- Hola, hola. - Hola.
Bastion.
B-A-S-T-I-O-N.
I don't think I can,
I don't think I can ask for that.
Those are your days, you saved them.
I know that by I can't ask
for more than a week consecutive.
Like that's just, that's policy
so I know she's not gonna say yes.
Don't laugh, I'm serious.
I'm not, I'm not.
- Hello. - Jesus.
Sorry, I didn't see there was a light switch there,
else I'd have turned it on.
Are you Merle Klein?
Yeah.
And your father was Wayne Klein, the singer?
Yeah, what can I do for you?
This is gonna sound a bit strange
but my name is Sinaloa
and I'm your sister, half-sister.
Yeah.
So no one ever told you about me.
I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised.
Why's that?
Did you know him very well?
Probably not like you.
But he knew about you?
I mean, like you actually knew him?
Yeah.
No, he'd come and see us whenever they toured through.
Come down, stay a few days.
Come down where?
Brighton, it's south of London, it's on the coast.
Now when I was nine he came and stayed with us
for a whole month working on a new album.
He'd get up, go down to the beach,
write all day next to the pier.
He didn't come back after that.
- Which album? - Say again?
Which album did he write when he stayed with y'all?
Cold Blind Religion.
It's all based on old English ballads.
Yeah, I know it.
Well look, I just thought we should meet.
I haven't got any family left, so.
Sorry to hear that.
I heard some good things about Austin though,
so I thought maybe at least I'd come play a few gigs.
- You're a musician? - Guitar, singer-songwriter.
Austin is the real shit so you're gonna love it.
It seems kind of,
I don't know, it's not quite what I imagined.
- Where's your guitar? - Funny story.
I got mugged in New Orleans last week
having a pee in the park, so minus one guitar.
And where are you staying right now?
Oh, some kids told me
about a place I could crash at.
We can give you a ride, what part of town?
That would be fucking brilliant.
That's way out by the airport I think.
Oh well I can hop a bus or something if it's a pain.
No, I don't think buses...
No worries, I'll figure it out.
Oh, it was lovely meet you both.
Hey,
if I find a gig,
maybe you come?
Yeah, sure.
Bye.
- We should... - No.
Come on, she's family.
Raúl.
Come on.
Raúl!
Hey, excuse me.
Sina... loa, is that it?
Ah it's no problem at all, friends stay here all the time.
That's how we do it in the ATX.
Put her in Ray's room for tonight?
- Ummm. - I'll get your things.
Who's Ray?
Raúl's son.
He's with us on the weekends, so.
Are you guys married?
No, we're engaged.
This is a nice place, what's the rent like?
- I own it actually. - Really?
I bought it 10 years ago, fixed it up.
It was pretty much falling down then, so.
I definitely couldn't afford
to buy in this neighborhood now.
Right, can I use your toilet?
Sure yeah, it's the middle doorway in the hall.
What the fuck are you doing?
- It's just for tonight. - I don't care.
She's your sister.
So the only thing people know about my hometown
is that there's a song written about El Paso, it was,
what was the name of that song, the writer?
What happened to Wayne's songs?
Well my mom had to sell off most of the catalog, so.
There were a bunch of debts
and a few other things we had to deal with.
I don't know if you're looking to record or...
No, I mean like what he wrote down.
Like chord charts and notebooks and anything like that,
I'd just like to have a look.
Gosh yeah, you know I'd have to think about that.
Will you pass the strawberries?
So Sinaloa, we're actually about to head
out of town today for the long weekend.
Yeah, we're throwing an
engagement party out in Hill Country.
Yeah, sorry about the bad timing.
I would've liked to have spend a little bit more...
No that's cool,
I can go find that other place to crash at.
Well,
we can drop you on our way out of town.
Are you sure?
Of course, it's pretty far from here.
If it's no trouble?
- Yeah no that's, yep... - No, it's no trouble.
Wait, this can't be right.
No, this is it.
Thanks again for the lift, guys.
