Creepshow

Okay, who's hungry?

The little ones first. Whoa, boy.

You understand me?!

Mornin' you.

Mwah!

Hey.

Do you...wanna meet your great great great--

Meemaw?

You know she's gonna turn 100 this summer.

That isn't true.

She is so old, she was born before TV.

No one was born before TV.

Mm-hmm, before cars. Before horses.

Maybe even before the trees themselves.

You wanna ask her yourself?

Really?

I was aimin' for it to be a surprise.

You and I have never taken a trip together.

So, we'll get the bus in Cordia and we'll zip on over to Joplin,

and then we'll catch a Greyhound to Minnesota from there.

How long does the bus take to get to Minnesota from here?

I don't know, nearly 14 hours. Maybe longer.

Everything just takes longer on the bus.

But, it is past time that you met your up north people.

What about Dad?

Do you think anything can happen in this house that

he doesn't already know about?

- Don't have to pack? - Already done.

I packed for both of us. So, come on!

Let's get a hurry up shoes!

- What about your garden? - Don't you worry about it.

Mother Earth has a way of takin' care of her own kind.

So let's get to gettin'!

Connor, you the reinforcements?

Impartial observer.

Where you off to, Bloom? Hm?

You can't take him. That's my boy.

I'm doing things my way now.

Jack doesn't have to go anywhere he doesn't already wanna go.

Oh my god, I am sick to death of

your hippy-dippy tree-huggin' bullshit.

Well, you-- you wanna take him up

to meet the rest of your fucked-up family?

No, absolutely not. He's staying here with me.

You wanna go? Go right ahead.

But I thought I got you away from that goddamn nonsense.

Obviously my first mistake.

Oh, Bloom. Jack is never gonna become a man--

Oh, you are some kind of man?

With all the separatist survival bullshit?

You are nothing but a two-bit terrorist.

Did you hear her?

- Mm-hmm. - Fucking terrorist?

Oh, I get it! I get it!

This is the part where you call me a Nazi again.

Get out of my way.

Go ahead, Bloom. You just keep pushing me.

Keep it up, 'cuz I'm all the way done takin' it, you hear me?

What do we have here? What?

- I didn't do any-- -I was halfway to Wichita

when I realized I didn't have this.

That's why I turned around. - That is a lie.

You planted it along with that fuckin' bottle.

Well played!

Come on, save it for Rudy Spaulding.

The chief is waitin' for you!

I'm makin' a citizen's arrest, you hear me?

-Dad. - Huh?

Hey!

You better stay out of this, kid.

Honey, don't. It's okay.

- Come on. -Beth.

Beth, you see to it that Jack is taken care of.

Don't leave him alone and I will be back soon!

I will get a lawyer and I'm gonna give--

-Who the fuck do you think they're gonna listen to?!

You? A fuckin' drunk with an arrest record

and a history of mental illness?

Or me, a decorated former Marine, huh?

You come now, Jack.

We're gonna get your mom the help she needs.

-You know how this goes, sweetie.

This ain't the first time nor the last.

You've got to wait out the storm.

Your mom's tough. It ain't no thing to her.

I haven't seen her touch a bottle in god knows how long.

Why don't we just find something

to take your mind off things? Hm?

I'm sure it'll all work out.

Beth, you don't understand. He was gonna hit her. Again!

And I just stood there.

You're saying wait out the storm

and then things will go back to normal.

But then there's just gonna be another storm, and another.

It's just who he is!

Your dad, he's complicated. Let's just say that.

Once your mom's better, you'll be a family again.

You got a plan as to how you're gonna explain this

to young Jack, I presume.

There was a--a struggle in the car.

And she pulled away from me and the door was open.

The next thing I knew,

she was going end over end in the street.

The damn woman jumped.

That's the story?

Yup.

It didn't have to go this way.

What's right is right.

It's too late to sing that song, ain't it?

- Any word? -Not yet.

I think I'll just stay here 'til your dad gets back.

Okay. I just hope Mom's okay.

- Mom! - No, Jack. Jack, it's me.

It's just a bad dream. It's okay.

It's okay.

Go back to sleep, all right?

Aah!

Aw, fuck.

-She really did love this garden of hers.

Yeah. But you know what?

It's completely legal to keep her on my land.

Another thing I love about Kansas.

Save the planet, fertilize it.

What do you got there?

Seeds. I think Mom wanted to take them to Meemaw.

Oh yeah?

Let's see.

I wanna plant them.

Give her something nice to come home to.

Aww. You are a darlin'.

It's a new day.

I always loved working in the soil.

Something your mom and I shared.

The fact that you can plant anything--a seed, an idea.

Heck, you can even plant evidence

to throw someone off the track.

Hey.

Jack. - Dad.

Everything okay?

Look here, it's-- it's really unfortunate

that you had to see that yesterday.

But you need to understand it--it's probably for the best.

Is she coming back?

No. No, not anytime soon.

Jack, do you understand why your mother wanted to leave?

She wanted to go someplace

that she could drink and take her pills.

And you need to understand--look at me.

You need to understand that

she would've eventually chosen those things over you.

Yes, yes, you need to understand that, Jack.

You--at the police station,

she--she had a complete breakdown.

I mean, it was--it was heartbreaking.

I mean, it was heartbreaking.

But, you know, thank the Lord Jesus

she's in the halfway house right now.

She's getting the help that she needs.

So all that we can do is wait

and--and--and see what happens, okay?

But you gotta stand tall. Stand tall.

There you go. Good, be strong.

Ow!

-What are you doing, Jack?

You wanna water 'em, not bleed all over 'em.

-How long until you think they'll sprout?

I don't know.

"Lettuce" consider.

Do you "carrot" on how long?

- I guess "weed" better get a move on, then.

- Now you're just beatin' around the bush.

- All right, so, easiest way to get in and get a pass,

you come in on first. You park on A1.

You leave your keys in it. Then you walk.

ATF is on the top floor.

- Yeah, and there's also an IRS office on four, same building.

It's small, but...you know,

it's like a little extra somethin' special.

Like a cherry on top of a sundae--tasty.

- Oh, man. Can you imagine this, Hank?

It's gonna be just pieces fallin' three states away.

It's gonna be rainin' chunks, man. Chunks.

-There'll be chunks of them in orbit.

-Has Jack read the book?

-- He will. -- It's important.

-I know it is. I shit you not, he will.

What we're--what we're doin', this isn't new.

Secessionism is not new.

Confederacy ain't new. No.

We're in the vanguard, man.

-I'm an American. - Damn straight, y'all.

How is this possible?

Mom, your garden.

It's--it's grown.

I wish you could see this.

The flowers remind me of...you.

-Jack is never gonna become a man.

Who the fuck do you think they're gonna listen to?

You or me?

You better stay out of this, kid.