♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
Do you have clippers?
FRASER WILSON: Do we think that being male means--
means knowing how to shoot guns,
and have shitty facial hair?
-Okay... Uh-huh. -Ready?
Three... two...
SARAH WILSON: I don't know how things were
under the previous commander,
but now we're gonna uphold a higher standard.
Interesting family, don't you think?
Allahu Akbar.
SARAH: She's a complicated child,
and they're a little...
basic.
Am I "basic" to you?
I don't want you to see those people.
They're just gonna fill your head with shit.
Well why'd you do it, huh?!
(YELLS) Answer me!
Daddy...
(SOBS)
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
(door opens)
(creaking)
(slow foot steps)
What a small head you have.
♪ ♪
-(heavy breathing) -(gym, basketball chatter)
Teacher: Up!
Feet flat!
Keep those heels planted on the ground!
Grace, back straight!
Keep it up! Keep it up!
Jimmy, you're slowing down! Come on!
Don't be afraid of messing up your hairdo!
Up!
-Up! -(chatter continues)
Up!
Push-ups!
Ready! Up!
Up!
(school bell ringing)
(indistinct chatter)
♪ ♪
Jesus Christ, haven't you had enough, GI Jane?
Who's GI Jane?
It's an old movie about this woman soldier
-who shaves her head. -(sighs) Is it good?
Fraser: I don't really like sailors.
(panting)
-Come on! Up, up, up, up, up! -(flapping book)
-Okay. -Give me your paw.
(grunt)
-Cate: So, how would you kill yourself? -You make a vertical cut.
Otherwise, it's much less effective.
Hanging seems nice. What do you know about knots?
Uh, well I didn't learn how to tie my shoe until I was, like,
like, 12, so I'm still not entirely comfortable with the process.
If you don't snap your neck, you choke to death.
Drowning, river, sea.
Nice. Very poetic.
(school chatter)
Thank you. When I was 8 years old,
they found me with my father's pistol jammed in my mouth.
I have no idea why I did it.
-I seemed like such a happy little girl. -Wow.
The bullshit you concoct.
-I'll be down in 10. -You made that up, right?
-Caitlin: Yeah, sure. -(hall chatter)
(school bell ringing)
Anyway, river or sea, it doesn't make a difference.
You die of a heart attack before you hit the water.
-Barbiturates? -Could go either way.
(giggles)
(cafeteria chatter)
Fraser: And if you survive, they find you covered in vomit.
-It's a double humiliation. -Caitlin: As if we haven't had enough.
(sighs)
You know, I'll never kiss a girl again.
I'm never kissing anyone again.
I'm turning into a monster.
-Hey. -Hey.
We're still friends.
(sipping)
Call me, if you want to.
Of course I'll call you, Brit.
(cafeteria chatter continues)
Probably the hair.
-What are we doing this weekend? -Well,
I'm grounded for life, but my dad's taking me out somewhere.
What about you?
Planning on being bored now.
-Look, I know how you feel about the locker room... -Mm-hmm.
but that shirt is ugly and dirty,
and-and you're stinking.
-(school bell ringing) -(school chatter)
Very proud of that SAT score!
Keep it up! Very proud of you!
(chatter continues)
(car honking)
Text me.
-Man: Hey! Kayla! -Kayla: Hey, Dad!
Over here, honey.
(chatter continues)
(car door shuts)
-Girl 1: So unfair! -Girl 2: See you later!
(car starts)
("Time Will Tell" by Blood Orange playing)
(playing piano)
♪ MM ♪
♪ OH ♪
♪ AH ♪
♪ TIME WILL TELL IF YOU CAN FIGURE THIS ♪
♪ AND WORK IT OUT ♪
♪ NO ONE'S WAITING FOR YOU ANYWAY ♪
♪ SO DON'T BE STRESSED NOW ♪
♪ EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING ♪
♪ THAT YOU'VE KEPT YOUR EYE ON ♪
♪ IT IS WHAT IT IS ♪
♪ TIME WILL TELL IF YOU CAN FIGURE THIS ♪
♪ AND WORK IT OUT ♪
♪ NO ONE'S WAITING FOR YOU ANYWAY ♪
♪ DON'T BE STRESSED NOW ♪
♪ EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE KEPT ♪
♪ YOUR EYE ON ♪
♪ IT IS WHAT IT IS ♪
♪ AND IT KEEPS ON RUNNING BACK ♪
♪ TELL ME IT'S THE PERFECT TIME ♪
♪ OH, OH ♪
-♪ AND IT KEEPS ON RUNNING BACK ♪ -♪ TOLD YOU I'LL BE WAITING ♪
♪ HIDING FROM THE RAINFALL ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, AND IT KEEPS ON... ♪
♪ COME INTO MY BEDROOM ♪
-♪ AND IT KEEPS ON RUNNING BACK ♪ -♪ COME INTO MY BEDROOM ♪
♪ COME INTO MY BEDROOM ♪
♪ AND IT KEEPS ON RUNNING BACK ♪
(indistinct chatter)
(soldiers shouting)
(post office chatter)
-Thank you, that was very kind. -Thank you.
