When did you last water my roses?
Dad expects them to be disciplined enough to water themselves.
No. It's not that I expect them to water themselves.
It's that they'll have the wherewithal to tough out not being watered.
You been packing other people's clothes?
I suspect it's full of dirty laundry.
Might be.
Thought they taught you discipline in boot camp, private blane.
They taught me to delegate. Oh. [ chuckles ]
- Roses. - Yes, they are.
Welcome home, my baby. My baby. [ chuckles ]
- You know what I think? - I think my arms are gonna pop off at the shoulders...
If you don't stop nattering and open the door.
[ Mouths words ]
Surprise! [ cheering ]
[ Man ] all right, betsy. [ chattering, indistinct ]
Sweetie.
- ♪ [ Light rock ] - [ chattering ]
Hold on to that. May I have your attention, please?
♪ [ Fades ]
[ Sighs ]
To our daughter, who stuck it out,
Who toughed it out, who kicked some serious ass...
[ man ♫1 ] that's right. [ man ♫2 ] sure did.
Today graduated from boot camp as private elizabeth blane.
- Cheers, baby. - [ various people ] cheers.
Well, I got something else too.
What's this?
Hmm. Imagine that.
You know what I'm holding?
Something that comes as no surprise to me.
Honor graduate. Promoted to private first class,
Recommended for officer candidate school!
[ Hooting, cheering ]
My little baby, yeah!
No. Hey, I'll get that.
You take the poll. You sure?
About the ice or the poll?
It's official. [ mock gasps ] you're pregnant!
We're in the official name-picking section of our journey.
[ Ice clattering ] I'll take some.
Coming right up.
- American soldier here! - [ gunshot ]
[ Sighs ]
Bob?
Bob, one question.
Do you dream, bob?
[ Sighs ] you're not here. Go away.
If I'm not here, I can't go away.
So, I'm here.
The fact is, I'll always be here.
[ Kim ] baby, people are waiting for the ice.
We bought too much. Can you set that in the fridge for me?
Okay, so nobody likes the name oliver or olivia for the baby's name.
Ice.
[ Jonas ] town plaza.
Surrounded on three sides by multistory residential and business buildings.
- We can expect a lot of civilian movement, I take it. - You take it correctly.
Up to and possibly including the minute of the event.
You're sure the premier will make an appearance?
Bad intel makes for dead soldiers. This is the day.
This is the one day of the year that he must appear before the people.
And it must be here.
Celebrates... what is it? Their liberation from the turks in 18-0-something?
Yeah, well, they call it victory day.
But it makes no difference who or why.
The important thing is that he will be there on Thursday afternoon, 1700 hours.
But he'll be in a crowd. That's exactly right.
And that's where carlito's special round comes in.
It also makes the angle of the shot critical.
Now, normally, we'd be high, engaged in plunging fire.
[ Mack ] high is where countersnipers and surveillance will look.
And that's why we will be where they don't look.
So we'll need to be positioned around the plaza on different sides.
For maximum coverage, we're gonna have to be scattered.
That violates a sniper principle. Yes.
But if you are aware of the principle and you violate it knowingly, it's not a violation.
It's called good tactics.
So where do we set up?
Mack, you're gonna be here on the second level of this building.
Carlito, you'll be in this building here.
Hey, don't shoot me, bro.
I'll try not to. [ jonas ] bob and I will be here.
- I thought we were all gonna be separated. - You're the shooter, not me.
I can best influence and coordinate the action from this point.
Carlito, let's take those buck rogers rounds to the range...
And see what they can do.
[ Scoffs ] I told you we're good to go, top. What? You don't trust me?
The big communicator said, "trust, but verify."
Gonna join us, bob?
Bob?
Yeah, top. I'm coming.
[ Man ] weapons down! Check your target!
Just like the other ones. All less than half minute of angle.
What I tell you? Even old mack here couldn't screw that up.
And he tried. [ chuckles ]
Well, that meets the first test.
Will the rounds stay in the body without going through and hitting someone else?
[ Grey ] guaranteed. And you're so sure why?
Matter of physics. I'll make it simple for you.
