Around the Bend

Shit.

Henry, it's 1:00.

I was...

drumming for an idea.

Yeah, I heard.

Jason, sit down.

Sit down.

Listen to this...

"And after an arduous disembowelment procedure,

"the body was hauled off to a marshy area,

"placed atop a large pyre,

"where it was slowly devoured

"by vultures and rodents

"while the tribe looked on

and danced."

A man dies,

he's got to serve his tribe.

You don't have a tribe, Henry.

Yes, I do.

You're my tribe.

You and the boy.

And Sky there.

Aren't you, Sky?

Well, keep looking for your funeral idea,

because your tribe is not dancing

while rodents eat you.

Jason...

Mm-hmm?

I want us to go on a trip.

I know you do, Henry.

Yeah. One last dig.

We'll fix up the van.

What?

It's a perfectly good...

It's not perfectly good.

It's a classic.

There's nothing wrong with that van.

Look, I'll see you in the morning,

all right?

I may not make it to the morning.

Well, wake me up before you kick

so I can tell you what I really think of you.

Hey. Hey.

There's something different about my nanny.

She's a nurse.

Well, whatever she is, she gave me a woody.

Goddamn it.

Well, I-I guess that's natural.

Well, of course it's natural.

I didn't say an alligator came out of my ass.

Good night, Henry.

Yeah?

How can you watch this?

They relax me.

In Denmark, we didn't have horror.

Henry asked for your father again.

We should find him.

Yeah, I don't know how to do that.

You see that screaming woman?

She is the mother

of that bloody person.

Family is important at death.

Good night, Katrina.

Good night.

Dad...

Papa Henry's drumming again.

Come on.

Hey, Dad?

Are we going to make Papa Henry into a mummy

when he dies?

Did he tell you that?

No, we're not going to make him

into a mummy, Zach.

Are we gonna stuff him?

Henry.

What do you want?

Come out of there.

A priest wore that a thousand years ago.

Where'd you get it?

I stole it.

Stole it right out of the goddamn ground.

That's what an archaeologist does, boy.

Henry, can we not advocate theft

until he's at least old enough to drive, please?

Nonsense.

Some things want to be stolen.

The Lair family have a history of thievery, Zach.

Nothing to be ashamed of.

Now, banking,

there's a shameful occupation.

Jason. Can I see you?

What is it?

Your father is downstairs.

He wants to cross thresholds.

What?

Thresholds.

Do you think the drumming made him come?

Who?

Your father.

You're Jason.

Kind of like two dogs, huh?

Ex... Excuse me?

I got your letter about Henry.

I sent it four years ago.

You got...

my letters?

When you were a kid, I wrote.

Sent some money too, I think.

Dad?

Uh...

Come here... Come here, baby.

It's cold.

Who are you?

Granddad.

That's how it works, I think.

You're not dead anymore.

Resurrected.

What the hell is going on?

Henry, uh...

Turner is outside.

Goddamn, boy.

You came back. You came back.

Get me dressed.

My family's going out to a fancy place.

Katrina, bring a chair over.

Come join us.

This is family time.

You're not eating, Jason.

You know I don't like chicken, Henry.

What about you, Turner?

You want to eat some bird?

Vegetarian.

Fucking hell.

What in God's name has happened to the men in this family?

Language, Henry.

My mom's a vegetarian.

Where's your mom?

We're separated...

They're getting a divorce.

It's a trial separation.

She's painting in Nipple.

Nepal, Zach.

It's Nepal.

Nipple is funnier.

Nipple is funnier.

Yeah. Yeah.

Where's your wife?

She died.

Long time ago.

Are you still a criminal?

Zach.

Henry said he was a criminal.

It's nice having the family together again, huh?

Nice, happy, normal family.

Hey.

Whiskey for everyone.

I like whiskey. Skoal. Skoal.

Want a snort, Turner?

Henry.

I can't drink it anymore, Henry.

Give me that.

I'll take some.

Oh, Jesus. Okay.

Soda, water, I don't give a crap.

Let's have a toast.

To my boys. They came back.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Hey.

Katrina, come take... Take a picture.

Jason, come here. Come here. Get close. Come on.

So are you ready?

We're ready. Smile.

Is it okay?

Yeah.

Henry?

Remember that?

New Mexico.

Mm-hmm.

We're going back.

All of us.

We'll take a trip.

The family.

I can't, Henry.

Of course you can.

We'll fix up the van.

One last dig. All of us.

But I'm catching a bus in the morning.

A bus?

Where to?

You just got back, son. I mean...

You just got home.

I can't stay, Henry.

You're not ready.

You're still on the stairway.

Zach, I'm serious. Give it to me.

It's bedtime, Zach. Whoa!

All good.

Are you glad your dad's not dead anymore?