Pa and Ma discover drug addict James on an empty New Mexico road and bring him to their ranch in Half Acre, NM.

Pa commandeers the ice-cream truck, as James provokes a rattlesnake encounter and Felipe undertakes astronaut training.

Pa drives a stolen ice-cream truck to Hector’s house in Mexico, while James interrupts Felipe’s astronaut training in Houston.

Pa and Ma are driven to the killing fields in Mexico, while James prepares for a funeral in Half Acre.