Can you take care of your brother, huh?
From the day you were born, you were my strength.
I love your brother so much.
I don't know why that you would do that right now.
I need you to stand up for me for once.
Promise me, Dom.
Are you the social worker?
I'll take care of him, Ma. I'll take care of him.
汤玛斯和我造访过三个州 Thomas and I have been to three different states--
麻州 罗德岛和新罕布夏 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
把康乃狄克州算进去就是四个 Four, counting Connecticut.
不出半个小时 就会再加一个纽约州 In less than half an hour, we'll be in a new state, New York.
这是小学三年级的户外教学 Because we're on the third grade field trip
要参观自由女神像 to the Statue of Liberty.
妈妈说等我们坐上渡轮 Ma told us when we ride on the ferry,
看到的景象 就跟外公 we'll see the exact same view our grandfather saw
刚到美国时一样 那是１９１３年的事了 when he first came to this country in 1913.
Oh, you don't have one?
Can I have one of those?
妈妈老把外公挂在嘴边 Ma was always talkin' about her father.
她说他很伟大 但我从不认识他 She says he was a great man, but I never knew him.
He died before we were born.
We're about halfway there
when my brother gets up to use the bathroom.
He's probably gonna stink up the whole bus
and make everyone gag.
Don't get anything on ya!
My brother ruins everything.
Five minutes go by and he's still in there.
It's stuck!
I heard him flush a long time ago.
Dominick, help, help!
He's probably poopin' all over.
I feel bad for him.
And mad. And humiliated.
Kids are looking at me, too, not just Thomas.
"The Birdsey brothers, identical twin retards."
It smells like a pile of shit in there.
-What's going on? -It came through the door.
What's going on? All right, you guys, you guys.
Come on, sit down. What's going on here?
Thomas is locked in the bathroom.
Thomas. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Calm down, listen to me. Push the lock,
grab the lock, and flick it to the left.
-Click it to the left. -It's not working!
What a weirdo!
-Bus driver! -He's pulling his pud in there!
-Can you pull over?
You just gotta move the bolt and the handle together.
All right, everybody settle down.
-Could you just stop that? -...diarrhea'd on me.
-What's his name? -Thomas.
-Thomas? Thomas. -Can you please sit down?
Try to move the-- the bolt and the handle together to the left.
-Please! Please! -It's stuck.
Can you just pull it open?
No. It opens from the inside.
Can you just use-- No, I understand that.
-I understand that. -That weirdo!
-My 2-year-old brother could open the door. -I think it's stuck.
I have a bus full of kids.
We need to get on the ferry by 10:45 or we're gonna miss--
I will-- I will call the bus company.
They'll have to come down here with the tools and fix it.
It may take two hours. It may take three hours.
-Get him out!
Calm him down. Everybody, sit down.
Bus moves. Please sit down.
-Bus moves. -Okay.
Come on. We're gonna miss the ferry.
Everyone's disappointed.
We're gonna stop at the side of the road...
The day is ruined.
-We're heading to a gas station to call for help... -Sit down, please.
when this know-it-all, Eugene Savitsky,
walks to the back of the bus with an idea.
Eugene, you've gotta sit down.
-Eugene, sit down. -Have him push it to the right.
Yeah, but the lock is to the left.
Yeah, but maybe he doesn't know the difference
between the right and the left.
The right and the left. Okay, all right.
Hey, Thomas, let's try something different, okay?
Try pushing it to the right, the lock.
To the right. The other way that you were.
Finally!
Okay?
Come on, let's go out.
Hey!
Eugene, can you switch seats with Dominick, please?
Thank you. Dominick, come on.
Let's go sit by your brother.
You okay?
Thomas, you okay?
All right. We're almost there, guys.
For the rest of that whole long day,
Thomas acts really out of it.
-Just sit down, please. -We're gonna miss the ferry!
No, we're not gonna miss the ferry.
