"Honey, hit me up with some sugar." " Ma'am?" " Yes, I'll be right with you." "Here you go." "You've got the sausage." "And eggs for you." " Decaf or regular?" " Regular, please." "You girls are kind of young to be smoking." "It ruins your sex drive." "I'll get it!" "I got it!" "Hello?" "How you doing, housewife?" "Packed?" "We're out of here tonight." "I still have to ask Darryl if I can go." "You mean you haven't asked him yet?" "Thelma, for chrissake." "Is he your husband or your father?" "It is just two days, for God's sake." "Don't be a child." "Tell him you're going with me." "Say I'm having a nervous breakdown." "That don't carry much weight." "He already thinks you're crazy." "Are you at work?" " No, I'm at the Playboy Mansion." " Call you back." "Darryl." "Darryl!" "Honey, better hurry up!" "Goddamn it, Thelma." "Don't holler like that." "I told you I can't stand your hollering in the morning." "I'm sorry, doll." "I just didn't want you to be late." "Thank you." " Hon." " What?" "Have a good day at work." "Thank you, no." " Hon." " What?" "Want anything special for dinner?" "I don't give a shit what we have for dinner." "I may not make it home for dinner." "You know how Fridays are." "Yeah, funny how so many people want to buy a carpet on a Friday night." "You'd think they'd want to forget about it for the weekend." "Well, then, it's a good thing you're not regional manager and I am." "For chrissake, I gotta get the hell out of here." "Jesus!" "Goddamn it, Homer." "Christ, I gotta get to work." "Don't need this shit in the morning." "Just leave them." "I'll get them." "Thank you." "Chrissakes!" "I want you out of here by five." "No, three." "Get out of here by three today." " Good morning." " Morning." "Is Louise there?" "Why, yes, she is." "Is this Thelma?" " When you gonna run away with me?" " No." "She's going with me." "What'd he say?" " What time are you picking me up?" " I'll be there around two or three." "Okay." "Say, what kind of stuff do I bring?" "I don't know." "Warm stuff, I guess." "The mountains get cold at night." "I'll bring everything." "Okay." "I will too, then." " Steal Darryl's fishing stuff." " I don't know how to fish." "Neither do I, but Darryl does it." "How hard can it be?" "See you in a bit." "Okay." "All right, bye." "Hi, this is Jimmy." "I'm not here right now." " Hey." " Hey." "No, we don't need the lantern." "The place has electricity." " I wanna take it, just in case." " In case of what?" "In case there's some escaped psycho killer on the loose who cuts the electricity off and tries to kill us." "Sure, Thelma." "Well, then, that lantern will come in real handy." "Maybe we should tow your car behind, in case he steals the spark plugs." "We'd have to." "That thing barely makes it down the driveway." "Careful." " Everything in?" " Yeah." "Here you go." "Ah, be careful!" "Smile." "See you later!" "Sit down." "Oh, Louise." " Will you take care of this gun?" " Why did you bring that?" "Oh, come on." "Psycho killers, bears or snakes." "I don't know how to use it." "Put it away." "Here, put it in my purse." "Thelma, good Lord." "So, whose place is this again?" "It's Bob's, the day manager's." "He's getting a divorce." "He's letting all his friends use it till he turns over the keys." "I've never been out of town without Darryl." "How come Darryl let you go?" " Because I didn't ask him." " Shit, Thelma." " He's gonna kill you!" " Well, he'd never let me go." "Never lets me do one goddamn thing that's any fun." "Only wants me to hang around the house while he's out doing God knows what." "Well, you get what you settle for." "I left him a note." "I left him stuff to microwave." " Thelma." " What?" "What are you doing?" "Smoking." "Hey, I'm Louise." "Can't we just stop somewhere for a minute?" "We won't get to the cabin until after dark as it is." "Then, what difference would it make?" "Come on, I never get to do stuff like this." "Okay." "But it's gonna be a quick stop." " Haven't seen this since I left Texas." " Isn't this fun?" " Y'all want a drink?" " No, thanks." "I'll have a Wild Turkey, straight up, and a Coke back, please." "Tell me, is this my vacation or isn't it?" "I mean, God, you're as bad as Darryl." "I'm sorry." "I'm not used to seeing you this way." "I haven't seen you this way in a while." "You're usually so sedate." "Well, I've had it up to my ass with sedate." "You said we'd get out of town and really let our hair down." "Look out, because my hair is coming down." "All right." "I changed my mind." "I'm gonna have a margarita and a shot of Cuervo on the side." "All right!" "What's a couple of kewpie dolls like you doing in a place like this?" " We wanted to have some fun..." " Minding our own business." "Louise is mad at her boyfriend..." "We wanted something to eat." "Well, you come to the right place." "You like chili?" "They got good chili." " Harlan, you bothering these girls?" " Hell, no, I was just being friendly." "It's a good thing they're not all as friendly as you." "Hey, your name's Harlan?" " I got an uncle named Harlan." " You do?" "Is he a funny uncle?" "If he is, then he and I got something in common." "I don't mean to be rude, but I gotta talk to my friend in private." "Oh, I understand." "Sorry." "It's hard not to notice two such pretty ladies as yourselves." "You better dance with me before you leave or I will never forgive you." "Sure, that'd be fun." " Jeez, Louise, that wasn't very nice." " Can't you tell he's hitting on you?" "Oh, so what if he was?" "Years of waiting tables has made you jaded." "Maybe." "Just relax, will you?" "You're making me nervous." "All right." "That's a good band." " I wonder if Darryl's home." " I wonder if Jimmy's got back." "Why don't you tell him to get lost?" "Why don't you ditch that no-good husband?" "This one's on Harlan." "Thanks." "Jimmy will come in off of the road." "You won't be there." "He'll freak out and call you like 100,000 times." "Sunday, you'll call." "Monday, he'll kiss the ground you walk on." "Exactly." "In the meantime, you said we was gonna have some fun, so let's have some." " All right." " Okay." "All right." " Let's dance." " All right." "That's your name?" "Thelma?" " Lovely." " I don't know what I'm doing!" "Just keep following me, Thelma." " Ma'am, you wanna dance some?" " Sure." "You got some great moves, honey." "Hey!" "Hey, Thelma." "I'm heading to the little girls' room and then we're out of here." "I'm ready when you are!" "Wait, Louise, I wanna come with you." " I don't feel so good." " What's wrong?" "Come on." " Shit." " What's wrong?" "I'm spinning." "Upsy-dupsy." "We need to get you some fresh air, little lady." "You seen my friend?" "Your friend?" "Yeah, yeah, she was out there dancing." "How you feeling now, darling?" "Oh, thanks." "I think I'm starting to feel a little better." "You're starting to feel pretty good to me too." "You know?" "I think I need to keep walking." "Wait a minute." "Where do you think you're going?" " I'm going back inside." " Oh, no, no." " Harlan." " What?" "Hey, quit it." "Stop it." "Thelma, Thelma, listen to me." "I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?" "I just wanna kiss you." " No." "No." " Come on." "Come on." " Goddamn, you are gorgeous." " Let me go." " You are a gorgeous woman." " I'm married." "Come on." " Well, that's okay." "I'm married too." " I don't feel good." "I've been sick." "Listen to me." "I said I'm not gonna hurt you." "All right?" " Relax." " Harlan, stop it, please." "I mean it." "Wait." "Don't." "I mean it!" "Louise is gonna wonder where I am." "Fuck Louise." "Fuck Lou..." "Never fucking hit me." "Fucking bitch!" " Please." " You hear?" "Harlan, please!" "Don't hurt me, Harlan, please." "You shut up!" "Shut the fuck up!" "You hear me?" " Shut up!" " Please." "Please don't hurt me, Harlan." "Goddamn bitch." " Let her go." " Louise!" "Get the fuck out of here." "Louise!" "You let her go, or I'm gonna splatter your ugly face all over this nice car." "All right, just calm down." "We were just having a little fun, that's all." "It looks like you got a real fucked-up idea of fun." "Come on." "Come on." "Turn around." "In the future when a woman's crying like that she isn't having any fun!" "Bitch!" "I should've gone ahead and fucked her." "What did you say?" "I said suck my cock." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." " Get the car." " Oh, Jesus Christ." "Louise, you shot him." " Oh, my God." " Get the car." "You watch your mouth, buddy." "Louise!" "Come on!" "Watch it, you fucking asshole!" "Louise?" "Louise, where are we going?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "Just shut up so I can think." "Shouldn't we go to the cops?" "I think we should tell the police." "What do you think we should tell them?" " Don't know." "Tell them what happened." " Which part?" "All of it." "That he was raping me." "100 people saw you dancing cheek to cheek with him!" "Who's gonna believe that?" "We don't live in that kind of a world!" "Goddamn it, pull over!" "Thelma." "Thelma." "Thelma, I'm..." "I'm gonna stop someplace for a cup of coffee, just for a second." "And then I'm gonna get it together." "I'm gonna figure out then what to do." "Everything's gonna be fine, all right?" "Everything's gonna be all right." "Now's not the time to panic." "If we panic now, we're done for." "Nobody saw it." "Nobody knows it was us." "So we're still okay." "We just have to figure out what we're gonna do next." "We just have to figure out what we're gonna do." "I'll say one thing:" "This is some vacation." "I sure am having a good time." "This is real fun." "If you weren't concerned with having fun, we wouldn't be here now." " Just what is that supposed to mean?" " It means shut up, Thelma." "So this is all my fault, is it?" "I have to go to the bathroom." "Sorry." " Can I get you anything else?" " The check, please." "Thanks, I'll try again later." "Back, people." "Stay away from the line." "Could you identify them if you saw them again?" "I told you 50 times I could." "But neither one of those two is the type to pull something like this." "You're not an expert witness, but what makes you so sure?" "If waiting tables in a bar don't make you an expert on human nature nothing will." "I could've told you Harlan would end up buying it in a parking lot." "I'm just surprised it didn't happen sooner." " Who do you think did it?" " You ask his wife?" "She's the one I hope did it." "Lena, do you have any ideas or don't you?" "Well, if I had to guess I'd say it was some old gal, some old gal's husband." "It wasn't neither one of those two." "The smaller one, the one with the tidy hairdo she left me a huge tip." " Well..." " What?" "You didn't happen to notice what kind of car they were driving?" "It's a nightclub, Hal, not a drive-in." "I don't follow the customers out to the parking lot." "Lena, go on home." "You kept me here all night to ask me the same old question over and over?" "Aren't you gonna offer me some teeny-eeny, widdy-biddy, little drink?" "Behave yourself." "Neither of those two was the murdering type, Hal." "Hi, this is Jimmy." "Thelma, you in there?" "Thelma, come on." "We're out of here, Thelma." "We're gonna need money." "How much money you have on you?" "What?" "I'll stop at the next town." "We'll get a motel room." "I can rest and then figure out what to do." "Okay." "Wait, I'm looking." "Sixty-one dollars." "Shit." "Forty-one dollars." "We're gonna need more money." "What are you doing?" "Why are you unpacking?" "You said we was just gonna take a nap." "I'm figuring out what to do." "When you figure it out, just wake me up." " What the hell's wrong with you?" " What's that supposed to mean?" " Why are you acting like this?" " Like what?" "How am I supposed to act?" "Excuse me for not knowing how to act when you blow somebody away." "You can help me figure out what to do." "I'm trying to figure out what to do." "You..." "I did." "I had a suggestion that we go to the police!" "You didn't like that, so frankly, I'm out of ideas." "What's the rush, Thelma?" "We give them time, they'll come to us." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm just not ready to go to jail yet." "Why don't you...?" "Why don't you go out to the pool and take a swim or something?" "Now I'll figure out what to do." "Jimmy, I've been trying to call you." "Louise." "Hey, baby." "Where the hell are you at?