The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Episode 6

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Episode 6

Released Friday, 14th March 2025
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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Episode 6

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Episode 6

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0:04

If I were a betting man I'd say

0:06

neither of these boys wants to apologize

0:08

. If you've ever

0:10

had brothers yourself , you understand

0:12

.

0:16

Fuck you , fuck

0:18

you .

0:24

That harmonica was a terrible idea .

0:37

You're not staying here . Dude , what Find

0:39

? Some shithole motel or something ? You're

0:42

not staying here . You're

0:44

serious as Dad's death . You

0:46

are not welcome in my house .

0:49

Whatever man , I'm fucking gone .

1:04

Oh my God , what the hell happened

1:06

to you .

1:07

I don't want to talk about it .

1:08

Why is your face bruised and where's your

1:10

brother ?

1:11

I told him he couldn't stay here .

1:12

Noah what happened .

1:15

I'm going to go lay down .

1:16

What the hell , noah , I'm going to go get

1:18

him .

1:19

No , do not let that asshole in this

1:21

house . Well , tell me what happened then . He's

1:23

a selfish little prick . There is no

1:25

place for him in this family anymore .

1:40

Know what ? Your brother is standing there at the edge of the driveway

1:42

.

1:43

And .

1:43

And he's your brother . Get off your ass

1:45

and let him in Kirsten .

1:47

this is something that I'm going to be very firm

1:49

on . Isaac is not welcome in

1:51

this house anymore .

1:53

Well , why won't you tell me what happened then ?

1:55

I don't want to talk about it , Kirsten .

1:57

Well , what happened to your face ?

1:59

I cut myself shaving . Please stop

2:01

. You

2:08

just want to lay there and wallow

2:10

in your own self-pity . Look what happened is between Isaac and I . Now please

2:12

just drop it . Stop . Don't look at me like that .

2:14

I beg your pardon .

2:16

I'm sorry , babe , I love

2:18

you , I love you so much

2:20

, but this is something I have to stand

2:22

very firm on .

2:24

Well , is he going to be at the funeral ?

2:26

I don't give a shit at this point .

2:28

Then what the hell was the point of going to get

2:30

him ?

2:30

I needed a brother . What I brought back

2:32

was a fleshy patch of selfishness . What

2:35

? My brother's not there anymore . He

2:37

only cares about himself , so

2:39

let him care about himself . I'm done

2:42

.

2:43

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies . Written

2:46

and directed by Ben Gaddafi

2:48

.

2:51

Episode

2:56

6 .

2:56

Their daddy's funeral is just around the corner

2:59

and in the moment , death seems to

3:01

remind you of your life . It

3:03

ain't that bad .

3:08

Something tells me they'll be just fine .

3:10

Wow , I didn't expect

3:12

such a turnout ? I did . My dad was a social whore .

3:14

Really .

3:16

Oh yeah , his buddies were our babysitters

3:18

, uncles , big brothers . The

3:23

man knew everybody in town

3:26

, so you think he'll show ?

3:28

Who .

3:28

Isaac , you thick fuck . Think he'll be

3:30

here I bet you the baby's

3:33

name .

3:33

He doesn't show up .

3:35

Oh really .

3:37

You really have faith in that walnut ? He

3:39

has the morals of a kid on TikTok . He

3:41

probably films himself giving food to

3:43

homeless people . Oh look how good

3:45

I am . Somebody pat me on the back

3:47

.

3:48

Whatever , I'm holding you to that bet .

3:51

Deal Jerry Reed Peterson , if it's a boy .

3:53

Brenner Cole .

3:54

Brenner .

3:56

Sounds like a sandwich . Oh , it does

3:58

not Ask Gabe . Gabe

4:01

, yo Come over here . Stop

4:03

. It's your father's funeral , quit yelling .

4:05

Hasn't even started .

4:06

He's not going to play your little game . Anyway , this

4:08

is where you want to be when Jesus comes back .

4:11

I'd rather be in Vegas .

4:13

Okay good luck with that Yo ho

4:15

ho bro-stachios Gabe does

4:17

Brenner sound like a sandwich

4:19

Brenner ?

4:21

Gabe , please don't humor him .

4:23

No , just answer the question . Does

4:25

Brenner sound like a ?

