"How you feelin', sweetie pie?" "Well, my head isn't so hot anymore." "Willie..." "I swear to God, they told me you were a dead man." "I'm right here, honey." "Can we get outta here, Dick?" "Please?" "You look real nice, Dick." "Let's play a game while we wait?" "Do you know where Em is?" "Let's say the game is you can go any place, anytime, as long as you say it out loud to me." "I don't need to be playin' that game anymore." "Go ahead." "Shit!" "Go ahead." "Tell me what went wrong." "All I'll say is... it wasn't just me." "Everybody I know in town wants out, but they can't." "Lord knows, me and Emmett've been tryin' to move outta here." "Just not like this." "I think I might've fucked it up, Willie." "I mean, Virginia Beach town is fine three months out of the year." "But September to May, it starts getting cold." "The snow comes." "Anybody with their head screwed on right moves the hell outta here the first chance they get." "And if you ask me, things started gettin' real bad about a year ago." "Back when that TV-show came to town." "All their cameras, microphones, whatever." "Sheriff, can you give us your take on what happened here tonight?" "I believe we need to make examples out of each and every one of these criminals." "Where's the groceries?" "I forgot our list." "On a state level, as well." "That's why I'm running for a seat on this great state's Senate in November." " Well, good luck to you, Sheriff." " Thank you." "So what we have here tonight is a classic example..." "Got it all figured out?" "All taken care of." "Yes." "Yeah, I see them lookin' at me." "I know it." "I hear you loud and clear." "How 'bout I take these with me, then, and I'll wash you and you and you later?" "Okay." "All right, so we did this." "Our Heavenly Father, thank you for guiding my words and actions with the TV folks tonight." "Forgiving me this time with Virginia." "And, most of all, for keeping us safe from worldly harm." "In the name of Jesus Christ, amen." "Amen." "So..." "If you do a good job in this life, then you get a planet of your own when you die, right?" "Yes." "Just like our Heavenly Father did before he made us." "Right." "And he had wives in heaven?" "So... will I be there with you?" "Of course, we'll all be there, together." "And who's the boss?" " You?" " You bet." "Well, then, do you have to use the same colours for things on this planet, or do you get to pick your own?" "I bet we get to make some choices of our own." "Then we should make people more colourful." "Like have blue ones, and red." "And there are colours we ain't even thought of." "That could be your job." "He keeps on his special, prayed-on Mormon underwear when we do it, 'cause Mormon underwear have special powers to protect folks from bullets and demons and probably for him, to keep women who sleep with married Mormon men" "quiet and not pregnant." "It's been goin' on ever since she was 16, when he gave her a ride back to her foster home after she tried burning' down her school, not long before she had me." "My birth certificate's all blank in the "Father" spot." "So when I was three, she told me my dad was this NASCAR driver that had come through town." "You see, you let your kid go tellin' everybody that his daddy just won the Daytona 500." "And after about 20 fights, I only had one friend left." "And he's a haemophiliac, professional babysitter." "Come here." "Let me look." "Easy." "Easy now." "I think it stopped." "Yeah, you sure about that?" "And the only girl that'd give either of us the time of day was a girl named Jessie." "I think you're gonna live." "You know, she has her dad's lips, which on him don't quite fit." "But, on her, make the most beautiful mouth I'll ever see." "But we weren't allowed anywhere near each other." "Genetics is one of our most powerful sciences." "And then, sophomore year Bio 1 started." "Got everything goin' in a different direction real quick." "And it can tell you with absolute certainty who you are and are not related to." "We'll start with dangling versus attached earlobes." "What do you want?" "Nothing." "Who pissed in your Sugar Puffs?" "I'll tell you what, Willie, nobody pissed in my Sugar Puffs." "My morning' just sucked balls." " Here you go." " Thank you." "But don't take more than it says, or I can't keep giving it to you." "Sure thing." "So?" "Am I gonna have a baby?" "No." "What's in your lungs is growing, and I think maybe that's why you've missed your period." "Maybe we should just do a backup test." "I gotta pee again anyway." "Well, we could do that again in a month or so, but what needs to happen right now, is that you need to meet with a new doctor." "Why?" "If what is in your lungs is bad, then you are gonna need to be somewhere for a while." " In a hospital?" " Right." "So if you could just fill out this paperwork for me, y'know, out there in the waiting room, then bring it on back, that'd be terrific." "You think you could do that for me, Virginia?" "Sure thing." "Excuse me." "You work here?" "No." "My mom does." "I'm Max." "I own this..." "this pier your mom works at." "I was just gettin' a copy of my ear for... for a school assignment." "I see." "I can pay you for those." "Oh, don't worry." "Thanks." "You're... you're