- Give him a hand with the hose! - I got it!
Hey! Help!
Help! Help!
Oh, God! Somebody help me!
Fuck.
Hose me down! Hose me down!
Who the hell is he?
(cheering)
Are you all right, Mort? He didn't hurt you?
(man) And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
He was driven to part from all men.
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him:
And Abram was 70 and five...
Should I let Spunky go? He likes to chase rabbits.
Sure, why not?
Even rabbits deserve a good laugh now and then.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Yes, it is.
Oh, watch it, watch it!
Thank you.
Harry.
Do you wanna see my birthday cake?
It's your birthday? Seriously?
Well!
How old are you?
I'm 19.
Well.
You look disappointed.
Did you want me to be older?
No, of course not.
That'd be stupid, wouldn't it?
I'm 36.
Well.
Here.
Have a sandwich, you poor old man.
You have to keep up your strength.
Nice.
- Thank you, Harry. - Happy birthday, Junior.
I...
I have to go in.
Thank you.
Junior.
Thank you.
- Madox? - Who wants to know?
Sheriff's deputies. You're gonna have to come with us,
so why don't you just make it easy on yourself?
Now let's go back to that first day that you arrived in town.
You went to the bank and there was a fire that day, too, I believe.
Yes, there was... now that I recall.
And when you went in, there was nobody there at the bank as far as you could see?
- They'd all gone to the fire. - Yeah, that's right.
And I believe you'd been told that the surveillance equipment
had been installed improperly.
But you never gave it another thought...
until there was a robbery
and another fire.
Only I wasn't at the robbery.
I was at the fire.
Why don't you just go ahead and say it.
- What are you talkin' about? - Your alibi.
He's sitting right there looking at you.
He remembers you from the fire - that big splash you made saving that drunk.
Only that was 20 minutes after the fire started...
after the robbery.
Nobody saw you at that fire
until after the bank was robbed.
You know you robbed the bank. We know you did. That makes it unanimous.
You know you're never gonna be able to spend this money.
We got all the numbers right here.
You might just as well give the money back. It'll go a lot lighter on you.
Well.
The man won't listen to reason.
Go ahead and lock him up. Then go home for a little while.
Do all this over tomorrow.
- This is him. - You're sure?
It sure sound like him.
He got a kind of a bleep, like a tea kettle.
OK, Uncle Mort. Thank you.
Watch your step.
All right, get these other guys outta here.
You stay.
(phone rings)
(Sheriff) Hello.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh. No, no, no. That's fine.
OK, yeah. Thank you for calling.
Bye-bye.
That's George Harshaw callin' from Galveston.
He says that Mr Madox was definitely at the fire the whole time.
- Harshaw? - Mm-hm.
- I don't remember seein' him there. - No, he wasn't.
Mrs Harshaw said that she drove up
just as Mr Madox was gettin' out of his car,
not five minutes after the fire started.
Mrs Harshaw(!)
I guess you're free to leave, Mr Madox.
Harry!
- Hi. - Hi.
- I heard you were in jail. - Yeah. It's OK now.
Just a mistake.
We got her straightened out.
They were just doin' their job.
I kept seein' your car out in front of my house.
All I could think about was our day at the pool.
Tell you what. We'll do it again.
When?
Tomorrow.
But first get in. I'll drive you to work.
OK.
Hey! Excuse me, Miss Harper.
I wonder if I might trouble you for a moment of your time?
Is there something I could help you with?
Harry.
Uh... No, I don't think so.
You think there's anything he can help us with, Miss Harper?
No, I guess not. You see how it is.
Another time, perhaps.
We'll give you a holler.
Come on.
Please, Harry.
It's just a personal matter I have to discuss with Mr Sutton.
- He'll walk me to work. - (Sutton) Come on!
Cheer up, buddy. Chicken don't always lay its eggs in the same nest.
(phone rings)
Harshaw Motors.
Hello?
- Wrong number. - I guess.
Second time it's done that in the last ten minutes.
Lon.
Do you know anything about a guy by the name of Sutton?
- Sutton? - Yeah.
Deadbeat. Repossession deal.
Yeah, I remember him.
I don't know much about him, though.
I think he used to work for Harshaw.
I think he was gonna put in a pool, but I never did hear any more about that deal.
Thanks, Lon.
- Gin. - Shit.
(Madox) Oh, God. There's that guy again.
He must have come in to check that car out nine times.
Well, maybe tenth time's the charm.
(phone rings)
- Harshaw Motors. - It's about time you answered.
I didn't expect you back so soon. Did you have a nice trip?
Well, ain't you cute.
Been havin' a good time watchin' that little girl?
Didn't expect you back until Monday.
I'll tell you all about that when I see you.
Harry, meet me about ten tonight at this place I know.