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "How are you?" "Long time no see." "You sound funny." "I am funny." "I'm real funny." "Are you in town?" "This sounds long distance." "No, I'm out of town." "I'm in..." "I'm in deep shit." "Deep Shit, Arkansas." "Louise, now you just tell me what the hell's going on here." "I come back, nobody knows where you are." " Is Thelma with you?" " Listen, Jimmy." "I have about $6700 in the bank." "Now I know you can't get it out but I need that money." "Can you wire me the $6700 and I'll pay you back?" "What the fuck is going on here, Louise?" "Listen..." "Something real bad has happened." "And I can't tell you what." "Just that I did it and I can't undo it." "Will you help me?" "Please." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah, baby." "Of course I can." "But where?" "Why can't I bring it to you?" "Jimmy do you love me?" "Yeah." " Never mind." "Never mind." " Yeah." "Look, just..." "Just wire it to Western Union in Oklahoma City, okay?" " That's where you're at?" "Oklahoma?" " Not yet." "Call back and I'll tell you which office to go to." "All right." "All right." "I'll call you back in an hour." "Thelma!" "Thelma!" " Thelma!" " What?" " Get in the car." " Okay." "Even if they didn't do it, they most likely witnessed it." "Talk to them." " Put out an APB, see what we get back." " All right." "Any reason to believe they've left the state?" "That's certainly possible." "Why don't we let the Bureau in on this?" "Louise, I'm not getting mad, okay, but where are we going?" "Oklahoma City." "Jimmy's gonna wire me some money..." "You talked to him?" "Did you tell him?" "What'd he say?" "Is he mad?" "No." "Let's get that straight." "Darryl's been calling, mad as a hornet, making all kinds of noise." "When you call him, you gotta not tell him anything about this." "Make sure everything sounds normal." "I called the asshole at 4:00 in the morning." "He wasn't even home." "I don't know what he's got to be mad about." "I'm the one that should be mad." "Thelma." "I'm going to Mexico." "I can make it in two and a half days, but I'm gonna have to haul ass." "Are you up to this?" "I mean, I gotta know." "This isn't a game." "I'm in deep shit." "I gotta know what you're gonna do." "I don't know." "I don't know." "I don't know what you're asking." "Don't you start flaking out on me." "Goddamn it!" "Every time we get in trouble you just get blank or plead insanity or some such shit." "Not this time." "I mean, this time things have changed." "Everything's changed." "But I'm going to Mexico." "I'm going." " Louise." " Is that the way you answer the phone?" "I was afraid I missed you." "I got it." "I was afraid I couldn't get a check cashed on Saturday." "Who did it?" "A friend of mine owns a club." "Did you tell him what it's for?" "No, I didn't." "I told him I was buying a car." "Good, that's real good." "Listen, where do I go?" "It's a place called the Vagabond Motel." "It's at 1921 North East 23rd." "It's under "Peaches."" "What?" "That's the code word." "I miss you, Peaches." "Thanks, Jimmy." "I appreciate it." "Ma'am, you sure you wouldn't rather have a large economy size?" "No, no, that's okay." "What are you looking at?" "Hey." "I want you to call Darryl." "Call him?" "Tell him you're having fun and you'll be home tomorrow." " Will I be?" " I don't know." "I won't." "Ah, the newspaper!" "This is Darryl." "I have a collect call from Thelma." "Will you accept?" "Well, yes, I will, operator." "Thelma, where in the sam hill are you?" "Oh, I'm with Louise." "We're in the mountains." "We're fishing." "Have you lost your mind?" "Is that it?" "I leave for work and you take leave of your senses?" "Darryl, calm down, please." "Don't get so mad." "I can explain, okay?" "See, Louise..." "Hold on, hold on, hold on." "Come on, kick it!" "God!" "So we're just gonna stay there and fish and hang out." "We'll be home tomorrow night." "No, you won't." "You'll be back today." "You get your butt back here, Thelma." "Now, goddamn it!" "Darryl." "Darryl, you're my husband, not my father." "Oh, now that does it." "That Louise is nothing but a bad influence." "If you're not back here by tonight..." "Thelma..." "Well, then, I just don't wanna say." "Darryl." "Thelma." "Go fuck yourself." "Oh, that's good." "That's just sweet." " Shit!" " Oh, sorry." "Darling!" "Are you all right?" " Did I cause that?" " No, I'm sorry." "No?" "You're okay?" "Is there something I can do for you?" "No, that's okay." "Crazy women." "Excuse me, ma'am." "Can I ask which way you're heading?" "I'm going to school and my ride fell through." "I'm stuck here like stink on stink." "I thought if you were going my way or I was going yours..." " I think Oklahoma City." " Perfect." " I'm not sure." "Yeah, well, I'd appreciate it much." "Well, see, it's really not up to me." "It's not my car." "We'd have to ask my friend." "But she'd probably say no." "She's a little bit uptight." "Maybe it's not a good idea." "But I thank you for your time." "But I can ask, you know." "It wouldn't hurt nothing." "Well, no, it wouldn't hurt." "Louise?" "Hey, Louise." "He's on his way back to school." "I thought since we're going the same direction, we could give him a ride?" "It's probably not a good idea." " Louise." " Probably not." "But I appreciate your time." "Y'all have a good day." "Drive safe." "Louise." "Did you see how polite he is?" "He's sweet." " Thelma." " What?" "Fill her up." "Wish we could've brought him with us." "What'd Darryl have to say?" "Oh, he said, "Okay, Thelma, I just wanted to make sure you was all right." "I hope you're having fun." "You deserve it after all you put up with me." "I love you, honey."" "So how long before we're in goddamn Mexico?" "I didn't think it would hurt to give somebody a ride." "Did you see his butt?" "Darryl don't have a cute butt." "You could park a car in the shadow of his ass." "I'm just not in the mood for company right now." "Take this." "I need you to find all the secondary roads to Mexico from Oklahoma City." "We should stay off the interstate." "Looks like we could get on this road 81 here and head down towards Dallas." "I don't wanna go through Texas." "Find some other way." "Wait." "What?" "You wanna go to Mexico from Oklahoma but you don't wanna go through Texas?" "Thelma, you know how I feel about Texas." "We're not going that way." "I know, Louise, but we're running for our lives." "Can't you make an exception?" "Look at this map." "The only thing between Oklahoma and Mexico is Texas." "Look!" "I'm not gonna talk about it." "You either find another way or give me the goddamn map and I will." "You understand?" "No, I don't." "How come you never told me what happened to you there?" "Look, you shoot off a guy's head with his pants down Texas is not the place you wanna get caught." "Now trust me." "I told you, I'm not gonna talk about this anymore." "Happy birthday, lady." "Well, you could've been anything That you wanted to" "And I can tell The way you do the things you do" "The way you do the things you do The way you do the things you do" "Is the manager in?" "Marian, there's a police officer here." "All right, all right, Thelma." "All right." "Okay." "The other night there was a murder out at the Silver Bullet." "A man was shot." "We have some witnesses that saw a 1966 T-Bird convertible leaving the scene, sort of speeding out of the driveway there." "And that vehicle is registered to one Louise Sawyer." "And we have reason to believe that your wife was the other occupant of that car." "What?" "What?" "What?" "Excuse me." "You're standing in your pizza." "Oh, shit." "Tell me, Miss Thelma." "How is it you ain't got any kids?" "God gives you something special, you ought to pass it on." "Well, Darryl, that's my husband..." " Darryl?" " Yeah." "He says he's not ready yet." "He says he's still too much of a kid himself." " Prides himself on being infantile." " He's got a lot to be proud of." " They don't get along." " That's putting it mildly." " She thinks he's a pig." " I know he's a pig." "Did you get married real young?" " Well, I guess 18's kind of young." " Yeah." "We'd already been going out four years when we got married." " How long?" " Four years." "I never been with anybody but Darryl." "Oh, I'm sorry." "If you don't mind me saying so, he sounds like a real asshole." "It's okay." "He is an asshole." "Mostly I just let it slide." "You better slow down." "That's a cop up ahead." "Maybe you got a few too many parking tickets?" "We'll take you to Oklahoma City." "Then you best be on your way." "Prints on the trunk of the car match those of Thelma Dickinson." "I'll be damned." "Isn't that strange?" "And the husband says the gun is missing." "She took a lot of stuff." "Looks like she may be planning on being gone a while." "Strange thing is her husband said she would never touch that gun." "He got it for her because he's out late a lot but he said she'd never touch it." "Wouldn't learn to shoot it." "Kept it in the drawer for years." " What kind of gun was it?" " .38." "Right." "Where are they?" "They were going to some guy's cabin and never showed up." "All right." "Now I'm gonna go..." "It's just gonna take a minute." "You two better say your goodbyes, understand?" " Hi." " Hey." "I'm here to pick up a money order for Louise Sawyer." "There's nothing." "How about "Peaches"?" "Could you try code word "Peaches"?" "Did I hear somebody say "Peaches"?" "Oh, my God." "Jimmy." "That's the secret word." "Show the lady what she's won, Don." "What are you doing here?" "I just came to see you, baby." "Can I have another room, please?" "Put it on my credit card." "Thelma, get your feet down." "Thelma, look who's here." "Oh, shit!" "Jimmy!" "Hey, stranger." " What in the world are you doing here?" " Ask no questions, I'll tell no lies." "Good answer." "The same goes double for me." " Who's the cowboy?" " Oh, this here, this is J.D." " He's a student." " He's gone." "We're just giving him a ride to here and then Louise said he'd have to go." " I guess that's what he's doing." " Yeah, I reckon." " He's gone." " Have a good trip." " Thank you." " Nice to meet you." "Yep, that's him going." "I love to watch him go." "Thelma kind of took to him." "Well, I got you a room there, Thelma." "You can go take yourself a nice cold shower." "Well, you know me, Jimmy." "I'm just a wild woman." "This is our future." "What are you gonna tell him?" "Nothing." "I'm not gonna tell him a thing." "Least I can do is not make him any more of an accessory." "You are so sweet to that guy." "You know, you really are." "Not wanting to drag him into this." "I didn't ask him to come." "He's no different than any guy." "He loves the chase." "He's sure got his work cut out for him now, don't he?" "Thelma, put a lid on it!" "I want you to just..." "You guard that money." "Okay." "And if there's any problem, then you call me in room 211." "Okay." "I won't wait up." " Want a drink?" " No." "Tell me what's going on." "I'm not gonna tell you what's going on." "Someday soon you'll understand why." "I'm not going to so don't ask me." " Can I ask you one thing?" " Maybe." "You in love with somebody else?" "Is it about another man?" "No, it's not anything like that." "Well, then what is it, goddamn it?" "Are you gonna leave for-fucking-ever?" "Huh?" "What?" "Did you fucking kill somebody?" "You start this shit, I'm out of here." