Red Right Hand

Morning, Uncle Cash.

Some heavy reading for ninth grade.

It's one of mom's old college books

by this British guy, Eric Padgett.

He's like a philosopher, writes about ethics

and how to be good.

So you're reading textbooks for fun?

I guess.

Well, don't hurt yourself.

Your dad up?

- Oh, what time is it? - Time to feed.

- I'm going... - Come on.

- I'm going. - Let's go.

All right, all right, all right.

Mr. Bright-Eyes and Bushy-Tail,

just give me a minute.

We ain't got time for a Lamaze class.

Let's go! Come on, let's get on it.

We got some hungry hippos out here.

Here, chick, chick, chick.

No need to shove, there's enough for everybody.

C'mon, little guy, let's go.

In you get. All right. There you go.

Get!

Come on now.

Let's go.

How's he doing?

Been lappin' up that zinc for over a month now.

No reason he shouldn't be trying to breed

with a heifer on the lot.

Rachel would know.

It's like the damn thing talked to her.

Yeah.

Never said shit to me.

Yeah, me neither.

But I keep listening.

You okay, girl?

Dad!

What the hell's got her running out here

like the house is on fire?

- What's going on, darling? - Come quick!

You all right?

It's coming!

Hey. Hey, there she go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy, easy, easy, easy.

Easy, girl.

Easy, girl.

Yeah, I'm not liking this.

She's pushing hard.

Yeah, and ain't nothing coming out.

Whoa, whoa.

All right, mama, I'ma take a look,

make sure things are in order.

Oh, yeah, I see the problem.

What's wrong?

Foal's stuck. She's got one foot forward.

Wanna get a vet?

Probably long gone, the time she get here.

You got 10 to 15 minutes in this state.

And I say we on the tail end of that.

- Oh, keep her still, Cash. - Whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Easy, my girl. - I got her.

Pull the tail back.

Dad's trying to fix it.

- Got it? - Hold on. Got the hoof!

- All right. - Just gotta get the hoof, girl.

Easy, Flagen.

- Step on back now, she got it. - Yeah.

She got it.

- There it is. - All right.

She got it.

Yeah, she precious little thing.

Just think, most people still sleeping on a Sunday.

Sensible ones anyway.

- Their loss. - Yeah.

Welcome to the family.

Come on.

Savannah, let's go!

- - Gonna find it? - - Yeah.

It gets lost now and again.

Oh, you look beautiful, baby girl.

- - Thanks, Dad. - - Yeah.

Why don't you come with us?

Oh, not really feeling too churchy these days.

'Sides, I need to get that tractor running.

I've been saying I would for the last month.

Well...

come meet us for lunch at the grill.

Bringing out the big guns.

Do it for the patty melt.

Well... ...you buying?

Hot and on the table when you walk in.

All right, damn it. You got me.

Knew it would.

Y'all have fun now.

Get that thing fixed then.

Oh, I'm on it.

Well, we're just gonna keep asking him.

He just misses Mom.

- Yeah. - I do, too.

She would have been proud of him this morning.

Yeah, she would.

When I was a boy,

my daddy would take me out hunting.

We'd wake up before sunrise, traipse through the cold

and the dark, leaves crackling under our feet.

Some of you know what I am talking about.

I see you nodding, Andy.

And look, I stand before you now a preacher.

I'm just a sinner, just like you.

Just like you.

There was a time I was a real son of a bitch.

Hell, you can look it up.

They got a file on me down at the police station.

I know a little something about that.

All right. Not a word out of you, Sheriff.

But I was in those same woods

that I'd go hunting with my old man.

And I had a revelation and I realized

God is always there.

He's always been there, listening, waiting, ready

to open his arms to us.

- all: Amen. - Give me another amen.

- all: Amen. - Thank you.

'Preciate it.

Just wonderful, Pastor.

Appreciate you taking the time.

I wouldn't miss it.

Beautiful way to start the morning.

- All right. - Sheriff.

Well, the Lord is quicker to forgive than your fellow man.

How's Finney holding up?

Touch and go.

You need to get him off that Memphis Blind.

Is he hunting?

Not hardly.

Well, it's worse than I thought.

- Yeah. - How about you, Savannah?

Has your uncle taken you hunting yet this season?

We have, but all I get is skunked.

That's not true. You've been close on a couple.

Go on, show him what you picked out.

What you got?

Oh, that is some prime cutting steel. Look at that.

Reckon she's got about, what, six months of morning chores

before you pay it off.

Oh, your uncle's a prickly bastard, isn't he?

A miser, too.

Now this one's got you figured, Cash.

Yeah, she's a regular Dr. Phil.

I'll tell you what,

I'm gonna be eating your dad's patty melt

if he don't make it here soon.

You should.

I'll be right back.

Finney, where the hell are you?

Twelve-dollar burger's getting cold.

What's this now?

Cash. Didn't think you'd mind.

Doe here is just having a little bite to eat.

Might lose my appetite looking at that hand though.

Mm.

Get up. Let her out.

The You left her all alone.

We were just being polite, keeping her company.

Come on, Savannah.

Fly away, little butterfly.

We just wanna have a chat with your uncle.

Come here, sweetheart.

Go get a dessert at the bar.

I won't be long. It's all right. Don't worry.

Sit down.

What do you want?

We don't want nothing. Big Cat does.

I got nothing to say to Big Cat.

Big Cat got something to say to you.

About your farm.

About my farm? What about it?

All right, come on.

All right, come on.

There she is.

There's my girl. Church good?

I thought you were coming to lunch.

Oh, I'm sorry, kiddo.

Savannah, give me a minute with your pops, will ya?

Go on, darling. Let me talk to Cash.

I'ma make another one.

Now, you let me know if you have a change of heart.

This you being funny?

Are you really trying to fuck with my sobriety?

You still smoke.

And that's some nasty-ass shit, let me tell you.

Oh...

...this you being an asshole.

Mm, I'm just saying.

You can throw them back as good as anyone.

I was a drunken dumbass,

now, you're throwing 'em back for both of us.

Now that... that is a truth you won't hear on the radio.