not looking for a summer job, are you?" "I..." "I got one or two opportunities still available." "Of course, the top news is that our governor, and now presumptive presidential nominee, has announced his newest campaign tour dates, including a stop right here on Labour Day." "His dinner will be a barbecue at the home of our very own Sheriff Richard Tipton, who is knee-deep in his own run for State Legislature." "Do you like this one?" "That should be fine." "Look at this." "Do you think she looks pretty in yellow?" "Yes." "She's beautiful in that one." "Hey, Dad, you got some mail." "You see, I was born with dangling earlobes." "And according to my biology teacher, unless you went to public school in South Carolina, you'd know my mom's ears and the sheriff's ears never could've made mine." "So using genetics, for the first time since I was eight years old" "I knew for certain who my father wasn't." "Do you believe in God?" "Or are you an atheist, sinning scientist?" "I don't know." "Well, it's either one or the other, Em." "I got your letter." "Meet me, 1:00 p.m." "Do you think we come from apes?" "Do you?" "Some people say we do, but you can't count so much on science anymore, you know." "Who do you think your dad is?" "Could be anybody." "Anybody with hanging earlobes." "When I got your letter I prayed about it." "You can't do that." "Why?" "There's no reason why not now." "I want a temple wedding first." "You have to be a priesthood holder in good standing in my church to give me that." "And you just don't have it in you." "Jessie... you really think God's still listenin' to your daddy's prayers?" "Seems like there was always something." "Now it was just like her dad told my mom a million times." "Christians should only do it with Christians." "Mormon or any other kind." "Virginia, I need all my drivers." "If you can't come in, I'm gonna have to let you go." "Probably a goddamn blessing'." "That job didn't pay crap." "I'll get a new job in a week when I feel right." "You ready?" "I'm sorry, Emmett." "Serious." "It's fine." ""I've just returned from a visit to my landlord," ""the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with." ""This is certainly a beautiful country." ""In all England, I do not believe I could've fixed the situation..."" "And April came and went, and then May." "Come on in, Emmett." "Then summer came along, like it always does." "Mrs. Tyler, I'd like to introduce Emmett." "I'm starting him off in the ticket booth." "I think he's got great potential." "This is... this is my cousin, Barry." "Barry?" "Barry?" "This is... this is Emmett." "He's got great potential." "Show Emmett how the register works." "On second thought, Emmett, go get me a Diet Pepsi and some Dentyne from the Quickie Stop." "Yes, ma'am." "Where have you been?" "Stayin' away from you." "I had a religious revelation." "A conversion or whatever." "To what?" "Bornagain Baptist." "They say you're a cult member." "And you drink blood and crap, and you think you're gonna live forever in outer space." "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet, jerk-ass." "Here you go." "If you can believe in a Jesus, I can believe in a Jesus." "Yeah, well, my Jesus is better than your Jesus." "Prove it." "Convert me." "I'm ready to meet your Jesus." "We used her dad's cash and my employee discount to buy a large pizza and ride the new Revolution 14 times in a row." "I figured if he got my mom, it was only right I got Jessie." "Get in here, Em!" "There's a lady out there pounding' down my door!" "I'm busy." "Just tell 'em to go away." "She just doesn't like it if I'm not around." "She was okay without you before, right?" "When we were little?" "Nowadays she's better when I'm here." "Where did the Lamanites get all that gold from?" "Virginia?" "I know you're in there!" "She's not here!" "Honey, I got the cough syrup." "That was our deal." "I get the cough syrup, you let me in." "Now, Virginia... you need some medical treatment." "Nobody's gonna hurt you." "It's just some tests." "Tests, fests, rest with the best." "Right." "Well, I've gone ahead and reserved your room." "And they're gonna admit you on Monday." "Oh, no, no." "You can't do that." " Hell, I can." " Miss Nicholaus." "Now, Miss Nicholaus!" "Listen..." "You don't worry about me." "I'm a good Mormon woman!" "God'll look after me!" "Miss Nicholaus, I am asking you nicely, you give me... give me that cigarette!" " Hell, no!" " You get down off that table and you give me that cigarette!" "Because if you don't," "I'm gonna have you forced into that hospital!" "None of you and your tricks can keep me from leaving, you got it?" "You come back here, I'll rip your fucking eyes out!" "I am coming back!" "And I'm bringin' reinforcements!" "And I will drag you out of there by your teeth!" ""Mama Ou," you ain't, bitch!" "After my grandma died in a huntin' accident and my grandpa got locked up for robbin' houses, my mom didn't say a word for, like, two years to nobody." "She just sat in a psycho ward for kids up in Atlantic City." "They called it "traumatic onset of schizophrenia"." "The put her on all kinds of pills and probes tryin' to get her to talk again, but it didn't work." "The only good thing they ever