I will come by next week if I'm still in town.
Okay.
- Nice to meet you, Ray. - Bye.
Bye.
Wait hold on, we should watch 'til she gets inside.
- Merle! - What?
You'd really let that poor...
She's okay, she's fine.
What are we supposed to do here?
You know what I think.
How did you find this place?
It was my grandparents'.
It's been in the family since the 1840s.
Wayne's parents?
Yeah, it's about 160 acres in total.
And it's just sitting here?
No, we lease the land out for grazing and
rent the house out during hunting season.
But it covers the taxes so I can keep it in the family.
You own this?
Yeah.
That's great.
It's such a cool old place.
Yeah, Raúl thinks we should fix it up,
make it into a bed and breakfast.
Put in some grapevines...
Apparently Fredericksburg is the next Napa.
Christ, don't do that.
Beautiful.
Yeah, it's a nice spot.
Got a lot of family ashes scattered around here.
Not our boy, though.
No,
he wanted someplace folks could visit.
I used to think he was so weird
that he went down to the beach to write,
like the worst touristy part of it.
I reckon now he liked the foot traffic
more than anything else.
Folks would stop by our house all hours,
guitar in one hand, bottle in the other.
Some of those sessions went on for days.
That must have been amazing
to grow up with so much music in the house.
Sometimes.
So did he tell you about me, or?
No.
I read your name in the obituary.
Hey, are y'all ready to eat?
Yeah.
Who is that for?
There's also this,
this.
- No fuckin' way. - It's just his old beater.
It's not worth anything except for just you know,
Sentimental I guess.
Actually I'm not sure if it's still playable 'cause
you know no one's touched it since...
You got me, I can't play this game,
you gotta split my cards.
I don't wanna play anymore.
- You're a sore loser. - You're a sore loser!
Hey.
Do you need anything?
I'm good, thanks.
Any requests?
Do you know Wax Wing?
I always think of that when I'm here.
You should sing it.
Come on.
I can't.
Bollocks.
No I mean it, I can't, I'm completely tone-deaf.
That's too bad.
♪ First there was the spoken word
♪ Then there was the black mud.
♪ The uttered sound was loneliness
♪ And that gave birth to first blood
♪ Son, I speak the truth to you
♪ As said so long ago
♪ Know the land you live on
♪ And hold on to what you know
♪ Fly too high to the sun, son
♪ You surely will come down
♪ Fly too high to that sun, son
♪ You surely will come down
Oh hey, y'all.
Where's this party at?
Hey there, Patricia.
Good to see you Junior, how are you?
- Hey mama. - Hi honey.
- Hey Patricia. - Hi.
- How was your drive? - It was fine.
- Hi. - Hi honey.
- Don't get me dirty. - I'm sorry.
Where's Dennis?
Oh, that is old news.
- Oh no, I really liked him. - Ugh, boring as church
and not gifted in the art of syncopation.
I thought you were getting a haircut?
I did.
What's going on with these bangs?
I thought maybe I'd grow 'em out.
Really?
Yep. Hey honey, can you come hold this ladder for me?
Junior, I have these table linens in here
and also my pies are in the ice chest.
Could one of y'all unload this for me?
'Cause I just got these nails done.
You bet, just give me a sec.
I can help you with those.
Oh well, that's very sweet, thank you honey.
No problem.
Is something wrong, do I have lipstick?
Your eyes, they're unusual.
Oh well, Townes once said that they were the color
of a Colorado sky just before a thunderstorm.
Really, did that work?
- Oh shit. - What?
I wanted to talk to her first.
So are you a friend of Raúl's?
No, I'm Merle's sister.
Oh shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.
Mama, I am so sorry.
I meant to talk to beforehand, before you met her.
It's just a really, really long story.
- What you got? - I caught it in my bedroom.
Nice.
How are you gonna kill it?
I'm not, I'm letting it outside.
Might come back and sting you that way.
Best be sure.
- I don't think that would work. - You never know.
