LISA SHEFFER: It didn't go how you wanted.
It's not your fault, Domincko.
The CIA hires men to come into my room and make me impure.
-LISA: It's a year.
Yes. I really finally understand why you're so pissed.
MAN: "I'll see you in court unless you transfer my brother,"
and then when you get him out, you turn around and you sue
their ass off anyway.
You're starting to act really crazy.
This for you. Here's three of Dominicko.
I brought your grandfather back. I'm not sure I would read it,
though, if I was you.
Hey, that's my wife.
Mm. Come on. Come out, come out, come out.
Come out.
-Oh!
Newscaster: Israel's entry into the conflict with Iraq
is exactly what Saddam Hussein wants
because of its potential to crack the multi-national alliance.
Dwight Anders reports that's a major concern today at the White House.
Reporter: The administration last night,
after condemning the Iraqi attacks,
scurries to convince Israel that American and allied planes
could answer the military threat posed by Scud missiles.
Secretary of State Baker in the late-night hours
called Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
with assurances coalition forces
were already targeting Scud missile sites,
presumably those believed to be the source of the attacks.
Woman: Wait a minute, girls!
Wait for that man to come up.
No, that's okay, I can just-- I'll pull over here.
-Go around me. -No, no, no.
-You go ahead. -They can go around me. It's all right.
-Woman: Thank you. -Yeah, alright.
-Dominick. -Yeah.
Hi. Please, come in.
Have you...
Have you seen, uh, Thomas?
Patel: Yes, just today.
He seems to be adjusting to his environment, medication.
He, um, he wanted me to give this to you.
He often asks about you.
Dominick: Yeah, what does he ask?
He asks if he's ever going to see you again.
He says it's been months since you've seen him.
Are you going to see him?
What good is it?
What good is him seeing me gonna do?
I totally let him down. He's stuck there.
And I couldn't even help him if I wanted to.
I see.
What's Thomas' reaction to the war been?
That it started. He called it.
Scud missiles, and smart bombs. The desert burning.
Everything.
He scarcely mentions it.
-Really? Strange. -Mm-hmm.
That's all he ever talked about.
I mean, he obsessed on the war and now that it's here
he scarcely mentions it. I mean, why?
Why is that? Is it because he's given up?
-He feels powerless? -Dominick.
I'd be happy to talk with you more about your brother
but at another time.
-Hmm. -After all, we--
we both set aside this hour
to talk about you.
That's why you called me, isn't it?
I mean, I was just returning your call.
From three months ago?
What have you been doing?
I mean, winter's not a great painting season, so,
I haven't been doing anything.
I kind of timed it right, I guess.
Just, uh, people have been nice to me
and been bringing me food.
Ray has perfected his tuna casserole, if you can believe it.
Why would that be hard to believe?
I don't know, men like him-- they're not really known
for their culinary prowess, are they?
-Uh... -What's on your mind?
I've been reading a lot lately, and, uh...
What have you been reading, Dominick?
This fuckin', this book my grandfather wrote.
-My mom's dad. -Your-- your grandfather was an author?
No, not at all. He-- he just...
It's, like, it's his private thing. Like a personal history.
He died before we were even born, but, uh,
my mom gave it to me.
It was in Italian, and, um,
I was gonna get it translated for her
so she could read it before, you know,
when she was sick but she never got to read it.
And I'm thankful she never got to read it.
Why is that?
Well, my mom, her whole life, just thought he was
this amazing, like, great, wonderful guy.
And it just turns out he's not, you know?
Is your mother mentioned in the book?
Does your grandfather describe his relationship with her?
I haven't gotten that far yet.
Right now, it's him and his brother and his brother's monkey, and...
Sounds fascinating.
Yeah, well, that's not the word I'd use.
What's the word you would use?
Awful.
Uh, hopeless.
He's such a son of a bitch, man.
He's violent. He's-- he's abusive.
He's, uh...
he blatantly betrays his own brother.
I mean, I don't even know if I should keep reading the goddamn thing.
I should maybe just chuck it. I don't know.
Why would you do that?
You know, when I first met you,
you were so frustrated, weren't you?
Because your mother never told you much about your family's history.
And now, well now, you're in possession of this book
which is all about your family history
and you want to just chuck it. I don't understand.
I-I was frustrated
because my mom wouldn't tell me who my dad was.
I wasn't frustrated because she was lying to me
-about her father, okay? -I understand that.
-They're two different issues. -Dominick.
Maybe one is connected to the other.
What is that supposed to mean?
It means if you keep reading,
you may learn something about yourself.