I know they didn't cover that in your g.E.D. Course. Thank you. I appreciate that.
[ Grey laughs ] what I did here...
I filled the central cavity of the bullet half full with mercury.
So when the round is fired, the mercury sets to the rear of the bullet.
Then on impact, it slams to the front...
Where it meets the nose of the bullet as it comes crashing to the rear.
[ Bob ] all that energy, like, a ton and a half, gets dumped in the target on impact.
Yeah. [ jonas ] well, time to see.
Mack can get the first shot.
This is a normal issue round. Should give you through and through penetration.
The jug on the left if you please.
[ Chamber clicks ]
Target killed. Bullet went all the way through the backstop.
What did you expect from ball ammo?
[ Jonas ] well, let's see if carlito's special load performs.
- Or is he just blowing smoke? - [ scoffs ]
Just don't miss. You're breathing on me. Get outta here.
[ Scoffs ]
[ Bob ] red.
Green. [ gun fires ]
[ Jonas ] bob.
Bob!
While we're still young, bob.
[ Jonas ] bullet stayed in. No undue penetration.
[ Chuckles ] what'd I tell you?
We can pluck a man out of a crowd with that bullet.
And have confidence it'll get only its intended target.
You did good, carlito.
And blow its head off. What was that?
Do the same thing to a man, it'll blow his head right off. Remember this.
The target is only a stand-in for a living man.
It's not about the shooting. It's about the killing.
Yeah. [ sighs ]
It's about the killing.
[ Man ] ♪ give me your secrets bring me a sign ♪
♪ give me a reason to walk the fire ♪
♪ see another dawn
♪ through a daughter's eyes
♪ you give me a reason to walk the fire ♪
[ laughs ]
[ Molly ] you do k.P. When you were in basic? Sure did.
You let the other soldiers do the work while you sit on your butt making chitchat?
[ Object clatters ] oh.
- No idea you still had this. - Carry it with me all the time.
- Bets, what's your rabbit's foot? - Cameo.
Grandpa gave it to ma day she graduated high school.
Oh, it's beautiful.
Old thing from a drawer of costume jewelry betsy played in.
Grandpa gave it to mom for courage. She was nervous because she was...
I'm sure these tired women don't want to hear about that.
Oh, are you kidding?
She was valedictorian and had to give a speech. [ chuckles ]
She and grandpa got awards.
Grandpa tyrone was the first black principal at the school...
And got an award for academic achievement.
Oh, so it is the family rabbit's foot.
Mom gave it to me before my first spring dance.
Let's forget about the past.
Let's talk about this young lady's future.
In two days, you're off to o.C.S.
Didn't bring mama good luck.
Her daddy died that same night of a heart attack.
[ Annie ] oh, molly, I'm sorry.
Not something you advertise.
Do you have any pictures from your graduation? I'd love to see.
Mama was so upset, she never picked up my graduation pictures.
Grandma put away everything that reminded her of grandpa...
Mom, her sister.
Did you tell your mother you'd like to see your father's things?
It's been a long time now. That's a closed door.
[ Annie ] so how about you? Did it bring you luck?
The dance?
Gordon mcgee asked me to the spring fling.
The next day, he comes down with the measles.
Twenty-one days later, I'm sick as a junkyard hound.
So why do you still carry it?
History. Gotta remember where you come from, good or bad.
I don't want to shoot you.
But I will, you don't put that down.
[ sniffles ] all right. All right.
[ Sniffling ]
[ Fires twice ]
[ Kim ] running late. Gotta see tiffy and annie about a thing...
And get over to the station for my show.
I need to talk a second. Oh, okay.
We'll talk when you get back. You leave this evening, right?
Yeah, I am. But, uh... kids are at day care.
Molly's gonna pick 'em up. So you just relax until it's time to go.
Oh, can you take care of the dishes?
The dishes. Of course. I'll get the dishes for you. Bye, babe.
Mm-hmm. Love you all day.
And twice at night.
Bye. [ door closes ]
[ man ] the concept of just war.
Bob, why don't you instead ask me the meaning of life? That's probably an easier question.
What is the meaning of life?
The meaning of life is not known to us.
