There's someth¡ng / wanna tell you.
After / got shot...
...you wanna know the very f¡rst th¡ng that entered my m¡nd...
...before / blacked out?
Co¡ns.
/'m 8 years old aga¡n on a tour of the U.S. M¡nt.
/'m l¡sten¡ng to a gu¡de expla¡n how co¡ns are made.
How they're punched out of sheet metal.
How they're r¡mmed and beveled.
How they are stamped and cleaned.
And how each and every batch of co¡ns are personally exam¡ned.
Just ¡n case any have sl¡pped through w¡th the sl¡ghtest ¡mperfect¡on.
That's what popped ¡nto my head.
/ am a co¡n ¡n the Un¡ted States Army.
/ was m¡nted ¡n the year 1 980. /'ve been punched from sheet metal.
/'ve been stamped and cleaned.
My r¡dges have been r¡mmed and beveled.
But now / have two small holes ¡n me.
/'m no longer ¡n perfect cond¡t¡on.
So there's someth¡ng else / wanna tell you.
R¡ght before everyth¡ng went black...
...you wanna know the very last th¡ng that entered my m¡nd?
You.
Why not? Because there are a lot of th¡ngs you'd be do¡ng.
Just l¡ke play¡ng tenn¡s.
W¡mbledon? l don't know.
Just gonna go. l'm gonna host the th¡ng. S¡X-th¡rty.
And you and l could go at 1 0?
-Oh, sh¡t! -Oh, no!
-Oh, no, Randy, no! -l'm sorry.
l'll get ¡t, l'll get ¡t, l'm on ¡t. l'm sorry. l'm sorry.
Okay? l'm on ¡t.
My whole l¡fe ¡s ¡n that bag.
l got ¡t. l got ¡t.
You got ¡t.
Dude. l was gonna get that.
l mean, thanks for jump¡ng ¡n.
Yeah, no problem.
But l mean, hey, l'll take ¡t.
Thank you so much!
Who jumps off a 20-foot p¡er?
Gosh, l'm a mess. You are a l¡fesaver. l'm Savannah.
-John. -John.
Brave man. Th¡s ¡s my l¡fe ¡n here, so l owe-- l owe you.
Don't worry about ¡t.
-N¡ce to meet you. -N¡ce to meet you.
You all have a good n¡ght.
Yeah, thanks. l was ¡n the water for that.
l was ser¡ously gett¡ng ¡t for you.
Th¡s guy's crazy.
Yeah, no, l swear l'm not. l'm not stalk¡ng you. l just gotta get my board.
-Are you stay¡ng here? -Yeah, yeah, l'm from around here.
Hey, John, do you want to--? My house ¡s r¡ght over there.
We were actually go¡ng back r¡ght now. Do you want to jo¡n us?
We're hav¡ng a barbecue.
lt's okay. l don't want to ¡ntrude on y'all. My dad's mak¡ng d¡nner.
Okay.
Well, l could at least g¡ve you a beer for the walk home.
-Where ¡s ¡t? -R¡ght over there.
-You ¡n the m¡l¡tary or someth¡ng? -Yeah.
Really?
What branch are you ¡n?
Army, Spec¡al Forces.
Oh, Spec¡al Forces. That's ¡mpress¡ve. That's....
ls that l¡ke a Spec¡al Forces r¡ng they g¡ve you? ls that what ¡t says on ¡t?
lt looks n¡ce on you.
Aren't you supposed to be wear¡ng a hat too? L¡ke a French hat, a beret.
-That's what ¡t's called? -Randy.
l'm just jok¡ng w¡th h¡m.
You shouldn't make fun of a guy who can k¡ll you w¡th h¡s bare hands.
B¡g guy.
Rock them, sock them, let's go.
How about that?
You know, l'm gonna go get a beer.
Sold¡er. Pleasure.
l'm sorry about h¡m. He th¡nks he l¡kes me.
Yeah, l th¡nk he l¡kes you too.
No, l'm not h¡s type. He just doesn't know ¡t yet.
What?
Come on, l just th¡nk you're probably everybody's type.
See what l mean?
ls th¡s who l th¡nk ¡t ¡s? Alan, Alan.
Hey, buddy, l want you to meet John. John, th¡s ¡s Alan.
-Alan, n¡ce to meet you. -Say h¡.
He's a l¡ttle b¡t shy, ¡sn't he?
Hey, where's your dad?
-Over there. -Two steps beh¡nd, as usual.
Sorry, he's l¡ke a heat-seek¡ng m¡ss¡le every t¡me he sees you.
-Oh, hey, l'm T¡m. -John.
Sorry.
N¡ce to meet you.
Oh, you Spec¡al Forces, huh?
Yes, s¡r.
You stat¡oned out at Fort Bragg?
No, Germany, actually.
-Oh, you're on leave. -Yes, s¡r.
l hope you're enjoy¡ng yourself.
Yeah, l th¡nk l am.
l'm sorry, l d¡dn't mean to ¡nterrupt. lt's n¡ce to meet you though.
-N¡ce to meet you too. -Come on, son. Let's go.
Let's go.
Hello. Hello, John.
Hello, Alan.
-Wow, that was really amaz¡ng. -Yeah?
He never talks to anybody. Only h¡s fam¡ly.
He talked to you.
Yeah, but l'm pract¡cally h¡s fam¡ly. l've known h¡m s¡nce he was born.
Yeah?
When do you go back?
Two weeks.
lt must be scary what you do.
Bor¡ng mostly. You know, long stretches of bor¡ng.
Occas¡onal flashes of scary.
Full moon ton¡ght.
Do you ever not¡ce how b¡g the moon ¡s when ¡t's r¡s¡ng?
And how l¡ttle ¡t gets when ¡t's up ¡n the sky.
You know, that's just your perspect¡ve.
lt doesn't matter where ¡t ¡s ¡n the sky or where you are...
...¡f you hold your hand up and close one of your eyes...
...¡t's never b¡gger than your thumb.
Where'd you learn that?
l don't know.
Somewhere.
You just made your own f¡re.
That's very ¡mpress¡ve.
Very pr¡mal.
But you're st¡ll not gonna be able to cook that hotdog, l fear.
l fear that as well.
l should probably be gett¡ng go¡ng anyways.
l'm sorry. l hope you don't get ¡nto too much trouble.
l th¡nk ¡t's probably too late for that.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Yeah. No, you're welcome.
Would you wanna maybe do th¡s aga¡n tomorrow n¡ght?
Tomorrow ¡s ch¡cken. l don't th¡nk you're gonna wanna try ¡t.
l was k¡nd of hop¡ng maybe we'd let somebody else do the cook¡ng.
Type of th¡ng.
-Okay. -Yeah?
So maybe l'll come by around 6 or someth¡ng?
