Table Read - RECALL Act 3

Episode Date: July 7, 2026

RECALL: Act Three By the time RECALL reaches Act Three, Miami Military Academy is no longer pretending it can survive. The school is still marching, still saluting, still shining brass and barking orders into the Florida heat, but the center is gone. Colonel Barnes is dying. Commander Patterson knows it. Sally knows it. And the boys, even when they are laughing too hard to say it out loud, can feel the whole place slipping into history. Written by Academy Award nominee Bruce Davison, and once optioned and held by the great Carroll O’Connor with eyes on a Pacino lead,, RECALL is a funny, savage, deeply human coming-of-age drama about abandoned boys, broken fathers, old soldiers, Cuban exiles, secret weapons, and the terrible bargain countries make when they ask the young to carry the sins of the old. Act Three begins with the last quiet hours before everything breaks. Lishinsky and Sally steal a small piece of freedom on the water, drifting toward Captain Kidd’s Island, talking about California, escape, fathers, graves, and the strange fantasy that two damaged kids might simply sail away from all of it. But nobody really gets away from Miami Military Academy. Not yet. Inside Barnes’ house, Patterson sits beside a dying friend and is handed the thing no soldier wants: responsibility without rescue. Barnes tells him the Army is calling in its chips. The school, the land, the boys, the munitions, the whole dream is coming apart. Patterson rages because he knows what the place is, and what it has been. A broken institution, yes. A madhouse, absolutely. But also the only home some of these boys have ever had. Then the machinery starts moving. The Army arrives. The Cuban officials arrive. The inspection becomes theater. A live round falls where it should not. The old bunkers by the bay are suddenly more important than the boys standing in formation. The parade takes them through Miami and into the Dade County Fair, where the whole strange, glorious organism of “A” Company explodes into one last carnival of cigars, sheep, majorettes, busted noses, bad decisions, and Patterson turning, for one mad instant, into the hero the boys still need him to be. But the comedy cannot hold the line forever. Colonel Barnes is gone. The flag drops to half-mast. The Razor Fiend is finally revealed. Lindquist, the feral boy from the mango trees, becomes a cadet, a savior, and maybe the strangest proof that the academy was never only a school. It was a place that took in the lost and gave them a uniform because it had no better language for love. Slouch and Bebop reach the end of pretending. Bebop is called home by a country that no longer exists the way he remembers it. Slouch follows because friendship, for him, is the only oath that ever meant anything. The Cuban exiles come in the night. Patterson tries to stop them. History steps over him. Sally leaves for California. Lishinsky stays behind with the ache of first love and the knowledge that some people are not meant to be held. Patterson sits with his ghosts. The boys graduate into a world already waiting to use them. And somewhere beyond the academy walls, the Bay of Pigs turns courage, loyalty, and bad American promises into blood in the surf. RECALL is about boyhood at the edge of the American century, when duty still sounded clean from a podium and war still knew how to dress itself up as honor. It is about boys who wanted fathers, fathers who failed them, soldiers who could not save themselves, and a country that keeps asking the young to pay for the old men’s maps. Starring Alan Rosenberg, Carson Bolde, Stone Garcia, Wesley Kimmel, Dan Lauria, Kensington Tallman, Roxton Garcia, Bruce Davison, Luca Diaz, Amari O’Neil, Amir O’Neil, David Errigo Jr., Zeke Alton, Gian Franco Rodriguez, Miki Yamashita, Nemil Mudvari, Sofia D’Marco, and Ashley Ciarra. A portion of proceeds from RECALL will benefit the National Veterans Foundation and the Lifeline for Vets. To support NVF or speak with a Veteran who understands, visit https://nvf.org or call 888-777-4443. Produced by Table Read Podcast and Manifest Media Productions, LLC. Executive Produced by Jack Levy, Shaan Sharma, and Mark Knell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sally Barnes came home to watch her father die, but she found Lyshinsky first. They sailed to Captain Kidd's Island, stayed the night while the colonel took his last breath from the mainland. Now he's buried. Sally's gone. Patterson signed papers he never wanted to sign. And the Razor Feand, Crow the Barber, finally showed his hand. Lindquist shot him. Now Slouch and Bebop are shipping out for Cuba, and whatever's left of this place won't survive the summer.

