"Do you find me sadistic?" "Kiddo I'd like to believe... even now to know that there's nothing sadistic in my actions." "At this moment this is me at my most masochistic." "Bill." "It's your ba... didn't I?" "I wasn't." "I can tell you that." "Bill's last bullet put me in a coma - a coma I was to lie in for four years." "I went on what the movie advertisements refer to as a roaring rampage of revenge. and I got bloody satisfaction. but I've only one more." "The last one." "The one I'm driving to right now." "The only one left." "I am gonna kill Bill." "The incident that happened at the Two Pines Wedding Chapel that put this whole gory story into motion has since become legend." ""Massacre at Two Pines. "" "That's what the newspapers called it." "Texas Wedding Chapel Massacre. "" "how many got killed and who killed them - changes depending on who's telling the story." "the massacre didn't happen during a wedding at all." "It was a wedding rehearsal. you may kiss the bride." "But don't stick your tongue in her mouth. but it would be embarrassing to your parents." "Reverend." "Y'all got a song?" "How 'bout "Love Me Tender"?" "I can play that." " Sure." " Yeah." "Love Me Tender" would be great." "Rufus - he's the man." "who was that that you used to play for?" "Rufus Thomas." "Rufus Thomas." "Rufus Thomas." "I was a Drell." "I was a Drifter." "I was a Coaster." "I was part of the Gang." "I was a Barkay." "I done played with 'em." "Rufus - he's the man." " Have I forgotten anything?" " Um... the seating arrangements." "Mother." " Yes." "the way we normally do this - and then we have the groom's side. and the groom's got far too many people comin'... they're comin' all the way from Oklahoma." "Right..." "I don't see no problem with the groom's side sharing the bride's side." "Mother?" " I don't have a problem with that." "uh... it would be good if you had somebody come." "as a sign of good faith?" "I don't have anybody except for Tommy and my friends." "I'm workin' on changing that." "we're all the family this little angel's ever gonna need." "and this bitch is starting to piss me off." "I'm gonna go outside and get some air." "uh..." " She's gonna go out and get some air." " Yeah." "Given her delicate condition..." "She just needs a few minutes to get it together." "She'll be OK." "Right..." "Kiddo." " How did you find me?" " I'm the man." "What are you doin' here?" "What am I doin'?" "Well moment ago I was playin' my flute." "At this moment I'm lookin' at the most beautiful bride these old eyes have ever seen." " Why are you here?" " Last look." " Are you gonna be nice?" " I've never been nice in my whole life." "But I'll do my best to be sweet." "Hmm." "I always told you your sweet side is you best side." "I guess that's why you're the only one who's ever seen it." " So you got a bun in the oven." " Hmm." "Louise." "does he?" "Have you seen Tommy?" " Big guy in the tux?" " Yes." "Then I saw him." "I like his hair." "You promised you'd be nice." "I said I'd do my best." "That's hardly a promise." "But you're right." "What does your young man do for a living?" "He owns a used record store here in El Paso." "eh?" " He's fond of music." "Aren't we all?" "And what are you doing for a J-O-B these days?" "I work in the record store." "Aso." "It all suddenly seems so clear." "smartass." "I get to listen to music all day talk about music all day." "It's really cool." "It's gonna be a great environment for my little girl to grow up in. and being paid vast sums of money?" "Precisely." "my old friend to each his own." "all cockblockery aside..." "I am looking forward to meeting your young man." "particular whom my gal marries." " You want to come to the wedding?" " Only if I can sit on the bride's side." "You'll find it a bit lonely on my side." "Your side always was a bit lonely." "But I wouldn't sit anywhere else." "You know I had the loveliest dream about you... here's Tommy!" "Call me Arlene." " You must be Tommy!" " Uh-huh." "Arlene's told me so much about you." "I'm fine." "I'd like you to meet my father." "my God!" "this is great!" "Dad." "The name's Bill." "it's great to meet you..." "Bill." " Arlene told me you couldn't make it." " Surprise." "That's my pop for ya." "Always full of surprises." "in the surprise department the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." " When did you get in?" " Just now." " Did you come straight from Australia?" " Of course." "and no one could reach you." "that's not the case." "So... but I don't believe I've ever heard of a wedding dress rehearsal before." "Why pay so much money for a dress you're only gonna wear once?" "Especially when Arlene looks so