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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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[singer vocalizing]
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[projector whirring]
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-[crackling]
-[rumbling]
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[wind blowing]
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[animal bellowing]
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[running hoofbeats]
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[grunting, snorting]
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[engine roaring]
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MAN: Come on!
Come on! Come on!
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[bellows]
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Come on, boys!
Let'’s go faster!
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Let'’s go! Let'’s go! Let'’s go!
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Get alongside it!
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Can you picture it?
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I mean, what a way
to start the movie, right?
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Except... it'’s not exactly
how it happened.
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All right, boys!
It'’s camel tonight!
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I wasn'’t wearing
the Jockey underwear.
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-Joe!
-What? It'’s the truth.
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Well, you can'’t tell them that.
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That'’s why I added
the Jockey underwear.
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[laughs uncomfortably]
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Look, if you'’re serious
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about turning this
into a movie...
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that last thing I want
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is it making me out to be
some sort of choir boy.
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I mean, you ask anybody
who knows me,
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I was a hellion of a kid
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who nobody wanted.
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I was always in trouble,
or causing it.
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So...
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...if you told me that saying
a prayer on the 50-yard line
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was the thing that was
gonna get me
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in the biggest fight
of my life,
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you can'’t tell me that God
doesn'’t have a sense of humor.
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We don'’t-- we don'’t know how
this thing'’s gonna play out.
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I mean,
we'’re still waiting to see
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if the Supreme Court
is even gonna hear the case.
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But...
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whatever happens,
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the one thing everyone
needs to know is that...
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it'’s all her fault.
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What?
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That... that is not true.
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You'’re being way too humble.
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You'’re the one who taught me
that there are still things
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worth fighting for.
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♪ ♪
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["Megaforce" by 707 playing]
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You ready?
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I had just gotten
kicked out of Jefferson.
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Oh, wait.
Maybe it was Baldwin.
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DENISE: No, it was Jefferson.
Baldwin was later.
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JOE: Oh, that'’s right.
That'’s right. Thanks, hon.
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CHRIS: What'’d you do this time?
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Put Ex-Lax
in Ms. Jakobiak'’s coffee.
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Awesome!
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Yeah, man. She gave me
three detentions last week.
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She deserved it.
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-Wanna come over for dinner?
-Yeah.
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My mom'’s making tuna casserole.
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[tires skidding]
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-What'’s wrong?
-Look. Over there. It'’s her.
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The new girl.
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She was in my class today.
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JOE: What?
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[sighs dreamily]
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I'’m gonna marry her.
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Joey, you'’ve gotta go over there
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and tell her that I love her.
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Why can'’t you just go do it?
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Come on! Go over there
and see if she likes me, okay?
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Fine.
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["Innocence of Love" playing]
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JOE:
As I walked up the drive,
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I swear, time slowed down
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like one of those
cheesy romance movies.
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♪ We have the innocence
of love ♪
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[exhales deeply]
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♪ We hold the-- ♪
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-YOUNG DENISE: Wait.
-[record scratches]
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That'’s not even close
to how it happened.
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-It'’s not?
-No.
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That'’s exactly
how I remember it.
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No. No, what I remember is...
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I was playing in the yard,
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minding my own business,
when...
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Will you marry me?
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You'’re creepy.
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Mom!
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[lock clicks]
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Okay. Maybe you'’re right.
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But you can decide later
which way to film it.
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[sighs]
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Well? What'’d she say?
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I'’m gonna marry her.
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What? No. I am!
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[breathing rapidly]
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["She'’s the Medicine"
by Hot Mute playing]
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JOE: See, I told you.
It was my very first fight.
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All because of Denise.
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[boys grunting]
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Off my lawn!
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Hey! Hey!
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Get off my lawn!
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♪ Oh, baby, don'’t make me. ♪
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Got it?
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Did you miss naptime? Okay.
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So, why don'’t you focus
on dinner?
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We'’ll go to bed afterwards.
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-It'’s okay.
-[child crying]
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What happened?
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Got in a fight with Chris.
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MOTHER:
Joseph Anthony Kennedy!
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You'’re gettin'’ mud
all over my clean floors!
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JOE: So when my birth mother
gave me up for adoption,
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she was told I was going
to an older, wealthy couple
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who lived on a farm
and couldn'’t have kids.
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As you can see,
that was a big lie.
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Just eat.
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[school bell rings]
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[echoing slam]
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JOE:
Oh, I hated school.
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Hated it.
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So I found other ways
to educate myself.
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["Call It a Day"
by Leon Creek playing]
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Yep. I was a pool hustler.
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Good game.
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-JOE: For a 20% cut...
-Thanks.
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...the bartender was
happy to look the other way.
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Best math class I ever had.
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While it lasted.
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[engine idling]
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MOTHER:
Get out.
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JOE: When no one in the church
directory would take me in,
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my mom found a family friend
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who offered a more...
hands-on approach.
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♪ ♪
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MOTHER:
Let'’s go.
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[spits]
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Bring your gear, boy.
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You small and deaf?
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I said bring your gear!
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[seabirds squawking]
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[chuckles]
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Who taught you
how to use a knife?
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We got lines to pull yet.
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-Move it.
-I'’m trying!
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-You talkin'’ back to me, boy?
-I said I'’m trying!
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And I said you'’re talking
back to me, boy!
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♪ ♪
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Maybe nobody ever taught you
any respect.
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You ungrateful little bastard.
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[grunting]
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[grunts]
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-Never disrespect me.
-JOE: No. No. No!
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MAN:
What did I say?!
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-[thudding blows]
-Never disrespect!
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♪ ♪
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[indistinct chatter]
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Oh, my heavens.
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-Joey.
-Jesus, Mary and Joseph, son.
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JOE:
My mom swore she didn'’t know.
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But it didn'’t matter.
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Something inside me
had changed.
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And no one would ever
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knock me around
like that again.
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Not without a fight.
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[dog barking in distance]
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-[door slams]
-[woman screams]
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[muffled yelling in distance]
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MAN: All you do
is you stay at home all day!
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♪ ♪
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[muffled yelling continues]
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♪ ♪
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I-I'’m sorry.
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Can I come in?
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[yelling continues in distance]
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You... like grape?
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They'’re my favorite.
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[snorts] Mine, too.
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Thanks.
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What happened to your eye?
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My sister hit me
with a Barbie doll.
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[giggles]
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Does it hurt?
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Nah.
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-[glass shatters]
-[woman screams]
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Can I ask you something?
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♪ ♪
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Does it work?
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What?
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Praying.
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I saw you through the door.
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I hope so.
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[yelling continues in distance]
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[woman screaming]
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♪ ♪
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Don'’t worry.
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We'’re safe in here.
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You still think I'’m creepy?
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I guess you'’re not so bad.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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[birds chirping]
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DENISE: Joe claims he fell
in love with me at first sight.
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It was his letters that
made me fall in love with him.
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♪ ♪
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[muffled yelling in distance]
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They let me see the real Joe.
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The one that wasn'’t
always in trouble.
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He has this sweet side that
most people don'’t get to see.
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Oh, I'’m sure those letters
are super cheesy.
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[giggles] No, they weren'’t!
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No, they-they were what
got me through those nights.
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Knowing that...
that you were there...
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as much as you could be.
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MOTHER: This is an expulsion,
not a suspension.
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Do you know the difference
in those two words?
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-Yeah, but is this necessary?
-Just take care of it.
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[sighs]
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How '’bout you and me
go camping this weekend?
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Just the two of us.
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Really?
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You'’re not...
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you'’re not mad at me?
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No.
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Yeah...
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-That'’d be cool.
-Right.
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♪ ♪
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JOE: We spent
two whole days together,
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cooking over a campfire,
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looking up at the stars.
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It was the first time
I ever felt
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like he was really my dad.
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JOE:
What'’s Mom doing?
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Joey... there'’s something
I gotta tell you.
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What'’s going on?
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Going on a little trip.
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♪ ♪
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Mom, we just got back.
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You'’re sending me away?
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I thought we had a good time.
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Joey, you'’re outta control.
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It'’s the fighting,
the suspensions.
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And now you'’re
getting expelled again?
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You brought this on yourself.
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Joey, get back here!
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Please come back.
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If he tries to hurt you...
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...write to me.
I'’ll find a way back. Okay?
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I'’m gonna marry you, remember?
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Wait. Just a second.
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-Joey, come on!
-Just let him say goodbye.
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I wish we'’d never adopted him.
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I'’m sorry about the color.
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I love the color.
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♪ ♪
264
00:15:30,619 --> 00:15:32,655
[sobbing]
265
00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:40,594
♪ ♪
266
00:15:46,704 --> 00:15:49,500
[engine rumbling]
267
00:15:52,675 --> 00:15:56,127
BOY: Oh, what a moppy boy.
Look at this kid.
268
00:15:57,715 --> 00:15:59,061
Look at this guy.
269
00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:02,789
Look at his dad.
270
00:16:02,927 --> 00:16:05,033
[chatter continues indistinctly]
271
00:16:05,171 --> 00:16:08,001
GIRL: Is that a trash bag?
[laughs]
272
00:16:12,868 --> 00:16:15,629
♪ ♪
273
00:16:17,838 --> 00:16:20,738
Aw. Is this
from your girlfriend?
274
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:24,328
[excited chatter]
275
00:16:29,264 --> 00:16:31,024
♪ ♪
276
00:16:34,683 --> 00:16:37,962
And you must be Joey.
Name'’s Ben.
277
00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:39,722
Now, you may be new here,
278
00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:42,518
but we don'’t handle things
with our fists.
279
00:16:42,656 --> 00:16:44,417
You understand?
280
00:16:44,555 --> 00:16:46,419
Come on. Inside.
281
00:16:50,768 --> 00:16:54,703
I thought I was fighting
because...
282
00:16:54,841 --> 00:16:56,843
because I was angry.
283
00:16:56,981 --> 00:16:58,431
But...
284
00:16:58,569 --> 00:17:01,123
now I can see it was...
285
00:17:01,261 --> 00:17:03,505
to stop the pain.
286
00:17:07,509 --> 00:17:09,787
BEN: I know it'’s not easy
ending up here.
287
00:17:09,925 --> 00:17:11,375
But all that fighting
isn'’t gonna
288
00:17:11,513 --> 00:17:14,481
stop the turmoil
between your ears, son.
289
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,796
Until you'’re ready
to let go of that anger...
290
00:17:20,867 --> 00:17:24,836
...it'’s just gonna keep
eatin'’ you up inside.
291
00:17:28,461 --> 00:17:31,429
Well... I'’ll call you
for dinner.
292
00:17:32,775 --> 00:17:34,639
[birds chirping]
293
00:17:34,777 --> 00:17:37,815
♪ ♪
294
00:17:45,409 --> 00:17:47,549
[insects chirring]
295
00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,541
Mom!
296
00:18:16,612 --> 00:18:19,305
Mom, I'’ll stop fighting,
I promise!
297
00:18:19,443 --> 00:18:21,030
I just wanna come home!
298
00:18:21,169 --> 00:18:22,825
Joey?
299
00:18:22,963 --> 00:18:24,448
Joey!
300
00:18:27,485 --> 00:18:28,900
Sorry, Ms. Roberts.
301
00:18:29,867 --> 00:18:31,386
I know it'’s early.
302
00:18:31,524 --> 00:18:33,353
You don'’t know, do you?
303
00:18:34,906 --> 00:18:36,632
Joey, they moved.
304
00:18:37,771 --> 00:18:39,566
♪ ♪
305
00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:57,377
-[creaking]
-♪ ♪
306
00:19:00,863 --> 00:19:02,244
Mom?
307
00:19:03,245 --> 00:19:04,695
Dad?
308
00:19:05,627 --> 00:19:06,938
Mom!
309
00:19:07,870 --> 00:19:09,493
Is anyone here?
310
00:19:24,887 --> 00:19:27,649
[anguished screaming]
311
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,651
♪ ♪
312
00:19:36,451 --> 00:19:38,763
[screaming continues]
313
00:19:50,223 --> 00:19:51,604
♪ ♪
314
00:19:57,575 --> 00:20:00,820
-[dialogue inaudible]
-♪ ♪
315
00:20:43,207 --> 00:20:44,519
[cicadas buzzing]
316
00:20:50,145 --> 00:20:53,976
I want you to look out there
and tell me what you see.
317
00:20:56,220 --> 00:20:57,463
I don'’t know.
318
00:20:58,084 --> 00:20:59,396
Bunch of rocks.
319
00:21:00,535 --> 00:21:02,019
What else?
320
00:21:03,745 --> 00:21:06,299
I don'’t see anything else.
321
00:21:08,197 --> 00:21:09,889
Well, look closely.
322
00:21:12,132 --> 00:21:14,100
[sighs]
323
00:21:14,238 --> 00:21:15,860
I see...
324
00:21:16,827 --> 00:21:18,622
...an ugly tree.
325
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,382
Yeah.
326
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,384
It is ugly, ain'’t it?
327
00:21:24,835 --> 00:21:26,423
But you know something?
328
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:30,806
Everything else has died away
329
00:21:30,944 --> 00:21:32,739
except that tree.
330
00:21:34,465 --> 00:21:36,674
It'’s got scars, sure, but...
331
00:21:36,812 --> 00:21:41,438
it'’s also the toughest
son of a gun out there.
332
00:21:47,858 --> 00:21:50,343
You'’re that tree, Joe.
333
00:21:51,793 --> 00:21:55,417
[cicadas chirring, buzzing]
334
00:21:55,555 --> 00:21:57,177
You sayin'’ I'’m ugly?
335
00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,593
[laughs softly]
336
00:21:58,731 --> 00:22:02,769
I'’m saying that you
are a survivor.
337
00:22:03,977 --> 00:22:06,325
But you can'’t do it alone.
338
00:22:06,463 --> 00:22:08,534
Neither could that tree.
339
00:22:08,672 --> 00:22:13,124
Only God can heal
all that hurt and anger.
340
00:22:13,262 --> 00:22:15,506
Why would God care about me?
341
00:22:16,542 --> 00:22:18,406
Nobody else does.
342
00:22:19,027 --> 00:22:21,926
Because God
doesn'’t make throwaways.
343
00:22:22,858 --> 00:22:24,619
♪ ♪
344
00:22:24,757 --> 00:22:27,346
Maybe you should give him a try.
345
00:22:32,592 --> 00:22:33,973
JOE:
So I did.
346
00:22:34,111 --> 00:22:36,596
DRILL INSTRUCTOR:
How lucky am I not to be related
347
00:22:36,734 --> 00:22:38,357
to any of you maggots?
348
00:22:38,495 --> 00:22:40,704
We have reached an all-time low
349
00:22:40,842 --> 00:22:44,915
because you turds smell
like shame and sadness!
350
00:22:45,053 --> 00:22:48,159
And your mommies
ain'’t gonna show up here
351
00:22:48,297 --> 00:22:49,609
with milk and cookies
352
00:22:49,747 --> 00:22:52,509
to make you feel better
about yourselves!
353
00:22:52,647 --> 00:22:55,235
Because I am your mommy now!
354
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:58,135
JOE:
I didn'’t have many options
after the boys'’ home, so...
355
00:22:58,273 --> 00:23:01,069
I decided to turn my love
of fighting into a career.
356
00:23:01,207 --> 00:23:03,485
Did you just say something,
recruit?
357
00:23:03,623 --> 00:23:06,419
-Sir, no, sir!
-That'’s what I thought!
358
00:23:07,109 --> 00:23:09,664
The Marine Corps
is your last chance!
359
00:23:09,802 --> 00:23:11,666
One, two, three, four,
United States Marine Corps!
360
00:23:11,804 --> 00:23:13,944
God, you call these push-ups?
361
00:23:14,082 --> 00:23:15,739
The Marine Corps
don'’t want you, recruit!
362
00:23:15,877 --> 00:23:17,706
They don'’t want you!
363
00:23:17,844 --> 00:23:20,364
DENISE: Dear Joe, I'’m finally
gettin'’ outta this place.
364
00:23:20,502 --> 00:23:22,884
I don'’t quite know
what I'’m gonna do yet,
365
00:23:23,022 --> 00:23:24,886
but I'’m hoping
to make something of myself.
366
00:23:25,024 --> 00:23:26,715
-Like you are.
-Why don'’t you just quit?
367
00:23:26,853 --> 00:23:28,648
-Go ahead and quit.
-Sir, no, sir.
368
00:23:28,786 --> 00:23:30,892
JOE: Dear Denise,
369
00:23:31,030 --> 00:23:33,929
Sorry I'’ve been MIA
for a while.
370
00:23:34,067 --> 00:23:36,207
I don'’t think I'’ve ever
been this tired in my life.