did was give her a big ol' black nurse named Willie." "He took her along on his donut breaks." "He's probably the only man who ever really loved my mom without fuckin' her up any." "Put 'em up!" "Get away from that door." "Okay." "Oh, my God." "Let's say it's a birthday present." "Oh, my God." " Is it real?" " Yes, it's real." "You didn't tell me he'd have a friend over." "Who?" "Oh, you mean Dale?" "I was thinkin' maybe..." "they could go someplace else tonight." "Well, they still have one more movie." "Total runnin' time, 164 minutes." "Look what Mr. Tipton got you as a present." "He says it's half-price night at the pier." "I'm gonna hang here for a while." "Let's go." "Hold me close." "And tell me how you feel." "Tell me love is real" "Words of love." "You whisper soft and true..." "I need to tell you somethin'." "I went to the doctor." "He let me know somethin' big." "What is it?" "I'm gonna have a baby." "A new one." "Whose baby?" "It's all yours." "I promise." "There ain't been nobody else." "Untie me." "Are you mad?" "Just untie me." "You've been doin' this with somebody else again?" "Nobody else." "I promise." "You know, I personally don't believe in it, but in this case, I..." "I think it's best if I support your decision not to have this baby." "I ain't gonna do that." "Virginia... tell me, what other option do we have?" "I don't know." "Dick, I won't tell nobody." "I promise." "No, no, I just can't have this right now." " I fucked up last time!" " It's just not possible!" "I know I fucked up last time, but this one'll be raised right, I swear!" "I swear to you, Dick, I will do everything right!" "Dick..." "Please." "From then on, every Tuesday, there was money in the mail." "I could've moved us outta here in six months with a couple hundred bucks a week, and we needed outta here real bad, Willie." "And I guess nobody noticed he was sendin' me campaign money, 'cause his campaign folks had bigger fish to fry." "We have a problem." "The governor doesn't want to come here anymore for Labour Day." " Why not?" " Because they have a red-white-and-blue Ferris wheel up in Jersey." "What colour is our Ferris wheel?" "Pink, and it ain't ours." "Move it!" "Move it!" "I know what you people think of me." "Well, fuck you!" "Okay?" "Fuck you!" "That's my pink Ferris wheel, and it's staying pink!" "And I want my goddamn lawyer." "I..." "I really would like to change the colour of your Ferris wheel." "So... what can I offer you?" "Well, I wanna be on the city's board from here on out." " Done." " And I go to all the campaign events." "Great." "We can do that." "Then you repaint my wheel." "Pink." "Right?" "Mom?" "Mom, this is Emmett." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I don't wanna stain your nice shirt." "Are you with our congregation?" "I don't know." "I live east of here." "He doesn't go to church yet, he's thinkin' about coming to ours." "Great." "Well, you can sit with us on Sunday, then." "And this is Richard, my husband." "Richard, this is Jessica's new friend, Emmett." "It's nice to meet you, sir." "We've met before." "Well, it's a surprise seeing' you here." "I'm always the last to know." "Are you alone?" "Yes, sir." "America." "America." "God shed his grace on thee." "The grace of trust of tradition, and of self-reliance." "It was a quick edit." "We'll have a better version Monday." "You, follow me." "Well, I've been workin' real hard at improving' myself, sir." "I can honestly say I've studied and am following every rule in the Doctrine and Covenants and Words of Wisdom books." "I even gave up coffee." "Emmett, there are a few different kinds of people in this world, and if they know what's best for themselves, they stick to their own backyards." "You see, there are things that cross the lines of nature." "Break the laws of civilized society." "I don't just mean in the eyes of the Lord." " Sir..." " What?" "Yes?" "I've been meanin' to tell you for a while now, sir." "Well, tell me, Emmett." "What?" "Well, I'm not your kid, sir." "I can prove it if you want me to..." "You have any idea how many men your momma used to let into her room?" "Just because I'm the only one who still comes around does not mean I am your father!" "Look at yourself." "It's clear as day." "Dick, can we talk?" "Not right now, dear." " Get on the ground." " What?" "Get..." "Our shit ain't good enough for your house, right?" "But you come mix yours up in mine anytime you want." "Emmett, you may think what I've done is wrong, but what you're doing is against God." "Fuck your God." "And fuck you." "I'll love my babies more than you've ever loved your whole fucked-up family." "That's not true, Emmett." "Stay on the ground or I'll clean out your skull." "That's... that's enough now." "Stay on the fuckin' ground." "We never judged our boy's girlfriends first before we got to know them." "It just doesn't seem fair..." "Jesus H. Christ, Roseanna." "Does my judgment not mean a goddamn thing in my own house?" "I'm so sorry." "I just wish you wouldn't use the Lord's name in vain." "Dear Heavenly Father please grant my loving daughter guidance to understand the path that she is on, the path that she must take." "The path that we must share together as a family, as