I, I know what you're getting at, okay?
Really? What am I getting at?
You're trying to say that I'm like him.
-Right? -Do you think that you're like him?
I don't know.
That you're violent?
You mentioned your grandfather betrayed his brother.
Do you feel that way as well, Dominick?
Is that why you're here?
Listen I don't wanna do this. I really don't.
I just, you know, some things are better left buried, doc.
-They really are. -I disagree with you, Dominick.
What do you disagree with?
Your mother gave you this document, correct?
-What? -Your mother gave you this document, right?
She wanted you to have it.
Don't you think she would have thought there was something
that you could gain from it?
And neither of us can know exactly what that is
at this point.
But I do sense that it is valuable.
However scary or terrifying it may be.
Nunzio: Prego...
Dominick: Hey, it's Dominick Birdsey at Premier Painting.
Leave me a message and I'll get back to you, thanks.
Hey, Dom. It's me, Ray.
Uh, you can call me back. I'm just watching TV.
I'll be up.
...where the air itself had become toxic
to human life.
So that these oil well fires,
both in terms of that toxic impact,
and in terms of the effect that they can well begin to have
as we get into the growing season in parts of south Asia.
Dominick: " As if she felt the need for dramatic suspense,
"Ignazia made me, Tempesta, wait for more than an hour.
I had to grant her my patience before I had even met her."
Eh...
Ignazia: Oh?
...Hussein and everything right now,
but if we were raining terror down on them,
like we did against the Nazis...
Newscaster: ...allied pilots into the skies
in a new massive air attack on Iraq's Republican Guard.
The Iraqi attack on Israel was the fifth since the war began.
Newscaster 2: An infection-gripped Friends of the Earth
says governments are turning their backs
on a petroleum Chernobyl.
Dominick: Hey, this is Dominick Birdsey at Premier Painting.
Leave me a message and I'll get back to you, thanks.
-Ralph: Yeah, it's Ralph.
Ralph Drinkwater.
You asked me to call, and I'm calling.
What I've got to say, I can't say--
Hey, hey, hello? I'm here.
-Ralph: Birdsey?
-Ralph? Drinkwater? -Ralph: Yeah.
Has something happened to my brother?
Ralph: Get him to a doctor.
He needs to be examined. Get him tested.
Wait, wait, tested for what?
Ralph: HIV.
Hey, man, what, what are you saying to me?
Ralph: Keep my name out of it.
-No, wait, hey, Ralph.
-Ralph.
Fuck! What the fuck!
Fuck!
Hey, hey, hey, Domenico! I'm sorry I'm late.
I have had such a day, you wouldn't believe it.
First, my daughter says to me, "Mom, I really wanna--"
I want my brother tested for HIV
and I want him checked out by a doctor
-to see if he's been abused. -Any particular reason?
No, you know, just to be safe.
Remember how he said he was raped in here?
Oh. Come on, Dominick. Geez Louise.
That's just delusions. Just homosexual panic.
I find when he gets off track like that,
the best way to handle him is to--
I don't want him handled. I want him tested.
Dominick, the wards.
They're monitored day and night.
Yeah, you really are a company gal, ain't you?
Well, I've been called a lot of things here, but never that.
No, it's true. You placate me.
You keep me at bay while your goons in here
are doing God knows what to my brother in this fucking place.
Okay, listen.
Can I have the floor for like, half a second, possibly?
First of all, I'm a woman. I'm not a gal, okay?
A gal is what you call someone's horse.
Secondly, I've had your back from the moment
you walked into this office, and you know it.
And I don't appreciate you being so mean.
-I want my brother tested. -I heard you.
Are you gonna do it?
Do you remember the last time
we tried to take blood from him?
-You remember what happened? -Sheffer, you would tell
any of your friends to get tested
just for having casual sex on the street these days.
Really, Dominick.
Are you sure that's what you want?
I'm not giving up on my brother, all right?
-Woman: Come on.
-Thomas: Dominick, stop, no.
Thomas: They're gonna do something. They're gonna do something!
-Calm down, all right? Calm down. -Doctor: Thomas.
Thomas, I'm helping you up.
-Let's get him on the table.
Calm down, man.
-Doctor: Somebody get his legs. -Thomas: No! No!
Why? Why are you doing this to me?
Hey! You're hurting him!
No! No!
-No! -Doctor: Just calm down.
Dominick: You're hurting him.
Dominick: You don't have to put restraints on his legs, too.
What the fuck, man.
Thomas: Get off me! Ah!