371
00:23:36,345 --> 00:23:38,382
It'’s the hardest thing
I'’ve ever done.
372
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:39,556
-Crawl!
-Move it, recruit!
373
00:23:39,694 --> 00:23:42,006
I love my job.
374
00:23:42,144 --> 00:23:43,525
DENISE:
I'’m excited,
375
00:23:43,663 --> 00:23:45,216
and so nervous
at the same time.
376
00:23:45,354 --> 00:23:47,115
I wonder if that'’s
how you felt, too.
377
00:23:47,253 --> 00:23:49,876
My three-legged dog can do
better jumping jacks than this!
378
00:23:50,014 --> 00:23:51,671
JOE:
This is the first thing
379
00:23:51,809 --> 00:23:53,432
I haven'’t been able
to hustle or steal.
380
00:23:53,570 --> 00:23:55,848
I'’ve had to fight every step
of the way and earn it.
381
00:23:55,986 --> 00:23:57,919
That'’s pretty cool.
382
00:23:58,057 --> 00:24:00,680
DENISE:
Anyway, here'’s my new address.
383
00:24:00,818 --> 00:24:02,924
Please write soon.
384
00:24:03,062 --> 00:24:05,720
P.S., I hope they aren'’t
being too hard on you.
385
00:24:07,135 --> 00:24:10,449
One, two, three, four,
I love the Marine Corps!
386
00:24:15,246 --> 00:24:17,801
[insects chirring]
387
00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:34,403
We out here
sweatin'’ our asses off
388
00:24:34,542 --> 00:24:35,922
and you would think
389
00:24:36,060 --> 00:24:40,340
that they would give us
some decent chow.
390
00:24:41,307 --> 00:24:44,724
Well, if this unit
isn'’t gonna respect me...
391
00:24:45,725 --> 00:24:49,211
...I ain'’t got no respect
for this unit.
392
00:24:54,423 --> 00:24:57,047
♪ ♪
393
00:24:59,394 --> 00:25:01,016
You stomp on that flag.
394
00:25:02,673 --> 00:25:03,709
Go on!
395
00:25:03,847 --> 00:25:04,951
Are you deaf?
396
00:25:05,089 --> 00:25:08,645
I gave you a direct order!
397
00:25:08,783 --> 00:25:11,889
Go on and stomp on that!
398
00:25:15,617 --> 00:25:17,067
Go on, now!
399
00:25:17,205 --> 00:25:19,759
What y'’all sittin'’
your asses around for?
400
00:25:20,588 --> 00:25:22,313
Stomp on that flag!
401
00:25:23,452 --> 00:25:25,903
That'’s right.
Stomp on that flag.
402
00:25:29,044 --> 00:25:31,012
Kennedy!
403
00:25:31,702 --> 00:25:34,878
You dare disobey a direct order?
404
00:25:35,016 --> 00:25:35,948
JOE:
Sir, no, sir.
405
00:25:36,086 --> 00:25:37,397
DRILL INSTRUCTOR:
You think
406
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,193
you all high and mighty,
Kennedy?
407
00:25:40,331 --> 00:25:41,816
Sir, no, sir!
408
00:25:41,954 --> 00:25:43,680
This private will not
disrespect his unit flag, sir!
409
00:25:43,818 --> 00:25:46,234
Get your ass over there
right now!
410
00:25:46,372 --> 00:25:49,133
Sir, no, sir! This private
takes great pride in his unit
411
00:25:49,271 --> 00:25:51,170
and will not disrespect
his unit flag, sir!
412
00:25:51,308 --> 00:25:54,483
Then you will get down
and you will give me push-ups
413
00:25:54,622 --> 00:25:56,485
until your arms fall off!
414
00:25:56,624 --> 00:25:59,040
-Do you hear me?
-Sir! Sir, yes, sir!
415
00:25:59,178 --> 00:26:01,939
Get on the ground
and give me push-ups!
416
00:26:02,077 --> 00:26:03,320
Let'’s go!
417
00:26:03,458 --> 00:26:06,047
Come on, now!
Oh, you call those push-ups?
418
00:26:06,185 --> 00:26:07,876
My sister can do better
push-ups than that!
419
00:26:08,014 --> 00:26:09,602
You can make this stop, Kennedy.
420
00:26:09,740 --> 00:26:10,845
All you gotta do is
go over there
421
00:26:10,983 --> 00:26:12,640
and stomp on that flag, Kennedy!
422
00:26:12,778 --> 00:26:14,814
Get over there
and stomp on that flag.
423
00:26:14,952 --> 00:26:16,575
Sir, no, sir!
424
00:26:16,713 --> 00:26:19,163
Oh, you something special,
don'’t you think, huh, Kennedy?
425
00:26:19,301 --> 00:26:21,787
Come on, now!
Those aren'’t push-ups!
426
00:26:21,925 --> 00:26:23,202
Think you'’re
some kind of hero, Kennedy?
427
00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:25,894
-Sir, no, sir!
-Did I say you could stop?
428
00:26:26,861 --> 00:26:29,208
Did I say you could stop?
429
00:26:29,346 --> 00:26:31,003
What are you doing?
430
00:26:32,418 --> 00:26:34,282
You can make this stop, Kennedy.
431
00:26:34,420 --> 00:26:37,872
All you gotta do
is stomp on that flag!
432
00:26:38,493 --> 00:26:41,703
Well, look at the trouble
you'’re causing, Kennedy!
433
00:26:41,841 --> 00:26:44,499
Look at the trouble
you'’re causing!
434
00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:47,191
Did I say you could stop?
435
00:26:47,329 --> 00:26:50,609
♪ ♪
436
00:26:53,473 --> 00:26:55,130
Get up!
437
00:27:17,152 --> 00:27:18,464
MARINE:
Oorah!
438
00:27:18,602 --> 00:27:20,569
-Oorah!
-OTHERS: Oorah!
439
00:27:20,708 --> 00:27:26,058
[overlapping shouting]
440
00:27:26,196 --> 00:27:27,715
-Oorah!
-Oorah!
441
00:27:27,853 --> 00:27:29,302
-Oorah! Oorah!
-Oorah! Oorah!
442
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,959
-Oorah!
-Oorah!
443
00:27:31,097 --> 00:27:34,549
-Oorah! Oorah!
-Oorah! Oorah!
444
00:27:34,687 --> 00:27:36,068
-Oorah!
-Oorah!
445
00:27:36,206 --> 00:27:37,586
-Oorah!
-Oorah...
446
00:27:37,725 --> 00:27:39,209
MAN 1: Thinkin'’ about
taking that new job.
447
00:27:40,175 --> 00:27:42,005
Hey, what'’s up, man?
448
00:27:42,143 --> 00:27:44,697
MAN 2:
Hey, is that Joe?
449
00:27:44,835 --> 00:27:48,045
["Beggars Can'’t Be Choosers"
by Tiago Guy playing]
450
00:27:48,183 --> 00:27:49,840
JOE:
Becoming a Marine
451
00:27:49,978 --> 00:27:53,223
was the proudest moment
of my life.
452
00:27:53,361 --> 00:27:57,779
And I finally felt worthy
of the woman of my dreams.
453
00:27:58,849 --> 00:28:01,127
Hey, Joe. Good to see you.
454
00:28:04,096 --> 00:28:06,961
♪ Given your leftovers ♪
455
00:28:07,099 --> 00:28:10,792
♪ Still, I'’m happy to receive ♪
456
00:28:10,930 --> 00:28:16,177
♪ See me smile
while you lead me on ♪
457
00:28:18,317 --> 00:28:20,906
JOE: There'’s only so much
you can put in a letter.
458
00:28:22,217 --> 00:28:24,979
I guess we both
started leaving things out.
459
00:28:26,152 --> 00:28:28,361
Some bigger than others.
460
00:28:28,499 --> 00:28:31,882
♪ In this game,
a natural loser ♪
461
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:33,712
♪ Born to be made use of... ♪
462
00:28:33,850 --> 00:28:36,369
JOE: I'’ve taken a lot
of punches in my life...
463
00:28:36,507 --> 00:28:38,199
but that was by far
the hardest.
464
00:28:38,337 --> 00:28:42,306
♪ A little love
is better than none ♪
465
00:28:42,444 --> 00:28:44,619
[song fades]
466
00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:47,967
[engine idling nearby]
467
00:28:50,314 --> 00:28:53,490
♪ ♪
468
00:29:00,911 --> 00:29:02,810
[closes box]
469
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,368
[splashes]
470
00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:17,859
I didn'’t know you were gonna
propose that night.
471
00:29:17,997 --> 00:29:20,137
-Surprise.
-[laughs softly]
472
00:29:20,966 --> 00:29:23,347
So I married her cousin.
473
00:29:26,834 --> 00:29:31,010
It made for some pretty
awkward family get-togethers.
474
00:29:38,190 --> 00:29:40,537
JOE: Just as my marriage
was falling apart,
475
00:29:40,675 --> 00:29:43,574
I got deployed
to go fight overseas.
476
00:29:43,712 --> 00:29:47,164
It seemed a bit more of an
honorable way to end things.
477
00:29:47,302 --> 00:29:51,030
Or at least that'’s what
I told myself.
478
00:29:51,168 --> 00:29:53,792
The Iraqi insurgents
lit the oil fields on fire
479
00:29:53,930 --> 00:29:55,828
to try and slow us down.
480
00:29:55,966 --> 00:29:58,486
Uh... the smoke, at times,
was so thick
481
00:29:58,624 --> 00:30:01,144
you couldn'’t even see your hand
in front of your face.
482
00:30:02,110 --> 00:30:03,802
But I-I guess you'’ll have to
483
00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:05,838
light that scene somehow,
right?
484
00:30:05,976 --> 00:30:07,426
♪ ♪
485
00:30:07,564 --> 00:30:10,325
-[lights click]
-[electricity buzzes]
486
00:30:10,463 --> 00:30:12,224
-JOE: Hey, Frankie?
-FRANKIE: Yeah?
487
00:30:12,362 --> 00:30:14,329
JOE: I bet you
I could lasso a camel
488
00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:16,607
-from the back of a Humvee.
-[scoffs] Yeah.
489
00:30:16,745 --> 00:30:18,575
MAN [on radio]:
Enemy contact! Enemy contact!
490
00:30:18,713 --> 00:30:20,266
Inside the perimeter or outside?
491
00:30:20,404 --> 00:30:22,821
MAN [on radio]: Incoming!
Incoming! Gas! Gas! Gas!
492
00:30:22,959 --> 00:30:25,375
[cacophonous artillery fire]
493
00:30:28,723 --> 00:30:30,380
You see '’em?
I can'’t see anything, man!
494
00:30:30,518 --> 00:30:31,795
I can'’t see with this mask.
495
00:30:31,933 --> 00:30:33,624
[thunderous explosion]
496
00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:38,457
-[banging on door]
-JIMMY: Denise!
497
00:30:38,595 --> 00:30:39,665
Hang on!
498
00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:41,529
♪ ♪
499
00:30:41,667 --> 00:30:43,945
[toilet flushes]
500
00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:47,984
-[pounding on door]
-Denise!
501
00:30:48,122 --> 00:30:49,330
I'’ll be right there!
502
00:30:50,434 --> 00:30:51,815
JOE:
Dear Denise,
503
00:30:51,953 --> 00:30:53,058
I know it'’s been a while,
but...
504
00:30:53,196 --> 00:30:54,576
-Get down. Get down!
-[gunfire]
505
00:30:54,714 --> 00:30:56,406
...I don'’t know who else
to reach out to.
506
00:30:56,544 --> 00:30:59,098
-[heavy artillery fire]
-I hope you'’re happy.
507
00:30:59,236 --> 00:31:01,031
You'’re not thinking
of leaving me, are you?
508
00:31:01,169 --> 00:31:03,240
[whispers]: You'’d never see
your kids again.
509
00:31:03,378 --> 00:31:04,793
DENISE:
Please don'’t worry about me.
510
00:31:04,932 --> 00:31:06,588
You got enough
to worry about over there.
511
00:31:06,726 --> 00:31:08,797
Just come home safe.
512
00:31:08,936 --> 00:31:11,524
JOE: Right now, home seems
a million miles away.
513
00:31:11,662 --> 00:31:13,872
I gotta get out!
I gotta get outta here!
514
00:31:14,010 --> 00:31:16,702
-[screams]
-Frankie, no!
515
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,635
♪ ♪
516
00:31:18,773 --> 00:31:20,844
Frankie!
517
00:31:20,982 --> 00:31:24,537
[gunfire slows, distorts]
518
00:31:28,024 --> 00:31:31,959
["Survival"
by Sanctus Real playing]
519
00:31:32,097 --> 00:31:33,926
[singer vocalizing]
520
00:31:35,721 --> 00:31:37,654
♪ ♪
521
00:31:38,241 --> 00:31:40,381
♪ I got lost on the way... ♪
522
00:31:40,519 --> 00:31:42,245
JOE:
Dear Denise,
523
00:31:42,383 --> 00:31:44,868
I feel like I'’m losing a little
more of myself each day.
524
00:31:45,455 --> 00:31:48,561
DENISE: I know what it'’s like
to lose yourself.
525
00:31:49,459 --> 00:31:51,910
Sometimes I wonder
if God still hears me.
526
00:31:52,048 --> 00:31:53,428
JOE:
I'’m trying to hang on.
527
00:31:53,566 --> 00:31:55,741
DENISE:
I pray God hears me
528
00:31:55,879 --> 00:31:57,501
'’cause I don'’t know
what else to do.
529
00:31:57,639 --> 00:31:59,848
JOE:
I hope you'’re okay.
530
00:32:00,435 --> 00:32:04,025
♪ Whoa, I want more than ♪
531
00:32:04,163 --> 00:32:08,409
♪ I want more than survival ♪
532
00:32:08,547 --> 00:32:09,997
♪ More than survival ♪
533
00:32:10,135 --> 00:32:11,653
JOE:
Dear Denise,
534
00:32:11,791 --> 00:32:13,517
Thank you for the letter.
535
00:32:13,655 --> 00:32:16,244
I appreciate you praying
for me, but...
536
00:32:16,382 --> 00:32:18,764
God seems like a fairy tale
over here.
537
00:32:19,420 --> 00:32:21,836
And I feel like I'’m dying
a little inside every day.
538
00:32:21,974 --> 00:32:23,527
♪ Yeah ♪
539
00:32:23,665 --> 00:32:26,358
♪ I want to live
like a child... ♪
540
00:32:26,496 --> 00:32:27,911
JOE:
The one thing war will do
541
00:32:28,049 --> 00:32:29,948
is show you
what you really care about.
542
00:32:30,086 --> 00:32:31,604
Please keep writing to me.
543
00:32:31,742 --> 00:32:33,503
It'’s okay.
It'’s gonna be okay.
544
00:32:33,641 --> 00:32:35,160
JOE: You'’re the only thing
keeping me grounded.
545
00:32:35,298 --> 00:32:37,334
♪ I want to live like a child ♪
546
00:32:37,472 --> 00:32:40,268
♪ To run life wild and free ♪
547
00:32:40,406 --> 00:32:42,201
DENISE:
We'’re gonna be just fine.
548
00:32:42,339 --> 00:32:43,962
Mommy'’s here.
549
00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:45,894
We'’re gonna be just fine.
550
00:32:46,033 --> 00:32:49,381
♪ ♪
551
00:32:49,519 --> 00:32:54,696
♪ More than survival ♪
552
00:32:54,834 --> 00:32:58,907
♪ I want more ♪
553
00:32:59,908 --> 00:33:03,636
♪ Yeah, I want
more than survival ♪
554
00:33:04,741 --> 00:33:07,019
♪ Oh, whoa ♪
555
00:33:07,157 --> 00:33:10,850
♪ I want more ♪
556
00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:14,302
♪ Yeah, I want
more than survival. ♪
557
00:33:15,752 --> 00:33:17,996
I never got that letter.
558
00:33:18,134 --> 00:33:19,859
[inhales deeply]
559
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:22,207
Took me three tries to escape.
560
00:33:22,345 --> 00:33:26,521
And for the first time,
we lost touch.
561
00:33:27,867 --> 00:33:29,766
For nearly ten years.
562
00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:35,599
♪ ♪
563
00:33:35,737 --> 00:33:38,464
[insects chirring]
564
00:33:48,854 --> 00:33:50,407
[Denise sighs]
565
00:33:51,063 --> 00:33:52,823
-Happy birthday, stranger.
-Oh, God!
566
00:33:54,825 --> 00:33:56,344
[scoffs]
567
00:33:56,482 --> 00:33:58,622
-Joe?
