Manifest West (2022)

[bunniefuu]

[melancholy music]

[indistinct radio chatter]

RILEY HAYES: Once

it was a family of pioneers.

They were looking

for a better life.

[music continues]

The family came from a big city,

but then they ran out of money

and they had to leave.

There was a big sister

and a little sister.

There was a mom and a dad.

They weren't perfect.

But they were a family.

[indistinct radio chatter]

MAN ON RADIO: ...and

are throwing in the towel.

The indicators are right there.

We have the highest

unemployment in-

and growing segment

of the population

who are taking out more


than they are putting in

at a national debt

that outweighs our GDP.

Folks, we are living

in a house of cards.

And when the walls

come tumbling down...

Riley, we can't leave

without you.

You'd never survive on your own.

I would.

Oh, yeah?

What would you eat?

Cereal.

There's three boxes


in the kitchen.

All right, Cap'n Crunch.

Let's roll.

This is home.

No, home

is where we're together.

Promise?

[melancholy music]

[car door closing]

[engine starts]

MARY HAYES: Vroom, vroom,


vroom, vroom, vroom.

[Mary neighs and nickers]

Vroom, vroom, vroom,

vroom, vroom.

DAVE HAYES: How you girls

doing back there?

After we move,

are you going to have a job


like before?

Not right away.

You know, unless I want one.

You know why?

Because we're going on

an adventure.

You know adventurers, right?

Like a Tarzan.

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, like a Tarzan.

I like the monkeys.

[whooping]

Mommy...

[pensive music]

MAN ON RADIO: People out there


are pissed off.

They've lost homes, businesses,

and they're not taking it

anymore.

The phone lines are blowing up.

Let's go to Dennis in Milwaukee.

What's up, man?

DENNIS ON RADIO: Jerry, look,


we're going to talk about

what the last caller was saying.

I gotta...

[song playing over radio]

When can I play?

Never.

Why?

Your brain

is still little and stupid.

Someday it'll grow up

and it'll work better.

Riley, share with your sister.

She doesn't even know

how to play.

She just wants to press buttons.

- Uh, excuse me.

- Yeah.

Yeah. My husband and I, we split

the combo number one,

but we didn't get

the hash browns

since he had chose

the hash browns.

Yeah, that's just

how they do it.

All combos are $7.99.

Doesn't really matter

if you get everything or not.

I just don't want

to pay for the hash browns.

Will you take it off?

-Like I said, the-

-You know what?

I'd love to have

the hash browns.

Thank you.

WAITRESS: Be right out.

Mom.

Mary!

MARY: Mommy, look.

It's name is Cookie.

Baby, you...

you can't do that, okay?

I love riding her.

She's very pretty.

- And I love braiding her hair.

- Okay?

She comes from Unicorn Land

and she's a very rare unicorn.

She's very pretty.

[song playing over radio]

♪ I woke up this morning ♪

♪ And found a note on my head ♪

♪ Said I'm leaving you, baby ♪

♪ And I'm leaving you

a whole can of beans ♪

♪ And then I drove

my pickup truck ♪

♪ Down to the corner store ♪

♪ And got myself some beers ♪

♪ But I had to lay

my woman down ♪

♪ Because she's bugging me

all around town ♪

♪ That is what she does ♪

♪ And I left you

an old can of beans ♪

♪ Yes ♪

[birds chirping]

[ominous music]

ALICE HAYES: Guys, we're here.

[insects chirping]

[crow cawing]

What is this place?

Home.

[birds chirping]

Pipe wrench.

I'll get you.

What do you think?

Call it a day?

I'm not tired.

It's because you're not the one

on top of the house.

First lesson

of upper management.

Respect union breaks

or the workers will strike.

[exhales sharply]

Thanks, hon.

Hey, little monster.

Get over here

and finish your food.

What, you don't like it?

Tomatoes are gross.

What? No. They're so good.

[grunts]

When do we go back to school?

What if you don't have to?

What if you could

just stay up here?

Kids have to go to school.

Okay.

Then this is a school.

What is?

This cabin.

It can be a school. It can be

whatever you want it to be.

- Really?

- Mary likes it.

If you could learn about

anything, what would it be?

I like history.

Then we'll learn history.

Your mom and I, we had two jobs

so we could buy groceries

that somebody else grew.

Send you to school

where somebody else taught.

And it was backwards.

We make the rules now.

All four of us.

This place, it's just us.

It's ours.

[birds chirping]

[cricket chirps]

[squelching]

Oh. Mm.

