01x06 - The Judas Goat

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Punisher". Aired: November 17, 2017 – January 18, 2019.*
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After exacting revenge on the people responsible for the deaths of his wife and children, Frank Castle uncovers a conspiracy that runs deeper than New York's criminal underworld.
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01x06 - The Judas Goat

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Fresh out of the oven.

- I'll help her eat this.
- All right. No! Hey!

- Zach! I...
- I'll get the lemonade.

- Listen, go... Can we have some cups?
- LEO: I got some. Here you go.

- Four of them. Four. Yeah!
- LEO: Four?

It's gonna fall. This is heavy.
Okay, okay. Ready?

- SARAH: One.
- Okay. Ready?

- LEO: Over here.
- Thank you.

- FRANK JR.: That's done.
- It's done!

Oh, that looks good.
Right there.

Oh, this looks great!

- Here you are! Yup.
- Oh, thank you, sir.

- FRANK JR.: That looks good.
- Careful.

LISA: It is good.

- Oh, you guys, this is great!
- It's sort of...

- (MICRO EXCLAIMS)
- All right!

- Good!
- (CLINKING)

Attention! A toast.

- Welcome home, Frank.
- ALL: Welcome home!

- Welcome home, Dad.
- Thank you. All right, buddy.

It's good to be here.

- LISA: Hey!
- FRANK: Oh, boy.

Daddy, look! (GIGGLING)

Hey, look at you.

- (MARIA GASPS)
- Oh!

(ALL LAUGHING)

LISA: Oh, my God!

(LEO SQUEALS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- (POUNDING ON DOOR)
- ZACH: This one has my name on it.

(MARIA LAUGHING)
(POUNDING CONTINUES)

- I'm gonna grab that, all right?
- FRANK: Yeah.

Guys, guys, wait up!
Wait up, wait, wait.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(DOOR THUDS)

(g*n COCKS)

(PANTING) No! No, no,
no, no, no, no, no!

Wait, wait, wait, wait! Hey!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

(SOBBING) Wait, wait, wait,

wait, wait, just wait!

Just wait!

(INAUDIBLE SCREAMING)
(RAPID g*nf*re)

No!

GUNNER: I always figured
I'd die in these woods anyway.

FRANK: I'm gonna get you
off this mountain.

GUNNER: Bury me, man.

Just bury me. Promise me
you'll bury me, okay?

FRANK: You stay here. I'll be back.
I'm coming back, Gunner.

You stay here.
I'm coming back, Gunner.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(CURTIS GASPS)

(KNOCKING CONTINUES)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(SIGHS)

(GROANS)
(KNOCKING CONTINUES)

(CURTIS GRUNTS)

(PANTING)

Frank's dying.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(AIR HISSING)

- Blood pressure's 90 over 60.
- MICRO: That's low.

Does he need blood?
I'm a universal donor.

Blood's not the problem.
His temperature is 104. He's septic.

I've been giving him
fluids and antibiotics.

None of that's gonna do any good
until we get that arrow out of him.

It's a foreign object
filled with bacteria.

The body's trying to
fight it but can't, so...

white blood cells, fever,
systemic inflammation...

- MICRO: Right.
- Antibiotics are fighting a losing battle.

(SIGHS) So you're gonna, uh,
pull it out?

If I pull it straight out,
then it's...

gonna cause more damage
than it went in.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Okay, good. 'Cause you're gonna
have to help me hold him still.

- Yeah, like now, yeah.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

- Right, on three. One, two...
- (CLEARS THROAT)

Two. Three. (GRUNTS)

- Okay, I got it.
- There you go. Good.

Hold that.
Keep the pressure on.

The only way out is through.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

(CHUCKLING)

- Jesus! (SNIFFLES)
- Hey!

Stay with me. Do not lose
your sh*t. You understand me?

- Say it. Say it!
- I will not lose my sh*t. I'm good.

Oh, wow!

(MICRO GRUNTS)

Okay. We got it.

(MICRO EXHALES SHARPLY)

- (CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
- CURTIS: Got it.

- Here, hold this. Keep the pressure on.
- Oh, f*ck!

(STUTTERS) Can you just
go... Get it again for...

Ah, wow.

(MICRO GROANS)
(STAPLER CLICKING)

(MICRO SIGHS)

- One, two... three.
- MICRO: Okay.