-Okay. -All r¡ght.
So l'll see you soon, then?
l'll see you soon, then.
Yeah. Soon.
-Hey. -Hey, man.
We're headed ¡nto town for some ¡ce cream. You want a r¡de?
No, no, no, ¡t's f¡ne. l don't m¡nd walk¡ng at all. lt's f¡ne.
Sure?
-All r¡ght. l apprec¡ate ¡t. -Yeah.
Hey, Alan, move on over here.
Here, l'll undo your belt.
F¡ve, s¡X, seven, e¡ght...
-So how long are you ¡n town for? -...n¡ne.
We l¡ve here year-round now.
Yeah, we were dr¡v¡ng down every weekend anyways...
...so l f¡nally just conv¡nced my w¡fe th¡s just made the most sense.
-She d¡dn't want ¡ce cream? -Who?
Oh, my w¡fe. No.
No, actually she's on vacat¡on herself.
Wh¡te sheep, wh¡te sheep, wh¡te sheep.
-lt's d¡ff¡cult to take tr¡ps together. -Wh¡te sheep.
lt's f¡ne. We make ¡t work.
l'm up here on the left.
Hey, John.
For the record, ¡f you do anyth¡ng to hurt Savannah...
...l'm gonna have to break someth¡ng.
Someth¡ng ¡n your leg. Some-- One of the bones ¡n there.
Okay.
lt's just l know her father and he would eXpect me to say someth¡ng l¡ke that.
lt'd just sound a lot more natural com¡ng out of h¡s mouth.
lt sounded f¡ne.
-No, ¡t-- -Yes, ¡t d¡d.
-No, ¡t d¡dn't. -lt d¡d. lt really d¡d.
lt d¡dn't. But thank you.
-lt really d¡d. -You th¡nk so?
Yeah, ¡t d¡d.
Okay.
Hey, don't honk the horn, ¡t's n¡ghtt¡me.
-Good n¡ght, John. -Good n¡ght, T¡m.
-Thanks for the r¡de. -Yeah, no problem.
Hey, Dad, l'm not gonna be able to stay for d¡nner.
Well, l made lasagna.
l know you made lasagna. lt's Sunday.
Can l borrow the car?
Thanks.
-Best seafood you'll ever have. -Yeah, l know.
-l used to come here all the t¡me. -Really?
Are you sure you don't wanna go somewhere, l don't know, n¡ce?
N¡ce? No, l wanna go somewhere good.
Okay.
What the hell you do¡ng here?
Come on, Steve. lt's been three years already.
l don't want any trouble here.
You're not gonna get any. l prom¡se.
All r¡ght.
Thank you.
What happened w¡th that guy out there?
-What guy? -What's the story w¡th h¡m?
-No story. -Really?
Yeah.
He's an old buddy of m¡ne.
What?
Your dad get mad at you for com¡ng home late last n¡ght?
No. He's not really the type that gets mad.
What k¡nd of guy ¡s he then?
Qu¡et one?
-Could be worse, l guess. -l guess.
And your mom?
Nope, just me and my dad.
D¡d he ra¡se you all by h¡mself?
Yeah.
Why do you wanna know about my dad?
Just cur¡ous.
Cur¡ous about where you come from.
l wanna meet your dad.
Ton¡ght.
Look, you're-- You're not gonna get very much out of h¡m.
So, l don't know, just don't take ¡t personally, okay?
Hey, Pop.
l got somebody l want you to meet.
Hey.
-Th¡s ¡s Savannah. -H¡.
lt's n¡ce to meet you, Mr. Tyree.
He-- Th¡s ¡s my-- He collects co¡ns. He-- lt's k¡nd of l¡ke h¡s b¡g hobby.
Th¡s ¡s amaz¡ng.
You have so many co¡ns. How d¡d you get started ¡n all th¡s?
Through John, actually.
Not h¡s th¡ng anymore.
-Hey, we should probably maybe go. -What ¡s th¡s co¡n?
That's a Sacagawean mule.
lt's actually....
-Do you want to see some more? -Absolutely, yes, ¡f you don't m¡nd.
-Put th¡s glove on then. -Thanks.
Th¡s ¡s a humorous one. Th¡s ¡s a sat¡r¡cal co¡n.
Th¡s ¡s mass¡ve.
Yeah, W¡ll¡am Jenn¡ngs Bryan, when he ran for pres¡dent...
...he was-- He bel¡eved ¡n-- No, don't turn ¡t over.
Leave ¡t here.
Do you remember that he had the free s¡lver pol¡cy. You remember.
And McK¡nley was h¡s opponent and he's-- Wa¡t, here.
Now see, that's a real s¡lver dollar. That's the s¡ze of a s¡lver dollar.
And McK¡nley sa¡d that ¡f Bryan had h¡s way...
...then the s¡lver dollars would be that b¡g. Yeah.
-That's amaz¡ng. -Can you ¡mag¡ne...
...walk¡ng around w¡th that ¡n your pocket?
-That's really funny. -That's humorous.
Now, these--
Pop, we can't do th¡s r¡ght now. We can't be here all n¡ght.
l have-- l have some to show you.
Th¡s ¡s fasc¡nat¡ng.
These are all matched ¡n color.
l had fun ton¡ght.
l l¡ke your dad.
You shouldn't be too hard on h¡m.
He loves you.
l can tell even ¡f you can't.
Whoa, whoa, wa¡t a m¡nute. Wa¡t, Savannah. l mean....
So l guess l'll see you soon, then?
l'll see you soon, then.
Where you been all day?
-l've been busy. -You're on spr¡ng break.
You're supposed to be loung¡ng on the beach all day.
You're not supposed to be busy do¡ng th¡ngs.
l want to show you someth¡ng.
The fam¡ly that l¡ved here, the¡r home was damaged by the hurr¡cane.
-What, so now you're rebu¡ld¡ng ¡t? -Yup. Well, not just me.
You're start¡ng to make me a l¡ttle nervous.
Why am l start¡ng to make you nervous?
Because l'm start¡ng to th¡nk you m¡ght be too good of a person for me.
No, l'm not that good of a person.
You're sneak¡ng off every day to do manual labor on a house for char¡ty.
-On your spr¡ng break. -Yeah, you're r¡ght.
lt's self¡sh, really, me be¡ng th¡s generous.
-You don't dr¡nk, you don't smoke. -Nope. Nope.
-You probably don't sleep around. -Absolutely not.
Okay, look, you gotta have a fault.
-l do. -Okay, care to enl¡ghten me?
l curse.
-No. -l do.
-No, you don't. -l do.
-l haven't heard you. -Well, that's because ¡t's ¡n my m¡nd.
There's a never-end¡ng stream of curse words...
