Union Bridge

What's wrong with him?

Get off me!

Get off me!

- You got nowhere to go now. - Get off me!

Why don't you just tell me, huh?

Who put you up to it?

Was it the Shipes?

It doesn't really matter.

Your father was a fuck-up.

They don't hold that against you.

But it will come up.

You are what people know a Shipe to be.

Someone in control.

Someone they can trust.

And someone who looks after them.

If you wanna marry her,

you'll have to show that you're part of the family.

Well, I do, sir.

It would be an honor.

This war, when it's all over, we will win.

The Shipes will win, no matter what side is the victor.

You will marry my daughter.

You will run this country with us.

Mr. Shipe.

What are you doin' in town?

Come back in town for a while.

Your grandfather,

best governor this state's ever had.

Nice to be home.

Welcome home, Will.

Does your mother need anything?

A pack of smokes?

Yeah.

You know he went mad.

Mom's a pill-popper, shut in.

We let 'em take what they need,

bread and butter, lemonade.

Nick and I were best friends when we were kids.

Before I went away to school.

He had something in his hands earlier today.

An ax or something.

Oh yeah, he was working at your factory.

Got into a nasty fight with the boys.

They were making fun of his visions.

Visions?

Yeah, he was digging all

around the field this summer.

Something buried in town.

MAN IN LEATHER Something big.

Gold or some shit.

Only one talks to him now

is his Momma and Mary.

I gave him a lottery ticket.

He never even scratched it.

Found it lying out here on the ground.

Hello.

Is Nick here?

It's Will Shipe.

He's with Mary.

Where?

At the water.

You need anything Ms. Taylor?

Money.

You have a good day, Ms. Taylor.

Hey.

Hey.

William Shipe.

I'm back in town now.

What's this I hear, you diggin' for gold?

Treason.

Dead men, you know.

All of it right here.

How's Mary been?

She's with God now.

Is her brother still in town?

Shot himself.

You take care of yourself, Nick.

What is it that will be taken?

What's in the trunk will help us win the war.

Who's it goin' to?

When the Confederacy is victorious, with our help,

we will have a seat at the table.

There'll be the three of us.

We will trade off carrying it

while the other one in the front

will have the map and the gun.

Hey, Will, how you doin'?

I haven't seen you in a while.

I'm good, Ms. Linda, how are you?

Good, good, nice to see you back in town.

- Nice to be back. - What can I get ya today?

- Just a beer. - Just a beer?

- Yeah. - Will.

- How are ya, Jim? - Welcome back.

- How are ya? - It's good to see ya.

- It's good to see you too. - How long you in town for?

No, you're welcome.

- Undecided. - I got that beer.

Can I have some shots for the bar too?

Oh, no, please, please, please let me do it.

What would you like?

- Whiskey today? - Whiskey's good.

Whiskey's good?

Yeah.

- Whiskey's good, I guess. - Absolutely, good.

You gotta be gentle on me.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's why I'm giving you the break.

I'm breakin'.

All right, here we go.

How's everything at the factory, good?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Yeah? - You know how it goes.

Gettin' old, body's breakin' down.

Yeah?

How are them knees?

Rough man, rough.

Let's try this one.

Whoo, there you go.

All right.

You might get one on the old man today.

All right, let's go.

Cheers, I got a beer and a shot here.

Yeah.

- You gotta love it. - There ya go, there ya go.

Get another beer in you, you'll float it out.

Hey, Will, you having a good time?

Yes.

So let's do shots.

And she needs a refill so can we?

Yup.

Are you good down there?

There we go.

Linda, take it out of there.

Shame about your father.

Excuse me?

- Shame about your father? - Excuse me?

Will, Will, Willy, Willy, it's okay.

Linda, Linda, Linda.

Let's fight man.

Huh?

Hello.

How was town?

It was fine.

You remember Nick Taylor?

There's a nut job.

Hmm.

Yeah.

He's all cracked up, Ms. Taylor too.

The whole town's cracked up.

Yeah, he's really lost it.

He's out diggin' for gold.

Digging for gold?

Says he's having visions about the war.

Poor kid.

There's gotta be something buried.

Lots of things.

Like what, do you think?

Skeletons.

Weapons.

Secrets.

You know where that gold is?

I know that Nick would be better off

paying attention to his sick mother.

Yeah.

Maybe that's why he's diggin'.

So he doesn't have to.

And whatever it was is buried

in the land.

So why don't you just tell me what you're up to?

Hi, Will.

I don't know if you remember me.

I'm Mary Burke, Nick's cousin.

I remember you.

I just wanted to say welcome home

and if you need anything.

Thank you, that's very kind.

Momma, this is Nick Taylor's cousin, Mary.

Hello, Mary.

I also wanted to thank you for your help with Nick's Mom.

He's an old friend.

Would you wanna take a walk with me?

I'm gonna go for a walk, do you need anything?

No, I'm fine.

Don't stay out too late.

The devil gets up around now.

How long you been going out on the water like that?

You been spying on me?

Guilty.

I've been going for a little while.

There were a few years where I didn't.

It's like a Christian thing?

Kind of.

I don't remember that growing up here.

Well, you haven't made it home much.

Yeah.

Just been travelin' a lot.

So why'd you come home now?

I was, um.

My Mom says I was living too fast up there in the city.