NARRATOR: Previously on 11.22.63...
Al, why did you show this to me?
I need you to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
I wanna save him, too. I wanna help.
JAKE: We need to find out when Oswald starts talking about General Walker,
and who he starts talking about him to.
Lee is back.
That's George de Mohrenschildt. He's CIA.
This might be the start of the whole thing.
General Walker. I have something to say!
Why come to a little place like Jodie,
when there's plenty of teaching jobs in Dallas?
I didn't really take to the city.
Call me Deke. All my faculty does.
MIMI: Mr. Amberson, this is Miss Dunhill. JAKE: Yeah, we've met before.
People in Texas, they're not exactly welcoming to a divorcee.
To starting over.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
(MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)
Come on. Come on, come on, come on.
Whoop! All right, let's show them.
You are in the Marines now, son.
Let's see it.
- Sharpshooter. -(BELL DINGS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Again.
(CLOCK TICKING)
(BABY CRYING)
Marina.
Marina!
-(CRYING CONTINUES) - Oh-ho.
Junie, it's...
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
(CHUCKLES)
Oh, baby, it's okay, I'm... Daddy's coming. I'm...
It's okay.
(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)
Hmm.
(CHUCKLES)
-(SPEAKING RUSSIAN) - Mmm.
- English. You are American now. - Marina.
- Stand here. - Okay.
- Why the papers? - Because people will wanna know
that I stand for something.
(LAUGHING) You look ridiculous.
Lee, what's a man like you going to do with a rifle like that?
I'm going to hunt fascists.
Ready?
Now.
Hey, Bill.
I want you to watch them closely today.
I wanna know everything that goes on between George and Lee. Okay?
Yeah. Yeah, no problem.
I like being in this new apartment.
Right underneath them makes things a lot easier.
Hey)'-
They still have no idea who we are. Let's keep it that way.
- All right. Yeah. - You get me?
- See you later. - See you later.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(PIANO PLAYING)
Howdy, stranger.
JAKE: You know they say, smart is the new sexy.
I don't know anyone who says that.
Oh, Well.
Say it. (CHUCKLES)
Don't worry. Everyone's gone.
Do you know anything more uplifting?
- Not really, I'm just learning. - Oh.
HOW about this? (CLEARS THROAT)
(SINGING) How could I dance with another
Ooh
(LAUGHS)
When I saw you standing there
- That's catchy. - Yeah.
- You make that up? - Oh, yeah.
Just me and my mates. John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
- Your mates? -(CHUCKLING)
Um...
Yeah, my imaginary friends.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
You're so odd.
Just crazy, about you.
(THROAT CLEARING)
- Mr. Amberson. - Yeah.
You have a moment?
When you take on the responsibility to teach,
you also take on the responsibility to set an example.
JAKE: An example?
Well, it's harder for girls. Different rules, you know?
I mean, just take a look around here.
Every pair of eyes you see, there's two pairs you can't see.
And they're all watching you. Judging you. Deciding if you're good or bad.
Girls here, they all wanna grow up to be just like Miss Dunhill.
And that's a good thing. 'Cause she's important.
She's a new kind of woman.
- You care about her? - Yeah.
DEKE: Then put her first.
Protect what's important in this life.
Discretion is the better part of valor, young man.
- Right. - Jim LaDue.
I need to talk to you about your defense this year, son.
LEE: I'm gonna do something, I swear. GEORGE: Someone has to.
LEE: Make, make it--
Jake. Drop that. Listen to me. You gotta listen to this. Here, listen.
LEE: The fabric of society is being torn apart by people like General Walker.
GEORGE: We have seen it before, haven't we?
Men of power, grabbing whatever they want.
Thank God they're speaking English.
LEE: I'm gonna do something, I swear. GEORGE: Someone has to.
LEE: Make it a statement. GEORGE: You've got a new rifle.
LEE: (LAUGHING) Yeah.
- Keep listening. - GEORGE: Send a message.
An action that cannot be ignored.
LEE: I'm gonna. I tell you. I've got it in me.
GEORGE". You have courage.
(TAPPING)
And I have some friends, powerful friends who can
help you be the great man you, you want to be.
The fuck?
- I 'm happy to introduce you. -(DOOR SLAMS)
LEE: Marina! Don't slam the--
This changes everything.