Fraser Wilson.
Sign here, please.
Thanks.
(chatter continues)
Man 1: Next. Can I help you, sir?
You wanna send this, uh, express?
Could you grab me some packing tape?
(chatter continues)
-(frustrated sigh) -Man 2: Alright, thank you very much.
Man 1: It's right over there.
(base chatter)
-Uh... -Soldier (over intercom): IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
Uh, Fraser. Fraser Wilson.
(buzzing)
-(rattles knob) -(sighs)
(indistinct chatter)
-(rattles knob) -(Sarah chattering)
Sarah: It's an honor for us.
-Huh... -Sarah: I was told things didn't go smooth last year.
Major Duncan?
Duncan: There was some confusion regarding accommodations.
(indistinct)
Woman: Hi, Fraser. You can sit in Jonathan's office.
Hi.
(Sarah chattering)
-(doors opening) -(Duncan chattering)
Sarah: Of course! It's my favorite lunch table.
-Hey! -(thud)
-Hi. Hi-- hey there. -Were you looking for your mother?
Yeah. No! Uh, uh...
Uh, could I-- could I wait here since her door's closed?
Of course. She's in the middle of a meeting,
but she should be done soon.
A-actually, I-I'll just come back later when she's less busy.
Are you sure? She's almost done.
-Fraser: Okay. -Sarah: Right. We've decided to restrict the use...
Okay...
-It's okay. -Sarah: Or better still, to refresh everyone's memory
because we've received reports of improper uses in town.
Seems some soldiers have used their uniforms to pick up women.
Which is understandable because some of them need all the help
-they can get. -(laughter)
Jonathan, would you please read the rules?
Just looking at them, I get a parched throat.
Jonathan: Of course. The use of military uniforms is
-without exception, forbidden outside the base -(sniffing)
with the sole exception of travel to and from
-personal housing facilities and installations -(sniff)
-and riding in an authorized, -(drops object)
governmental, or rented vehicle.
-The use of the military uniform is permitted in hotels -(giggle)
only upon arrival and departure,
but in no case is permitted in the common areas.
The use of the uniform is authorized
in fast food drive-thrus,
and at gas stations,
as long as the uniformed personnel
remains inside the vehicle.
The Commander-in-Chief invites privates
who travel by motorbike,
bicycle, and on foot to not carry backpacks
with logos or signs that refer directly
or are associated with the DOD.
Same goes for car stickers.
-Sarah: I warned you. -(laughter)
Please continue.
Jonathan: Furthermore, Commander-in-Chief
invites anyone who witnesses
an inappropriate use of the uniform
to promptly report it to the competent office.
Man: Before or after...
-Sweetheart. -(laughter)
Everything alright? Is there something you need?
Why do I have to need something to come see you?
You didn't count the days.
I know perfectly well it's the 12th day.
Ah! Okay, I have to go now.
Cate went somewhere with her father,
and now she's grounded for life.
Is it on account of her hair?
(scoffs) Poor girl.
We're still giving importance to those things?
-It's important to Cate. -I meant to say--
You always seem to know what's important,
when and for who, don't you?
-Why are you so on edge? -Forget it.
Don't be like that. Look, I came out of my meeting
-to talk to you! Shh! -Then go back to your meeting!
(growl)
Forgot my backpack.
-(growl) -Take it easy!
-(phones ringing) -(growl)
Sarah: Glad we're talking again!
-(truck rumbling) -("Dixie Road" by Lee Greenwood on radio)
♪ ♪
♪ TAKING MY MIND...♪
Richard: You can pick the station and also choose
the kind of music you wanna listen to.
♪ LA LIGHTS... ♪
Cool.