Hey Sinaloa.
Come meet Spud, he used to tour with Wayne back in the day.
- Spud Fitzhugh? - That's right.
You were a hell of a pedal steel man.
Well thank you, darling.
Say, Merle was just telling me about you and your dad
and Brighton and whatnot
and hell, I'm just here shaking my head.
Why's that?
He's been gone nine years and
we're still trying to catch up to that dirty dog.
I was asking Spud if maybe he remembers your mom.
Do you remember my mother?
Was she this little bitty thing with straight blond hair?
She was about my height, auburn hair, blue eyes.
Her name was Rose.
She worked at a pub called the Cricketers.
Oh shit, the place with all the red
velvet on the wallpaper and everywhere.
That's it.
Yeah man, we were drinking a lot of Green Spot back then.
Old Wayne, he could be a real prick if they
didn't have good Irish whiskey behind the bar
but I think that place did it up right.
Do you remember her mother though?
Rose.
That just doesn't ring a bell, I'm real sorry darling.
Excuse me.
You know, nowhere that has less than 600 seats...
Damn girl, you hungry?
I am, do you mind?
Who are you?
I'm Trace, Merle's daddy and my daddy were cousins.
That makes you Merle's cousin.
That's right.
I already know who you are so I reckon we're cousins too.
Welcome.
So you just here to put your name
on the family tree or something?
Don't tell me,
you've got it all written down in your Bible.
I just well might.
♪ The moon is gone now
♪ And the rain has fallen
♪ The songs are sung
♪ And the stories are told
♪ And the fire is dying
♪ And the logs are fallen
♪ But I'll keep you warm
♪ When the nights are cold
♪ Please don't ask me
♪ To swim that river
♪ Please don't ask me
♪ For silver and gold
♪ I can't give you things
♪ That I can't deliver
♪ But I'll keep you warm
♪ When the nights are cold
♪ I'll keep you warm
♪ When the nights are cold
♪ Oh where is pretty Polly
♪ Yonder she stands
♪ Gold rings on the fingers of her lily-white hands
♪ Oh Polly, oh Polly, oh Polly, said he
♪ Let's take us a walk before married we'll be
♪ He led her over fields and through valleys so deep
♪ And soon pretty Polly began for to weep
♪ Oh William, sweet William, oh William, said she
♪ I feel your intention is to murder me
♪ Oh pretty Polly
You can still make a mean buttermilk pie, Patricia.
Thank you, Steven.
You're lookin' well.
Mm hmm, well I'm doing really, really well.
What?
She kinda phrases the song like her daddy.
♪ He stabbed her in the heart and the red blood did flow
♪ And into the grave her fair body did roll
♪ He then buried poor Polly and left her all alone
♪ With no one to weep but the small birds to moan
♪ Oh where is pretty Polly
♪ Yonder she stands
♪ Covered in blood and her dagger in hand
♪ Oh William, sweet William, she calls to the night
♪ To claim what she's owed by the pale moonlight
♪ To claim what she's owed
♪ By the pale
♪ Moonlight
You to need to air this place out, Merle Anne.
It smells like old people.
I was just comin' in the make coffee.
Oh, it's no trouble.
That pig looked dry.
Oh no, it was perfect.
You didn't try any?
No, no.
Well Junior did a really good job.
Well, I'll take your word for it.
Hey, did Aunt Kay find you?
- No, what'd she want? - I don't know.
I can finish that up and bring it out to you if you want.
- Milk, two Sweet and Lows. - I know.
Where's your guitar at, sweetie?
It's outside, it's not mine.
I know, never thought I'd see that old scrap again.
I can finish that for you.
You go out and enjoy your party.
It's all right, I'm almost done.
I'd like to help you.
It's all right.
Why don't you go out and play some more?
I'll be right there.
There she is.
I just wanted to come and say goodnight.
- Leaving so soon? - Yeah.
I got some lines to check out on the river.
But it was really nice meeting you.