What do you mean?
George just told Lee to assassinate General Walker.
And he said he'd introduce him to his friends at the CIA.
George is a handler for Lee.
George is the gun, Lee's the bullet.
CIA is pulling the trigger.
And Walker is a test run for Kennedy.
But you said he misses Walker.
Then why would the CIA stick with the shooter that misses the target?
I don't know. I don't know.
Maybe Lee is part of the conspiracy right now,
and he messes up, they cut him loose.
But he goes rogue on Kennedy. I don't know.
So, what do we do now?
We've gotta follow them both. Okay? You take Lee. I'll cover George.
- No, you take Lee, I'll take George. - No,no,no.
- No, you take Lee. - I don't want Lee.
- All he ever does is read books-- - Then it'll be easy.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- Close it up, close it up, close it up. - All right, all right, leave.
Come on.
Oh.
Miss Mimi.
How long did you think you'd get away with it, Mr. Amberson?
Or should I call you Mr. Epping?
(COUGHS)
Thank you.
(CLEARS TH THROAT)
Oh.
Bill, I respect your interest in my visit,
but I think this matter is best handled privately between myself and your brother.
So, um,
-how did you find me in Dallas? - You're not hard to follow.
We never received your immunization records.
The State School Board requires those for employment.
Yours don't exist.
I investigated your degree and found out it was issued by
what generously might be referred to as a "Mill."
And a call to your last known address in Kentucky,
revealed that you use the name "Epping" when it suits you.
Okay, all right. I got it.
(SIGHS)
I haven't taken this to Mr. Simmons. I came to you, because I believe in trust.
You wouldn't break our trust, would you?
No.
I wouldn't.
You're right. I haven't been telling the truth.
Well, not all of it.
My real name is Jake Epping.
I was given the name Amberson
by the FBI.
When I went into Witness Protection.
Witness Protection?
JAKE". Yes. In 1959...
I turned over state's evidence for a case against the mafia.
- What is the "Mafia?" - The mafia.
Italian-American organized crime syndicate.
What did you witness?
Well,
I had this friend, Fredo,
and his brother, Michael,
had him killed on a fishing trip in Lake Tahoe.
In return for my testimony,
the FBI gave me a new identity. They set me up in Jodie.
A place nobody would ever look for me.
And Bill and I just keep this place as a backup. You know?
Just in case they try to pull me back in.
I see.
If you were revealed to be an imposter in the school,
it would devastate this community.
Yeah.
- I won't say anything about it. - Thank you.
It's wrong to conceal things from those you care for.
What're you saying? I should tell Sadie?
If I have discovered this about you, anyone can.
When you refuse to tell people the truth, Mr. Amberson,
you deny them their dignity.
And for some of us, dignity matters.
("THEN HE KISSED ME" PLAYING)
("NOTHING CAN CHANGE THIS LOVE" PLAYING)
Hi.
Wanna dance?
What's the occasion?
It's Friday.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, I saw that in the calendar.
- I don't wanna move too fast. - Oh, no.
(CHUCKLING)
I know, I...
I overdid it but...
I've just been thinking.
I care about you.
I care about you, too.
And I realize that
being with me is maybe costing you something more than it should.
People talk.
So I thought,
if we could just have a place,
just a moment, where,
we could be our real selves.
How does that sound?
A bit dramatic.
Yeah.
All I really want
is just to be right here, with you.
But if this is all, you know, too much,
I, um...
I totally understand.
I did bring that record player all the way from home and it's really heavy.
And that is one of my favorite songs.
I guess I just, um...
I don't know a lot about you. I just wanna get to know you.
Like, what's your middle name?
Laurel.
My middle name is George.
(RUSTLING)
Hey. Sorry.
Didn't mean to bother you. I just, uh, I found this.
I've seen your baby girl with it a couple of times.
Thought she might be missing it.
I'm Bill. From downstairs.
Yes. Bill.
I'm Marina.
Real nice to meet you, Marina.
Thank you, Bill, for doll.
June, she has not so many.
JAKE: Hey.
You look different when you sleep.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Tell me.
How come you never tell stories about your life?
About your family? About you and Bill growing up?
You want family stories, I can give you family stories.
That's not my point.
You have something to hide?