Pew. Pew, pew. Pew. Pew.

Now what?

Nothing. You exploded.

When do you explode?

I don't. I'm the American.

You're the Taliban.

Oh, okay.

One, two, three.

RILEY: When the early pioneers

went west, life was hard.

Many spent all their money

on the trip

and had nothing left

when they got there.

They were everyday Americans

who risked everything

for an uncertain reward.

The frontire was a-

Frontier.

The I-E-R is like ear.

[chuckles]

RILEY: The frontier was...

ALICE: Well, what do you guys

want on the flag?

MARY: Can there be stars?

ALICE: How many?

Four?

Why four?

Four of us.

I like pirates.

Like a skull and crossbones?

MARY: No, no, no!

Your sister is afraid

of skeletons.

RILEY: You said

it could be anything.

Anything that doesn't

involve skeletons or the undead.

Sharks.

Sharks we can do.

[instrumental music]

ALICE: You look like a man

with a question.

DAVE: What does that look like?

Hmm. Pensive, squinty eyes,

maybe a little constipated.

Really?

Are you okay?

Better than okay.

Do you think this place

is good for you?

Is it, is it helping?

Hmm.

I love you.

And I love you, too.

[birds chirping]

[mimics static]

Spotted a base command.

We have eyes on target.

Be advised. He has a weapon.

May need air support. Over.

[mimics static]

[car engine revving]

Good afternoon.

You got a minute?

I'm with Building and Safety.

I was up here for an inspection

three or four years back.

The place was already

in foreclosure then

but it looked like hell.

DAVE: Yeah, I found some

spare lumber around the place,

you know, fixed what I could.

INSPECTOR:

Power come off the grid?

DAVE: Yep.

Hoping to go solar, though.

Phone?

Uh, old land line hookup.

And where's your septic?

Uh... over there, I think.

Yeah.

You smell that?

You got a leak.

You're gonna need

to dig out the tank,

patch it, maybe replace.

[flies buzzing]

Come on.

You've got farms in the valley.

County considers

cross-contamination

to be an E. coli risk.

Previous owner probably

got grandfathered in.

I... I got to dig it out myself?

You got a winch?

- No.

- You're going to need a winch.

It's bullshit.

No, that is your sh*t

running into the county's

water table.

f*ck's sake!

MARY: What do you think

they look like?

Do you think

that they're yellow?

You think they're orange?

RILEY: How do you not know

what a monkey looks like?

[Mary whooping]

Mary!

Mary! Mary!

Mary!

MARY: She said there weren't,

but I think I found one.

Have you seen any in the trees?

I think they only come out

at night.

And that's why

nobody's seen them.

Is she with you?

I'm Eric.

Riley.

Well, Riley,

you gonna give her

the bad news about the monkeys?

Or am I gonna have

to be the one?

So it's a night

before Thanksgiving.

We got some family

coming into town.

So Susie cooks up everything

the day before,

the bird, mashed potatoes,

cornbread, that works.

That night I wake up,

I hear this crashing

coming from downstairs.

It's like a marching band's

moving in.

Now I just figured

it was Susie, right?

Figured she was putting the last

minute touches on the meal.

Then I hear this deep,

deep grumbling inches

from the back of my neck.

MARY: Oh. Was it a monster?

It was worse.

It was Susie snoring.

SUSIE LIND: I do not.

[mimics snoring]

[all laughing]

So then I go downstairs, right?

The fridge is wide open,

and I kid you not,

there is this guy

gorging his face,

going to town on Susie's food.

And I'm like, "Hey, buddy,

that's our Thanksgiving dinner."

DAVE: Well, what did he say?

"The neighbor's food

was better."

He's like, "The neighbor's

food was better."

"Get the hell out of my house."

Yeah. That's when we decided

that Tampa wasn't for us.

Too many lunatics.

Those people

should be permanently locked up,

as far as I'm concerned.

- Bourbon?

- ERIC LIND: Oh, yes.

Hey, old man.

Pour me up a tall one

on the rocks.

[all chuckling]

SUSIE: Have you all seen

the bear that's been

roaming around here?

ERIC: You walk all the way

down to the creek.

There's a little waterfall,

but you-

g*ns are bad.

Well, uh, g*ns can be bad,

but if it's used correctly,

it's just a tool,

like a screwdriver.

MARY: Or like a pipe wrench.

That too.

I'm sorry if I made anyone

feel uncomfortable.

I'm used to carrying it

everywhere.

I'm sorry.

Nah. We're a bunch

of city folk talking.

