GUESS I DON'T
GOTTA TELL YOU.
HO! YOU DON'T SIGNAL?
HEY, FUCK YOU!
WHOA WHOA WHOA.
SORRY.
MY MOM SAYS
I SHOULD COUNT 10,
BUT I NEVER REMEMBER.
WELL, HERE I AM.
- BACK.
- YEP.
SO LET ME ASK YOU
RIGHT OFF,
IS THERE ANY CHANCE
OF A MERCY FUCK?
JUST KIDDING.
- HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
- YOU WENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.
A GUT SHOT IS
EVERYTHING THEY EVER
TOLD YOU IT WAS.
AND EMOTIONALLY?
I'M HAPPY TO BE ALIVE.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN
TO YOUR UNCLE
SINCE IT HAPPENED?
NO. AND WON'T.
FINALLY GET TO SLEEP
IN MY OWN BED TONIGHT.
HAD A HOSPITAL BED
IN THE HOUSE
- LAST MONTH
AND A HALF OR SO.
- IS SLEEPING DIFFICULT?
- TYLENOL HELPS.
- WHAT ABOUT DREAMS,
NIGHT TERRORS,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
GLOOM IS YOUR BUSINESS,
AND BUSINESS IS GOOD.
YOU WERE SHOT, ANTHONY,
BY A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.
I KNOW.
AND UNLESS I KNOW
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING,
I THINK YOU AND I'LL
HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR
WITH THE TERM
"POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS"?
I GET IT, OKAY?
MY UNCLE
TRIED TO KILL ME,
FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THREE STRIKES
AND I'M OUT, RIGHT?
WHO KNOWS? MAYBE I
AM SUPPRESSING THINGS.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW,
I FEEL LIKE EACH DAY
IS A GIFT.
I TOLD MY SISTER.
AND THAT'S HOW
IT'S GONNA STAY.
FAIR ENOUGH.
IS THERE SOMETHING
ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT THEN?
LET'S PICK UP WHERE
WE LEFT OFF BEFORE
THIS ALL HAPPENED.
A.J.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THINGS HAVE GOTTEN
WORSE WITH THAT KID.
FLUNKED OUT OF COLLEGE.
HE WAITED TILL I WAS
IN A COMA.
DIDN'T YOU LEAVE
SETON HALL AFTER
A SEMESTER AND A HALF?
ALL RIGHT, FINE,
BUT WHY CAN'T HE COPY
SOME OF THE GOOD
THINGS ABOUT ME?
- DOES HE HAVE A JOB?
- BLOCKBUSTER.
FIRST STOP
ON THE SHITBIRD EXPRESS.
IN SOME WAYS,
THIS HORRIBLE SHOOTING
MAY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR HIM TO LEARN
FROM YOUR MISTAKES.
MY MISTAKES--
I GOT CAUGHT UP
IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
YOU THINK IT CAN'T HAPPEN
TO YOU, BUT IT DOES.
BUT I WAS REFERRING
TO THE BIGGER PICTURE:
THE READY ACCESS
TO GUNS,
THE USE OF VIOLENCE
TO SOLVE DISPUTES
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE
OF YOUR WORK,
YOUR UNCLE'S WORK.
I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT
TO TALK ABOUT MY UNCLE.
FINE, BUT FOR NOW
IS IT SAFE TO SAY
THAT THERE ARE WORSE
WAYS TO EARN MONEY
THAN BY STOCKING SHELVES
AT BLOCKBUSTER?
YEAH, THERE ARE.
- COME ON, YOU IN OR WHAT?
- DON'T FUCK WITH
MY CONCENTRATION.
I'VE WARNED YOU BEFORE.
WHAT IS IT?
800 MORE?
FUCK IT. FOLD.
Sil: CARDS.
OH! THERE'S THE SKIP.
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.
- YOU LOOK GREAT.
- HOW ARE YOU?
WELCOME HOME, T.
- COME HERE,
YOU MALINGERER YOU.
- EASY EASY EASY.
( laughing )
- GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK, T.
- FUCKING GREAT TO BE BACK.
- SIT, TON',
I'LL CLEAR YOUR SPOT.
- WE GOT YOU YOUR BIALY
AS SOON AS WE HEARD
YOU WERE COMING IN TODAY.
NUKE THAT JOE
SO IT'S HOT.
OH, FUCK.
THE ONIONS--
I CAN'T.
OH, SCOOP OUT
THAT BIALY.
- I GOT IT.
- SORRY.
I GOT IT, TON',
NO PROBLEM.
THERE YOU GO.
I'LL GET YOUR COFFEE,
AND YOU'RE ALL SET.
SO THE MUNICIPAL
SWIMMING POOL--
- THE BID START ON THAT YET?
- I GOT A LUNCH TOMORROW.
THAT GUY DEUTSCH
FROM THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
ANTIBIOTICS.
I HAD THAT
WITH THE SPLEEN.
STAVES OFF THE INFECTION.
SPLEEN, MY ASS.
BEAT THIS.
- OOF, MADONN'.
- FUCK THAT.
- CHECK OUT THIS BAD BOY.
- ( groaning )
I HAD THE PLASTIC SURGEON,
TASCHLIN, DO THE OUTSIDE
SUTURES.
PLEPLER,
THE HEAD TRAUMA MAN,
HE DID THE INSIDE WORK.
HE DEALT WITH THE SEPSIS.
I WAS THE FIRST GUY
AT THE HOSPITAL TO
HAVE THE V.A.C.
IT'S AN OPEN
INCISION SITUATION.
IT'S A BETTER WAY TO HEAL.
LESS PULLING ON THE OUTER
DERMIS LAYERS.
THE THING IS WITH ALL
THE ATIVAN AND THE DILAUDID
I WAS TAKING,
INTESTINAL BLOCKAGE
WAS A CONSTANT FUCKING
PROBLEM.
- SO IN THE LONG RUN--
- THERE'S YOUR COFFEE, TON'.
- YEAH.
- Dante: TON',
 WITH YOUR MEDICINE,
- YOU WANT I SET MY WATCH
SO YOU DON'T GOTTA WORRY?
- NURSE BETTY OVER HERE.
WHEN MY MOM HAD THE LUPUS,
GOD REST