- So we done?
- Yup.

- Good.
- All we gotta do is cauterize the wound.

(GROANS AND CHUCKLES) f*ck.

(CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY)
(SKIN SIZZLING)

(GROANS)

Here.

Now we done? (CHUCKLES)

You want some coffee?

Why'd you have to
go after him?

Uh, Henderson had some
information we needed.

I'm talking about Frank.

- (MICRO SIGHS)
- Hmm?

Look at the state of him.

This is all your fault, man.

Do you think any of this is
gonna make any difference?

Look... (SCOFFS)

I have to believe that.
I mean...

Yeah, for you.

But what about him?

(GRUNTING AND MOANING)

(PANTING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

God! Two nights in a row.

(SIGHS)

You can't blame
the alcohol this time.

(DINAH SIGHS)

(BILLY GRUNTS AND SNIFFS)

(URINATING)
(SIGHS)

- You're not getting a key or anything.
- (CHUCKLES)

(TOILET FLUSHING)

So, I know I'm supposed to ignore
what I'm looking at here.

Boundaries or...

rules of engagement for
whatever this is, but...

What the hell is this, Dinah?

(SIGHS) It's work.

You know... I must be
a real idiot...

because it is only just now
occurring to me that you might be...

using me.

What are you not
telling me here?

I'm a Homeland Security
Investigator, Billy.

There's a lot
I'm not telling you.

Why are you so intent on pissing
on the memory of a dead man?

That's not what this is.

Why don't you put your pants on?
You look kinda stupid right now.

You know, some people are good
liars. They don't blink an eye.

Others, not so much.
You... you're bad at it.

So I'm guessing that you just get
mean in order to avoid doing it.

I'm not lying, I'm just
not telling you anything.

About something.

No, something... something
about my friend, Frank.

You know that
they never found his body?

Is that in...

in your file?

Yeah. It is.

Hmm.

I always wondered about that.

Gotta go to work.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

Oh, sh*t. (GRUNTS)

Gunner!

- Hey!
- What if he's still out there?

- Hey! Frank. Shh.
- I gotta get... I gotta get him.

Relax. You gotta lay down.

- Lay down.
- (STUTTERS) He's out there.

You gotta lay down. Listen.

Hey, Gunner's dead.

- I did... I left him.
- Sorry.

(STAMMERS) I gotta go back for him.

- Gotta go back for him.
- I took care of it.

- What do you mean? What do you mean?
- I took care of it.

He's gonna get
a proper burial.

Get some rest.

Thank you.

I didn't get
a thank you.

I got the finger.

I got spit on.

But...

the vice president pinned
a silver star on me.

Is that why you served?
For gratitude?

April, 1968.

About 20 miles west of Tam Ky.

I k*lled 13 of those gooks
with their own grenades.

"For gallantry in action."

(SCOFFS) You guys have no
idea how good you got it.

"Thank you for your service."

Anybody who needs a "thank
you" is a g*dd*mn p*ssy.

We don't need it, you
miserable old bastard.

- Maybe we earned it?
- (SCOFFS)

Why'd you fight, O'Connor?

What drove you that day,
and all the days after?

Just doing my duty.

Then why are you
so angry about it?

You did what you were
supposed to do, right?

As we all did.

So why come here?

I figure these guys need to
hear an alternative.

They already got mommy
holding their hand.

Daddy's here to toughen 'em up.
Send 'em back out there.

Out into the real world.

A world that does not
give a sh*t about us.

Where real Americans are put at
the back of every g*dd*mn line.

Where's Lewis?
Have you seen him?

(SCOFFS)

He's a bright kid.
He saw the light.

He knows the truth
when he hears it.

He knows words aren't gonna
win this fight.

There is no winning the fight.

When I trained as a corpsman,
they gave me a goat.

I named my goat Cassius, because
he was a G.O.A.T., right?

(ALL CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

You know what they did
to that goat?

They blew him up.

They cut him.

Gave him simulated IED injuries.

And then they tell you to go
out there and save his life.

Because that's how we learned.

Over and over again.

What sort of life is that?

You know, you... you
go through all this sh*t

just to get patched up and
go do it all over again.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

If you stay in the game long
enough, you're gonna get got.

How are we any different
from that goat?