difficult as it is." "And we want to thank you for a wonderful evening with the wonderful television ad." "And the support for our father and our husband, Richard." "Through you, our Lord, Jesus Christ." "Amen." "From then on, every Saturday night she started ditching' her prayer group." "And I never heard her say too much about the Angel Moroni, the Lamanites or Mormon priesthood blessings ever again after all that." "But it didn't take long to figure out her dad had given his boy permission to do whatever he could to keep me away from Jessie." "Must've called me the devil himself." "I'm not interested!" "It's me, Mom." " Oh, my God." "They got you." " No, no." "Which ones was it?" "What'd they look like?" "I started boxing' at school." "Sit down." "Let me see." "Does it hurt?" "No?" "Emmett..." "We need to have a special talk." "How about Sizzler's?" " Just tell me." " No!" "I got money now." "Where'd you get money from?" "A woman has her secrets." "Do you like this?" "I'm not goin' till you tell me." "Okay, but I don't want you to worry." "I'm pregnant..." "with Sheriff Tipton's baby." "Although..." "I'm still thinkin' maybe I got it from God, like Mary did." "'Cause I used rubbers every time." "I'm serious." "But we can't tell a single soul." "Gotta keep it a secret." "Promise." "Cross your heart." "I promise." "Cross my heart." "'Cause when I start growin', we're gonna need to leave here, so those... city folks don't start asking questions." "Get us all wrapped up in controversy." "Lock us behind bars." "Whatever." "Where are we going?" "San Fran with your aunt, where else?" "We don't have enough money yet." "He's givin' me hush money for the baby." "So we'll be loaded in no time." "We're gonna get two tickets outta here." "First class." "Now can we go get some shrimp cocktail?" "When I was in second grade, the counsellor called me in for a meetin' after my 20th fight." "She'd met my mom that mornin'." "And in her own roundabout way, she told me I couldn't believe all the stories my mom told me all the time." "But how was I supposed to know what I should and shouldn't believe from my own mom." "Let's go." "Problem is, I still guess wrong every now and then." "Excuse me!" "What are you doin' with my letters?" "Putting 'em in your box." "You've been takin' my letters and my money, haven't you?" "No, ma'am." "Who you workin' for, mister?" "Give me my letters." "Give me my goddamn..." "give me my goddamn letters!" "Hi, Ms. Nicholaus." "Hi." "How'd you know it was me?" "'Cause you're with Emmett." "I'm goin' in alone." "Good to see you." "Thank you so much." "Really appreciate it." " Oh, hi, Dick." " Well, hello, Max." "Congratulations." "What a wonderful speech." " Thank you." " Oh, I have a question." "Why didn't you ask me to your house to watch your commercial?" "I mean, I consider that a campaign event." "I thought we had a deal." "I could've been very helpful." "Dick?" "I could've been helpful to you." "I saw it." "It... it wasn't a home run." "It wasn't so great, Dick." "Dick?" "Earth calling Dick." "He's movin' us to Richmond when he wins the election." "Are you... are you goin' with him?" "If I do it'll ruin me, Em." "Stay here with us." "I mean, I can take care of you both." "Only if you ask me to stay forever." "Then I'll say yes." "You know what I mean." "I..." "I want to see you, but... now's not the right time." "Okay, you're the boss." "Say when, I'll be there." "Listen to me, this life is just a little grain of sand in time." "It's the next life that counts." "And there we'll be together." "So... why are you so damn worried about me being here in this life?" "Because right now, this time, legally, you know, historically, especially right now it's impossible for us to follow God's plan..." "Excuse me." "Dick, please." "Can I help you, ma'am?" " Hi, Virginia." " Hi." " I'm cutting the line off for tonight." " Okay, I'll be quick." "I'm sorry, Virginia." "It's best..." "Just save it for later." "Okay." "Somebody's been intercepting' my letters." "He'd wanna talk to me about that right now." "Promise." "Later's just way too late." "Virginia, the line's cut off, okay?" "Between you and me, I think it'd be better if you don't call the office anymore." "Your letters aren't being intercepted, they've been stopped." "For good." "Those are the Sheriff's words." "Not mine." "I'm never gonna leave you." "You always got me." "Forever." "Oh, I'm all bleedin' and dried up inside." "He loves you." "But he's just too messed up to know it right now." "Now come on." "I'll give you a ride." "You're the best thing I ever did, Emmett." "Do you know that?" "I did you right, don't you think?" "We need to get outta here." "For real, this time." "That night, my ears started ringing'." "And all the air in the world went out." "And nobody knows it, but I get scared when she gets knocked down like that." "Because she keeps right on fallin' and it don't stop." "So I gotta protect her, 'cause she's all I ever had in this world." "And as far as I can tell, she's more good than most people ever get in their whole lives." "I got two to feed." "Let's go." "Emmett." "I asked Dick once if I was like a second wife after I saw this show on Mormons and he said that