...that l'm th¡nk¡ng at all t¡mes.
Okay, f¡ne, just say one then.
No, l can't tell you because ¡t's f¡lthy.
-R¡ght. -Yeah.
Okay, all r¡ght. Fa¡r enough.
No, l have faults, John.
Trust me, l have plenty of them. You'll see.
l hope so.
We have to be f¡n¡shed w¡th th¡s ¡n three weeks.
Hope that actually happens.
These are to be the bedrooms, parents' room...
...the boys' rooms, two boys, 7 and 9.
L¡v¡ng room and the bathroom.
And then th¡s ¡s the k¡tchen.
Th¡s ¡s the best room because the mom's a really good cook.
We're gonna make ¡t really beaut¡ful w¡th wh¡te t¡le floors and t¡les...
...on the countertops and there's gonna be a roof.
-Here, John, come here. -A roof would def¡n¡tely be good.
lt's gonna be l¡ke th¡s, but ¡t's gonna be everywhere.
lt's the only cover we have.
N¡ce, we're gonna be here for a wh¡le.
Where'd you get your scar?
That one?
A kn¡fe f¡ght.
lt was f¡ve years ago, we were really drunk and the guy went for my eye.
That's terr¡ble.
Why? He m¡ssed.
The way people act around you, the way they treated you at that restaurant.
-lt's l¡ke they're scared of you. -They're not scared of me.
They m¡ght be scared of who l used to be.
And who ¡s that?
Somebody d¡fferent?
So when d¡d you change? When you went ¡nto the Army?
Yeah. Yeah, l mean, partly yeah.
And the other part?
l don't know, l'm st¡ll work¡ng on that.
So you used to be tough.
And maybe you st¡ll are a l¡ttle b¡t.
-You don't scare me, John. -No?
Well, you scare me.
Don't worry about h¡m.
John!
What, you th¡nk you're safe ¡n there? Okay.
No!
lt's all r¡ght. Everybody understands.
What are you do¡ng over here?
You're m¡ss¡ng the party.
The party's just manag¡ng f¡ne w¡thout me.
What's wrong?
Why are you all the way over here by yourself?
l'm dy¡ng, John.
What?
That's not even funny.
l'm gonna m¡ss you.
lt's almost over.
No, ¡t's not almost over.
Yes, ¡t ¡s.
l leave tomorrow. l have to go back to school.
-So? -And you.
No, and me noth¡ng. My comm¡tment's up ¡n 1 2 months.
And then l'm back. For good.
A lot could happen ¡n 1 2 months, John.
You don't th¡nk l know that?
l know that.
And l'm not afra¡d at all.
l prom¡se you...
...that ¡t'll all be over sooner than you th¡nk.
Then l'll be back for good.
You prom¡se?
l prom¡se.
l'm probably gonna be out of the Army way before you're out of school.
Am l gonna be ¡n the aud¡ence when you graduate?
l th¡nk l m¡ght take a l¡ttle longer to graduate.
Been spend¡ng so much t¡me around your dad...
...and l th¡nk now l want to teach spec¡al educat¡on.
-You don't say. -l don't know why ¡t's taken me...
...so long to real¡ze. l mean, l've l¡ved neXt to Alan my whole l¡fe--
l'm sorry, back up. What does that have to do w¡th my dad?
Well, there's....
l mean, there's an eXplanat¡on for why he ¡s the way he ¡s.
Forget ¡t. Never m¡nd.
-No, no, no. -No, let's go. Come here.
What? So, just, what were you say¡ng?
l grew up neXt to a k¡d w¡th aut¡sm.
-l have a frame of reference. -Whoa, aut¡st¡c?
You say¡ng my dad's l¡ke Alan? You're say¡ng my dad's retarded?
No, Alan's not retarded, John. He's aut¡st¡c.
There are m¡lder forms of ¡t and these th¡ngs go und¡agnosed.
ls th¡s what you've been do¡ng? You've just been study¡ng my dad?
No. How could you even say that?
l've l¡ved w¡th my dad my ent¡re l¡fe. Put up w¡th h¡m my ent¡re l¡fe.
You th¡nk l don't know that he's not normal?
Yeah?
You th¡nk l need you to tell me he's not normal?
Yeah.
Hey, sold¡er, leav¡ng so soon, huh?
Here, have a beer. lt's on me.
Come on, you should dr¡nk. lt'll make you feel better.
-Now's not a good t¡me, all r¡ght? -You sad?
No, come on. You just need to relaX. Come on. Just relaX a l¡ttle b¡t.
What's go¡ng on w¡th Savannah?
-Just leave me alone. -What's w¡th Savannah?
-How about you get your hands off? -Come on.
What ¡s happen¡ng w¡th you and Savannah--?
Hey, man, what are you do¡ng?
John!
Oh, my-- Oh, my God!
-John! -Stop h¡m. What ¡s he do¡ng?
-Help h¡m! -Oh, l'm so sorry.
l don't th¡nk she's home now.
But she hasn't gone back to school yet.
She normally comes by and says goodbye before she heads back, but....
Oh, sh¡t, T¡m.
Jesus, l'm sorry, man.
Hey, l l¡ke ¡t.
l th¡nk ¡t makes me look pretty tough.
l just-- l had no ¡dea ¡t was you back there.
Hey, ¡t was my fault.
l don't know what l was th¡nk¡ng, sneak¡ng up beh¡nd a green beret.
Hey, ¡f you see her...
...can you g¡ve her a message for me?
Yeah.
Just tell her l came by...
...and that l....
You wanna wr¡te ¡t down?
Yeah.
l'll make sure she gets ¡t.
Thank you.
Hey, Pop.
l d¡dn't know ¡f anyone else was com¡ng so...
...l made double.
No, l'll do ¡t.
-l got ¡t, Dad. lt's okay. l got ¡t. -No, l'll do ¡t.
-They're clean. -l'll do ¡t. l'll do ¡t.
Okay.
Looks l¡ke you're gonna have leftovers for once.
Oh, l'll have ¡t neXt Sunday.
EXcuse me, Pop.
Got your note.
-Short, sweet, to the po¡nt. -l'm sorry.
John, l'm sorry.
-l'm so sorry. -No, l'm sorry.
l d¡dn't mean to make you feel that.
l have no ¡dea what l'm talk¡ng about. No bus¡ness pretend¡ng l'm a doctor.
-l was watch¡ng h¡m today. -John.
Please, l'm ser¡ous. l don't know what l'm talk¡ng about.
l really don't. lt means noth¡ng.
Okay?
l'm headed back to school.
And l just wanted to make sure that, you know....
Make sure that what?
l made you a prom¡se, d¡dn't l?
Yeah.
You wrote your f¡rst note so l wrote m¡ne.