goddamn beautiful in it." "I think we're gonna try to get all the mileage we can out of it." "Isn't it supposed to be bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her wedding dress before the ceremony?" "I guess I just believe in living dangerously." "I know just what you mean." "Son." "Some of us have places to be." "Sure do." "why don't you have a s... my God." "What am I thinking?" "You should give her away!" "that's not exactly Daddy's cup of tea." "I think Father would be much more comfortable" " sitting with the rest of the guests." " Hmm." "Really?" "That's asking a lot." "forget it." "But how about we go out to dinner tonight to celebrate?" "Only on the condition that I pay for everything." "Deal." "We got to do this now." " Can I watch?" " Absolutely." "Have a seat." " Which is the bride's side?" " Right over here." "here we go!" "about them vows..." "Bill..." " I just want..." " You don't owe me a damn thing." "If he's the man you want then go stand by him." "yes." "Thank you." "What the hell?" "No!" "Bill!" "You tellin' me she cut her way through 88 bodyguards before she got to O-Ren?" "there wasn't really 88 of 'em." "They just called themselves "The Crazy 88" " How come?" " I don't know." "I guess they thought it sounded cool." "they all fell under her Hanzo sword." " She got a Hanzo sword?" " He made one for her." "Didn't he swear a blood oath to never make another sword?" "It would appear he has broken it." "don't they?" "Or maybe you just tend to bring that out in people. kept up with your... swordplay?" "um..." "I pawned that years ago." "You hocked a Hattori Hanzo sword?" "Yep." "It was priceless." "it ain't." "I got me $250 for it." "Bill." "all she's got to do is come down to the club and we'll be in a fight. and she's coming to kill you." "I have no doubt she will succeed." "and I don't Jew out of paying my comeuppance." "Can't we just... forget the past?" "That woman deserves her revenge." "And we deserve to die." "But then again so does she." "So I guess we'll just see." "Won't we?" "Late again." "can't you tell time?" "man." " Is that Budd?" " Yeah." "Tell him to get his fucking ass back here!" "OK." "Larry'd like a word with ya." "baby." "You looking for me?" "I don't know what car wash you worked before you came here but it wasn't owned by me" " and I own a fuckin' car wash." " Do you want me to leave?" "I don't want you to leave." "I want you to sit and wait." "Larry... so..." "Larry. "" "What's your point?" " That you're not needed here?" " My point is... and there ain't nobody out there to bounce." "You saying that the reason that you're not doing the job that I'm paying you to do is that you don't have a job to do?" " No..." " Is that what you're saying?" "exactly?" "That you're as useless as an asshole right here?" "buddy?" "I think... you just fucking convinced me." "Let's go to the calendar." "It's calendar time." "Calendar time for Buddy." " OK." "You working tomorrow?" " Yeah." "you're n..." "You don't even know what fucking day you work." "Here." "You're not working tomorrow." "You're working Wednesday." "Here you are." "There you go." " Workin' Thursday?" " Yeah." "I don't think so." "Friday." "I d..." "There's your name." " If you say so." " There used to be your name." "OK?" " Saturday." "There used to be your name." " Oh." "Monday..." "Here." "How about that?" "Fuckin' with your cash is the only thing you kids seem to understand." "OK?" "I want you to go home till I call you." "Till I call you." "talk to Rocket." "She's got a job for you to do." "And the hat." "That fuckin' hat." "That fucking... don't wear that fucking hat here?" "How many?" "Customers wear hats." "I'm not the boss of the customers." "I'm the boss of you." "And I'm telling you that I want you to keep that shit-kicker hat at home." "the toilet is at it again." "There's shitty water all over the floor." "OK..." "Rocket." " I'll clean it up." " Mm-hmm." "How many times" "I could do things my way"" "But little they know" "That it's so hard to find" "One rich man in ten" "With a satisfied mind" "Once I was wading" "In fortune and fame" "Everything that I dreamed for" "To get a start in life's game" "Then suddenly it happened but I'm richer..." "How many times" "Have you heard someone say..." "Now... didn't it?" "Yep." "Ain't nobody a badass with a double dose of rock salt dug deep in her tits." "Not havin'... tits as fine... I can't even imagine how bad that shit must sting." "Yet... neither." "I win." "Ugh!" "Ugh." "Bill." "ya hateful bitch." " Budd." " Bingo." "And to what do I owe this dubious pleasure?" "I just caught me the cowgirl ain't never been caught." "I ain't." "I shot