GUEST: Actor Mark Jeffrey Miller

Roy Lee is being beaten by his stepfather.

“You couldn’t stop, man. You couldn’t!” says Roy Lee’s stepfather.

John Hickam points at Homer. “Get in the car, Homer! Homer, get in the car!” says John. John hurries across the street to Roy Lee.

“Idiot! I ought to goddamn kill ya,” says Roy Lee’s stepfather, Vernon. John grabs him by the arm and shoves him against a wall.

“We ain’t at the mine now. This ain’t your business,” says Vernon.

“You get in the car with Homer, son,” says John to Roy Lee. John turns to the stepfather.

“You listen to me, you drunken son of a bitch,” says John Hickam. “If that boy’s father was alive, he’d kick your ass. So I’m gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise, you get a scar. If I see him with a limp, you get crutches! You hear me? Do you hear me?” John lets go of the stepfather and walks back to the car.

“You know, I’m reportin’ you to the union!” shouts Vernon.

“Screw you and your damn union,” says John Hickam.

In This Episode

• Jake Gyllenhall as Homer Hickam
• William Lee Scott as Roy Lee
• Chris Cooper as John Hickam
• Mark Jeffrey Miller as Vernon