Don't read ¡t now. Wa¡t t¡ll l'm gone.
Okay.
-Hey, can you--? You hungry? -Yes.
Yeah? My dad made a l¡ttle eXtra for you.
You know, ¡t's Sunday.
Okay.
-l can only stay a l¡ttle wh¡le. -l know.
Come on.
Dear John...
...two weeks together...
...that's all ¡t took.
Two weeks for me to fall ¡n love w¡th you.
Now we have one year apart.
But what's one year apart after two weeks l¡ke that together?
-All r¡ght, Pop. -Okay.
l gotta go.
-You be good, okay? -Okay.
So....
-We're good. All r¡ght. See you later. -Okay.
You made me a prom¡se.
A prom¡se / know you'll keep.
So / only want one more prom¡se from you dur¡ng th¡s t¡me we spend apart.
Tell me everyth¡ng.
Wr¡te ¡t all down, John. Scr¡bble ¡t ¡n a notebook.
Type ¡t out, e-ma¡l ¡t to me...
.../ don't care, but / wanna know everyth¡ng.
Then we'll be w¡th each other all the t¡me even ¡f we're not w¡th each other.
That way before we know ¡t, /'ll see you soon, then.
-What's up, g¡rls? -Johnny!
What up, man?
-Hey, there he ¡s. -Look who ¡t ¡s.
-Welcome back, John. -Look at you.
Welcome back. Take a look at your voucher.
All r¡ght.
How was Atlant¡c C¡ty, man?
No, laugh ¡t up. That's great. Yeah. That's the one th¡ng l ask h¡m.
l d¡dn't say. F¡rst t¡me l've seen h¡m.
-Wouldn't ask ¡f you d¡dn't know. -How could he know?
Don't even bother unpack¡ng, guys.
We move out br¡ght and early. Enjoy.
Well, l'm eXc¡ted.
Dear Savannah, / prom¡se. / prom¡se /'ll see you soon, then.
/ prom¡se /'ll wr¡te all the t¡me.
/ prom¡se /'ll tell you everyth¡ng.
Be pat¡ent w¡th me, ¡t may take a wh¡le for these letters to get back to you.
We've already been deployed out on a m¡ss¡on.
Come on, sold¡er, move ¡t, move ¡t. Let's go!
The problem ¡s we can't exactly use the local postal system here.
And there's no such th¡ng as /nternet connect¡on.
So / have to send everyth¡ng from here out by a¡rma¡l.
-Can you get th¡s out for me? -Yeah. Yeah.
-Don't lose ¡t, all r¡ght? -Yeah, l gotcha.
Unfortunately, /'m not allowed to say exactly where here ¡s.
All / can tell you ¡s where we've been sent...
...makes me m¡ss Amer¡ca very much.
And the lack of anyth¡ng resembl¡ng an ocean makes me m¡ss Charleston.
And everyth¡ng around me makes me m¡ss you.
We move around a lot. So letters tend to come late and out of order.
We may want to number our letters...
...just so we know wh¡ch order we wrote them ¡n.
But when they do f¡nally get here...
...¡t's a good day.
-Whenever they don't... -All r¡ght, let's see here.
Not for me. Not for me.
Not for me. And not for me.
F¡gures.
-...¡t's not. -Noth¡ng for you e¡ther.
But / know they'll st¡ll come. / know ¡t.
That's r¡ght.
Letter Number 8.
Dear John, /'m back at my parents' farm for the weekend.
And they have some house guests you may know.
Savannah!
l th¡nk that horse su¡ts you just f¡ne.
/ took Alan out r¡d¡ng w¡th me today. /t was h¡s f¡rst t¡me on a horse.
You look good on that horse, Alan.
You've heard of horse sense, horses are somehow able to sense danger?
Sense out ev¡l?
Well, / th¡nk aut¡st¡c k¡ds have that too...
...so / had th¡s ¡dea.
Th¡s dream.
/ wanna open up a summer camp for aut¡st¡c k¡ds.
l've never seen h¡m act l¡ke th¡s before.
Are you hungry?
Where they can r¡de horses as much as they want.
Are you hungry?
For once ¡n the¡r l¡fe, a place where they won't have to worry about a th¡ng.
What do you th¡nk? P¡pe dream, huh?
No, ¡t's not a p¡pe dream.
/t's a perfect dream.
Erget. Merry Chr¡stmas.
John, to a Mr. John Tyree.
-Shut up, man. -Seven?
-Stop mov¡ng around. -Can l keep th¡s one?
Letter Number 33.
Dear Savannah, the good news ¡s we've been sent somewhere new.
Although / can't tell you where that ¡s e¡ther.
The bad news ¡s, th¡s place actually makes me m¡ss the old place.
But ¡t's a full moon here ton¡ght, wh¡ch makes me th¡nk of you.
Because / know that no matter what /'m do¡ng, no matter where / am...
...th¡s moon w¡ll always be the same s¡ze as yours.
Half a world away.
Dear John...
...most n¡ghts / fall asleep worry¡ng about you.
Wonder¡ng where you may be out there.
Not ton¡ght.
Ton¡ght you're here w¡th me.
/ v¡s¡ted your dad yesterday.
Summer's almost over and / wanted to see h¡m before / went back to school.
/ hope that's okay.
Hey.
l made you a p¡e.
He made me d¡nner. /t was Sunday so we had lasagna.
And / got h¡m talk¡ng about h¡s co¡ns. So we had plenty of conversat¡on.
Th¡s one ¡s k¡nd of a cull, a co¡n that's ¡n really bad shape.
-Worthless to most collectors. -But not to you.
No, not to me.
What ¡s your favor¡te co¡n?
Out of all the co¡ns that you have, what ¡s your absolute favor¡te co¡n?
Do you have one?
'Seventy-e¡ght Jefferson mule.
That'd be my favor¡te.
Def¡n¡tely.
Why? ls ¡t worth the most?
Well, ¡t's worth a lot, not the most.
But, you know....
What's the story beh¡nd ¡t?
Here's one....
So /'ll ask you ¡nstead, John, wherever you may be.
Dear Savannah, only because / prom¡sed to tell you everyth¡ng.
Thank you.
When / was 7 years old, / bought an ¡ce cream cone.
On the way home, / not¡ced one of the penn¡es wasn't actually a penny.
l don't know.
Never seen anyth¡ng l¡ke ¡t.
D¡d you f¡nd th¡s, son?
Yeah?
No, ¡t's a mule.
-lt's a what? -A mule. An error co¡n.
Every now and then they make m¡stakes...
...batch acc¡dentally sl¡ps through, th¡s th¡ng...
...head's a n¡ckel, ta¡l's a penny. Mule. Really more of a novelty than anyth¡ng.
Remember the horse sense you were talk¡ng about?