I don't wanna hide anything from you.
Good. I want us to be honest with each other.
I just don't know if I can be.
Sometimes people hide things inside because they're afraid
-that if they share them with others... - It's gonna ruin everything?
Is that what you're afraid of?
I feel like I'm an imposter in my own life.
Everyone thinks I'm one thing.
But I'm something else.
I don't want it to be that way.
I wanna...
I wanna start things over right now.
Here, with you, in this room.
This is what I wanna build on.
And never look back.
Okay?
Okay.
All right. I'm gonna tell you something. It's just gonna sound really crazy.
What?
Was that envelope there when we got here?
I don't know.
- What's the matter? - It's just the hotel bill.
You know what, I forgot. I have to do something with Bill.
We have to go.
- We're leaving? - I’m really sorry.
I'm sorry. We just gotta go.
- The CIA? - Yes.
We're getting close and this is them telling us to back off.
If the CIA are worried about us, why don't they just kill us with
-a blowdart or rat poison or something. -'Cause this is a specific message.
They're saying not only are they gonna ruin me, they're gonna ruin Sadie, too.
- It's collateral damage. - So, break up with Sadie.
- What? - Break up with Sadie.
- Leave, leave Sadie out of this. Okay? - I didn't get Sadie into this.
All I'm saying is we gotta double down, all right? We need to clear up
-all this shit with Lee and George, now. - You wanna solve it?
- Yeah. - Shoot Lee.
I'm not convinced that it's Lee alone. This says we're getting close.
We're getting close to them, and they don't like it.
We just need to get a little bit more.
George, I don't wanna do this. Okay, let's just go home.
Be quiet. If they sense something is up, they won't let us in.
- WOMAN: Yes? - Candy Bar.
- Voila. - WOMAN: Come on in.
Right, look. George said that he was gonna introduce Lee to his "powerful friends."
This might be the meet.
- I don't like this, at all. - Just come on. Come on, Bill.
We gotta get close enough to hear them without them seeing us.
I gotta hear the plan go from the CIA to Lee.
- WOMAN: Yes? - Candy bar?
(BUZZER RINGS)
- WOMAN: Come on in. - This isn't gonna work.
Well, if you're staying out here, then you wait in the car, with the other babies.
("BOYS" PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
- Wow. - All right, come on, we gotta find Lee.
Come on.
Hey, hey, hey. Bin. Bill, Bin.
- He's out catting around-- - I know. Calm down. Just--
- Welcome to the Shamrock Hotel. - Oh, hi. Hello.
Let me get ya'll a drink and introduce you to the finer things in life.
- What do you say? - Uh, that sounds great.
Oh. Attaboy. Now, this is a high class place, don't you worry.
We even got them Michelobs in them fancy little bottles.
Great. We'll take two of those, please. Thank you.
Oh, I like you, son. What's your name?
- Uh, I'm George. - And your friend?
- Uh, this here's Wayne. - Bill.
- Billy Wayne. -(CHUCKLING)
Uh, hey, I really appreciate the hospitality, but not to be rude,
I'm ready to go. If you know what I'm saying?
Believe me, I understand. Time is money.
JAKE: Yeah. HOSTESS: Ya'll see anything you like?
Um, well, uh, yeah. She looks great.
HOSTESS: Dawn! Got a live one.
- Hi. Hi. - Hello, Mister.
- Howdy? - And what about you?
- Oh, he's broke. - What? No, that's not true.
Yeah, he's broke. He's gonna wait for me right there.
- Come on, baby. - JAKE: Bye.
- Mmm-hmm. - I'm not broke.
- DAWN: I can do it. - Okay, just hurry, I'm ready.
Okay. I'm hustling.
Tell you what.
Thursday night's a full moon, it's like crocodiles eating chickens around here,
all feathers and bullshit.
Hey, Sally, fix your lipstick.
Just so's you know, it's fifteen dollars for fifteen minutes.
Half an hour's gonna run you a twenty-five.
You don't look like you've got an hour in you, so I won't bother.
And I don't do nothing standing up, account of my bad leg.
You coming?
- Um, you know, I'm not gonna... - Not gonna what?
Not gonna, I don't need you. You see, this is--
You ain't one a those. We don't allow that. No, no, that ain't your party, hun'.