(CLEARS THROAT) Aren't you
supposed to tell us that?

I'm all out of answers, man.

ISAAC: What happened?
To Cassius?

He d*ed, eventually.

He d*ed of, uh...

of just too much.

SARAH: Mmm. How was your math test?

LEO: 105 with the bonus question.

SARAH: Oh, my God!

Well, then, you know what?
Maybe...

maybe you can
take the night off, huh?

(SIGHS) Where's your brother?

He's outside on his skateboard.

Zach!

(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)

- Zach!
- LEO: Mom!

SARAH: No, it's all right.

ZACH: Burgers again?

Where'd you get
that skateboard?

From Dinesh.
I'm borrowing it.

You're lying right to my face.
I know that you stole that skateboard.

- Hey! Hey!
- (LEO SCREAMS)

Dinesh's mother called me.

I didn't believe her until
I saw it with my own eyes.

Hey, stop it! Are you a bully now?
Is that what this is?

This family's full of
snitches and traitors.

If she didn't narc on me today,
she'll do it tomorrow.

That's, like, what we do here!

(MICRO INHALES SHARPLY)

(LEO CRYING)

(SAM SIGHS) One of the guys on your
list turned up. Gunner Henderson.

- Where is he?
- Dead.

On a mountain in Kentucky.

Close the door.

- Are we going to Kentucky?
- (SIGHS)

You could've said,
"Good news, bad news, Dinah."

- I guess I could have.
- Can I speak to the sheriff?

This is Homeland Security.
It's urgent.

- Thanks.
- We're going to Kentucky.

Thanks.

(BILLY OVER RADIO) Blackbird
to Raven, come in.

Raven! Blackbird, come in!

Where's that coming from?

- Come in, Raven. Raven, this is...
- (STATIC CRACKLING)

Come in, Raven. Blackbird.

Come in, Raven.
Raven, this is Black...

- Sounds like a recording.
- Blackbird calling Bower team.

MICRO: Repeating across all frequencies.

Come in, Raven. Raven, this is
Blackbird. Blackbird to Raven.

Blackbird calling Bower team.

- I've been monitoring radio chatter.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Raven, this is Blackbird.

Just in case we hear something
about us or one of our targets.

Mostly it's just been random
sh*t, you know, dead air.

BILLY: Come in, Raven.

- You know what this is?
- Yeah.

I'm Raven.

Raven, this is Blackbird.

You out there, Frankie?

Who is that?

It's Billy Russo. We served
together. He's a friend.

Blackbird to Raven.
Blackbird.

- MICRO: Does, uh...
- Blackbird to Raven.

- Does he know you're alive?
- Nah. I don't think so.

- Come in, Raven.
- You see, that sounds to me like he does.

Frank... do we need to
worry about this?

I just told you he's my friend.
Didn't I just say that?

What kind of friend?

The life or death kind.
That's what kind.

That's all I get? Come on, Frank,
this is a serious development here.

All right? Some guy,
I never heard of him,

all of a sudden he's broadcasting
your name all over the radio.

- What did I just say to you?
- Blackbird to Raven, come in?

Why is he calling you now?

Come in, Raven. Raven,
this is Blackbird.

- I don't know.
- (SCOFFS)

O'CONNOR: Cold today.

(LEWIS EXHALES) That's good.
Wakes people up.

Uh, ma'am,
join with us to reaffirm

your God-given
Second Amendment rights.

- Oh, I'm good, thanks. (CHUCKLES)
- (SIGHS)

Every day they lose
more of their liberty.

It's being chipped away,
in that building, right now...

(SIGHS) and they don't even know it.

This a protest? You have a permit?

No, we're not protesting.
We are handing out literature

which is free,
and 100% allowed by law.

There's a guy on trial in there.
A good man, a teacher,

who carried his g*n
into the classroom...

Okay, so you are protesting.

- What can we do for you, officer?
- You can go home. Take this.

Respectfully, sir, you have,
um, no right to ask us to move.

A permit is required
if amplification...

is involved in any
gathering or protest.

No mic, no speaker,
no permit needed.

We have no vehicles.
We're fewer than 20 people.

We're not blocking the sidewalk
or the entrance of a building.

This is a city courthouse.
You wanna hang out here?

I'm your permit, son.
And today is not the day. Go home.