In Timor Patterson's hut evening, the commander is asleep in his bunk while the radio plays the lion's sleeps tonight. Through the window, we see Sally and Lishinsky untying a boat and pushing it off into the lagoon. Cut to exterior Biscayne Bay afternoon. Sally and Lishinsky hoist the sail and head off toward Captain Kidd's Island. Cut to exterior Captain Kidd's Island late afternoon. Sally is digging in the sand under a palm tree. Lyshinsky sits and watches her.

Why, California? I want to go to UCLA? Study Paul Eastside, Barry, Troy, Donahue, I don't know. I need to get as far away from this graveyard as possible. It's not just a graveyard. Look around, you. this is where everybody comes to die, or haven't you noticed? Miami Beach, the last sunset.

Your dad's pretty sick, huh? Yeah. Yeah, pretty sick. What's gonna happen here if you, you know? Well, if he, you knows, it's not my department. If I was you, I'd think about jumping ship real soon. You could come with me to California. You could marry Sandra D, but you'd have to change that bohunk name of yours.

Bishinsky rolls over in the sand and stares at the sky. Charles Bronses' name is Charlie Bershinski. No fooling? This is a neat hideout. Yeah, it was better before there were so many buildings out there. Just the fountain blue and a couple of others. This was my island paradise. I used to run around naked and wait to be right.

rescued. And here I am. And here you are. I could stay here forever. Sally points to the sailboat drifting away. We might have to. We got a swim back? These waters are infested with barracudas. Are you serious? Sally sits next to him in the sand. Don't you believe me? So, we're stuck here? Till we're rescued. I'm afraid of the dark. Maybe. Dissolved to exterior Barnes' house, night. Commander Patterson knocks on the door. He turns to Wheeler and Lindquist and dismisses them. Madam Butterfly comes to the door.

Come in, Commander. Hi, you blossom. How's the colonel? Not good. Patterson enters. Interior Barnes House, night. Madam Butterfly ushers Patterson into Barnes' room. It is a wash with oxygen bottles, intravenous injections,

and all the accoutrements of a death watch. I'll only stay a minute. Noriko and Patterson watch the sleeping figure of Barnes in his bed. She looks at Patterson and leaves the room. Patterson walks around looking at military souvenirs and memorabilia. He sits for a moment and watches the colonel's frail breathing. His eyes scan the photos of the colonel in Sally as a child. There are photos of the colonel's wife, a photo of Patterson,

a buxom blonde, and the colonel drinking beer. They are all dressed in World War II uniform. Patterson opens a box of cigars, smiles, and closes it. Take them? Romeo and Juliet's. Maroka got them from Havana. How you feeling, Darrell? St. Sally. Not tonight. We had a nice talk the other day.

She's a handful. What do you expect? She's your daughter. Keep an eye on her, Pat. Honey to the bees. Guess so. A lot of bees around. You got to talk to her, Darrell. That's why she's here.

There's nothing left to say that hasn't been said. Your turn being daddy. Her mother liked that. I was down on the range this afternoon, checking out the new AR-5s. Yeah, very flexible weather. Hmm. Made the boys a lot happier than those M1s.

They're only six pounds. Firepower, you wouldn't believe. Jamming problems, though, they need to work out. Pat, I need... Army is calling us chips in. What chips? The whole shebang. Disbanding the farm.

Property, ordinance, everything. Everything. They're taking us down. Jesus. What about the boys? Yeah. I'm afraid it's over. There's nothing left here.

I need your John Hancock when the time comes. I need you to sign the papers over there. Pat it'll think I can make it. Damn round will notarize the damn thing. Paterson goes to the dresser and looks at the paper. You can't do this, Darrow. I don't want it. Give it to Damron.

He's almost a damn lawyer. You ever notice? He always looks like you just sucked a lemon. This place will be a high rise in three months anyway. Need you to button up here, Pat. Better you than Sally. I mean, there's an envelope for her. Nice of you to let me know.

Need to know basis, Pat. Now you know. Thanks. Little goddamn late for that now. You're a damn fool to think I can do this. No choice, Pat. You need to start thinking ahead. Button her up.

Contingsies. The caissons keep rolling. Where they gonna go? Still just babies, most of them. This was your dream, you selfish bastard. Not mine. There was a time I could have done more than just clean up your shit. Helped.