ALICE: We made a mistake, babe.

We're going home.

DAVE: The girls

are having fun out here.

I like it, and I think

it's great to be up here.

Is Mom okay?

DAVE: And we do not

have to deal

with the real world right now,

okay?

That is the best for you.

We moved up here for you.

- You understand that?

- She'll be fine.

ALICE: We're nothing

like these peoples!

We're going back...

She'll be better in the morning.

ALICE: We're going

to figure it out.

[door closes]

Do you think

Eric kills people with his g*n?

Probably.

How many?

Ten.

Really?

Yeah.

Shot them right in the head.

I mean, their brains explode

like spaghetti.

I don't think he kills anyone.

[instrumental music]

You can fix it, right?

Yeah.

m*therf*cker!

f*cking winch!

Where am I going

to find a f*cking winch?

ERIC: Remember

what we talked about.

You take a breath.

Exhale slowly.

And whenever you're ready.

Ha-ha! Nice shot.

You're a natural.

Look, uh,

it's none of my business,

so you just tell me

to f*ck right off

if I'm overstepping.

Is Alice okay with her

being out here?

Yeah. Yeah, she's okay.

She's... she's fine.

Alice is bipolar.

A year ago, she was teaching

elementary school and...

she had an episode

and she thought a student

was somebody they weren't.

And it was pretty bad.

She...

She just needs some time off.

Get some rest.

Get her mind right.

I mean, they put her

on this medication

and it helps for a while,

but she always gets worse.

But up here, she seems good.

You know?

I think this is a really

good place for her.

She's happy. We're happy.

[crickets chirping]

[birds chirping]

Chin up.

You'll be a family

of mountain men in no time.

Pioneers.

DAVE: Yeah.

We have all the help we can get.

Do you have a winch?

-Sweetheart, don't bother-

-I don't.

But I might know

someone who does.

I... I may need a favor.

[upbeat music]

All right. How does it look?

Is it tight?

- DAVE: Yep.

- Okay.

I figure you can plug

that leak with a can of sealer

and drop it

in the ground up there.

Mr. Danik,

I can't say how much...

Oh, Mr. Danik?

Mr. Danik's my dad.

Come on, Steve, man.

- All right, Steve.

- We're neighbors.

Yeah. You'd do

the same thing for me, right?

Yeah, of course.

You're a real badass

m*therf*cker, aren't you?

You're the real deal.

We're a dying breed up here.

Hey, Lana, you want to operate

the winch.

Wait. Seriously?

Hell no. He's not serious.

Come on.

You want a beer?

- Yeah.

- Let's go.

RUTH: Squeeze the trigger.

Don't yank it.

All right.

Then what?

It's going to kick you

in the shoulders,

so keep it tight.

Kick?

You're going to want

to keep... keep it right...

keep the butt right up in there.

ALICE: All right.

Yeah.

Oh! That hurts.

You got something

that doesn't rip your arm off?

That thing's got more recoil

than a 12-gauge.

So it'll be smooth sailing

after this.

Gave our daughter one

when she turned seven.

Dumbass kid shot right next

to her brother's head.

Still can't hear us

half the time.

[g*nsh*t]

LANA: What did your dad do?

He used to work

at a mine, but he got fired.

Now?

I don't know,

he's like a farmer, I think.

That's pretty good.

My family's rich as sh*t.

We just live up here because

we like hunting and fishing.

Could probably even live

in Beverly Hills if we wanted.

Have a pool or something.

We used to have a pool.

I'm talking about a real pool.

Not your family's weak-a*s pool.

Should we go back?

You scared?

I'm trying to show you

the big dog sh*t.

You a big dog?

I think so.

Good.

[birds chirping]

Cool place.

Yeah, it's pretty sweet.

Thinking about putting

an ice machine

in over there for the summer.

What do you do in here?

Adult sh*t.

You're clinging it!

Be careful with the pages. Okay?

Okay.

I drink my dad's beer sometimes.

We should go back.

Why?

I think I may be heard

somebody yelling,

so we should go back.

If you didn't want

to hang out with me,

you should've just said so.

It's just...

I... I don't want to drink it.

I thought we could be friends.

We can.

Drink it.

You gotta drink! Drink it!

Hey! Get back here!

You said you're a big dog.

[panting]

I'm sorry I didn't do that.

I didn't do that, okay?

DAVE: Riley!

- Okay?

- STEVE DANIK: Hey, what's up?

- What's going on?

- Riley.

- Are you okay? Yeah?

