Fall Is a Good Time to Die

-See you tomorrow. -See ya.

How's things at dad's place?

Good sir. Just keeping things clean around there.

Good.

If you ever need anything...

-Just let me know. -Yessir.

This is beautiful.

It's one of my favorites.

-Is it all Durphy's? -It is.

Do you like working for Jim?

He's a good man.

Honest...

Fair.

I live over on his dad's old place.

Is it nice?

It's a camper.

The house is too far gone.

But I don't have any complaints.

He lets me stay for free.

I just keep up on things there.

How many miles of fenceline do you work?

There's hundreds of miles.

By the time you get done, you just gotta start over.

It never ends.

Do you like it?

Yeah.

Haven't gotten tired of it yet.

What do you like about it?

Sometimes I like that it's just me.

There's land out here I've seen that no one else sees.

My boss hasen't even seen most of the land he owns.

He just knows where it starts and knows where it ends.

You like your job?

I do.

I've always loved animals.

When something's wrong, they tell you.

Not like people. People are different.

They'll lie and tell you everything's fine...

When it's not.

How do I look?

Pretty good against that sunset.

Take my picture.

-Just push that right there? -Yep.

That's pretty good. I think you're gonna want this one.

Does that old phone of yours except photos?

Yeah, I can get photos.

I'm gonna send it to you.

There.

-That was fun. Thanks. -Thank you.

You never did tell me where you're from.

Maybe next time?

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

There's my favorite nephew.

You gonna give me a hug?

Come on.

Thank you.

You're a hard one to track down.

But I found you.

Out in the middle of nowhere.

It's so quiet.

I don't mind the quiet.

Makes me nervous.

Have you talked to your mom?

No. Me neither.

Last I heard she was living in Oklahoma with some guy.

I don't know, Tulsa maybe.

I don't know, it was a few years ago.

It's a hell of thing, ya know?

You could have a brother, or sister... not even know.

Look at you.

You're all grown up.

Remeber when I used to come and see you?

And then whenever I was about to leave...

You would always steal my keys.

'Cause you didn't want me to leave.

What are you doing here?

Get to the Goddamn point, Trista.

I don't know, Cody. I mean, geez...

I'm gettin' older.

Ya know?

You're the only family I have, really.

I just wanted to see you.

Ya know, and Jason White got out of prison.

He's been out about a month.

I just thought you should know.

Can you believe it's been ten years?

Ya know, seven since Lily...

You know, I don't care what people say about suicide...

That sweet little girl is with Jesus.

There's so much, with all that. Ya know?

There's still just so much.

There, with your mom.

Ya know, she never believed me.

-Nobody did. -How'd you know he got out?

I don't know, what?

Jason White?

Gettin' out of prison, how'd you know that?

I... a couple old friends told me.

Where is he?

He's livin' in, uh... Pine Butte with his brother.

What'd you think was gonna happen here?

What do you mean?

Coming here...

Telling me all this.

What do you want from me?

Nothing Cody, okay? I just...

I just didn't want you to find out from someone else.

I might not have ever found out.

Might've just lived my life out here and never known.

He's out in the same world as I am.

I know that now thanks to you.

Yeah...

Well like I said, I just thought you should know.

No, that ain't all.

Ya know, you are just like your mother...

You blame me for everything that happened.

Everyone was just blaming me.

-You both knew! -For everything.

Yeah, well, if we knew then you knew!

I was 16 years old! I was just a kid!

Yeah, I know how old you were.

-Yes! Yeah were just-- -And if you think for one second

that I new something...

-And did't do anything about it-- -Cody, God...

That is not what I'm saying!

Cody, I'm sorry, okay, that's not what I'm trying to say.

Cody.

What do you feel worse about?

That he was your boyfriend?

Or that she was your niece?

-She was 12 years old. -Yeah.

You think you can come here and dump your guilt on me?

No.

You're leaving with it.

Fuck.

Uh, I found a few old photos of you and Lily that...

I don't know, I thought you might not have.

I'm staying a couple nights at the Hillcrest Inn if you wanna...

I don't know, if you wanna talk or anything.

Uh, Jim.

Yeah?

I'm gonna need some time off here if that's alright?

Alright. How much time do you need?

A week...

Maybe two.

That should be fine.

Appreciate it.

Everything alright?

Yeah.

Just got some things I need to take care of, that's all.

Alright. When do you need it off?

Right now?

Alright... take care.

Hello?

Hey! Did I catch you at a bad time?

Any chance you might not have eaten yet?

I made a tator tot casserole.

It makes alot, do you want to come over?

Oh, well...

Um, it's...

Tonight's actually not great.

Oh.

It's okay Cody, it was last minute. I knew you might say no.

I'll ask again... Have a good evening.

Hey.

I didn't think I'd see you today.

-I have some things to take care of. -Yeah

-Has he been in yet? -He's in with Richard now.

Good.

Hey, does this mean anything to you?

I found it in the ditch when we were cleaning up last night.

-Doesn't mean anything to me. -Okay. Thank you.

Good morning.

-Morning. -What can I help you with?

I just need a room for a few nights.

-Um, how many people? -Just one. Y'all take cash?

We take, yes, we take cash. That's fine, yeah.

It'll be two fifty five, uh, oh six...for the three nights.

Our hunting season doesn't start for about, uh, two weeks.

I know sir...

I ain't deer huntin'.

I'm just here for dads guns.

Well you know where we keep the spare.

It's not my house anymore.

If you think I'm gonna shoot myself,

You might as well go ahead and stop all this right here.

-That's not funny, Jane. -Yeah, well.

I was married to you for 18 years, Mike. I know you...

I know you don't need your dads guns.

You're right.

I just wanted to see you. Check in, make sure you're okay.

There's one more.

You keep it... That was a gift from dad.

How's he doing?

Honestly...