33:31,234 Let's... let's get a motel. 423 00:33:31,523 --> 00:33:34,062 Get some rest. You... you can cross tomorrow. 424 00:34:40,107 --> 00:34:41,911 Nicky, go long. 425 00:34:42,341 --> 00:34:43,843 I won't catch it. 426 00:34:43,878 --> 00:34:46,192 You can do it, come on. Go long. 427 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:53,895 Ow. 428 00:34:58,225 --> 00:34:59,759 It's okay, Nicky, you're okay. 429 00:34:59,794 --> 00:35:01,428 - My glasses. - It's okay, it's okay, 430 00:35:01,462 --> 00:35:03,114 it's okay. You're-you're fine. 431 00:35:07,028 --> 00:35:09,192 If he sees the glasses he'll be mad. 432 00:35:10,302 --> 00:35:12,122 He'll be mad at me, not you. 433 00:35:13,083 --> 00:35:14,606 I'll never let him touch you. 434 00:35:16,250 --> 00:35:18,011 I hate my glasses, anyway. 435 00:35:18,973 --> 00:35:21,020 Come on. They make you look smart. 436 00:35:21,311 --> 00:35:23,211 No one tough wears glasses. 437 00:35:24,302 --> 00:35:25,763 What about Superman? 438 00:35:25,908 --> 00:35:27,809 Superman doesn't wear glasses. 439 00:35:28,164 --> 00:35:29,606 He does when he's Clark Kent. 440 00:35:29,631 --> 00:35:31,067 Not when he's Superman. 441 00:35:31,809 --> 00:35:33,669 He's a tough guy in disguise. 442 00:35:34,625 --> 00:35:35,825 That's you, Nicky. 443 00:35:36,395 --> 00:35:39,364 You're Clark Kent. You're CK. 444 00:35:40,059 --> 00:35:41,497 Tough guy in disguise. 445 00:35:42,136 --> 00:35:44,028 Just a matter of time before people realize 446 00:35:44,053 --> 00:35:45,520 you're actually Superman. 447 00:36:06,141 --> 00:36:07,895 Christ's sake, clean up your toys. 448 00:36:18,172 --> 00:36:21,074 Don't you tell me what I need! 449 00:36:21,108 --> 00:36:23,473 Stanley, it's late. 450 00:36:23,770 --> 00:36:27,147 Please, hey... don't touch... don't touch that. 451 00:36:27,181 --> 00:36:28,598 Don't! 452 00:36:28,623 --> 00:36:29,880 Hey! 453 00:36:32,805 --> 00:36:36,040 I don't want to hear it. Bring that back! 454 00:36:36,065 --> 00:36:38,600 Leave me alone, leave that here. 455 00:36:38,816 --> 00:36:40,116 All right? I don't want to hear it. 456 00:36:40,141 --> 00:36:41,708 All right, get back to your... 457 00:36:43,915 --> 00:36:46,645 - ...touch that. - Maybe if you don't need another three. 458 00:36:47,066 --> 00:36:49,044 Don't you dare tell me what I need. 459 00:36:49,069 --> 00:36:50,302 Leave her alone. 460 00:36:55,045 --> 00:36:56,312 Isn't this cute? 461 00:36:59,278 --> 00:37:00,545 Okay, Stanley, come on. 462 00:37:08,964 --> 00:37:10,669 Three of you deserve each other. 463 00:37:19,536 --> 00:37:20,900 I'm sorry, boys. 464 00:37:21,231 --> 00:37:22,535 I'm so sorry. 465 00:37:22,742 --> 00:37:24,544 He didn't use to be this way. 466 00:37:26,715 --> 00:37:27,785 Jack. 467 00:37:27,848 --> 00:37:29,591 Sweetie, your heart is racing. 468 00:37:30,364 --> 00:37:31,919 It always beats fast. 469 00:37:32,011 --> 00:37:33,294 I'm fine. 470 00:37:41,803 --> 00:37:44,157 - Oh, Stanley, I'm scared. - No, no, just keep breathing. 471 00:37:44,166 --> 00:37:46,973 You're doing great. Mom's gonna be just fine, Jack. 472 00:37:47,063 --> 00:37:48,835 Okay, sir, we'll take it from here. 473 00:37:48,860 --> 00:37:50,804 - Stanley. - No, no, come on, hon, 474 00:37:50,829 --> 00:37:51,991 you've done this before. 475 00:37:52,016 --> 00:37:53,517 Okay? You did great the first time, 476 00:37:53,542 --> 00:37:55,009 - you're gonna do great now. - Okay. Right. 