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Come back over and sit down." "I wanna give you something." "I'm fine right here." " I want to give you something." " Give it to me here." "Here." "Why don't you try it on?" "You didn't see that one coming, did you?" "Why, Jimmy?" "Why now?" "Try not to get too excited." "I just flew across two states with that ring in my fucking hand." "And you know I hate to fly." "You came all this way because you thought I was with somebody else." "No, that's not why I came." "Because, you know, I don't wanna lose you." "And I get the feeling like you're gonna split, permanently." "That's not a good reason to get married." "I thought that's what you wanted." "I did." "But not like this." " Louise?" " No, Thelma, it's me." "Surprise." "I was out there and I was thinking that..." "I know I'm supposed to be gone and all but, you know..." "And I'm not having a turd's luck getting a ride." "I was just thinking about you." "Oh, this is crazy." "I'm gonna get out of your hair, all right?" "Wait, wait." "Where are you going?" "Ah, I don't know." "You know, nowhere." "You think I'm happy playing one-night gigs in Ramada Inn lounges?" "We all got dreams that don't work out." "We both got what we settled for." "Maybe you don't love me anymore." "No, I do love you." "But I think it's time to just let go of the old mistakes." "Just chalk it up to bad timing." "I think it's time to let go." " Look out." " No." "Oh, oh." "Come on." " You're too..." "Your turn." " All right, all right." "I'll go." " Give me another chance." " Come on." "Well, don't leave it." "Don't just leave them there." "Ow, God!" "What do you...?" "See, this is an unfair advantage." "You got too much metal going here." "I'm gonna lighten the load a little bit." " I think that's better." "Do you?" " Yeah." " Take me, break me, make me a man." " Watch your head." "Careful." " My head's fine." " Who are you, anyway?" "I'm the great and powerful Oz." "Who do you wanna be?" "Tell me, I know you're no schoolboy." "Nobody ever tells me shit." " I'm just some guy." " Yeah?" "A guy whose parole officer's probably having a shit-fit about now." "What do you mean, parole officer?" "What?" "Are you a criminal?" "No." "No, not no more, Thelma." "Besides busting parole, I haven't done one wrong thing." " What'd you do?" " I'm a robber." " You're a bank robber?" " No." "I don't rob no banks." " Come on." " What'd you rob?" "Well, let's see." "Let's add it up here." "I robbed a gas station, a couple convenience stores liquor stores." "Oh, my God." "How?" " Come on." " Okay." "First, you pick your place, right?" "Then sit back and watch it for a while." "Wait for that right moment to make my move." "That's something you gotta know up here." "That shit cannot be taught." " I don't wanna talk about this." " Come on." "I like to hear it." "All right." "Then I waltz right in." "I just kinda waltz on in and I say:" ""Let's see who wins the prize for keeping their cool." "Simon says, everybody down on the floor." "Now nobody loses their head, then nobody loses their head." "You, sir." "Yeah, you do the honors." "Put the cash in that bag, you got an amazing story to tell your friends." "If not, well, you got a tag on your toe." "You decide."" "Simple as that." "Then I just slip on out." "And get the hell out of Dodge." "Yeah." "My goodness." "You're sure real gentlemanly about it." "I believe, if done properly, armed robbery doesn't have to be a totally unpleasant experience." " What?" " You're a real outlaw, aren't you?" "I may be an outlaw, darling, but you're the one stealing my heart." "Oh, you're smooth." " Isn't he?" "Isn't he?" " You're smooth." " I try." " How'd you get that way?" "Remember when we first met?" "Yeah." "Tell me what you said." "I said you had a nice pair of eyes." "And what'd I say?" "Do you remember?" "Yeah, you shut them and asked me if I knew what color they were." "Then, what'd you say?" "I didn't know." "Jimmy, what color are my eyes?" "They're brown." "Wait." "Wait." "Y'all want some more coffee?" "Thank you." "Look, I don't know what's going on with you or what happened or what y'all did." "But I'm not gonna tell anybody anything, or say that I even saw you." "Okay?" "What'd you do?" "Take some kind of pill, makes you say all the right stuff?" "Yeah." "I'm choking on it." "Sure you don't want me to go with?" "I think it's probably not a real good idea right now." "But I'll catch up with you later." "On down the road." "Yeah." "My taxi's here." "Why don't you just keep that?" " Okay?" " Thanks." "I just want you to be happy." "I am happy, sweetie." "Happy as I can be." "All right." "Well, why don't you give old Jimmy a kiss goodbye?" "And I'll be getting out of here." "Come here, old Jimmy." "I'll be seeing you, Louise." "You have a safe trip." "It's good he left when he did." "We thought we were gonna have to put out a fire." "Hi." "What happened to your hair?" "Nothing." "It got messed up." "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing." "Why?" "Do I seem different?" "Now that you mention it, you seem like you're crazy or you're on drugs." "Well, I'm not on drugs but I might be crazy!" "Thelma, what happened?" " What happened?" " J.D. Came back." " Oh, my God, Louise." " Oh, no." "I can't believe it." "I mean, I just can't believe it." "Oh, my God." "It's like..." "I understand what all the fuss is about now." "It's like a whole 'nother ball game." "Darling, I'm so happy for you." "That's great." "I really am." "You finally got laid properly." "That's so sweet." " Where is he now?" " Oh, he's taking a shower." "Thelma, you left him alone in the room?" "Where's the money?" "Oh, my God." "Where's the money?" "It's on the bed table." "It's okay." "It's on the nightstand." "It's okay!" "Oh, goddamn it!" "I've never been lucky!" "Not one time." "Shit!" "That son of a bitch burned me." "I don't believe it." "I don't believe it." "Louise?" "You okay?" "Louise." "I'm sorry." "I mean it." "Louise, it's okay." " It's okay." " No, Thelma, it's not okay." "It's definitely not okay." "None of this is okay." "I mean, what are we gonna do for money?" "How are we gonna get gas?" "I mean, trading on our good looks?" "I mean..." "Oh, goddamn, Thelma, it's not okay!" "Louise." "Hey, now you listen to me." "Don't you worry about it." "You hear me?" "Come on." "Stand up." "Louise, just don't you worry about it." "You hear?" "Come on." "Come on, damn it!" "Get your stuff." "Let's get out of here." "Move!" "Jesus Christ." "Come on." "Come on." "Oh, take your damn time." "Come on." "Here we go." "Could we have a little rain, Max?" "Well, come on in." "Wipe your feet." "As you know, we've tapped your phone, in the event that she calls in." "Is that gonna cost me?" "Excuse me, may I?" "Hey, live it up." "That's what it's there for." "We're going to have someone here on the phones until we find them." "You can't let on that you know anything." "We want to try and find out where they are." "I don't want to get too personal but do you have a good relationship with your wife?" "I love Thelma." "I don't intend anything by that, sir." "I just have to ask." "Are you close with her?" "Yeah." "I guess." "I mean I'm about as close as I can be to a nut case like that." "Well, if she calls, just be gentle." "Like you're really happy to hear from her." "Like you really miss her." "Women love that shit." "Okay." "If you say so." "Women love that shit." "Oh, cool." "Can I wear these?" "Want anything?" "Drive, Louise!" "Drive!" "Drive the car!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go, go, go, go, go, go!" "What happened?" "You robbed the store?" "You robbed a goddamn store?" "Well, we needed the money." "It's not like I killed anybody, for God's sake." "We needed the money." "Now we have it." "Oh, shit." "Oh, shit, Thelma!" " Louise, come on, get a grip." " Shit!" "Drive to goddamn Mexico, will you?" "Okay." "Oh, shit." "Oh, shit!" "How'd you...?" "I mean, what'd you say?" "Well, I just waltzed on in there and I said:" "Good morning, this is a robbery." "If nobody loses their head, nobody'll lose their head." "Simon says y'all lie down on the floor, please." "You too." "Ma'am, would you get down?" "Not you, sir." "See who wins a prize for keeping their cool." "Sir, take all the cash out of that drawer, put it in a paper bag." "It's an amazing story to tell your friends." "If not, you'll have a tag on your toe." "You decide." "Hurry up." "Let's go." "Ma'am, would you be quiet?" "Sir, get down, please." "Thank you." "Just get real comfortable." "Throw in a couple bottles of Wild Turkey too." "Yes, ma'am." " Now you get down." " Yes, ma'am." "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation." "Now stay down on the floor till I'm gone." "Have a good day." "Jesus Christ!" " Good God." " My Lord." "Hey, Louise, you better slow down." "I'd die if we get caught over a speeding ticket." "For the first time in my life I wish this car wasn't green." "You sure we should be driving in broad daylight?" "No, but I want some distance between us and the scene of our last goddamn crime!" "Oh, man." "You wouldn't have believed it." "It's like I'd been doing it all my life." "I mean, nobody would believe it." "Think you found your calling?" "Maybe." "Maybe." "The call of the wild." " You are disturbed." " Yeah, I believe I am." "Thelma, don't you litter." "Wait a minute." "I hate..." "This always happens when you're in a hurry." "What are you gonna do?" "Just stay drunk all day?" "Try to." "Oh, isn't that nice?" "Truck drivers are so nice." "Best drivers on the road." "Oh, Lord." "How original." "Thank you." " Oh, man, that's disgusting." " You pig." " Pig." " He's a fucking pig." "Oh, that's gross." "What'd he do that for anyway?" "They think we like it." "They think it turns us on or something." "Shut up!" "James Lennox?" " Who wants to know?" " Arkansas state police." "Hi." "Thelma." "What?" " I want you to call Darryl." " What for?" "I want you to find out if he knows anything." "If you think he does, you hang up the phone." "That means the police told him and the phone's probably tapped." "Tap the phone?" "What are you talking about?" "Come on, Thelma." "Murder one and armed robbery?" "Murder one?" "We can't say it was self-defense?" "It wasn't." "We were walking away." "They don't know that." "It was just you and me there." "He raped me and you had to shoot him." "That's almost the truth." " It won't work." " Why not?" "No physical evidence." "We can't prove he did it." "We can't even probably prove by now that he touched you." "The law is some freaky shit, isn't it?" " How do you know about this stuff?" " Besides, what about the robbery?" "There's no such thing as justifiable robbery." "All right, Louise." "Will you?" " Where'd you get this?" " Stole it." "Hi." "Hi." "Who's the nut?" "That's Mrs. Dickinson's husband." "Well, shit twice and fall back in." "God." "Where'd you get the $6600 in cash?" "A friend." "We spoke with a man today who delivered close to that amount to Louise Sawyer." "Do you know her?" "Yes, sir." "Yeah, I believe she's the woman driving the car." "He said he took her to a motel in Oklahoma City." "He also says that at that time he met a man." "He identified you through mug shots." "He also told us that you and Mrs. Dickinson seemed close." "Is that true?" "Well, sir you might say we had a meeting of the minds, yeah." "Are you aware that they're wanted in connection with a murder?" "Murder?" "What, Thelma?" "Damn." "Did they indicate they might be on the run from the law?" "Now that you mention it, they might have seemed a little bit jumpy." " You know what?" " What?" " You're starting to irritate me." " Yeah, me too." "That'll happen." "You two have a lot in common." "Maybe I should step out of the room." "I got a better idea." "Do you mind if I speak to him alone for a minute?" "What?" "What'd I do?" "Nothing, that's what." "This is a crock of shit." "Mr. Johnny-fucking-Law." " Son, I got a feeling about something." " Yeah?" "I wanna ask your opinion." "Do you think she would've committed robbery if you hadn't taken the money?" "Get your foot off that table." " Cat got your tongue?" " No." "How do you know I took it?" "How do you know they...?" "Don't you fucking lie to me." "There's two girls out there that had a chance." "They had a chance." "Now you've screwed it up for them." "Now they're in some serious trouble." "I'll hold you personally responsible if anything happens to them." "I got no feeling for you." "You're either gonna tell me everything you know so there's a small chance I can do them some good or I'm gonna be on you like a fly on shit for the rest of your life." "Your misery's gonna be my mission in life." "Yes, sir." "Okay?" "I'll try." " We understand each other?" " Yeah." " Mr. Dickinson?" " Yeah." "If you'd just hang on, I want a word with you." "I like your wife." "Come back here!" "Come back here, you little shit!" "Come here!" "All right!" "Come here!" " Calm down." " I'll kill you!" " What will it be, ladies?" " Fill her up." "There you go." "Do you have a phone?" "Thank you." "Listen." "If you think he knows, even if you're not sure I want you to hang up, understand?" " Yeah." "All right." "Hello." " Darryl, it's me." " Thelma, hello!" "He knows." "I need more time." "What?" "All I said was hello." "It's Louise." "Let me talk to the police." " Hey, Louise." " Hi." "Let me talk to the police." "What do you mean?" "There's no police here." "Hey, where are you girls?" "Will you let me talk to whoever's in charge there?" "How do you know there...?" "Hello, Miss Sawyer." "I'm Investigator Hal Slocumb, Arkansas state police." "How are you?" "Well, I've been better." " You be careful with that gun." " Yes, I know." "You girls are in some hot water." "You both okay?" "Not hurt?" "Yes, sir, we're fine." "We're both fine." "Good." "You want to tell me what happened?" "Sure, over coffee sometime." "I'll buy." "I want you to know neither one of you are charged with murder yet." "You're just still wanted for questioning." "Although now, Mrs. Dickinson's wanted in Oklahoma for armed robbery." "No kidding." "Look, we gotta go." "I'll call you back." "I don't think you'll make it to Mexico." "We should talk." "Please." "I want to help you." "God, that J.D. Kid is a little shit." "What?" "What?" "Thelma, how did they know we're going to Mexico?" "How'd they know that?" "You told that thieving little shit where we were going?" "Oh..." "I just told him if he ever got to Mexico, he should look us up." " Oh!" " But I asked him not to tell." " I thought he would not tell anybody." " Why?" "I didn't think he'd tell." "What's he got to lose?" "Except my life savings, of course." "Thelma, goddamn it!" " Look, I'm sorry." "I mean, I..." " Oh, goddamn it, Thelma." "We had two things going:" "No one knew where we were or where we're going." "Now one of the things we had going for us is gone!" "Look, Thelma, you just gotta stop talking to people." "You gotta stop being so open." "We're fugitives now." "All right?" "Let's start behaving like that." " You're right." " Thank you." "I was wondering..." "Listen, little boy, of course I want you to go." "That's what's worrying you." " Please don't think..." " No, I wasn't worrying about that." "I knew you'd want me to take the job, sure." "But..." "Sorry." "Let's get married." "My God, this is beautiful." "It surely is." "I wanted to travel." "I just never got the opportunity." "You got it now." "What's going on?" "Nothing." "Shit." "Well, we don't need the East Coast anymore." "Hey, look." "Look, it's that guy." "I'll be darned." "Ignore him." "Hey, baby!" "I'm your captain muff diver!" "Your storm trooper of love!" "I ignored him." "What?" " What?" " Harlan." "What about him?" "Just..." "Just the look on his face." "What?" "He sure wasn't expecting that." ""Suck my dick."" "It's not funny." "I know." "It happened to you, didn't it?" "What are you talking about?" "In Texas." "I mean, that's what happened, isn't it?" "You was raped?" "Look, I'm warning you." "Just drop it." "I'm not gonna talk about that." " You understand?" " Yeah." "I'm not talking about it." " You understand?" " Yeah." "Okay, Louise." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Oh, shit." "Thelma." "We're getting pulled over." "Shit!" "What do you wanna do?" "What should we do?" "I don't know, I don't know." "Maybe he doesn't know." "Maybe he's just gonna give me a ticket." "God, please don't let us get caught." "Please, God, don't let us get caught." "I'm gonna pull over." "Turn off your engine." "He's putting on his hat." " My God, he's a Nazi." " What's he doing?" "Walking this way." "Hello, officer." "Is there a problem?" "Let me see your license." "Right." "Here it is." "Take it out, please." "I told you to slow down." " Officer, I told her to slow down." " She did." "How fast was I going?" "About 110." "You wanna get out of the car, please?" " Come with me, please." " Yes, sir." " Is this your vehicle?" " Yes, sir, that is." "Get in the car, please." "Yes, sir." " Front or the back?" " Front." "You wanna take off your eyewear, please?" "Yes, sir." "Am I in trouble, officer?" "Yes, ma'am, you're in a lot of trouble." "Hello, this is nine-eight..." "You wanna step back and get in your car again?" "Officer I am so sorry about this." "Would you let go of that?" "I really apologize, but would you put your hands on the steering wheel?" "If you get on that radio, you'll find out we're wanted in two states and probably considered armed and dangerous." "At least I am." "Then our whole plan is gonna be shot to hell." "Louise, take his gun." " Take his gun, Louise." "Right there." " Right." "I'm sorry." "Excuse me." "You wanna step out of the car?" "Three days ago, neither one of us would've pulled a stunt like this." "If you was ever to meet my husband, you'd understand." "Put your hands on your head, please." "Louise." " What?" " Shoot the radio." "The police radio, Louise." " Jesus Christ." " I'm sorry." " Got it." " Okay." "All right." "Step to the back of the car, please." "Louise, get the keys." "God, what happened?" "What'd you...?" "Air holes." "Open the trunk." "Oh." "Shit, Louise." "Good point." "You wanna step into the trunk, please?" "Please." "I have a wife and kids." "Please!" "You do?" "Well, you're lucky." "You be sweet to them." "Especially your wife." "My husband wasn't sweet." "Look how I turned out." "Now go on." "Get in there." "Oh, wait, sir." "Wait a second." "Excuse me." "Oh, wait a minute." "Officer, could I have your belt, please?" " Extra ammo." " Oh, good idea." "Could I trade glasses with you, maybe?" " Thanks." "Okay." " That it?" " Officer, I'm real sorry about this." " I apologize also." " You ready?" " Hit it." "You know, I know it's crazy." "I feel like I got a knack for this shit." "I believe you do." "Drive like hell." "I can't figure out whether these girls are real smart or just real, real lucky." "It don't matter." "Brains will only get you so far, and luck always runs out." " Louise, we still going to Mexico?" " Yes." "Then aren't we going in the wrong direction?" "If you take a state policeman, shoot his car and Iock him in the truck, it's best to get out of the state if you can." "I heard that." "Don't dent my car!" "I think I fucked up." "I got us into a situation where we both could get killed." "I don't know why I didn't go to the police." "You know why." "You already said." "What did I say again?" "Nobody would believe us." "We'd still get in trouble, have our lives ruined." " Know what else?" " What?" "That guy was hurting me." "If you hadn't come out, he would've hurt me worse." "Nothing would've happened to him." "Everybody saw us dancing." "They'd make out like I'd asked for it." "My life would've been ruined worse than it is now." "At least I'm having fun." "And I'm not sorry that son of a bitch is dead." "I'm just sorry you did it and not me." "Hello?" "Let me talk to Slocumb." "She wants to talk to you." "Hello, Louise." " Hey." " How are things going out there?" "Weird." "We got some kind of a snowball effect happening here." "You're still with us." "You're somewhere on earth." "Not the middle of nowhere, but we can see it." "I swear." "I almost feel like I know you." "Well, you don't." "You're getting in deeper every moment." "Would you believe this was an accident?" "I do believe you." "That's what I want everybody to believe." "Trouble is, it doesn't look like an accident." "And you're not here to tell me about it." "I need your help here." " Did Harlan...?" " I won't talk about it." " You wanna come on in?" " Don't think so." "Then I'm sorry." "We'll have to charge you with murder." "Do you wanna come out alive?" "You know, certain words and phrases keep drifting through my mind." "Things like "incarceration," "cavity search," "death by electrocution" "life in prison," shit like that." "You know?" "So, do I wanna come out alive?" "I don't know." "L..." "I don't know." "I think we're gonna have to think about that." "Louise." "I'll do anything." "I know what's making you run." "I know what happened in Texas." "Come on, Louise." "Don't blow it." "We got it." "Give it to me." "Max." "You gotta take me there." "No, Hal." "Cannot do." "I'm the one she's..." "You're no good to me now." "There's nothing you can do for me now." "I don't want anybody losing their heads." "You know what happens." "The volume gets turned way up, and these girls are gonna get shot." "What?" "You're not gonna give up on me, are you?" "What do you mean?" "Not gonna make a deal with that guy?" "I mean, I just wanna know." "Thelma, I'm not making any deals." "I mean, I'd understand if you was thinking about it." "In a way, you got something to go back to." "Jimmy and all." "Jimmy's not an option." "But..." "I don't know." "You know..." "Something's, like, crossed over in me and I can't go back." "I mean, I just couldn't live." "I know." "I know what you mean." "Anyway, don't wanna end up on the damn Geraldo show." "Yeah." "They're charging us with murder." "Yeah, they say that we gotta figure if we wanna come in dead or alive." "Gosh." "Didn't he say anything positive at all?" "You awake?" "Guess so." "My eyes are open." "Me too." "I feel awake." "Good." "Wide awake." "I don't remember ever feeling this awake." "Know what I mean?" "Everything looks different." "You feel like that too, like you got something to look forward to?" "We'll be drinking margaritas by the sea." " We can change our names." " Live in a hacienda." "I wanna get a job." "I'm gonna work at Club Med." "Yeah." "What deal can that cop come up with to beat that?" " Have to be pretty good." " Pretty damn good." "Oh, my God, Louise." "Oh, look, look." "See if that's him." "It's him." "It's definitely him." "Pass him." "Hey, baby!" "You ready for a big dick?" "Hi." "Hi, there." "You all right?" "We're fine." "How are you?" "Great!" "Are you girls ready to get serious?" "I think so." "Follow us." " Where you going?" " Fresno." "We saw you all over the place." "Why don't you take off those shades?" "I wanna see your eyes." "Yeah, I been seeing you, too." "Yeah, we think you have really bad manners." "Where do you get off behaving like that with women you don't even know?" "How'd you feel if somebody did that to your mother?" "Or your sister?" "Or your wife?" "Huh?" "What are you talking about?" "You know what I'm talking about." "I mean, really." "That business with your tongue." "What's that?" "That is disgusting." "That other shit of pointing to your lap?" "What is that supposed to mean?" ""Pull over, I wanna show you what a big, fat slob I am"?" "Or is it, "Suck my dick"?" "You women are crazy." "Got that right." "We think you should apologize." "I ain't apologizing for shit!" "You say you're sorry." "Fuck that!" "You say you're sorry, or I'm gonna make you fucking sorry." "Aw, Jesus." "I bet you even called us beavers on your CB radio." "Yeah." "Sure did!" "Damn." "I hate being called a beaver, don't you?" "You gonna apologize?" "Fuck you!" "Goddamn, you're a bitch!" " I don't think he's gonna apologize." " Nah, I don't think so." "You bitches!" "You bitches from hell!" "Goddamn it!" "You're gonna have to pay for this!" "You're gonna have to pay for this!" "I'm gonna make you!" "You'll pay for this!" "You hear me?" "!" "Oh, my God." "Where'd you learn to shoot like that?" "Oh, off the TV." " Where'd you learn to shoot like that?" " Texas." "Hello?" "Hello, I'm in the trunk." "I'm a police officer." "The keys are over there." "The keys are over there." "DOB: 10-17-55." "Red hair, brown eyes  five foot seven inches tall, 120 pounds." "Suspect:" "Thelma Yvonne Dickinson." " White female." "DOB: 11-27-56." " He's running around a burning truck." "Red hair, green eyes  five foot ten inches tall, 130 pounds." "Both subjects armed and extremely dangerous." "Approach with caution." " New Mexico and Arizona on felony warrants for armed robbery  kidnapping a law enforcement officer, assault with a deadly weapon." "Suspect driving:" "Louise Elizabeth Sawyer, white fe..." "Think they saw us?" "I don't know." "I don't think so." "Better get off, just in case." "You got your seat belt on?" "This is 112, I am in pursuit." "Green Thunderbird." "Request an assistance." "Oh, shit." "I have the suspects in sight." "Continuing pursuit." "Stay in position!" "I know this whole thing was my fault." "Damn it, you should know by now that it wasn't your fault!" "Louise, no matter what happens, I'm glad I came with you." "Shit." "Oh, shit!" "Did you see him?" "Right in the middle of the road!" "Hold on!" "From here on in it'll be pretty shitty." "Unbearable, I imagine." "All we got to lose is gone anyway." "God, how do you stay so positive?" "You're a good friend." "You too, sweetie, the best." "How do you like the vacation so far?" "I guess I went a little crazy." "No, you've always been crazy." "It's the first chance you've had to express yourself." "Good driving." "Thanks." "Oh, my God." "What in the hell is this?" "I don't know." "I think..." "I think it's the goddamn Grand Canyon." "Isn't it beautiful?" "Yeah." "Something else, all right." "Oh, my God." " Looks like the army." " All this for us." "Hey, don't let them shoot those girls!" "You got guns pointing at them!" "These women are armed." "This is standard." "Calm down." "These boys know what they're doing." "Place your hands in plain view." "Any failure to obey that command  will be considered an act of aggression against us." "I repeat, turn your engine off  and place your hands in plain view." "What are you doing?" "I'm not giving up." "Max, you gotta do something!" "How many times, Max, those women gotta be fucked over?" "Hey, listen!" "Will you pull yourself together?" "Now listen to me!" "Don't make me sorry I brought you!" "Damn it!" "I repeat  shut your engine off and place your hands in plain view!" "Okay, then, listen." "Let's not get caught." "What are you talking about?" "Let's keep going." "What do you mean?" "Go." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Hit it." "Hey!" "Honey, hit me up with some sugar." " Ma'am?" " Yes, I'll be right with you." "Here you go." "You've got the sausage." "And eggs for you." " Decaf or regular?" " Regular, please." "You girls are kind of young to be smoking." "It ruins your sex drive." "I'll get it!" "I got it!" "Hello?" "How you doing, housewife?" "Packed?" "We're out of here tonight." "I still have to ask Darryl if I can go." "You mean you haven't asked him yet?" "Thelma, for chrissake." "Is he your husband or your father?" "It is just two days, for God's sake." "Don't be a child." "Tell him you're going with me." "Say I'm having a nervous breakdown." "That don't carry much weight." "He already thinks you're crazy." "Are you at work?" " No, I'm at the Playboy Mansion." " Call you back." "Darryl." "Darryl!" "Honey, better hurry up!" "Goddamn it, Thelma." "Don't holler like that." "I told you I can't stand your hollering in the morning." "I'm sorry, doll." "I just didn't want you to be late." "Thank you." " Hon." " What?" "Have a good day at work." "Thank you, no." " Hon." " What?" "Want anything special for dinner?" "I don't give a shit what we have for dinner." "I may not make it home for dinner." "You know how Fridays are." "Yeah, funny how so many people want to buy a carpet on a Friday night." "You'd think they'd want to forget about it for the weekend." "Well, then, it's a good thing you're not regional manager and I am." "For chrissake, I gotta get the hell out of here." "Jesus!" "Goddamn it, Homer." "Christ, I gotta get to work." "Don't need this shit in the morning." "Just leave them." "I'll get them." "Thank you." "Chrissakes!" "I want you out of here by five." "No, three." "Get out of here by three today." " Good morning." " Morning." "Is Louise there?" "Why, yes, she is." "Is this Thelma?" " When you gonna run away with me?" " No." "She's going with me." "What'd he say?" " What time are you picking me up?" " I'll be there around two or three." "Okay." "Say, what kind of stuff do I bring?" "I don't know." "Warm stuff, I guess." "The mountains get cold at night." "I'll bring everything." "Okay." "I will too, then." " Steal Darryl's fishing stuff." " I don't know how to fish." "Neither do I, but Darryl does it." "How hard can it be?" "See you in a bit." "Okay." "All right, bye." "Hi, this is Jimmy." "I'm not here right now." " Hey." " Hey." "No, we don't need the lantern." "The place has electricity." " I wanna take it, just in case." " In case of what?" "In case there's some escaped psycho killer on the loose who cuts the electricity off and tries to kill us." "Sure, Thelma." "Well, then, that lantern will come in real handy." "Maybe we should tow your car behind, in case he steals the spark plugs." "We'd have to." "That thing barely makes it down the driveway." "Careful." " Everything in?" " Yeah." "Here you go." "Ah, be careful!" "Smile." "See you later!" "Sit down." "Oh, Louise." " Will you take care of this gun?" " Why did you bring that?" "Oh, come on." "Psycho killers, bears or snakes." "I don't know how to use it." "Put it away." "Here, put it in my purse." "Thelma, good Lord." "So, whose place is this again?" "It's Bob's, the day manager's." "He's getting a divorce." "He's letting all his friends use it till he turns over the keys." "I've never been out of town without Darryl." "How come Darryl let you go?" " Because I didn't ask him." " Shit, Thelma." " He's gonna kill you!" " Well, he'd never let me go." "Never lets me do one goddamn thing that's any fun." "Only wants me to hang around the house while he's out doing God knows what." "Well, you get what you settle for." "I left him a note." "I left him stuff to microwave." " Thelma." " What?" "What are you doing?" "Smoking." "Hey, I'm Louise." "Can't we just stop somewhere for a minute?" "We won't get to the cabin until after dark as it is." "Then, what difference would it make?" "Come on, I never get to do stuff like this." "Okay." "But it's gonna be a quick stop." " Haven't seen this since I left Texas." " Isn't this fun?" " Y'all want a drink?" " No, thanks." "I'll have a Wild Turkey, straight up, and a Coke back, please." "Tell me, is this my vacation or isn't it?" "I mean, God, you're as bad as Darryl." "I'm sorry." "I'm not used to seeing you this way." "I haven't seen you this way in a while." "You're usually so sedate." "Well, I've had it up to my ass with sedate." "You said we'd get out of town and really let our hair down." "Look out, because my hair is coming down." "All right." "I changed my mind." "I'm gonna have a margarita and a shot of Cuervo on the side." "All right!" "What's a couple of kewpie dolls like you doing in a place like this?" " We wanted to have some fun..." " Minding our own business." "Louise is mad at her boyfriend..." "We wanted something to eat." "Well, you come to the right place." "You like chili?" "They got good chili." " Harlan, you bothering these girls?" " Hell, no, I was just being friendly." "It's a good thing they're not all as friendly as you." "Hey, your name's Harlan?" " I got an uncle named Harlan." " You do?" "Is he a funny uncle?" "If he is, then he and I got something in common." "I don't mean to be rude, but I gotta talk to my friend in private." "Oh, I understand." "Sorry." "It's hard not to notice two such pretty ladies as yourselves." "You better dance with me before you leave or I will never forgive you." "Sure, that'd be fun." " Jeez, Louise, that wasn't very nice." " Can't you tell he's hitting on you?" "Oh, so what if he was?" "Years of waiting tables has made you jaded." "Maybe." "Just relax, will you?" "You're making me nervous." "All right." "That's a good band." " I wonder if Darryl's home." " I wonder if Jimmy's got back." "Why don't you tell him to get lost?" "Why don't you ditch that no-good husband?" "This one's on Harlan." "Thanks." "Jimmy will come in off of the road." "You won't be there." "He'll freak out and call you like 100,000 times." "Sunday, you'll call." "Monday, he'll kiss the ground you walk on." "Exactly." "In the meantime, you said we was gonna have some fun, so let's have some." " All right." " Okay." "All right." " Let's dance." " All right." "That's your name?" "Thelma?" " Lovely." " I don't know what I'm doing!" "Just keep following me, Thelma." " Ma'am, you wanna dance some?" " Sure." "You got some great moves, honey." "Hey!" "Hey, Thelma." "I'm heading to the little girls' room and then we're out of here." "I'm ready when you are!" "Wait, Louise, I wanna come with you." " I don't feel so good." " What's wrong?" "Come on." " Shit." " What's wrong?" "I'm spinning." "Upsy-dupsy." "We need to get you some fresh air, little lady." "You seen my friend?" "Your friend?" "Yeah, yeah, she was out there dancing." "How you feeling now, darling?" "Oh, thanks." "I think I'm starting to feel a little better." "You're starting to feel pretty good to me too." "You know?" "I think I need to keep walking." "Wait a minute." "Where do you think you're going?" " I'm going back inside." " Oh, no, no." " Harlan." " What?" "Hey, quit it." "Stop it." "Thelma, Thelma, listen to me." "I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?" "I just wanna kiss you." " No." "No." " Come on." "Come on." " Goddamn, you are gorgeous." " Let me go." " You are a gorgeous woman." " I'm married." "Come on." " Well, that's okay." "I'm married too." " I don't feel good." "I've been sick." "Listen to me." "I said I'm not gonna hurt you." "All right?" " Relax." " Harlan, stop it, please." "I mean it." "Wait." "Don't." "I mean it!" "Louise is gonna wonder where I am." "Fuck Louise." "Fuck Lou..." "Never fucking hit me." "Fucking bitch!" " Please." " You hear?" "Harlan, please!" "Don't hurt me, Harlan, please." "You shut up!" "Shut the fuck up!" "You hear me?" " Shut up!" " Please." "Please don't hurt me, Harlan." "Goddamn bitch." " Let her go." " Louise!" "Get the fuck out of here." "Louise!" "You let her go, or I'm gonna splatter your ugly face all over this nice car." "All right, just calm down." "We were just having a little fun, that's all." "It looks like you got a real fucked-up idea of fun." "Come on." "Come on." "Turn around." "In the future when a woman's crying like that she isn't having any fun!" "Bitch!" "I should've gone ahead and fucked her." "What did you say?" "I said suck my cock." "Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." " Get the car." " Oh, Jesus Christ." "Louise, you shot him." " Oh, my God." " Get the car." "You watch your mouth, buddy." "Louise!" "Come on!" "Watch it, you fucking asshole!" "Louise?" "Louise, where are we going?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "Just shut up so I can think." "Shouldn't we go to the cops?" "I think we should tell the police." "What do you think we should tell them?" " Don't know." "Tell them what happened." " Which part?" "All of it." "That he was raping me." "100 people saw you dancing cheek to cheek with him!" "Who's gonna believe that?" "We don't live in that kind of a world!" "Goddamn it, pull over!" "Thelma." "Thelma." "Thelma, I'm..." "I'm gonna stop someplace for a cup of coffee, just for a second." "And then I'm gonna get it together." "I'm gonna figure out then what to do." "Everything's gonna be fine, all right?" "Everything's gonna be all right." "Now's not the time to panic." "If we panic now, we're done for." "Nobody saw it." "Nobody knows it was us." "So we're still okay." "We just have to figure out what we're gonna do next." "We just have to figure out what we're gonna do." "I'll say one thing:" "This is some vacation." "I sure am having a good time." "This is real fun." "If you weren't concerned with having fun, we wouldn't be here now." " Just what is that supposed to mean?" " It means shut up, Thelma." "So this is all my fault, is it?" "I have to go to the bathroom." "Sorry." " Can I get you anything else?" " The check, please." "Thanks, I'll try again later." "Back, people." "Stay away from the line." "Could you identify them if you saw them again?" "I told you 50 times I could." "But neither one of those two is the type to pull something like this." "You're not an expert witness, but what makes you so sure?" "If waiting tables in a bar don't make you an expert on human nature nothing will." "I could've told you Harlan would end up buying it in a parking lot." "I'm just surprised it didn't happen sooner." " Who do you think did it?" " You ask his wife?" "She's the one I hope did it." "Lena, do you have any ideas or don't you?" "Well, if I had to guess I'd say it was some old gal, some old gal's husband." "It wasn't neither one of those two." "The smaller one, the one with the tidy hairdo she left me a huge tip." " Well..." " What?" "You didn't happen to notice what kind of car they were driving?" "It's a nightclub, Hal, not a drive-in." "I don't follow the customers out to the parking lot." "Lena, go on home." "You kept me here all night to ask me the same old question over and over?" "Aren't you gonna offer me some teeny-eeny, widdy-biddy, little drink?" "Behave yourself." "Neither of those two was the murdering type, Hal." "Hi, this is Jimmy." "Thelma, you in there?" "Thelma, come on." "We're out of here, Thelma." "We're gonna need money." "How much money you have on you?" "What?" "I'll stop at the next town." "We'll get a motel room." "I can rest and then figure out what to do." "Okay." "Wait, I'm looking." "Sixty-one dollars." "Shit." "Forty-one dollars." "We're gonna need more money." "What are you doing?" "Why are you unpacking?" "You said we was just gonna take a nap." "I'm figuring out what to do." "When you figure it out, just wake me up." " What the hell's wrong with you?" " What's that supposed to mean?" " Why are you acting like this?" " Like what?" "How am I supposed to act?" "Excuse me for not knowing how to act when you blow somebody away." "You can help me figure out what to do." "I'm trying to figure out what to do." "You..." "I did." "I had a suggestion that we go to the police!" "You didn't like that, so frankly, I'm out of ideas." "What's the rush, Thelma?" "We give them time, they'll come to us." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm just not ready to go to jail yet." "Why don't you...?" "Why don't you go out to the pool and take a swim or something?" "Now I'll figure out what to do." "Jimmy, I've been trying to call you." "Louise." "Hey, baby." "Where the hell are you at?