I was like that." "We're shopping." "Help me unload." "Except I had to keep it secret, 'cause it's illegal, which is true." "On that show, they sent that Mormon man to prison for havin' too many wives." "I'm good with secrets, Willie." "Unless you piss me off." "Paper or plastic?" "I'm having Sheriff Tipton's baby." "Lori!" "Hi." "Look." "I'm pregnant with Sheriff Tipton's baby." "Can you believe it?" "You know he's been knocking me up for 16 years now." "ShinLee, it was bound to happen." "I need you to do some things for me." "How many things?" "Three big things." "What kind?" "I need grandma and grandpa's weddin' rings." "What for?" "To get married with." "What else?" "I'm gonna make us peas and carrots tonight." "From scratch." "Maybe try it with cream sauce." "I ain't leaving' you for her." "People want one at a time, Emmett." "That's just how it is." "The other one rots in the back of the fridge." "Bullshit." "I can take care of myself." "It'll just make our family bigger." "More people around'll be nice." "So is that one thing, or two?" "One." "The other thing is, you gotta lay low for a while." "So that means you can't make no war on her dad right now." "Not yet." "Fuck me." "Three?" "I don't just want the rings," "I want your blessin'." "They'll marry anybody up in Atlantic City." "Brothers marrying sisters, black people marrying' white people, drunk people marrying' drunk people." "I don't see why they wouldn't marry the two of you." "I could decorate it." "I could make it real nice." "Get white... white flowers and ribbons and cake." "I wanna get some champagne, that's for damn sure." "Well, it doesn't have to be fancy." "Okay." "I'm givin' you one, two and three." "This one from mom." "This one from dad." "Not so heavy anymore." "All right." "Thank you." " Careful." "It's a live one." " Oh, lord!" "My goodness." "Thank you." "Roseanna told their bishop that he wasn't putting' it in her anymore." "He put her on anti-anxious pills and put their house up for sale right after all that." "God knows, he never could admit a damn thing was his fault." "What do you mean when you say collateral?" "Well, you know, just anything of value that you can back the loan up with." "No." "I don't have that." "That's why I need a loan." "And what is this loan for exactly?" "Well..." "I gotta get up to Atlantic City, get a couple hotel rooms, and help my son get married." "It's gotta be a beautiful wedding." "Then maybe play the slots a little." "When we get back though, we're leavin' this hell hole to go live out in California with my sister." "And she's my son's legal mom anyhow, so it's all on the up-and-up." "Listen, Virginia, I shouldn't even be telling you this, but I can't give you a loan right now, because the bank is completely out of money." "What kind of horse shit is that?" "No." "It's true." "I'm very sorry to hear about that." "Thank you for your time." "Betty, how much money's in your bank?" "Oh, hey, V." "I believe we need to make examples of each and every one of these criminals." "Not just on a local level, but on a state level, as well." "That's why I'm running for a seat on this great state's Senate in November." "Appreciate having' me on the show." " So how much?" " Shut up, baby." "Look, you're on TV!" "...Sheriff's Patrol have a gift for people like that." "And that's a one-way ticket to the county jail." "On The Scene is filmed on location." "Real crimes, real justice, in your backyard." "I knew what I was about to do was wrong, Willie." "But like you always told me, I have responsibilities." "And I'm not blaming you." "I was just trying as hard as I could to take care of my shit, and my kid and everything." "And the way things were falling into place, you'd have thought God himself wanted it to happen." "Betty?" "Oh, my God, Emmett." "Not now." "I'm late as hell for work." "Where's your mom?" "Is she all right?" "I think so." "Betty, can I use your Granada?" "What the hell do you want that piece of shit for?" "We're going to Atlantic City." "What for?" "I'm getting married." "Emmett!" "You're still too damn pretty to get married." "Don't go off and ruin everything." "Can I use it?" "Christ." "Fill her up before you bring her back." "Premium only!" "Hey." "Hello." "Does a Virginia Nicholaus live here with you?" "Ma'am..." "You can't wear that in here." "Oh, no!" "Mom?" "Hi." "Where'd you go?" "Just exercising'." "Who's here?" "A couple of Mormons." " What do they want?" " You." "That's what they said." "Are you sure they're actual Mormons?" "They're the real deal." "Okay." "Go keep 'em company." "I'm late for work." "Fine." "Tell 'em I'll just need a minute, okay?" "All units in the area be advised, 10-91 at Broadway Trust Bank on Riverton Road." "All units in the area..." " What's wrong?" " Bank robbery." "Everything's fine." "Mom?" "It's like God sent you down to me." "I've always wanted to be a Christian." "I just..." "I wasn't sure if I was good enough." "Ma'am, the ladies that sent us over here said that you told her that you were already a member of our ward." "Who told you I said that?" "Mrs. Whitaker, your social worker." "She's a lyin' whore." "I don't have a social worker." "Ma'am... she said you were sick, and you