The Funeral Guest

He restores my soul.

He guides me in the paths of righteousness

for his namesake.

Even though I walk through the valley

of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil.

For you art with me.

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies.

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

I rejoiced when I heard them say,

"Let us go to God's house."

The tribes of the Lord.

For Israel's law it is there to praise

the Lord's name.

It is there that the tribes go up.

For Israel's law it is there to praise.

- I'm sorry, he was a wonderful man.

- I should take a dump on that bastard's coffin!

He ripped me off of 80 grand!

And now I won't see any of it!

For love of my brethren and friends I say,

truly goodness and love will follow

me all of the days of my life

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Coffee's too hot!

- Mr. Hanneran I don't make the coffee.

Ah!

- Emily, I thought you were teaching tomorrow?

- I am, I just stopped by to see dad.

I burnt my mouth!

Hi, how are you?

I'm good thank you.

Hey dad.

Where are you going?

Okay come on.

Sit down in your chair.

I brought your treat.

Come on dad.

Come on.

Can I help you?

- My boss needs a bouquet and I have like five minutes.

Okay, what's the occasion?

It's for a funeral.

She wants it to be very special.

She wants it to say, "I'm here for you

"and I'm sorry for your loss"

without actually saying it.

Can you do that?

Sure.

Here you go!

- Hold it up, I need to send her a picture.

She likes it, how much?

$57.33.

For flowers?

Well...

Just give me a receipt.

There ya go.

Have a good day!

You too!

Hi!

Hey.

- You missed an awesome time yesterday.

Luke gets into this drinking contest

with these guys from Barony of Calafia okay.

And ends up spewing honey mead all over these tourists

from I don't know.

It was beautiful.

How was the funeral?

Sad.

The funeral was sad?

Sad because nobody cared.

I don't think anyone liked him very much.

- See, I never really got the whole

reverence for the deceased thing.

I mean, if you're a jackass in life

and then you're dead, you're just a dead jackass.

I don't know why people tip toe around it.

But look what I did.

I brought you a paper.

So how do you do this?

Never even read an obituary.

Well...

Sometimes it's hard to find a good one.

- There's such thing as a good one?

Yeah.

You know, it's when everyone loved

and misses the person who died.

And we're all there together sharing that moment.

- That might be harder to find than you think it is.

Let's see.

Oh, this one looks cool.

He was a priest.

Any family?

I mean he was a priest.

- It's better if they have family.

Okay family.

Hmmm, let's see let's see.

Oh, here.

Dr. Tamarow, famous surgeon.

What kind?

Plastic.

Pass.

- Well, look at this, April Loren.

Beloved wife and daughter.

She was 31 when she died.

Oh the service is this morning.

Circling this one for you.

Here ya go my darling girl.

I have to go back to my store.

I'll see you soon?

Okay.

Okay, bye.

Bye.

- Place April's body in the earth.

Command her to the Lord and thank God

for her all to eager presence in our lives.

In the midst of our sadness.

We let her go today because,

faith teaches us that we will see her again.

Eternal rest reign unto her O Lord

and let perpetual light shine upon her.

Thank you Katie.

Oh no...

You're a good girl.

You and April both.

Good girls.

Rest in peace, amen.

- April, you made the best times better.

And you made the worst times bearable.

You made John a better person.

You made our family better.

You were our family.

We miss you.

- Got the nice spread back at the house.

Only good thing about funerals is the food

and the booze.

- Grandma, are you coming with us?

I'm riding with Kate.

Kate?

April's sister Kate?

Oh my God I'm John's brother Drew.

I'm so glad you're here.

This is gonna mean a lot to John.

Are you coming over?

I don't know...

Oh she's coming.

We'll do shots.

- Grandma, you're not doing shots.

Wait, I really shouldn't.

Why not?

It would mean a lot to John.

Come on.

Come on.

Okay.

Here grandma.

Grandma, how did you know that was Kate?

- Ran into her years ago with April.

You never told me that.

I'm full of secrets.

So April was John's wife.

You'd never met him did you?

Poor boy.

And so Drew is John's brother.

- The men in this family are really taking it on the chin.

Drew's just finishing a messy divorce.

Oh, that's awful.

A blessing in disguise.

The ex is a raving bitch.

But you didn't hear that from me.

Kate.

We just wanted to thank you for coming.

- It means so much to John and us.

- April was more than a daughter in law.

She was...

I'm sorry, excuse me.

Thank you so much for coming.

Where's the bathroom?

This is wrong.

You need to leave.

You, need to leave.

April loved that picture.

I guess it was right before your mom died huh?

Sorry, probably not the best time to bring that up.

We look happy.

- You know, nobody thought you'd show up here.

Why?

- Because you've been gone for 15 years.

Why isn't our dad here?

I guess you wouldn't know.

He had a heart procedure the day before April's accident.

He and your stepmother are still in London.

Well, I could use a drink.

How about you?

Yes.

How long are you in town?

I live here.

Here?

Why didn't you ever come by...

Drew!