You know,
if you're interested in talkin' a little family gossip,
you're welcome to join me.
♪ Get back in the game and start playing again
♪ I'd like to stay
♪ But I might have to go start over again
♪ Might go back down to Texas,
♪ might go somewhere I've never been
Let's go.
Yup.
Whooo-ee.
That's not a bad one right there.
Bet you $20 I can guess why you're here.
- I don't have $20. - Well there you go.
See you're going about this the wrong way.
You in Texas now.
What does that mean?
It means that you got to know people
to get things done around here.
And you know people?
A few.
Look, if Wayne was my daddy,
I'd probably be feeling left out.
Uh-huh.
Now I could introduce you to a
legal associate of mine.
He knows all about inheritance and
deedage and
chain of custody and whatnot.
Merle don't know what she want to do with that ranch land.
Hell, she probably don't even want it.
It wouldn't take much.
Lease out those mineral rights and booyah,
you got mailbox money, honey.
You're a very thoughtful person.
Hey,
you got a legitimate claim, what's fair is fair.
What the hell I do with my knife?
What did you do that for?
You cut my goddamn ear off.
Oh jeez, it was only a wee nick.
Greedy bitch, I was trying to help you!
I don't need your help.
I don't need anything from any of you people.
Hey.
I didn't hear Trace's truck pull up, so.
Listen, you know he's our cousin right?
- Yeah. - Okay.
He took me fishing.
Then he offered to help me sue
for part of Wayne's estate.
Really?
Yep.
Well what did you say?
Not much, I cut his ear.
You...
What?
I cut his ear with a folding knife,
a bit more than I meant to actually.
But message sent,
he'll be fine.
Are you being serious?
Shit I'm sorry,
I feel like I should've warned you about him.
He's kind of our black sheep so
but nothing... I mean you're okay right?
Me? I'm fine.
I'll pick you up around five, yeah?
Probably later, my boss is kind of a
stick in the butt if you don't put in 50 hours.
Doesn't sound like a very nice children's museum.
Oh, the exhibitions are incredible though.
You want to take a tour before we open?
You gotta go fast.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
This one's kinda neat,
it's got all these like different fruits and stuff, so.
You know.
What's it all for?
It helps teach kids about agriculture
and sustainability and basic commerce, that kind of thing.
You want to go?
Yeah.
Did you have one of these when you were a kid?
No.
- Perfect, just who I need. - Hey Andrea.
We need to talk. VIP lunch, revised pitch plan.
Okay yeah, I'll be up in just a couple minutes.
Actually I've got a nine o'clock.
Oh okay, yeah, this is actually my sister Sinaloa.
I was just giving her a quick tour.
- Surprise sister. - Yeah.
It's so nice to meet you, welcome.
Andrea's the Director of Development.
She kind of raises all the money.
- Well, we're a team. - I'm gonna go.
Okay.
Yeah, I'll see you later then.
Nice to meet you.
♪ You don't get nothing in this world for free
♪ It takes a lot of bread to be a politician
♪ Don't you see we're all sinking down
♪ Things are gonna fall apart
♪ Before they ever come together
♪ Have to wander around before we ever find center
♪ You think it's hard now
♪ We're in for nasty weather
♪ 'Cause things are gonna get worse
♪ Before they ever get better
How were you getting by back home?
Busking.
Then I got recommended to a couple of places.
A set or two a week for a piece of the door,
that's all I really need.
You'll find something.
You must know someone, right?
Club people, friends of your dad's?
I don't know,
I think most of those places are closed now really.
What about that guy you introduced me to at Kerbey Lane?
You know, the guy with the shirt.
What?
- I'm not done yet. - Sorry.
There might be a couple people I can reach out to.
- Really, you'd do that? - Yeah, sure.
I mean you're probably gonna end up playing like at
a fern bar in Pflugerville or something but I can do it.
- I don't care. - All right, yeah.
Let me see what I can do.
Sorry.
Hey mama.
Yeah hold on let me ask him. Hey sweetheart?