- LANA DANIK: I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to.

It was an accident.

I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry.

You shouldn't move.

You shouldn't move.

It's okay.

Let me take care of her.

I just want to see you.

I just want you to move for me.

Just move it.

How's that?

Yeah, it hurts a little? Okay.

All right. Well, you know what?

Looks like you wrenched

a little bit,

but I think you're going

to live.

Riley.

What's going on? What happened?

Mom.

Oh, God. Are you okay?

Oh, baby.

LANA: I'm sorry,

it was an accident.

It was an accident.

What did she do to you?

Why would she hurt you?

It's okay.

ALICE: What did you do to her?

I'm sorry. It was an accident.

We were just playing.

This is not playing.

What did you do?

I'm sorry, it was an accident.

I'm sorry.

What did you do?

What did you do?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Honey, honey, honey, honey.

Honey, honey. Honey, cut it out.

Honey. Hey, look at me.

Look at me.

Hey, look at me.

Look at me.

It's okay. It's okay.

Look, she's okay.

All right. Look at her.

- LANA: I'm so sorry.

- She's okay. Look at me.

LANA: I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean it.

[Lana sobbing]

- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

- Hey, stop crying!

Okay? Enough.

Sorry this happened.

Yeah. We'll make it up

to you somehow.

And she's going to be...

it's going to be okay, so.

It's okay. She's okay.

- She's not okay.

- She's okay. Look at her.

- She's fine.

- She's not okay.

Come on.

Riley, let's go.

RILEY: Mom is sick.

MARY: Like a cold?

RILEY: She got like this before.

You don't remember.

MARY: I remember.

Dad took her to the doctor.

Then she was Mom again.

RILEY: I don't think

Dad's going to take her

to the doctor this time.

It's different than before.

MARY: Is Dad sick too?

RILEY: No.

Just different.

ALICE: And I feel like

it's been so long.

When was the last time

that... that I saw you?

My kids are older now.

You have to see them

before you go.

You just don't know

where they go off to.

Hmm.

MARY: I'm here.

You know, the kids.

They're growing up so fast.

You just turn around one day

and boom, they're little people.

It's me.

I'm here.

Mary?

I thought...

Of course it's you.

Of course it's you.

I'm so sorry, babe.

That's okay.

[rock music]

[indistinct chatter]

I built this sh*t myself.

This is my only child.

This is my only child.

f*ck those other kids.

This is a serious m*therf*cking

weapon of w*r right here, buddy.

[indistinct chatter]

No.

[groans]

It's pretty cool

that your parents

let you hang out late.

Push the sides in, dumb f*ck.

I brought the spray.

Trying to get f*cked up or what?

You going in?

Yeah. I will.

Hey, I'll beat your a*s.

JAY: Take it easy.

We're just f*cking around.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, wait, wait.

Are you serious?

What?

Huffing,

that's old school.

Best high is to take it

direct, the rag just dilutes it.

Everyone knows that.

- JAY: Since when?

- Since always.

Look, you want to get blasted,

ditch the rag

and stick it right in here.

Fine, man. If you're too much

of a p*ssy,

let daddy do it for you.

f*ck off!

[all laughing]

JAY: f*ck you, man!

f*ck you!

RICK: You're so stupid.

RILEY: Dad.

Is Mom okay?

Yeah, Mom's fine.

She's just tired.

You know how she gets

when she's tired.

It's not easy taking care

of everyone all the time.

Should she go to a doctor?

Mom doesn't need a doctor.

She just needs rest.

She'll be good, I promise you.

Mom?

Mom?

When they got here,

they were over 500 native tribes

already in the United States.

But as white

settlers moved west,

violence increased

between these newcomers

and the local tribes.

In 1800, the Indian population

of the United States

was roughly 600,000.

But by 1890,

it had dropped to only 250,000.

MARY: Where did they go?

They died.

Why?

We k*lled them.

Riley, your sister doesn't-

It's true.

Your sister doesn't like that.

The remaining Indian tribes

had the lands taken from them

and were forced

onto reservations

where thousands more died

of starvation and-

Riley.

Why did they k*ll them?

Mom.

[sighs]

Riley.

Did you take out

one of these pages?

It's okay if you did.

You can tell me the truth.

No more school today.

[water trickling]

You look cool.

Really?

[coughs]

[both laugh]

♪ I felt bad everybodytgot dressed up ♪

♪ But I knew'd messed up

so I had to 'fess up ♪

♪ That all-really wanted was

just to get drunk as-hell ♪

Now!

