The Middle Man

- Yeah, what are you going to do, pimple-face? 496 00:27:51,226 --> 00:27:52,986 I got a feelin'... 497 00:27:52,986 --> 00:27:54,306 - Steve? 498 00:27:55,626 --> 00:27:57,106 Steve! Steve? 499 00:27:57,106 --> 00:27:59,306 Call an ambulance. Jesus. 500 00:27:59,306 --> 00:28:00,866 I got a feelin' 501 00:28:00,866 --> 00:28:02,186 - Steve? 502 00:28:19,626 --> 00:28:21,026 Sheriff. 503 00:28:31,026 --> 00:28:33,826 - I hope this has nothing to do with you. 504 00:28:33,826 --> 00:28:36,666 - That's my best friend. It could have been me. 505 00:28:36,666 --> 00:28:38,066 - What happened? 506 00:28:38,706 --> 00:28:40,146 - He hit him. Bastard. 507 00:28:44,746 --> 00:28:48,226 - Steve was kicking the jukebox. Probably thought it might help. 508 00:28:48,626 --> 00:28:50,746 - So it seemed they were both at it, 509 00:28:50,746 --> 00:28:53,586 as is usually the case when people come to blows. 510 00:28:53,986 --> 00:28:55,786 - I didn't even hit him hard. 511 00:28:55,786 --> 00:28:58,626 I've hit people harder before and nobody ever died. 512 00:28:58,986 --> 00:29:00,666 - So whose fault is it? 513 00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:02,666 Is it the jukebox's fault. 514 00:29:04,786 --> 00:29:06,786 Why can't anyone just straight out say: 515 00:29:06,786 --> 00:29:08,306 I'm guilty. 516 00:29:08,306 --> 00:29:09,786 It was me. 517 00:29:11,986 --> 00:29:14,946 Why didn't you say that your friend kicked the jukebox? 518 00:29:14,946 --> 00:29:17,146 - I didn't think it mattered. 519 00:29:17,146 --> 00:29:19,946 - You're not Middle Man now, Frank, you're a witness. 520 00:29:19,946 --> 00:29:21,426 And that's something quite different. 521 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:22,586 - Okay. 522 00:29:22,586 --> 00:29:25,306 - As the Middle Man you do get to choose what you say 523 00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:28,186 but as a witness, you've only got one choice. 524 00:29:28,186 --> 00:29:29,466 The truth. 525 00:29:30,786 --> 00:29:32,186 - Yeah. 526 00:29:33,026 --> 00:29:36,146 So, yeah, he-he kicked the jukebox. 527 00:29:36,146 --> 00:29:38,666 I mean, he-he put money in there and nothing happened. 528 00:29:39,186 --> 00:29:41,826 - What happened after he kicked it, Frank? 529 00:29:41,826 --> 00:29:45,466 - They had like a back and forth with-- 530 00:29:46,906 --> 00:29:48,586 Bob called Steve a numbskull 531 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,906 and Steve called Bob a pimple-face. 532 00:29:51,866 --> 00:29:53,906 - That wasn't a very nice thing to say. 533 00:29:53,906 --> 00:29:57,386 - No, but you're not allowed to knock someone out for it. 534 00:29:58,466 --> 00:30:00,666 - What is Mrs. Stout doing here? 535 00:30:01,506 --> 00:30:02,746 - She's drinking. 536 00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:05,146 - I can see that, Frank. 537 00:30:06,226 --> 00:30:07,626 Thanks for the help. 538 00:30:14,466 --> 00:30:16,786 - Are you going to arrest me, Sheriff? 539 00:30:16,786 --> 00:30:18,986 <i>- Wasn't planning to, Mrs. Stout.</i> 540 00:30:19,346 --> 00:30:22,546 - But you think it's improper my being here, don't you? 541 00:30:22,546 --> 00:30:24,706 - That is none of my business. 542 00:30:24,706 --> 00:30:25,986 I was just wondering 543 00:30:25,986 --> 00:30:28,506 if you saw or heard anything just now? 544 00:30:29,306 --> 00:30:30,946 - Well, you can arrest me now 545 00:30:30,946 --> 00:30:33,186 because I'm going to break the law. 546 00:30:35,666 --> 00:30:39,106 - I know you're going through a difficult time, Mrs. Stout, 547 00:30:39,106 --> 00:30:42,106 but you don't need to make things difficult for me. 548 00:30:42,106 --> 00:30:44,306 - Are you having a hard time? 549 00:30:44,866 --> 00:30:47,386 - I know that my problems cannot compare... 550 00:30:50,506 --> 00:30:52,786 - I'm the one who started it. 551 00:30:52,786 --> 00:30:54,186 - Really? 552 00:30:54,746 --> 00:30:56,346 In what way? 553 00:30:56,346 --> 00:30:58,546 - I asked him to put on B-12. 554 00:30:59,866 --> 00:31:01,266 - Hm. 555 00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:03,706 Not a bad choice, Mrs. Stout. 556 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,546 Have you been drinking? 557 00:31:09,546 --> 00:31:10,946 - No. 558 00:31:11,866 --> 00:31:13,386 - Then drive over to the hospital, 559 00:31:13,386 --> 00:31:15,906 see how things are going with your buddy. 560 00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:24,786 - I think he's still on the operating table. 561 00:31:28,706 --> 00:31:32,266 He's, um, he's got massive brain damage. 562 00:31:33,146 --> 00:31:35,546 He's on a respirator in a coma. 563 00:31:35,546 --> 00:31:38,586 If he regains consciousness, which he probably never will, 564 00:31:38,586 --> 00:31:41,586 but if he does, contrary to my expectations, 565 00:31:42,266 --> 00:31:44,466 and I'm really sorry to have to say this, 566 00:31:44,466 --> 00:31:46