♪ ONCE YOU KNOW ♪
♪ YOU LEFT HEAVEN WAITING DOWN THE DIXIE ♪
Try it. What kinda music do you like?
Caitlin: I don't know.
-(singing continues) -What do you mean you don't know?
Caitlin: Look, I don't-- Whatever's on. I don't know much about music.
How can that be?
You always have those things in your ears.
It doesn't mean I understand it. I like what I like,
and I don't like what I don't like.
This is okay. I mean...
if you like it, this song is okay, Dad.
♪ DRIFTING DOWN A DUSTY DIXIE ROAD ♪
♪ TAKING MY MIND ♪
♪ BACK IN TIME ♪
♪ LA LIGHTS BURN LIKE HELL ♪
-(base chatter) -(seagulls cawing)
(rattling)
-(slam) -(soldiers chanting)
(typing)
(soldiers chanting)
Frasier: Harper answer. Harper answer.
Harper answer. Answer, answer, answer, answer, answer.
Soldier: Ready!
(rattling)
Fuck! Fuck, I'm an asshole. I'm an asshole.
(office chatter)
(footsteps)
What do you think about Fraser?
He's a very particular kid.
Unusual taste and intelligence for his age.
Gifts like those can also be a curse.
I worry that a setting like this might be
a limitation for his abilities.
He always needs new stimuli.
Woman: Instead of having it take place inside the base...
Sarah: Sorry about the interruption.
Man: We're not sure our people would like that.
Whenever we have celebrations off base,
it always feels very stuffy.
Woman: You're stuffy. You never get out.
(laughter)
-(chuckle) -Man: Anyway, we need to discuss...
Woman: We also need to make information about our missions more available.
-Man: That's not on today's agenda. -Woman: But it's related to--
(truck pulling up)
(birds squawking)
-(cuts engine) -(water flowing)
(car door shuts, opens)
(car door shuts)
(unlocks gate)
(banging)
(bird squawking continues)
(laughs) It's cool.
(water lapping)
(light music playing)
♪ ♪
(thud)
(boat rumbling)
(birds squawking)
Richard: That's the beginning of the hunting area.
It extends for two miles.
(waves lapping)
♪ ♪
THAT SOMEBODY IN A JOB LIKE MINE,
OR A JOURNALIST LIKE MRS. MENKES,
-WHO ARE IN THIS KIND OF BUSINESS FOR, LET'S SAY, -(Fraser sighs)
A FEW YEARS, TO BE NICE WITH US.
UH, IF YOU THINK IT WAS BETTER,
MORE INTERESTING BEFORE, PEOPLE WERE--
NO. IT'S "US TO UP"
TO ADJUST TO OUR TIMES,
AND THE MINUTE YOU THINK THE PAST WAS BETTER,
YOUR PRESENT IS SECONDHAND
AND YOURSELF BECOME VINTAGE.
-Interviewer: OKAY, SO-- -IT'S OKAY FOR CLOTHES,
IT'S NOT THAT GREAT FOR PEOPLE.
SO, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES
OF HOW YOU STAY CONNECTED TO THE PRESENT?
THERE ARE NOT SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED.
YOU HAVE TO BE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON,
YOU HAVE TO READ THE NEWSPAPERS.
YEAH? I LIKE PAPER BETTER THAN
TO-TO SCREENS FOR THAT.
UH, YOU HAVE TO BE INFORMED.
YOU MUST NEVER THINK THAT YOU SAW IT ALL.
YOU HAVE ALWAYS THE EYES OPEN.
YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A ROOF WITH LOTS OF ANTENNAS,
-(phone buzzing, beeps) -GET ALL THE IMAGES.
♪ ♪
Jonathan (on voicemail): WHAT IF I TAKE YOU THERE, SAY, TOMORROW, FRASER?
UNLESS I HEAR FROM YOU, I'LL SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP AT 9:00.
(laughing) EVEN IF I DO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOU SAY YES,
I'LL SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP AT 9:00, OF COURSE.
(sighs)
-(insects chirping) -(wood clacking)
Cate!
-(water lapping) -(birds chirping)
Cate!
(animals chattering)
♪ ♪
-(water lapping) -(chattering continues)
Cate!
-Cate! -(sighs)
♪ ♪
-Yes. -(phone vibrates)
-(animals chattering) -(twigs breaking)
Had to go to the bathroom.
Richard: Don't wander off too far.
-(fire crackling) -(animal croaking)
-Is that done enough for you? -A little more.