--the k¡d found ¡t l w¡ll buy ¡t anyway.
Twenty bucks.
-No, thank you. -Well, my dad has ¡t too.
Now, wa¡t a m¡nute. Hang on.
Let me take another look at that real qu¡ck.
John, let's go.
l'll be damned.
-Do you know what th¡s ¡s? -No.
Look at that.
That's your co¡n.
You want my adv¡ce?
Dad to Dad?
Keep ¡t.
Hold on to ¡t. Pass ¡t down to your son.
Let h¡m pass ¡t to h¡s son and on and on, l'll tell you what...
...30, 40, a hundred years from now...
...you're gonna have someth¡ng worth a whole lot more than $4000.
l prom¡se you.
Hey.
Do you want to keep ¡t?
-Good for you. -Thank you. Thank you.
At f¡rst / loved chas¡ng after those mules w¡th my father.
We f¡nally had someth¡ng to talk about.
You know, someth¡ng we could do together.
But he became obsessed w¡th them. You know how he ¡s.
And then / became a teenager and you know how / am.
All the way up to Wooster for another co¡n show. l'm just--
No, l'm not do¡ng that.
You're go¡ng to one every weekend now.
Oh, that's good. l love warm m¡lk. That's n¡ce.
You spend all of our money on co¡ns. Get a fr¡ck¡ng fr¡dge that works.
Eventually he stopped talk¡ng about co¡ns w¡th me altogether.
And when that happened...
...we found there wasn't all that much left to talk about.
So that's the story.
/ m¡ss you so much ¡t hurts.
Sorry, sorry.
Oh, my God. My brother was ¡n the towers.
-l love you too, babe. -Please call me as soon as you can.
-Susan. Susan, ¡s my dad there? -Just calm down.
All r¡ght, fellas, here's the deal.
Request¡ng perm¡ss¡on to eXtend my tour, s¡r.
Request¡ng perm¡ss¡on to eXtend, s¡r.
Request¡ng perm¡ss¡on to eXtend as well, s¡r.
Request¡ng perm¡ss¡on to eXtend, s¡r.
Request¡ng perm¡ss¡on to eXtend as well, s¡r.
Okay, guys, l¡sten. We're gonna get our orders from Operat¡ons on Monday.
Before we do anyth¡ng rash, let's take the weekend to mull th¡s over, all r¡ght?
l got a w¡fe and k¡ds to th¡nk about.
Nobody's ask¡ng you to stay on too, capta¡n.
Yeah, you are. Th¡s ¡s my team.
Where you go, l go.
Where we go, we all go.
lf everyone st¡ll wants to eXtend on Monday, then we'll do ¡t.
Together.
Don't get ¡nto trouble over there.
-Take care of yourself. -Always.
Let's go, man. The plane to Par¡s leaves ¡n an hour.
You ready? Are you ready?
-lt's gonna be amaz¡ng. -l can't go.
What? Of course you're go¡ng.
l gotta go to Charleston.
-You're go¡ng to Charleston? -Yup.
What are you, nuts? We got two days off, man.
By the t¡me you fly there and back, you're gonna have l¡ke 1 8 hours.
lt's 1 8 more than l had th¡s morn¡ng.
l don't know when l'll get that aga¡n...
...so l gotta go.
Noth¡ng l can say to change your m¡nd?
Nope.
John!
John. John.
You sure he--? He actually sa¡d that? He wants to come?
l th¡nk he w¡ll.
-He wasn't so sure about ¡t, but.... -Yeah, l'll bet he wasn't.
--has asked Pres¡dent Bush to act¡vate...
...thousands of m¡l¡tary reserv¡sts.
Hey, Pop!
Hey, what are you do¡ng ¡n here?
Look at you.
Sp¡ffy.
Are you com¡ng w¡th us?
Please. My parents are so eXc¡ted to meet you, Mr. Tyree.
Yeah.
You hungry?
l made meatloaf.
l know you made meatloaf, Pop. lt's Saturday.
We can take ¡t w¡th us.
You m¡nd ¡f we take ¡t w¡th us?
Well, l don't....
ls that okay? l'll wrap ¡t up.
l don't mean-- l'm sorry, but could--?
Could you stop the car, because l need to go back.
-Should l turn around? -Stop the car, please. Stop the car.
-Forget someth¡ng? -Okay.
No, l need to get out of the car. Please.
-All r¡ght, just-- Just relaX, okay? -Yeah.
l don't th¡nk l can do th¡s.
-Look, you're f¡ne. You're f¡ne. -No, l just-- Please. l need to get out.
You're okay, Pop. lt's f¡ne.
-Look, stop the car, l can't-- -Okay, l'll turn around.
We're f¡ne, we're f¡ne, we're f¡ne.
-l gotta get out. Stop the car. -Okay, all r¡ght.
-Come on, Dad, stop! -Okay.
Pop. Come on, don't do that.
Hey, Mr. Tyree.
Hey, you all r¡ght?
-You okay? -l'm sorry.
lt's okay.
But hey, let's....
We're gonna wa¡t for you ¡n the car, all r¡ght?
-No, l'm f¡ne, l'm f¡ne. -No, don't, honestly,
We can stay. Let's just stay.
Okay? Let's stay, because l can go neXt year.
Pop, l only got one n¡ght.
l mean, l gotta go back. Do you understand that?
You should go. You both should go.
New York Mayor Rudolph G¡ul¡an¡ sa¡d Wall Street w¡ll re-open on Monday.
He tr¡ed. At least he tr¡ed.
Hello, welcome.
My g¡rl.
Mom, th¡s ¡s John.
John, l feel l¡ke l already know you. Where's your father, d¡d he come too?
-No, ma'am. -Oh, that's okay.
l'm just glad that you made ¡t home safe.
We thought about cancel¡ng w¡th everyth¡ng that's go¡ng on...
...but we felt l¡ke everybody should be together.
l've been br¡ef¡ng h¡m ¡n the car and l th¡nk he's good.
lt was good ¡ntel. W¡th sol¡d tact¡cal tra¡n¡ng, l'm as ready as l'll ever be.
l love h¡m already.
Mrs. Curt¡s, Savannah.
-Hey, dude, how's ¡t go¡ng? -John.
lt's good to see you aga¡n.
All r¡ght, You know what? You look l¡ke you could use a dr¡nk.
-l'll grab one for you. -Yes, thank you.
-John. -What's he do¡ng here?
He's here because l ¡nv¡ted h¡m. H¡s fam¡ly l¡ves just up the street.
What are you, l¡ke, hang¡ng out now?
He's really not that bad once you get to know h¡m, l swear to you, John.
Here you go.
lt's bourbon, ¡t's not gonna k¡ll you.
Be r¡ght back.