-You didn'’t think I'’d forget,
568
00:33:58,760 --> 00:33:59,830
did you?
569
00:33:59,968 --> 00:34:01,832
Joe Kennedy?
570
00:34:01,970 --> 00:34:04,835
[cries joyfully]
571
00:34:04,973 --> 00:34:06,527
-Oh, Joe!
-What?
572
00:34:06,665 --> 00:34:08,460
You scared the heck outta me!
573
00:34:08,598 --> 00:34:11,704
Yeah, I did. I'’m sorry.
574
00:34:11,842 --> 00:34:13,361
What... [laughs]
575
00:34:13,499 --> 00:34:15,812
What in the world
are you doing here?
576
00:34:15,950 --> 00:34:18,263
Well, I haven'’t heard
from you in forever.
577
00:34:18,401 --> 00:34:20,368
So I just wanted
to check up on you.
578
00:34:21,956 --> 00:34:23,268
What happened?
579
00:34:23,958 --> 00:34:25,856
It'’s, um...
580
00:34:27,168 --> 00:34:30,137
It'’s a... it'’s a long story.
581
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,244
Well, hey, can I, uh,
can I take you out
582
00:34:34,382 --> 00:34:36,039
and celebrate your special day?
583
00:34:36,177 --> 00:34:38,041
There'’s that café
around the corner.
584
00:34:38,179 --> 00:34:39,422
We can get a bite.
585
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,527
-Now?
-Yeah, why not?
586
00:34:41,665 --> 00:34:43,081
Uh, I mean...
587
00:34:43,219 --> 00:34:46,222
you aren'’t embarrassed to be
seen with me like this?
588
00:34:47,395 --> 00:34:49,708
You look amazing.
589
00:34:49,846 --> 00:34:52,814
♪ ♪
590
00:34:52,952 --> 00:34:54,092
[laughs]
591
00:34:54,230 --> 00:34:56,853
-This is crazy.
-[Joe chuckles]
592
00:34:56,991 --> 00:34:59,649
What do you say?
593
00:34:59,787 --> 00:35:01,651
Yes!
594
00:35:04,171 --> 00:35:06,173
You know, you'’re lucky
I didn'’t mace you.
595
00:35:06,311 --> 00:35:08,485
I know.
Probably not a great idea
596
00:35:08,623 --> 00:35:11,212
surprising you
in a dark parking lot.
597
00:35:11,350 --> 00:35:13,041
DENISE:
And I had to stop writing you
598
00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:15,285
'’cause I just couldn'’t
take the risk.
599
00:35:15,423 --> 00:35:16,769
[train whistle blowing
in distance]
600
00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:20,256
I had no idea
how bad it had gotten.
601
00:35:21,671 --> 00:35:24,191
-How'’d you get through it?
-[laughs]
602
00:35:25,053 --> 00:35:26,883
I prayed.
603
00:35:27,021 --> 00:35:28,712
A lot.
604
00:35:31,232 --> 00:35:33,648
He cut me off
from everyone, Joe.
605
00:35:33,786 --> 00:35:35,788
And if I reached out
to anybody for help,
606
00:35:35,926 --> 00:35:39,309
he'’d manage to turn them
against me, too.
607
00:35:39,447 --> 00:35:40,724
If I had known, I would'’ve
608
00:35:40,862 --> 00:35:43,348
found a way home
and kicked his ass.
609
00:35:44,556 --> 00:35:45,833
[laughs]
610
00:35:46,592 --> 00:35:48,974
Is that still your answer
for everything?
611
00:35:49,112 --> 00:35:50,389
[Joe chuckles]
612
00:35:50,527 --> 00:35:53,910
Well, it...
it'’s kinda my job now.
613
00:35:57,845 --> 00:36:01,366
Okay. Stop. That'’s--
That'’s enough about me.
614
00:36:01,504 --> 00:36:04,369
Tell me--
Tell me more about you.
615
00:36:04,507 --> 00:36:07,717
I heard things
didn'’t work out with Nancy.
616
00:36:07,855 --> 00:36:11,859
Yeah. Yeah, we weren'’t...
we weren'’t a great fit.
617
00:36:11,997 --> 00:36:14,275
And me being overseas
for so long,
618
00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:16,622
that didn'’t help either.
619
00:36:18,037 --> 00:36:20,281
What was it like over there?
620
00:36:22,697 --> 00:36:24,941
A lot of pain and suffering.
621
00:36:29,048 --> 00:36:30,498
Yeah. I...
622
00:36:30,636 --> 00:36:32,397
I'’m sorry. I hope I didn'’t...
623
00:36:32,535 --> 00:36:35,572
No, don'’t...
Don'’t apologize.
624
00:36:37,712 --> 00:36:39,990
You'’re what got me through it.
625
00:36:41,509 --> 00:36:45,341
Me? [laughs nervously]
What-what do you mean?
626
00:36:46,273 --> 00:36:47,826
I wanna show you something.
627
00:36:47,964 --> 00:36:50,725
Come on. Come on.
628
00:36:52,382 --> 00:36:55,213
Yeah. Just-just right here.
Just right here.
629
00:36:55,351 --> 00:36:57,284
What are you...
630
00:37:03,911 --> 00:37:07,017
♪ ♪
631
00:37:13,507 --> 00:37:15,371
You kept '’em.
632
00:37:18,097 --> 00:37:19,685
These letters...
633
00:37:21,998 --> 00:37:26,071
...they'’re what kept me
fighting to get back...
634
00:37:26,209 --> 00:37:27,797
to you.
635
00:37:29,523 --> 00:37:31,835
I'’m glad you'’re back.
636
00:37:35,701 --> 00:37:37,289
Hmm.
637
00:37:43,191 --> 00:37:44,917
[fireworks whistle]
638
00:37:45,055 --> 00:37:47,782
[echoing booms]
639
00:37:48,887 --> 00:37:50,371
Wait. Hold on.
640
00:37:50,509 --> 00:37:52,339
I don'’t remember any fireworks.
641
00:37:52,477 --> 00:37:54,720
[laughs]
That'’s how I remember it.
642
00:37:54,858 --> 00:37:57,240
[imitates firework explosions]
643
00:37:57,378 --> 00:37:59,691
[Denise laughs]
644
00:37:59,829 --> 00:38:02,728
["True Devotion"
by Kristin Diable playing]
645
00:38:04,592 --> 00:38:06,560
JOE:
It only took 27 years,
646
00:38:06,698 --> 00:38:08,700
but we finally got hitched.
647
00:38:08,838 --> 00:38:10,943
I always knew
it would happen eventually.
648
00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:12,531
The kids had grown up
and moved out,
649
00:38:12,669 --> 00:38:14,809
so we went from
being empty-nesters
650
00:38:14,947 --> 00:38:16,570
to regular old lovebirds.
651
00:38:16,708 --> 00:38:19,849
♪ You don'’t have
to wait, mmm... ♪
652
00:38:19,987 --> 00:38:22,334
-Yes. Yes.
-You need to just let me.
653
00:38:22,472 --> 00:38:24,405
Oh, okay. Fine.
You take it.
654
00:38:24,543 --> 00:38:30,100
♪ True devotion is learning
how to love you as you came ♪
655
00:38:31,032 --> 00:38:34,035
♪ Oh, I'’m learning
how to love you. ♪
656
00:38:35,278 --> 00:38:36,486
Hey, Helen. This is Joe.
657
00:38:36,624 --> 00:38:37,936
Is Denise available?
658
00:38:38,074 --> 00:38:40,697
-[marching footsteps]
-[recruits chanting]
659
00:38:40,835 --> 00:38:42,009
She what?
660
00:38:42,147 --> 00:38:43,597
♪ ♪
661
00:38:49,741 --> 00:38:52,088
[engine starts]
662
00:38:58,197 --> 00:39:00,165
Can I get you anything else?
663
00:39:00,303 --> 00:39:01,822
Another pillow?
664
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,582
I'’m fine.
665
00:39:06,102 --> 00:39:09,347
[thunder rumbling]
666
00:39:12,384 --> 00:39:14,144
She wasn'’t fine.
667
00:39:14,282 --> 00:39:18,148
[thunder rumbling]
668
00:39:18,286 --> 00:39:20,012
It'’s been an honor.
669
00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:23,982
I had to be there
for Denise after her TIA.
670
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,742
Lieutenant!
671
00:39:26,812 --> 00:39:30,022
A transient ischemic attack.
672
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,922
I had had a mini stroke.
673
00:39:34,199 --> 00:39:37,236
Babe, we don'’t have to get
into that if you don'’t want to.
674
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:38,859
No.
675
00:39:38,997 --> 00:39:42,725
No, I think it'’s an important
part of the story.
676
00:39:47,143 --> 00:39:49,076
[clock ticking]
677
00:39:52,735 --> 00:39:54,219
Okay. What is wrong?
678
00:39:54,357 --> 00:39:56,566
If you have to ask,
then you don'’t understand.
679
00:39:56,704 --> 00:40:00,294
The truth is, uh...
after the TIA,
680
00:40:00,432 --> 00:40:02,676
I was an emotional wreck.
681
00:40:02,814 --> 00:40:05,299
It'’s not about what I said.
It was how I said it.
682
00:40:05,437 --> 00:40:08,164
Nobody wants bologna for dinner.
683
00:40:08,302 --> 00:40:11,098
You need to just make
an effort to hear me.
684
00:40:11,236 --> 00:40:15,413
I was struggling with anxiety,
and anger, and depression.
685
00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:19,693
Add to that some PTSD
from my first marriage
686
00:40:19,831 --> 00:40:21,660
and you don'’t need
to be a therapist
687
00:40:21,798 --> 00:40:25,319
to see that we were in trouble.
688
00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:26,700
You what?
689
00:40:26,838 --> 00:40:29,461
I... I quit my job.
690
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:31,912
Don'’t you think we should'’ve
talked about this?
691
00:40:32,050 --> 00:40:34,639
I'’ve been struggling
for months and...
692
00:40:35,605 --> 00:40:36,675
...it'’s like you didn'’t notice.
693
00:40:36,813 --> 00:40:38,228
Oh, how would you even know?
694
00:40:38,366 --> 00:40:41,266
Huh? I can barely get you
to look at me anymore.
695
00:40:41,404 --> 00:40:43,717
I didn'’t know how to handle it.
696
00:40:43,855 --> 00:40:47,341
And... in true Joe fashion,
697
00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:49,274
I just made it worse.
698
00:40:49,930 --> 00:40:52,795
This isn'’t about you, Joe.
I'’m hurting,
699
00:40:52,933 --> 00:40:56,833
and all you'’re doing
is pushing me away.
700
00:40:56,971 --> 00:40:58,939
I feel like I-I'’m living
in this house
701
00:40:59,077 --> 00:41:00,975
with a complete stranger
for months.
702
00:41:01,113 --> 00:41:03,150
-I'’m trying.
-And I just want my wife back.
703
00:41:03,288 --> 00:41:05,946
I said I'’m trying, Joe!
704
00:41:06,809 --> 00:41:08,845
What do you want me to do?
705
00:41:08,983 --> 00:41:11,572
♪ ♪
706
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:15,058
Nothing.
707
00:41:17,026 --> 00:41:18,234
Do nothing, Joe.
708
00:41:19,131 --> 00:41:20,581
Don'’t.
709
00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:25,137
♪ ♪
710
00:41:32,731 --> 00:41:35,493
♪ ♪
711
00:41:42,810 --> 00:41:45,364
PREACHER: How many of you
out there today
712
00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:49,576
feel like you'’re trying
so hard to hold on?
713
00:41:49,714 --> 00:41:51,647
JOE:
I felt completely lost.
714
00:41:51,785 --> 00:41:53,269
PREACHER:
But the harder you try...
715
00:41:53,407 --> 00:41:55,685
JOE:
I was losing the woman I love
716
00:41:55,823 --> 00:41:58,032
to this thing
I didn'’t understand.
717
00:41:58,792 --> 00:42:00,552
[sighs] And I was desperate.
718
00:42:00,690 --> 00:42:03,451
PREACHER: I'’m asking you
to come down here
719
00:42:03,590 --> 00:42:05,695
so we can pray for you.
720
00:42:05,833 --> 00:42:08,111
All you have to do...
721
00:42:08,249 --> 00:42:10,769
is give God a try.
722
00:42:12,288 --> 00:42:14,635
♪ ♪
723
00:42:16,499 --> 00:42:18,536
Hey, God. It'’s Joe.
724
00:42:20,917 --> 00:42:24,162
I know it'’s been a while.
I'’m sorry about that.
725
00:42:24,749 --> 00:42:26,820
But I really need you.
726
00:42:29,823 --> 00:42:33,274
You know that surrender'’s never
been an option for me, but...
727
00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:37,106
I can'’t do this alone.
728
00:42:38,832 --> 00:42:40,696
Please help me.
729
00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:44,907
I can'’t lose Denise.
730
00:42:45,045 --> 00:42:46,667
I can'’t.
731
00:42:47,703 --> 00:42:49,912
So...
732
00:42:50,050 --> 00:42:53,122
if you could somehow
fix things for her,
733
00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:54,917
with us...
734
00:42:57,540 --> 00:42:59,715
I promise you...
735
00:42:59,853 --> 00:43:02,096
I'’ll dedicate
the rest of my life to you.
736
00:43:02,234 --> 00:43:04,720
♪ ♪
737
00:43:04,858 --> 00:43:06,653
Please, God.
738
00:43:06,791 --> 00:43:08,655
Please.
739
00:43:13,211 --> 00:43:14,902
I'’m sorry, babe.
740
00:43:17,456 --> 00:43:21,081
[Denise sighs, sniffles]
741
00:43:22,945 --> 00:43:24,912
DENISE:
I couldn'’t believe he did that,
742
00:43:25,050 --> 00:43:27,225
and put God
above everything else.
743
00:43:28,364 --> 00:43:30,711
With everything
I'’d been struggling with,
744
00:43:30,849 --> 00:43:33,231
and my first marriage,
745
00:43:33,369 --> 00:43:37,338
I... I don'’t think I was gonna
be able to trust any other man
746
00:43:37,476 --> 00:43:41,515
until they were willing
to put God first.
747
00:43:41,653 --> 00:43:46,037
I mean, I-I know that'’s why
God brought her into my life.
748
00:43:49,005 --> 00:43:51,421
[clicks tongue] And...
749
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,217
Um...
750
00:43:55,253 --> 00:43:56,772
Yeah.
751
00:43:58,256 --> 00:43:59,913
[birds chirping]
752
00:44:07,852 --> 00:44:09,267
Morning!
753
00:44:09,405 --> 00:44:10,993
Morning.
754
00:44:11,131 --> 00:44:13,478
You play football for Northlake?
755
00:44:13,616 --> 00:44:14,962
Oh, no.
756
00:44:15,100 --> 00:44:17,137
You have any interest
in coaching?
757
00:44:17,275 --> 00:44:18,932
I-- Not really.
758
00:44:20,865 --> 00:44:22,176
It'’s terrible pay,
759
00:44:22,314 --> 00:44:24,144
and more hours
than you can imagine, but...
760
00:44:24,282 --> 00:44:27,250
I got a feeling we can use
someone like you.
761
00:44:27,388 --> 00:44:29,252
Just think about it.
762
00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:33,394
JOE: Said he was
the athletic director
763
00:44:33,532 --> 00:44:34,775
for your school district.
764
00:44:34,913 --> 00:44:36,674
-Big smile?
-JOE: Yep, that'’s him.
765
00:44:36,812 --> 00:44:38,572
[laughs]
766
00:44:38,710 --> 00:44:42,403
He asked me if I was interested
in coaching football.
767
00:44:42,541 --> 00:44:44,164
What?
768
00:44:44,958 --> 00:44:46,856
Well...
769
00:44:46,994 --> 00:44:48,824
you want me
to follow up with him?
770
00:44:50,998 --> 00:44:52,448
Nah. Don'’t worry about it.
771
00:44:52,586 --> 00:44:54,726
I'’m gonna grab a shower.
772
00:44:58,488 --> 00:45:02,078
["Let Me Live My Life"
by 707 playing]
773
00:45:03,424 --> 00:45:05,012
Hey, Coach.
774
00:45:05,150 --> 00:45:06,496
♪ Let me live my life ♪
775
00:45:06,634 --> 00:45:08,878
You'’re up early, Coach.
776
00:45:09,016 --> 00:45:11,536
Good morning, Coach.
777
00:45:11,674 --> 00:45:13,849
♪ I wanna live my life ♪
778
00:45:13,987 --> 00:45:16,092
Good evening, Coach.
779
00:45:21,339 --> 00:45:24,652
[song fades]
780
00:45:24,791 --> 00:45:26,447
[gentle organ music playing]
781
00:45:30,866 --> 00:45:32,177
Hi.