Add some salt.
Was it him? Did he call you?
Who?
(fire crackling)
-Fraser? -Yes.
-Caitlin: No. -Okay.
-I don't need to confiscate your phone, do I? -No.
What do you like about that boy?
Caitlin: I don't know.
He understands me.
How can a fashion victim from New York understand you?
He only seems like that. He's not actually that.
Or he's not only that.
But are the two of you dating or something?
I mean, are you kissing?
Because he seems gay.
I mean, he's gay, isn't he?
No, we're not dating, Dad.
No kissing.
I don't want you to get hurt.
Loving someone who can't love you, that hurts.
-The two of you are just too different. -Like you and Mom.
Mom and I were the same.
For a long time, we both wanted the same things.
-But, when you're an adult-- -Right, when you're an adult.
Not something I'd understand.
Richard: Everything's changed, right?
You don't even smile at me anymore.
You answer back.
You treat me like I'm an idiot who knows nothing.
Well, I'm not stupid.
We get up at zero dark thirty.
-(animal chittering) -(fire crackling)
(brushing teeth)
(swishing, spits)
(brushing)
(swishing, spits)
I'm still me, Dad.
(car driving by)
(bed creaking)
Jonathan (voicemail): WHAT IF I TAKE YOU THERE, SAY, TOMORROW, FRASER?
UNLESS I HEAR FROM YOU, I'LL SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP--
...SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP AT 9:00.
EVEN IF I DO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOU SAY YES,
-I'LL SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP AT 9:00, OF COURSE... -(giggles)
Hm...
(bed creaking)
WHAT IF I TAKE YOU THERE, SAY--
WHAT IF I TAKE YOU THERE, SAY, TOMORROW, FRASER?
-(giggling) -UNLESS I HEAR FROM YOU,
I'LL SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP AT 9:00.
-(giggling) -EVEN IF I DO HEAR FROM YOU AND YOU SAY YES,
I'LL SWING BY AND PICK YOU UP AT 9:00, OF COURSE.
(bed creaking)
-(water lapping) -(birds cawing)
(boat rumbling)
(birds cawing)
-(cuts engine) -(ducks quacking)
Richard: Is your shotgun ready?
That's the 12 gauge.
It's got more kick than anything you've fired before,
but it's gonna fit you like a glove.
I can handle it.
Fine. We'll see.
-Take a breath. -(quacking)
Fire.
(gunshot)
-I had it lined up. -(reloading)
(click)
You're tilting your head too far to the right.
Bring the stock up to your cheek.
That way, you're squared off to the target.
(quacking)
(gunshot)
(both laugh)
(grunts)
(car approaching)
-Jonathan: Ready? -I've been forever.
(plates clinking)
(door shuts)
(notification chimes)
Maggie: Where's he going?
Um, out with Jonathan.
Maggie: The cute assistant.
-Why didn't you tell me about it? -Well, aren't you happy
now we'll have a little alone time?
Maggie: Sure, but why didn't you tell me?
Sarah: What's there to tell?
I might not be thrilled to hear that he's going out
with a 30-year-old man, don't you think?
You're right. Just didn't occur to me to tell you.
Plus, you haven't been around the house much.
This is not about me.
It's just that it doesn't seem like the best idea
that he goes out alone
with a guy who's much older.
And who's also in your chain of command.
-Well, Cate's grounded and this place doesn't suit him. -(notification chimes)
Fraser needs to spend time with, you know,
grown-up males.
Someone who can be like an older brother or father figure.
Jonathan is a very nice young man.
I was hoping for a bit of a truce, at least with you.
I was hoping to become something better than your truce.
Sarah: Sweetheart, I don't...
-You can't know. -That's right.
Can't know.
Can't ever know.
♪ ♪
(inhales deeply)
Wanna have a bath?
I'll draw it.
Woo!
♪ ♪
(birds chirping)
(dog barking)
(chirping continues)
Jonathan: Are you tired of walking?
-Fraser: No, not really. Are you? -No, I say it
because you don't exactly seem like the athletic type.
Oh, I was kidding!
You are so sensitive.
What is this place? Why'd you bring me here?
Some of the most violent battles in history took place in here.
Young men were dying like flies into those trenches,
and it would go on for days on end.
(sheep baaing)
Did the Nazis drop the bombs?
This was World War I, smart boy.
(giggles) No Nazis?
-(sucks teeth) -What's that?