- I don't think I can make it. - Oh, don't you really?
Well, ain't that too bad.
By the way.
Wasn't that lucky I saw you there the other day at the fire?
Just supposin' I'd missed you.
What's the matter?
Don't tell me I'm slippin'.
What do you have to see me about?
Well, now I've heard everything.
Well, if that's all it is...
let's get on with it.
If we hurry, maybe we can catch the next train home.
Keep your hand to yourself, or I'll break it off.
Who's on top this time?
If we hurry, maybe we can just make it.
What if I told you to go to hell?
Well...
Then I'd know I just dreamed the whole thing about the fire.
That'd be just awful, wouldn't it?
(Dolly laughs)
See?
You thought you could leave me
for that Sunday-school kid.
Thought you could leave me for her.
You see? You do like me, don't you?
- No. - (Dolly laughs)
Not even a little bit.
Ain't that funny? I coulda sworn you did.
But, honey... before you get carried away with not likin' me,
I've just remembered there was something else I wanted to tell you.
What's that?
I always get what I want, Harry.
You got a husband who might have something to say about that.
Never mind him.
He got everything he paid for.
Do you know why we came back from Galveston so soon?
No. How could I?
He had chest pains.
The doctor in Galveston looked him over and says he has to have an operation...
quick.
So why did he go huntin' today?
He always overdoes it when he's sick.
He practically can't help himself.
The doctor says if he has another one,
it'll kill him.
So what has that got to do with me?
Anything at all
too excitin' will just kill him.
No.
He had his first attack the first day he met me.
Harry.
Harry!
Harry.
You've gotta help me, Harry.
(creaking)
I can't be left alone!
Help me, Harry.
I told you. I won't have anything to do with it.
You're too worked up.
You're off your head. You don't know what you're saying.
- You better find something to do. - Something to do?
Yeah, get a job. Get a hobby.
Have a kid. I don't know. Do something.
Have a kid?
Hell, no. I don't want that.
But if I was pregnant with your child,
I'd show you what I'd do about that.
I've done it before.
(Harry) My God!
It's not the falling down, honey.
It's the climb back up.
(Harry laughs)
Light me a cigarette, Harry.
Poor old Harry.
He don't like me.
You lousy little witch.
What's it got to do with likin' you?
I told you we were a lot alike, didn't I?
Now lean down, Harry.
You wanna kiss me, don't you?
Kiss you?
I'll kill you.
I swear to God I'll kill you.
No, you won't.
Not now.
Now kiss me.
(police radio)
Gloria?
Are you OK?
Remember... I started to tell you about...
about the girl that I grew up with?
- The one that died. - What I...
What I didn't tell you is that... she killed herself.
And Sutton drove her to it. He did it.
She was my sister, Harry.
I really loved her.
(GIoria) She finally told me.
She'd been havin' an affair with a woman who was a teacher of ours.
They'd been meeting in Houston.
Somehow Sutton found out.
He seems to know what people's weaknesses are.
And he was blackmailin' her.
But I... I went to her.
Just... Just to comfort her.
Sutton was there. He'd been there the whole time, takin' pictures of us.
He said to Irene he had real pictures now.
And what had we been doing in that bedroom we shared when we were girls?
(camera clicking)
He came into my office after Irene died, lookin' for money.
He had the pictures, but he was very clever.
He didn't act like a blackmailer.
He whined and he said he felt terrible about what had happened to Irene.
That he was a poor man.
Couldn't scrape a livin' in the world.
Said it was his only chance for survival.
And that if he didn't have the money - just $500 - to leave town,
that he would go to my momma,
give her the pictures, ask her for the money.
I had it there. I gave him the money.
And once you did...
He knew that I had taken it.
And he asked for more.
He kept comin' back and I just...
I couldn't catch up after a while.
I'm gonna tell Mr Harshaw.
I don't want Sutton to tell him.
I don't... I don't want for anyone else to have to tell him that.
Come on in. Make yourself at home.
Have a seat.
You a tough guy, huh?
No. You're the tough guy.
I'm worse.
It's not loaded.
(chuckles)
Well, how about that, huh?
So tell me. What, uh...
What seems to be your problem?
I mean, not that I'm nosey, you understand.
(Madox) Gloria Harper.
You've been on her back now... for over a year.
(laughs)
Oh, Lord of mine.
That little girl's got you all stoked up, doesn't she?
So you drove yourself all the way out here
just to tell me to get off it, huh?
Is that right?
I'm gonna do better than that.
I'm gonna help you off.
Get up. Get up!
Don't you go out on me now, you son of a bitch.
Don't you go out on me now!
Come on, get up. Get up!
You like pictures, huh? You like these pictures?
You got your goddamn pictures.
Come see me, Harry.