4:26

sandwich . Well , I immediately

4:28

regret walking over here , guys . What's this about

4:30

?

4:31

We have a bet and if I lose

4:33

, we name the child fucking Brenner

4:36

. Nope , I'm out .

4:38

Ha told you it was worth

4:40

a try .

4:41

Thanks for nothing , Gabe no

4:45

problem . Dickity , dickhead .

4:46

Holy shit . I hope you realize I'm naming

4:49

our baby Brenner Sandwich

4:51

.

4:52

There's no way , I'm telling

4:54

you , well you , just lost a bet , look

4:56

.

4:59

You're shitting me . Wow

5:01

, he looks like shit

5:04

.

5:05

Ow , be nice , you both look like raccoons

5:07

God damn , it's my father's funeral

5:09

. Hey , you're in a holy place . If you talk

5:11

like that , again , I'm divorcing you .

5:14

If I were only so lucky .

5:16

You couldn't afford the child support . You degenerate

5:19

. Quiet

5:21

down , Quiet down everyone .

5:24

We'll begin once everyone finds their seats

5:27

.

5:27

Isaac started this whole fucking thing , by the

5:29

way , shh .

5:30

I don't care , just

5:32

let it

5:40

go .

5:40

Thank you all for coming . Everyone , we

5:43

are gathered here today not to mourn

5:45

the death , but to celebrate the life

5:47

of Thomas Peterson . God

5:50

has taken him at a time of his life

5:52

that was unexpected for all of us . We

5:55

will miss Thomas , but our burden

5:57

is not as heavy as his two boys

5:59

, noah and Isaac , who

6:06

are here today to bury their father . Just

6:09

five years ago , they were burdened with the

6:11

tragedy of burying their mother , sharon . Noah

6:15

, isaac , we are all here for you . Your

6:19

family has been a pillar in this community and you too are our family as well . Just know that

6:21

Thomas and Sharon will be joined again , leaving

6:27

their eternal love here for eternal life in heaven . I have been asked

6:29

for the eulogy to be given by his son , isaac

6:31

Peterson . I

6:36

cannot think of a better person to give a proper speech .

6:43

Isaac , if you please . You

6:48

know I thought about giving the stereotypical speech about life

6:50

lessons experiences . We had funny anecdotes . What have you ? Nobody wants to

6:52

hear that . That's every funeral . Seems

6:55

like everybody else has that under control . I'm pretty sure

6:57

I saw Dad's frat buddies in the back doing beer bongs

6:59

when I walked in . So there's that Having a good

7:02

time , bill .

7:05

Hell yes .

7:08

Yeah , there you go . There's your shout-out

7:10

. I

7:14

was trying to figure out what to say here tonight while

7:16

being in a drunken stupor . You

7:18

know it's the Peterson way , I suppose , but

7:21

it really didn't work out the way I hoped . I

7:23

ended up with a broken nose , bruise

7:25

on my face and a pissed off brother

7:27

. What I have found out about trying

7:29

to write a eulogy for

7:32

your own father is that we

7:34

remember a great man not in times of darkness

7:36

, but we remember him in the light . He

7:39

was the epitome of a father teaching

7:42

Noah and I a multitude of lessons . Thomas

7:45

Peterson lived his life not only how he

7:47

saw fit , but how he wanted

7:49

others to live . A

7:53

gloating man is a man

7:55

who has a minuscule portion of what life is

7:57

about . The man who has nothing

7:59

is a man who finds everything in

8:02

something . Fear will never overpower

8:04

, but merely be motivation

8:07

to stay one step ahead , ensuring the

8:09

feeling having everything truly

8:11

feels like everything . A man

8:13

who has everything has no fear in

8:16

letting go . My

8:18

father motivated us to be the same Live

8:23

in the moment , but learn through your mistakes

8:25

to find a way to keep the moment alive . Our

8:28

father was a wise man . He was a

8:30

great husband to our mother and an even

8:32

better father . One can

8:34

only hope people had a life as rich as ours . He

8:38

gave us everything . He may not

8:40

have given us the material possessions that kid desires

8:42

, but he gave us strength , discipline

8:45

, courage . He gave us everything

8:47

we needed and

8:49

we gather to thank you , dad . Our hearts

8:51

will always be filled with the love

8:54

you showed everyone in this room . I

8:56

hope you and Mom are happy and I wish you the best . I'll

9:00

be thinking of you , thank

9:02

you .