Yeah?
My mother would like to know if you could
call your plumber friend to come and look at her shower.
- I gave her Beto's number. - I know that.
He speaks English.
I know, can you just call him anyway?
- Okay. - Thank you.
Yeah, he's gonna call him right now.
All right, I love you.
Bye.
Okay, my mom just bought me a bunch of bridal magazines.
I'll be right back, okay?
I put stickies on everything worth looking at.
We'll probably have to take a trip up to Highland Park.
I've seen plenty of nice dresses here in town, mama.
What's this?
Oh, I thought we'd have a little
tea with grammy's bone china
and...
She gave me that when I married your daddy.
It's sterling, check out the stamp.
I've never seen you wear this one.
You know, it's just,
silver's not really right for my skin tone.
You'd think grammy might have noticed that but...
I think it's perfect on you.
It just seems like a lot of extra trouble
to order a cake from three hours away.
Well they are the best in the state and they will come
to the place on the day and put it all together on site.
Fine, that sounds, it sounds expensive.
Well then let's just order a sheet cake from the HEB
and maybe a piñata.
Look,
you deserve something special
and I want to give that to you, is that a crime?
No.
Well then quit fighting me.
It's your day.
I suppose I should say thank you
to the Saxon for letting me do this.
This is a song that my dad wrote for my mum.
♪ Blue eyes
♪ You use them as a guise
♪ To show me my reflection
♪ Offer me protection
♪ So take me in your wings
♪ And I promise anything
♪ But tomorrow
♪ I've already promised
♪ More than I can borrow
♪ Blue seas
♪ Between you and me
♪ They are measured in our minds
♪ They mark off five year's time
♪ And I'm waiting by the shore
♪ And I'm beseeching
♪ Poor old Poseidon
♪ Asking him for someplace
♪ I can hide in
♪ Asking him for someplace
♪ I can hide in
♪ To make it right
♪ Let's make it right this time
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna fight
♪ With anyone else but you
Wow.
Okay.
- I... - Surprise.
Have to teach a spin class at 6:30 in the morning, so.
You're not staying to help us celebrate?
Not tonight, sorry.
- Well, cheers. - Okay.
Well cheers to you, it's your night.
Wow.
You're missing out.
It's really good.
It's good stuff, it's my favorite.
I have to get going but listen,
you guys should definitely stay and hang out.
We could always take a cab home if you wanna
have another round.
Hell yes I do.
Cool, I'll talk to you guys later.
Bye.
Great show, congratulations.
- Be safe. - Thank you, bye.
- It was a good show. - Thank you.
Oh you gave me more, thanks.
Cheers.
Seriously, thank you.
I've got that violin solo in my head.
- From tonight? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fiddle.
It's not that far, do you wanna go down?
No.
We can't, it's filled with construction debris.
Some idiot jumped in a couple of years
ago and impaled himself on a piece of rebar.
That's too bad.
What was that first song tonight?
Something he wrote for us.
He'd sing it whenever he visited.
Sometimes over the phone.
Does that bother you?
No.
Maybe a little bit.
Well it's the only thing he ever gave us.
I can do a flip, can you do a flip?
Yeah,
one, two,
three.
Is that a cave down there?
Yeah, it connects to the aquifer. It goes on for miles.
- Can we check it out? - No, hold on, no.
People have gotten lost down there and just like
their bodies just wash back underground, it's dangerous.
Sinaloa.
You scared me.
I know.
Don't stop, it's so pretty.
I thought you were asleep.
Just dozing.
Do you have lyrics yet?
I'm still working on those.
Right, I'm going for a pee.
Hey!
What?
I'm sorry, I...
I didn't think that you would mind.
I'm sorry.
- Who is it? - My mom,
again.
She doesn't seem the type.
This wedding's got her stirred up in some weird ways.
Was your mom,
I don't know, were you two close?
Yeah.
She had to work a lot but we got along.
She was a bit daft.
But sweet.