I'll meet you anywhere.
Come see me tonight.
Harry?
(line goes dead)
(# "The Want To" by Scott Wilk)
Nice entrance.
What's on your mind?
I'll make it short and to the point.
George says you're gettin' serious about Gloria Harper.
If you think you're gonna ditch me for that saccharin little candy-ass,
you've got another thing comin'.
I don't see as you got much to say about it.
So that's the way it is, hey?
That's it.
You're gonna wish to Christ you never laid eyes on me.
I already do.
Not yet.
Not really.
But you will.
(Harshaw) Goddamn it, Dolly.
These Women's Club meetings drag on.
George, you're drinkin' and smokin'. The doctor says you couldn't do neither.
Jesus, Dolly. One of each isn't gonna put me over the top.
I've been thinkin'. Good thing for Madox.
Gloria Harper. Huh?
He ought to get real smart and marry her.
- George? - She's young, fresh-faced,
looks like an ad-writer's dream of the all-American girl.
Why don't you pour me a drink?
And she's a woman that you can trust, too.
You know what I mean? Huh?
That's really important to a man.
George, I'm so tired.
Why don't you pour us both a drink?
Come on in my room tonight.
Rub a little bit of that night cream on my shoulders?
You can do that, can't you, George?
Hm?
I'm so tired. And I'm so hot.
(squeals)
You know, I been thinkin'. I know I been a bad wife.
But now I'm gonna be very, very bad.
(chuckles)
How bad exactly?
Momma's real angry with you.
(Harshaw chuckles)
She's more angry than she's ever been.
Now we've just got one more...
and then we can get down to business.
Guess what?
All these things I'm doin' to you,
I've done to your boy...
Harry Madox,
down at the sawmill
over and over again.
What's the matter, George? Don't you like the game, George?
- Don't you feel well, George? - (Harshaw grunts)
Well, maybe Momma can make it all better.
There we go.
I'm fuckin' you to death, George.
Aagh!
Don't pay no mind to the way my face looks.
I fell out of bed.
What's on your mind?
Thinkin' about buyin' another car.
Why don't you just pay for the one you got?
It's all right.
I'm gonna trade mine in on a new 'un.
Like perpetual motion, huh?
Trade in the car you don't own for one you can't pay for.
Kinda had my eye on that Lincoln out front.
- What are you usin' for money? - You ain't got it yet, do you?
See, now why should I make another payment on a car
when I'm gonna trade it in on a new 'un?
I was thinkin' maybe you and me could take that Lincoln out for a little test drive.
Now, listen, you stupid bastard.
I don't know what you're drivin' at.
But I can get a bellyful of you quicker than most.
So why don't you get wise to yourself and shove?
You fall out of bed one more time and the cockroaches'll start talkin' to you.
- That was a hell of a fire, wasn't it? - What are you talkin' about?
See, the day they had the fire, I was walkin' along here
about, oh, half hour after the fire started.
I'd been over there watchin', but fires bore the hell outta me.
The way I see it, there ain't no money in 'em.
At least, that's how I saw it back then.
You take a smart son of a bitch like you,
boy, he knows there's money in fires.
- How 'bout gettin' to it? - You gotta get that sheriff thinkin'
that you got to the fire the same time as the fire trucks did.
Otherwise, you're in real trouble.
See, you gotta tell everybody the same story.
I know that I got in trouble with more little gals that way.
Course, I hang around with a more female type of woman myself.
Set your ass down.
I ain't real happy with my new face, mister. Sit down.
Now, let's talk about the money.
I tell you what.
I'm gonna let you drive my new Lincoln.
It's my personal favourite.
You get the dent ironed out of that fender.
I'll be by on Monday to pick it up,
along with the bread.
How do I know you'll go?
You don't. You're just gonna have to trust me.
See ya tonight, honey.
(laughs)
He wanted $500, Harry.
- You didn't give it to him, did you? - No, I didn't. Not yet.
I don't have it in the office today.
Gloria.
Gloria, don't you even think about givin' it to him.
Blackmailers are all the goddamn same.
- Each buy is the last until the next one. - I know.
Except there's something else now, Harry.
He told me that he knows somethin' about you. Something bad.
Harry. What is it?
Baby, don't even worry about it.
And listen to me.
Whatever you do, don't pay him.
Do you understand me?
Don't pay him.
(man) And Haran died before his father Terah
in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees...
(woman moans)
(woman) Oh, that's good.
(moaning)
Oh, baby!
(moaning intensifies)
(woman squeals)
(screams)
(woman) My God! My face!
Oi!
Wake up!
What'd you do? Tell her you're gonna send me to jail?
I told you to stay away from Gloria Harper.
And you made her bring you the fuckin' money, you sick bastard.
Gloria?