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "How are you?" "Long time no see." "You sound funny." "I am funny." "I'm real funny." "Are you in town?" "This sounds long distance." "No, I'm out of town." "I'm in..." "I'm in deep shit." "Deep Shit, Arkansas." "Louise, now you just tell me what the hell's going on here." "I come back, nobody knows where you are." " Is Thelma with you?" " Listen, Jimmy." "I have about $6700 in the bank." "Now I know you can't get it out but I need that money." "Can you wire me the $6700 and I'll pay you back?" "What the fuck is going on here, Louise?" "Listen..." "Something real bad has happened." "And I can't tell you what." "Just that I did it and I can't undo it." "Will you help me?" "Please." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah, baby." "Of course I can." "But where?" "Why can't I bring it to you?" "Jimmy do you love me?" "Yeah." " Never mind." "Never mind." " Yeah." "Look, just..." "Just wire it to Western Union in Oklahoma City, okay?" " That's where you're at?" "Oklahoma?" " Not yet." "Call back and I'll tell you which office to go to." "All right." "All right." "I'll call you back in an hour." "Thelma!" "Thelma!" " Thelma!" " What?" " Get in the car." " Okay." "Even if they didn't do it, they most likely witnessed it." "Talk to them." " Put out an APB, see what we get back." " All right." "Any reason to believe they've left the state?" "That's certainly possible." "Why don't we let the Bureau in on this?" "Louise, I'm not getting mad, okay, but where are we going?" "Oklahoma City." "Jimmy's gonna wire me some money..." "You talked to him?" "Did you tell him?" "What'd he say?" "Is he mad?" "No." "Let's get that straight." "Darryl's been calling, mad as a hornet, making all kinds of noise." "When you call him, you gotta not tell him anything about this." "Make sure everything sounds normal." "I called the asshole at 4:00 in the morning." "He wasn't even home." "I don't know what he's got to be mad about." "I'm the one that should be mad." "Thelma." "I'm going to Mexico." "I can make it in two and a half days, but I'm gonna have to haul ass." "Are you up to this?" "I mean, I gotta know." "This isn't a game." "I'm in deep shit." "I gotta know what you're gonna do." "I don't know." "I don't know." "I don't know what you're asking." "Don't you start flaking out on me." "Goddamn it!" "Every time we get in trouble you just get blank or plead insanity or some such shit." "Not this time." "I mean, this time things have changed." "Everything's changed." "But I'm going to Mexico." "I'm going." " Louise." " Is that the way you answer the phone?" "I was afraid I missed you." "I got it." "I was afraid I couldn't get a check cashed on Saturday." "Who did it?" "A friend of mine owns a club." "Did you tell him what it's for?" "No, I didn't." "I told him I was buying a car." "Good, that's real good." "Listen, where do I go?" "It's a place called the Vagabond Motel." "It's at 1921 North East 23rd." "It's under "Peaches."" "What?" "That's the code word." "I miss you, Peaches." "Thanks, Jimmy." "I appreciate it." "Ma'am, you sure you wouldn't rather have a large economy size?" "No, no, that's okay." "What are you looking at?" "Hey." "I want you to call Darryl." "Call him?" "Tell him you're having fun and you'll be home tomorrow." " Will I be?" " I don't know." "I won't." "Ah, the newspaper!" "This is Darryl." "I have a collect call from Thelma." "Will you accept?" "Well, yes, I will, operator." "Thelma, where in the sam hill are you?" "Oh, I'm with Louise." "We're in the mountains." "We're fishing." "Have you lost your mind?" "Is that it?" "I leave for work and you take leave of your senses?" "Darryl, calm down, please." "Don't get so mad." "I can explain, okay?" "See, Louise..." "Hold on, hold on, hold on." "Come on, kick it!" "God!" "So we're just gonna stay there and fish and hang out." "We'll be home tomorrow night." "No, you won't." "You'll be back today." "You get your butt back here, Thelma." "Now, goddamn it!" "Darryl." "Darryl, you're my husband, not my father." "Oh, now that does it." "That Louise is nothing but a bad influence." "If you're not back here by tonight..." "Thelma..." "Well, then, I just don't wanna say." "Darryl." "Thelma." "Go fuck yourself." "Oh, that's good." "That's just sweet." " Shit!" " Oh, sorry." "Darling!" "Are you all right?" " Did I cause that?" " No, I'm sorry." "No?" "You're okay?" "Is there something I can do for you?" "No, that's okay." "Crazy women." "Excuse me, ma'am." "Can I ask which way you're heading?" "I'm going to school and my ride fell through." "I'm stuck here like stink on stink." "I thought if you were going my way or I was going yours..." " I think Oklahoma City." " Perfect." " I'm not sure." "Yeah, well, I'd appreciate it much." "Well, see, it's really not up to me." "It's not my car." "We'd have to ask my friend." "But she'd probably say no." "She's a little bit uptight." "Maybe it's not a good idea." "But I thank you for your time." "But I can ask, you know." "It wouldn't hurt nothing." "Well, no, it wouldn't hurt." "Louise?" "Hey, Louise." "He's on his way back to school." "I thought since we're going the same direction, we could give him a ride?" "It's probably not a good idea." " Louise." " Probably not." "But I appreciate your time." "Y'all have a good day." "Drive safe." "Louise." "Did you see how polite he is?" "He's sweet." " Thelma." " What?" "Fill her up." "Wish we could've brought him with us." "What'd Darryl have to say?" "Oh, he said, "Okay, Thelma, I just wanted to make sure you was all right." "I hope you're having fun." "You deserve it after all you put up with me." "I love you, honey."" "So how long before we're in goddamn Mexico?" "I didn't think it would hurt to give somebody a ride." "Did you see his butt?" "Darryl don't have a cute butt." "You could park a car in the shadow of his ass." "I'm just not in the mood for company right now." "Take this." "I need you to find all the secondary roads to Mexico from Oklahoma City." "We should stay off the interstate." "Looks like we could get on this road 81 here and head down towards Dallas." "I don't wanna go through Texas." "Find some other way." "Wait." "What?" "You wanna go to Mexico from Oklahoma but you don't wanna go through Texas?" "Thelma, you know how I feel about Texas." "We're not going that way." "I know, Louise, but we're running for our lives." "Can't you make an exception?" "Look at this map." "The only thing between Oklahoma and Mexico is Texas." "Look!" "I'm not gonna talk about it." "You either find another way or give me the goddamn map and I will." "You understand?" "No, I don't." "How come you never told me what happened to you there?" "Look, you shoot off a guy's head with his pants down Texas is not the place you wanna get caught." "Now trust me." "I told you, I'm not gonna talk about this anymore." "Happy birthday, lady." "Well, you could've been anything That you wanted to" "And I can tell The way you do the things you do" "The way you do the things you do The way you do the things you do" "Is the manager in?" "Marian, there's a police officer here." "All right, all right, Thelma." "All right." "Okay." "The other night there was a murder out at the Silver Bullet." "A man was shot." "We have some witnesses that saw a 1966 T-Bird convertible leaving the scene, sort of speeding out of the driveway there." "And that vehicle is registered to one Louise Sawyer." "And we have reason to believe that your wife was the other occupant of that car." "What?" "What?" "What?" "Excuse me." "You're standing in your pizza." "Oh, shit." "Tell me, Miss Thelma." "How is it you ain't got any kids?" "God gives you something special, you ought to pass it on." "Well, Darryl, that's my husband..." " Darryl?" " Yeah." "He says he's not ready yet." "He says he's still too much of a kid himself." " Prides himself on being infantile." " He's got a lot to be proud of." " They don't get along." " That's putting it mildly." " She thinks he's a pig." " I know he's a pig." "Did you get married real young?" " Well, I guess 18's kind of young." " Yeah." "We'd already been going out four years when we got married." " How long?" " Four years." "I never been with anybody but Darryl." "Oh, I'm sorry." "If you don't mind me saying so, he sounds like a real asshole." "It's okay." "He is an asshole." "Mostly I just let it slide." "You better slow down." "That's a cop up ahead." "Maybe you got a few too many parking tickets?" "We'll take you to Oklahoma City." "Then you best be on your way." "Prints on the trunk of the car match those of Thelma Dickinson." "I'll be damned." "Isn't that strange?" "And the husband says the gun is missing." "She took a lot of stuff." "Looks like she may be planning on being gone a while." "Strange thing is her husband said she would never touch that gun." "He got it for her because he's out late a lot but he said she'd never touch it." "Wouldn't learn to shoot it." "Kept it in the drawer for years." " What kind of gun was it?" " .38." "Right." "Where are they?" "They were going to some guy's cabin and never showed up." "All right." "Now I'm gonna go..." "It's just gonna take a minute." "You two better say your goodbyes, understand?" " Hi." " Hey." "I'm here to pick up a money order for Louise Sawyer." "There's nothing." "How about "Peaches"?" "Could you try code word "Peaches"?" "Did I hear somebody say "Peaches"?" "Oh, my God." "Jimmy." "That's the secret word." "Show the lady what she's won, Don." "What are you doing here?" "I just came to see you, baby." "Can I have another room, please?" "Put it on my credit card." "Thelma, get your feet down." "Thelma, look who's here." "Oh, shit!" "Jimmy!" "Hey, stranger." " What in the world are you doing here?" " Ask no questions, I'll tell no lies." "Good answer." "The same goes double for me." " Who's the cowboy?" " Oh, this here, this is J.D." " He's a student." " He's gone." "We're just giving him a ride to here and then Louise said he'd have to go." " I guess that's what he's doing." " Yeah, I reckon." " He's gone." " Have a good trip." " Thank you." " Nice to meet you." "Yep, that's him going." "I love to watch him go." "Thelma kind of took to him." "Well, I got you a room there, Thelma." "You can go take yourself a nice cold shower." "Well, you know me, Jimmy." "I'm just a wild woman." "This is our future." "What are you gonna tell him?" "Nothing." "I'm not gonna tell him a thing." "Least I can do is not make him any more of an accessory." "You are so sweet to that guy." "You know, you really are." "Not wanting to drag him into this." "I didn't ask him to come." "He's no different than any guy." "He loves the chase." "He's sure got his work cut out for him now, don't he?" "Thelma, put a lid on it!" "I want you to just..." "You guard that money." "Okay." "And if there's any problem, then you call me in room 211." "Okay." "I won't wait up." " Want a drink?" " No." "Tell me what's going on." "I'm not gonna tell you what's going on." "Someday soon you'll understand why." "I'm not going to so don't ask me." " Can I ask you one thing?" " Maybe." "You in love with somebody else?" "Is it about another man?" "No, it's not anything like that." "Well, then what is it, goddamn it?" "Are you gonna leave for-fucking-ever?" "Huh?" "What?" "Did you fucking kill somebody?" "You start this shit, I'm out of here." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Come back over and sit down." "I wanna give you something." "I'm fine right here." " I want to give you something." " Give it to me here." "Here." "Why don't you try it on?" "You didn't see that one coming, did you?" "Why, Jimmy?" "Why now?" "Try not to get too excited." "I just flew across two states with that ring in my fucking hand." "And you know I hate to fly." "You came all this way because you thought I was with somebody else." "No, that's not why I came." "Because, you know, I don't wanna lose you." "And I get the feeling like you're gonna split, permanently." "That's not a good reason to get married." "I thought that's what you wanted." "I did." "But not like this." " Louise?" " No, Thelma, it's me." "Surprise." "I was out there and I was thinking that..." "I know I'm supposed to be gone and all but, you know..." "And I'm not having a turd's luck getting a ride." "I was just thinking about you." "Oh, this is crazy." "I'm gonna get out of your hair, all right?" "Wait, wait." "Where are you going?" "Ah, I don't know." "You know, nowhere." "You think I'm happy playing one-night gigs in Ramada Inn lounges?" "We all got dreams that don't work out." "We both got what we settled for." "Maybe you don't love me anymore." "No, I do love you." "But I think it's time to just let go of the old mistakes." "Just chalk it up to bad timing." "I think it's time to let go." " Look out." " No." "Oh, oh." "Come on." " You're too..." "Your turn." " All right, all right." "I'll go." " Give me another chance." " Come on." "Well, don't leave it." "Don't just leave them there." "Ow, God!" "What do you...?" "See, this is an unfair advantage." "You got too much metal going here." "I'm gonna lighten the load a little bit." " I think that's better." "Do you?" " Yeah." " Take me, break me, make me a man." " Watch your head." "Careful." " My head's fine." " Who are you, anyway?" "I'm the great and powerful Oz." "Who do you wanna be?" "Tell me, I know you're no schoolboy." "Nobody ever tells me shit." " I'm just some guy." " Yeah?" "A guy whose parole officer's probably having a shit-fit about now." "What do you mean, parole officer?" "What?" "Are you a criminal?" "No." "No, not no more, Thelma." "Besides busting parole, I haven't done one wrong thing." " What'd you do?" " I'm a robber." " You're a bank robber?" " No." "I don't rob no banks." " Come on." " What'd you rob?" "Well, let's see." "Let's add it up here." "I robbed a gas station, a couple convenience stores liquor stores." "Oh, my God." "How?" " Come on." " Okay." "First, you pick your place, right?" "Then sit back and watch it for a while." "Wait for that right moment to make my move." "That's something you gotta know up here." "That shit cannot be taught." " I don't wanna talk about this." " Come on." "I like to hear it." "All right." "Then I waltz right in." "I just kinda waltz on in and I say:" ""Let's see who wins the prize for keeping their cool." "Simon says, everybody down on the floor." "Now nobody loses their head, then nobody loses their head." "You, sir." "Yeah, you do the honors." "Put the cash in that bag, you got an amazing story to tell your friends." "If not, well, you got a tag on your toe." "You decide."" "Simple as that." "Then I just slip on out." "And get the hell out of Dodge." "Yeah." "My goodness." "You're sure real gentlemanly about it." "I believe, if done properly, armed robbery doesn't have to be a totally unpleasant experience." " What?" " You're a real outlaw, aren't you?" "I may be an outlaw, darling, but you're the one stealing my heart." "Oh, you're smooth." " Isn't he?" "Isn't he?" " You're smooth." " I try." " How'd you get that way?" "Remember when we first met?" "Yeah." "Tell me what you said." "I said you had a nice pair of eyes." "And what'd I say?" "Do you remember?" "Yeah, you shut them and asked me if I knew what color they were." "Then, what'd you say?" "I didn't know." "Jimmy, what color are my eyes?" "They're brown." "Wait." "Wait." "Y'all want some more coffee?" "Thank you." "Look, I don't know what's going on with you or what happened or what y'all did." "But I'm not gonna tell anybody anything, or say that I even saw you." "Okay?" "What'd you do?" "Take some kind of pill, makes you say all the right stuff?" "Yeah." "I'm choking on it." "Sure you don't want me to go with?" "I think it's probably not a real good idea right now." "But I'll catch up with you later." "On down the road." "Yeah." "My taxi's here." "Why don't you just keep that?" " Okay?" " Thanks." "I just want you to be happy." "I am happy, sweetie." "Happy as I can be." "All right." "Well, why don't you give old Jimmy a kiss goodbye?" "And I'll be getting out of here." "Come here, old Jimmy." "I'll be seeing you, Louise." "You have a safe trip." "It's good he left when he did." "We thought we were gonna have to put out a fire." "Hi." "What happened to your hair?" "Nothing." "It got messed up." "What's wrong with you?" "Nothing." "Why?" "Do I seem different?" "Now that you mention it, you seem like you're crazy or you're on drugs." "Well, I'm not on drugs but I might be crazy!" "Thelma, what happened?" " What happened?" " J.D. Came back." " Oh, my God, Louise." " Oh, no." "I can't believe it." "I mean, I just can't believe it." "Oh, my God." "It's like..." "I understand what all the fuss is about now." "It's like a whole 'nother ball game." "Darling, I'm so happy for you." "That's great." "I really am." "You finally got laid properly." "That's so sweet." " Where is he now?" " Oh, he's taking a shower." "Thelma, you left him alone in the room?" "Where's the money?" "Oh, my God." "Where's the money?" "It's on the bed table." "It's okay." "It's on the nightstand." "It's okay!" "Oh, goddamn it!" "I've never been lucky!" "Not one time." "Shit!" "That son of a bitch burned me." "I don't believe it." "I don't believe it." "Louise?" "You okay?" "Louise." "I'm sorry." "I mean it." "Louise, it's okay." " It's okay." " No, Thelma, it's not okay." "It's definitely not okay." "None of this is okay." "I mean, what are we gonna do for money?" "How are we gonna get gas?" "I mean, trading on our good looks?" "I mean..." "Oh, goddamn, Thelma, it's not okay!" "Louise." "Hey, now you listen to me." "Don't you worry about it." "You hear me?" "Come on." "Stand up." "Louise, just don't you worry about it." "You hear?" "Come on." "Come on, damn it!" "Get your stuff." "Let's get out of here." "Move!" "Jesus Christ." "Come on." "Come on." "Oh, take your damn time." "Come on." "Here we go." "Could we have a little rain, Max?" "Well, come on in." "Wipe your feet." "As you know, we've tapped your phone, in the event that she calls in." "Is that gonna cost me?" "Excuse me, may I?" "Hey, live it up." "That's what it's there for." "We're going to have someone here on the phones until we find them." "You can't let on that you know anything." "We want to try and find out where they are." "I don't want to get too personal but do you have a good relationship with your wife?" "I love Thelma." "I don't intend anything by that, sir." "I just have to ask." "Are you close with her?" "Yeah." "I guess." "I mean I'm about as close as I can be to a nut case like that." "Well, if she calls, just be gentle." "Like you're really happy to hear from her." "Like you really miss her." "Women love that shit." "Okay." "If you say so." "Women love that shit." "Oh, cool." "Can I wear these?" "Want anything?" "Drive, Louise!" "Drive!" "Drive the car!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go, go, go, go, go, go!" "What happened?" "You robbed the store?" "You robbed a goddamn store?" "Well, we needed the money." "It's not like I killed anybody, for God's sake." "We needed the money." "Now we have it." "Oh, shit." "Oh, shit, Thelma!" " Louise, come on, get a grip." " Shit!" "Drive to goddamn Mexico, will you?" "Okay." "Oh, shit." "Oh, shit!" "How'd you...?" "I mean, what'd you say?" "Well, I just waltzed on in there and I said:" "Good morning, this is a robbery." "If nobody loses their head, nobody'll lose their head." "Simon says y'all lie down on the floor, please." "You too." "Ma'am, would you get down?" "Not you, sir." "See who wins a prize for keeping their cool." "Sir, take all the cash out of that drawer, put it in a paper bag." "It's an amazing story to tell your friends." "If not, you'll have a tag on your toe." "You decide." "Hurry up." "Let's go." "Ma'am, would you be quiet?" "Sir, get down, please." "Thank you." "Just get real comfortable." "Throw in a couple bottles of Wild Turkey too." "Yes, ma'am." " Now you get down." " Yes, ma'am." "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation." "Now stay down on the floor till I'm gone." "Have a good day." "Jesus Christ!" " Good God." " My Lord." "Hey, Louise, you better slow down." "I'd die if we get caught over a speeding ticket." "For the first time in my life I wish this car wasn't green." "You sure we should be driving in broad daylight?" "No, but I want some distance between us and the scene of our last goddamn crime!" "Oh, man." "You wouldn't have believed it." "It's like I'd been doing it all my life." "I mean, nobody would believe it." "Think you found your calling?" "Maybe." "Maybe." "The call of the wild." " You are disturbed." " Yeah, I believe I am." "Thelma, don't you litter." "Wait a minute." "I hate..." "This always happens when you're in a hurry." "What are you gonna do?" "Just stay drunk all day?" "Try to." "Oh, isn't that nice?" "Truck drivers are so nice." "Best drivers on the road." "Oh, Lord." "How original." "Thank you." " Oh, man, that's disgusting." " You pig." " Pig." " He's a fucking pig." "Oh, that's gross." "What'd he do that for anyway?" "They think we like it." "They think it turns us on or something." "Shut up!" "James Lennox?" " Who wants to know?" " Arkansas state police." "Hi." "Thelma." "What?" " I want you to call Darryl." " What for?" "I want you to find out if he knows anything." "If you think he does, you hang up the phone." "That means the police told him and the phone's probably tapped." "Tap the phone?" "What are you talking about?" "Come on, Thelma." "Murder one and armed robbery?" "Murder one?" "We can't say it was self-defense?" "It wasn't." "We were walking away." "They don't know that." "It was just you and me there." "He raped me and you had to shoot him." "That's almost the truth." " It won't work." " Why not?" "No physical evidence." "We can't prove he did it." "We can't even probably prove by now that he touched you." "The law is some freaky shit, isn't it?" " How do you know about this stuff?" " Besides, what about the robbery?" "There's no such thing as justifiable robbery." "All right, Louise." "Will you?" " Where'd you get this?" " Stole it." "Hi." "Hi." "Who's the nut?" "That's Mrs. Dickinson's husband." "Well, shit twice and fall back in." "God." "Where'd you get the $6600 in cash?" "A friend." "We spoke with a man today who delivered close to that amount to Louise Sawyer." "Do you know her?" "Yes, sir." "Yeah, I believe she's the woman driving the car." "He said he took her to a motel in Oklahoma City." "He also says that at that time he met a man." "He identified you through mug shots." "He also told us that you and Mrs. Dickinson seemed close." "Is that true?" "Well, sir you might say we had a meeting of the minds, yeah." "Are you aware that they're wanted in connection with a murder?" "Murder?" "What, Thelma?" "Damn." "Did they indicate they might be on the run from the law?" "Now that you mention it, they might have seemed a little bit jumpy." " You know what?" " What?" " You're starting to irritate me." " Yeah, me too." "That'll happen." "You two have a lot in common." "Maybe I should step out of the room." "I got a better idea." "Do you mind if I speak to him alone for a minute?" "What?" "What'd I do?" "Nothing, that's what." "This is a crock of shit." "Mr. Johnny-fucking-Law." " Son, I got a feeling about something." " Yeah?" "I wanna ask your opinion." "Do you think she would've committed robbery if you hadn't taken the money?" "Get your foot off that table." " Cat got your tongue?" " No." "How do you know I took it?" "How do you know they...?" "Don't you fucking lie to me." "There's two girls out there that had a chance." "They had a chance." "Now you've screwed it up for them." "Now they're in some serious trouble." "I'll hold you personally responsible if anything happens to them." "I got no feeling for you." "You're either gonna tell me everything you know so there's a small chance I can do them some good or I'm gonna be on you like a fly on shit for the rest of your life." "Your misery's gonna be my mission in life." "Yes, sir." "Okay?" "I'll try." " We understand each other?" " Yeah." " Mr. Dickinson?" " Yeah." "If you'd just hang on, I want a word with you." "I like your wife." "Come back here!" "Come back here, you little shit!" "Come here!" "All right!" "Come here!" " Calm down." " I'll kill you!" " What will it be, ladies?" " Fill her up." "There you go." "Do you have a phone?" "Thank you." "Listen." "If you think he knows, even if you're not sure I want you to hang up, understand?" " Yeah." "All right." "Hello." " Darryl, it's me." " Thelma, hello!" "He knows." "I need more time." "What?" "All I said was hello." "It's Louise." "Let me talk to the police." " Hey, Louise." " Hi." "Let me talk to the police." "What do you mean?" "There's no police here." "Hey, where are you girls?" "Will you let me talk to whoever's in charge there?" "How do you know there...?" "Hello, Miss Sawyer." "I'm Investigator Hal Slocumb, Arkansas state police." "How are you?" "Well, I've been better." " You be careful with that gun." " Yes, I know." "You girls are in some hot water." "You both okay?" "Not hurt?" "Yes, sir, we're fine." "We're both fine." "Good." "You want to tell me what happened?" "Sure, over coffee sometime." "I'll buy." "I want you to know neither one of you are charged with murder yet." "You're just still wanted for questioning." "Although now, Mrs. Dickinson's wanted in Oklahoma for armed robbery." "No kidding." "Look, we gotta go." "I'll call you back." "I don't think you'll make it to Mexico." "We should talk." "Please." "I want to help you." "God, that J.D. Kid is a little shit." "What?" "What?" "Thelma, how