Chaplain, what I want... [ sighs ]
The taking of life, when is it justified?
You mean you, bob? When are you justified in taking a life?
Yes, that's exactly what I mean. When is it right?
The bible says, "thou shalt not kill."
I used to be here, on the teams, you know, back in the '90s...
Before I got out and went to the seminary.
Yeah, I'd heard that rumor. It's true.
Well, look. The bible says, "thou shalt not kill."
No, it says, "thou shalt not murder."
Is that a small point?
- I would... - it says, "thou shalt not murder."
Okay? The two words in hebrew are quite distinct.
And so the use is quite intentional.
Murder is the unnecessary and immoral taking of life.
Well, is the taking of life ever necessary? You know that it is.
Would you ever kill an intruder who came into your home...
In the middle of the night to harm your family?
Would you?
Some say that the taking of life is never justified.
Those people, soldier, employ others to protect them...
So that they will never have to face that choice.
Do you hear me?
[ Sighs ] yeah, I hear you.
- Do you understand? - I understand.
But? [ chuckling ]
"But." that's right.
Okay, let me tell you this one thing. Oh, I know.
God loves me. Yes, god loves you.
Hey, and I know you're hurting. But I'd like you to leave with this.
When there is no more information, it's time to make a decision.
Mm-hmm.
We all have our limits. Maybe you've had enough.
God bless you.
Oklahoma board of education.
Creek county school district, oklahoma hall of records, city hall...
[ tiffy ] and? [ kim ] nothing.
No class roster for depew high, graduating class of 1980.
Maybe we got the wrong year. No.
Checked five years back, a couple of years forward.
No class rosters. No archives of graduation photos. School closed in 1982.
The lady at the chamber of commerce told me all the records got lost in transit somehow.
Well, then that's that.
There's gotta be someone in depew knows how I can get a picture of that class.
I want to give it to molly and betsy before betsy leaves.
[ Annie ] betsy's orders'll come in on Monday.
That just gives us two days.
- Well, there's just not enough time. - I got an idea.
I have a feeling I'm not gonna like this.
The man at the board of education said depew's such a small town,
One man did all the graduation photos for the schools.
Call him up. Can't.
Ephraim watson's in his 80s, lives with his daughter, ruth. They're poor.
No e-mail, no... No way.
- Think of it as a fun road trip. - Oh, you were in on this too?
Think of it as a no. Lookit.
It had to be so hard on molly.
Her dad dies the day of her graduation.
Now her daughter's gonna finish o.C.S., deploy to god knows where.
Having a piece of your history can be a real comfort.
I want this picture. [ sighs ] kim, I can't do this.
- I've got the kids. - I arranged for haley to sit the night you'll be gone.
I cannot afford to lose my tips.
I got you the night off and two shifts to make up for it.
Well, thank you very much.
My car is... [ annie ] we're taking mine.
- Oh, we're taking... - which one do I get to be? Thelma or louise?
Yeah! [ laughs ]
[ Annie ] depew, here we come!
Lady back at the restaurant said depew's six miles ahead as the crow flies.
You see a crow? 'Cause all I see is kim brown's neck between my hands and me squeezing.
[ laughs ] oh, pretty country. If you're a possum.
What did they say the photographer's name was again? Ephraim watson.
It can't be hard to find. No?
We have no phone number, no address. Just that he lives at the south end of town.
The town's the size of my hand. Great.
You give me his height and weight,
I'll buy a tape measure, and we'll stop every little old man around depew.
Oh, my god. You are just determined to have a bad time, aren't you?
- Absolutely. - [ laughs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Tapping ]
He doesn't talk?
[ Woman ] not since '99.
But he kept the photos of when he worked, right?
Now why would he do that?
Uh, files, someone wanting reprints?
He might've.
Did your father do all the school graduations in depew?
You can talk to him. He can hear.
- He just won't answer. But do him the courtesy. - Yeah, I'm sorry.
Mr. Watson, did you take the pictures of the 1980 high school graduation at depew?
No. No, he did not.
Mr. Watson, do you know where any of the photos of the graduation might be?
Anyone who graduated that year might still have them? Might still live around here?