9:07

Thank you , Isaac . I

9:10

will now read from 1 Thessalonians 4

9:12

, 14 through 17 . Man Isaac did

9:14

good , For since we believe that Jesus

9:16

died and rose again .

9:18

Yeah , he actually did .

9:20

God will bring him those who have fallen

9:22

asleep . For this we

9:24

declare to you , by the word from our Lord , the

9:28

power

9:42

of God , you okay bud .

9:44

Yeah , I'm good . I'm just letting everyone

9:46

enjoy themselves . You

9:48

can join . Nah , I'm alright . I

9:50

still need a bit . Besides

9:52

, everyone would just do the . I'm so sorry for your loss . Bullshit , I'm

9:54

not in the fucking mood for that Good

9:56

point Well let's do a shot Of what .

9:58

What are you thinking ? I'm thinking a bomb of some sort , a little pep in the fucking mood for that Good point . Well , let's do a shot Of what . What

10:00

are you thinking ? I'm thinking a bomb of some sort , a

10:02

little pep in the step . Come on , let's

10:05

get some liquid crack . I'm

10:07

all right , dude , all right . You're

10:09

sitting there talking to yourself like an old man . You're

10:12

doing a bomb . Let's light the world on

10:14

fire . This is our night .

10:16

That's an odd example , but fuck

10:18

it , I'm in .

10:19

There you go , let loose . We got the whole night

10:21

ahead of us . Let's celebrate your dad . Let's

10:25

burn the world down .

10:27

Hey Nate two Vegas bombs , please Sounds good , coming

10:29

right up Isaac

10:35

.

10:35

Look man . I know it's tough , but we're all here for you .

10:36

So , maya and I grew up with your dad too . Yeah , I know I

10:39

do appreciate everything you've done , gabe .

10:41

You do the same brother . When times

10:43

are tough , we gotta stick together , otherwise everything

10:45

just falls apart .

10:46

Yeah , sometimes I think it already did fall apart

10:49

.

10:49

Man , stay positive . That's

10:51

just part of life . But at least now your dad's with

10:53

your mom . Yeah , maybe , maybe

10:55

, dude

10:58

, your mom was a smoke show . No doubt your dad got laid first thing .

11:01

Wonderful .

11:04

Now I have the image of my parents diddling in my fucking head . Here you go , guys On

11:06

the house . Sorry for your loss

11:08

, Isaac .

11:09

See what I mean . What did I do to piss you off , man ?

11:11

No , nate , nate , You're good , he's just being

11:13

a dick Stop

11:23

being a dick

11:25

and take your shot .

11:26

You're starting to sound like Noah . Sorry , nate , I'm just being pissy , just trying

11:28

to serve you some drinks

11:34

To Thomas , to Thomas . Noah

11:37

, you should go talk to Isaac .

11:39

Why he's fine .

11:41

He just lost his father .

11:42

So did I Look at him , though

11:44

, he looks fine . Besides the

11:46

beauty mark I gave him , he's a picture of

11:48

hell . Yeah

11:52

, he gave you one too . Just go talk to him . I talked to him the entire trip here

11:54

. The man is a boner killer .

11:56

Your analogies are fucking awful . Just

11:58

go over there and say something to him , please .

12:01

Fine , I'll

12:03

go over there and I'll call him a cunt .

12:06

No wait , Don't go over there .

12:08

What the hell do you want me to do ? Stay , go

12:10

, fuck myself .

12:12

Maya is walking over there . So so

12:14

his ex-girlfriend , who he ghosted

12:16

and moved to Colorado , is walking over there . Whoop-de

12:19

fuck , oh , she might punch him . I kind of

12:21

want to see this , oh Holy

12:24

shit .

12:28

Good point , dude

12:30

. I know that was sick .

12:34

They were like I'm out , gabe can I have a minute

12:36

Whoa , sure , sure , hold on . All right

12:38

, I'm going to go have a minute Whoa

12:40

, whoa .

12:41

Sure , sure , hold on . All right , I'm going to go

12:43

have a smoke .

12:46

Hey , thanks for coming , Maya .

12:47

Your dad was a big part of my life too . I wouldn't

12:50

have missed this for the world .

