What the hell?
Hey.
You know which side of the border you are on?
You got a name for it?
Guess... someone must have cut your tong off.
He's a seth, or...
Or has something
To hide.
As far as I can tell...
You hear me plain enough.
Walter Henderson.
Now I want to ask you one last question.
You see this here card?
Is this you?
Or a relative of yours?
Well, I'm going to call up this number.
And see if they can tell me who you are.
I ain't got beds enough to be putting up mutes.
Operator. I need a line out please.
What?
What, can you... can you tell me the exact location of your hospital down there?
Where the hell is that?
Oh, OK, alright.
Yeah, OK, I'll be there as fast as I can.
Just, will you tell him that I'm coming, OK?
OK.
Steven, I think you will have to change that...
- This section right here? - Yeah, because it's incomplete.
Ann, honey?
I just got the strangest phone call.
Who from?
From some hospital in south Texas. A place called Terlingua.
They say they found Travis.
Oh, no.
What are you going to do?
Well, I'll go down and get him.
Oh, wow.
Well, what am I going to do? I can't leave him down there.
What about Hunter?
What am I supposed to tell him?
Well, just tell him I had to go on a business trip.
I mean about Travis.
I guess you better tell him the truth.
Ten to Vanhorn 90...
The Alpine 11 8 south.
Terlingua.
You must be the brother of the mute.
- Mute? - Yeah.
I couldn't squeeze the time of day out of him.
Must be in a kind of jam.
I don't know, I haven't seen him in over 4 years.
Is that right?
Well, a lot can happen to a man in 4 years.
All kinds of trouble.
Bits of trouble.
What do you mean?
Well, down here,
A man gets himself into a fix sometimes.
It costs him a little to get him out.
If you understand what I mean.
I don't understand you.
I wish you get to the point, because I'd like to see my brother.
Alright son.
But first I would like to ask you something.
Did your brother ever get himself into a car wreck?
Car wreck, no...
Not that I know of.
Then he must be mixing with some hard company.
I'd like to see my brother now. If you don't mind...
He disappeared.
You mean he's not here?
After I came all this way?
He's been gone since early this morning.
We have his possessions. Never the less...
Saved them.
We'd be glad to turn him over to you.
Soon, as you take care of our little reward.
Travis, hey!
Don't you recognize me? It's Walt!
It's your brother, Walt.
What the hell happened to you, anyway?
You look like 40 miles of rough road.
Come on, let's get in the car. Trav?
Come on...
Here Trav, here's your stuff.
Got that back at that clinic back there.
Sure picked a hell of a spot to land in.
I don't blame you for running out of it.
Look, Trav...
We've got quite a bit of traveling to do here,
You're not going to clam up the whole way, are you?
I'm going to get kinda lonely.
Trav?
Would you mind telling me where you disappeared to for the last 4 years?
Have you seen Jane, or talked to her?
Ann and I are...
We sort of gave up on you. We actually...
We thought you were dead, boy.
This is pretty a...
You OK?
Well...
Well, gee Trav, maybe you want to...
Clean up. Take a shower or something?
I think I'll go back into town and get you some new cloths.
You could use a new set of cloths, couldn’t you?
What size shoes do you wear?
Lets see...
I'm probably one size bigger, huh?
So, where did you find that beard?
It's pretty snazzy.
OK, I'll zip into town and zip right back.
I won't be gone long.
You'll be OK, won't you, Trav?
OK, I'll be right back.
Damn it.
You mind telling me where you are headed, Trav?
What's out there?
There's nothing out there.
Don't you trust me or something?
I'm just trying to help you Trav, that's all.
Come on, it's alright.
Come on with me in the car.
Feels good to be in new cloths, huh?
Hi, Hunter? It's Daddy.
I thought you'd be in bed already.
Guess who I'm visiting, here in Texas.
Your father.
Do you remember your father?
Not at all?
He was?
Well, guess what?
I'm going to bring him home to visit.
Travis
Do you remember your little boy? Hunter?
Well, he's with us.
He's been living with Ann and me ever since you disappeared.
We didn't know what else to do.
So, we just kept him.
One day, he was just standing at the door.
All he could tell us was that someone brought him there in a car.
He didn't know what had happened to you,
Or Jane.
So we tried everything we could think of to find you, or Jane.
Tried to locate her, she vanished too.
We didn't know what else to do.
Travis,
I don't know what kind of trouble you got into.
I don't know what happened.
But damn it, I'm your brother man.
You can talk to me.
I'm tired of doing all the taking.