782
00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:44,707
This Smiling Sam character
just won'’t take a hint.
783
00:45:44,845 --> 00:45:46,191
He'’s stalking me.
784
00:45:46,329 --> 00:45:48,262
DENISE: I think stalking
may be a little strong.
785
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,196
No, he'’s definitely
stalking me at this point.
786
00:45:51,334 --> 00:45:52,404
Well...
787
00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:55,476
maybe you should
consider his offer.
788
00:45:55,614 --> 00:45:57,478
Coaching? Honey...
789
00:45:57,616 --> 00:46:00,102
only time I'’ve ever played
football is in the Marines.
790
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:02,000
And we kept score
by counting broken bones
791
00:46:02,138 --> 00:46:03,415
at the end of the game.
792
00:46:03,553 --> 00:46:05,245
Oh. Right.
793
00:46:06,591 --> 00:46:08,282
Oh, they were fine.
794
00:46:08,420 --> 00:46:09,974
[chuckles softly]
795
00:46:11,976 --> 00:46:14,495
-I mean, mostly.
-Uh...
796
00:46:15,980 --> 00:46:18,189
What?
797
00:46:18,327 --> 00:46:20,294
I'’m just wondering if maybe
798
00:46:20,432 --> 00:46:23,366
you'’re being given
this opportunity for a reason.
799
00:46:24,505 --> 00:46:26,542
It sounds like a bunch
of the boys on that team
800
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:28,682
are growing up in situations
pretty similar
801
00:46:28,820 --> 00:46:31,098
to what you had to deal with.
802
00:46:32,341 --> 00:46:35,896
Maybe God thinks
you'’d make a good mentor.
803
00:46:37,208 --> 00:46:38,968
PREACHER:
Proverbs 3, 5, and 6
804
00:46:39,106 --> 00:46:40,694
says to trust in the Lord
805
00:46:40,832 --> 00:46:42,247
with all your heart.
806
00:46:42,385 --> 00:46:46,182
When we surrender
our lives and plans to him...
807
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,944
he will lead us on a path
808
00:46:49,082 --> 00:46:51,601
that is far greater
and more beautiful
809
00:46:51,739 --> 00:46:56,123
than anything
we could ever imagine.
810
00:47:14,693 --> 00:47:16,903
[grunts, sniffs]
811
00:47:17,041 --> 00:47:19,388
[sighs]
812
00:47:19,526 --> 00:47:20,768
Can you hear me?
813
00:47:20,907 --> 00:47:21,977
It'’s time for you
to stop running.
814
00:47:22,115 --> 00:47:23,841
[dramatic music on TV]
815
00:47:23,979 --> 00:47:26,015
I'’m talking to you.
816
00:47:27,189 --> 00:47:29,260
MAN [on TV]:
We'’re a family!
817
00:47:30,606 --> 00:47:32,228
And I know that might
scare some of you
818
00:47:32,366 --> 00:47:34,679
because you'’ve never
been part of a family.
819
00:47:34,817 --> 00:47:37,958
But I think that'’s why
God brought us together.
820
00:47:38,096 --> 00:47:39,442
To show the world
821
00:47:39,580 --> 00:47:41,099
that with a little faith,
822
00:47:41,237 --> 00:47:43,757
just a little faith,
823
00:47:43,895 --> 00:47:44,965
we can do anything.
824
00:47:45,103 --> 00:47:46,725
[cheering on TV]
825
00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:51,040
♪ ♪
826
00:48:01,499 --> 00:48:03,225
All right, God.
827
00:48:04,398 --> 00:48:06,055
All right.
828
00:48:12,924 --> 00:48:15,271
I'’m all in.
829
00:48:15,409 --> 00:48:18,412
Win or lose, I'’m gonna give
you thanks after every game.
830
00:48:21,795 --> 00:48:23,590
♪ ♪
831
00:48:23,728 --> 00:48:25,178
[tires screech]
832
00:48:30,804 --> 00:48:32,426
I'’m in.
833
00:48:34,981 --> 00:48:36,534
Oh, yeah.
834
00:48:38,777 --> 00:48:42,057
[indistinct chatter]
835
00:48:44,404 --> 00:48:46,578
Oh, yeah! That'’s what
I'’m talking about.
836
00:48:47,372 --> 00:48:48,787
Come on. I see you!
837
00:48:48,926 --> 00:48:50,306
That'’s your captain, huh?
838
00:48:51,687 --> 00:48:54,172
He could use more structure
and discipline.
839
00:48:54,310 --> 00:48:57,796
-That'’s what I hired you for.
-[laughs] Good luck with that.
840
00:48:57,935 --> 00:49:00,351
These boys can'’t even
spell "discipline."
841
00:49:03,078 --> 00:49:04,907
Number 13
should be your captain.
842
00:49:05,735 --> 00:49:08,566
HEAD COACH:
Johnson? The kicker?
843
00:49:09,498 --> 00:49:11,879
Sam, this is your experiment.
844
00:49:12,501 --> 00:49:14,399
So let'’s give it a try.
845
00:49:14,537 --> 00:49:17,057
Can'’t wait to see
how this one works out.
846
00:49:17,195 --> 00:49:19,577
Let'’s go, boys!
Bring it in!
847
00:49:19,715 --> 00:49:21,510
Hustle!
848
00:49:22,166 --> 00:49:23,374
This is Coach Kennedy.
849
00:49:23,512 --> 00:49:25,997
He is a retired
Marine drill instructor.
850
00:49:26,135 --> 00:49:27,585
He has joined our staff
851
00:49:27,723 --> 00:49:30,657
and he'’s gonna be making
changes to the program.
852
00:49:30,795 --> 00:49:33,108
Starting with team captain.
853
00:49:34,833 --> 00:49:37,526
Can I have your captain'’s
jersey, please?
854
00:49:38,423 --> 00:49:39,838
Is this for real right now?
855
00:49:39,977 --> 00:49:41,426
You can earn it back.
856
00:49:41,564 --> 00:49:43,739
What, this a joke?
[laughs]
857
00:49:43,877 --> 00:49:46,017
Coach, who is this guy?
858
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:55,440
Johnson.
859
00:49:57,063 --> 00:49:59,030
You'’re captain now.
860
00:50:04,277 --> 00:50:05,761
[whistle blows]
861
00:50:05,899 --> 00:50:07,383
HEAD COACH:
Take a lap!
862
00:50:11,525 --> 00:50:13,320
Great first impression.
863
00:50:13,458 --> 00:50:15,322
["Play With Fire"
by Sam Tinnesz playing]
864
00:50:15,460 --> 00:50:18,187
ANNOUNCER: Wolverines
are looking strong tonight,
865
00:50:18,325 --> 00:50:20,258
and continue to have
a great season.
866
00:50:20,396 --> 00:50:24,780
♪ I love the smell of gasoline ♪
867
00:50:26,678 --> 00:50:31,097
♪ I light the match
to taste the heat ♪
868
00:50:32,374 --> 00:50:36,309
♪ I'’ve always liked
to play with fire ♪
869
00:50:36,447 --> 00:50:39,243
♪ Mm, yeah, mm, yeah ♪
870
00:50:39,381 --> 00:50:40,796
♪ Mm, yeah ♪
871
00:50:40,934 --> 00:50:42,936
♪ Play with fire ♪
872
00:50:43,074 --> 00:50:44,972
♪ Mm, yeah, mm, yeah ♪
873
00:50:45,111 --> 00:50:48,597
♪ I'’ve always liked
to play with fire ♪
874
00:50:48,735 --> 00:50:51,772
♪ Yacht money wired,
no denying ♪
875
00:50:51,910 --> 00:50:55,362
♪ I'’ve always liked
to play with fire. ♪
876
00:50:55,500 --> 00:50:57,882
ANNOUNCER:
And that'’s the game, folks.
877
00:50:58,020 --> 00:50:59,504
Where you going?
878
00:50:59,642 --> 00:51:00,781
ANNOUNCER: ...just the second
defeat of the season.
879
00:51:00,919 --> 00:51:02,093
There was just no opportunity
880
00:51:02,231 --> 00:51:04,130
to get into
a good rhythm tonight.
881
00:51:04,268 --> 00:51:06,442
[announcer
continues indistinctly]
882
00:51:06,580 --> 00:51:09,169
♪ ♪
883
00:51:16,003 --> 00:51:17,798
Please. J-Just hear me out.
884
00:51:17,936 --> 00:51:19,283
I think I can fix this.
885
00:51:19,421 --> 00:51:20,939
Liz, please. Don'’t.
886
00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:23,873
[exaggerated laughter]
887
00:51:26,048 --> 00:51:28,430
Aw...
888
00:51:28,568 --> 00:51:30,846
[laughter continues]
889
00:51:44,584 --> 00:51:46,103
Now what'’s he doing?
890
00:51:49,140 --> 00:51:50,107
[whistle blows]
891
00:51:50,245 --> 00:51:51,349
All right, team, load it up.
892
00:51:51,487 --> 00:51:52,971
Let'’s go. Come on.
893
00:51:53,110 --> 00:51:55,871
Every plate we got. Let'’s go.
Everything we got.
894
00:51:56,009 --> 00:51:59,185
Double time. Come on.
Hustle! Hustle! Let'’s go.
895
00:51:59,323 --> 00:52:01,842
[clanking]
896
00:52:01,980 --> 00:52:03,913
There we go. There we go.
897
00:52:05,018 --> 00:52:07,676
So, team,
what do you think of Johnson?
898
00:52:07,814 --> 00:52:10,092
I think homie just got benched
by his boo.
899
00:52:10,230 --> 00:52:12,508
-[laughter]
-JOE: I know, right?
900
00:52:12,646 --> 00:52:15,304
I mean, who lets his girl
disrespect him like that?
901
00:52:15,442 --> 00:52:17,720
I mean, maybe...
maybe he'’s not fit to lead.
902
00:52:17,858 --> 00:52:20,585
-That'’s enough.
-No, no. I apologize, Coach.
903
00:52:20,723 --> 00:52:21,897
I really blew it.
904
00:52:22,035 --> 00:52:24,900
I picked the wrong guy
to captain this team.
905
00:52:25,038 --> 00:52:26,557
He is so weak...
906
00:52:26,695 --> 00:52:28,869
that I bet he couldn'’t pull
that sled five yards,
907
00:52:29,007 --> 00:52:30,423
and I sure know
he'’s not gonna be able
908
00:52:30,561 --> 00:52:32,494
to pull it to the 50-yard line.
909
00:52:33,564 --> 00:52:35,807
Gimme your captain'’s jersey.
910
00:52:36,394 --> 00:52:37,844
Let'’s go, Johnson.
911
00:52:40,018 --> 00:52:41,986
I want you to prove us wrong,
912
00:52:42,124 --> 00:52:44,402
so then you can earn this back.
913
00:52:44,540 --> 00:52:46,404
You got it in you?
914
00:52:46,542 --> 00:52:47,957
Then let'’s go.
915
00:52:48,648 --> 00:52:50,615
Prove it to us, Johnson.
916
00:52:53,100 --> 00:52:55,931
Just five measly yards, Johnson.
917
00:52:56,069 --> 00:52:59,383
-[laughter]
-Johnson!
918
00:52:59,521 --> 00:53:02,282
-Is that all you got?
-Kennedy! That'’s enough.
919
00:53:02,420 --> 00:53:04,871
No, no. Let'’s let '’em.
Come on. Laugh it up at Johnson.
920
00:53:05,009 --> 00:53:08,323
-Let'’s go!
-[exaggerated laughing]
921
00:53:08,461 --> 00:53:11,153
Kennedy! I said that'’s enough.
922
00:53:11,291 --> 00:53:12,844
Does he look
like a leader to you?
923
00:53:12,982 --> 00:53:15,744
-No.
-No, sir.
924
00:53:15,882 --> 00:53:17,090
♪ ♪
925
00:53:17,228 --> 00:53:19,713
[grunting softly]
926
00:53:21,612 --> 00:53:23,234
You sure about that?
927
00:53:27,445 --> 00:53:30,276
[grunting]
928
00:53:37,697 --> 00:53:39,526
I got you. I got you.
929
00:53:40,769 --> 00:53:42,219
♪ ♪
930
00:53:45,739 --> 00:53:49,226
All right, y'’all, we'’re goin'’
on three. We'’re goin'’ on three.
931
00:53:49,364 --> 00:53:51,849
One, two, three.
932
00:53:51,987 --> 00:53:54,541
♪ ♪
933
00:54:05,345 --> 00:54:07,692
-[whistle blows]
-JOE: Huddle up!
934
00:54:07,830 --> 00:54:08,935
This team...
935
00:54:09,073 --> 00:54:10,419
will never get a win
936
00:54:10,557 --> 00:54:13,077
if you don'’t have
your captain'’s back.
937
00:54:13,215 --> 00:54:15,562
He didn'’t quit on you
and you won'’t quit on him.
938
00:54:15,700 --> 00:54:18,393
Family never gives up on family.
939
00:54:18,531 --> 00:54:20,360
-Understood?
-ALL: Yes, sir!
940
00:54:20,498 --> 00:54:22,880
-I didn'’t hear you!
-ALL: Yes, sir!
941
00:54:34,685 --> 00:54:37,274
Rub some dirt on it.
942
00:54:37,412 --> 00:54:38,516
[soft laughter]
943
00:54:38,654 --> 00:54:40,069
-What are we?
-Family!
944
00:54:40,207 --> 00:54:42,037
-Who are we?
-Wolverines!
945
00:54:42,175 --> 00:54:43,314
-What are we?
-Family!
946
00:54:43,452 --> 00:54:45,040
-Who are we?
-Wolverines!
947
00:54:45,178 --> 00:54:46,179
-What are we?
-Family!
948
00:54:46,317 --> 00:54:48,354
-Who are we?
-Wolverines!
949
00:54:48,492 --> 00:54:49,389
[yelling]
950
00:54:49,527 --> 00:54:51,184
[all join in rallying cry]
951
00:54:51,322 --> 00:54:54,325
♪ ♪
952
00:54:56,569 --> 00:54:58,640
DENISE:
When Joe started coaching,
953
00:54:58,778 --> 00:55:00,400
it expanded our family.
954
00:55:00,538 --> 00:55:01,988
[boys cheering]
955
00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:06,095
-No!
-[all groan loudly]
956
00:55:06,233 --> 00:55:09,064
["Let'’s Get Together"
by The Fever Dreams playing]
957
00:55:10,652 --> 00:55:12,757
BOYS:
One, two, three!
958
00:55:12,895 --> 00:55:14,759
[grunting shouts]
959
00:55:16,140 --> 00:55:17,348
[whistle blows]
960
00:55:19,385 --> 00:55:20,938
Set, hut!
961
00:55:22,629 --> 00:55:23,561
There we go. Nice.
962
00:55:23,699 --> 00:55:26,012
We got this. Do those.
963
00:55:26,150 --> 00:55:28,773
JOE: We were teaching these guys
a lot more than just football.
964
00:55:28,911 --> 00:55:30,361
Joe still doesn'’t
have this right.
965
00:55:30,499 --> 00:55:31,431
JOE:
Set! Hut!
966
00:55:31,569 --> 00:55:33,260
Drive up.
967
00:55:33,399 --> 00:55:34,917
Go home.
968
00:55:36,125 --> 00:55:37,955
There we go.
969
00:55:38,852 --> 00:55:39,991
[cheering]
970
00:55:41,199 --> 00:55:44,720
♪ Come on, come on,
it'’s now or never ♪
971
00:55:44,858 --> 00:55:46,860
[crowd cheering wildly]
972
00:55:46,998 --> 00:55:50,726
♪ So come together, come on ♪
973
00:55:51,624 --> 00:55:54,420
♪ Get together, come on ♪
974
00:55:57,457 --> 00:56:00,046
♪ I know you'’re livin'’
a fast life ♪
975
00:56:00,184 --> 00:56:01,979
Slide. Slide right.
976
00:56:02,117 --> 00:56:04,361
♪ But you'’re
carryin'’ a heavy load ♪
977
00:56:04,499 --> 00:56:08,710
♪ You say no one can help you
but they just might ♪
978
00:56:08,848 --> 00:56:11,540
♪ Get you where you wanna go ♪
979
00:56:11,678 --> 00:56:13,197
♪ Come on ♪
980
00:56:13,335 --> 00:56:16,718
♪ Come on, come on,
it'’s now or never ♪
981
00:56:16,856 --> 00:56:19,479
♪ We ain'’t ever
gonna get there, friend ♪
982
00:56:19,617 --> 00:56:22,862
♪ So come together, come on ♪
983
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:27,349
♪ Hey, get together, come on ♪
984
00:56:27,487 --> 00:56:31,180
♪ Oh, yeah-ah ♪
985
00:56:31,940 --> 00:56:35,115
♪ Come together, come on ♪
986
00:56:35,253 --> 00:56:38,015
♪ Oh, let'’s come together,
come on ♪
987
00:56:39,534 --> 00:56:42,260
JOE: I never thought of my job
as training football players.