12:51

Just know , I do appreciate it .

12:53

So how are you ?

12:55

I'm all right as good as a

12:57

man who just buried his dad . Fair you

12:59

, I'm good , I'm alright as good as a man who just buried his dad .

13:01

There you , I'm good , I'm staying

13:03

busy . I work with Gabe in the shop

13:05

now .

13:06

Oh , fucking A . You were always good with cars , so that

13:08

makes sense . Is that sarcasm ? No

13:10

, no , no , no , no , no . You taught me so much about my cars

13:12

I don't even think I have the right to make fun of you .

13:14

This is true .

13:15

Oh , I told Noah , Dad taught me . So just a heads

13:18

up , If we were in an argument he'd never let it down

13:20

if I told him it was you who taught me how to work on cars .

13:22

No shit , I might just go tell

13:24

him now .

13:25

Please don't .

13:26

What Afraid of the big bad

13:28

Noah .

13:29

Afraid of Noah Hell ? No , I just

13:31

don't want to hear him speak .

13:33

You two are something else . I heard

13:35

about the fights .

13:36

Noah made himself out .

13:39

As usual , he's got a knack

13:41

for that .

13:43

So how are things , or whatever . I'm

13:46

not good at small talk at the moment .

13:48

Isaac Peterson being short for words

13:50

now , this is a first .

13:52

Yeah , I know my brain's all scrambled

13:55

and I'm pretty sure I left my backpack in Noah's

13:57

truck , so that has me a bit disheveled at the moment

13:59

.

13:59

Well , you are a pretty forgetful person

14:02

.

14:02

Not usually .

14:04

You forgot to bring your girlfriend with you to Colorado

14:07

.

14:08

Ew Ouch Too soon

14:10

. Can I say too soon there ?

14:12

Since it was five years ago , I'd say

14:14

no , I just chose the wrong time to bring

14:16

it up , though .

14:17

Eh , go ahead . I fucked up and deserve everything you

14:19

have to say .

14:20

No , it's been so long and

14:23

tonight isn't the night .

14:25

And another night is .

14:26

Look , I didn't come over here to fight

14:29

. I just wanted to say my condolences

14:31

and see if you were alright .

14:32

I appreciate that Maya Truly . You

14:35

take care , Isaac , you too . Maya

14:38

, Thank you for coming .

14:41

Hey , I'm going to a show at Red

14:43

Rocks in a couple months . I'll be

14:45

around for a couple days . Would you want

14:47

to get lunch or something ?

14:48

I'll go with the option or something . What does

14:50

that entail , though ? Does it involve a Steely

14:53

Dan CD , you sinner ?

14:54

Seriously , I would like to meet

14:56

up with you and chat when I'm out there , and I'm

14:58

not sure how long you're going to be in town , so I figured

15:00

we should talk out there . I how long you're going to be in town , so I figured we should talk out

15:02

later .

15:03

I would love that .

15:05

Yeah , yeah .

15:08

Yeah , maya Shit

15:10

.

15:11

I have to go . Come here now

15:13

.

15:13

Who's that great big ball of joy ?

15:15

Currently my boyfriend .

15:18

Currently . Huh , well , you take care

15:20

, maya . It was good to see you , I

15:22

mean it .

15:24

Take care of yourself alright

15:31

.

15:31

What the hell do you think you're doing here ?

15:33

Paying my respects . What does

15:35

it matter ?

15:36

He's your ex . His

15:40

dad just died . Am I just supposed to say nothing to him ? I forbade you to go to the funeral

15:43

in the first place , let alone the bar afterwards .

15:45

And I remember telling you to get

15:47

fucked . You don't remember that part

15:49

.

15:50

You're coming home right now .

15:52

Gabe and I grew up with the Petersons . I'm

15:54

just paying my respects . What's the

15:56

big deal ?

15:57

I'm serious , let's go .

15:58

Whoa whoa , what the fuck is going

16:00

on .

16:01

Mind your business .

16:02

Well , when you're yelling at your lady in the middle

16:04

of a bar , it becomes everybody's business

16:06

.

16:07

Lucas , we will talk about this tomorrow

16:09

.

16:09

No , you're coming home right now .

16:11

Shit . Noah and Isaac are staring you guys

16:14

. Oh hell no .

