The Ghost Trap

Uh-oh.

-You okay? -Mm-hmm.

Yeah, it's just--

-It's like I just can't sleep. -Mm-hmm.

-My brain just won't shut off. -Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Okay, stay in bed. I'll just go do it myself.

-Mm-mm. Mm-mm. No, I'm coming. -Yeah. It's all right, I got it.

Mm-mm. I'm coming.

I'm up.

They didn't buy it.

Ah, don't worry about it. It's over.

-It's over, forget about it. -Yeah.

-All right, let's catch some bugs. -Yeah, let's go.

- You're crazy. - What are we doing?

-I don't know. -That's nuts.

-I don't know, Anja. All right? -You don't know.

- Why are you copying everything I say?

Okay. I don't know. Take the wheel, Anja. Just drive.

-That is-- this is crazy. -Just drive. You're fine.

-This is crazy. -You're fine.

-Keep going, you're doing great! -Are you kidding me?

-You're doing great. -I swear...

-Can you take it now? -Yeah, I got it.

Thank you.

-Hang on. -What are you-- what are you doing?

-Just ashing it. -Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Come here, come here, come here. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay. We're here.

Oh, no. Hey, st-- stop.

Stop nurdling me.

- Morning, Steph. - Morning, Anja.

Hey, what's up, Dee?

Running a little late this morning.

Uh, yeah, well, we would've been here by 4:00,

but Jamie needed his beauty sleep.

-Yeah, well, one of us needed to get some shut-eye. -Mmm.

Anja's probably gonna fall asleep in the bait.

What's it been, like, three years?

When's he gonna slap a ring on you?

Wow. Way to go.

You know, it was actually-- it was gonna be a surprise today.

No way.

Okay. Might as well do it now, then.

Shut up.

Anja...

will you marry me?

- Oh, my God. - Hey! Oh, what's with the--

Aw, huh? That's not good enough for you?

Throw him back, Anja. Plenty in the sea.

Nah. I think this one's a keeper.

I'm a keeper.

Wow.

I got you pretty good back there, didn't I?

Nah, I could tell just by looking at you.

Mmm, I don't know. I think even at the last moment you weren't totally sure.

Nah, you know, I was actually thinking,

"Why is this man squandering his life as a lobsterman

when he could have a brilliant career as a stand-up comedian?"

Yeah?

Well, just so you know, I'm gonna get you a real ring.

You know I don't care about that.

-Yeah, you do. -Um, no.

I've never pushed you to get married, have I?

Yeah, well, when the time comes, believe me,

I'm not gonna ask you in some fucking bait shack.

Yeah, I get to look forward to it to be in front of the entire bar at Churchie's.

Well, yeah, for the reception, sure, but...

Oh, God, you're kidding.

-Look at your face. You're not kidding. -No! But hey, look, look, look.

For the actual ceremony, right, that's gonna be somewhere classy, Anja.

That's gonna be on a beach, or on one of the islands, or...

I mean, Christ, I'm not a frickin' redneck, Anja.

Yeah, but you wanna have the reception at Churchie's.

Yeah, well. You know we're all gonna end up there anyway.

Look, we still have your truck payment,

and what we paid out for bait today,

and we're barely gonna make back, so...

don't be giving me no ring while we still have bills to pay.

"Don't be buying me no ring."

All right, now, first off, stop trying to sound all Maine

with that "Don't be giving me no ring" crap.

All right, I won't give you no double negatives.

Yeah. And second, don't think you're gonna be my sternman forever.

Why? I'm getting pretty good at it.

Yeah, you're getting better at it, but you're not freakin' aces yet,

so, you know, don't get ahead of yourself.

There's still a lot that I gotta teach you, which ain't gonna happen,

'cause you're not gonna be on this boat for much longer.

Mmm, right. Women don't belong on boats. They're bad luck.

All right, get ready. We're coming up on the first string.

Yep.

Hey. You're tired.

-Mm-mm. Nope. -Yeah, you are. Yeah.

-We're calling it. -No.

-We're calling it. -No, we got two more lines.

Anja, you need a nap.

And a glass of wine, too.