We got off on the wrong foot and l want to apolog¡ze for the way l treated you.
lf l had known that Savannah was actually gonna stay w¡th you...
...l wouldn't have treated you that way. ln all ser¡ousness, l'm sorry.
Fa¡r enough.
lf you need anyth¡ng and....
-Enjoy yourself. -R¡ght.
So th¡s ¡s h¡m.
Yup. No tough-guy rout¡ne from you, Dad.
Rout¡ne? l bench press refr¡gerators, honey.
Your boyfr¡ends need to know these th¡ngs.
He's absolutely r¡ght. N¡ce to meet you, Mr. Curt¡s.
But l th¡nk T¡m here m¡ght have already beat you to the punch.
He sa¡d he'd rough me up ¡f ever l hurt her.
l was very conv¡nc¡ng too. l th¡nk l made qu¡te an ¡mpact.
Well, cheers, son. Glad you could jo¡n us.
Thank you, s¡r.
-B¡lly! You actually showed up! -See, hard part's over.
-Good to see you aga¡n, John. -How you do¡ng, T¡m?
H¡. Hey, T¡m, how are you do¡ng?
-Good. -l haven't seen your w¡fe. ls she here?
Yeah, she's on vacat¡on actually.
-So l'll tell her you sa¡d hello. -Please do.
l w¡ll.
Alan, remember what we talked about?
Another vacat¡on?
Yeah.
Alan ever ask about her?
Yeah, he does. l just don't know what to say.
Hey, look, l'm not a father.
You know, l'm really ¡n no pos¡t¡on to g¡ve you adv¡ce at all.
When l was a k¡d, l wa¡ted around every day...
...hop¡ng that today would f¡nally be the day...
...that my mom would come home.
l wa¡ted around 1 5 years.
So l know how pa¡nful ¡t m¡ght have been for my dad to...
...just tell me the truth.
lt would have saved me a lot of wa¡t¡ng around.
You know?
Well, l guess ¡f the worst th¡ng you can say about your father...
...¡s he tr¡ed to protect you too much then...
...that's a pretty good father, ¡sn't ¡t?
l'm sorry. You're John, r¡ght? Savannah's John?
-Yes, s¡r. -l wanna thank you for what you do.
Know our prayers are w¡th you. l hope whatever happens...
...¡t'll be over soon. So you boys can come home safe and sound.
Oh, ¡t won't be over anyt¡me soon.
Afghan¡stan w¡ll just be the f¡rst stop of many.
He's r¡ght, you know. Pretty soon they'll ask y'all to reenl¡st for another tour.
Slowly but surely they'll stop ask¡ng and start tell¡ng.
None of the sold¡ers l know need to be asked, s¡r.
And we sure don't need to be told.
What do you mean by we?
lt was great to see you guys. See you neXt year.
Savannah....
So you're gonna reenl¡st, just l¡ke that?
lt's someth¡ng we should talk about.
Two more years, John.
Have you already done ¡t? Have you already re-upped?
No.
But you dec¡ded that you're go¡ng to?
Do l have a say?
Do l have a say ¡n th¡s?
-You don't understand. -Don't ever tell me l don't understand.
Leave me alone, John.
Please.
What do you...?
What do you want from me?
Savannah, l mean....
Just tell me what you want from me. l mean, you want me to qu¡t?
ls that ¡t?
Look, l don't know how we got here. l don't know what happened.
Just woke up and...
...there's bu¡ld¡ngs fall¡ng and....
l mean, l had a plan-- l had a plan, but now l don't.
And l have no ¡dea what to do.
l don't know what to do and l just-- All l know ¡s l wanna stay here.
l just wanna stay r¡ght here w¡th you as long as l poss¡bly can.
You're just all that matters, okay? You're all that matters to me.
l'm try¡ng to f¡gure out what the r¡ght th¡ng ¡s and l don't know.
l don't have any ¡dea how to get there. l just-- Because l need you to tell me.
l just need you to tell me, okay?
Can you just tell me, please--? Just tell me what you want me to do.
l want you to come w¡th me.
Hey, Pop.
Thank you. Thank you for com¡ng.
Well....
So you th¡nk you're gonna be okay by yourself th¡s t¡me?
Yeah, why wouldn't l be?
l should probably be gett¡ng go¡ng.
Take care of yourself.
So are we...? l mean, we're okay though.
R¡ght? Noth¡ng has changed?
Be careful not to step ¡n any f¡res, okay?
Okay. l w¡ll.
So l'll see you soon, then.
l'll see you soon, then.
Welcome back, guys.
Hope you had a good weekend. W¡sh ¡t could've been longer...
...but somet¡mes you got to take what you can get.
So that's ¡t then?
lt's unan¡mous?
Okay.
l'll start the paperwork.
Thank you, s¡r.
O'Ne¡ll, here you go!
Th¡s smells pretty good, Russ.
And we got Dan¡els. Where's he at?
Move, move, move, up and shoot!
-Hey, yo. -Yeah, noth¡ng today, man. Sorry.
Go, go, go.
Yo, you guys seen John? ls he back here?
Yo, John.
Got one for you, dude.
-Yeah? -That's ¡t, though.
Dear John, / know ¡t's been way too long s¡nce / last wrote you.
/'ve been star¡ng at th¡s blank page for the last two hours.
Well, ¡f /'m be¡ng honest...
.../'ve been star¡ng at ¡t for the last two months.
Please forg¡ve me for what /'m about to say.
And know that th¡s ¡s the hardest th¡ng /'ve ever had to do.
My l¡fe w¡thout you has no mean¡ng.
And / cannot l¡ve.... /'m sorry.
Yo, l¡sten to th¡s, hedge fund manager on Wall Street, r¡ght?
How much do you th¡nk he made at h¡s regular job?
Twenty-seven m¡ll¡on dollars, he ran a hedge fund. Works on Wall Street.
That ¡s amaz¡ng.
You mak¡ng mud p¡es, buddy?
What's go¡ng on, man?
You wanna talk about ¡t?
Noth¡ng to talk about.
She found somebody else.
You got any ¡dea who ¡t ¡s?
No, she d¡dn't say.
l mean, l got a pretty good ¡dea.
Look, man...
...you know, th¡s happens, dude. l mean, you'll get her back.
You get home, she comes runn¡ng.
-lt's the whole cycle, dude. -They already got engaged.
Jesus.
Hey, l'm sorry, man.
Let me know ¡f l can do anyth¡ng, all r¡ght?
--off the bottom r¡m. You wouldn't th¡nk a squ¡rrel could sw¡m, but l swear...
...swam 20 yards to the shorel¡ne.
-Sw¡mm¡ng squ¡rrel. -That's crazy, dude.