Dominick: Hold still, pal, hold still.
-Nurse: There we go. -That's it, that's it. Keep going.
Come on, come on.
That was really hard but we got what we needed.
We should have the results in 48 hours.
-Dominick: Good. -Why don't you plan on
coming by the office Friday afternoon?
-What time? -Yeah, come between 3:00 and 4:00.
I'll be there.
Dominick: "I couldn't tell what was going on inside of her.
"Not in her mind and not in her body.
"I was unable to read her thoughts
"and I couldn't tell if she was planning
"to gift me with a boy to carry my name
or another capricious female mouth to feed."
Hmm?
Ignazia!
"I turned and left to cover my fear."
"I returned to work that week..."
Tempesta!
Come here!
Doctor: The baby's in the kitchen.
Hold on!
Hold up, I'm here.
Hey.
Oh, hi, you're home.
-Yeah. -Hi.
-What are you doing? -I, I just dropped off some leftovers,
some turkey meatballs.
Turkey? Yum.
Dessa: Danny doesn't eat beef.
Alright, hey, come on up.
-Are you sure? -Yeah, let me just get dressed.
Okay.
Ray, um, had asked me to check in on you.
I've been trying to call you, and...
uh, your, uh...
anyway, no one was answering, so...
Yeah. You been hanging out with Ray, huh?
Your buddy Ray.
I don't know what's going on with you guys.
I just, um...
Anyway, he's just worried about you.
Ah.
He's been complaining about being dizzy and lightheaded.
Uh, yeah, well, that's what happens
when you don't see a doctor for 30 years.
Well, I would check in on him if I were you.
Yeah.
So you seem okay. You're off your crutches.
Yeah, man, I feel like I did when I was 19 years old.
How about you? How are you doin'?
I took on another job.
I mean, I'm not getting paid, but I...
-Oh, yeah? What? -I've been really busy.
Why?
Um...
I'm volunteering in the-- in the children's ward
down at the hospital.
Good for you.
Okay, you sound a little bit sarcastic.
No, I, I really mean it.
That's-- that's good. That's good for you.
It is.
You want somethin'? You want some, uh...
some water, or some tea?
I'll take some water.
Water.
"The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta.
A Great Man from Humble Beginnings."
-What is this? -It's nothing.
-Put it down. -Have you been writing?
Me? Uh, no. It's my grandfather's.
-It's this stupid, ridiculous-- -"When the old monkey...
-Just give it to me. -"...brought me the deformed creature,
how was I to love such a pitiful thing?"
-Please. -Wait.
"Old sins have long shadows."
-Okay, give it to me. -Ow!
Give it to me.
I said give it to me.
You gave me a paper cut, you fucker.
-Sorry.
Hey!
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Things are screwed up for me right now.
Is it Thomas?
Do you think-- is he getting any better?
He's--
Dessa: I don't know why that's funny.
He's not gettin' better. He's fuckin' cursed.
We're all fuckin' cursed. My whole family.
-You're not cursed, Dominick.
You have a very sick brother. You're not, you're not cursed.
-It's true. -Hey.
I think you're taking
way too much of this on yourself.
Yeah, what other fucking choice do I have?
Well...
you can choose to take care of yourself.
You can choose to let the professionals
-do their jobs. -Professionals.
Maybe he can get better there. Maybe there's a chance--
Not there. He's not getting better there.
-I don't-- how do you know? -I know.
-Maybe he'll do better there. -You-you don't know what you're talking about.
-Okay. -You don't.
Believe me, you don't know.
What, what I'm-- what I'm trying to say is that
I, I think that you're trying to control something
that you cannot control, and I-- I think
you need to let Thomas go a little.
-Let him go? -No, I'm not...
that's not what I meant. I'm just saying that maybe,
maybe just let go a little bit
and let him just be, be somewhere--
He's safe where he is.
You don't just give up on the people you love, Dessa.
You don't just walk away from people
when things get tough for them.
You don't act like you had no history with them
and start a new life.
Okay?
Newscaster: The US blamed Saddam Hussein.
President Bush calls it, quote, "a last gasp."
On the ground, US troops and supplies
continue to--
-Hey. Hi. -Hi, Dominick, how are you?
Okay, let's get some results for you.
Here we go.
Looks like the test came back negative.
We will inform him as well as the appropriate staff
-at Hatch. -Wait, what?
It's negative. He's in the clear.
If you should have any further concerns,
we should have him tested again in six months' time,
but for now, he's fine.
Call us if you have any other questions, okay?
-It was good to see you. -Thanks.