Come on, let's, uh,
get a cup of coffee, huh?

Sir, please mark that
in this encounter...

I have done absolutely
nothing against the law.

I've been 100% respectful.

What you are doing, however,
is making up the rules as you go,

not enforcing them.

I pay your salary... We...
We all pay your salary.

So protect and serve.

Just do as I tell you, huh?

- Just let it go.
- LEWIS: Now...

that is not how
this country works.

Did you just
reach for my g*n?

No, sir, I did not.

I just saw you
reach for my g*n.

I didn't,
and I have a witness.

OFFICER: Come on!

(GRUNTING)

So Henderson takes a b*llet to
the hand, one through the chest.

Bleeds out, right here.

Someone took the trouble
to call the local cops

and tell them where the body was.
Someone wanted him to be found.

Someone was up here with him.
Bleeding hard, too. They went that way.

SAM: What are you thinking?

There was a serious
firefight here.

A well-armed team showed up
and got their asses kicked.

Yeah, well... (GRUNTS)

I guess that's what happens when
you go after a Special Forces soldier

on his own turf.

Two.

- I don't follow.
- Gunner and whoever walked away.

Gunner and his buddy k*ll the
as*ault team, but Gunner's been hit.

And so his buddy starts
taking him down the hill.

But they only get this far.
Gunner is dying...

so the other guy tries
to go and get help.

No record of anyone turning up at
local hospitals with g*nsh*t wounds.

But then he calls the cops because
he wants Gunner to be found.

Marines never leave
a man behind.

And you think
Castle was the other guy.

(CHUCKLES)

Run that blood
against his DNA.

- Triple fast and quiet.
- You got it.

DINAH: Let 'em in.
We're done here.

(MICRO GRUNTS)

What do you want, turkey and
gravy or Salisbury steak?

Turkey. Look at that.

(SNIFFS)

At Thanksgiving, your house...

do you cook or
is that your wife?

No, we go half and half.

I'm on the turkey.
Sarah does all the sides.

Stuffing, twice-baked potato.
Amazing.

(ECHOING) I mean, we always
have a lot of people...

extended family,
you know, friends,

and we were just, like, 50-50.
We make...

We made a good team.

Maria always cooked.

Yeah, it was...
You know, it was old-school.

- Turkey, all that, but...
- Mmm.

There was always ziti.
Yeah. Meatballs, sauce.

Her, uh... her grandma came
over from Sicily, so she...

- she knew what she was doing.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

Yeah, man.
You know something...

if I close my eyes right now,
I could... I could see her.

I mean...

like, I see her.

It's always something simple,
you know. Like...

like, standing in the kitchen,
talking on the phone and...

and, uh...

if there was ever any music,
like, it

could be coming from anywhere,
she'd...

she'd just start moving to it,
you know.

Boy, she could dance.

Sometimes she would, uh...
She'd catch me looking at her.

(EXHALES) Man, I was...

I was done. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah. I don't know,
we were, uh...

(SNIFFLES) we were far from
perfect, but...

when I remember her, it's like
all the shitty stuff,

it fades away, you know,
it just...

When I think about her, she's
always got that smile, you know?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

(SIGHS)

So, your friend, uh...

- Billy.
- Mmm.

- Yeah.
- He's, uh... he's serious, Frank.

He's a... you know,
private m*llitary contractor now.

Connected. Government contracts
overseas. This guy is...

I got the impression
that this is not a man

that's gonna reach out to you
unless he knows that you're alive.

No, he doesn't know. He might
suspect it, but he doesn't know.

You're not gonna call him?

We're Marines.
We can handle disappointment.

Maybe somebody else knows
that you're...

alive, and they're using Billy...

Something you need to understand.

I had two families, all right?

I had Maria, I had the kids,
and I had my unit.

I was a father and a husband,
but I was also a Marine.

And I loved being a Marine.
I loved that sh*t.

And look, I... There were times,
whether I wanna admit it or not,

but I would've rather been neck
deep in blood and b*ll*ts and sh*t

and be with my unit
than with my kids.

That's something I gotta make
peace with. That's what that is.

But me and Billy Russo, we served
together, we did eight years.

He got my back,
I got his back.

I don't know, you gotta admit
this is a hell of a coincidence.

Billy Russo is my family.

He's my family.