We are not missing the ferry. We're fine.
Please, sit down. Please, sit down.
Nobody uses the bathroom anymore!
At the harbor, Thomas tells Miss Hanker
he feels too nervous to get on the ferry to the statue.
So she makes me stay behind with him and the bus driver.
That night,
I dream I'm trapped in a small, dark cave
in a woods I don't recognize.
It's pitch dark.
I bang and cry for help and when, at last,
I discover a way out, I realize
I've not been trapped in a cave at all
but inside the Statue of Liberty.
Wake up, sleepyhead.
Hi.
You'll never guess who called yesterday.
Who?
Who called?
Connie Chung.
She wants to interview Thomas.
Jesus Christ.
What? It's a pretty cool thing.
They're doing this special on people's reaction
to Operation Desert Shield.
He definitely had a reaction.
I was really excited to tell you.
Come here, look at this.
-What? -Look at that.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, what is that?
Fucking guard kneed me in the testicles.
Hatch Forensic Hospital.
I can't believe how big they got. Fuckin' killing me.
-So what do you think? -What?
-What do you think? -About what?
About my balls?
No, about Connie Chung.
-What about her? -Well, I need to let her know
one way or the other, and I had to give her
my work number in case she couldn't get a hold of you.
-You gave her your work number? -Yeah.
Tell her no. No.
-Seriously? -Seriously.
Okay, I mean...
it's your decision. I just think...
-You just what? -I, I just...
I just think that you should talk to her
because she was really nice and I think you should just...
talk to her on the phone before you make your decision.
And Thad thought so, too.
Thad? What does he have to do with this?
He had nothing to do with it.
He was just here when she called
and he answered the phone
and then when I got off we were both just like,
"Oh, my God, we were just talking to Connie Chung from TV."
Whoa, big fat fuckin' whoop.
Connie Chung from TV. Oh!
I don't want that fuck-- I don't want that asshole
picking up our phone, all right?
I have business on that line.
I don't want his voice representing my business.
Well, just talk to her, Dominick.
She's, she's really nice.
Yeah, I'm sure she's really, really nice
because she really, really wants something from you.
Listen, Joy, Connie Chung is not gonna be
your new best friend, all right?
I know she's not my new best friend.
I don't want it here. I'm dealing with a few
fuckin' things here, as you can see.
I don't want the fuckin' media circus
circling our house.
All right, she's manipulating you.
I'm not, I'm not stupid.
Whether you think I am or not.
Oh, give me a fuckin' break.
Do you know what I really, really wish?
I wish, I wish that you could just take care of me
the way that you take care of him.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
That would be a really nice surprise
to be taken care of by my own boyfriend.
That's not gonna happen, is it? Because I'm not crazy.
Well, that's debatable.
-Fuck you. -Come on.
Don't, don't, just don't do this, all right?
Not now. Stop yourself, all right?
Put the brakes on yourself.
So I don't... I'm sorry, all right?
I, I didn't, I don't think you're stupid.
And I don't think you're crazy. I-- this, this is hard for me.
It's hard for you. It's hard for all of us.
But I have to take care of my brother.
That's non-negotiable, all right?
It's just something that I have to do.
I have to do it.
Right.
You, you do it. Just go for it, Dominick.
Joy.
Joy, I am not being unreasonable.
This is Henry Rood, 67 Gillette Street.
This is my fourth call...
-Shit. -...i n three days.
I'd like to know when in the hell
you're gonna get back to work over here.
If at all possible, I would like to be able
to look out my office window
by the time the snow flies and not see your scaffolding.
Hello, this is the Three Rivers Examiner
calling to request an interview with Thomas Birdsey
at his earliest convenience.
Please call 292-1314.
Get to the back of the fuckin' line, asshole.
Behind Connie Chung.
Hey, this is Lisa Sheffer
calling for Dominick Birdsey.
I'm a social worker at the Hatch Forensic Institute.