16:16

You put your hands on me again , you and I are

16:18

going to have a problem .

16:19

Worse than the problem we have right now .

16:21

You are an angry , jealous

16:23

, controlling asshole who

16:25

throws a temper tantrum when he doesn't

16:27

get his way .

16:31

Don't you talk to me like that again . Oh shit , done , fucked up , lucas , they're

16:34

coming . I told you stay out

16:36

of this .

16:38

If you ever touch me again , I swear to God , whoa , whoa , calm

16:40

down , punch me Again , I swear

16:43

to God .

16:43

Whoa whoa , calm down , calm down

16:46

, get the fuck off me . Get the fuck off it's me . God

16:48

damn Shit , it's me . Where the

16:50

fuck is , gabe .

16:53

Maya , maya , maya Maya , calm down , calm

16:56

down . Look , it's over . Hey

16:59

, look at me , it's over . Look

17:02

, you made him cry .

17:04

That wasn't fair . You

17:07

fucked him up . Maya , Fuck

17:10

him .

17:11

This way , babe , don't worry about him .

17:15

You fucking dick , whoa

17:17

, whoa . What the fuck did I ?

17:18

just miss . You ever watch bumfights

17:20

. Maya fucking destroyed this dude

17:23

.

17:23

No shit . I heard something from outside , but

17:25

I wasn't sure what was going on .

17:27

Look , he's still right there on the ground , you

17:29

think ?

17:30

she's over there . Come on , buddy , Come

17:32

on , let's get up . I'll walk

17:34

you up . Wrong person to pick

17:36

a fight with buddy you okay

17:39

.

17:39

Get out of my way . I'm calling the cops . Good luck with

17:41

that . You swung first Steve . Steve , who the

17:44

fuck is Steve ? Well , you

17:46

are , see . I didn't think it was important enough to know

17:48

your name , so I just kind of picked one .

17:50

You see , steve there's an important lesson

17:52

to have learned here , and it seems to

17:54

be written on your face Get out of

17:56

my way . Yeah

17:58

, good looking out , brother .

17:59

Yeah .

18:07

Good looking out , brother Nate , two whiskeys . What the hell

18:09

happened to you guys ? You guys , okay , yeah

18:15

, the one who started the fight just got escorted out you

18:19

guys .

18:19

good , I don't think he's coming back . Nate , all

18:21

is well .

18:24

Good man , I don't want that shit in my bar . Two whiskeys

18:26

, double the price . You guys

18:28

fucked around way too much . Thanks

18:36

, nate . Your ex is one tough

18:38

, broad dude .

18:39

She sure as shit can handle her own , that's for sure .

18:45

Not gonna lie , man Totally thought she was gonna hit you earlier

18:47

. Hit me why I was watching from across

18:49

the bar . Oh , thanks for the privacy

18:52

, dickhead . You're at

18:54

a bar . You have no privacy

18:56

. Everyone is looking at everyone

18:58

.

18:59

Whatever man you want another shot , Fuck

19:01

it .

19:02

Why not ? It's the last night of drinking

19:04

for the foreseeable future .

19:06

Hey Nate , another round please .

19:10

It may not seem to be to the untrained

19:13

eye , but they finally got

19:15

over their bullshit . All it

19:17

took was witnessing a savage attack

19:19

and , fucked up

19:21

as these two may be , they're

19:23

living in high cotton . The

19:26

death of their daddy brought them back together

19:28

. Noah's about to be a daddy

19:30

himself , and Isaac was able to conquer

19:32

his fears . Isaac

19:34

and Noah still have a long way to go before

19:36

they learn about the world , but

19:39

bless their hearts for trying . These

19:41

are my boys . I love them

19:43

and I'm proud of them .

19:47

You know you're still an asshole . Are

19:50

you gonna pay for everyone's drinks , since you're rich

19:52

now ? Oh , fuck you , fuck

19:54

you .

20:06

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies . Written and directed by Ben

20:08

Gaddafi , starring Tim

20:10

Welsh , ben Gaddafi

20:13

, samantha Johnson , wren

20:15

Soren , katie Lee Rumpf

20:18

, tessa Thompson , alexander

20:20

Hamilton , ryan Rumpf

20:23

, nick Vodica , jason

20:25

Flynn . Thank

20:27

you .

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