Manchester by the Sea

Tenant by telephone while janitor Lee works in the be background: “I could really slit my throat.” (0:04)

Tenant Mrs. Olsen tells Lee, “It’s driving me insane.” (0:07)

Lee learns that his fisherman brother Joe has died. Family friend George grieves with him. (0:16)

His teammates comfort Joe’s son Patrick. (0:36)

One of Patrick’s friends calls the other “... retard.”
Referring to Star Trek: ”Retarded.”
”Retarded.”
Second friend: “Then The Matrix.”
First friend: ”Retarded.” (0:40)

Lee’s wife Randi tells the others, “You wanna keep it down you... morons?” (0:51)

Randi and Joe realize their young children have died when their home burned. (0:56)

Joe tells the fire marshal and police chief, “Someone was passing around a joint, and there was cocaine.”
Police chief: ”Cocaine?”
Lee: “I’m too wasted... I can’t remember if I put a screen on the fireplace.” (0:59)

Lee grabs a policeman’s gun and tries to shoot himself. (1:03)

Patrick asks Lee, “Are you brain damaged?” (1:06)

Patrick tells Lee, referring to Patrick’s mother Elise, “She’s a drunk. She’s insane.” (1:07)

Patrick tells Lee, “That really freaks me out.”
”I’m just saying it kind of freaks me out.”
Lee: ”You want me to have a nervous breakdown...?” (1:09)

His girlfriend Sandy tells Patrick, referring to her mother Jill, “She’s not retarded.” (1:16)

Church graveyard. Funeral service for Joe. (1:20)

Wake for Joe. (1:23)

Patrick, crying, tells Lee, “I think I’m having a panic attack.” (1:29)

Lee asks Patrick, “Are you having a breakdown?”
Patrick: ”I’m just freaking out.”
Lee: ”I can’t let you freak out with the door closed, and if you’re gonna freak out every time you see a frozen chicken, then we should go to a hospital. (1:29)

Patrick tells Lee, referring to Elise, “She’s not an alcoholic anymore, and she wants me to stay with her...” (1:37)

Lee asks Patrick, “Are you nervous?”
Patrick: “Yeah, I’m nervous.” (1:46)

Patrick tells Lee, referring to Elise, “She was pretty nervous.” (1:50)

Randi tells Lee, “My heart’s broken.” (1:56)

Patrick stops in the graveyard. (2:07)

Burial of Joe. Lee gazes at the stone marker for his three children. (2:08)