SACRARIO.
What is SACRARIO?
One of the biggest Clubs 27 on Earth.
There's about 50,000 dead men in there,
and over 30,000 are MILITI IGNOTI.
-What is MILITI IGNOTI? -Unknown soldiers.
After the explosions, the men's bodies
were so mangled up, they couldn't tell them apart.
-Fraser: Fuck. -Jonathan: Yeah.
Fraser: Shit.
That's why they buried them together.
Why on Earth would you bring me here?
(laughs) Why not? Look around.
It's beautiful.
What are you talking about? 50,000 dead men?
-Mm-hmm. -I mean, that's kinda...
unidyllic-- Unusual for a first date. I mean, for a first--
-for a first whatever. -First whatever.
Jonathan: Ah!
-(cowbell ringing) -So you like nature.
Uh, yeah. I mean, I like it a lot.
I like, uh, um...
I just don't like spiders or insects
or green things.
(sheep baaing)
(laughter)
-(laughing) -Jonathan: Go!
-(sheep baaing)
-(laughing) -(dog barking)
(baaing continues)
Don't you have to go?
Uh, no, not right now. Thank you.
(urinating)
(baaing continues)
(dog barking)
You have no idea the relief you're missing out on.
(urinating)
-Watch out for the green things. (laughs) -(laughing)
-(cowbell ringing) -(laughing)
(laughs)
-Are you sure you can stay? -Yes! Of course!
-Do you want me to call your mother? -No.
No, no, no, it's alright.
(restaurant chatter)
-(waitress speaking Italian) -(Jonathan speaking Italian)
-Uh, leave it, leave it. -Ah, okay.
Do you want a Coke?
-No, wine would be great. -Okay.
Wine would be great.
Isn't it beautiful here?
It's beautiful! It is, yeah.
(clears throat) It's beautiful.
(door shuts)
-Be-a-utiful. -(tapping table)
(drumming)
(Fraser giggles)
(pouring)
-To this day we're spending together. -(clink)
To meeting you, and then seeing you at the theater,
-and being able to know you-- -Woo! Whoa!
-(woman laughing) -There she is!
Marta, meet Fraser.
-Marta: Hi. -Fraser,
-meet my friend. -Nice to meet you.
-(microphone feedback) -Fraser: Nice to meet you.
Marta.
I've heard so much about you.
Yeah. (laughs)
Are you really as brilliant as Jonathan says?
Brilliant?
-(energetic music playing) -Brilliant.
Um...
-Jonathan: Oh my God. -I'm just strange.
(Marta laughing)
(music continues)
-You love this song! -But they are not singing!
-They are, like, ruining it right now. Ugh! -(Marta laughs)
-(Marta laughing) -(timid singing in Italian)
Jonathan: This song needs to be sung by a passionate man!
-(laughing) -(Jonathan joins in)
(singing in Italian)
(all singing)
(laughing)
(singing continues)
-Jonathan: Yeah. -(giggling)
(singing continues)
(laughing)
(all cheering, clapping)
All: ♪ I want it that way ♪
♪ But we ♪
♪ Are two worlds ♪
♪ Apart ♪
♪ Can't reach to ♪
♪ Your heart ♪
♪ When you say ♪
♪ I want it ♪
♪ That way ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ Ain't nothing but a heartache ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ Ain't nothing but a mistake ♪
♪ Tell me why ♪
♪ I never wanna hear you say ♪
♪ I want it ♪
♪ That way ♪
(cheering)
-(cuts engine) -(car doors shut, open)
Say goodbye to it.
(thudding)
(thud)
-Dad. -Shower?
-Yeah. -Aw,
my beautiful baby. (chuckles)
Come on.
-(laughing) -Fraser: Let's go back!
Let's put together a band and fucking make a record!
And let's send a signed copy to your father!
Jonathan: Fraser Wilson, you're a nut case.
Fraser: (sighs) This was the most incredible day
-of my whole fucking life! -(laughs)
(chuckles)
(kiss)
(giggles)
(door shuts)
(keys rattle)
Try to act sober!
(door opening)
-(sighs) -(shuts door)
(humming): You are...
my fire...
The one...
Desire...
(humming)
When I say...
(humming)
I want it that way...
(humming)
-(curtain rattles) -(turns on water)
(humming continues)
Fuck!
(humming)
-(door opens) -Huh?
-What are you doing!? Mom! -How was it?
Get out!