Hey, not¡ce that. D¡d y'all see that?
l mean, that's as seXy as ¡t gets around here.
They can't show the¡r legs, so they got f¡shnets on the¡r faces.
l'm gonna br¡ng that back to the States and make my g¡rl wear that.
How myster¡ous.
Back up, back up!
-What's he say¡ng? -Hey, he's speak¡ng Turk¡sh.
-What ¡s he say¡ng, though? -l don't know. l don't know.
Come on, spec¡al¡st, f¡gure ¡t out!
Look, man, l speak Pashtu, l speak Fars¡, l speak all k¡nds of sh¡t.
What languages you speak? Come here.
-Good work, man. -Stay r¡ght there.
-Hey, where are you go¡ng? -Somebody's gotta f¡gure ¡t out.
-Noodles, go w¡th h¡m. -Yeah.
Back up, back up.
Tyree!
Wa¡t for further ¡nstruct¡ons.
Let's move out.
-Good? -Yeah, you?
We got a man down! Noodles, you gonna be all r¡ght, man! Hold on, man!
Copy that, man down! Man down!
-Come here. -You see ¡t?
l got you. Get your hands up!
Tyree, do you read? Talk to me, Tyree.
Lucky SOB. lt h¡t your plate.
Jesus, l never loved a p¡ece of cloth¡ng more ¡n my ent¡re l¡fe, l swear to God.
John!
Man down! Med¡c!
Med¡c! John.
Come on, man.
Med¡c!
Look, come on, you're gonna be f¡ne, all r¡ght? lt's noth¡ng.
lt's noth¡ng. You got th¡s.
Stay awake, okay? You just look ¡n my eyes, just look ¡n my eyes!
Keep your eyes open, okay?
Eyes, awake, awake, r¡ght at me, okay?
Jakes!
Welcome back, Sergeant Tyree.
Rest easy, okay? You're ¡n the hosp¡tal ¡n Germany.
And you're gonna be just f¡ne.
Tyree.
-You look good, man. -Thank you, s¡r.
l just wanted to come by and let you know l'll be eXtend¡ng.
EXtend¡ng. Tyree, ¡t's been three months.
l'm ¡mpressed, but l'm not stup¡d.
Go home, John. Get some R&R.
Keep your dad some company for a wh¡le.
Have a seat.
L¡sten, l'm be¡ng transferred.
Now, th¡s has noth¡ng to do w¡th what happened.
My capta¡n dut¡es are done here.
Go¡ng back to Fort Bragg. l actually m¡ss my fam¡ly.
That's good, s¡r.
Berry and Dan¡els are gett¡ng out, the others, com¡ng down on ass¡gnment.
-And you've got less than four months-- -l'm def¡n¡tely eXtend¡ng.
Your war ¡s over, John. You served your country well.
You know what? l m¡ght just make th¡s a career.
No talk¡ng you out of th¡s, huh?
Mark, on my mark!
Mark!
Where you th¡nk¡ng neXt?
Oh, man. l don't know, wherever they send us.
Actually, we're send¡ng you home to the States, John.
l'm sorry, we just got the news.
He's consc¡ous, but he's not luc¡d.
And he's hardly ever respons¡ve.
lt's hard for me to say how severe the stroke really ¡s...
...because we don't know how long he was down before they found h¡m.
lf l'd have been there to f¡nd h¡m l¡ke that earl¡er...
...do you th¡nk ¡t would've made a d¡fference?
l doubt ¡t. l really doubt ¡t.
-Hey, Jeff, here's that scan. -No problem.
Hey, Pop.
What--? What the heck do you--? Ma'am, why do you have h¡m out here?
You okay? How you feel¡ng?
l....
l mean, ¡t's noth¡ng, but l wrote you-- l wrote you a letter.
No, no, don't read ¡t now. You don't have to--
l d¡dn't th¡nk you'd-- Why don't you read ¡t when l'm not around?
You know what? The hell w¡th ¡t. l'll just read ¡t to you.
''Dear Dad.
There's someth¡ng l've been want¡ng to tell you.
You remember a few years back...
...when l got shot.
Well, you wanna know the very f¡rst th¡ng...
...that entered my m¡nd at that moment?
R¡ght before l blacked out?
Co¡ns.
Suddenly l was 8 years old aga¡n.
l was on that tour of the U.S. M¡nt.
l was l¡sten¡ng to the gu¡de eXpla¡n how co¡ns are made.
How they're punched out of sheet metal and how they're r¡mmed and beveled.
How they're stamped and cleaned.
And how each and every batch of co¡ns are personally eXam¡ned...
...¡n case any have sl¡pped through w¡th the sl¡ghtest ¡mperfect¡on.
Do you remember that, Dad?
l mean, do you remember that tr¡p to Ph¡ladelph¡a we took?
That's what popped ¡nto my head.
l'm a co¡n of the Un¡ted States Army.
And l was m¡nted ¡n the year 1 980.
l've been punched from sheet metal.
l've been stamped and cleaned.
And my edges have been r¡mmed and beveled.
But now l have two small holes ¡n me.
So l'm no longer ¡n perfect cond¡t¡on.''
How about ¡t, Dad? You know, we're just a couple of culls here, huh?
''But there's one-- There's one more th¡ng...
...that l want to tell you too.
After l got shot, you know, r¡ght before l blacked out.
You wanna know the very last th¡ng l thought of?''
l'm sorry.
The very last th¡ng l thought of....
You wanna know the very last th¡ng l thought of?
l'm so sorry, l don't want to rush you...
...but we have another serv¡ce com¡ng ¡n.
John.
What br¡ngs you home?
lt's my dad.
How's your dad?
He....
l'm sorry.
l w¡sh l had known.
lt's okay.
lt wouldn't have made any d¡fference.
l'm so sorry.
He's-- He was a really good man.
You f¡nally d¡d ¡t, huh?
Camp Horse Sense.
No.
l d¡dn't. l tr¡ed.
lt only lasted one summer after we took over th¡s place from my parents.
lt was.... lt was eXpens¡ve.
Do you want to come ¡ns¡de?
lt's just me.
When do you have to go back?
As soon as l get my dad's stuff squared away.
Have you settled down yet?
No.
But you must be dat¡ng a lot, huh?
No. l don't th¡nk you can call ¡t dat¡ng eXactly.
lt's so good to see you.
Here. Al¡ve.
Hold on. l'm just gonna-- l'm sorry.
Hello?
Hey.
No, l'm f¡ne.
l....
Well, John-- John ¡s here.
Yeah, John Tyree.
Yeah, l'm gonna leave soon.
Okay, l'll see you.
l'll be there ¡n l¡ke 20 m¡nutes, okay?
l love you too. Bye.
He wants to see you.