didn't... want help." "Why... why is that?" "It's because she's one of 'em." "Make my lungs go all swish." "Everything goes out." "But what I want to know is how do I become a good Mormon?" "Well, it's a process." "But it's not too hard." " It's not, is it?" " Ma'am," "I was hoping that we could take you down to the hospital and have them take a look at you." "Honey, I'm feelin' so much better now." "You don't have to worry about that." "Well, then, ma'am, can we just give you a blessing before we go?" "What do you mean?" "It's just to absolve you of your sins, in case anything does happen to you." "So you can go to heaven." "I need that to get to heaven?" "Clears up everything?" "Well, as long as you're sincere about it, yeah." "Okay..." "Let's do it." "I mean, I'm not sure if it was real, or just some crazy person, but I'm real sure it was no woman." "It was not a woman." "That was clear." "So, if you need anything, just call this number." "Oh, thank you." "It's... it's mine." "There's no tellin' why they didn't come right after me, but I felt real bad about Dale." "And Max, that was just plain old politics." "Just takin' him out while they could." "Only a fuckin' moron would rob a bank." "Everybody knows banks aren't where it's at." "So when do you think they might let you outta here?" "I don't know." "You still goin' up to get married tomorrow?" "We could wait a week or so." "I mean, there'll be other chances." "I need you there." "You're my best man." "You know, your boss, Max, is in here with me." "Says he's gonna help me set up my first daycare centre when I get out." "So this all just might be some blessing' in disguise." "Don't let me fuck your plans up." "We're meetin' at the bus station at 8:00 a.m." "So if you get outta here, you meet us there, okay?" "All right?" "I'm goin' in to get her." "I'll keep watch." "Local service for Atlantic Avenue, bus number 24, is now leaving lot 1." "Local service to Atlantic Avenue, bus 24, lot 1." "Bus 15 to Norfolk... leaving in 10 minutes." "Get in the stall, get on your knees." "Get in the stall." "Get in the stall." "Get down on your knees." "What are you doin' here?" "Me and my mom are goin' on a trip." "You need to learn how to keep your momma quiet, boy." "I don't think I can." "For better or worse." "Way I see it, she's the only person fucked up enough in the head to really give a goddamn about you." "Don't you ever talk like that about your mother again!" "I want my gun back." "It's gone." "All units, be advised, we have an escaped suspect..." "If you come within 100 yards of anyone in my family ever again," "I will clean out your skull." "Do you hear me?" "Well, then do it." "It'll fuck up your life more than it'll fuck up mine." "Dad?" "Relax, Josh." "Go back outside." "Sir, there's..." "there's a jailbreak." "I heard the call." "I'll be right out." "Keep pressure on it." "Jessie's friend said she'd cover for her." "Get their IDS bus trip on the road so we could go get hitched, up in Atlantic City." "Took every last dime, but for once in my life that's exactly what happened." "One way or another" "I'm gonna find you" "I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha." "One day maybe next week" "I'm gonna meetcha" "I'm gonna meetcha I'll meetcha" "I will." "Drive past your house." "And if." "The lights are all down" "I'll see who's around..." "By the authority vested in me by the great state of New Jersey in this blessed land of the US of A," "I now pronounce you kids man and wife." "You may kiss the lucky bride, son." "Now your family and my family are one big family." "It's how it was meant to be." "Okay, one more." "They're probably out lookin' for me by now." "You're mine now." "There's no more "them"." "How am I supposed to feel like this is real if I can't even tell anyone?" "We just have to wait a little bit." "In a couple years, when we're both 18, we can tell everybody." "That's not far away." "That's just what's coming next." "I need to see Willie Riggs." "Who?" "Willie." "William..." "Riggs." "He's a black nurse with a green bird." "And who are you?" "I'm Virginia." "His girlfriend." "Well, there's no Willie here anymore." "Can I help you?" "My baby's comin'." "You need to get him." "I..." "I need him." "The only Willie I know hasn't been here for quite a while." "Are you all right?" "I'm gonna pop!" "I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm gonna pop!" "Don't touch me!" "Don't touch me!" "Don't touch me!" "Hi." "Take me home." "Please." "They're trying to hurt me." "They said you couldn't hardly breathe." " Maybe you need to go to a county hospital." " Please." "Just take me home." "Just take me home." "Okay." "Okay." "We're goin' home." "I lost my baby, Emmett." "I know." "Hey." "You know that saying, "You can never go home again"?" "It started makin' a whole lot of sense after that weekend." "In the 24 hours I was gone," "Dale had ditched out on his bail and was hidin' out with Max, who'd gotten off for lack of evidence, and I bet was sweet on Dale." "My ma, she would hardly get out of bed anymore." "Show me some proof." "Damn it, Emmett, I warned you." " What?" " Betty, what's wrong with my ma?" "Come here." "Sit down." "Oh, fuck." "Listen, Emmett, this is