I know. No, that's not what I mean.
You Okay?
- You sorry son of a bitch! - What? Quiet.
- Shh! Quiet! - I don't believe this shit!
(WOMEN SCREAM)
- Police! Raid! This is a raid! - Fuck it! Fuck!
Help! Help! Whoa.
Ho, boy. Where you going in such a hurry?
Shit.
I didn't see Lee or George in there.
Yeah, well, George knows people.
There's no way he ends up in a goddamned drunk tank.
DEKE: Solicitation of a prostitute?
Maybe I had you figured wrong, Jake.
Bill, I can understand, but you?
What?
- Deke. - Don't bother, son. I don't wanna hear it.
I know it's a lot to ask.
Maybe we could keep this between us?
You understand what I mean?
(SCOFFS)
(ENGINE STARTS)
- All right. - Hold on a minute.
- You're not going anywhere. - What do you mean?
You got a class in thirty minutes, and I don't have a sub.
- Can't I change my shirt? - Nope.
- Deke. - You're about to get a lesson in
reaping what you sow. Close the door, Bill.
(MOUTHING) Find Lee.
- Good morning, Miss Mimi. - Good morning, Mr. Simmons, sir.
DEKE: Well, I believe it might be time for us to look at that summer school schedule.
(MIMI COUGHING)
Morning, Miss Mimi.
Mr. Amberson. Perhaps you'd like to review the dress code in the Teacher's Manual.
- No, I just... - You just what?
I just need a tie. And a belt. Can you help me?
- I'll see what I can do. - Thank you.
Coffee.
(INAUDIBLE)
- Miss Mimi. Who is that? - That is Mister Clayton.
Sadie's ex? What's he doing here?
Mr. Amberson, that is none of your business.
Sadie. Sadie.
It's from the leather shop. You'll have to do without a tie.
Okay, thank you.
- I can't do this right now. - Sadie.
- No, I don't wanna do this, right now. - Wait, wait. Wait.
What? Just talk to me.
He's not gonna give me the divorce.
All right.
I thought it was gonna be different here. But he found me.
- So, he's not gonna let it happen. - How did he find you?
My mother told him.
Why are you so upset?
You remember,
when you said everyone has something they're afraid to share?
Yeah, but there's nothing that you could share with me--
You don't understand.
Then tell me.
It will be okay.
I promise. It'll be fine.
When I met Johnny, I thought he was the most charming man I'd ever met.
We had never done much physically.
I just thought he was old-fashioned.
On our wedding night,
he got real tense.
Didn't wanna kiss me.
He just asked me to close my eyes.
SO, I did.
And then he took my hand,
and he put it on himself.
And I screamed.
Why'?
'Cause he had a clothespin on him.
What?
I didn't know what to say, so I laughed.
And then he hit me. So, I started crying and he hit me again.
Then he put his hand over my mouth and he got on top of me.
When he was done, he said,
"Go wash your wormy-hole.
"You're dirty."
Why didn't you leave him?
Well, I tried to tell my mother, but she said,
"It's a wife's duty to take care of her husband."
And so I did.
I never should've told you.
You think I'm disgusting.
What? No. No.
- Sadie, no. No. - I ruined it.
- I ruin everything. - Sadie!
(ENGINE STARTS)
(RINGING)
- All right. - Bill?
- What're you doing here? - George came by the house.
What? Keep your voice down.
He wanted Lee to come with him at four o'clock.
He said his two friends wanted to meet today, had to meet today.
Lee wasn't having any of it, he was still pissed off about last night.
He said he's got something he has to do.
- Why aren't you with him right now? - Because he went to sleep.
- He works the swing shift later. - Okay.
Let's go.
JAKE". You follow Lee, I'll follow George.
Shit.
Come on, lady.
Shit. Hiding in plain sight.
Typical CIA front.
Come on. Where are you?
(FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
LEE: I don't wanna fight, baby. Look, I got you something.
MARINA; Lee.
LEE: It's the only photo of the three of us together.
They should see me now. I had it framed for you.
(MARINA SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
LEE: If something happens to me, I want Junie to have it.
To remember her Papa by.
MARINA: What do you mean, "If something happens"?
LEE: There is something important that I have to do.
I can't tell you what it is, but it's a good thing.
