How It All Goes Down
- It's the summer of '69 and Thomas and Dominick are home from school for the summer.
- To stay busy, they start working for the Public Works Department, mowing town cemeteries.
- They work for Dell Weeks alongside Leo and Ralph Drinkwater.
- Most of the time they all (except Thomas) get stoned and goof off.
- Meanwhile, at home, the poo hits the fan when Thomas's report card comes and Ray sees how badly he's doing at school.
- Ray loses it, throwing pickle jars around the kitchen, leaving the floor littered with glass.
- Dominick runs away and dives into the lake, putting his head underwater as long as he can.
- When he comes home, Ma is by herself in the kitchen. She tries to comfort Dominick, but he doesn't care—he hates Ray; Ray isn't his real father.
- He asks Ma who his real dad is, but she still won't tell him.