There was a reason for respect. Trust that displaced. It was you. What do I do now, huh? Home for most of them, though. Gonna die on me now, you goddamn coward? The colonel hasn't heard. He's asleep or drifting towards.

another place. Fade to interior Aunt Selena's house, Day. Dawn. Bebop is asleep on the living room's sofa. The TV is blaring away with a Yogi Bear cartoon. The front door opens and a man enters carrying a pink stuffed alligator. He sees Bebop on the sofa and places the alligator next to him. The man takes off his shoes and Hawaiian shirt and tiptoes upstairs. Interior Selena's bedroom. Day. Selina and Slouch for a sleeper. like two spoons, golden morning sun coming through the curtains. You can almost hear the bluebirds. Interior living room day.

Bebop wakes up at the sound on the stairs. Tio Raoul? Estes in casa. The man on the stairs turns and tries to quiet Bebop. He is, of course, Uncle Raul. Shh. I want to give him a surprise to your Tia. Tio, Raul!

Estes in casa! Interior, Selina's room. Slouch bolts up right in the bed and look at Selena who is all eyes as well. She no is out of the ventro. She had to go to the supermarket. At the 6 in the morning? In serious?

For a fumar. For cigars! Slouch and Aunt Selena in a panic grabbing at clothing as they scurry around the room. Interior, the stairway day. Uncle Raoul is melting the stairs. The bedroom door at the top of the stairs bursts open and slouch runs out naked.

He is carrying his clothes in a blanket that he throws over Uncle Raoul. As Uncle Raoul tumbles down the stairs, Slouch grabs a stuffed alligator from Bebop and smacks Uncle Raul with it. Bebop and Slouch charge out the front door and down the street. Engel Aunt Selina,

at the top of the stairs holding a sheet up to her otherwise naked body. She looks down at Raul. Well, and where's arrajo has been? Cut to exterior the school, Dawn. Hargrave sounds revely. Patterson by the dock spots the empty drifting dingy.

Dissolved to Interior A Company Barracks Day. The boys are preparing for inspection. Seekow dresses Lindquist and dress whites. Slouch is trying to borrow a pair of pants. All right. Come on, Seacow. Be a pal, man. I mean, we'll all be stuck in here if I got no pants on. Seacow throws his pants at Slouch. Thanks.

Cut to Engel Cicow and Lindquist. If anybody ask you, anything. at all. Just say no excuse, sir. Can you all say that? Hopeless. Bova is looking out the window at the lagoon. He grabbed Saul's binoculars and looks at something out the window. Through the binoculars, we see Patterson, Sally, and Lashinsky returning to the lagoon in a dinghy. Here comes Lyshinsky. Looks like he gets the gold coin. Cut to exterior lagoon day. Sally sees the boys of A company watching through binoculars and whooping it up on shore, calling, way to go, Lyshinsky.

She looks at Lyshinsky blankly, her feelings of humiliation lost in a greater pain. Cut to exterior lagoon day. Solos snatches the binoculars from Bova as the boys rushed to get a look. Cut to boat dock day. As soon as the dingy land, Sally runs towards her father's house. Angle Patterson and Lashinsky. Get to your barracks and keep your mouth shut about the colonel. Sally

On the doubles, son Lashinsky heads off in the direction of the barracks Cut to Interior A company Barracks day As Lashinsky enters A loud cheer goes up from the boys Lashinsky is stunned

and silent as he stands at the door Well, well, well, Lishinsky Never knew you how to do it? Oh, neither did she Bahama Mama drapes a sheet over his shoulders and raises the makeship Laurel wreath above his head Barracks, 10-Hud!

The boy snapped to attention as Bahama Mama waddles through the bunks toward the stun Lashinsky. The gold coin is held high above his head for all to see. Oh, private

Stephen Lyshinsky has won the coveted award for spearing the white whale. Sally Barnes has received the honorable seaman award. Bahama Mama rest his arm on Lishinsky's shoulder.

Lishinsky knocks it away. Get your hands off me, shit, can. Hey, what's wrong with you? What's the matter? Then she liked to ride up by Lodi Pony. Pony! Ah! LaSchinsky punches Bear in his huge laughing face.

And the whole barracks is into it. Oh! Cut to Engel, Major Damron. He enters the barracks. Barracks, Ten Hunt! Inspection before the parade will be conducted by a representative of the U.S. Army this weekend. So I need not stress the importance of being on your best behavior, as you were. He exits.