did they know we're going to Mexico?" "How'd they know that?" "You told that thieving little shit where we were going?" "Oh..." "I just told him if he ever got to Mexico, he should look us up." " Oh!" " But I asked him not to tell." " I thought he would not tell anybody." " Why?" "I didn't think he'd tell." "What's he got to lose?" "Except my life savings, of course." "Thelma, goddamn it!" " Look, I'm sorry." "I mean, I..." " Oh, goddamn it, Thelma." "We had two things going:" "No one knew where we were or where we're going." "Now one of the things we had going for us is gone!" "Look, Thelma, you just gotta stop talking to people." "You gotta stop being so open." "We're fugitives now." "All right?" "Let's start behaving like that." " You're right." " Thank you." "I was wondering..." "Listen, little boy, of course I want you to go." "That's what's worrying you." " Please don't think..." " No, I wasn't worrying about that." "I knew you'd want me to take the job, sure." "But..." "Sorry." "Let's get married." "My God, this is beautiful." "It surely is." "I wanted to travel." "I just never got the opportunity." "You got it now." "What's going on?" "Nothing." "Shit." "Well, we don't need the East Coast anymore." "Hey, look." "Look, it's that guy." "I'll be darned." "Ignore him." "Hey, baby!" "I'm your captain muff diver!" "Your storm trooper of love!" "I ignored him." "What?" " What?" " Harlan." "What about him?" "Just..." "Just the look on his face." "What?" "He sure wasn't expecting that." ""Suck my dick."" "It's not funny." "I know." "It happened to you, didn't it?" "What are you talking about?" "In Texas." "I mean, that's what happened, isn't it?" "You was raped?" "Look, I'm warning you." "Just drop it." "I'm not gonna talk about that." " You understand?" " Yeah." "I'm not talking about it." " You understand?" " Yeah." "Okay, Louise." "It's okay." "It's okay." "Oh, shit." "Thelma." "We're getting pulled over." "Shit!" "What do you wanna do?" "What should we do?" "I don't know, I don't know." "Maybe he doesn't know." "Maybe he's just gonna give me a ticket." "God, please don't let us get caught." "Please, God, don't let us get caught." "I'm gonna pull over." "Turn off your engine." "He's putting on his hat." " My God, he's a Nazi." " What's he doing?" "Walking this way." "Hello, officer." "Is there a problem?" "Let me see your license." "Right." "Here it is." "Take it out, please." "I told you to slow down." " Officer, I told her to slow down." " She did." "How fast was I going?" "About 110." "You wanna get out of the car, please?" " Come with me, please." " Yes, sir." " Is this your vehicle?" " Yes, sir, that is." "Get in the car, please." "Yes, sir." " Front or the back?" " Front." "You wanna take off your eyewear, please?" "Yes, sir." "Am I in trouble, officer?" "Yes, ma'am, you're in a lot of trouble." "Hello, this is nine-eight..." "You wanna step back and get in your car again?" "Officer I am so sorry about this." "Would you let go of that?" "I really apologize, but would you put your hands on the steering wheel?" "If you get on that radio, you'll find out we're wanted in two states and probably considered armed and dangerous." "At least I am." "Then our whole plan is gonna be shot to hell." "Louise, take his gun." " Take his gun, Louise." "Right there." " Right." "I'm sorry." "Excuse me." "You wanna step out of the car?" "Three days ago, neither one of us would've pulled a stunt like this." "If you was ever to meet my husband, you'd understand." "Put your hands on your head, please." "Louise." " What?" " Shoot the radio." "The police radio, Louise." " Jesus Christ." " I'm sorry." " Got it." " Okay." "All right." "Step to the back of the car, please." "Louise, get the keys." "God, what happened?" "What'd you...?" "Air holes." "Open the trunk." "Oh." "Shit, Louise." "Good point." "You wanna step into the trunk, please?" "Please." "I have a wife and kids." "Please!" "You do?" "Well, you're lucky." "You be sweet to them." "Especially your wife." "My husband wasn't sweet." "Look how I turned out." "Now go on." "Get in there." "Oh, wait, sir." "Wait a second." "Excuse me." "Oh, wait a minute." "Officer, could I have your belt, please?" " Extra ammo." " Oh, good idea." "Could I trade glasses with you, maybe?" " Thanks." "Okay." " That it?" " Officer, I'm real sorry about this." " I apologize also." " You ready?" " Hit it." "You know, I know it's crazy." "I feel like I got a knack for this shit." "I believe you do." "Drive like hell." "I can't figure out whether these girls are real smart or just real, real lucky." "It don't matter." "Brains will only get you so far, and luck always runs out." " Louise, we still going to Mexico?" " Yes." "Then aren't we going in the wrong direction?" "If you take a state policeman, shoot his car and Iock him in the truck, it's best to get out of the state if you can." "I heard that." "Don't dent my car!" "I think I fucked up." "I got us into a situation where we both could get killed." "I don't know why I didn't go to the police." "You know why." "You already said." "What did I say again?" "Nobody would believe us." "We'd still get in trouble, have our lives ruined." " Know what else?" " What?" "That guy was hurting me." "If you hadn't come out, he would've hurt me worse." "Nothing would've happened to him." "Everybody saw us dancing." "They'd make out like I'd asked for it." "My life would've been ruined worse than it is now." "At least I'm having fun." "And I'm not sorry that son of a bitch is dead." "I'm just sorry you did it and not me." "Hello?" "Let me talk to Slocumb." "She wants to talk to you." "Hello, Louise." " Hey." " How are things going out there?" "Weird." "We got some kind of a snowball effect happening here." "You're still with us." "You're somewhere on earth." "Not the middle of nowhere, but we can see it." "I swear." "I almost feel like I know you." "Well, you don't." "You're getting in deeper every moment." "Would you believe this was an accident?" "I do believe you." "That's what I want everybody to believe." "Trouble is, it doesn't look like an accident." "And you're not here to tell me about it." "I need your help here." " Did Harlan...?" " I won't talk about it." " You wanna come on in?" " Don't think so." "Then I'm sorry." "We'll have to charge you with murder." "Do you wanna come out alive?" "You know, certain words and phrases keep drifting through my mind." "Things like "incarceration," "cavity search," "death by electrocution" "life in prison," shit like that." "You know?" "So, do I wanna come out alive?" "I don't know." "L..." "I don't know." "I think we're gonna have to think about that." "Louise." "I'll do anything." "I know what's making you run." "I know what happened in Texas." "Come on, Louise." "Don't blow it." "We got it." "Give it to me." "Max." "You gotta take me there." "No, Hal." "Cannot do." "I'm the one she's..." "You're no good to me now." "There's nothing you can do for me now." "I don't want anybody losing their heads." "You know what happens." "The volume gets turned way up, and these girls are gonna get shot." "What?" "You're not gonna give up on me, are you?" "What do you mean?" "Not gonna make a deal with that guy?" "I mean, I just wanna know." "Thelma, I'm not making any deals." "I mean, I'd understand if you was thinking about it." "In a way, you got something to go back to." "Jimmy and all." "Jimmy's not an option." "But..." "I don't know." "You know..." "Something's, like, crossed over in me and I can't go back." "I mean, I just couldn't live." "I know." "I know what you mean." "Anyway, don't wanna end up on the damn Geraldo show." "Yeah." "They're charging us with murder." "Yeah, they say that we gotta figure if we wanna come in dead or alive." "Gosh." "Didn't he say anything positive at all?" "You awake?" "Guess so." "My eyes are open." "Me too." "I feel awake." "Good." "Wide awake." "I don't remember ever feeling this awake." "Know what I mean?" "Everything looks different." "You feel like that too, like you got something to look forward to?" "We'll be drinking margaritas by the sea." " We can change our names." " Live in a hacienda." "I wanna get a job." "I'm gonna work at Club Med." "Yeah." "What deal can that cop come up with to beat that?" " Have to be pretty good." " Pretty damn good." "Oh, my God, Louise." "Oh, look, look." "See if that's him." "It's him." "It's definitely him." "Pass him." "Hey, baby!" "You ready for a big dick?" "Hi." "Hi, there." "You all right?" "We're fine." "How are you?" "Great!" "Are you girls ready to get serious?" "I think so." "Follow us." " Where you going?" " Fresno." "We saw you all over the place." "Why don't you take off those shades?" "I wanna see your eyes." "Yeah, I been seeing you, too." "Yeah, we think you have really bad manners." "Where do you get off behaving like that with women you don't even know?" "How'd you feel if somebody did that to your mother?" "Or your sister?" "Or your wife?" "Huh?" "What are you talking about?" "You know what I'm talking about." "I mean, really." "That business with your tongue." "What's that?" "That is disgusting." "That other shit of pointing to your lap?" "What is that supposed to mean?" ""Pull over, I wanna show you what a big, fat slob I am"?" "Or is it, "Suck my dick"?" "You women are crazy." "Got that right." "We think you should apologize." "I ain't apologizing for shit!" "You say you're sorry." "Fuck that!" "You say you're sorry, or I'm gonna make you fucking sorry." "Aw, Jesus." "I bet you even called us beavers on your CB radio." "Yeah." "Sure did!" "Damn." "I hate being called a beaver, don't you?" "You gonna apologize?" "Fuck you!" "Goddamn, you're a bitch!" " I don't think he's gonna apologize." " Nah, I don't think so." "You bitches!" "You bitches from hell!" "Goddamn it!" "You're gonna have to pay for this!" "You're gonna have to pay for this!" "I'm gonna make you!" "You'll pay for this!" "You hear me?" "!" "Oh, my God." "Where'd you learn to shoot like that?" "Oh, off the TV." " Where'd you learn to shoot like that?" " Texas." "Hello?" "Hello, I'm in the trunk." "I'm a police officer." "The keys are over there." "The keys are over there." "DOB: 10-17-55." "Red hair, brown eyes  five foot seven inches tall, 120 pounds." "Suspect:" "Thelma Yvonne Dickinson." " White female." "DOB: 11-27-56." " He's running around a burning truck." "Red hair, green eyes  five foot ten inches tall, 130 pounds." "Both subjects armed and extremely dangerous." "Approach with caution." " New Mexico and Arizona on felony warrants for armed robbery  kidnapping a law enforcement officer, assault with a deadly weapon." "Suspect driving:" "Louise Elizabeth Sawyer, white fe..." "Think they saw us?" "I don't know." "I don't think so." "Better get off, just in case." "You got your seat belt on?" "This is 112, I am in pursuit." "Green Thunderbird." "Request an assistance." "Oh, shit." "I have the suspects in sight." "Continuing pursuit." "Stay in position!" "I know this whole thing was my fault." "Damn it, you should know by now that it wasn't your fault!" "Louise, no matter what happens, I'm glad I came with you." "Shit." "Oh, shit!" "Did you see him?" "Right in the middle of the road!" "Hold on!" "From here on in it'll be pretty shitty." "Unbearable, I imagine." "All we got to lose is gone anyway." "God, how do you stay so positive?" "You're a good friend." "You too, sweetie, the best." "How do you like the vacation so far?" "I guess I went a little crazy." "No, you've always been crazy." "It's the first chance you've had to express yourself." "Good driving." "Thanks." "Oh, my God." "What in the hell is this?" "I don't know." "I think..." "I think it's the goddamn Grand Canyon." "Isn't it beautiful?" "Yeah." "Something else, all right." "Oh, my God." " Looks like the army." " All this for us." "Hey, don't let them shoot those girls!" "You got guns pointing at them!" "These women are armed." "This is standard." "Calm down." "These boys know what they're doing." "Place your hands in plain view." "Any failure to obey that command  will be considered an act of aggression against us." "I repeat, turn your engine off  and place your hands in plain view." "What are you doing?" "I'm not giving up." "Max, you gotta do something!" "How many times, Max, those women gotta be fucked over?" "Hey, listen!" "Will you pull yourself together?" "Now listen to me!" "Don't make me sorry I brought you!" "Damn it!" "I repeat  shut your engine off and place your hands in plain view!" "Okay, then, listen." "Let's not get caught." "What are you talking about?" "Let's keep going." "What do you mean?" "Go." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Hit it." "Hey!"