(MARINA SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
- Lee. - LEE: It's okay. It'll be okay.
Shh.
(BOTH SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
MARINA: (MOANING) Oh, Lee.
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
Where the fuck's the gate? Fucking hell, Jesus Christ.
GEORGE". I can get it to you.
He's getting up to something. General Walker, as we discussed.
(ENGINE REVVING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(DOG BARKING)
Shh.
(BARKING CONTINUES)
They are filthy animals, aren't they?
Now, I don't think that we have been formally introduced. Johnny Clayton.
I'm Sadie's husband.
Did you follow me?
Well, I wanted to talk.
- Make sure that you got my message. - What message?
The photographs. Of you and my wife.
- That was you? - Mr. Amberson.
You've been bad.
And you need to, you need to understand what's at stake.
- You have no fucking idea. - Oh. (CHUCKLES)
Let's try to handle this without profanity.
- Fuck you. Okay? - Okay.
If you ever talk to Sadie or go near her again, I will kick the shit out of you
and leave you in a ditch. Do you get my message?
Sadie is my wife.
She belongs to me.
And if you try to breach that bond,
then there will be consequences. For the both of you.
How's your clothespin?
What, are you wearing it now?
You live in a small town. People love to talk.
Now, what do you think they'll say once they learn your sad little secrets?
Did your Daddy put that on you? Oh, no. That was your Mommy.
No.
She shouldn't have, shouldn't have told you that.
Give her the divorce.
And then crawl back under your rock. You sorry sack of shit.
You two deserve each other.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Hi.
These are for you.
People wanna think that,
that's what life is like.
That it's flowers and hearts.
It's not.
It's messy.
Things get broken.
I don't want you here 'cause you feel sorry for me.
That's not why I'm here.
I'm here because I love everything about you.
No matter what happened to you,
or what will happen to you.
It's not all bad.
Because the person standing in front of me is a wonder.
You are a wonder.
(SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT MUFFLED SPEECH)
LEE: Look at you, with your American, your American shorts,
- Bill? - Your English lessons.
What's going on?
There's two hours of Russian bullshit on that tape if you wanna catch up.
Me? I'm done.
(SCREAMING)
MARINA: Lee! Stop!
- Please! Lee, stop! Lee, stop! -(FOOTSTEPS)
All right, that's it. That son of a bitch.
Hey, hey, hey. You can't, Bill, no. No, you don't.
I swear to God, Jake, I'm gonna punch you in the fuckin' throat.
We can't get involved in their lives. We can't interfere!
Listen to what he's doing to her! He's hurting her!
- She lives! - It's all about you.
- Look-- - Get the fuck off!
You can't. You can't. I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry.
Listen, listen, listen.
It stopped. It stopped.
You're a fucking asshole.
Hey)'-
Smoke?
Lee no like.
I won't tell.
(SNIFFLING)
- Morning, Deke. - I’ll be back in fifteen minutes.
- Hey. Where's Mimi? - Out sick.
And watch yourself. It's Miss Mimi.
What's wrong with him?
I don't know.
What is it?
He did it.
- I don't know why, but he did. - JAKE: That's great.
We should go celebrate.
I can't believe it.
(CHUCKLES)
- Sadie? - Hmm?
(MOUTHING) I love you.
Me, too.
See you later.
Okay.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE RADIO)
Come on, that's it. That's it. Go. Go! Yeah!
Come on!
Oh!
Whoo! Damn.
Hey. Did you win?
Yeah. I used Al's book.
That's all right, it's for both of us.
Look. The thing with Marina.
I'm sorry.
What we're doing is a crazy, crazy thing.
And I can see there is no way I would ever be able to do it without you.
- We're a team. - Yeah.
We're a team.
- All right. - I gotta get back to Jodie.
- You're gonna be all right? - Sure.
- I got some plans for the winnings. - Yeah?
Hope you're not going back to the Shamrock Hotel.
(LAUGHS)
No.
Okay.
("HEY BABY" PLAYING)
Jake?
Jake, are you here?
Bill, is that you?
Jake?
("HEY BABY" CONTINUES)
(MARINA AND LEE SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
(RECORDING CONTINUES)
(MOANING OVER RECORDING)
Sadie.
Who are you?
("HEY BABY" PLAYING)
English - SDH