The Way the End Begins
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- 2010
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R-E-T-Z-N.
And the next set?
Z-H-O-T-N-X.
X-O-T,
F-D-E.
And the next set?
R-E-D,
O-Z-F.
Okay.
Uh, Eunice.
How many of those letters
can you actually see
and how many have you memorised?
I can see all of them, Dr Avery.
Eunice...
Okay. I memorised the last two, Tom.
Only the last two.
If I can't get my licence renewed...
Eunice, you need to wear
the lenses I prescribed.
Contact lenses don't work for me
and glasses give me headaches.
Then we'll change the prescription,
but you know the DMV's gonna
test you again anyway.
I've memorised those charts, too.
Mrs Conrad called and cancelled
her appointment for tomorrow.
Bill Warren wants to know if he can
see you before he goes in for work,
which means you have to be here
at 8:
00 a.m.- Okay.
- Okay for 8:
00?- Yeah.
- Oh.
Roger called while you were in
with a patient.
He said if you miss the 2:00 tee time,
you pay for the beer.
I pay for the beer anyway.
And Daniel called and left a message
here on the voicemail last night.
- What'd he say?
- He said he'll call back.
He said he's somewhere in France
and he sounded good.
I mean, how do you not sound good
if you're in France, right?
Did he leave a number this time?
No.
Everyone on the planet has
What the hell's the matter
with that kid?
The world on Daniel's terms.
See you.
Oh, no!
Let me show you
how a real doctor does it.
Since when is Tom
not a real doctor, Rog?
The eyes are the most important organ
in the body, Roger.
- Maybe at your age, Tom.
- They're the windows to the soul.
Yeah? How the hell would Roger know?
He doesn't have one.
Oh...
Looks like malpractice
to me, boys.
- Don't use your foot wedge, Phil!
- I got your foot wedge, Roger.
All right, what do we got, about 70?
Yeah, plus 10 to the flag.
That's what I'm talking about.
You like that?
- It'll play.
- That's good stuff.
I'm over there.
Yeah, I see. It's about three feet away.
You want a ride or what?
I'm old and tired.
- You're old and lazy.
- I don't see you walking this course.
It's mine and it can wait.
Get...
Nice chip.
Not bad.
Go ahead and putt out.
I'll catch up with you. Hello?
Yes, hello?
I'm sorry. I don't speak French.
of the National Gendarmerie
in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France.
- Is something wrong?
- Are you the father of Daniel Avery?
Yes, I am.
that your son has been killed, sir.
What?
What do you mean?
Daniel? Something happened to Daniel?
He was caught in a storm
on the Camino de Santiago, monsieur.
I don't even know where that is.
It's in the French Pyrenees.
He was on pilgrimage.
Tom?
Tommy?
Where you going?
Tommy?
I'm sorry for your loss, Tom.
Thanks, Father.
I'm going overseas to bring Daniel home.
Would you like to pray with me, Tom?
What for?
All the information
for your itinerary is in here.
I cancelled all your appointments
for next week, so...
He wanted to see the world.
And he did.
You should fly with me.
What?
- You should fly with me.
- Yeah, right.
Turn the car around. Pack a bag.
Grab your passport.
Forget your golf clubs.
Come on, a father-son trip.
It'll be fun.
When you coming back?
I don't know.
So you don't have a plan.
We agreed that if I let you
take me to the airport,
you wouldn't lecture me about
how I'm ruining my life.
I lied.
You know, most people don't have
and leaving it all behind, Daniel.
Well, I'm not most people.
If I don't have your blessing,
that's fine.
But don't judge this. Don't judge me.
My life here might not seem
like much to you,
but it's the life I choose.
You don't choose a life, Dad.
You live one.
- Mr Avery?
- Yes.
We spoke on the phone.
- Of course.
I don't know why, I know it's odd, but
I thought it would say something else.
It's the same word back home.
I guess I thought it would be different.
Mr Avery, if you are not ready
to do this,
- it can wait.
- No.
It's fine. I mean, it's not fine.
I mean, I'm okay.
Let's get it over with.
Let's just get it over with.
These are Daniel's belongings.
This is everything he had
when we found him.
- What happened?
- It was an accident.
The weather in the Pyrenees is famous
for being unpredictable
and I'm sure Daniel would have been
warned by the locals.
You were not close with him?
I'm sorry to say.
What was he doing out there?
He was on pilgrimage on the Camino.
Walking the road
to Santiago de Compostela.
People from very different backgrounds,
faiths and generations
have walked the path from here
in the French Pyrenees
to Santiago de Compostela,
on the north-western coast of Spain,
for over a thousand years.
We believers are told
that the remains of St James,
the apostle of Jesus,
are interred there.
And so we make pilgrimage.
This is what your son Daniel was doing.
Why he was alone?
Many people choose
to make the trek alone.
The Way is a very personal journey,
Mr Avery.
This is the shell.
The symbol of the pilgrim
making the journey.
And this...
This is Daniel's passport
for the Camino.
It is to be officially stamped
along the route through Spain.
in Saint-Jean.
Buen Camino.
When you arrive at the end,
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