Hey, Ralph.
Hey.
Can I ask you a question?
Why did you call me?
What...
What'd you see in there?
-I saw lots of things. -Like what?
-Things I shouldn't repeat. -Like what?
Why'd you tell me to get my brother tested?
-Is he positive? -No.
I told you to keep my name out of this.
And I have.
I have.
There was a guard. No longer works here.
Remember John Wayne?
Yeah.
They caught him breaking into your brother's room.
More than once.
And what happened?
What happened?
There's a report.
They didn't want it gettin' out.
Decided to take care of it in house.
And how did you get it?
-What? -The report.
How did you get it?
I'm a janitor.
Can you get it for me?
Man: We got a case. Okay?
This is gold.
If this has happened to him, then it's happened to others.
They might pay millions to make this go away.
Yeah, I-I don't want millions. I just wanna get my brother out.
Absolutely, well, that's part of this whole game.
Okay, is to get your brother out.
But still, a little money can't hurt.
Are you in touch with any of the other inmates' families?
Uh, the other inmates' families? No.
If we can contact them,
perhaps find others who this happened to,
this injustice, okay, then we have a chance
to open this up to a major class action suit.
And the whole pie gets much larger.
-No. -Come on, man.
-I can't do it. -I need your fuckin' help, man.
-You're my friend. -No.
-Dominick: Yes. -Leo: No.
-You're gonna do it. -No.
-Yeah, you are. -I'm not gonna do it.
-You're gonna do it. -I'm not gonna do it.
-You're doing it. -I can't do it, man.
He's gonna recognize my face.
-Who's gonna? How? -He's gonna fuckin' recognize my face.
-From what? -From Constantine Motors.
We place ads around town with my face on them.
-Come on. -What about my seafood commercial?
Why are you turning into such a pussy all of a sudden?
-I'm not being a pussy, man. It's illegal. -You're being a total pussy.
It's illegal. Posing as an attorney
is like a criminal offense.
I'm not a lawyer but it sounds illegal.
Are you kidding me? You used to live for this shit
when you were young, man.
What about Gene? What if Gene sees it?
-See? Gene's not gonna see it. -He'll fire me, dude.
-That'd be the best thing that ever happened to you. -He will fire me.
And you don't have to-- you won't have to say you're a lawyer.
Just imply that you're one.
It's the part of a lifetime, man.
Leo: How do I look?
You look great. You look like a fuckin' lawyer.
Fuck yeah. What about the hair?
Hair's good.
Yeah, you look good, man. It's, it's good.
Just be ready. Be ready for this shit.
Oh, hey, man.
So I heard something.
That I'm not supposed to tell you
because Angie will kill me.
-What? -It's about her sister.
Dessa?
What?
So I guess she and Danny are splitting up.
Yeah, man, and it's not like there was
another woman or anything like that.
It's just like, uh, "Let's be friends
but let's definitely go our separate ways" type of deal.
So he's gonna move back to Santa Fe
and she's gonna stay here.
She's, and she's good with that?
Yeah, from what I hear, she is.
I mean, dude, she was gonna go with him, but then...
at the last minute, just like...
one-eighty. "Nope, I'm staying here."
So...
Hey, man, you can't call her, though.
-I'm not callin' her. -Don't fuckin' call her
'cause Angie will kill me.
-Do not. -I said I'm not callin' her.
All right, great.
What is this guy doing?
Is that him?
-Leo: I can't tell from here. -Look at his hair.
-Gimme some binoculars. -He's limping, man.
Does he have a limp? Is that him?
I can't tell.
It doesn't mention a limp. That doesn't--
Is it him?
Leo: That could be him.
I think that's him.
Where is he? We lost him.
It's a parking lot. We didn't lose him.
-Well, where the fuck is he? -Behind that fuckin' van.
Calm down, let's see what kind of car he's driving.
Then we'll know.
If he gets into the nicest fuckin' car over there,
that's him.
-Dominick: That's a nice car. -Leo: That's a nice car.
-A Mercedes. -That's a very nice car.
-Move on. -Get ready.
Leo: Not yet, not yet. Not till I say.
Dominick: All right.
-Leo: All right, let's go. -I'm following, I'm following.
I don't know about this, man.
-I, I-- -Stop saying that.
Just follow this guy.
If we fuck this up, he'll never get out.
We're not gonna fuck it up.
We're gonna corner this motherfucker.
This fucker's about to get fucked up.
Fuck him.
-Are you sure you can do this? -Leo: Yes, yes.
-What do I say? -You don't say shit.