♪ So I jilted that poor woman

and got drunk as hell ♪

[brakes screech]

Hey, kid!

Get over here!

f*ck you!

f*ck me? f*ck you.

♪ I'm talking 'bout hellfire,

hellfire! ♪

♪ Hellfire! Hellfire! ♪

♪ Oh, hellfire ♪

♪ That's where I'm bound ♪

RILEY: History

is really important

because we learn about

butt holes and vaginas

that happened a long time ago.

In the past, adults used

to dress in shitty -

and kids...

[music stops]

[crickets chirping]

Mom, I need a shirt.

They're in the washing machine.

We don't have a washing machine.

That was at the old house.

What are you talking about?

Never mind.

I'm sorry.

[birds chirping]

What are you doing?

Being a worm.

That's f*cking stupid.

Let's go, dear both.

MARY: Where's Mom?

She's not coming.

MARY: How do you know?

Hardware?

Down on 12th.

- What are you doing?

- OShut up.

Riley!

- Give it.

- Hey, let go.

No! Mom would let me have it.

Mom's not here!

Hey. Is everything

cool back here?

Riley won't share.

Looks like there's enough

to go around.

Share with your sister.

It's on me.

So, haven't seen you two before.

We live on the mountain.

The mountain.

That sounds like fun.

Yeah, sometimes it's boring.

There aren't any other kids

except for this one girl,

but she hurt Riley.

Are you okay?

My mom hit the other girl

right in the face.

Mary.

Everyone's okay.

My mom didn't hurt anybody.

My mom is scary sometimes.

Shut up!

When I was your age,

my parents would fight.

And it was scary.

And sometimes

they would hit people, too.

Does your Mom hurt you?

You can talk to me.

It's fine. We need to go.

Mary, let's go.

It's okay to ask for help.

What the f*ck

do you think you're doing?

Get away from them.

We were talking about Mom.

Girls, in the car.

-MARY: But we were-

-Now!

What did you tell her

about your mom?

RILEY: I didn't tell her

anything.

[tires screeching]

[instrumental music]

STEVE: It's like Reagan, man.

Remember Reagan? He said,

"Be as a shining city

on the hill." Right?

And he f*cking got that sh*t

from the Bible.

But he said it best.

God, f*cking badass.

City on a hill, I like that.

- You're on it.

- Yeah.

We're the shining city

on the hill, right?

That's us, dude.

That's f*cking us.

- That's what we're doing.

- Yeah.

And they don't f*cking get it.

- Yeah. Who?

- Huh?

Who?

The f*cking uptight elites.

Wait.

Are you f*cking listening to me?

You gotta f*cking breathe.

[pensive music]

[Alice sobbing]

[glass shatters]

[Alice sobbing]

I'm sorry.

I don't know

what's happening to me.

Oh, baby.

I need a doctor.

Hey, who's going

to pay for that?

I mean, this place

is good for you.

Now, you said

you were good here.

You said it was helping.

[Alice sobbing]

[bird chirping]

What are you guys doing?

Are your parents home?

- Can I help you?

- Mr. Hayes.

I'm Loraine Miller.

I'm with the Department

of Child and Family Services.

Okay.

We've received a child

welfare report for your family.

A report from who?

May we come in?

And do either of you

have a criminal record?

No.

Do you discipline your children?

No.

I mean, yes.

I mean, if they're bad,

but we don't hit them.

I mean, are you asking

if we hit our children?

These are just

standard questions.

If your children are injured,

do you have contingencies

in place

for their medical care?

Yeah. We have a first aid kit.

May I see it?

Sure.

Do you have a copy

of your children's

current school records?

Uh, we home school our children.

My wife's a teacher,

professionally.

Oh, you're licensed?

Yeah, she's credentialed

in California.

I'm sorry, sir.

I'd like her to answer,

if that's all right.

Ma'am.

I was credentialed

with the California Board

of Education,

but that lapsed

during a leave of absence.

I do still have my early

childhood credential, though.

Would you like to see it?

That would be helpful.

Quite a few families

up here home school.

Normally, though,

we have standardized reporting

and benchmarks that we expect

parents to provide annually.

Hmm. Of course.

Yeah. Yeah. Found it.

Okay.

I'm going to need to speak

to your children in private.

Is there somewhere

we can do that?

And what's this a picture of?

A turtle with no shell.

Hmm. That's very creative.

You need to know that it's okay

to be honest with me.

Are we in trouble?

Nobody's in trouble.

Then, why are you here?

I'm here to help. That's it.