How old were you?
I mean...
17.
Wow.
People die, it's what they do.
You know, there's this really cool
old dance hall just up the road.
We should go because you would really like it.
- Can we go now? - I don't think so.
I mean I didn't even tell Raúl we were coming here, so.
Sorry.
♪ Don't you get too broke up about the way things are made
We're going to jump in. Okay, ready? Here we go.
♪ 'Cause nothing is arranged
♪ It's all predestined, I'm afraid
Just kind of shuffle your feet.
♪ Every siren
♪ That I have ever known
♪ Shows up from behind me
♪ Spent all my life
♪ In California
♪ All my troubles and all my sins
♪ Well I go to work
♪ Most every morning
♪ I get paid come Friday night
♪ Well I cut trees
♪ Down off the mountain
♪ Monday I'm dead broke, ain't got a single dime
♪ Around, around and around we go
♪ This ain't no place for a man to rest his soul
♪ This ain't no place
♪ For a man to rest his soul
Good evening, may I?
Yeah, sure.
♪ Well I might suggest virtue
♪ And you might suggest restraint
- Do you like this band? - Yeah, they're good.
They're all right, I'm Taylor.
- I'm Merle. - Merle.
Merle.
So I was thinking we could get some more beers
and head over to the ranch, it's not far from here right?
Guys I'm really sorry, I just,
I think I need to talk to my sister real fast.
Can you just give us a second?
Yeah, sure.
Thank you.
Sorry about that, it was nice to meet you.
What are you doing?
Come on, it could be fun, it's nothing serious.
This seems pretty serious to me, Sinaloa.
I need to go home, okay?
You're not married yet.
It's a joke.
♪ Blue eyes
♪ You use them as a guise
♪ To show me my reflection
♪ Offer me protection
♪ Take me in your wings
Is it okay?
No.
Shit.
Oh shit,
fuck.
What are you doing?
I'm calling Animal Control
and they can come and take care of it.
Out here?
Then I'll find the closest emergency vet.
Merle, her hips are crushed. She's suffering.
I know, we can call someone and they'll come...
what's that for?
Come on.
Well I'm not gonna do it!
You're the one who hit her.
You can't let her lie there in pain anymore, it's not right.
I'll help you but you have to be the one.
You'll never forgive yourself if you let me do it for you.
It's probably gonna die any minute anyway.
That's not right and you know it.
No.
It's okay buddy.
We're going to help you.
No, I can't.
Yes you can, I'll show you.
I'm going to count to three.
One...
No.
Two.
Hello?
♪ I was lying in your arms and I dreamed I was flying
♪ Over laughing fields of lavender and vine
Piss off, this is a public place!
Hello?
Fucking fascists, thanks for getting me out.
Why don't you have an ID?
I told you, I got robbed in New Orleans.
Well you need to get that taken care of,
you can't walk around without identification on you.
- Are you serious? - Yes.
Really?
Yes.
Don't forget we're meeting with the caterer tomorrow at 10.
I thought that was next Saturday.
I put it on your calendar.
I said I'd carpool down to
San Antonio for Ray's soccer tournament.
It's like really hard to get time with this person,
she's super busy.
I trust your judgment.
You know more about this stuff than I do.
Honey that's not the point, I need you there.
Why?
Because of your mom?
Just because she's paying for it doesn't
mean she should get to decide the entire menu.
I could go to the caterer with you.
I really don't think that's a good idea.
I'll just follow your lead, agree with everything you say.
That's all I was planning on doing.
If all you need is someone else, another person,
problem solved.
Fine.
Hey, you gotta tell her to start
wearing pajamas or shorts or something.
I don't want Ray seeing that.
What?
Oh come on, he's probably seen
worse than that on the internet surely.
I don't want it getting back to his mother
that I got strange women laying around in their underwear.
I'll never hear the end of it.
Who are you calling strange?
That's my sister.
I don't know if she's your sister
but she's definitely strange.
Ooh, what is this pretty one?