988
00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:45,678
To me, my job was to teach
young guys how to become men,
989
00:56:45,816 --> 00:56:47,231
and set a good example.
990
00:56:47,369 --> 00:56:49,854
Well... most of the time.
991
00:56:51,235 --> 00:56:55,342
♪ Oh, let'’s come together,
come on ♪
992
00:56:55,481 --> 00:56:57,759
Down, up! Down, up!
993
00:56:57,897 --> 00:57:01,625
Hey, Coach!
Can we pray with you?
994
00:57:02,315 --> 00:57:03,316
A free country.
995
00:57:03,454 --> 00:57:05,732
["Let'’s Get Together" continues]
996
00:57:07,631 --> 00:57:10,116
♪ Come together, come on ♪
997
00:57:12,152 --> 00:57:14,879
[groaning] Oh...
998
00:57:15,017 --> 00:57:17,537
♪ Oh, let'’s come together,
come on ♪
999
00:57:17,675 --> 00:57:19,988
[grunting] Oh, boy.
1000
00:57:20,126 --> 00:57:23,060
It'’ll be all right, Coach.
Just-just rub some dirt on it.
1001
00:57:23,198 --> 00:57:24,579
[laughter]
1002
00:57:26,373 --> 00:57:27,582
-What are we?
-Family!
1003
00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:29,204
-Who are we?
-Wolverines!
1004
00:57:31,827 --> 00:57:33,933
♪ Now come together, come on ♪
1005
00:57:35,210 --> 00:57:38,178
♪ Yeah, get together, come on ♪
1006
00:57:38,903 --> 00:57:40,422
-What are we?
-Family!
1007
00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:42,148
-Who are we?
-Wolverines!
1008
00:57:42,286 --> 00:57:44,461
One, two, three!
1009
00:57:44,599 --> 00:57:46,393
Wolverines!
1010
00:57:46,532 --> 00:57:48,292
[all cheering]
1011
00:57:48,430 --> 00:57:50,190
[crowd cheering]
1012
00:57:50,328 --> 00:57:52,572
ANNOUNCER: That'’s another
Wolverine victory!
1013
00:57:52,710 --> 00:57:55,126
[cheering fades]
1014
00:57:56,956 --> 00:57:59,510
God, you are awesome.
1015
00:57:59,648 --> 00:58:02,720
Thank you for the privilege
to play this sport that we love.
1016
00:58:02,858 --> 00:58:05,171
Thank you for watching over
these players tonight
1017
00:58:05,309 --> 00:58:07,207
and protecting them
during the game.
1018
00:58:07,345 --> 00:58:10,590
Thank you for giving them
the talent to play this game
1019
00:58:10,728 --> 00:58:11,798
and get '’em home safe tonight.
1020
00:58:11,936 --> 00:58:13,144
Bless their families. Amen.
1021
00:58:13,282 --> 00:58:15,112
BOYS:
Amen!
1022
00:58:15,250 --> 00:58:19,599
♪ ♪
1023
00:58:35,477 --> 00:58:36,927
-[knocks]
-Denise?
1024
00:58:37,065 --> 00:58:39,826
Could I see you in my office
for a minute, please?
1025
00:58:40,758 --> 00:58:42,139
Sure, Bruce.
1026
00:58:43,381 --> 00:58:44,866
[Denise sighs]
1027
00:58:48,628 --> 00:58:51,217
So I'’m supposed to tell the kids
they can'’t pray with me?
1028
00:58:51,355 --> 00:58:53,288
Well, that'’s what
the district is saying.
1029
00:58:53,426 --> 00:58:55,670
They'’re worried it looks like
you'’re forcing them to do it.
1030
00:58:55,808 --> 00:58:57,361
Forcing them?
1031
00:58:57,499 --> 00:58:59,674
Oh, come on. That'’s the dumbest
thing I ever heard.
1032
00:59:00,985 --> 00:59:03,263
I guess I was wrong about this
being a free country.
1033
00:59:03,401 --> 00:59:06,612
Come on, Joe.
You know it'’s not that simple.
1034
00:59:07,716 --> 00:59:09,200
There'’s more.
1035
00:59:09,338 --> 00:59:11,720
They want you to pray
in the locker room
1036
00:59:11,858 --> 00:59:13,273
where the kids can'’t see.
1037
00:59:13,411 --> 00:59:14,861
What?
1038
00:59:14,999 --> 00:59:16,760
What do they want me to do,
pray in the broom closet?
1039
00:59:16,898 --> 00:59:18,589
Are you kidding me?
1040
00:59:18,727 --> 00:59:20,764
They want me to hide like I'’m
committing some sort of crime.
1041
00:59:20,902 --> 00:59:22,835
-Joe.
-No, I mean, do you not see
1042
00:59:22,973 --> 00:59:24,319
how absurd this is?
1043
00:59:24,457 --> 00:59:26,355
Well, apparently the district
got another call,
1044
00:59:26,493 --> 00:59:28,599
so everybody'’s
just a little bit on edge.
1045
00:59:28,737 --> 00:59:30,428
For a 15-second prayer.
1046
00:59:30,567 --> 00:59:32,016
You know it doesn'’t matter
where you pray.
1047
00:59:32,154 --> 00:59:34,018
Yeah, but you know what?
It matters to me.
1048
00:59:34,156 --> 00:59:36,365
Okay. I'’m not the enemy here.
1049
00:59:36,503 --> 00:59:37,884
I get it. It'’s not fair.
1050
00:59:38,022 --> 00:59:40,853
Nobody cared for years.
Now they do.
1051
00:59:40,991 --> 00:59:42,717
This is what the district,
as your employer,
1052
00:59:42,855 --> 00:59:44,201
-is asking you.
-[sighs]
1053
00:59:45,271 --> 00:59:46,928
Joe?
1054
00:59:47,066 --> 00:59:50,897
Joe, wait... I'’m talking
to you. What are you doing?
1055
00:59:51,035 --> 00:59:52,658
JOE:
I'’m praying.
1056
00:59:55,005 --> 00:59:56,316
Right.
[chuckles]
1057
00:59:56,454 --> 00:59:58,284
♪ ♪
1058
01:00:00,355 --> 01:00:01,632
[crowd cheering]
1059
01:00:04,704 --> 01:00:06,533
JOE: Blast '’em!
Blast '’em! Blast '’em!
1060
01:00:06,672 --> 01:00:08,743
21! 21! 21!
1061
01:00:10,089 --> 01:00:11,262
Let'’s go! Let'’s go! Let'’s go!
1062
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:13,092
-[boys grunt]
-Let'’s go, baby.
1063
01:00:13,230 --> 01:00:16,060
Go, baby! There we go!
There we go! Come on!
1064
01:00:16,198 --> 01:00:17,234
Let'’s go!
1065
01:00:17,372 --> 01:00:19,167
[cheering]
1066
01:00:20,271 --> 01:00:22,515
ANNOUNCER:
Touchdown, Wolverines!
1067
01:00:22,653 --> 01:00:24,724
What a play!
1068
01:00:27,037 --> 01:00:29,073
Great game tonight, fellas.
Great focus.
1069
01:00:29,211 --> 01:00:30,627
Way to play.
Way to hustle.
1070
01:00:30,765 --> 01:00:32,421
ANNOUNCER:
Staying focused on the game,
1071
01:00:32,559 --> 01:00:33,699
and attacking where it counts.
1072
01:00:33,837 --> 01:00:35,735
Standout play by Kennedy
1073
01:00:35,873 --> 01:00:37,841
for that first-quarter touchdown
1074
01:00:37,979 --> 01:00:39,774
really set the tone
for the game.
1075
01:00:39,912 --> 01:00:42,500
With that risky
two-point conversion,
1076
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:44,157
they executed before the half...
1077
01:00:44,295 --> 01:00:46,125
-Coach! Can we pray with you?
-Hey, fellas. I'’m sorry,
1078
01:00:46,263 --> 01:00:47,195
but not tonight.
1079
01:00:47,333 --> 01:00:49,093
This is my fight, and I'’m just,
1080
01:00:49,231 --> 01:00:52,131
I'’m sorry you'’re getting
pulled into the middle of it.
1081
01:00:52,269 --> 01:00:54,202
Doesn'’t look like
he'’s gonna comply.
1082
01:00:54,340 --> 01:00:57,377
-Kennedy!
-Not sure. We'’ll see.
1083
01:00:59,794 --> 01:01:01,036
Kennedy!
1084
01:01:01,174 --> 01:01:04,039
School district gave you
a directive.
1085
01:01:04,177 --> 01:01:06,835
You are not to pray
on the field.
1086
01:01:07,284 --> 01:01:08,699
Maybe do your job
1087
01:01:08,837 --> 01:01:11,426
and get them in the locker room.
1088
01:01:14,567 --> 01:01:17,052
♪ ♪
1089
01:01:31,308 --> 01:01:32,689
[sighs]
1090
01:01:40,593 --> 01:01:42,871
♪ ♪
1091
01:02:00,786 --> 01:02:03,340
♪ ♪
1092
01:02:20,564 --> 01:02:23,878
God, forgive me for wussing out.
1093
01:02:24,016 --> 01:02:25,880
From now on,
I'’m gonna kneel right here
1094
01:02:26,018 --> 01:02:28,814
on this 50-yard line
like I promised you.
1095
01:02:29,538 --> 01:02:31,023
No matter what.
1096
01:02:33,853 --> 01:02:35,855
♪ ♪
1097
01:02:41,309 --> 01:02:42,931
Whoa.
1098
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:48,385
♪ ♪
1099
01:03:01,605 --> 01:03:05,195
♪ ♪
1100
01:03:08,646 --> 01:03:10,131
[crowd cheering]
1101
01:03:10,269 --> 01:03:13,582
ANNOUNCER:
Wolverines, and what a play!
1102
01:03:15,653 --> 01:03:17,586
[all cheering]
1103
01:03:17,724 --> 01:03:19,140
Great work! Great work, guys!
1104
01:03:19,278 --> 01:03:21,487
Great work! Good job!
1105
01:03:21,625 --> 01:03:24,421
All right! Great game, fellas.
Great game!
1106
01:03:24,559 --> 01:03:26,354
Way to hustle tonight.
1107
01:03:30,876 --> 01:03:32,774
You told him, right?
1108
01:03:32,912 --> 01:03:34,258
Yep.
1109
01:03:34,396 --> 01:03:37,814
Don'’t do it, Joe.
You know what this means.
1110
01:03:38,918 --> 01:03:42,473
♪ ♪
1111
01:03:46,029 --> 01:03:49,170
♪ ♪
1112
01:04:19,925 --> 01:04:23,480
♪ ♪
1113
01:04:32,627 --> 01:04:35,078
♪ ♪
1114
01:04:52,578 --> 01:04:55,546
[birds chirping]
1115
01:04:57,065 --> 01:04:59,067
[cell phone vibrating]
1116
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:02,899
Is that yours?
1117
01:05:03,037 --> 01:05:04,452
Yeah, I think so.
1118
01:05:04,590 --> 01:05:06,868
Who is it?
What is going on?
1119
01:05:07,006 --> 01:05:07,938
[Joe grunts]
1120
01:05:08,076 --> 01:05:11,804
[cell phone vibrating]
1121
01:05:11,942 --> 01:05:13,806
[beeps]
1122
01:05:13,944 --> 01:05:15,359
-Hey, Caleb.
-[over phone]: Hey, Dad.
1123
01:05:15,497 --> 01:05:16,913
-Everything all right?
-Yeah.
1124
01:05:17,051 --> 01:05:18,604
You just gotta turn on
Sports Overtime.
1125
01:05:18,742 --> 01:05:20,502
-You aren'’t gonna believe it.
-Yeah, okay.
1126
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,815
-I love you.
-I love you too, son.
1127
01:05:22,953 --> 01:05:25,300
Yeah, bye.
Turn on the TV.
1128
01:05:25,991 --> 01:05:27,509
All right.
1129
01:05:27,647 --> 01:05:29,442
NEWSWOMAN: ...in the world
of high school sports,
1130
01:05:29,580 --> 01:05:31,203
but overnight,
football Coach Joe Kennedy'’s
1131
01:05:31,341 --> 01:05:32,859
-social media post...
-Oh, my Lord.
1132
01:05:32,998 --> 01:05:34,275
...went viral,
1133
01:05:34,413 --> 01:05:36,311
claiming he expects to be fired
1134
01:05:36,449 --> 01:05:39,659
for taking a knee in prayer
after Friday night'’s game.
1135
01:05:39,797 --> 01:05:42,110
-[phone beeps on]
-Hello?
1136
01:05:42,248 --> 01:05:44,561
-[indistinct chatter on phone]
-Who is this?
1137
01:05:44,699 --> 01:05:45,942
Yeah, you know what?
1138
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:47,771
Yeah, I think you should hang up
1139
01:05:47,909 --> 01:05:50,705
before I say something that I'’m
really gonna have to pray about.
1140
01:05:50,843 --> 01:05:52,327
Yeah, that'’s right.
1141
01:05:52,465 --> 01:05:53,811
-NEWSMAN: ...to the point
where we must ask...
-Jerk.
1142
01:05:53,950 --> 01:05:55,399
...what freedom is next
1143
01:05:55,537 --> 01:05:58,092
to be sacrificed on this
altar of so-called tolerance?
1144
01:05:58,230 --> 01:05:59,438
[cell phone vibrating]
1145
01:05:59,576 --> 01:06:00,922
And it once again
calls into question...
1146
01:06:01,060 --> 01:06:02,372
Hey, listen, buddy, I suggest
1147
01:06:02,510 --> 01:06:04,270
you forget this phone number
before I--
1148
01:06:04,891 --> 01:06:06,514
Yeah, who'’s asking?
1149
01:06:06,652 --> 01:06:08,999
NEWSMAN: ...that Coach Kennedy
risked his life to protect...
1150
01:06:09,137 --> 01:06:10,380
Yeah, I got it.
1151
01:06:10,518 --> 01:06:11,760
...as a Marine
and a combat veteran.
1152
01:06:11,898 --> 01:06:14,556
If these rights
are no longer safeguarded
1153
01:06:14,694 --> 01:06:16,144
for every American,
1154
01:06:16,282 --> 01:06:19,423
it will be of grave concern to
the state of the union, Karen.
1155
01:06:19,561 --> 01:06:21,391
Powerful commentary, Raymond.
Thank you.
1156
01:06:21,529 --> 01:06:23,462
We'’re gonna follow this story
as it continues to develop.
1157
01:06:25,395 --> 01:06:27,328
You the Liberty Bell guy?
1158
01:06:27,466 --> 01:06:30,987
First Liberty. Yes.
Steve Ford.
1159
01:06:32,057 --> 01:06:34,576
-Semper Fi.
-Semper Fi.
1160
01:06:35,543 --> 01:06:37,648
-Come on in.
-Thank you.
1161
01:06:40,134 --> 01:06:41,756
The bottom line is this:
1162
01:06:41,894 --> 01:06:43,654
I believe they violated
your rights.
1163
01:06:43,792 --> 01:06:46,036
But if it goes to trial, these
cases can take years to litigate
1164
01:06:46,174 --> 01:06:49,143
and there'’s no guarantee a judge
is gonna rule in your favor.
1165
01:06:49,281 --> 01:06:50,696
You up for that kind of fight?
1166
01:06:52,111 --> 01:06:53,595
I'’ve been fighting
my whole life.
1167
01:06:53,733 --> 01:06:56,529
This is an entirely
different type of fight, Joe.
1168
01:06:58,359 --> 01:07:00,257
Normally, I would advise you
1169
01:07:00,395 --> 01:07:02,121
to talk things over
with your wife.
1170
01:07:02,259 --> 01:07:03,778
But she works for the district
1171
01:07:03,916 --> 01:07:06,988
and that can make things
complicated for the both of you.
1172
01:07:07,126 --> 01:07:08,300
If you decide to move forward.
1173
01:07:08,438 --> 01:07:10,957
Yeah. She'’ll be on board.
1174
01:07:11,096 --> 01:07:12,994
Okay.
1175
01:07:13,132 --> 01:07:15,100
Okay. We'’ve got your back.
1176
01:07:15,721 --> 01:07:17,550
Let me know if you wanna
file the complaint.