all hush-hush- double-pinky-swear kinda shit, okay?" "Your momma tried to rob my bank." "Now I covered for her, but she came in there and made a circus out of it." "Fuck you, Betty." "What's really wrong with her?" "Well, there's all kinds of things really wrong with her, Em." "Why's she so sick all the time?" "Maybe it's best if you ask her about all that yourself, okay?" " You know she won't tell me." " Oh, lord, Em." "Fuck." "Okay." "Well..." "All I know is that this lady came by here rantin' and raving', and she's the one who told me, so I only know it from her." "It's somethin' wrong with her lungs." "Stuff's growin'... up in there." "But, baby, all I know is that the next time I saw her, she was askin' for money like her life depended on it." "And I tried like hell to help her, but she screws things up all the time." "But that's not your fault." "You gotta live your life now." "I need some money." "It's just things are well, kinda tight for me right now." "It's the moment a lot of people have been waiting for." "It's a big day along the boardwalk." "The Governor and Sheriff Tipton are expected to arrive any moment to address the crowd." "A lot of the streets downtown are blocked off and the state right now has been..." "I'd be lyin' if I said I hadn't thought about it a million times before, every time I put that money in the slot at night." "One day's take is all I needed to be home free." "Get Jessie." "Get my mom a doctor out in California." "And hell, I knew better than anybody that Labour Day was the busiest day of the year." "I got it, honey." "Half hour." "Go." "Get outta here." "And where would everybody be lookin'?" "At the future president." "So I figured, if you're gonna do it, may as well do it right." "Hey." "Here you go." "Thank you." "Mrs. Tipton, your dress is as good as new." "I'm going down to the stage, yeah." "You need anything?" "No, I..." "I think we're all right." "Thanks, Max." "Ah, maybe I'll get you a surprise anyway." "Goodbye." "Bye, Max." "Shin-Lee?" "Yes, Mrs. Tipton?" "What do they say about me?" "Roseanna, in a little town, everybody has too much to say." "Don't worry yourself." "Are they... jealous?" "No." "Is it my personality?" "Shin-Lee, please tell me." "We gotta hurry." "I can't be late back from my break." "I can't talk, otherwise they'll know it's me, so..." " Can you read this?" " Yeah." "I'm not a complete fuckin' idiot." "The Sheriff's Patrol have a gift for somebody like that." "And that's a one-way ticket to the county jail." "She having his baby." "We're here at the boardwalk, where hundreds of people are anxiously awaiting the governor." "We've just got word that he is on his way." "He will be speaking here, along with Sheriff Tipton, who's running for State Senate." "A local band is here..." "Why..." "Tipton, go to hell!" "Tipton, go to hell!" "..." "Hi." "Where's your friend?" "You wanted both of us?" "I don't know." "Can you do it alone?" "Well, are we... doing official church business... for real?" "What'd you think I was callin' you for?" "Hanky-panky?" "Oh, my God." "Holy lord." "Put the money in the bag!" "That's it." "Move your ass." "Yeah." "Where's the rest, asshole?" "There's no money yet." "Not in here." "Make a drag." "Drop." "Make a drop." "Now, asshole." "Ladies and gentlemen, the governor of this great state..." "It's best if it's nice and quiet." "Well, you know what's best." "Wilma!" " You ready for my break?" " You need to make a deposit now." " But I've gotta do my count first." " No." "Wilma, don't worry about counting it today." "What the hell do you mean?" "I'm gonna make a drop, baby." "Come on!" "Tipton, go to hell!" "Look out, look out." "Oh, my God!" "They've got a gun!" "Oh, my God!" "Oh, my God, they've got a gun!" "Shit." "Dale?" " Drop your weapon." " Hold it right there!" "Drop it!" "Oh, fuck, I'm bleedin'!" "We have a shot fired on the boardwalk." " Shot fired at the suspect." " Max..." "Dear Heavenly Father, we come today and ask you for a blessing..." "Oh, God!" "No, please." "Get in the closet." "Now!" "Get in." " What the hell are you doin' in my dress?" " Nothin'." "It's a misunderstanding'." "What the hell kinda misunderstanding', Emmett?" " Hello?" " V?" "There's 100 cops swarming' outside." "What the hell's going on?" "Hold on, Betty." "Emmett, give me my gun." "Emmett!" "Give me my gun and go take my dress off right now!" "Hello?" "Hey." "Did you tell somebody about, you know..." "What?" "About what?" "That's right, V. Now, what the hell are you gonna do?" "I don't know." "Well, Emmett just came home... and he's locked a Mormon boy up in the closet." "Oh, shit, V. You have a hostage?" "Wait." "Hold on." "I got another call." " Yes?" " Who is this?" "It's Virginia." "Who's this?" "This is Officer Lee." "I'm right outside." "Are you alone in there?" "Not really." "Who else is in there?" "Ma'am." "Well... for starters there's a... a Mormon boy in my closet." "Can you call me back in five minutes?" "I got someone on the other line." "What the fuck did you do?" "We just gotta get out back." "I know a way they won't catch us." "Oh, fuck." "Em." "Emmett." "We're gettin' out of here." "Virginia, send out whoever you got in there or we're gonna have to come