Dissolve to exterior Barnes porch, day. A porch light is still on. Sally opens the door to her father's room. Barnes lies covered. Patterson and Noriko come up behind her as she stands motionless. I called Peabody's. They pick them up when you say to. We'll make the announcement when the boys get back from the parade.

tomorrow. No sense alarming anybody right now. After they leave, we can go down and make the arrangements. I'm so sorry, baby girl. I'm okay. Just give me a minute. She closes the door behind her. She looks at the pictures on the dresser. A five-year-old girl salutes her daddy. She opens the envelope, pours it on the counter. It contains a cashier's check and two medals. The armed Army's silver star and a purple heart. She sits in the bent side chair, holds her father's cold hand. She won't cry.

Who's the deserter now? Dissolved to exterior parade field today. Patterson stands at the podium overseeing the inspection. A U.S. Army colonel and two Cuban civilians look on. The platoons are lined up with the squad leaders checking the boys. Inspection! Arms! Boys release the bolt mechanisms of their weapons.

As they do, a 30-caliber bullet flies up and hits Salao in the chest, then falls to his feet. Sala reaches down and picks up the shell at the feet of Lindquist. Where in the hell did you get this? Lindquist smiles and points to his name tag, which reads Coombs. Jesus. But before Sala can pursue an investigation... Company, Ten Hut! The company comes to attention as a distracted Patterson and the Army Colonel rushed through a haphazard inspection of A Company.

As they move on to B Company, the colonel talks quietly to the Cubans, gesturing toward the ammo dumps. That was easy. Angle on Patterson. Later, the inspection is over. We'll be proceeding down 135th Street until we reach the fairgrounds. We will follow the Fort Lauderdale majorettes. As you were!

We will then proceed with our drill. Engel trencher. I like to drill the major ads. Following the drill, you will have three free hours at the fair. At 1,800 hours, we will reform at the parking lot where buses will bring us back to the school. Anybody not at the parking lot at the appointed hour will be considered AWOL and will be given a subsequent E5. I look forward to honorable behavior from each of you gentlemen. All right, Colonel.

Move him out. Arjimeno shouts from the podium. Group, company, platoon, squad, right face. And the parade marches off through the gate. The Drummond Buell Corps play the stars and stripes. Exterior Miami Street, Day. Parade montage. The boys march along the streets of Miami.

It's a spectacular sight. Ribbons and banners adorn the roof of the building. Everywhere is a glint of brass and the sound of marching bands. Cut to exterior street, day, dusk. Uncle Raoul is standing among the spectators lining the street. He searches her faces of the boys in the parade as the Miami Military Academy passes. Cut to exterior fairgrounds, day, dusk.

An announcer is poised on scaffolding overlooking the fairgrounds. Entering the fairgrounds is the Upper Dania High School marching band. The band marches smartly through the arch over the fairground entrance. They performed Susa badly. Followed by the Druger Department Store Sourcrowt Band. Cut to exterior fairground parking lot day. The Miami military boys are in a holding pattern outside the fairgrounds. They are marking time behind the Fort Lauderdale majorettes.

Which one of you lucky lazy... We're going to try that again. Which one of you lucky ladies would like to ride the Wap Mouse? Who's it going to be? Wob Mouse? Wob Mouse? A Mawmouse? A major.

Red, Lenore is disgusted with bears. Don't be disgusting. I wouldn't want to even look at your wild mouse. It's probably the most. No, no, no, it's a ride. Some ride, I'll bet. Turd brains. Well, he's kind of cute, Lenore.

You've never seen them without their uniforms. They look like Pillsbury doughboys. All white and fuzzy. And now, the Fort Lauderdale Majorettes. And the girls begin to move out and into the fairground. Hey, Lenore, I like you. your mustache. Without losing a beat, Lenore catches bear in the groin with her baton.

He rives in pain as Lenore puts on her biggest smile for the crowd. He drops his rifle and doubles up. Company! Then-Huh! For war, March. And back by popular request, the Miami Military Academy. There is a resounding boo from the spectators. Hey, call me crazy, but I think they're starting to get to like us.

Cut to Interior Fairgrounds Day, the boys march through the gates to the tune of stars and stripes. They perform their varied military maneuvers in front of the grandstand. Bear managing his best he can with an exploding nut sack. Cut to exterior midway day. The games of chance, rides and amusements. The boys are at play. Slouch and bebop are sharing merry-go-round with a couple of major X. Exterior the Stockyards Day.

Sea Cow and Lindquist are taking in the animal husbandry exhibits. People grooming sheep, cows, and goats. A milkman is grooming a prized Jersey cow. That's a good-looking Holstein. It's a jersey. Oh, that's right. Holstein's have the longer horns. I don't think so.

