Red Handed

- It was 30 years ago, almost to the day,

that I took my three boys down to the Sazarac River.

I had grown up on that river fishing for steelhead

with my brother, Reynolds.

I never spoke to my brother again after what happened.

They say that history repeats itself.

But it doesn't.

Not exactly.

History rhymes.

I always said it was over my dead body

that I would ever go back to the Sazarac.

Well, that's exactly what it did take

for me to go back in the end.

My dead body.

You want me to help you?

No, I'm okay.

I still got one good hand.

How is that wife of yours doing, uh, Lauren or Laura?

What's her name again?

- Laurel. - Yeah, yeah,

how's she doing?

She's uh, doing better.

She still drinkin'?

Um, she's doing--

- Well, you know, you can lie to your wife and you can lie

to the cops and you can lie to your mistress,

but don't lie to me, don't lie to your old man, all right?

- I pick her up from treatment on Tuesday.

Oh, the 28 day things?

I know, I just--

I warned you about her.

- I knew it was gonna be an I told you so thing.

- Well that's exactly what the fuck it is,

it's an I told you so 'cause I did tell you so.

Listen, you wanna help me with this, I--

- Yeah, I'll do the air filter thing--

- Just put the fucking thing in, would ya?

Here.

So you had Louie the whole time

that she was doing her 28 days?

- You gotta hear the stuff outta this kid's mouth.

Like what's he saying?

- Dad, I would like you, even you killed me on accident.

What?

Better figure that one out.

What about your brothers, do you ever talk to them?

- Gus, yeah, I don't know, I talk to him he's, you know.

What about the other one?

- No, I haven't, no I haven't heard from Pete.

Why don't you talk to your brothers?

Hey, Louie!

Show Papa that picture of the crocodile.

Well, you know, he's your son.

He is your boy and uh, when a man has a son it's like

it's almost a second chance at life you

got an amazing thing, it's a gift, it's a.

You'll always have it, you'll always have that one thing.

Hey, Louie!

Get down from the car, we gotta go.

Okay, all right, I gotta go.

Okay, sure.

Okay.

Hey, Louie, come on, I don't want you to miss baseball.

See ya, buddy.

Bye, Papa.

See ya.

- You are just the man I wanted to see.

I'm having a lot of car trouble.

What kind of trouble's that?

- She just keeps gurgling every couple miles,

I really don't know what's wrong with her.

Gurgling.

Yeah.

Can I have one of those?

Sure, have that one.

Thank you.

I'd be really grateful if you could take a look.

You think you can help me out?

I think I probably can, yeah.

I'll drive it around the block.

Would you do that for me?

Shit, this door is always sticking,

you don't mind, right?

Well no, not at all, go ahead.

I got it.

I don't know anybody that likes that.

Get me outta here.

- Here we are. - Jesus.

Wow, who lives here?

My uncle.

Really?

You like it?

- Oh, it doesn't do much for me, honey.

- So you're a hard man to impress, right?

Come on. - Are we alone?

Whoa.

¶ For now you're by my side ¶ - Nuh uh uh,

we're gonna go this way, cowboy, let's go.

Come on.

Oh my god.

Where are you taking me?

- All right, babe. - Where's my car?

¶ While you lie dreaming ¶ I can prove it.

¶ I'll take your life away ¶

¶ Then my old friend the devil ¶

¶ Will come to punish me ¶

¶ He'll drown me in the river ¶

¶ For loving you this way ¶

- That has my three favorite things.

What are they?

Japanese lesbian period piece.

Yeah, I can see it myself.

Oh, you look good.

You're goddamn right I do.

We both look good.

I'm a handsome son of a bitch.

Whoa, stop shoving me.

Oh.

Oh lordy, I'm kinda dizzy.

What the hell is this?

Hey, Lou.

Hmm?

Wanna take a sauna with me?

Well, sounds like a good idea.

- Well there's a bathroom in there.

You wanna grab that and then meet me in here?

Well there you never told me what

happened to your fingers.

- Ah, you know, I was working on a car

and the hood came down on my hand and busted up my fingers.

Occupational hazard, you know, what can I say?

You know in my imagination it's kind

of fucking hot in here, like more than it needs to be.

Well, it is a sauna.

Plus my uncle had it fabricated to be extra hot.

Really?

He succeeded in that, yeah.

Jesus God in heaven it's hot in here.

What about that champagne?

Let me get that for you.

Yeah, you should do that.

You wanna know something, Lou?

What?

- This room reminds me an awful lot of your son Pete.

Okay.

My son Pete?

Hey!

Open up this fucking thing!

Dale.

Yeah, it's me.

Help me.

- You betrayed the whole family, now you're gonna burn.

We been waitin' 29 years!

Now is my time.

Let me the fuck outta here!

You aint goin' nowhere.

Where is that bitch?

- Just how long has it been since

the brothers have seen each other?

Let me the fuck outta here!

Open this thing up.

Where did you go?

- Hey, when he's done cookin' in there,

take him back to his place so they can find the corpse.

Let me outta this

fucking thing now! - Nice work, Rachael.

We'll see ya in a couple weeks - Hey!

Let me the fuck outta here.

- We'll see you back at the Sazarac.

Hey!

Open up this fucking thing!

¶ I'm scared to go astray ¶

¶ Tonight while you lay dreaming ¶

¶ I'll take your life away ¶

Hey, Pete.

What's goin' on?

Nothing.

Your phone's ringin'.

- Yeah, yeah, I didn't even hear it.

Uh, usually it stops.

- Yeah, it's probably your brother.

He called the rangers station,

but they told him that you were on leave.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, I had to use some of my vacation days.

- Why are you wearing the uniform then?

My other stuff's in the wash.

- Hey, man, listen, I've got some bad news.

Let's have it.

It's your dad.