I'm calling about your brother, Thomas.
I know that there was a bit of a... commotion
when you guys checked in,
but I wanted to let you know I saw him
and he's doing really well.
Under the circumstances he's doing fine.
I'll be here tonight till about 11:00 o'clock
and I'll be here at 8:00 in the morning.
Um, give me a call back. 617-9300
if you have any questions or you wanna know
how your brother's doing at any time.
He's actually very well tonight. I saw him just now.
And they've got him on one-to-one observation, which is good.
Hey.
-You must be his brother. -Yeah, I'm Dominick Birdsey.
Hey, Lisa Sheffer. Left a message on your machine.
Thanks for gettin' here so quickly.
Have a seat.
Yeah, so I didn't get your message till this morning,
um, but there's obviously been
-some kind of misunderstanding...
-...with my brother. -Excuse me.
Hello, Sheffer.
-Yeah, uh, honey, how are you?
No, honey, I have somebody in the office with me now.
Mommy's working. Yeah.
Thank you. I love you, goodbye.
-Sorry about that.
My daughter's quite a handful.
Yeah, so, your real name's Domenico, huh?
Yeah, how do you know that?
It was in your brother's records here.
Um, what is it, a family name?
I was named after my grandfather.
Oh.
My grandfather's name is Domenico as well.
Isn't that funny?
Yeah, Domenico Parlapiano.
How's that for a mouthful?
Just trying to get your brother's file transferred here
but you know what I'm doing, I keep hitting the shift key.
Can, can we just talk about my brother?
How am I gettin' him outta here?
Okay, we can.
Your brother, Thomas, was placed here
on a 15-day paper.
That means he'll be here for 15 days under observation.
When the observation is complete,
his case will go before probate,
and then most likely to the PSRB.
-Okay, listen, I... look. -Yeah.
I don't, I don't wanna be rude, all right?
'Cause you're the first human being I've run into in this place.
But first of all, don't, don't sit here talking initials at me.
And number two, uh, uh, don't tell me about any 15-day paper,
because I'm gettin' him out of here today.
-Hm. Yeah. -Okay?
How about you change that tone?
Okay, just take a deep breath and calm down.
I'll calm down when this whole runaround is over.
What you need to do is get ahold of his doctor,
Dr. Willis Ehlers.
He'll tell you, he doesn't-- this is somebody's mistake.
He doesn't belong here and he should be over at Settle.
Well, um, Dr. Ehlers is no longer your brother's doctor.
-He has been reassigned. -Reassigned by who?
The state commissioner's office in Hartford.
It's not all bad news though.
Dr. Patel is his new psychologist,
who is absolutely fantastic.
All right, no, Dr. Ehlers is my brother's doctor.
He has been my brother's doctor for the--
treating him for the last four years.
Successfully, for the most part.
Successfully? Your brother cut off his hand.
I-- every single time he's ever had an episode,
he ends up at Settle.
So why would he end up here, all right?
He's practically a fixture down there,
and if you made one phone call,
if you took the time to listen to what I'm saying to you...
-...and you made a phone call. -You know what?
-I don't like your tone. -Heh. Sorry!
I really don't, no. You can leave if you want to.
I'm an advocate. I'm here for you and for your brother.
-So knock it off. -Listen to me.
My brother doesn't belong here. He's got no defenses.
-I understand. -He's probably freaking out right about now.
It's like putting a bunny rabbit into a pack of wolves.
He's not gonna survive here. And it's gonna be on you.
-Well, it's not gonna be on me, but thanks for saying that. -Who's it gonna be on?
I'm gonna give it to you straight, Dominick, okay?
Your brother was placed in a forensic hospital
because he's seriously mentally ill
and he committed a serious crime.
What, what crime?
-You know what he did. -What did he do?
-You know what he did. -Oh, so he interrupted some old lady's
afternoon reading, and he gets a little blood on the library carpet?