What does that mean?

It means that I'm here to do

whatever I can

to help your parents

make this the best home for you

that it can possibly be.

Have you helped lots of people?

LORAINE MILLER: I have.

Riley.

Is there something

you need to tell me?

Does it always take this long?

Can I speak to you outside?

What did you guys talk about?

What did she say?

She's going to help.

How is she going to help?

Riley!

She's going to help mom.

Riley, whatever you told her,

you have to tell her

that it's a lie.

Do you understand me?

- It wasn't.

- I don't care!

Mr. and Mrs. Hayes,

based on observable evidence

in your home,

I believe it's in the best

interest of the children

to be placed

into the care of DCFS

while we complete

a further investigation.

No. No way.

You said you would help my mom.

She said she would help mom.

DAVE: Whatever my daughter

told you is not true.

Please, I don't understand,

can we just sit down?

We can just, we can just

sit down. Come on.

Calm down, ma'am.

Calm down. Calm down.

Have a seat.

Please, have a seat.

Hey, enough.

Step away from my wife.

Why do I have to go?

You said you would help my mom.

- I'm not a kid!

- It's okay, Riley.

Don't talk to me

like I'm a little kid.

- Calm down.

- Same team, remember?

We're not.

You lied, you're a liar.

You said you would help my mom.

You can't do this.

Riley!

Hey.

You can't do this.

[intense music]

Riley!

[music intensifies]

[crickets chirping]

MAN ON TV: Welcome back

to the game.

SUSIE: It's okay. Hold still.

Okay.

There. All done.

[indistinct chatter over TV]

You know you're gonna

have to go soon?

I know.

[siren wails]

[alarm ringing]

Riley.

You're gonna be late.

Come on, get up. Let's go.

MARY: Mama Carol says we can go

to the good park this weekend.

Stop calling her that.

She's just taking care of us

until we go back home.

Hey. Cool shirt.

Thanks.

What'd you bring for lunch?

Mm-mmm. I don't know.

Want to trade?

Okay.

Thanks.

[girls giggling]

She didn't give you her lunch.

[instrumental music]

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday ♪

No, I know.

I'm gonna call you

right back. Hold on.

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Mary, are you okay?

I'm the Taliban.

Riley, get over here.

♪ Happy birthday to you, Riley ♪

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

What do you think

Mom and Dad are doing right now?

They'll be at the house.

Do you think they'll visit?

No.

Mama Carol said

that maybe they would.

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

[melancholy music]

[hooting and chirping]

MARY: No!

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, guys. He's here.

[Mary gasps]

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!

Hey! Oh.

It's good to see you.

What, no hug for your old man?

That's okay.

Whoo, heck of a grip.

Hey, what happened to your eye?

There was an incident.

Someone hurt you?

She got into a fight

with some other girls at school.

Hey, who wants pizza, huh?

MARY: Is Mommy coming?

No. Mom couldn't make it.

But she told me to tell you that

she loves you both very much.

What's the matter? You don't eat

your crust anymore.

When did that happen?

Come on, crust builds character.

Oh, it's terrible.

Warned you.

Oh, it speaks.

How is school?

I had to go to a new one.

A new school, when?

It's on the same campus.

DAVE: I... don't understand.

Riley is enrolled in a satellite

program for children

who need some extra

academic support.

That's for stupid kids.

Riley, you're not stupid.

This doesn't make any sense.

I mean, she's a great reader.

She loves school.

[phone chiming]

What is this?

Medicine.

For what?

My brain.

It's generic methylphenidate.

She's on a relatively

low dosage.

Mary was diagnosed with ADHD.

She's just a little kid.

She has a personality.

You have to get our permission

for that, don't you?

LORAINE: Parental consent

wasn't required in this case.

The foster family and DCFS felt

it was the right choice.

Hey. Baby, does

this stuff help you?

If they say you have to take it,

then you have to take it, okay?

Okay.

If you'll excuse me,

I have to use the restroom.

Maybe you should start

wrapping up.

[Dave sighs]

Hey, I've got a present for you.

What is it?

It's... it's in the car.

You wanna go see it?

Should we wait for Loraine?

Let's not.

We left my medicine.

You don't need those, okay?

You're perfect exactly the

way you are. Come on.

Okay.

Come on, get in the car.

Where's the present?

Uh, I forgot it at home.

Come on, we have to go.

RILEY: Dad? Dad?

- You should write a note.

- What?

Next time

before you leave the house,

you should write a note,

so you don't forget my present.