Jerseys are brown and Holstein's are usually black and white. Another thing, jerseys get about 12% more butterfat. One more time, Holsteins, not Holsteins. Holstein's. I don't... Yes, the Jewish or shit. A Holstein. I don't think so.

Jerseys are brown and Holsteins are usually black and white. Another thing, jerseys give about 12% more butterfat. Cut to Angol Lindquist, as he wanders away from Seekow and the milkmaid over to the sheep exhibit, he watches a sad face of his sheep straddling a shearing block. Cut to exterior midway day, the clang of a bell. A wider angle reveals Bear, Solo, Bova, and Hargraves, all smoking fat cigars and laughing like fools. The disgruntled Carney is trying to discourage Bear from taking another swing with the hammer.

Tons a limit. Give me the hammer. That's who? Yeah. Where's the sign, Adolf? Give me that hammer. One price to a customer. All the while, Bear is pounding away with the huge hammer and the bell at the top of the pole keeps ringing.

They attract a crowd. The spectator's boo as the barker tries to get the hammer from Bear. Finally, Bear just tosses the hammer on the ground and why. walks away. Huh. Cut to exterior midway, Wheeler, and Patterson, as they stroll along past the ring toss and other games of chance. An announcement comes over the PA system.

In five minutes. In five minutes. Whoa. The Kingston trio. Let's go, Commander. Nah, I hate that rock and roll stuff. Not rock and roll. The Kingston trio, come on.

He tugs at the commander, pulling him in the direction of the grandstand. Cut to Exterior Midway Wild Mouse Ride Day. Look, I apologize. Thought you were just being rude, David. Can you walk okay? Oh, no big thing. I mean, it's fine. I mean, you just caught one of them.

The other one's fine. I'm not like crippled or nothing. Okay, well, maybe you should sit in front. Okay. I've been looking forward to this all year. Cut to Interior Sheepen Day. Linquist releases the catch on the pen and watch the sheep roam out onto the midway. He heards them out of their tent and claps to stampede them. Hey, hey, boys, stop them

sheep. Stop that. Several people try to intercept the sheep as they escape. Linquist looks proud. The man grabs Linquist by the neck. Cut to exterior grandstand day. Patterson and Wheeler are leaving the stands. Great music, huh, Commander? Where's Arthur? He's with Seacal looking at the animals. I'm allergic to animals. All animals. Better check. Cut to Midway, Bebop and Slouch. They're eating cotton candy and smoking cigars like Pinocchio and Lampwick at Pleasure Island. Midway, another angle converging.

Bear, Bova, Sallow, and Hargraves see the scuffle with Lindquist who's pin face first in the dirt by the irate man. Let's go! Wheeler rushes up and gets another fist to the nose. Suddenly Bear jumps in and heaves the man onto a popcorn stand. A Carney jumps on Bear, which brings Salao. and Bova into it. Slouch and Bebop dive in. Hargraves puts his bugle to his lips and blows call to arm. Cut to another angle. The sheep stampede the midway heading into the fight. Townies, cadets, sheep farmers, carnies, all into it now. Chaos rains. A beefy carney is pummeling

Bova and is about to deal in a serious blow when a large arm reaches it and swirls a carney around. The arm punches a carny and sends him sprawling among the puzzle. cheap. It's Patterson, and has become John Wayne. Cross fade to Interior Army Bus Knight. Patterson is leading the convoy driving with Wheeler and Lindquist also in the front. Behind them in the rows, we can see the rest of the boys from A Company. Bova holds an ice pack to his cheek. There has one on his crotch. So, Commander, what'd you like best at the fair? Ah, the music, I guess. Yeah, the Kingston Trail. They're all right.

That old Woody Guthrie's song they did was something else. No, no, they write all their own music and stuff. They got an album, everything. Ruben James. That's an old song Woody wrote. What were their names? Tell me what were their names. Did you have a friend on the good Rubin James?

No fooling? It's a fact. I knew a fellow on a Rubin James. Two fellas, actually. brothers. Johnny and Billy Cisco. He and his brother used to come up to the cab and I had in Stockbridge.