-A little? -I mean, what he did is totally bizarre, yes.
I'm not, I'm not refuting any of that.
But what serious crime did he commit?
He was brandishing a dangerous weapon.
Yeah, he wasn't-- he did it to himself.
Yes, but you know what? He counts.
He used it on himself and he counts, Dominick.
Listen, I know him better than anybody
and I'm probably more dangerous than he is.
This guy is harmless.
You know what I think your problem is?
If you could calm down for a minute,
I'll just explain something to you, okay?
You're assuming that this is the worst place in the world
for your brother to be, and that may not be the case.
And besides, Dominick, there is nothing you can do about it.
Nothing. It's out of your hands.
Thomas is going to be here for 15 court-ordered days, minimum.
Okay, so what, what about-- what happens after that?
What happens after the 15 days?
Unit Two's evaluation team will make a recommendation
to the probate judge that he either is discharged,
transferred to another facility, or stays here
under the jurisdiction of the review board.
What does the review board do?
They commit him.
-For how long? -For a year.
-A year?! -I know. Okay, okay, with the violence
and the yelling.
You could maybe calm down just a little.
I know it's-- I know it's upsetting.
A year? How am I supposed to look at him
when, when I see him today and look him in the eyes
and I tell him, "Hey, Thomas, here's how it is, okay?"
-Yeah. -"You got 15 days here
and possibly 365 days after that."
How am I supposed to say that to him?
You're not gonna get to see him today.
Oh, you're a fuckin' picnic.
Oh, now, Dominick, really.
-Really. -Why am I not gonna get...
-...to see him today? -Because this is protocol.
He's here under maximum security status.
Thomas and I will have to come up with a visitor list...
-...up to five people. -How long is that gonna take?
It usually takes about two weeks for clearance.
Two weeks. He's gonna be outta here in two weeks.
That is not necessarily the case.
I'm sorry, but you can call me whenever you need.
Day or night.
I'm gonna put you in touch with Dr. Patel.
In fact, you know what? Let me call her now
and see if she can see you.
I'm sure she'll be helpful at answering questions.
But I'm gonna tell you, don't scream in her office.
She won't take it.
Yeah, hi, it's Lisa Sheffer.
I'm well, thank you. How are you?
Do you think you have any time today
to see Thomas Birdsey's brother, Dominick?
He's very eager to see you.
-How's 5:00 p.m.? -Fine.
5:00 p.m. is fine.
All right, thanks very much.
There you go. You know, she's very busy,
so that's great we got in today.
Now, listen, I'm gonna see your brother today.
I'm gonna tell him that you were here trying to see him.
Is there anything else you want me to tell him for you?
-That's fine. -Nothing you want me to tell him?
No, I guess that's it.
How about that you love him?
-He knows it. -Yeah, well, everybody likes to hear it.
Okay, fine. Tell him I love him.
Okay, I will.
-Good morning, Mrs. Rood. -Oh.
-Morning. -Good morning.
Hey, uh, can I speak with your husband?
Uh, he's been leaving me quite a few messages.
No, I can't disturb him. He's writing.
Or passed out in an alcoholic stupor.
Okay, well, you know, can you apologize to him for me?
Uh, for the delay? I mean, obviously,
the rain, it can't be helped.
-No. -And I've been, I've been
personally dealing with a few...
-Yes, so we read. -...circumstances that are beyond my control.
How is he, your brother?
Yeah, he's all right. He's better.
But listen, uh, depending on the weather,
I should be done with this job in six weeks tops.
This front is gonna pass in the next 24 hours
and then I'll be going full-steam ahead.
So he doesn't have to keep callin' me, all right?
All right, that's fine. Really, it's fine.
All right.
So what's he writing up there, anyway?
The great American novel?
Oh, it's, it's non-fiction.
It's some sort of exposé. I don't know.
An exposé? Who's he exposing? House painters?