- RILEY: Dad!

- Good idea.

What?

Can I ride at front?

♪ I've beenolding it in since

I clockedn Monday morning ♪

♪ Come the end of the week

I'm about-to -blow ♪

[intense music]

DAVE: Are you guys ready?

- Yeah.

- Let's do it.

[whispering]

Who let the farts out?

It was who let the frogs out.

- MARY: It's not what Dad said.

- DAVE: I like mine better.

Shouldn't you be gone all ready?

DAVE: Where?

Doing your work today.

DAVE: Uh, it's... it's Sunday.

I thought we could bum around

with the kids.

Hmm. I'm not just gonna let you

watch Sponge Bob all day.

RILEY: I have homework.

Homework?

I'm gonna have a talk

with your teacher.

The way she loads you up.

I know she doesn't grade

any of it.

-MARY: You don't have-

-RILEY: No, it's fine.

I don't want to do it.

DAVE: What can I say?

She's... she's a hard worker.

Hmm. Who's hungry?

You don't have any homework.

Shut up. Pretend.

MARY: This is stupid!

DAVE: Mary, quiet.

Don't set her off again.

Why are we pretending

we're in our old house?

We're not in our old house.

Dave.

Where's the food?

I thought we bought food.

[Alice breathing heavily]

DAVE: Alice.

[helicopter whirring]

It's okay. It's okay, it's okay.

[indistinct yelling]

They're gonna come inside.

Honey, honey,

they're gonna come inside, okay?

OFFICER: Mr. Dave,

your house is surrounded.

DAVE: Alice, look at me,

as long as the kids are here,

they won't come in.

ALICE: You lied to me.

OFFICER: We have

a medical chop on standby.

You need to communicate with us.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[mimics static]

Spider to command, do you copy?

Looks like we got

some heavy manpower out here.

Probably got a f*cking rocket

launcher or something.

[mimics static]

[indistinct radio chatter]

OFFICER: Mr. Hayes,

this is going to end.

You do not control that.

Think about your family.

[melancholy music]

MARY: Why do they do

this every night?

RILEY: So we can't sleep.

They want us to leave.

Mary.

- What?

- Drums or guitar?

Come on, gotta think fast,

drums or guitar?

Oh, guitar.

All right, cool.

[heavy metal music]

[birds chirping]

Hey, take it easy.

Ow!

Hey, that hurts.

Mama Carol says

they have to do it tight

so I don't look like a slob.

Mama Carol called you a slob?

Hmm. Yeah.

Hmm.

Mama Carol sounds like a b*tch.

[Mary giggling]

[somber music]

[birds chirping]

[indistinct radio chatter]

How about that drink you wanted?

For real?

Yeah, sure. Why not?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

We gotta cheers to something.

Make it official.

Pioneers?

Yeah, sure. Pioneers.

[coughs]

Does it taste better

when you're older?

Nah. You just get better

at drinking it.

Do you have a plan?

No.

I like this, though.

What?

Being together again.

Yeah.

Me too.

[heavy metal music]

[melancholy music]

[helicopter whirring]

MARY: Is there food?

ON PHONE: 911 operator.

Hey, can I get

a two meatball subs,

toasted turkey sandwich

and a salami sandwich?

Dad.

No, no lettuce

on the salami, please.

OPERATOR: Is this a joke?

No, it's not a joke.

I don't have a phone book

and my kids are hungry.

OPERATOR: Sir, this is -

we don't deliver sandwiches.

Well, why don't you tell

one of your guys

parked outside of my house

to go get one?

OPERATOR:

Who am I speaking with?

This is Dave Hayes.

[car approaching]

[footsteps approaching]

[knocks at door]

Drop it at the door.

I'm not f*cking around.

You're gonna let me in or what?

So you just took the kids

and walked right out the door?

Pretty much.

And then you...

you came back here.

Yeah, well,

we weren't doing too well

without them here.

Hmm.

Kids belong with their parents.

Sheriff gave a press conference.

Said you opened fire

on a cruiser

when they pulled up.

I hadn't fired a shot

in the air.

That's about it.

Well, I'm personally willing

to testify under oath

you couldn't hit sh*t

if you tried.

That being said,

he had a driveway full of cops

who don't know you

as well as I do.

Danik's protesting

the police, made signs

and everything.

He got the whole family

camped out at the turnout.

Personally, I think

Steve likes being on TV.

God bless him.

So we're the Danik clan's

last stand, huh?

Well, you're going to die

on a cross,

make it a big one.

I don't know how big we are.