Yeah, she was here, right on that bed.
You know what we was doin'?
She ain't half bad for a girl that goes both ways, you know?
I'll kill you. I'm gonna fuckin' kill you.
The minute a guy like Sutton came in here and paid cash for a car,
I got suspicious.
The more I thought about it, the less I liked it.
These numbers match up all right.
Lucky for me.
- And lucky for you. - Lucky for me?
Yes, sir. There's a reward connected to the solution of this particular crime.
Not a bad 'un either by most folks' standards - $25,000.
- Mr Madox. - Sheriff.
Harry!
- How soon can you be ready to leave? - Leave?
For the Caribbean.
- Just you and me... and a wedding ring. - Caribbean!
(phone rings)
- Did you say wedding ring? - Will you go?
Yeah. I'll go.
(Gulick) Harry! Phone call!
I'll be right back.
Yeah, Madox.
Harry? You'll never guess what's happened.
George is dead.
- What? - The hospital just called.
You know he was workin' too hard and overexertin' himself.
Well, his heart just gave way.
You might say he died in the saddle.
But, you know, he was concerned with my welfare
right up until the very end.
And I was wonderin' if you might be free to come over
and discuss it as soon as possible?
Tell it to Gulick, Dolly. I'm outta here.
Goodbye, Mrs Harshaw.
(phone rings)
Harshaw Finance.
Lon, that was Mrs Harshaw.
Mr Harshaw's dead. He died of a heart attack.
Oh, no.
- Oh, God. That's awful. - Think you can take over?
Um, well, yeah, I could but ain't you gonna be here, too?
Not with any luck.
Excuse me a minute, Lon.
Harry. That was Mrs Harshaw.
Mr Harshaw's dead.
Harry, I never got a chance to tell him.
It's OK, baby. It's OK.
I just told Mrs Harshaw that we'd be right over.
I have a few things I wanna go over with her.
I don't think that's a good idea, baby.
Harry.
We have so much to look forward to.
I have to be clear with the past. I have to do that.
You're right.
You're absolutely right.
Gloria, I want you to promise me something.
We're going to the Caribbean.
- You promise? - Oh, yeah.
Nothing anybody's gonna do is gonna stop us.
Harry. I just have to tell you one thing before we go in.
It's OK, baby. You don't have to tell me anything.
Well, I know that you told me not to,
but I gave Sutton that $500.
I already know. We don't even have to discuss it.
I just don't wanna lie to you, that's all, about anything.
Ssh ssh ssh.
God, you look beautiful.
Thank y'all for comin'.
I know this may even be harder for you than it is for me.
At least he didn't suffer much.
He was in the hospital unconscious for almost 24 hours.
I heard him out in the hall up there and...
I guess he must have started downstairs for somethin' and...
he just fell all the way to the bottom.
So I ran to him and... I was so scared.
Half out of my mind, really.
And then I fell too...
Mr Madox, don't you feel well?
I feel fine. I'm all right.
Well, I know you been wonderin'.
About the business, I mean.
I wanted you to know right away that...
I have no intention of sellin' out.
George thought a great deal of both of you and...
I want to try to carry on just the same
because it's what he would have wanted.
I guess he knew that it could happen at any time cos...
he kept this little notebook
and he'd write down all his ideas on how he wanted the business carried on.
I typed it all up.
Since you're in charge now, Mr Madox,
I think you should read it.
And you too, Miss Harper, if he thinks you should.
(Dolly) It seemed important so I left a copy with my attorney.
As for that shortage in your accounts, Miss Harper,
I know you'll understand that Mr Madox was only doing
what he thought was right when he told me about it,
and, of course, I wouldn't think of bringin' charges.
You can just continue right on the way you have been
till it's all taken care of.
I want you to know, dear, that we're your friends
and that Mr Madox hated havin' to do it
just as much as I hate havin' to mention it now.
Harry insisted that you be given another chance.
I understand, Mrs Harshaw.
Of course.
I always intended to pay it all back.
So.
If there isn't anything else,
y'all don't mind if I leave, do you?
Of course not, dear.
I'll drive you home.
Thank you.
I'd rather walk.
Harry, darling.
I don't think you'll ever have much luck explainin' it to her.
Sutton didn't know.
He wasn't even at the fire.
You told him.
It was you.
You'll have to beg now.
You had your chance.
Now I'm gonna enjoy hearin' you beg me to marry you.
See...
you have to look after me, Harry.
Something might happen to me.
Yes.
Something might.
(Dolly splutters)
You see, Harry?
Then kiss me, Harry.
Kiss me.
Oh, God.
(Harry) In this life, you gotta take what you want.
(Dolly) I always get what I want, Harry.
(Harry) Yes, indeed.
I've found my level.
And I'm livin' it.
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