All right, so I'll try and stop by tomorrow.
Oh, do that, yes.
By the time I'm finished here, you and your husband
are gonna be sick of seein' me.
You think so, really? I don't think so.
Thank you, Mrs. Rood.
Home sweet home.
The only one left at the house
that my grandfather had built for his family
was Ray Birdsey.
A WASP from Youngstown, Ohio.
No Tempesta blood in residence.
No Italian blood, even.
Ray?
Being back at 68 Hollyhock Avenue
always made me feel pissed and small.
Ten years old again and powerless.
Growing up, I had wished my stepfather dead so often.
It was practically a hobby.
I had killed him over and over in my mind.
Driven him off cliffs, electrocuted him in the bathtub.
Shot him dead in hunting accidents.
The summer my grandfather died was the same summer
Ma was pregnant with Thomas and me.
Pregnant by a guy whose name
I was probably never going to know.
Had he known about us?
Why had she kept him from us?
Was the truth really that bad?
I'm so sorry it didn't work out.
Okay, now. Take care, Jeanette.
You liar.
What happened?
Dude.
No sale.
I take one day off to go into the city and what does she do?
Changes her mind, goes and buys a Ford Taurus across town.
So they're only givin' him five visitors.
You gotta get through a security clearance,
then you gotta go get frisked,
and then you get to go through a metal detector.
What they did to you is not frisking, man.
That's like...
police brutality.
-Have you taken pictures of that? -No.
You gotta get pictures taken, man, before it heals.
You need to document that shit.
You need to go to a doctor today
and get pictures taken, like, real pictures.
Tasteful pictures of your balls.
So you have documentary evidence.
You can use it to cut a deal with these bastards, man.
You show them the pictures and you say,
"I'll see you in court unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless you transfer my brother back to Settle."
-That's not a bad idea. -Right?
And then when you get him out,
you turn around and you sue their ass off anyway.
You would do that, wouldn't you, man?
-In a heartbeat. -You're so...
In a heartbeat, man. That's a real opportunity.
I'm telling you, I would take that in, oh...
-I would love that money. That's easy money.
-Your phone. -This, this is the hard money.
-Your phone's ringing. -That is easy money.
-All right, get the phone. -I hear the phone.
Constantine Motors, it's Leo.
Did you blow the sale?
Um, no, sir, she, uh, she had a change of heart, so...
-What happened? -Uh, she went with the Ford Taurus over at Three Rivers.
What? She was hot for that car when she left!
I think she just changed her mind at the last minute.
Um, so...
What happened?
I took a day off for an audition...
-...and so, um, she thought-- -You what?
You've gotta get your priorities straight.
You took a day off, and you blew the sale.
It wasn't a commercial.
It was a feature film this time.
-So what? -Uh, it was a horror movie.
To be the lead detective.
Uh, there's some Christian teenagers that are being...
Whatever. -...murdered.
Hang up.
Don't-- just hang up.
-He hung up. -He hung up.
I gotta go.
-A horror, a horror film? -Why do I have to go back there?
Why doesn't he just come out here?
He doesn't want to see me.
Give me a break, you were always the favorite son-in-law.
That's bullshit.
-He hates me. -Stay here.
Where am I going?
Howdy, Gene.
Hey, wake up, man.
Wake up.
-What time is it? -It is 2:15.
In the p.m., in case you were wondering.
Man, you really look like dogshit, dude.
-Thanks, man. -Are you getting any sleep at all?
You look like one of those, uh...
what's that dog with, like, the droopy face?
-And like the fucked-up teeth. -A basset hound.
A basset hound. That's what you look like.
-Fuck off. -I'm just telling you, man.
'Cause no one else is gonna tell you.
You got a lot of rust on that thing.
-Yeah, don't worry about it. -I'm just saying.
I could get you in a nice Isuzu truck.
Find another victim.
-I'm serious, man. -No.
I can get you a good deal.
Hey.