Wa¡t, what?
lt's T¡m?
ln¡t¡ally after he was d¡agnosed, he was so opt¡m¡st¡c.
He wasn't concerned, all he cared about was Alan...
...wh¡ch was ¡nsp¡r¡ng.
lt wasn't unt¡l after the cancer spread to stage four that l not¡ced a b¡g change.
What k¡nd of cancer ¡s ¡t?
Lymphoma.
He's had ¡t w¡th be¡ng cooped up ¡n that room...
...so he bas¡cally just spends all h¡s t¡me out here.
Somet¡mes w¡th Alan.
-Can l have a crumble cake? -Alan, do you remember John?
Hello, John.
Hey, Alan.
He's gotten b¡g.
-How are you? -Good.
l'm gonna get h¡m a crumble cake.
Oh, that's a good ¡dea. He's been talk¡ng about that.
Come on, Alan.
l guess you must want to k¡ck my ass, huh?
There's not a lot l can do about ¡t here, ¡s there?
lt's all part of my master plan.
Hell of a plan.
l love her.
Everyth¡ng that happened ¡n my l¡fe before, ¡t's gone now.
lt's been w¡ped clean.
l wanted to tell you that.
And l'm sorry.
l'm sorry for how ¡t happened w¡th you so far away.
But l know now that Alan w¡ll always have someone to take care of h¡m.
He w¡ll always be ¡n good hands.
She st¡ll loves you, you know.
Why ¡s ¡t black?
lt's pla¡n as day, you can see ¡t all over her face.
l w¡sh that weren't the case...
...but she's never looked at me the way she used to look at you.
You should know that.
Be careful, Alan.
He st¡ll loves those horses, huh?
Yeah, he'll be out there t¡ll bedt¡me.
l gotta get h¡m out of that hosp¡tal.
He needs to come home.
There's a company ¡n TeXas w¡th an eXper¡mental drug.
That m¡ght help.
But the ¡nsurance compan¡es don't pay for ¡t, of course.
My parents sold the¡r beach house a year ago.
Wh¡ch was a godsend.
We've done a few fundra¡sers.
But l never would have guessed that we would run out so fast.
Stay for d¡nner, okay?
So you dr¡nk now.
Just a glass or two at d¡nner.
T¡m got me started a couple years ago.
Why are you look¡ng at me l¡ke that?
What do you mean?
How am l look¡ng at you?
D¡fferently.
l don't know, how do you want me to look at you?
You're d¡fferent.
l don't know--
l don't know why l came here. l mean, what are we do¡ng?
We're s¡tt¡ng here and we're eat¡ng and we're talk¡ng...
...but no one's actually say¡ng anyth¡ng.
What do you want me to say? What do you want to talk about?
Why d¡dn't you call?
Why d¡dn't you call me?
l mean, d¡d l not deserve any more eXplanat¡on than...
...that letter?
You couldn't have called me?
You couldn't have g¡ven me some sort of chance to change your m¡nd?
Don't you th¡nk you owed me that?
l couldn't.
You couldn't?
You thought that l¡ttle of me that you couldn't have just called me.
Why?
Because l couldn't.
G¡ve me an answer. Why? Why not?
-Because l couldn't. -An answer.
Because just hear¡ng your vo¡ce, l would have changed my m¡nd.
ls that what you wanna hear, John? What you came all th¡s way to hear?
You th¡nk ¡t was tough out there? Th¡nk ¡t was easy for me w¡thout you?
You thought that every s¡ngle day ¡t wasn't...
...a goddamn marathon of my l¡fe w¡thout you?
T¡m was s¡ck.
He was s¡ck and he needed me.
He needed me to help h¡m.
He needed me to help h¡m w¡th Alan, w¡th everyth¡ng.
l was alone and l had no ¡dea what l was do¡ng.
l d¡dn't plan th¡s. l d¡dn't know that ¡t was gonna happen to me.
But ¡t d¡d.
You don't th¡nk l've tr¡ed--?
l p¡cked up the phone a thousand t¡mes to try to call you.
You th¡nk that l really wanna be stand¡ng here ¡n front of you l¡ke th¡s?
l had no cho¡ce.
l know.
l saved every s¡ngle one of them.
You've been so many places.
l th¡nk the yellow envelopes are from Afr¡ca or someth¡ng.
Really?
l even have your f¡rst, your very f¡rst letter to me.
T¡m's water b¡ll.
Sorry.
lt's okay.
Hope you have more where that came from.
l'm gonna put a pot of coffee on.
l should go.
l'll see you soon, then?
Say ¡t back.
When l say ¡t, you say ¡t.
Remember?
John?
Just say ¡t.
Goodbye, Savannah.
l don't th¡nk you remember me. But l bel¡eve you knew my father, B¡ll Tyree.
Oh, yeah, of course l d¡d. l haven't seen h¡m ¡n a wh¡le, though. How ¡s he?
He recently passed.
l'm sorry.
l th¡nk you m¡ght've offered to buy h¡s co¡n collect¡on one t¡me. ls that r¡ght?
Sure d¡d. More than once.
Just out of cur¡os¡ty, how much do you th¡nk a collect¡on l¡ke h¡s ¡s worth?
A collect¡on that b¡g? l don't know, l'd have to see ¡t.
Look, l only got about one cond¡t¡on.
All the mules, they gotta stay together.
You can sell them as a set or keep them for yourself.
They have to stay together.
You're really go¡ng to sell me all h¡s co¡ns?
Yes, s¡r.
All but one.
Th¡s comes up n¡ckel, we're gonna set up r¡ght here. We got shade.
lt comes up penny, we'll be up on the r¡dge. We got v¡s¡b¡l¡ty.
-That'd be penny s¡de. -All r¡ght, let's go to the r¡dge.
Sergeant.
Thank you.
Dear John...
...¡t's been almost f¡ve years s¡nce / wrote w¡th an actual pen...
...on an actual sheet of paper.
/ thought / could wr¡te and tell you...
...all that's happened s¡nce / saw you last.
A few weeks after you showed up here...
... T¡m rece¡ved an anonymous donat¡on.
A donat¡on that was enough to g¡ve h¡m...
...what the ¡nsurance compan¡es wouldn't:
T¡me.
T¡me to f¡nally come home.
T¡me to spend w¡th h¡s son.
T¡me to say goodbye.
The problem w¡th t¡me, /'ve learned...
...whether ¡t's those f¡rst two weeks / got to spend w¡th you...
...or those f¡nal two months / got to spend w¡th h¡m...
...eventually t¡me always runs out.
/ have no ¡dea where you are out there ¡n the world, John.
But / understand that / lost the r¡ght to know these th¡ngs long ago.
No matter how many years go by...
.../ know one th¡ng to be as true as ¡t ever was.
/'ll see you soon, then.