1177
01:07:17,688 --> 01:07:19,656
Okay.
1178
01:07:20,312 --> 01:07:22,176
[Denise sighs]
1179
01:07:22,314 --> 01:07:25,041
♪ ♪
1180
01:07:29,735 --> 01:07:32,703
Pretty awkward position
you put me in, Joe.
1181
01:07:32,841 --> 01:07:35,568
Didn'’t wanna include me
in this decision?
1182
01:07:35,706 --> 01:07:39,158
Uh... I didn'’t think it was
gonna be that big of a deal.
1183
01:07:39,296 --> 01:07:40,815
Oh, it'’s a big deal.
1184
01:07:40,953 --> 01:07:43,162
How do you think the
superintendent looked at me
1185
01:07:43,300 --> 01:07:46,648
when I didn'’t even know my
husband had filed a complaint?
1186
01:07:46,786 --> 01:07:49,617
I guess I thought you'’d be
more supportive.
1187
01:07:49,755 --> 01:07:53,621
Did you even consider
how this might affect my job?
1188
01:07:53,759 --> 01:07:55,692
Coaching may be
a part-time thing for you,
1189
01:07:55,830 --> 01:07:57,901
but this is my career.
1190
01:07:58,039 --> 01:08:00,800
Would have been nice
not to be blindsided.
1191
01:08:00,938 --> 01:08:02,595
All right, hold on.
1192
01:08:02,733 --> 01:08:04,494
You know what they'’re doing
is wrong.
1193
01:08:04,632 --> 01:08:06,220
I'’m just trying to do
the right thing.
1194
01:08:06,358 --> 01:08:08,843
The right thing for who?
1195
01:08:10,638 --> 01:08:13,606
I'’ve worked really hard
to get here.
1196
01:08:14,711 --> 01:08:17,403
Now thanks to you,
I'’m doing damage control.
1197
01:08:18,197 --> 01:08:19,681
Come on. Denise...
1198
01:08:19,819 --> 01:08:22,305
♪ ♪
1199
01:08:24,583 --> 01:08:26,757
[sighs]
1200
01:08:26,895 --> 01:08:28,242
Get you anything else?
1201
01:08:28,380 --> 01:08:31,452
No, just... [clears throat]
just the check.
1202
01:08:35,835 --> 01:08:39,667
MAN:
Education, not indoctrination!
1203
01:08:39,805 --> 01:08:41,634
You got it?
1204
01:08:42,394 --> 01:08:43,705
Coach is wrong!
1205
01:08:43,843 --> 01:08:46,915
Keep religion out
of our public school!
1206
01:08:47,053 --> 01:08:48,986
Keep it out of school!
1207
01:08:49,125 --> 01:08:50,781
Hey, guys, focus on the game.
Ignore them.
1208
01:08:50,919 --> 01:08:52,162
Focus on the game.
1209
01:08:52,300 --> 01:08:55,061
♪ ♪
1210
01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:57,133
[shouting continues]
1211
01:08:57,271 --> 01:08:59,065
[game buzzer rings]
1212
01:08:59,928 --> 01:09:02,690
Stay focused!
Ignore all this craziness.
1213
01:09:02,828 --> 01:09:05,141
Let'’s go. Stay focused.
Let'’s go. Stay focused.
1214
01:09:05,279 --> 01:09:07,004
-Come on.
-We got you, Coach.
1215
01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:09,214
No matter what. Family.
1216
01:09:11,181 --> 01:09:12,872
[marching band plays
in distance]
1217
01:09:13,010 --> 01:09:15,323
Surprised to see you here
this evening.
1218
01:09:15,461 --> 01:09:17,498
Just supporting the team.
1219
01:09:17,636 --> 01:09:20,156
If I were you, I'’d be
embarrassed to show my face.
1220
01:09:20,294 --> 01:09:22,192
Look at this.
1221
01:09:23,124 --> 01:09:24,919
Enjoy the second half.
1222
01:09:30,511 --> 01:09:31,960
SAM:
This is a mess.
1223
01:09:34,066 --> 01:09:36,137
This mess is on you.
1224
01:09:36,275 --> 01:09:37,794
I'’ll take care of it.
1225
01:09:37,932 --> 01:09:39,589
JOE: Stay focused. Head in
the game. Head in the game.
1226
01:09:39,727 --> 01:09:42,074
You guys are doing great.
Down by a score, come on.
1227
01:09:42,212 --> 01:09:45,526
♪ ♪
1228
01:09:48,045 --> 01:09:49,564
You see those signs? Huh?
1229
01:09:49,702 --> 01:09:51,601
You hear the things that
they'’re yelling at us?
1230
01:09:51,739 --> 01:09:54,190
Hey, I know you'’re fired up,
but please just do not engage.
1231
01:09:54,328 --> 01:09:55,639
You'’re darn right I'’m fired up,
1232
01:09:55,777 --> 01:09:57,503
because these boys
don'’t deserve this.
1233
01:09:57,641 --> 01:09:59,540
How are they supposed
to concentrate on this game
1234
01:09:59,678 --> 01:10:01,231
with all that crap
going on out there?
1235
01:10:01,369 --> 01:10:02,957
Look, Joe,
this is gonna get ugly.
1236
01:10:03,095 --> 01:10:04,717
People are gonna be
coming for your head.
1237
01:10:04,855 --> 01:10:06,857
Just waiting for you to lash out
or make a wrong move,
1238
01:10:06,995 --> 01:10:10,620
and the press will rip you
apart if you lose your cool.
1239
01:10:11,448 --> 01:10:13,588
He'’s right, Joey.
1240
01:10:15,349 --> 01:10:16,867
Ben?
1241
01:10:18,662 --> 01:10:20,975
Been a long time, son.
1242
01:10:23,322 --> 01:10:24,910
It'’s all right, Steve.
1243
01:10:27,844 --> 01:10:29,225
Wow.
1244
01:10:29,915 --> 01:10:31,330
What are you doing here?
1245
01:10:31,468 --> 01:10:34,609
Well, I was just sitting in
my La-Z-Boy watching the news,
1246
01:10:34,747 --> 01:10:38,786
all of a sudden, I see your mug
causing trouble again.
1247
01:10:41,375 --> 01:10:44,964
But this time,
it'’s for something worthwhile.
1248
01:10:47,312 --> 01:10:48,899
I don'’t know, Ben.
1249
01:10:50,176 --> 01:10:53,352
I mean, maybe this whole thing
was a bad idea.
1250
01:10:53,490 --> 01:10:55,078
You'’re following orders.
1251
01:10:55,216 --> 01:10:58,115
It'’s just they'’re coming
from a little higher up
1252
01:10:58,254 --> 01:10:59,496
than you'’re used to.
1253
01:11:00,497 --> 01:11:03,431
Yeah, but...
but why me of all people?
1254
01:11:03,569 --> 01:11:05,985
I mean, you know me
better than anyone.
1255
01:11:06,123 --> 01:11:07,642
I'’m no saint, Ben.
1256
01:11:07,780 --> 01:11:10,990
No. But you'’re a fighter.
1257
01:11:11,128 --> 01:11:13,199
Always have been.
1258
01:11:13,338 --> 01:11:15,616
♪ ♪
1259
01:11:15,754 --> 01:11:20,759
You remember that ugly tree
I showed you way back when?
1260
01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:23,727
Saying I'’m still ugly?
1261
01:11:25,142 --> 01:11:28,939
Joey, that tree'’s
still standing.
1262
01:11:29,077 --> 01:11:30,562
You know why?
1263
01:11:31,735 --> 01:11:34,151
Because God has a plan
for that tree.
1264
01:11:35,291 --> 01:11:38,259
So he made sure that it got
just enough water
1265
01:11:38,397 --> 01:11:40,296
so it wouldn'’t dry up.
1266
01:11:40,434 --> 01:11:41,883
Just enough wind
1267
01:11:42,021 --> 01:11:45,370
so it would learn to bend
and not break.
1268
01:11:46,509 --> 01:11:48,649
God has been preparing you
1269
01:11:48,787 --> 01:11:52,480
for this fight
your whole life, Joey.
1270
01:11:55,103 --> 01:11:58,314
I am so proud of you, son.
1271
01:12:08,358 --> 01:12:09,635
[Joe sighs]
1272
01:12:09,773 --> 01:12:11,396
Good man.
1273
01:12:12,638 --> 01:12:14,468
-Hey, come meet the team.
-All right.
1274
01:12:14,606 --> 01:12:16,746
You might be able
to inspire them.
1275
01:12:16,884 --> 01:12:19,542
♪ ♪
1276
01:12:26,065 --> 01:12:28,413
♪ ♪
1277
01:12:34,350 --> 01:12:37,870
♪ ♪
1278
01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:46,154
♪ ♪
1279
01:12:53,196 --> 01:12:55,163
I'’m so sorry, Joe.
1280
01:12:56,786 --> 01:12:59,167
But it'’s my job as head of HR
to inform you
1281
01:12:59,305 --> 01:13:02,723
that you are hereby terminated
from your coaching position
1282
01:13:02,861 --> 01:13:04,863
for insubordination.
1283
01:13:05,001 --> 01:13:07,590
Would you please stop
telling people I fired you?
1284
01:13:07,728 --> 01:13:09,730
But you have to admit
it makes for a better story.
1285
01:13:09,868 --> 01:13:11,490
-Right?
-Okay.
1286
01:13:11,628 --> 01:13:13,112
Thankfully, the school district
1287
01:13:13,250 --> 01:13:15,874
did not make me fire
my own husband.
1288
01:13:17,462 --> 01:13:20,292
JOE: Meanwhile,
I learned that going to court
1289
01:13:20,430 --> 01:13:22,674
is nothing like what you see
onLaw & Order.
1290
01:13:22,812 --> 01:13:26,263
I had to sit there
and listen to this lawyer
spew lies about me.
1291
01:13:26,402 --> 01:13:30,509
Oh, I wanted so badly to
stand up and throat punch him.
1292
01:13:31,648 --> 01:13:34,064
But my lawyer wouldn'’t let me.
1293
01:13:35,411 --> 01:13:36,998
COURT OFFICER:
Please rise.
1294
01:13:37,136 --> 01:13:38,586
♪ ♪
1295
01:13:39,863 --> 01:13:41,589
JOE:
One judge actually said
1296
01:13:41,727 --> 01:13:43,177
that he was forced
to rule against me
1297
01:13:43,315 --> 01:13:46,456
because of today'’s
political climate.
1298
01:13:46,594 --> 01:13:48,665
[echoing thud]
1299
01:13:48,803 --> 01:13:51,668
Which is a complete
load of garbage.
1300
01:14:04,647 --> 01:14:06,683
I hate this part.
1301
01:14:09,065 --> 01:14:10,342
♪ ♪
1302
01:14:10,480 --> 01:14:12,620
So this is the new-look
Warren Elementary School,
1303
01:14:12,758 --> 01:14:14,173
and what we found was that
1304
01:14:14,311 --> 01:14:15,830
children learn better
with natural light,
1305
01:14:15,968 --> 01:14:18,592
so we added all these windows
here and here.
1306
01:14:18,730 --> 01:14:20,041
And you see
all these windows here.
1307
01:14:20,179 --> 01:14:22,458
This actually helps
the children to...
1308
01:14:22,596 --> 01:14:25,184
♪ ♪
1309
01:14:25,322 --> 01:14:27,359
DENISE: Once people learned
that Joe was my husband,
1310
01:14:27,497 --> 01:14:29,050
it got ugly.
1311
01:14:29,188 --> 01:14:31,018
[people whispering]
1312
01:14:31,156 --> 01:14:33,123
♪ ♪
1313
01:14:33,261 --> 01:14:36,230
DENISE: I was told
I should'’ve been fired, too.
1314
01:14:42,685 --> 01:14:44,687
I finally had my dream job
1315
01:14:44,825 --> 01:14:46,482
and, overnight,
I lost the respect
1316
01:14:46,620 --> 01:14:48,414
of my colleagues and friends.
1317
01:14:48,553 --> 01:14:51,072
♪ ♪
1318
01:14:57,458 --> 01:14:59,909
Suddenly, I was a target.
1319
01:15:00,047 --> 01:15:02,152
And...
[inhales deeply]
1320
01:15:02,290 --> 01:15:04,189
I became resentful.
1321
01:15:14,371 --> 01:15:16,063
[Joe clears throat]
1322
01:15:25,555 --> 01:15:27,143
I was gonna ask about your day.
1323
01:15:27,281 --> 01:15:30,042
Well, I can'’t tell you
because...
1324
01:15:30,180 --> 01:15:33,218
apparently I'’m a conflict
of interest everywhere.
1325
01:15:34,771 --> 01:15:36,359
I'’m being attacked on all fronts
1326
01:15:36,497 --> 01:15:39,431
because you refuse to take
a knee in the locker room.
1327
01:15:39,569 --> 01:15:43,297
You sure this isn'’t because
part of you likes the attention?
1328
01:15:55,309 --> 01:15:57,380
DENISE:
Where I used to turn to God,
1329
01:15:57,518 --> 01:16:00,003
I struggled
with resenting him, too.
1330
01:16:00,141 --> 01:16:01,867
PREACHER:
So we can pray for you...
1331
01:16:02,005 --> 01:16:04,007
DENISE: I just couldn'’t
understand how Joe and I
1332
01:16:04,145 --> 01:16:06,078
were on completely
different pages.
1333
01:16:06,216 --> 01:16:08,460
PREACHER:
...and watch how he steps in...
1334
01:16:08,598 --> 01:16:10,427
♪ ♪
1335
01:16:10,566 --> 01:16:14,604
I didn'’t understand then why
he was doing what he was doing.
1336
01:16:16,744 --> 01:16:19,402
And, uh, I didn'’t know
how to tell her.
1337
01:16:20,472 --> 01:16:23,579
You'’re appealing to
the Supreme Court? Seriously?
1338
01:16:25,373 --> 01:16:26,374
Yes. Seriously.
1339
01:16:26,512 --> 01:16:28,204
We can'’t quit now.
1340
01:16:28,342 --> 01:16:30,516
Steve says what
the Ninth Court did today
1341
01:16:30,655 --> 01:16:32,104
would make it possible
for anyone
1342
01:16:32,242 --> 01:16:34,520
to be fired for even
the tiniest religious display.
1343
01:16:34,659 --> 01:16:38,110
Okay, I-I love that you wanna
defend and-and protect everyone,
1344
01:16:38,248 --> 01:16:40,354
Joe, but God doesn'’t
need you to defend him.
1345
01:16:40,492 --> 01:16:41,873
I'’m not defending God.
1346
01:16:42,011 --> 01:16:43,495
I'’m defending
the people of this country.
1347
01:16:43,633 --> 01:16:45,117
Yeah, the same people
who are sending us hate mail.
1348
01:16:45,255 --> 01:16:46,878
Some of them who are Christians
who don'’t
1349
01:16:47,016 --> 01:16:47,810
think you need to be praying
on the street corner.
1350
01:16:47,948 --> 01:16:49,294
That is their right.
1351
01:16:49,432 --> 01:16:50,916
To have a different opinion.
1352
01:16:51,054 --> 01:16:54,299
And like it or not, I am
fighting for those people, too.
1353
01:16:56,819 --> 01:16:58,648
I need to finish this.
1354
01:17:00,650 --> 01:17:02,479
Well, I hope it'’s worth it.
1355
01:17:02,618 --> 01:17:05,621
♪ ♪
1356
01:17:16,459 --> 01:17:18,150
[Joe sighs]
1357
01:17:20,739 --> 01:17:23,259
♪ ♪
1358
01:17:38,205 --> 01:17:40,241
[truck door opens, closes]
1359
01:17:40,379 --> 01:17:42,899
♪ ♪
1360
01:18:22,387 --> 01:18:25,045
[mellow blues music plays
over speakers]
1361
01:18:25,183 --> 01:18:27,323
WAITRESS: Can I get you boys
anything else?
1362
01:18:27,461 --> 01:18:30,878
JOE: No, I think we'’re good.
Thanks, Abby.
1363
01:18:35,503 --> 01:18:38,437
I suppose you'’re gonna want
to pray over your coffee.
1364
01:18:39,749 --> 01:18:42,614
Well, as long as you promise
to be offended.
1365
01:18:43,546 --> 01:18:45,582
All right, that'’s it.
I'’m outta here.
1366
01:18:45,721 --> 01:18:46,756
Thomas.
1367
01:18:46,894 --> 01:18:48,447
Please.
1368
01:18:50,760 --> 01:18:52,520
[Thomas sighs]
1369
01:18:58,147 --> 01:19:01,253
Look. First thing you need
to understand is that...