477 00:37:58,274 --> 00:37:59,454 Jack. 478 00:38:07,798 --> 00:38:11,325 You're a lucky woman, having a baby on October 18. 479 00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:14,662 18 is my lucky number, you know? 480 00:38:15,282 --> 00:38:17,852 My best daughter was born on the 18th, 481 00:38:17,994 --> 00:38:20,097 I was 18 when I got married 482 00:38:20,423 --> 00:38:22,860 and June 18 is my anniversary. 483 00:38:24,042 --> 00:38:26,196 Yes, ma'am, super lucky day today. 484 00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:27,610 Lucky baby. 485 00:38:29,030 --> 00:38:31,579 My husband's hoping I can hold out till tomorrow. 486 00:38:32,409 --> 00:38:34,595 The 19th is his father's birthday. 487 00:38:35,217 --> 00:38:36,508 You like his father? 488 00:38:43,953 --> 00:38:46,082 Dad, do you want a boy or a girl? 489 00:38:46,844 --> 00:38:48,481 - Truth? - Truth. 490 00:38:50,367 --> 00:38:51,762 I want another boy. 491 00:38:56,074 --> 00:38:57,590 Ah, there you are. 492 00:38:57,900 --> 00:38:59,043 Hey, Dad. 493 00:38:59,965 --> 00:39:01,770 Eh, any news? 494 00:39:01,947 --> 00:39:03,590 No, not yet. 495 00:39:04,178 --> 00:39:05,324 Oh. 496 00:39:09,744 --> 00:39:11,028 You pick a name? 497 00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:14,231 Yeah. Nick if it's a boy, 498 00:39:14,256 --> 00:39:16,257 and Noreen if it's a girl. 499 00:39:16,949 --> 00:39:18,145 What do you think? 500 00:39:19,121 --> 00:39:20,288 Yeah. 501 00:39:20,705 --> 00:39:21,965 Yeah, sure. 502 00:39:23,836 --> 00:39:24,879 Yeah. 503 00:39:33,332 --> 00:39:35,031 Come on! I know you can do this. 504 00:39:36,084 --> 00:39:37,465 You're doing good, come on. 505 00:39:39,230 --> 00:39:40,504 Keep pushing. 506 00:39:47,777 --> 00:39:49,239 It's been hours. 507 00:39:49,946 --> 00:39:51,137 Yeah. 508 00:39:57,010 --> 00:39:58,223 You want a swig? 509 00:39:58,996 --> 00:40:01,098 Come on, Dad, you know I don't drink. 510 00:40:09,637 --> 00:40:12,043 Hey, Dad, you know, if that kid's born after midnight, 511 00:40:12,068 --> 00:40:13,465 you'll share a birthday. 512 00:40:17,935 --> 00:40:20,989 Yeah, well, it is getting late. 513 00:40:21,551 --> 00:40:23,645 Your mother's held dinner for me. 514 00:40:25,048 --> 00:40:26,746 I expect you'll send word. 515 00:40:29,578 --> 00:40:31,934 - Thanks for coming down, Dad. - Yeah. 516 00:40:43,035 --> 00:40:44,223 Here you go. 517 00:40:45,174 --> 00:40:46,574 Here's your mama. 518 00:40:53,543 --> 00:40:56,324 Well, 11:58 p.m.... 519 00:40:56,349 --> 00:40:58,090 made it just by the skin of our teeth. 520 00:40:59,642 --> 00:41:01,520 That guy, right there. 521 00:41:02,549 --> 00:41:03,934 That's your little brother. 522 00:41:05,012 --> 00:41:06,754 October 18 after all. 523 00:41:07,456 --> 00:41:10,121 18 is a very lucky number. 524 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,590 Very lucky number indeed. 525 00:41:12,907 --> 00:41:13,996 Now, remember... 526 00:41:14,491 --> 00:41:17,754 big brothers look out for their little brothers. 527 00:41:18,512 --> 00:41:19,832 It's their only job. 528 00:41:20,867 --> 00:41:22,621 It's the only thing that matters. 529 00:41:25,272 --> 00:41:26,873 And you know what? 530 00:41:27,283 --> 00:41:29,106 All these little guys in there... 531 00:41:29,614 --> 00:41:31,356 every single one of 'em... 532 00:41:31,801 --> 00:41:34,489 they have the same birthday as your little brother. 533 00:42:07,833 --> 00:42:09,137 Hey, little brother.