Straight A's

Sport casino floors.

Over 100,000 square feet of VIP gaming.

I mean, she's a beauty. She's of steel.

Yeah, we're going to call her the queen of the red.

The grand casino. It's going to be perfect.

if you Wikipedia death,

it says it is the permanent termination of all biological functions

that sustain living organisms.

What it doesn't tell you is how to cope with death.

You have to let go, Gracie.

It's the only way to say goodbye.

When we lost Samson,

Gracie and I were the saddest we've ever been.

Bye, Samson.

My Mom says that life changing e vents,

no matter how big or small,

happen in threes.

I must get back to work, okay?

Come. Wait. Did you sign it?

Oh, no.

Samson was the first.

And then, he arrived.

Look! A horse?

The third would happen within four days,

and show us that life really comes full circle.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Can I help you?

Yeah, this the Henderson house?

Si.

I'm your Uncle Scott.

Your daddy's brother.

He never mentioned me?

You must be Todd.

No, Charles.

Shit.

Caroline.

My name is Gracie Ann, and I'm 6 and 3/4s.

Well, Gracie Ann, I'm 31 years old.

Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Henderson is not here right now.

Where did he go? He's out of town for work.

Ah.

Can I pet your horse ?

You sure can.

My horse's name is Moose.

Moosey.

You can pat him.

That's him saying hi.

He's so nice.

Yeah, he's a good one. I like him.

Me, too.

Why do you ride a horse?

Well, Charles I got a DUI-

They took my license.

Ain't that a bitch ?

So, what happened here?

Samson passed away.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That really sucks. How did it happen?

I'm in the middle of an investigation. Could be foul play.

You mean murder? Possibly.

Samson have many enemies?

I haven't ruled anyone out yet,

but there is one person I'm focusing on.

Oh, who's that?

If I wanted carnations, don't you think I would've ordered them?

I asked for the great rose.

I asked for them. I did ask for them

Mom hates frogs.

Did you say a frog? Wait, Samson was a frog?

He was an oriental fire belly toad.

You got a fucking love frog.

Shh.

He was a nice king frog. He never got to be a prince.

At least I got a chance to know him.

I think that's about the nicest eulogy I ever heard.

I should be so lucky when I go.

What's a eulogy? It's what you say at a funeral.

Yes, your psalm. Your psalm?

Like your net worth.

That grand total of your entire life in three lines.

All right, you guys, enough of this nonsense.

What the hell is that?

Who are you? Excuse me.

Check this out.

Hey, sister. How the hell are you?

Nice house.

Why are you here? You need money?

Mom told me you all needed my help. So, here I am.

Your mother? When?

Couple of days ago.

Couple of days ago ? Where ?

Coffee shop.

Nana? Yeah, Nana.

I refer to her as Mom but--

Scott, are you okay? Nana's dead.

Yes, I know. That's what makes it so wild.

I'm sitting there at Jake's a couple of days ago having a coffee and a smoke

when, I don't know where, Mom's sitting next to me. I swear to God.

I just' smoked a little that morning, so I thought it was me being high,

but buzz wore off, she stuck round.

She told me some stuff.

One thing leads to another, and here I am.

How come we've never met you?

I've been-- Been traveling.

Traveling ? Where ? Honduras ?

I ain't never made it to Honduras.

Truth calls for some whiskey.

Shit.

Charles, I've spent the better part of the last eight years in and out of hospitals.

Are you a doctor? Thank you, Charles.

No.

Are you sick?

You could say that.

Testicular cancer?

That's what Lance Armstrong suffered from.

Do you like Lance Armstrong?

No.

No to a testicular cancer or no to liking Lance Armstrong ?

Both. So, why were you in the hospital?

Your uncle here is---

Was a little crazy and a kind of a drug addict.

Gracie. What? It's all right. It's just funny.

Who doesn't think a crazy person's fun?

Point is, I'm better now.

Is that why you had coffee a couple of days ago with your dead mother?

For the last eight years

you've been in a mental institution ?

In and out. Also spent quite a bit of time

in a rehab facility for drug and alcohol dependency.

It ain't tight.

You know, guys, go upstairs, please.

Louisa! What?

Please, take the children upstairs.

[Gracie speaking in Spanish]

In English in the house when Mommy's around, please-

Why are you here ?

Fuck me. Why are you here?

We moved here to be closer to your dad after your mom died.

He has-- Alzheimers, so he says.

Hey, hey, how did you know that?

Mom told me.

There's no smoking in the house.

Come on.

You know, Cathy, I never figured you for living in a house like this.

Things change. People change.

Did you hear me? There's no smoking in the house.

All right.

You know what? Mom's right.

Is that how you should have been at her funeral?

No, about Charles. Really? What did she say?

Is he gay? What?

I don't know why she said he's gay, but he is a little strange.

It's a Vicodin. You want one?

No, I don't want a Vicodin.

Doctor's orders.

Where's Willy?

He'd deck you if he heard you call him that.

Shreveport, I think, till Thursday.

Today's Sunday? Today's Tuesday.

So, I lost a couple of days somewhere.

I take it there isn't a job you have to be at during the week?

What's your job ?

All right.

I really want to see my brother,

so I'm thinking maybe I'll just hang here until he gets back.

It is great to see you, Cathy.

You still look pretty hot-

Now, you were killing it out there today.

Big dog, teach in a clinic.

You all right?

Yeah.

We've just got to convince the broker to give us a few more days

on the option. It should happen.

Yeah. that's not what I'm talking about.

Hey, what's up?

I, uh,

when I get back to Dallas, I'm going to leave my wife.

Hi, what's happening?

Hey, Charles, that Xbox work out there?

I already beat all the games.

Oh, yeah ?

What are you working on?

An oral report for class.

I'll tell you what.

You hit them books, and after dinner

you and I'll get our game on. Deal?

Oh, man.

How come you call her that?

How come I called who what?

Mommy "sister."

I don't know. I guess I made it up after she married your daddy.

Technically Katherine 's not your sister.

She's your sister-in-law. Hm.

How come she doesn't like you?

You don't think she likes me?

She's pretty mean to you.

Yeah, that's just 'cause we go way back.

I bet you guys didn't know that your mommy and I were high school sweethearts.

Did you and mommy kiss?

Of course we kissed. Lovers, we did everything. I--