Aurora Borealis

Language, Duncan.

Whatever, fine. Me and my bad attitude are outta here.

That's fine with me.

How do you like... THAT!

Uhh.

- After you... - Thanks. See you next week.

Finally.

- Wait wait. Duncan..it's me, Duncan. - It's my brother, it's Duncan.

What are you doing out here?

Geez, you scared the piss out of me.

It's my apartment.

Hey, Wonder Woman, Could you point that somewhere else please? ...Thank you.

Sandy, why don't you go warm up the car, okay?

- You'll be safe, I'll watch you. I promise. - Okay, but watch close. Okay.

She seems nice.

And vigilant.

I'm sure your wife would like her.

Why do you always do that?

What happened to work? Did you get fired again?

- I was just... why do you always do that? - Jesus you got fired again. You've only been there a couple of weeks.

God, you are such an incompetent.

Come on, cut me some slack, Jake.

I haven't asked you for money in a long time.

Yeah but I've given you plenty. I've left a little something on the table tonight.

That doesn't count. You think you're doing me a favor by bringing all these bimbos here?

Go screw 'em somewhere else.

Alright, quit being a dick. Do you want some capital or not?

No, actually.

I'm fine. I'll... work it out.

Sheez, the shit I put up with.

Just let me know if you need some cash okay?

And go visit grandma and grampa's new place. They've been asking about you.

- Eh, I dunno I got a lot of stuff to do. - Yeah I know you're a really busy guy but maybe you could squeeze in

ten minutes of your hectic unemployed schedule and go see 'em.

I just don't like to see 'em like that.

It doesn't matter dude. It's why they moved to the city, to be close to us.

Pull your head out. Take the fifty I left you, get grandma a coffee cake and get your ass over there.

See ya.

What am I, made of money?

Jesus Dunc, how many jobs is that?

Why, you writing my resume? Do you even have a resume?

Is that how you landed that great gig as piss boy at the paint store?

What about your office? Got any jobs there?

Oh please, come on. Even the guys in the mailroom have a college degree.

Besides you don't work there. Eveyone's an asshole.

- Including you? - Especially me.

Maybe Finn can give you a job at the warehouse, huh?

Finn! Would you want to work for Finn?

The predominant majority of jobs here are union, Dunc.

I'm totally union. I'm like Norma fuckin' Rae.

It's a grand to join. You have to apprentice for six months.

Apprentice what, it's a forklift.

It's like a golf cart with the lifting thing on front.

It's not that easy.

Well, you do it.

Oops. Okay, very funny.

Yeah.

Nice!

I don't think you appreciate the precariousness of the situation here.

If you hurt yourself, if you break something, that's a liability.

Yeah, precariousness?

You realize that you sound like Don King when you use big words, Finn?

And, come on, it's moving boxes of liquor.

I think I can handle that.

You know something Dunc, the last time I gave you a job.

Jesus we were seventeen, we were mowing lawns.

I know that, okay? And you mowed the word asshole into somebody's lawn and I got fired, Dunc.

I got fired.

Whatever happened to your sense of humor? And that was a long time ago.

Well what have you been doing with your life since then?

I've been working my ass off trying to improve my status quo.

Why would I just give you a job?

I don't know. I do appreciate how hard you had to work here at Finn and Son, Finn.

But I was hoping that maybe you would have my back on this.

Nah, no Doug, I can't. I'm sorry.

- Don't kick it. - I didn't do anything.

But he sees me in the hall with the thing, and he says to me that's not how you do it.

So I says back "Well Christ." How do you do it, you saw dog midget half-wit?

Ronald, you did not say that to him.

I'm telling this story, Ruth.

Mmm. So tell it right.

I bet ten years ago you had to set him straight, grampa.

Damn right, Duncan.

Damn right.

I may be old, but I still got my two friends, my left fist and my right.

It's too bad your old pal common sense left so long ago.

Ten years! Duncan, I was going to call you on Monday.

Did you remember that?

Yeah, yeah.

I saw it on the calendar.

How's the shoe store, kiddo?

The shoe store?

Jacob says he's working in groceries.

Yeah, I was.

I was, for about three months.

Groceries.

That's not a good racket. Markups no good.

You know, I should probably get going.

I've just got a bunch of stuff I should be doing today.

You do not. You just got here.

You haven't even seen the view.

- Come see the view. - Yeah.

See?

That's beautiful. You've got both the downtowns and a river.

Yeah.

At night, can see the northern lights.

Really, the northern lights? Seen 'em last night, dancin'.

- That's funny, I didn't know. - Ronald, did you go yet today?

Didn't I go, Ruth?

Well, I know, but you have to be on a schedule with this medication. It's your kidneys.

Okay.

- Alright, get up now. One..two. - No need Duncan, we got a system.

Well that was slitch.

- Grampa's little helper. You remember that, Ruth? - Yep.

You used to follow me around the hardware store all day long trying to help.

You look like your dad.

So do you.

I'm better lookin' than he ever was.

Grampa's little helper.

Well yell if you need some assistance.

Assistance?

Taking a leak for Christ sakes.

That's where grampa's little helper draws the line okay?

Excuse me.

- Could I get an application? - We're out. Waiting for the printer to send more, about a week.

Just need your name and address, I can send you one then.

So this is the admission forms desk and you're out of admission forms.

Great.

Hello?

Hey, good morning.

Well what sort of situation?

Did you call 911?

Grampa, if you're having an emergency you call 911.

Okay I'll be right here.

- Grampa? - In here.

- You Okay? - You need to get this out into the other room.

- What? The TV? - Yeah yeah, this is what I need.

You gotta slide it out there.

- I thought that you were hurt. - I said emergency and it is. Come on.

Let's get the goddamn thing outta here.

No no don't. You don't take off your coat. You don't have time. She'll be back any minute now.

I'm baking in this thing.

- Hurry. - I'll have it done in a second.

Ronald, I'm home.

Oh Christ.

No matter now, Duncan.

Ronald, you know Kate's gonna be here. You're gonna need to get cleaned up.

Duncan, hi!

- Ronald! - I was just having the kid move some things.

- No TV, you know that. - Ruth.

Why can't he have the TV?

Because he'll just sit and watch it and do not another damn thing. It mushes his brain.

Load of shit.

Listen, would you get the door?

We'll be out in a minute.

Ronald, don't you bring him into this now.

He wanted to help.

Nothing wrong with a kid helping out his grandfather.

Um, am I in the right place?

Yeah, the Shorters, Ruth and Ronald.

- I'm Duncan. - Oh, I'm the home assistant. Kate.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Is that Kate? - Yeah it's me, Ruthie.

How ya feeling today, Ronnie? You're runnin' a little hot, your pressure's up.

It's cause you're here.

- His pressure's up because he was up to no good. - Shit.

Follow the light.

Follow.

And who is the president?

That slick dickweed in the suit.

I didn't vote for him.

- And what's his name? - Hmm?

The dickweed. What's his name?

Bob Hope.

Ronald, what's his name?

Duncan, who's the president?

It's Bing Crosby.

- For God's sake. - That's my grandson.

- He's a good'UN. - Yeah.

Best hockey player you ever seen.

Skates like a goddamn Canuck.

- Good lookin' to boot. - You're blushing.

His grandfather's embarrassing him.

- Duncan? - That's okay.

I got him.

He's a good one.

Always there to help his grandfather.

Okay, well I'll see you next week.

Okay.

Bye, Duncan.

Oh, oh my.

Let me get this for you.

Oh, thanks!

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

- Bye. - Bye.

Can you patch a wall?

Yeah, I've been known to spackle.

You ever go to jail?

You steal?