This is the crawfish puff,
it's probably our most popular canapé.
Thank you.
Too much cayenne.
I don't know, I think I like that it's a little bit spicy.
No, I agree with your mum about the cayenne thing.
It's too much.
Actually no, now I'm kind of enjoying the afterglow.
Nevermind.
Thank you.
What is this again?
Duck bits with
kumquat sauce.
Loquat.
Loquat, lo, loquat sauce.
Did you like the quail?
Yeah.
Me too.
Yeah, that was good.
I know 'cause fully open bars are tacky,
and people get drunk.
Well you know,
we could have one signature cocktail maybe
especially for your wedding, I think that would be nice.
Have you gone through the rest of those magazines?
I will, yeah.
We don't have all the time in the world here.
I know, you know I was thinking
it might be fun though to make my own dress.
Just like a simple shift in like pale green, maybe?
Merle Anne, green is not good for your skin tone.
Think like a bride, not a bridesmaid, white or ivory.
Maybe something with a high collar.
Hope you're hitting the gym.
Jesus Christ, that's your daughter.
You know, I don't know who you think you are talking to me
- You know damn well who I am. - Please don't.
Mama?
I'll teach you E minor 'cause it's really easy.
So these two,
that one there and that one there,
one up, yeah, push really hard.
- Is that right? - Yeah.
And then C major is this one here
and that one there and that one there.
Push it harder.
Ray.
Let's get started on that math homework, buddy.
I was giving him a guitar lesson.
Some other time.
Vamos.
Do I have to do it right now?
Yeah now, before it gets too late.
!Ándale!
I'll leave the door unlocked.
That's nice of you.
Yeah I know mama and,
yeah well you know we're both really
grateful for everything you're doing for us, so.
Yeah.
Yeah no, I completely agree, it was really thoughtless.
♪ There's a picture in the window
♪ That's only there to hold out the light
♪ Understanding is suffering
♪ And nothing's ugly when it's out of sight
♪ Little sister would you wake me
♪ If the house caught fire in the night
Hey.
Did you get a good crowd?
Monday night, totally dead.
Shit I'm sorry, I was hoping I was
gonna be done with this in time to come but...
Quarter to 11 and you're still working.
Yeah, my boss wants all these new projector slides
for this donor pitch tomorrow at the last minute of course,
so I'll be lucky if I'm in bed before two o'clock.
- Mm. - What?
Oh, none of my business.
Hey, I am sorry though that I missed the show.
No worries, goodnight.
Well they just walked in five minutes early,
so how are we doing in here guys?
Food's ready.
I just need another minute to get the deck set up.
- Great, I'll send them in. - Can you just wait a minute?
Something wrong?
No, I just want to make sure that it's
all right before we start, is that okay?
Of course.
Hey.
How you feeling?
Yeah, better, thanks.
Good, I think I just needed an extra shot of coffee today.
I guess so.
Yeah, sorry about that, how'd it go?
Well it's hard to tell but
we'll know for sure when it clears.
- Oh wow. - I know.
Yeah, that is really great, that's great.
One thing, I did want to talk
to you about some of the new builds.
Now I know I asked for the dev- and density-projections
and then I don't know, the air totally went out of the room.
So I was wondering if we could start focusing on...
You okay?
I just quit my job.
What happened?
I don't know.
Excuse me.
Come on, we're going out.
- I don't feel like it. - I don't care.
You'll feel better with a bit of
tequila in your belly, trust me.
Jesus Christ, what the fuck did I do?
We're gonna have to re-budget everything.
Help me book some more shows,
we'll split the profits 50-50.
I was looking to cover the mortgage on my house, Sinaloa.
Then get rid of it, you don't need it.
I'm not gonna sell my house.
Then burn it down!
Yeah.
Wow,
it must be nice not to give a fuck about the future.
Only one thing we know for sure about the future.
I wish you had been there to see Wayne's last few months.
There was no blaze of glory.