Fill it with unleaded please.
You know, I'm getting a little sick with this silence routine.
You can talk.
I can be silent too you know.
I just assumed that if we kept our mouths shut for the rest of the trip
- Paris. - What?
Paris.
Paris?
Did you ever go to Paris?
No.
Could we go there now?
It's a little out of the way.
Ah, I've never even been to Europe.
Ann keeps on wanting to go there.
Cus, she is from France, you remember?
But we never seem to find the time,
Because my company kinda keeps me busy.
Lets go Trav.
What's the matter?
Where are we going?
We're going to fly to L.A.
You're not afraid of flying, are you?
- Leaving the ground? - Yeah.
Why?
Because it's too far to drive.
It would take an extra 2 days, I can't afford the time, Trav.
Why?
It's just easier to fly, Trav. It's faster. Come on.
It's all OK.
When I get you home, I'll get you settled and then you can do whatever you want.
But sir, we can't stop the plane whenever someone gets terrified.
Don't get on a plane and then refuse to leave the ground.
Don't do things like that, this isn't the wilderness.
You're living with people now.
You should have acquired a private plane, do you know how many people you are detaining?
Sorry!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! OK?
This is getting a little ridiculous Travis.
Are you going to leave me?
No, I'm not going to leave you.
It's alright if you leave me.
I don't know honey, no... He just panicked or something.
Well, it won't do any good to try another plane, it wasn't the plane,
he'll just get off again.
Well, we're just going to have to drive it, that's all.
Yeah, it'll take a good 2 days.
I don't understand why you have to have the exact same car you had before.
They are all alike.
All the cars we have here are Birds,
Olds, Chevy’s, and whatever.
- I'm not even sure I can locate the same car... - I know...
My brother left something in the car, we are hoping we can search the car and find it.
Oh, well, I'll just contact the lost and found department for you, if that's OK sir.
No, we have to have the very same car.
Well, I can't do that. There is no way I can trace the car for you.
Well, why not? You have the license number right on your form there.
- Well, yes but... - Well, just give us the license number and we'll find it.
But I can't allow you on the lot sir.
Why not? We're already on it!
I just have to ask you to come back to the office with me.
- Travis! - What?
I don't think we're going to get the very same car.
But I can rent you a model just like the one you had before, sir.
I need the same car Walt. How are we going to go in another car?
Give us the number, will you, please?
Come on... pretty please?
Alright, that number is 66 7DJP
You remember that? 66 7DJP?
- It's got a bump on the hood. - Yes it does...
What's that?
What?
That, what you got in your hand?
A picture.
A picture of what?
A picture of...
Paris.
Paris, really?
Yes, picture of a piece of Paris.
Where did you get a picture of Paris?
- Can I see it? - Yes.
This is it? This is Paris?
Looks just like Texas to me.
It is.
Paris, Texas?
It's right here on the map.
There's really a place called Paris, Texas?
It's right here.
Well, how come you got a picture of a vacant lot in Paris, Texas?
It's mine.
I know that, but how come you got it?
I purchased it in the mail...
A long time ago.
You bought a picture of vacant lot in the mail?
No, I bought the land...
- Oh, you bought that lot. - Yes.
Oh, let me see again.
There's nothing on it.
Empty.
Well, why in hell would you want to buy a vacant lot in Paris, Texas for Christ's sake?
I forgot.
Here Trav.
Do you remember what mama's very first name was?
Marry.
No, I know, I mean, her... before she found daddy.
- Oh, her median name? - Yeah.
You don't remember her median name?
No...
Sekinae.
Spanish.
Her father was.
Yeah?
I don't believe it.
You finally decided to eat!
Eating and talking!
Before you know it, you will be back in the land of the living.
You want me to drive?
Sure! Think you remember how?
My body remembers.
You can sleep while I drive.
OK.
Well, Trav...
I think maybe you are ready to...
Tell me what the hell happened to you over the last 4 years.
No, not yet.
Travis!
What?
Where are we, Travis? What happened?
Why did we get off the high way.
Jesus Christ...
I can't even sleep for 5 minutes without some crisis.
Why did you turn off?
I don't know where I turned off. Didn't have a name.
That's great.
That's just damn great.
Where we are in the middle of the Mohabi desert and a place that doesn't have a name.
I could find the high way again.
Trav, I need to talk to you a little about Hunter.
How old is he now?
He's eight in January.
- She’s seven then. - Yeah.
But see, what I want to talk about is...
Well, he's like part of the family now.
Ann and me are like his parents now.