- (KNOCK ON DOOR)
- DINAH: Yeah?

You were right. Blood on the
scene matches Castle's DNA.

(SIGHS) Knew it.

Okay, so, you got
Castle and Gunner

up there on that mountain,
versus who?

Whoever doesn't want
Kandahar to come out.

They're cleaning house.

CIA, the m*llitary.

Someone sent a death squad
up that mountain.

sh*t, the resources to do that...
The sheer balls to do that.

If Castle survived...

he came off that mountain
bleeding like a stuck pig.

Yeah. We've gotta find him.

Now, where does one find
dead Marines these days?

(DINAH SIGHS)

Because he's not on Facebook
or Tinder. I checked.

Why'd you bail me out?

I figured that
if you had to call me,

then you didn't want to
call your dad.

And that meant
there was no one else.

- And I wasn't about to abandon you.
- You wanted to help me? (SIGHS)

That's all I want, Lewis.

Then why screw me over with
Billy Russo?

Lewis, if you can't see
going back into a w*r zone

is about the worst thing that you
can do, then I did the right thing.

- Not your call. (SIGHS)
- So what, you think I betrayed you?

(CHUCKLES) Where... Where was
O'Connor when you got arrested?

Hmm? Did you try him?

Oh, he didn't come, did he?

I pulled his records.
He's not what you think he is.

And you know that silver star
he always talks about?

The story that goes with it?

He never served in Vietnam.

He didn't sign up till '77
and never saw a combat.

He's a fraud and a liar, Lewis.

He didn't serve, not like you.
And he's not worth your respect.

(DOOR OPENS)

So... so why don't you stay?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- MAN 1: Hey, Lewis.
- MAN 2: What's going on, man?

Where you going?

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

This is a great place for
a romantic apology.

Or a mob hit.
Whichever.

You know, I figured if I ever
got to have a clandestine affair,

there'd be a lot more
intriguing pillow talk

and a lot less freezing my
balls off on the waterfront.


And as this is clearly not
an invitation to make up sex,

I figure I'm just gonna
stand here and...

wait while you tell me
what you want.

'Cause you do want
something, right?

I want you to tell me
about Frank Castle.

Why don't you tell me what
you know about Frank Castle?

Castle's alive.

Maybe you already knew that, maybe not.
I'm telling you I know it.

Am I lying?

No, I don't think you are.

You didn't know?

You strike me as a guy
who would have protected him

even if you did.

Well, if you're a liar,
you're one of the good ones.

- Why are you telling me this now?
- I need to bring Castle in.

If you already knew where he was,
I was gonna ask for your help.

As it is, if there's anyone who
can find him, it's probably you.

- Can you?
- Why would I?

I think he knows everything
about my Kandahar case.

Okay. So how does
that help him?

Because I think
he went after it himself.

And somebody left him
half dead on a mountain.

I think he's hurt,
and he needs help.

The people he's up against...
He's gonna get himself k*lled, Billy.

Neither of us want that, right?

All right.

I'll shake the tree
and see what falls out.

I like this,
by the way.

I like that
you trusted me with this.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) You're still
not getting a key.

Hey, social worker...

- I got a social disease.
- (CHUCKLES)

- You want some penicillin for that?
- (CHUCKLES)

- How you doing? Good to see ya.
- What's up, man?

- You seen Frank?
- What?

You know... Frank Castle.

Our friend. Our dead friend.

You seen him recently?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I... I'm gonna need some help
with this, Billy.

What do you mean? Have I
been back to the cemetery?

Am I seeing ghosts or having flashbacks?
What are we talking about?

Frank's alive, man.

Sorry, I had to find out
if you knew.

- And why do you think that?
- I can't tell you how I found out, but...

I found out,
and now I gotta find him.

Of course, I was hoping that
you were lying to me this whole time.

If you were, at least I'd have
a lead on where to start.

I've been putting out
the old unit call on the radio.

Has he answered?

All right, I'm... I'm gonna tell you,
but on the down-low, all right?

I found out because
some government people know,

and they thought that
maybe I knew, too.

They also said that Frank is
hurt pretty bad right now.

So...

if you've got any idea
where I should start...

So, you're... What?
You're gonna help them?

I'm gonna help Frank.

I could get him out of here, man.
Free and clear.

I failed him once before.

Now is my chance
to make things right.