Weren't any graduation photos that year.
Why? And if that's so, how come you remember so clearly?
My daddy would make 55 dollars he took pictures of a graduating class.
My mother, her budget for food each month was 50 dollars.
He'd come from a job and we'd all joke, "daddy brought dinner."
Summer of '80, daddy didn't bring home dinner.
[ Annie ] but he was hired to. He was.
But the principal gets shot dead right near the end of the ceremony,
Nobody wants pictures of the class.
Report.
- All quiet on the western front. - [ jonas ] roger that.
[ Grey ] only thing deadly around here is the boredom.
[ Jonas ] then motivate yourself.
What the hell are you doing?
[ Sighs ] maybe no one saw.
[ Mack ] hey, I saw movement. If I saw it, somebody else did. You're burned. You gotta move.
Roger that. Going to the alternate position.
I don't know what I was thinking, jona.
What the hell kind of rookie-ass stunt was that?
Blow a mission that's been months in the making.
I don't know where your head's at, but you better get it screwed on, quick.
Clear out!
Is this the sexy new you? Mm-hmm.
[ Snaps ] whoo! [ chuckles ]
[ Phone rings ]
Kim? Yeah.
Hey, we were waiting for you to call back. We have some info.
Well, the photographer, ephraim watson, he can't talk.
His daughter tells us that the principal got shot and killed the day of the graduation.
I have bigger news than that.
The creek county board of education got back to me.
Tyrone rutgers was never principal of depew high and...
No records of tyrone as a principal of the school.
Hey, I don't get it.
I already know the principal of the school was shot.
But his name wasn't tyrone rutgers.
His name was harrold simmons.
But didn't betsy tell us that her grandfather's first name was tyrone?
And wasn't molly's maiden name rutgers? I don't understand.
I'm working on it. News on the fives.
Some things you just don't want to talk about. So you change them for a reason.
So you lie to your closest friends? You don't lie outright.
But... You just leave out some of the information.
Why? Because it's too painful.
You want to know what's more painful? What's that?
Having your lies found out.
[ Chattering in foreign language ]
In alternate position. Going active again.
Roger.
Same. Same.
Now everybody, say, "thank you, bob."
[ mack and grey ] thank you, bob.
Take the scope. I'll take the rifle.
The angle changed. This may be one hell of a shot.
You want to tell me where you left that head of yours?
Because it sure as hell ain't on this mission.
No excuses, top.
"No excuses," the new "screw you." that just don't cut it, slim.
Now I need an answer. And I need the real one.
Jonas, uh, I don't know. I was just...
Spit it out so you don't choke on it.
Right.
The real one?
We were sent here to kill a man.
Go on.
We have premeditated his death and will carry it out no matter what.
Exactly so.
Well, then tell me how that differs from murder. Because our government sent us to do it?
I mean, if I did this on my own, if I killed this man for profit or revenge,
I would be hunted down as a murderer.
Put your eye back on the scope.
[ Sighs ]
How long you been thinking about this?
I don't know. A while.
And you just thought to tell me this today?
Well, I thought... well, what you thought doesn't work.
And you brought it on the job.
[ Sighs ] well, you're gonna have to work it out...
- Like everybody else. - Everybody else?
You think you're unique? Happens to everyone.
What surprises me is it took you so long.
"Patty ann gustafson had her son, chimney"... chimney...
"and the kids over for cheese dip and crackers last Sunday."
We're a weekly paper. No idea what she's serving tomorrow.
Okay, I got something. June 11, 1980.
Graduation, depew high school.
Yeah, the principal was shot and killed.
Harrold simmons, 59. Harrold simmons?
Mmm. Shot by an avery flowers, 42.
- No apparent motive. - At the trial?
Mmm, he was convicted, sentenced to 32 years, creek prison.
Huh. Is he still alive? He still in prison?
As far as I can see. He's been in prison almost 30 years.
Thank you. Welcome.
I'm gonna find out why he shot molly's father.
She deserves to know. How can this be a good thing, tiff?
- Why kick up the dust? - Because I need to know. Molly needs to know.
If molly needed to know, she knew where to find this guy, right?