Ann's your wife.
Yeah, you remember her, don't you?
No... Does he think that you're his father?
Well, Ann told him you were coming.
Well, who does he think I am?
I told him you are his father.
But see,
You've been gone a long time, Trav.
How long have I been gone? Do you know?
4 years.
Is 4 years a long time?
It is for a little boy.
It's half his life.
Half a boy's life.
I remember now...
What?
Why I bought that land.
Oh, why?
Well, mama once told me that...
That's where she and daddy first...
Made love.
Oh, in Paris, Texas?
- Yeah. - She told you that?
Yeah.
So... I thought that...
that's where I began.
I mean me, Travis Calve Henderson. They named me that.
I started out there.
- Paris Texas, huh? - Yeah...
So you think maybe you were conceived there?
Yeah.
You could be right, Travis.
Daddy always had a joke about it.
What was the joke?
He's... he would introduce mama
As the girl he met in Paris.
And then he would wait
Before he said Texas, so everybody thought that...
He meant... He would wait
Before he said Texas till everybody thought,
After everybody thought that he was talking about Paris, France.
He always laughed real hard about it.
So you live in Los Angles, huh?
Yeah, well we live in suburbs,
But I've got my business in town.
What's your business?
I make billboard signs for advertisements.
Oh, yeah?
You're the one that makes all those... I love those.
Some of them are beautiful.
I'm not the only one in the world that make's them, Trav.
Trav? This way.
Nice, huh? Just been in here 3 months.
I really like it, but I took a beating financing, I'll tell ya.
Like everybody else.
Hi baby.
- Everything OK here? - Oh, sure...
We just miss you a lot.
I missed you too.
- Come on in. - Travis.
My God.
We were beginning to wonder if we would ever see you again.
It's been so long.
Did you have a good trip?
Yeah, it was fine.
Hunter.
This is Travis.
Hi.
I bet it was really hot coming across the Mohabis Desert.
Yes.
Too bad you had to drive.
What happened?
Well, Travis just didn't feel like flying.
Oh, I don't blame you.
I can't stand airplanes anymore.
Especially since we live in this house.
All we hear is planes day in and day out.
I like them.
You used to fly, didn't you, Travis?
No.
Oh, I thought... I remember
Jane telling me that you flew once to Dallas together.
Or somewhere.
Maybe I'm mistaken.
Honey. He hasn't slept in a bed
Since we started, I swear to God.
I don't think that's even necessary.
Where has he been sleeping then?
Well, he doesn't sleep.
He has to sleep somewhere.
OK.
But I don't think he's even going to use it.
He's got to get tired sometime.
There is a towel for you, Travis,
And some underwear and socks from Walt.
Good night.
Thank you.
OK. Get some shut eye.
OK.
- Sweet dreams. - Alright.
You polished them.
That's very nice of you Travis.
Would you like to come in and have some breakfast?
Aren’t you hungry?
We are going to have strawberry waffles.
Do you like them?
Do you want some?
Well, there is hot coffee on the stove if you want some.
Look at that truck.
Hi.
Decided to rough it, huh?
Yeah.
What did you do, spit shine these?
I can get you a job at the airport doing that.
Do you want to trade these new boots for those old boots?
You can wear them.
Thank you.
Travis? I have to rush off to get Hunter to school on time.
We will be back this afternoon.
Walt's office number is on the dining room table.
See you later.
- OK. - Bye.
- Ann? - Yeah?
I was just thinking maybe I can meet Hunter after school
And we could walk home together, if he wants to.
That sounds like a great idea, Travis.
Walk home? I don't want to walk home mom.
Why walk, everybody drives.
Come on, Hunter
It won't hurt you once to walk home in your life.
No, no, I don't want to.
Travis, I insist, you are Hunter's father.
And get into the car Hunter. We are late as it is.
You are mean.
- Ryan, come with me. - Sure.
I'm very sorry about this, Travis.
It's not easy for him, Ann.
Ann, it's OK, he's in here.
What are you doing?
Driving.
Where to?
Just driving.
You're not hiding out in there, are you?
No.
Hunter. Travis is your real dad,
You know that, don't you?
Dad, when are they going to make spaceships like they...
Make cars?
Hunter, I'm asking you a question. Can you answer it?
What?
Well, Travis went to meet you at school,
And he wanted to walk you home.
Nobody walks.
That's not the point.
Travis is your real dad and...
He wants to talk to you.
Why? What about?
OK, come on. Lets go have dinner.