CURTIS: I lied for you again.

You did the right thing, Curt.

(BILLY OVER RADIO) Blackbird
to Raven, come in.

Every hour on the hour.
This guy's determined.

BILLY: Come in, Raven.
Raven, this is Blackbird.

He said he wanted to help you.
That he could help you.

BILLY: Blackbird to Raven.

Whatever he's offering,
if you ask me, you should take it.

Less people know I'm alive,
safer it is for them.

But what about you?
You don't look too safe.

You look like a guy that nearly
got his ass k*lled, and you know it.

And for what? Huh?

BILLY: Raven, this is Blackbird.

- If I could just add something...
- You don't get an opinion.

Not in this conversation.

BILLY: Come in, Raven.

- (MICRO SIGHS)
- So, what? I just keep lying for you?

FRANK: Look, Curt, you... you gotta do
what you think is right.

I'd never ask you
to do anything else.

(SIGHS)

BILLY: Come in, Raven.
Raven, this is Blackbird.

Blackbird to Raven.
Blackbird calling Bower team.

MICRO: Don't mention this place

- to anybody, okay, Curtis?
- Jesus Christ. Really?

Please, just keep it to yourself.

- (SIGHS)
- BILLY: Raven, this is Blackbird.

(SCOFFS) You got some friends.

- Yeah. (SIGHS)
- BILLY: Raven, this is Blackbird.

You out there, Frankie?

Raven, this is Blackbird.
You out there, Frankie?

You trust this guy?

Yeah. Yeah, I do.

Blackbird to Raven.
Come in. Come in, Raven.

Then you should talk to him.

Come in, Raven.
Raven, this is Blackbird.

Blackbird to Raven.

Blackbird to Raven.
Blackbird to Raven.

(SIGHS)

(MAN ON TV) You probably wanna
use one of those swing heads.

And we're gonna go after it.

- I'm using a Pit Boss.
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Ted, he's using a power worm,
and it's very natural looking.

We are using these
Carolina rigs...

(TV CUTS OFF)

(GRUNTS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

O'CONNOR: How was the pokey, kid?

Got yourself
a new boyfriend? (CHUCKLES)

Bet you want a beer.

Some things never change,
like the state of the NYPD.

I can tell you some stories.

(GRUNTS) They spit on us
when we came back from...

Yeah, when you came back from Texas.

Because I read your army records.
You... you never went to Vietnam.

You have my records?

Where'd you get my records from?
The Internet? (CHUCKLES)

(STAMMERS) You know, the
Jews run the Internet.

What's the name of the
air base outside of Tam Ky?

Well, you could google it.
But if you were there, you would know.

(SIGHS)

It's Chu Lai.

(CHUCKLES)

- Chu Lai Air Base.
- Chu Lai.

(SCOFFS) How the hell am I supposed
to remember that? I'm an old man.

Look, if...
if you don't like my stories...

No, they're not just stories!

You can't just do that.

- Get the hell out of my house.
- You g*dd*mn liar.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

(SCREAMS)

(YELLING)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTS AND YELLS)

(GASPING)

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING AND GRUNTING)

BILLY: Look who it is.

Back from the dead.

(BILLY SIGHS)

I'm so sorry.

- Hey, Bill.
- Hey.

You want a beer?

Hells yeah.

(SIGHS) So...

- You look like sh*t.
- (SCOFFS)

Can't all be as pretty as you, Bill.

(CHUCKLES)

How come you never reached out?

You know, the less people knew
I was alive,

the better it is for them.

Yeah, well, one of them
works for Homeland Security.

You know that, right?

Madani, huh?
How do you know her?

My company, Anvil.
I got a company now.

I heard. It's... It's
very impressive, Bill.

Bet you like to wear
fancy suits, don't you?

- Yes, I do.
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah, you do.

(CHUCKLES) Anyway, we did
some contracting work for them.

Training.

We got to talking.
She questioned me about you

because of our service together.

So you and her, you... you
guys got to talking, huh?

- Yes, we did.
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah. I bet you did.

- You never change, huh?
- Lucky for you I don't.

I might've seen her naked
but she is hot for you, my man.

That is not a woman
you wanna take lightly.

- Yeah, I got that impression.
- Come on.

Tell me what she won't.

Look, Bill, what we...