She knew he was in prison. Look. You didn't want to take this trip in the first place.
And the reason for taking it is finished.
Not for me. All right, you go there.
You talk to this killer. You bring into your life somebody you don't want there.
[ Scoffs ] just don't do this. Please.
Just come home. No.
I want to look at this man.
The other guys too?
Yeah, well, once the novelty wears off...
That's what makes these missions the hardest of all.
And so? So...
[ sighs ] you're gonna have to sort your way through it.
- Or quit. - Quit?
What? You think you were the first?
Certainly won't be the last.
I've considered it myself.
The question I have now is can I depend on you for th mission?
And I need an honest answer.
Yes.
Jonas, yes. You can depend on me for this mission.
All right. Because we've got another problem.
What's that?
We've changed rooms. We've changed angles.
And I need measurements.
And my range finder just martyred itself.
Betty blue, where are you?
Br'er fox be layin' low. [ jonas ] well, get out of the briar patch.
I need you to get in the street and pace off a range for me.
My viewer punked out. Said and done.
But if I need it, you gotta give me some love.
All I can, brother.
[ Man speaking foreign language ]
Where'd he come from?
[ Man speaking in foreign language ]
[ grey ] snake doc. New measurement, 96 meters.
Did you see that cop?
No. I was watching the far side of the plaza.
Let's keep a sharp eye out, shall we? Mm-hmm.
Things are starting to move. Right.
[ Speaking in foreign language ]
[ Shouting in foreign language ]
Tough little bastard.
What's that?
[ Sighs ] nothing.
[ Door opens ]
[ door slams ]
Ma'am.
How can I help you?
My name's tiffany gerhardt.
My husband works with the husband of a woman named molly blane.
Molly blane?
Her husband and mine, in the army.
All right.
I came here to talk about the crime you committed.
Crime I committed? Twenty-seven years ago, yes.
You come here to talk to me about a crime?
The man you shot, the principal... that was my friend's father.
I can't help you, miss.
Will you please, just...
I'm asking you one human being to another.
Help my friend close this out.
Just tell me.
What could that cost you?
I'm sure you regret it.
Just tell me so I can tell her that you're sorry. Ma'am...
You can speak low. The guards don't even have to hear you... ma'am, all due respect.
They say I killed a man. Maybe I did. Maybe I didn't.
But I've spent some time here because the jury says I did.
Now, I'm up for parole.
You imagine I'm gonna tell you what I ain't ever told anyone...
So your friend can sleep nights?
Mr. Flowers, can I show you a picture?
This is me and my friend molly.
Now she's been living a lie all her life.
And she needs your help.
Won't you help her?
She surely looks like her mother.
Uh, I beg your pardon?
She looks like her mother. Mary.
She looks just like her mother.
You know her? Her mother's name is mary?
Her name is mary.
- And you know her? - She's my daughter.
Last name's blane now.
Never knew what she changed it to the first time.
Where you all live?
I, um... Husband's in the army?
What's his name?
I'm sorry. This was a mistake. Oh, boy, oh, boy!
I tried for years to find her.
The internet, other places.
Wh-wh-where is she? Where is she? I can't...
Um, I just... You-you-you...
You don't have to tell me, young lady.
You don't have to betray your confidence.
Name is molly blane. Her husband's in the army. I can find her.
You get back, you tell mary I'm up for parole in three months.
I get out, I might pay her a visit.
[ Siren wailing ] [ bob ] jonas.
Jonas, cops are heading to mack's location.
He better get out of there quick.
I've got him now. Dirt diver, you better bust a move.
They're coming through the front door. I'm gone.
I'll get to my fallback if I can. If not, the rendezvous point.
Roger that. I'll run interference.
Bob, take over. Mm-hmm.
I'll see if I can help mack. I won't risk coming back.
But I will try to find a spot where I can overwatch.
You and carlito have a shot.
- Can you handle that? - Can do, top.
Stroke of five. On five.
Good man.
[ Chattering, clapping ]
Remember. At the stroke of five.
You can do that, can't you, bob?
You're good at killing the helpless.