We were the first nudist up there. Uh-oh. We were in the merchant Marines together, me and Billy and Johnny. Then the two of them got stationed on the destroyer, the Rubin James. Johnny

was killed when they got torpedo off Iceland. First casualties of the war, even before Pearl was hit. Another ocean away. Johnny was in the engine room when they got it, and Billy was on deck. That's the way I heard it anyway. Billy kept jumping out of the lifeboat and near drowned, trying to dive down and save his

dead brother. Jesus. Sounds cold. They had to sit on him to keep him from jumping out of the boat. I ran into Billy in a bar, a bar. in Stockbridge after the war in 48, 49. We'd been drinking, a lot of toasting, a lot. And I got up and said, to the memory of one of the finest men ever to die in the war, Johnny Sisko. Well, Billy debt me. I was out cold for a long time. And when I came to, he was bending over me and crying

and saying he was sorry. Then we drank some more. But to his dying day, he never believed that Johnny drowned. Thought in his mind that he was a prisoner of war somewhere, I guess. Wheeler is asleep in Lindquist's arms. He okay? Lindquist nods and holds Wheeler like a teddy bear.

Slouch smiles to himself. Bebop is lost in thought. Exterior Bayfront Day. In the early morning, the flag at half-mast. The entire school is assembled in dress whites on the bayfront. Patterson and Sally and his skiff sell out of the lagoon entering the mouth of the bay. Hargraves plays taps. Sally in the stern pours ashes from an urn.

She is wearing an army silver star and a purple heart tied with a ribbon around her neck. Angolashinsky as he watches Sally from the ranks. The band begins to play down the road. Dissolved to exterior barracks, night. It's dark except for a light from the doorway. The school is asleep. Cut to interior latrine night. Lieutenant Wheeler sits on the can.

He's in his pajamas yet still wearing his sword. The sound of footsteps entering the darkened latrine. The shadow moves along the wall and stops at the sink. Cut to close shot, the sink. A hand comes in and picks up the soap. Another hand embeds a razor blade deep into the bar of soap. Cut to Wheeler, sitting quietly in the stall watching the figure at the sink. Wheeler picks up his flashlight and aims the light on the figure at the watchstand.

It is Crow the barber. Crow, what do you do? Crow fumbles the razor blades and they fall on the white tile floor. He bolts for the door. Razor fiend! Razor fiend! He tries to get his... pants up as Crow runs out the front door of the latrine. Wheeler and hopper suit leaps onto the back

of the fleeing crow. Cut to exterior A-company barracks night. The entire barracks is awake and running to see what is happening outside. Wheeler is on Crow's back and trying to bring him down like a steer. Crow gets tangled and Wheeler's sword and they tumble to the ground. Exterior parade field night. Crow has managed to get Wheeler's sword away from him and is about to slice him in half. when a shot rings out. Crow yelps, grabs his arm, dropping the sword, and topples to the ground.

Angle mango tree, knight. We see Lindquist sitting in the trees cradling a smoking rifle. He's terrified. Cut to exterior infirmary. Knight. Patterson is taught into Earl, the ambulance driver,

as he closes the back of the ambulance. Noriko stands by. He left me no choice, Earl. It was either him, or one of my boys. He's always had a screw loose, Pat. Can't say you weren't worn. I knew he tried something if you let him come back here.

Earl, about writing this up. Oh, forget about it. For all our sakes. We'll patch him up, and they'll keep their mouth shut. They know what's good for him. He's not hurt all that bad. Earl signals to his sidekick. Hey, come on, Hector.

Another cowboy for the ranch. Crow's in the back of the ambulance. Don't make me go. Go back, Commander. I'm so sorry. I think it's best, John. They can take better care of you there than we can. Commander, please.

Can't have you hurting the boys, John. Hector and Earl get into the ambulance. Crow huddles up to the window behind the cab. Ethel will take good care of you, Johnny. Is Ethel still there? Yeah, she's been asking for you. Both the drivers chuckle. Outside the ambulance, the boys are peering in the windows at Crow.

He's an old boy. I remember when he graduated. Why'd you do it, Crow? What'd you do it for? Because sometimes boys have to be disciplined. The ones who have lost the way. The boys are pressured to get a last look at Crow as the ambulance pulls away. Back to Kansas, Dorothy.

Furman! Mariko places a hand on Patterson's shoulder. Sorry, Pat. Sometimes you must let boys go. Well, no more haircuts. Dissolve to exterior administration building day. Wheeler is talking on the payphone. Slouch and Bebop are rushing him to get off.

Put a sock in it, Edison, and listen for a minute. We're traveling light. If she wants us to wear them greaseball civvies, she could buy us each a wardrobe when we get there. Slouch and Bebop check. check their watches as they listen to Wheeler Drone on. His name is Arthur Lindquist. I sent you a picture, so get mom to take care of the passports.

