Higher Power Page #3

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Heather:
Oh,

where are my kisses?

- Good boy! Oh, hello!

- Hi.

Welcome home, Dad!

- Joe:
You got a little taller.

- Rhea:
Little bit, little bit.

Where's your sister?

- Heather:
Oh, she's uh, she's up there.

- Rhea:
Oh Dad, you stink.

- What's with this?

- It's for a school project.

You wanna know what it's about

now?

No, no.

Come here and give me a hug.

- Zoe:
No, you smell.

- (Rhea laughing)

- Look.

- Zoe:
No. (squealing) No!

- Here.

- Zoe:
Stop it. (laughing)

Heather:
Don't chase your child.

Joe:
All right, so what is this

report on?

Zoe:
Uh, it's on professions

and I chose yours.

- Can I ask you a few questions?

- Rhea:
No, wait, wait!

- Rhea:
Wait. Here it is.

- Joe:
Abso...

- Zoe:
Wait Rhea I was gonna... Just one second.

- Heather:
She baked a cake.

Be right with you.

Zoe:
Say your name

and your profession.

- You need to say it into the camera.

- Joe:
Hi.

My name is Joseph Steadman.

I am a deck hand

on a commercial fishing boat.

Zoe:
What do you do in your off-time

when you're... When you're not working?

Uh...

Mostly I think about this.

Being here.

Being home.

(clears throat)

You know, you guys.

Michael:
So I'm just wondering,

like,

at one point you're gonna have

to take, like, a bedpan test?

- Like, do you guys have...

- Do you...

do you really think

that's a real thing?

You need to be pretty

experienced at that.

- I mean, it's a very delicate situation...

- What do you think nursing is?

Michael:
...just dumping them

out there for ya.

Just saying, things that will

make you a better nurse

- at the end of the day.

- Yeah, that's abs...

- Zoe:
Oh, sh*t.

- Michael:
What?

- Hey, Zoe.

- Zoe:
That's my dad.

I got a year sober today.

I uh, thought maybe

we could uh...

go to dinner, maybe talk.

I got you something.

Am I embarrassing you?

Dad, why don't you go try

this with Rhea?

She needs it. You think coming

here with presents is gonna help?

Okay, no, no, no, listen,

listen, listen. I...

I'm trying. And you know, I...

I can't get through to Rhea.

Not by myself.

Maybe we could, uh,

do it together.

Maybe the three of us

like a family.

Can we just leave? Can we go?

Alright, well I just want you

to have this.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Look, why don't

you just give her some space?

She's obviously just not into it

right now.

- Alright, listen. I just...

- Hey, you are.

- I am what?

- You are embarrassing her.

- (groans) Get your f***ing hands off me!

- Zoe:
Dad!

- Dad, just stop!

- What's your problem? Christ!

- Stop! Stop!

- What the f*** is wrong with you?

- Jesus Christ!

- I'm sorry!

No, it wasn't him, it's you!

It's always you!

It's the same sh*t!

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