What, it's not like I haven't seen you naked before!
Get the fuck out!
(curtain rattles)
(sighs)
(water running)
(puts down phone)
-(mess hall chatter) -(music playing)
Man (over PA): DANNY, YOUR ORDER'S READY.
(chatter, music continue)
Man (over PA): 620, COCONUT CHICKEN BURGER!
Woman (over PA): ORDER 221 FOR MARGE.
Cate!
Caitlin!
(chatter continues)
Man (over PA): 41!
-Sarah: Hi! (laughs) -Caitlin: Hi.
(gasps)
I bet everyone asks if they can touch it, huh? (kiss)
-Pain in the ass, no? -Yeah.
Woman (over PA): ORDER FOR SEAN.
-SEAN, YOUR ORDER'S READY. -Sit down.
Sit down!
(chatter, music continues)
Oh no, I'm okay.
-How was hunting? -Uh, great.
I learned I was holding my head wrong.
Your father's an excellent marksman.
You still wanna be a soldier?
Uh, maybe.
And does your father know when you say soldier,
you mean male soldier?
(chatter continues)
-Do you know Dr. Harris? -Psychologist?
He's actually an endocrinologist.
I can take you to see him, just to talk.
Why?
Sarah: Because it's time we changed this world,
and ourselves.
In order to do that, we have to know ourselves.
I was holding onto this until I saw you.
Wow.
Take it! Look it over! Please.
♪ ♪
(violin sting)
(beeps)
Man (on video): SO WHAT YOU WANNA DO WITH THE ACTUAL INJECTION...
'CAUSE I KNOW IT CAN BE VERY NERVE-WRACKING,
IS, AGAIN, FIND THE SPOT ON YOUR LEG.
YOU'RE GONNA RELAX YOUR LEG, TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
POSITION YOUR HAND COMFORTABLY, YOU'RE GONNA WANNA GRIP IT.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
ALL THE WAY IN.
AND YOU'RE GONNA WANNA DRAW BACK, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO BLOOD...
Jennifer: Could've at least brought something back!
Richard: Last time we did, you got all upset because it was a pheasant.
-(video continues) -(indistinct arguing)
-(shuts door) -SLOWLY.
-(muffled arguing) -AND WE'RE GOOD.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA TAKE YOUR...
Jennifer: Why did you have to throw your clothes in the laundry bag?
AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO MASSAGE THE AREA,
-AND KINDA HELP SPREAD THE TESTOSTERONE. -(arguing continues)
(beep)
♪ ♪
Man (on video): SO WHAT YOU WANNA DO WITH THE ACTUAL INJECTION,
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S VERY NERVE-WRACKING,
IS, AGAIN, FIND THE SPOT ON YOUR LEG.
YOU'RE GONNA RELAX YOUR LEG, DEEP BREATH.
POSITION YOUR HAND COMFORTABLY. YOU'RE GONNA WANNA GRIP IT.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
-(drops phone) -ALL THE WAY IN.
AND YOU'RE GONNA WANNA DRAW BACK,
MAKE SURE THERE'S NO BLOOD.
THERE'S NO BLOOD. THEN...
Reporter 1 (on TV): RED HATS ARE BEING WORN WITH PRIDE
OUTSIDE TRUMP TOWER HOURS AFTER THE BUSINESSMAN
BECAME THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
NOW I CAN WEAR MY HAT.
NO ONE'S GONNA THROW ROCKS AT ME.
Reporter 1: EVEN THOUGH NEW YORK WENT BLUE,
SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS FEEL MUCH SAFER VOICING
THEIR SUPPORT ON CITY STREETS TODAY
THAN THEY DID YESTERDAY.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1:30 IN THE MORNING.
WHEN I SAW IT WAS THAT CLOSE, I SAID, I HAVE TO WITNESS HISTORY.
Reporter 1: PRIDE CONTRASTING A HUMBLENESS
THAT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAYS
OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT IS DEMONSTRATING IN PRIVATE TODAY.
-(phone buzzing) -BEING PRESIDENT IS HUMBLING
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE TASK OF UNIFYING A VERY DIVIDED COUNTRY.