Unless you count shitting into
a diaper or crying for a cigarette.
I wish I was there,
I wish it was me!
We'll figure it out.
I know.
We'll just,
we'll have to scale back on things.
Maybe I can pick up some extra shifts at work
at least 'til you find something.
What?
Oh I, I just feel like I should
be out looking for her or something.
Seriously, that's what you're thinking about right now?
You up and quit your job, a perfectly good job...
Can you please not do this now?
And I'm sitting here saying, "Hey, it's gonna be okay.
"We can work it out, let's make a plan."
And you're staring out the fucking window?
I don't get it.
We had everything going perfect
and then you had to change...
No we didn't.
What?
I'm just saying everything wasn't perfect.
Then I don't know what you want.
Where's Raúl?
He went to stay with some friends for a few days.
Because of your job?
I need you to find somewhere else to stay.
What?
Why?
Well because
my relationship with Raúl has to come first
and because things have gotten...
Do you think you'll ever rank ahead of his son?
Does anyone ever put you first?
You know when I first got here,
I didn't think I was gonna like you.
I didn't plan on that actually.
But I gave you a chance
and now we're real sisters, aren't we?
Yes.
Of course we are.
You're the only person left in this world who I share
blood with and that means something to me, it really does.
I understand that, I just think...
I would never hurt you, Merle.
I'm gonna fix things.
No Sinaloa, I don't need you to fix things.
All I need for you to do to help is just get
your things together when you have a second
and
you should take the guitar.
You need it.
Just when you have a minute, okay?
Can I help you?
Raúl left Merle this morning.
- What are you talking about? - Merle quit her job.
They got in a fight, the wedding's off as far as I can tell.
She won't be back for another half an hour.
There's more if you'll listen.
Can we go inside?
I'm fine right here.
Did you know about me?
I don't see what this
has to do with my daughter right now.
Look, I know you think I'm here
to stir shit up but I'm not.
I just need to know a couple of things and then
I'll be gone and you'll never hear from me again.
Yes, I knew about you.
And did you make Wayne
stop coming to see us when you found out?
Honey, I couldn't make Wayne change his shirt.
You see, I find that quite hard to believe.
If you found out that he had another family...
He didn't have another family,
we were his family, Merle and me and we earned that.
Let me tell you a little something about Wayne Klein.
Yes, he was a drunk, he was a drug addict.
He was a cheater, he was a liar and he
was never there for us when we needed him.
So forgive me if I don't shed a tear because
you didn't hardly know him, count it a blessing.
Okay, that's fine, he's dead but
you and me and Merle...
You and me and Merle, what?
I'm trying to give you a chance here,
so could you just be nice?
If you're done with your questions.
Why the fuck did he choose you?
Because your mama was a piece of trash
and when a man's done with trash, he throws it away.
You can't just take my car like that.
What happened?
I got in a fight.
Listen, if you need a couple more days...
I'm leaving today.
Where to?
I don't know.
Well,
I'll buy you a bus ticket if you pick a place.
Can you do me one more favor?
It's muggy today.
Do you wanna go for a swim before I drop you off?
Yeah.
Just be sure to cover up your pack, okay?
It'll be fine.
You could come with me, we make a good team.
I wish I could.
You can.
You just have to decide it's what you want.
Last chance.
You won't find me.
So you'll patch things up with Raúl,
find another job,
maybe have a kid.
Buy a bigger house someday.
Those aren't my only options.
If you say so.
What did you come here for?
Why do you think?
There's a lot of things I haven't told you.
Stuff you might not want to hear.
What would I want to know?
That he thought about you.
That you were real to him.
Did you get that?
No.
I got something much better.
You okay?
Yeah.
I'm gonna go pay.
Would you mind pumping so I can pee?
♪ Out in the hills
♪ Outside of town
♪ Two sisters live alone
♪ Their pa was a handsome
♪ Cattle man
♪ Their ma, the prettiest around
♪ "Oh sister dear, come join me here"
♪ The eldest called one day