1370
01:19:01,391 --> 01:19:04,015
I never asked those kids
to pray.
1371
01:19:04,153 --> 01:19:06,776
Or invited them to pray
with you?
1372
01:19:06,914 --> 01:19:08,433
No.
1373
01:19:08,571 --> 01:19:09,745
Not even once?
1374
01:19:10,435 --> 01:19:13,438
Not even once.
Was never about them.
1375
01:19:15,509 --> 01:19:18,132
You didn'’t make it where
those kids
1376
01:19:18,270 --> 01:19:20,031
felt like they needed
to pray to play?
1377
01:19:20,169 --> 01:19:22,309
Absolutely not.
That would'’ve been so wrong.
1378
01:19:22,447 --> 01:19:24,690
Oh, come on.
1379
01:19:25,243 --> 01:19:26,900
You weren'’t trying
to convert them?
1380
01:19:27,038 --> 01:19:29,143
No. Never.
1381
01:19:32,837 --> 01:19:35,184
Look, I'’m a Marine...
1382
01:19:35,322 --> 01:19:38,325
and the Constitution
means something to me.
1383
01:19:38,463 --> 01:19:39,844
Our religious freedoms, they...
1384
01:19:39,982 --> 01:19:41,742
they belong to
every single American
1385
01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:43,330
no matter what they believe,
1386
01:19:43,468 --> 01:19:45,919
and I don'’t want anybody
taking those away from us.
1387
01:19:47,092 --> 01:19:49,025
Doesn'’t matter to me
who you believe in,
1388
01:19:49,163 --> 01:19:51,303
whether it'’s God or Allah or...
1389
01:19:51,441 --> 01:19:53,236
unicorns.
1390
01:19:59,173 --> 01:20:01,797
So it is just
the principle of it.
1391
01:20:03,039 --> 01:20:06,008
It'’s always been
a freedom thing.
1392
01:20:09,632 --> 01:20:11,599
Can I get some cream?
1393
01:20:13,705 --> 01:20:15,258
[sighs]
1394
01:20:21,817 --> 01:20:23,439
Thank you.
1395
01:20:39,179 --> 01:20:41,077
You'’re like Peter.
1396
01:20:44,356 --> 01:20:46,048
Peter who?
1397
01:20:48,188 --> 01:20:50,155
Peter the apostle.
1398
01:20:51,087 --> 01:20:53,020
Oh, right. Right.
1399
01:20:53,158 --> 01:20:54,884
Uh, I'’m not, uh...
1400
01:20:55,022 --> 01:20:57,438
I'’m not much
of a biblical scholar.
1401
01:20:57,576 --> 01:21:00,614
That'’s all right.
That'’s okay. It'’s...
1402
01:21:01,442 --> 01:21:04,376
Let me put it another way. Um...
1403
01:21:04,963 --> 01:21:07,241
If Jesus were Batman,
1404
01:21:07,793 --> 01:21:10,106
Peter'’d be his Robin.
1405
01:21:11,590 --> 01:21:13,385
Got it.
1406
01:21:13,523 --> 01:21:16,699
When Jesus was arrested,
they asked Peter three times
1407
01:21:16,837 --> 01:21:18,666
if he knew Jesus.
1408
01:21:20,392 --> 01:21:23,637
All three times,
he denied knowing him.
1409
01:21:34,303 --> 01:21:38,065
You were asked three times
by the school district
1410
01:21:38,203 --> 01:21:40,102
to stop praying.
1411
01:21:44,382 --> 01:21:47,247
But instead of
denying your faith...
1412
01:21:49,007 --> 01:21:51,251
you did what Peter couldn'’t do.
1413
01:21:53,322 --> 01:21:56,256
You stood by
what you believed in.
1414
01:21:57,429 --> 01:22:00,018
Faced the consequences.
1415
01:22:05,679 --> 01:22:06,991
Hmm.
1416
01:22:14,032 --> 01:22:16,034
You know, you...
1417
01:22:16,172 --> 01:22:18,485
you say you don'’t
believe in God, but...
1418
01:22:18,623 --> 01:22:21,626
you sure know a lot
about the Bible.
1419
01:22:24,491 --> 01:22:28,115
A lot of people
are raised as Christians...
1420
01:22:30,048 --> 01:22:32,223
but get turned off by...
1421
01:22:33,293 --> 01:22:35,226
bad experience.
1422
01:22:40,196 --> 01:22:41,508
Yeah.
1423
01:22:41,646 --> 01:22:44,821
Yeah, it'’s unfortunate,
but I understand.
1424
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,583
♪ ♪
1425
01:22:48,998 --> 01:22:50,482
Look, have...
1426
01:22:50,620 --> 01:22:53,244
have you ever had a bad
experience at a restaurant?
1427
01:22:54,728 --> 01:22:56,316
Who hasn'’t?
1428
01:22:58,594 --> 01:22:59,871
Right.
1429
01:23:01,010 --> 01:23:04,565
Don'’t let one bad meal
keep you from being fed.
1430
01:23:09,018 --> 01:23:10,399
So as I'’m sure you all know,
1431
01:23:10,537 --> 01:23:12,332
we'’ve had trouble
at the high school
1432
01:23:12,470 --> 01:23:13,712
with one of our employees.
1433
01:23:13,850 --> 01:23:15,335
And we'’ve had to--
1434
01:23:16,577 --> 01:23:18,959
Sorry I'’m late.
I missed the email.
1435
01:23:19,097 --> 01:23:21,237
No, you didn'’t.
1436
01:23:21,375 --> 01:23:22,998
I'’m afraid you can'’t be here.
1437
01:23:23,136 --> 01:23:25,724
This is about your husband,
and we'’re gonna be a while.
1438
01:23:25,862 --> 01:23:27,381
Why don'’t you, uh,
why don'’t you
1439
01:23:27,519 --> 01:23:29,521
take the rest
of the afternoon off?
1440
01:23:38,289 --> 01:23:41,671
So the decision was made
to hire legal counsel.
1441
01:23:41,809 --> 01:23:43,466
Right. Okay.
1442
01:23:44,226 --> 01:23:45,606
Oh, hey.
Denise just walked in,
1443
01:23:45,744 --> 01:23:48,126
so I'’ll talk to you
tomorrow, Steve.
1444
01:23:48,264 --> 01:23:49,852
Yeah. Thanks.
1445
01:23:49,990 --> 01:23:51,164
What'’s going on?
1446
01:23:51,302 --> 01:23:53,373
Uh... [chuckles]
1447
01:23:53,511 --> 01:23:55,237
Supreme Court turned us down.
1448
01:23:55,375 --> 01:23:58,136
Joe, I'’m... I'’m so sorry.
1449
01:23:59,241 --> 01:24:01,243
I mean, maybe...
maybe this is a good thing.
1450
01:24:01,381 --> 01:24:03,935
-Maybe we can finally start--
-No.
1451
01:24:04,073 --> 01:24:05,695
-You won'’t believe this.
-What?
1452
01:24:05,833 --> 01:24:08,181
They'’re actually gonna
give us a second chance.
1453
01:24:08,319 --> 01:24:09,872
Mm-hmm.
1454
01:24:10,010 --> 01:24:13,255
Steve said he'’s never seen
this happen in his career.
1455
01:24:13,393 --> 01:24:15,429
I mean, a second chance?
1456
01:24:15,567 --> 01:24:16,879
I thought the Supreme Court
1457
01:24:17,017 --> 01:24:19,226
either takes the case
or they don'’t.
1458
01:24:19,364 --> 01:24:20,710
Apparently, they think
the lower courts
1459
01:24:20,848 --> 01:24:22,436
made some mistakes.
1460
01:24:22,574 --> 01:24:25,681
They practically handed us
a roadmap to hear it next time.
1461
01:24:28,891 --> 01:24:30,513
Next time?
1462
01:24:35,311 --> 01:24:38,003
I can'’t do this again, Joe.
1463
01:24:38,866 --> 01:24:40,282
It'’s been three years
of our lives
1464
01:24:40,420 --> 01:24:42,042
turned completely upside down.
1465
01:24:42,180 --> 01:24:45,666
Y-You'’ve promised me
it was gonna be over soon.
1466
01:24:45,804 --> 01:24:47,875
Yeah, but that was before we
knew the lower courts messed up.
1467
01:24:48,013 --> 01:24:50,361
[stammers]
I have tried to be patient.
1468
01:24:50,499 --> 01:24:52,087
-Have you?
-I have.
1469
01:24:52,225 --> 01:24:55,745
Because I'’ve needed you
more than anyone by my side
1470
01:24:55,883 --> 01:24:58,748
but it doesn'’t feel like
you'’ve been there, Denise.
1471
01:24:58,886 --> 01:25:00,785
Are you kidding?
1472
01:25:00,923 --> 01:25:01,889
I...
1473
01:25:02,027 --> 01:25:04,271
I have been there.
1474
01:25:04,409 --> 01:25:08,172
I... I have been
the collateral damage
1475
01:25:08,310 --> 01:25:09,656
to this whole thing,
1476
01:25:09,794 --> 01:25:11,865
and-and now you wanna do it
all over again.
1477
01:25:12,003 --> 01:25:13,867
♪ ♪
1478
01:25:14,005 --> 01:25:16,594
Just stop fighting, Joe.
1479
01:25:17,595 --> 01:25:19,976
For-for once in your life.
1480
01:25:20,115 --> 01:25:23,394
You'’re just dragging us
through this whole mess
1481
01:25:23,532 --> 01:25:25,741
because you refuse to surrender.
1482
01:25:25,879 --> 01:25:27,294
This is me surrendering.
1483
01:25:27,432 --> 01:25:29,503
I don'’t know how else
to make you see.
1484
01:25:29,641 --> 01:25:30,849
Yeah, we'’re getting
some backlash,
1485
01:25:30,987 --> 01:25:32,541
but people from
all over the country
1486
01:25:32,679 --> 01:25:35,164
are sending in letters
of support, thanking me,
1487
01:25:35,302 --> 01:25:38,133
thanking me for taking a stand.
1488
01:25:38,995 --> 01:25:41,653
Aren'’t we more important?
1489
01:25:42,654 --> 01:25:45,899
I can'’t stop. Not now.
1490
01:25:47,349 --> 01:25:49,592
You can'’t or you won'’t?
1491
01:25:52,043 --> 01:25:53,700
I can'’t.
1492
01:25:53,838 --> 01:25:56,427
-[sobbing]
-I'’m sorry.
1493
01:26:01,294 --> 01:26:03,848
And I can'’t keep
hurting you either.
1494
01:26:05,919 --> 01:26:07,645
-I'’ll go.
-No.
1495
01:26:09,854 --> 01:26:10,993
Joe!
1496
01:26:11,131 --> 01:26:14,030
Wait. That doesn'’t solve it.
Please.
1497
01:26:14,169 --> 01:26:15,653
Joe, wait!
1498
01:26:15,791 --> 01:26:18,311
♪ ♪
1499
01:26:19,312 --> 01:26:20,761
-[clattering]
-[grunts]
1500
01:26:20,899 --> 01:26:23,764
Joe. Joe?
1501
01:26:23,902 --> 01:26:25,766
Joe! Joe.
1502
01:26:25,904 --> 01:26:27,906
Joe! Are you okay?
1503
01:26:28,044 --> 01:26:29,391
[grunts] Yeah.
1504
01:26:29,529 --> 01:26:31,047
What happened?
1505
01:26:31,186 --> 01:26:32,842
Joe.
1506
01:26:32,980 --> 01:26:34,741
I can'’t stop.
1507
01:26:34,879 --> 01:26:36,743
What?
1508
01:26:37,640 --> 01:26:39,815
I promised God that
if he'’d heal our marriage,
1509
01:26:39,953 --> 01:26:42,266
that I would do
whatever he asked.
1510
01:26:43,267 --> 01:26:46,546
And making this stand
is what he'’s asked of me.
1511
01:26:48,962 --> 01:26:50,377
And it...
1512
01:26:51,136 --> 01:26:53,035
should'’ve been our decision
from the start.
1513
01:26:53,173 --> 01:26:55,037
Not just mine.
1514
01:26:55,762 --> 01:26:57,729
And I never meant to hurt you.
1515
01:26:57,867 --> 01:27:00,284
I hope you can forgive me
for that.
1516
01:27:01,423 --> 01:27:03,873
'’Cause I can'’t do it
without you.
1517
01:27:04,011 --> 01:27:05,979
♪ ♪
1518
01:27:10,225 --> 01:27:13,055
It took you falling on
your head to figure that out?
1519
01:27:13,193 --> 01:27:15,609
[laughs] Yeah, it did.
1520
01:27:16,300 --> 01:27:18,371
-[sniffles]
-[sighs]
1521
01:27:22,098 --> 01:27:24,929
[sighs] I love you.
1522
01:27:29,105 --> 01:27:31,004
JOE:
I thought I had lost her.
1523
01:27:31,142 --> 01:27:33,627
Again.
1524
01:27:33,765 --> 01:27:36,699
It'’s like God intervened
at that very moment.
1525
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:39,840
Coincidence?
1526
01:27:39,978 --> 01:27:41,635
[laughs softly]
1527
01:27:42,395 --> 01:27:46,468
I mean, I did ask you to fix
the handrail several times.
1528
01:27:48,642 --> 01:27:51,093
But I didn'’t.
1529
01:27:51,231 --> 01:27:52,957
[both laugh softly]
1530
01:28:02,035 --> 01:28:03,070
Denise.
1531
01:28:04,071 --> 01:28:05,521
Yeah.
1532
01:28:05,659 --> 01:28:08,041
What is it gonna take before
your husband gives up
1533
01:28:08,179 --> 01:28:11,182
this ridiculous crusade of his?
1534
01:28:11,320 --> 01:28:12,942
[scoffs]
1535
01:28:13,080 --> 01:28:17,084
You know, I-I really
don'’t appreciate your tone.
1536
01:28:17,222 --> 01:28:20,571
Don'’t ever speak to me about
my husband like that again.
1537
01:28:20,709 --> 01:28:21,951
You understand?
1538
01:28:22,089 --> 01:28:24,678
♪ ♪
1539
01:28:30,857 --> 01:28:32,617
JOE: The district court
and the Ninth Circuit
1540
01:28:32,755 --> 01:28:34,239
both upheld their rulings
1541
01:28:34,378 --> 01:28:36,172
and-and we'’ve been waiting
on pins and needles
1542
01:28:36,311 --> 01:28:38,968
to see if the Supreme Court'’s
even gonna hear the case.
1543
01:28:39,106 --> 01:28:42,627
So I took a job
to help pay the bills.
1544
01:28:44,111 --> 01:28:45,423
[grunts]
1545
01:28:48,426 --> 01:28:49,531
Yes.
1546
01:28:49,669 --> 01:28:51,395
I'’m a gravedigger.
1547
01:28:51,533 --> 01:28:53,328
[dog whines]
1548
01:28:53,466 --> 01:28:55,226
The cool thing is,
I don'’t have to worry
1549
01:28:55,364 --> 01:28:57,021
about offending the people
I'’m working around.
1550
01:28:57,159 --> 01:28:58,988
-Yeah?
-STEVE: Joe,
they'’re taking the case.
1551
01:28:59,126 --> 01:29:02,647
["I'’m On My Way"
by Evan Olson playing]
1552
01:29:06,789 --> 01:29:13,037
♪ Now I see why I'’ve always
been hiding behind my heart ♪
1553
01:29:14,003 --> 01:29:15,591
♪ I'’m standing up tall ♪
1554
01:29:15,729 --> 01:29:18,318
♪ And I'’m ready
to make a new start ♪
1555
01:29:18,456 --> 01:29:19,492
♪ New start ♪
1556
01:29:19,630 --> 01:29:21,597
♪ Yeah, I'’m on my way ♪
1557
01:29:21,735 --> 01:29:23,150
♪ Hang up the phone ♪
1558
01:29:23,288 --> 01:29:25,118
-♪ Jump over... ♪
-JOE: Denise!
1559
01:29:25,256 --> 01:29:27,016
-♪ I'’m on my own ♪
-Joe?
1560
01:29:27,154 --> 01:29:29,778
♪ Don'’t try to stop me
chasin'’ my dreams ♪
1561
01:29:30,295 --> 01:29:31,711
What'’s wrong?
1562
01:29:32,263 --> 01:29:34,161
Joe... are you okay?
1563
01:29:34,299 --> 01:29:36,578
We did it.
1564
01:29:36,716 --> 01:29:38,200
We'’re going
to the Supreme Court, baby.
1565
01:29:38,338 --> 01:29:39,650
They'’re gonna hear our case.
1566
01:29:39,788 --> 01:29:41,134
-What? Joe!