It's what you do best. [ chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Chattering ]
[ No audible dialogue ]
[ Chattering in foreign language ]
Betty blue, how's your view?
Passable. I got some glare in a couple of spots. How's yours?
It's okay. I can get the red and white sides.
Can you cover the other two?
It's tight, but yeah. We've got it covered.
How about snake doc and dirt diver? Best thing is leave them alone.
Besides, this'll be over most gauche.
- [ Sirens wail ] - Oh, yeah. Here they come.
♪ [ anthem playing ]
[ Applause, cheering ]
Cool breeze, betty blue, you on him?
Ready.
Stand by.
[ Man ] bobby! Didn't I tell you to go to your room?
I-I didn't... I mean...
I'll teach you to pay attention, you little brat!
Dad, I'm sorry. I didn't... I didn't hear...
- [ bells tolling ] - [ applause ]
[ grey ] cool breeze.
The glare, I don't have a shot.
[ Bells tolling ]
[ Jonas ] bob, the shot. Take it.
Done. [ jonas ] good one, bob.
Now everybody, say, "well done, bob."
[ mack ] way to go, bob. [ grey ] way to go, bobby.
[ Jonas ] let's clean up, ditch the gear, and drift out with the crowd.
See you all at the rendezvous.
My cleanup's gonna take me a couple minutes. See you there.
[ Sighs ]
[ Groans ]
[ Speaking in foreign language ]
- [ Tiffy ] no! - I agree with annie.
[ sighs ]
He can find out where she lives. He has enough information.
There's a reason that molly didn't want to talk of him.
She made up an entire past just to avoid this man.
He gets out, comes here, what does that do to her?
- I can't. - You opened the can of worms.
Me? You're the one who wanted to go...
I wanted to get her a photograph, not unravel a whole life.
It doesn't matter who did what. It's done.
And we've got to be responsible.
Is this the hill you want to die on?
If it costs me my friendship with molly, it'll break my heart.
But if it costs molly her life or her sanity, it'll kill me.
[ Sighs ]
Let me tell you what you did.
[ Glass shatters ]
You had no right!
Did I dig into your particulars a few years back? Mack hit you.
And is that my right? Or your life?
Chapter and verse, I'm sure there are things you don't want me to know about.
And that's your right.
People have secrets. You ask them the reason for them.
They can't tell you. Why? 'Cause they're secrets.
Molly, we just wanted to warn you.
- We didn't want to hurt you. - So you hit the piñata.
And I'll spill it all out if that's okay with you.
No. You don't have to. Don't I?
'cause if I don't, next time you talk to me...
You'll be wondering if I'm lying.
The day I graduated, my daddy gave me the only present he ever gave me.
The cameo pin.
The next time I saw him, he was being led from the high school,
Hands handcuffed behind his back, blood on his clothes.
- Molly... - Let me tell it!
My daddy was a mean drunk.
My mama was worried about me and my sister's safety.
I don't know how principal simmons found out.
But he was gonna help us out of it somehow.
Now my daddy, he saw my mama talking to principal simmons before the graduation.
And he was drunk. And he made something out of it it wasn't.
And he shot that man dead.
And as people do,
Mary flowers,
Her sister and her mama were made outcasts.
My mama lost her job. Daddy was front-page news.
And not a person in that town would let us forget.
We moved.
Mama threw away every reminder of him. Threw away our family name.
She even asked me about that cameo pin. I lied to her.
I told her I threw it out...
'cause I kept it as a reminder of the last happy moment of my young life.
The cameo betsy had.
I didn't want to kick up dust in her life.
So I told her another story.
As would you.
Out of respect for my mother,
Her humiliation,
I kept her secret.
Molly, if there is anything that I can do...
Don't tell jonas.
It's been real. It's been fun.
[ Together ] just hasn't been real fun. Stick around for some beers?
I can find someone better looking than you to have a drink with, top.
I intend to. [ jonas ] oh, ow.
Come to any conclusions?
Yeah.
[ Bottle cap rattles ] and?
And I like it, jonas.
God help me, jonas. But I like it.
Yeah, well, you have to, don't you?
Mm-hmm.
[ Sighs ]