YOU'VE GOT THE TASK OF TACKLING SO MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS
DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
-IT'S A BIG, BIG LOAD THAT HE'S INHERITING. -(buzzing continues)
Reporter 1: BUT PROTESTERS WHO LINED UP IN THE RAIN THIS MORNING
SAY UNIFYING UNDER A TRUMP PRESIDENCY IS A--
-Woman 1: I MISSED A LITTLE DETAIL-- -Woman 2: LIKE, UH, EITHER--
Reporter 2: TONIGHT, "NIGHTLY NEWS" CONTINUES NOW WITH ANOTHER HALF-HOUR
OF COVERAGE ON MOST OF OUR STATIONS.
FOR OTHERS, IT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
-(news theme playing) -WE'RE BACK NOW
-WITH MORE OF OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF DONALD TRUMP'S -(buzzing)
STUNNING UPSET VICTORY TO MAKE HIM THE 45TH PRESIDENT
-OF THE UNITED STATES, -(clears throat)
ONE OF THE MOST IMPROBABLE AND INCREDIBLE ELECTION DRAMAS
-IN AMERICAN HISTORY. -Yes?
Reporter 2: IN THE HOURS SINCE TRUMP CLAIMED VICTORY,
WE'VE LEARNED THE OUTCOME CAME AS A SHOCK
EVEN TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THEMSELVES.
-HIS RIVAL, HILLARY CLINTON, PUBLICLY CONCEDING -Where?
-THE RACE TODAY. -How many?
IT MAY BE A PAINFUL LOSS OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE,
EVEN AS SHE HOLDS A NARROW LEAD IN THE POPULAR VOTE.
WE'VE GOT MUCH MORE ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP
AND HOW HIS VICTORY IS IMPACTING THE COUNTRY,
STARTING WITH NBC'S PETER ALEXANDER.
Sarah: Okay. Yeah, I'm coming over.
Peter Alexander: TONIGHT, A STUNNING NEW REALITY.
-PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. -(door shuts)
SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING. COMPLICATED BUSINESS.
-COMPLICATED. -(cheering)
Alexander: THE GREAT DISRUPTOR PULLING OFF AN IMPROBABLE TRIUMPH,
THAT EVEN HIS CLOSEST AIDES SAY THEY DIDN'T SEE COMING.
I SAY IT IS TIME FOR US
TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE UNITED PEOPLE.
(cheering)
IT'S TIME.
Alexander: FOR HOURS, AMERICANS WATCHED IN SUSPENSE AND DISBELIEF
AS TRUMP'S RED STATE VICTORIES GREW.
INSIDE HILLARY CLINTON'S HEADQUARTERS, HEARTBREAK.
BUT AT THE WAR ROOM ON TRUMP TOWER'S 14TH FLOOR,
EUPHORIA.
JUST SHY OF 2:30 AM, A PRIVATE PHONE CALL TO TRUMP.
CLINTON CONCEDED, ONLY LATER REVEALING
HER PAIN IN PUBLIC WITH A PERSONAL PLEA TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
THIS LOSS HURTS, BUT PLEASE
NEVER STOP BELIEVING THAT
FIGHTING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT IS WORTH IT.
Alexander: TRUMP AIDES PRAISED IT AS A VERY CLASSY SPEECH.
SO, WHAT HAPPENED? ONE TOP REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST CALLS IT
THE REVENGE OF THE RURAL WHITE VOTERS
WITH HIGHER TURNOUT THAN MITT ROMNEY FOUR YEARS AGO.
TRUMP WON WHITES WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES
BY 39 POINTS.
HE WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THIS NOTION THAT...
THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POLITICAL ELITES
WERE INDIFFERENT AND DISDAINFUL OF THEIR INTERESTS,
AND I-I THINK THAT THEY RESENTED IT.
Alexander: ANOTHER FACTOR? HILLARY CLINTON'S FAILURE
TO MATCH THE OBAMA COALITION,
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MILLENNIALS.
DESPITE A REPUDIATION OF HIS POLICIES,
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMOTED UNITY.
EVERYBODY IS SAD WHEN THEIR SIDE LOSES AN ELECTION.
BUT THE DAY AFTER, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
WE'RE ACTUALLY ALL ON ONE TEAM.
Alexander: TOMORROW, PRESIDENTS 44 AND 45
WILL MEET AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
FOR TRUMP, THE HARD PART IS JUST BEGINNING,
PIVOTING FROM CAMPAIGNING TO...
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
(OFFICER CALLS COMMAND)
OFFICER: And down.
We dream of peace... we all do.
But there are those who have to pay a price for our tranquility.
MAN: He was never one of us!
Come on!
SARAH: And who else, if not our men and women?
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