Hell, I don't know. She did it for the Gumba. She could do it for me. Twelve hundred hours sharp Monday. He hangs up the phone. If it ain't the gonorrhea twins. Get lost. Turista Pekinito.

Cut to Interior A Company Barracks night. Boys are in study halls, sitting on folding chairs at their desks. Leslie Gores, It's My Party, plays on the radio. Bear is reading a stroke book to linguist. She walked through the door wearing a negligee that looked like a week's work for a small spider. She had a deep, throaty laugh like the sound a dog makes before it throws up. Sallo grabs the book from Bear. Study something.

Nothing left to study. I finished all my tests. Find something. Cut to exterior administration building night. Bebop on the page. phone. Slouch huddles next to him. Diggame. See?

Yes. Very bien. We're going in as Rekon. I grew up on the beaches. You're my aide. That's a lot of Cubano now. No going back. So,

here we go. Dissolve to exterior Barnes front porch night. Sally sits on the steps. Lysinski joins her. Get lost. I am lost. I was wondering if you could help me find the bay so I could jump in.

You're not lost. You're a loser. You come up here to win another medal? I think you're a pig. Sally, as God as my witness. Oh, Scarlet O'Hara now? I'm sorry for everything. You, your dad, everybody seemed to, you know, respect him. Just shut up! Please, you're all so useless. Please, just go away! I can't do that. I won't.

She lets out a sob. Then the dam burst. Lishishti sits helplessly beside her for a long time. Finally, she folds into his arms. Dissolve to exterior boat dock night. Patterson sits on the bench and lights up. After a moment he sees slouch and bebop. There's an open fishing boat tied up nearby.

The two boys pull their duffles out of the bushes and sling them on their shoulders. Uncle Raoul, Miguel Sanchez, and Anita wait for them. Uncle Raul sees Patterson. Raoul salutes Patterson with two fingers. Patterson pulls a 45 from his belt and aims it at Raul. As you were, Commander. Patterson turns to see the Army Colonel, now in civilian clothes,

and his three Cuban officials from the parade inspection. I believe Colonel Barnes put you in charge. What's going on, Colonel? retrieving army ordinance, Commander. You got papers? Actually, Commander, we're not even here. Boys, get back to your barracks. Raul steps forward.

Mandos leaving school a little early. His family needs him. I'm out of here, too, Commander. I gotta do this. Where'd you get those keys, son? Sorry, there's no time for this right now. Step aside, Commander. That's an order.

I ain't in your army, mister. Patterson struggles for his gun as Miguel slams him to the ground. Another holds a wet cloth over his face. No! What are you doing? Patterson goes limp. Don't worry. He'll be good as new in a few hours. You coming, lover boy? Come on, Slouch.

You can't stay here now. Exterior boat, Biscane Bay night. Bebop and Slouch watch from top side as Miami Military Academy is lost in the distance. Dissolved to Interior Barracks, Knight. Linquist lies on Coom's bed gazing out the window toward the boat shed. A light is flashing Morse code

for the boat shed window. SOS. Cut to exterior boat dock night. Linquist prized a lock off the boat shed door. Patterson sits in a stupor, bottle in one hand, flashlight in another, ammo dump keys at his feet.

Must have locked myself in. just between us, okay? Lindquist nods. Dissolved to exterior Biscayne Bay Day, a sailboat race. Nishinsky and Bear are in one boat, Wheeler and Lindquist and another, racing against the teams from B Company.

As they reach the final leg back from Captain Kidd's Island, Wheeler and Lindquist are in the lead. The schools gather along the shore, cheering them onward. Wheeler works the sail while Lindquist controls the tiller. They are very excited as they cross the finish line. Dissolved to Interior Barnes' house, Day. Sally stands in the darkened living room,

sheets cover the remaining furniture, she retrieves the final carton and exits. Cut to exterior, Barnes House Day. Patterson is standing by on the porch. Sally locks the house door and hands him the key, then takes a framed picture from the carton. I think this was my birth announcement. I want you to have it.

It's the picture of Sally's mom, Barnes and Pat. Beer is raised in a toast on a jubilant evening. I'll hold on to it for you. I guess I'm your job now for real. Always. Best to your mom. If I see her first. She kisses him and walks down the steps.