in!" "Go close up my suitcase." "I can't get the lock to lock." "Go on." "The governor has left town and will not be attending the local Labour Day barbecue as planned." "Police have shut down the stage area of the boardwalk indefinitely." "Now we're also hearing that police have surrounded a small home near Oceana." "Mom?" "Hi." "Give me your clothes, quick like." "Come on, take 'em off." "If you could, my son's here now too, so..." "I was wondering if..." "Those underwear." "Those are the magic blessed kind, right?" " They're not really magic." " Bull." "You give me those, too." "Come on." "So I was just wonderin'..." "'Cause he's here now, my boy do you think you could say a little prayer for him, too?" " Yes, ma'am." " Okay." "Thank you." "Okay, now put this on your head." "Here's your tape." "You tape it around the neck so it don't come off." "Put those on." "That's your disguise." " You need to put some shoes on." " No, Emmett." "You put his clothes on." "Emmett, do as I say." "Emmett, do as I say." "Emmett, listen to me." "Come here." "You put his clothes on right now." "You stop it!" "You put those Mormon clothes on!" "I was just trying to get us what we need so we can get to San Fran and..." "That is not your job!" "That is my job!" "You're puttin' it in my face, just like every other fucker out there puts it in my face!" "I know I'm a shit-ass mom!" "I know that already!" "No, you're not." "Don't you make me swat you again." "You put those goddamn clothes on." "Magic underwear first." "115, respond to Atlantic and Shore Drive." "115, copy." "And dear Lord, please let each of us come out of this in one piece." " And let our travels be safe." " That's it." "In the name of Jesus Christ, amen." "Amen." "Virginia, pick up the phone." "The Sheriff wants to talk to you." "Hello?" "Hello, Virginia." "Well, it's been a long time, Dick." "I've been..." "meaning to call you." "Virgin..." "Virginia, what's going on?" "This and that." "I became a real Mormon for you." "How about you?" "Virginia, I need you to let whoever you've got in there come out." "Will you do that for me?" "I wanna see you, Dick." "How about you come in here and talk with me for a little bit?" "Yeah, as soon as they..." "Y'know, as soon as they come out, we'll sit down and talk for a while." "Did you miss me?" "Yeah." "Yes, I did." "I've been thinkin' a lot about our future heaven babies." "I've decided they should be yellow." "Not like Shin-Lee-at-the-cleaners yellow, real yellow," " like canaries." " Okay, Virginia." "We'll talk all about it as soon you let everyone go." "Okay." " Give me a minute." " Yeah, one minute." "Hand me my purse." "You will be careful with yourself, won't you?" "Yes." "Can I throw that away?" " I don't wanna do it like this." " You gotta get out of here, Emmett." " We'll figure out the rest of it later, okay?" " Where do we meet up?" "Head out to California with your girl." "Find my sister, go take pictures on that Golden Bridge in San Francisco." "You can mail 'em back to Betty and she'll find me, okay?" "When are you comin'?" "I'm comin' real soon." "You just let that girl of yours take care of you a little for now, okay?" "You've earned that." "I'll catch up." " I don't want to." " Emmett..." "If anything ever happened to you, then I just might as well be dead." "Do you hear me?" "So don't be a hero." "I want you to go out there and I want you to make a break for it as soon as the coast is clear, okay?" "Okay." "Now..." "I made us some egg-salad sandwiches for the trip." "They're in the luggage." "You can eat mine, too." "I love you, Mom." "I love you." "We're peas and carrots, you and me." "Peas and carrots." "Okay." "Now you get outta here." "Hey, let's go." "Don't do it, Dick-lick." "Cut it out." "Go ahead, 413." "We have a deceased white female." "Request coroner on the scene." "Copy that, 413. 1428." "All the police and reporters were too busy lookin' at my mom, the lady everybody thinks kept the governor from sticking' around for a barbecue." "I just started runnin' towards Jessie's house." "I just wanted to see her one more time." "But it looks like they'll be getting me now, too." " Keep those cameras away." " Yes, sir." "Willie..." "Did the Mormons have it right about me going to heaven?" "I got baptized by the Catholics, and saved by the Baptists, too, so that's gotta count for somethin'." "I fucked up again, Willie." "He's the only thing I ever wanted to do right in my whole life." "I fucked him up." "No." "You know what I think?" "I'd say that... for the next 30 minutes," "Mr. Sheriff Tipton... is gonna look like a good lawman." "Lawman with heart." "And all those reporters are gonna head over to his house, where the governor was supposed to have his barbeque, and they're going to find his wife high as a kite, and she is gonna be spreadin' those dirty pictures" "all over the front lawn." "And your boy he's gonna be all right." "Yes." "Yes, he is." "And those two love birds are gonna get a place together right out there by the ocean, right up under that Golden Bridge, and make perfect, happy babies." "Lots of 'em." "How's that sound?" "How about you..." "How about you try and get some sleep now?" "Okay." "You did fine today." "Just fine."