Hey Trav? Do you remember that time when Ann and me came down to visit you about 5 years ago?
No.
You and Jane were down in Texas, right there on the coast.
Hunter was about 3.
Don't you remember that?
No.
I remember, we went fishing.
Yeah.
I took some Super Eight on that trip. And I put it all together?
Thought maybe you might want to see some of it.
What is it?
Movies. You know, Super Eight?
- Oh. - Walt.
Maybe Travis doesn't want...
What?
Well, maybe he'd like to wait a while before he looks at it.
Yeah, it's up to him.
Just thought you might like to see some of it.
Movies? Sure.
Great. There's some great stuff on it. Some great shots of Hunter on it.
I've already seen it.
Well, you have to see it again.
- Come on, help me set up the projector. - OK.
That’s me driving.
I know, you are going to be good.
Time for bed now, Hunter.
Oh, mom.
Time to go to bed, it's past ten.
- Good night dad. - Good night baby.
Good night dad.
Do you think he still loves her?
How would I know that, Hunter?
I think he does.
How can you tell?
Well, the way he looked at her.
You mean when he saw her in the movie?
Yeah, but that's not her.
What do you mean?
That's only her in a movie.
A long time ago.
In a galaxy far, far away.
What are you looking for?
I'm looking for a...
The father.
Your father?
No, no, just a father. Any father.
What does a father look like?
There are many different kinds of fathers, senior Travis.
Well, I just need one.
You think you are going to find him in there?
Well, I don't know where else to look.
Oh, I see, you want too look like a father.
Yeah.
Tell me, do you want to be a rich father?
No.
- A poor one? - No.
Than which?
In between.
No, no. There is no in between, eh?
You either have to be a rich father or a poor one.
Rich.
One thing you must remember.
To be a rich father, senior Travis, you must look to the sky,
Never to the ground.
Little higher.
No... Stand.
You must walk stiff, senior Travis.
Dignity.
You got it.
Who is that guy, you know him?
Yeah, he's my father's brother.
No... they are both brothers.
No, they are both fathers.
No... ah, forget it.
- But both who's fathers? - My father.
How they have two fathers?
Just lucky I guess.
- Well, bye. - Bye.
That's my dad's suite.
I mean Walt.
That's OK if you call him dad.
Yeah, I borrowed it from him. He said it was OK.
What are those pictures?
That's my dad.
And your grandfather.
What was his name?
Travis.
Same as yours.
Where is he now?
He died...
A couple of years after this picture.
In that car.
- Oh, he's dead? - Uh huh.
But can you feel that he's dead?
What do you mean?
You knew him when he was walking around
- And talking. Right? - Yeah.
So can you feel that he is gone?
Yeah, sometimes. I know he's dead.
I never felt like you were dead.
I could always feel you were walking
Around and talking... some place.
I feel mom too.
- You do? - Don't you?
Yeah.
That's me when I was in the navy.
You were a general?
No... This was when I was in the band.
The high school band.
This is you. I like this picture. Look at that.
That is really wild.
That's weird when it, when there is water in between
And then it turns into nothing.
That's a great picture.
And this is my mom.
Your grandmother.
I didn't know.
It just seems that...
Everything has changed between us so fast.
Ever since Travis came.
What's changed?
I'm just afraid.
Afraid of Travis?
No...
Then what?
Of what will happen to us if we loose Hunter.
We're not going to loose Hunter.
Then why do you keep pushing them together?
It's almost as if you wanted them to leave.
- Who? - Hunter.
You know what I'm talking about.
You keep promoting this father son business between...
It's not business.
Travis is his father, and Hunter is his son.
That's a fact.
You've known that all along.
Travis happens to be my brother.
I know he is.
Well, what's this promotion bull shit?
You want us to go on pretending...
That we are the parents of my brother's son?
Well, how long do you want Hunter to buy that?
I was never pretending.
I love him, just like he was my own flesh and blood.
So do I.
Hi Ann.
Hi Travis.
You don't sleep much, do you?
Travis.
There is something I have to tell you.
I was not going to,
Because somehow it makes things easier that nobody knows.
I never even told Walt, or Hunter.
What is it?
After Hunter came to live with us,
Jane used to call.
Asking about him.
She made me promise not to tell anyone that she was calling.
Did she ask about me?
Yes. In the beginning.
Where did she call from?
Places in Texas.
What places?
Let me finish, Travis.
After what happened between you and Jane...
She decided Hunter should be with us.
She said she couldn't be a mother to him anymore.
She stopped being a mother to him a long time before that.