Lyshinsky is standing beside Sally's van. It's packed for the road. He hands her a small box tied up with a ribbon. Sally opens it and holds up the brass coin suspended on her ribbon. The note says 24-carat gold Keep polishing your brass You never know

She kisses him sweetly Then starts to drive away She waits patiently as a cadet raises the barrier The two men watcher disappear through the archway Farewell Thou art too dear from my possessing And like enough thou known'stine

Estimate Interior A company night Taps sound The boys are in their bunks. If the Coombs don't come back and linguists graduates, who's going to win the pot? We didn't think of that, did we? Cross fade to interior English class.

Lysinski lost in thought. For how do I hold thee but by thy granting? And for that great riches, where is my deserving? Cross fade to exterior boat dock. Patterson nips a pint stairs across the bay. Cross fade to exterior highway. day. Sally drives along with the wind blowing her hair like a whip. For I have loved thee. As a dream doth flatter and sleep a king, but waking no such matter.

Dissolve to exterior, dark evening. Patterson sits on his bench, bleary-eyed and vacant. Wheeler approaches. You need it up at the barrack, sir. We got a discipline problem. Something you can handle, son? You can't just sit here on your ass the rest of your life, sir. We need you, commander. Interior A Company barracks night. Patterson walks into the darken barracks. He fumbles for the light switch and flicks it on. Party streamers fly across the room.

Surprise! The barracks breaks into song. For he's a jolly good fellow. For he's a jolly good fellow. But he's a jolly good fellow. Which nobody can denounce. Happy Memorial Day Commander. Could him very well celebrated without our hero?

I'd forget. Well, boys Okay, but no underage drinking We got everything right here, sir Party hats, pin the tail in the donkey, and coconut rub! Well, but not for the youngsters. Wheeler and Lindquist re-entered the barracks For the silver martini shaker and a doctor pepper.

They both are wearing satin' dinner jackets. Hit the taste, Commander. Besides, someone has to keep frosty. Hey, Commander, on the level. We'll be back next year? Well, thank you, Commander. We're afloat for next year? Well, on a level, it don't look good.

I just... I don't know, fellas. I'm sorry. I just have to hope and hang on. Try to keep a float. Don't know where that'll take us. But whatever it is, you boys will always make me proud.

I'm sure you'll think of something, Commander. Well, who knows? Things have a way of changing in the blink of an eye. We're coming back. And I'll tell you this, I'm gonna be a captain and kick some sorry ass. A wheeler learns your song, sir. Have you heard of a ship called the good Rubin James? Man by hard fighting is visibly touched.

The boys pass soft drinks but lace them with contraband booze. But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea. Tell me what were their names? Tell me what were their names? Did you have a friend on the good boob and James? What were their names? Tell me what was his name. Did you have a friend on the good Rubin James? Well, a hundred men went down in the dark, watery grave.

Cross fade to exterior ship, night. Slouch on a ship deck watching the horizon, a sliver of land ahead. Cross fade to exterior parade field, graduation day montage. Damron at the podium. The words duty, honor, and country weave through his speech. Recall sounds. The boys march and review. Patterson and faculty return their salute from the reviewing stand.

The boys throw their hats in the air. Cross fade to exterior vents, day. Wheeler and Lindquist are standing at the cyclone fence talking with Mrs. Lindquist. Wheeler is gesturing at length to the puzzled woman who might as well be in Iowa. Finally, Linquist kisses her and the boys run off. Edison waits for them by the limo. Cross fade to exterior bleachers day. Aunt Selena sits alone in the bleachers.

Left again. Cross fade to exterior highway. Sally heads west on Route 66. Exterior bay of pigs, day, slow motion. Gunfire, smoke, and chaos as a band of Cubans hit the beach. Bebop is hit as he says. steps on to the sand. He falls face first in the water. Blood colors the water as bombs explode. Slouch rushes to him. Slouch cradles the bleeding bebop. A shadow stands over him. A heavily armed

Cuban gesture toward the forest where other captured and wounded are being led. Exterior of the school day. Lyshinsky is under the archway of the school. He turns around and looks up to the eagle and the globe. Nearby on the bench by the bus stop, Noriko sits with a suitcase, waiting for the J-bus. Interior Patterson's hut. Bay of Pigs fiasco. UN condemns action. U.S. pulls air support. Headlines the Miami Herald. The paper falls from Patterson's hands. He fights back tears. Exterior parade field dusk. The academy appears deserted. Wind blows the palms. The camera leads us to exterior parade field dusk. Commander Patterson, U.S. Navy retired takes a flag down and folds a tri-corner military fashion.

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