Don't tell that

to the news crews.

They got these people

on little boxes

talking about your six, seven,

eight on screen at once.

Are any of them on our team?

Mostly just the assholes.

Well, us assholes

are a proud people.

We have to stick together.

What'd you learn from this?

Like I said, kids belong

with their parents.

No, I mean, from all of it,

this... this place.

Man, I thought it'd be nice

not to be part of the world

anymore.

What do you got

against the world?

It had something against us.

You know,

this is the world, right?

You're still in it, buddy.

All he did was move

to the top of a mountain.

Can you help us?

Can you talk to them?

Tell them

that we're good people.

When I was in the Corps,

during basic,

they put us in a room and tossed

in percussion grenades.

It was fast.

You go blind.

The shock wave wrecks

your inner ear

so you can't stand.

I saw grown men puking

their guts out

till nothing but bile came out.

What do you think

one of those grenades

will do to a child?

What do we do?

Let me walk out

with the kids, today.

Whose side are you on?

They're coming in, Dave.

I don't know when,

but this will end.

But you...

What, you're trying to take

my family away from me?

You need to end this right.

- You need to leave.

- No, not yet.

Dave, stop.

Riley, Dad.

Baby.

He's right.

What are you

f*cking talking about?

What do you mean?

You don't ever want

to see our kids again?

- Is that what you want?

- Dave, stop.

You think I'm some

sort of f*cking joke, huh?

This is my house!

- [g*nsh*t]

- Ahh!

OFFICER:

Shots fired, shots fired.

- Get out!

- [g*nsh*t]

- Find a safe place to hide.

- Don't talk to my f*cking kids.

- Girls, upstairs.

- ALICE: Dave.

- Get out of my f*cking house!

- Okay.

Get out!

Stay back.

Stay back from the door.

DAVE: Move!

Get the f*ck out

of my house, Eric.

Argh! f*ck you!

Dad.

Oh, jeez! No.

Alice.

Hey, no, don't go,

don't go, don't go.

Stay with me. Stay with me.

Do you understand?

Girls, come here.

Keep pressure on her.

Mommy. Please. Please, please.

Keep pressure on it.

You don't need me anymore.

You're all grown up now.

Promise me that you won't leave.

Promise!

Promise!

Promise.

[intense music]

DAVE: Get out of the way,

get out of the way, move, move.

Hon, you're okay, you're okay.

Riley, anything that

comes through that door,

you sh**t it.

Do you understand me?

Do you understand me?

Honey, honey, honey, honey.

Honey.

Stay with me, okay?

Just stay with me.

It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

You're gonna be okay.

I promise you.

OFFICER: Mr. Hayes, is

everyone inside okay?

You shot my wife!

f*ck you! f*ck you!

OFFICER: Hold your fire.

Hold your f*cking fire.

Why can't you just

leave us alone?

We just want to be left alone!

It's all we ever wanted!

f*ck you!

[g*n firing]

Dad!

We just want to be left alone.

That's it.

- Why can't you do that?

- Dad! Dad!

What?

Stop!

You want to see your mom die?

They did this to her.

They shot her.

They're going to come in here

and take her away from me.

No.

Now you shut up

and listen to me.

No, you listen.

You don't ever listen.

All Mom ever needed was help.

They didn't do this to her.

You did.

[groaning]

[sobbing]

We'll never be a family again.

This isn't home anymore.

It hasn't been

for a really long time.

But this place doesn't make us

a family.

It never did.

I'm sorry.

[melancholy music]

RILEY: Once there was a family

of pioneers,

who were looking

for a better life.

There was a big sister

and a little sister.

There was a mom and a dad.

They made lots of mistakes,

but they tried their best.

They had a house

on top of a mountain.

And they laughed and fished

and grew their own vegetables.

[melancholy music]

Most of the time

they were happy...

except for the parts

that were sad.

[music continues]

They weren't perfect,

but they were a family.

♪ Give me land, lots of land

under starry skies above ♪

♪ Don't fence me in ♪

♪ Let me ride through the wide

open country that I love ♪

♪ Don't fence me in ♪

♪ Let me be by myself

in the evenin' breeze ♪

♪ And listen to the murmur

of the cottonwood trees ♪

♪ Send me off forever

but I ask you please ♪

♪ Don't fence me in ♪

♪ I want to ride to the ridge

where the west commences ♪

♪ And gaze at the moon

'till I lose my senses ♪

♪ I can't look at hovels

and I can't stand fences ♪

♪ Don't fence me in ♪