You let your lawyer do the talking for you.
-He's slowing down, he's slowing down. -Dominick: He's turning.
Leo: Is this a restaurant?
Dominick: It's a fucking restaurant. Great.
Leo: Got him pinned in.
Dominick: Who the fuck is that?
Leo: I don't know. Maybe his daughter? Who cares, let's go.
-This is bad, bad. -Leo: Show time.
Leo, you fuckin' don't fuck this up, man.
Shut up.
You got this?
You got this, Leo?
Oh, great.
Hi, Dr. Hume?
-Hume: Yes. -Hi, I'm Arthur Ver Steeg.
-Hello. -Arthur, pleasure, this is my daughter, Chelsea.
-Hi, nice to meet you. -Hello, hi, Arthur Ver Steeg. Hi, Arthur Ver Steeg.
This is my friend and my client, Dominick Birdsey.
-Yeah, uh... -Hi, how you doing?
-I'm Dominick Birdsey. Nice to meet you. -Chelsea: Hi.
-Dominick Birdsey. -If we could have just a moment of your time.
Yeah, absolutely. Why don't you guys jump in
and get a table and get me a Glenlivet on the rocks, okay?
-Okay, nice to meet you. -Sounds good. Nice to meet you.
Yeah, nice meeting you.
Dr. Hume, we just wanted to talk about this report
about your facility.
I'm sure you'll recognize your name on this.
What does he want? Money?
I don't want your fuckin' money. I want justice, all right?
I know what you do to people in there.
It's all over there. I'm going right to the media.
You understand me?
I want my brother outta there.
I want him out of there by the end of the week.
Don't want your fuckin' money.
You did good. You did great.
Hume: Let the record state that on April 25, 1991,
The Psychiatric Security Review Board,
meeting in executive session,
reverses its decision of the previous October
and is now transferring Mr. Thomas Birdsey
into the custody of his family as effective immediately.
Let the record also state that the board strongly advises
that Mr. Birdsey be placed immediately in a fully staffed,
fully secured non-forensic psychiatric hospital.
I just want to make that perfectly clear.
Unless there are questions, and I expect there aren't,
that concludes the business for today.
You guys are free to leave. We have a lot of other things to cover
so, thanks so much and the best of luck to you both.
Lisa: How'd you do that, Dominick?
-I don't know. -You don't know?
Hmm! Everybody thinks it's wrong
for him to go with you, you know that.
-Patel, Chase. -Yeah, I heard that.
The nursing staff, all the nurses.
Me. Everyone.
I can handle him. If-if I need to, I can handle him.
-Listen. -What?
I'm gonna tell you somethin' about you
-that you're not gonna like. -Oh, really?
-That's a surprise. -Yes. You're arrogant, Dominick.
You're arrogant.
You are, you don't appreciate how much work it takes.
He's in a different state now than he was
before he chopped his hand off.
Freedom is kind of a shock to the system for some.
Dominick: Yeah, and so can being stuck in this place.
It's quick is all, Dominick. It was really, really quick.
Yeah, I think sittin' here for the last six months
is a, is a fuckin' nightmare.
Lisa: Well, he needs a facility.
Settle is out.
I have the call in to Midland.
I should be able to hear by the end of the day.
He can stay with me as long as he needs to.
-Really? -Yeah.
Lisa: It's more complicated, I think, than you make it.
You wanna take care of him, you wanna protect him.
I wanna protect him too, so you know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna go find him a place
that he can stay so we can get him admitted
as soon as possible and take the pressure off of you.
You call me. I'll be in my office finding him a place.
You all right?
What, what do you, what do you feel like doin'?
You wanna-- you wanna go see your shows at my apartment?
Maybe see Ray?
You hungry? You wanna go to McDonald's?
-Get some food? -I wanna go to the Falls.
The Falls?
Okay, yeah, we could do that.
I mean, you're a free man now.
You can do whatever the hell you want.
We got all afternoon to celebrate.
Celebrate what?
Your freedom. All right, you're free.
Dominick: Your freedom.
You're free, you know?
It's so good to see you out here.
DOMINICK BIRDSEY: She ever tell you, Ray,
who our father was?
RAY BIRDSEY: We just let the past lie,
her and I.
DR. PATEL: What does your grandfather's story teach you?
And you think you're part of a curse.
DOMINICK: Thomas?
DOMINICK: How many families do you know
that have so much happen to them?
Ray?
You believe in karma right?
Thomas?
The sins of the father are visited on the son.
You're gonna end up like him.
Like who?