What we were doing...
with Cerberus,

it was...
It was worse than you thought.

It was that snake,
prick CIA Agent Orange.

It was him, Schoonover...

You remember that douchebag from
mortuary services, Colonel Bennett?

Little bald assh*le,
you remember him?

- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.

The three of them were
selling heroin out of Kandahar.

They were opening up
US KIAs, stuffing...

it inside, and sending it home.

What?

Gunner Henderson, he found out.

Tried to blow the whistle on
the whole thing.

- Well, Gunner's a good man.
- He's dead.

k*lled him for it.

sh*t.

Yeah.

So... what? You're just gonna
take them all on yourself?

How's that going for you so far?

Why don't you just
let Homeland do it, man?

Madani, she... she wants them
just as bad as you do.

- No.
- Hey.

You really think this is what
Maria would've wanted for you?

We didn't have
a choice back then.

Now we do.

- What choice is that, Bill?
- I could get you a new passport. Social.

New identity.

Could get you out the country.

Put you overseas,
doing what you do best.

Come work with me.

- Gonna put me in a fancy suit?
- You could wear whatever you like.

Let me get you
out the city, Frankie.

I could have you
on a boat tonight.

Your family is gone,
but you're still my brother.

And I know you.

I got you.

(SIGHS)

(STATIC CRACKLING)

(RADIO CLICKS OFF)

(STATIC CRACKLING)

(RADIO CLICKS OFF)

(RADIO CLICKS ON AND OFF)

(KNOCK ON DOOR THROUGH SPEAKERS)

SARAH: Hey, you're late.
You're actually a couple days late.

Um, dinner was hours ago,
and you weren't even invited.

FRANK: I get it. I understand
why you're pissed.

You think maybe I could
just come in and explain?

Yeah, I'm... I'm very sorry,
you know...

that I didn't make dinner.

I said I was gonna be here and
I wasn't. That's not like me.

(SIGHS) I don't know
what is like you, Pete.

Fair enough.

I had an accident. That's
why I couldn't make it.

Wow, you seem to have
a lot of accidents.

- Yeah.
- (SIGHS)

Anyway, I'm up.
(SNIFFLES) So, it's fine.

(SIGHS) You okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Things have...
It's been a little much.

(SCOFFS) Yeah, I understand that.

- Kids asleep?
- Yeah. Yeah, it's late.

And yet, here I am...

letting you into my home.
Looking like that. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, you really ought to be
more careful.

Ah... I trust you.

I don't know why. I... It's
funny how that works, huh?

I'm glad you do.

- SARAH: Do you want a glass of wine?
- FRANK: Uh, no. I'm all good.

- You sure? Really?
- Yeah. Yeah.

- I'm gonna have one.
- Okay. (CHUCKLES)

- Another one.
- (LAUGHS)

FRANK: You, um...

- mind if I sit?
- Sure. (SIGHS)

(SARAH SIGHS) Well, here we are.

What is it they say?
Misery loves company?

Rough day, huh?

Rough week.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Special, special week.

My boy is a bully,
all of a sudden.

- (SIGHS)
- He hit his sister.

And she beats herself up if she
gets anything less than an A.

I mean, she's just so
desperate to control everything.

And I feel like... I feel like
I'm living with these two people...

who are hurting...

and I don't know
how to stop that hurt.

And I feel...

I feel like we're all just bleeding
out, you know what I mean?

You know, those kids,
they, uh...

(CHUCKLES) You're probably gonna
wanna punch me in the mouth

for saying this, but...

things are gonna
get better for you.

(SCOFFS) Have they
gotten better for you?

FRANK: For me? Yeah.
Yeah, look, I'm alone.

(STAMMERS) I've been alone
so long, I... I like it.

You know, I hide in it.

One thing I know is
that the only way out...

is to find something
that you care about.

Those kids, they might drive
you crazy. They might...

They might make you
completely batshit, but...

they're the reason you're
gonna get through this.

Have you found something
to do that for you?

(SIGHS)

Uh...

maybe.

Yeah, maybe.

I think things are gonna get a lot
better for the Lieberman family.

I think they're gonna get
a lot better very soon.

How do you know?

Just a feeling.

(SARAH CHUCKLES)

I hope you're right. (CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS)

(SHIP HORN BLOWS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

He ain't coming.
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