-Yes!
1567
01:29:41,272 --> 01:29:42,584
Oh, thank you, Lord.
1568
01:29:42,722 --> 01:29:44,724
-Oh, Joe. Joe!
-[laughs]
1569
01:29:44,862 --> 01:29:47,312
Oh, God, you stink, hon.
You need a shower.
1570
01:29:47,451 --> 01:29:50,454
[indistinct chanting]
1571
01:29:53,940 --> 01:29:55,390
♪ ♪
1572
01:30:06,124 --> 01:30:07,850
How crazy is this?
1573
01:30:07,988 --> 01:30:09,404
Hey.
1574
01:30:09,542 --> 01:30:11,371
I'’m proud of you.
1575
01:30:11,509 --> 01:30:13,408
No matter what happens.
1576
01:30:15,410 --> 01:30:17,964
♪ ♪
1577
01:30:24,522 --> 01:30:25,972
Hey, Coach!
1578
01:30:29,872 --> 01:30:32,703
How '’bout a prayer?
1579
01:30:38,778 --> 01:30:40,573
JOE:
God, you'’re awesome.
1580
01:30:40,711 --> 01:30:42,678
Thank you
for this crazy journey,
1581
01:30:42,816 --> 01:30:45,888
for Denise, for people
you put on our team.
1582
01:30:46,026 --> 01:30:47,994
Whatever happens, I'’m grateful.
1583
01:30:48,132 --> 01:30:49,685
-Amen.
-Let me get this straight.
1584
01:30:49,823 --> 01:30:51,756
You'’re telling me
my client can'’t get in?
1585
01:30:51,894 --> 01:30:53,206
No, sir.
1586
01:30:58,383 --> 01:31:01,835
Fine. Hey, Coach. Hold up.
1587
01:31:03,388 --> 01:31:04,804
COVID restrictions.
1588
01:31:04,942 --> 01:31:06,875
They'’re only allowing
key personnel inside.
1589
01:31:08,946 --> 01:31:10,257
Press.
1590
01:31:19,577 --> 01:31:21,199
[Joe clears throat]
1591
01:31:24,548 --> 01:31:26,550
[sighs, scoffs]
1592
01:31:27,620 --> 01:31:29,207
This should be illegal.
1593
01:31:29,345 --> 01:31:32,452
After all these years, I can'’t
even attend my own trial?
1594
01:31:32,590 --> 01:31:34,730
-I mean, what a joke.
-Hey.
1595
01:31:35,904 --> 01:31:38,458
You'’ve been fighting
your whole life.
1596
01:31:38,596 --> 01:31:40,253
Now'’s the hard part.
1597
01:31:40,391 --> 01:31:42,324
You gotta trust in God.
1598
01:31:42,462 --> 01:31:44,602
Let him finish it.
1599
01:31:52,610 --> 01:31:53,784
JOE:
I bet you were hoping to see
1600
01:31:53,922 --> 01:31:55,579
the Supreme Court case.
1601
01:31:55,717 --> 01:31:57,132
You know what?
1602
01:31:57,270 --> 01:31:59,030
So was I.
1603
01:32:00,307 --> 01:32:03,310
"Decision will take
a couple of months."
1604
01:32:03,448 --> 01:32:05,071
Heard that story before.
1605
01:32:05,209 --> 01:32:09,282
-♪ ♪
-[mower whirring loudly]
1606
01:32:09,420 --> 01:32:11,629
Lawyers are all the same.
1607
01:32:15,840 --> 01:32:18,153
Is this bologna?
1608
01:32:21,466 --> 01:32:23,538
Hurry up and wait.
1609
01:32:27,576 --> 01:32:29,405
-[mower powers down]
-[cell phone vibrating]
1610
01:32:29,544 --> 01:32:32,098
[cell phone vibrates]
1611
01:32:32,236 --> 01:32:33,548
Hello?
1612
01:32:36,136 --> 01:32:38,760
♪ ♪
1613
01:32:40,140 --> 01:32:42,833
[sighs deeply]
1614
01:33:10,585 --> 01:33:12,172
[notification pings]
1615
01:33:12,310 --> 01:33:13,933
Here we go.
1616
01:33:14,071 --> 01:33:15,693
Here we go. It'’s in.
1617
01:33:19,732 --> 01:33:22,217
[sighs] Okay, Lord.
Your will be done.
1618
01:33:22,355 --> 01:33:26,221
"The Supreme Court rules
six-three in favor of...
1619
01:33:28,603 --> 01:33:29,569
...Praying Coach."
1620
01:33:29,707 --> 01:33:31,260
♪ ♪
1621
01:33:32,883 --> 01:33:33,884
Joe, you won.
1622
01:33:34,022 --> 01:33:35,195
-We won?
-Yes!
1623
01:33:35,333 --> 01:33:37,025
We won! Ah!
1624
01:33:37,163 --> 01:33:38,543
-STEVE: Yes!
-JOE: We won!
1625
01:33:38,682 --> 01:33:41,236
We won! Ah!
1626
01:33:43,100 --> 01:33:45,792
STEVE: Wait, wait, wait.
Listen to this. Listen to this.
1627
01:33:45,930 --> 01:33:48,415
Gorsuch writes, "Respect
for religious expressions
1628
01:33:48,553 --> 01:33:51,556
"is indispensable to life in
a free and diverse Republic.
1629
01:33:51,695 --> 01:33:54,663
"Here, a government entity
sought to punish an individual
1630
01:33:54,801 --> 01:33:56,907
"for engaging in a personal
religious observance
1631
01:33:57,045 --> 01:33:59,012
"based on the mistaken view
it has the duty
1632
01:33:59,150 --> 01:34:01,152
"to suppress
religious observances
1633
01:34:01,290 --> 01:34:03,120
"even as it allows
comparable secular speech.
1634
01:34:03,258 --> 01:34:05,260
"The Constitution
neither mandates
1635
01:34:05,398 --> 01:34:07,780
"nor tolerates
that kind of discrimination.
1636
01:34:09,091 --> 01:34:11,231
"Mr. Kennedy is entitled
to summary judgment
1637
01:34:11,369 --> 01:34:15,339
on his religious exercise
and free speech claims."
1638
01:34:18,963 --> 01:34:21,448
You did it, Joe. [laughs]
1639
01:34:22,622 --> 01:34:24,313
We did it.
1640
01:34:27,385 --> 01:34:28,870
♪ ♪
1641
01:34:33,460 --> 01:34:35,393
[slurping]
1642
01:34:36,774 --> 01:34:38,673
Oh, yeah. Thanks, babe.
1643
01:34:38,811 --> 01:34:40,019
Mmm.
1644
01:34:40,157 --> 01:34:42,815
["Unrestrained"
by Sanctus Real playing]
1645
01:34:47,267 --> 01:34:48,475
Hey.
1646
01:34:49,580 --> 01:34:50,685
We won.
1647
01:34:50,823 --> 01:34:54,067
♪ If love is like a mirror... ♪
1648
01:34:54,205 --> 01:34:59,417
They'’ll never take...
our freedom!
1649
01:34:59,555 --> 01:35:00,833
Oh, dear.
1650
01:35:01,661 --> 01:35:03,076
Sorry.
1651
01:35:03,214 --> 01:35:04,699
Joe...
1652
01:35:04,837 --> 01:35:07,667
♪ Wants to run and hide... ♪
1653
01:35:07,805 --> 01:35:10,739
You know... there'’s probably
a million other people
1654
01:35:10,877 --> 01:35:13,293
more qualified for this than me.
1655
01:35:15,261 --> 01:35:19,265
Well, I guess that just goes
to show that God can use anyone.
1656
01:35:19,403 --> 01:35:22,751
No matter how average
they think they might be.
1657
01:35:25,098 --> 01:35:27,480
Think they'’ll actually
make a movie about us?
1658
01:35:27,618 --> 01:35:28,930
I don'’t think so.
1659
01:35:29,068 --> 01:35:31,139
-Yeah. It'’s a long shot.
-Hmm.
1660
01:35:34,418 --> 01:35:36,144
Oorah.
1661
01:35:36,972 --> 01:35:40,113
-♪ '’Cause I want your love ♪
-♪ I want your love ♪
1662
01:35:40,251 --> 01:35:43,047
-♪ To be unrestrained ♪
-♪ Oh ♪
1663
01:35:43,185 --> 01:35:46,430
-♪ Tearin'’ down walls ♪
-♪ Tearin'’ down walls ♪
1664
01:35:46,568 --> 01:35:48,743
♪ Breaking these chains ♪
1665
01:35:48,881 --> 01:35:51,746
-♪ Wanna hear your voice ♪
-♪ I wanna hear your voice ♪
1666
01:35:51,884 --> 01:35:54,610
-♪ Callin'’ my name ♪
-♪ Callin'’ my name ♪
1667
01:35:54,749 --> 01:35:56,060
♪ Wanna feel your love... ♪
1668
01:35:56,198 --> 01:35:58,062
Hey, everyone.
I'’m the real Joe Kennedy.
1669
01:35:58,200 --> 01:35:59,684
If you'’re like me
1670
01:35:59,823 --> 01:36:01,376
and don'’t understand
all that legal mumbo jumbo,
1671
01:36:01,514 --> 01:36:03,240
my buddy Willie Robertson'’s
gonna explain
1672
01:36:03,378 --> 01:36:06,519
how important it was
to overturn the Lemoncase.
1673
01:36:06,657 --> 01:36:08,590
Hey, y'’all.
Here'’s the deal with Lemon.
1674
01:36:08,728 --> 01:36:12,456
In 1971, the Supreme Court
completely stacked the deck
1675
01:36:12,594 --> 01:36:15,355
against anything religious
appearing in public.
1676
01:36:15,493 --> 01:36:17,219
Monuments, prayer,
1677
01:36:17,357 --> 01:36:18,876
certain religious attire...
1678
01:36:19,014 --> 01:36:20,913
Everything was
on the chopping block
1679
01:36:21,051 --> 01:36:22,293
simply at a judge'’s whim.
1680
01:36:22,431 --> 01:36:24,640
Because of Lemon,
any judge could rule
1681
01:36:24,779 --> 01:36:27,782
that a public display of
religion was unconstitutional
1682
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:29,507
simply because they wanted to.
1683
01:36:29,645 --> 01:36:31,406
It created a hostile environment
1684
01:36:31,544 --> 01:36:33,615
to religion nationwide.
1685
01:36:33,753 --> 01:36:35,272
What Coach Kennedy did,
1686
01:36:35,410 --> 01:36:37,274
and what the government
might not want you to realize,
1687
01:36:37,412 --> 01:36:39,932
is that Lemonis now as dead
as a duck
1688
01:36:40,070 --> 01:36:41,450
when it falls in the decoys.
1689
01:36:41,588 --> 01:36:44,108
Which means you now have
more religious freedom
1690
01:36:44,246 --> 01:36:46,007
than you'’ve had
in the last 50 years.
1691
01:36:46,145 --> 01:36:49,079
Where nativity scenes
and menorahs were removed,
1692
01:36:49,217 --> 01:36:50,632
they can come back out.
1693
01:36:50,770 --> 01:36:52,565
Where all the monuments
of the Ten Commandments
1694
01:36:52,703 --> 01:36:54,739
were put into storage,
they can come back out, too.
1695
01:36:54,878 --> 01:36:58,088
Where prayers were once banned,
they'’re now protected.
1696
01:36:58,226 --> 01:36:59,986
And that'’s not just
for Christians.
1697
01:37:00,124 --> 01:37:02,609
Y'’all means all.
1698
01:37:02,747 --> 01:37:05,336
♪ Be brave ♪
1699
01:37:05,474 --> 01:37:08,236
♪ Stand up for freedom,
stand for truth ♪
1700
01:37:08,374 --> 01:37:11,101
♪ And don'’t be afraid ♪
1701
01:37:11,239 --> 01:37:14,104
♪ You got a voice
that you can use ♪
1702
01:37:14,242 --> 01:37:16,071
♪ So go on and speak out ♪
1703
01:37:16,209 --> 01:37:19,005
♪ The time is right now ♪
1704
01:37:19,143 --> 01:37:24,321
♪ If you wanna keep that
flame of liberty ablaze ♪
1705
01:37:24,459 --> 01:37:28,532
♪ Stand up and be brave ♪
1706
01:37:29,395 --> 01:37:34,158
♪ Whoa, stand up and be brave ♪
1707
01:37:35,021 --> 01:37:36,989
♪ Oh, oh ♪
1708
01:37:38,714 --> 01:37:41,062
♪ We'’re the generation ♪
1709
01:37:41,200 --> 01:37:43,512
♪ That has to make a choice ♪
1710
01:37:43,650 --> 01:37:46,377
♪ Will we push against
this evil ♪
1711
01:37:46,515 --> 01:37:49,242
♪ Or will we watch
while it destroys ♪
1712
01:37:49,380 --> 01:37:52,280
♪ What so many died to give us ♪
1713
01:37:52,418 --> 01:37:55,179
♪ This great country
that we live in ♪
1714
01:37:55,317 --> 01:37:58,113
♪ There'’s a heavy price
for freedom ♪
1715
01:37:58,251 --> 01:38:01,082
♪ And this is how we keep it ♪
1716
01:38:01,220 --> 01:38:02,773
♪ Be brave ♪
1717
01:38:02,911 --> 01:38:06,777
♪ Hey, stand up for freedom,
stand for truth ♪
1718
01:38:06,915 --> 01:38:09,607
♪ And don'’t be afraid ♪
1719
01:38:09,745 --> 01:38:12,748
♪ You got a voice
that you can use ♪
1720
01:38:12,887 --> 01:38:14,716
♪ So go on and speak out ♪
1721
01:38:14,854 --> 01:38:17,753
-♪ The time is right now ♪
-♪ Right now ♪
1722
01:38:17,892 --> 01:38:23,069
♪ If you wanna keep that
flame of liberty ablaze ♪
1723
01:38:23,207 --> 01:38:27,211
♪ Stand up and be brave ♪
1724
01:38:28,178 --> 01:38:32,941
♪ Oh, stand up and be brave ♪
1725
01:38:33,528 --> 01:38:35,047
♪ Yeah ♪
1726
01:38:35,185 --> 01:38:37,152
♪ Oh ♪
1727
01:38:37,290 --> 01:38:39,706
♪ We are the people ♪
1728
01:38:39,844 --> 01:38:42,295
♪ The red, white, and blue ♪
1729
01:38:42,433 --> 01:38:45,057
♪ Will you stand for me? ♪
1730
01:38:45,195 --> 01:38:48,198
♪ '’Cause I will stand for you ♪
1731
01:38:48,888 --> 01:38:51,408
♪ We are the people ♪
1732
01:38:51,546 --> 01:38:53,997
♪ With different
points of view ♪
1733
01:38:54,135 --> 01:38:56,620
♪ Will you stand for me? ♪
1734
01:38:56,758 --> 01:38:59,657
♪ '’Cause I will stand for you ♪
1735
01:38:59,795 --> 01:39:02,315
♪ Let'’s be brave ♪
1736
01:39:02,453 --> 01:39:05,284
♪ Stand up for freedom,
stand for truth ♪
1737
01:39:05,422 --> 01:39:08,321
-♪ And don'’t be afraid ♪
-♪ Oh ♪
1738
01:39:08,459 --> 01:39:11,221
♪ '’Cause you got a voice
that you can use ♪
1739
01:39:11,359 --> 01:39:13,637
♪ So go on and speak out ♪
1740
01:39:13,775 --> 01:39:16,467
♪ The time is right now ♪
1741
01:39:16,605 --> 01:39:21,748
♪ If you wanna keep that
flame of liberty ablaze ♪
1742
01:39:21,886 --> 01:39:25,580
♪ Stand up and be brave ♪
1743
01:39:25,718 --> 01:39:30,619
♪ Oh, you gotta stand up
and be brave ♪
1744
01:39:30,757 --> 01:39:32,518
♪ Stand up for what'’s right ♪
1745
01:39:32,656 --> 01:39:34,934
-♪ Oh ♪
-♪ Stand up for what'’s true ♪
1746
01:39:35,072 --> 01:39:36,211
♪ And be brave ♪
1747
01:39:36,349 --> 01:39:37,937
♪ Be brave for your children ♪
1748
01:39:38,075 --> 01:39:40,836
♪ Be brave for your family ♪
1749
01:39:40,975 --> 01:39:43,908
♪ Be brave for your future ♪
1750
01:39:44,047 --> 01:39:46,566
♪ Be brave for your country ♪
1751
01:39:46,704 --> 01:39:48,706
♪ Be brave. ♪
1752
01:39:50,122 --> 01:39:52,331
[song fades]