Ay-yuh, Natural Born.

I hear you were a hit with the harbor hogs at Myrtle's the other night.

I don't remember a thing, guy. Ask Eugley.

Eugley, you on there?

Yeah, my sternman's tired.

Who, Anja? What the hell did you do now?

Tired? Real tired? Or just tired of your bullshit?

Hey, all you shut the fuck up, all right?

You're working her too hard. Who makes a girl haul his traps?

Hey, uh, Anja, be careful, we got a big wake coming in.

Eugley, you coming to Churchie's later? You still owe me a beer.

Yeah, I'm there.

Anja. We're going to Churchie's, yeah?

Anja.

Anja.

Oh, fuck. She went overboard.

Sternman overboard! I need help, somebody, right now!

Anja! Anja!

Fuck. Anya! God fucking damn it!

Where is everybody?

Anja!

Fuck!

Come on.

Come on.

Thanks.

Anja.

Let's go to The Landings

and get a coco rum.

I don't know about that.

But I-- I've been waiting all day for you,

and I want to go to The Landings

and have some f-- fun.

You remember what the doctor said, though, right?

You can't have a coke and rum.

N-- no!

Hey, Jamie.

What's up, Carolyn?

- Well, you know, it's Friday. -Jamie!

The Landings!

Anja, I think we're just gonna have a nice night at home tonight, okay?

Let's finish your exercise,

and then maybe we could pick up some pizza.

Let's do this first, okay? Come on.

Yeah, that one goes in the middle.

And what's the first number up top?

Hey, I'll be right back. Okay? Be right back.

Was she giving you any trouble this week?

No. This one here's great. They're all perfect angels.

It's funding, staff, everything.

Tell him what Bruce s-- said to me.

No, I told you, Anja, you've got to ignore him.

- But he said-- - No. It's okay.

-Nobody believes Bruce. -Okay, but--

Draw 5:15 on the clock, Anja.

If I do it right,

can-- can we go out?

Maybe.

Do you see any improvement at all?

Like, Carolyn, are these exercises really helping her?

You've got to give it time.

Jamie, this isn't going to happen overnight.

It's been years, Carolyn.

5:15.

You wanna go get ice cream?

Like, what about all the weird things she says and how she talks?

You know, like, is it always gonna be that way?

There is a disconnect in her brain.

She can't always find the words she wants to say.

It might be a year or two before some of the old Anja comes back.

Well, what do you mean? Like, is-- is she ever gonna be normal again?

Her brain was without oxygen for an extended period of time.

It's called cerebral hypoxia.

We'll rehab her as best as we can.

But to have this level of functionality now, consider yourself lucky.

Look, you just gotta be honest with me. I gotta know.

With a lot of hard work and someone to love her, Jamie, she'll get back a lot of it.

Much better than if she were left alone.

Hey, quiet. Chill out, man. - Hello?

-Eugley. Where are you? -'Sup there, Natural Born?

- Let go of the phone, Tadpole. - -Is that Thongchai?

-We're at the barn. You coming? -Uh, nah, nah, nah.

-Not tonight. -Eugley, this one's a rager. Dewey's setting up the band.

-Just bring Anja, she can hang out. -Uh, yeah, nah, she can't.

-What? I can't what? -Ah, shit, man. Tadpole just puked.

- Yeah? - You're cleaning that shit up.

Yeah, how's that tequila treating you?

-Man, it's getting everywhere. Hey, hey, watch it! -Just press 20 seconds, okay?

You can't leave me alone with this guy, Eugley. You gotta come over.

Uh... no, not tonight, man.

Is Anja right there? Look, I get it.

Um, yeah. Yeah.

But you gotta fuckin' have a life at some point.

We're going to Churchie's Friday. Your mom can watch her.

Hey, uh, Anja. Just press, uh, the two and the zero, right there.

-I gotta go. Tadpole's a mess. -I'll talk to you later.

Where-- where's Thongchai?

At The Landings?

Uh, no, he's at the Ogdens'.

There's a small party going on, but...

it's not, uh...

Oh, my God--

-Let's go-- go! Let's go. -No. We're not going.