her full of rock salt." "I could perform her coup de grâce with a rock." "Anywho..." "Guess what I'm holdin' in my hand right now?" "What?" "A brand spankin'new Hattori Hanzo sword. ...that's what I call sharp." " How much?" "being' that it's... priceless and all." "What's the terms?" "You get your bony ass down here first thing in the morning with a million dollars in folding cash and I'll give you the greatest sword ever made by a man." "how do you like the sound of that?" "Sounds like we got a deal." " One condition." " What?" "She must suffer to her last breath." "Well..." "Elle darlin' I can pretty much damn well guarantee." "millionaire." "All right." "wakey." "Eggs and bakey." "I'm done!" "Get me outta this hole!" "Good." "Whew." "look at those eyes." "This bitch is furious." "What did I tell ya?" "Is she the cutest little blond pussy you ever saw?" "Or... is she the cutest little blond pussy you ever saw?" "I seen better." "You got anything to say?" "White women call this "the silent treatment." "And we let 'em think we don't like it." "I'll get the head." "Hey." "Hey." "Hey!" "you see this?" "don't ya?" "That's a can of Mace." "Mm-hmm." "No." "You're goin' underneath the ground tonight." "And... that's all there is to it." "I wanna bury ya." "I was gonna bury ya with this." "But if you're gonna act like a horse's ass I'm gonna spray this whole goddamn can right in your eyeballs!" "I'll burn 'em right outta your fuckin' head." "Then you're gonna be blind and burnin' and buried alive." "sister?" "That's a wise decision." "This is for breakin' my brother's heart." "Once upon a time in China some believe around the year... was walking down a road contemplating whatever it is that a man of Pai Mei's infinite powers would contemplate " "Who knows?" - traveling in the opposite direction." "As the monk and the priest crossed paths Pai Mei... gave the monk the slightest of nods." "The nod was not returned." "was it the intention of the Shaolin monk to insult Pai Mei?" "Or did he just fail to see the generous social gesture?" "The motives of the monk remain unknown." "What is known were the consequences." "Pai Mei appeared at the Shaolin temple and demanded of the temple's head abbot that he offer Pai Mei his neck to repay the insult." "tried to console Pai Mei." "Only to find Pai Mei was inconsolable." "So began... at the fists of the White Lotus." "And... so began the legend of Pai Mei's Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart Technique." "is the Five-Point-Palm the deadliest blow in all of martial arts." "He hits you with his fingertips at five different pressure points on your body and then lets you walk away." "But once you've taken five steps your heart explodes inside your body... dead." " Did he teach you that?" " No." "He teaches no one the Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart Technique." "Now one of the things I've always liked about you Kiddo is you appear wise beyond your years." "allow me to impart a word to the wise:" "Whatever... obey." "he'll pluck it out." "And if you throw any American sass his way he'll snap your back and your neck like they were twigs." "And that will be the story of you." "He'll accept you as his student." " What happened to you?" " Nothin'." " Get in a fight?" " Friendly contest." "Why did he accept me?" "very old man." "And like all rotten bastards... they get lonely. but it does teach them the value of company." "Whew." "Oh." "Just seein' those steps again makes me ache." "You're gonna have a lot of fun carrying buckets of water up and down that fucker." "When will I see you again?" "That's the title of my favorite soul song of the seventies." " What?" " Nothin'." "When he tells me you're done." "When do you think that might be?" "depends entirely on you." "no backtalk." "At least not for the first year or so." "You're gonna have to let him warm up to you. and has nothing but contempt for women." "So in your case..." "it might take a little while." "Adiós." "Master..." "Your Mandarin is lousy." "It causes my ears discomfort." "You bray like an ass!" "You are not to speak unless spoken to." "Is it too much to hope..." "you understand Cantonese?" "I speak Japanese very well..." "I didn't ask if you speak Japanese..." "I asked if you understand Cantonese?" "A little." "not linguistics." "If you can't understand me..." "I will communicate with you like I would a dog." "when I beat you with my stick!" "is he not?" "he is." "Your master tells me..." "you're not entirely unschooled." "What training do you possess? and I am more than proficient in the exquisite art of the Samurai sword." "The exquisite art of the Samurai sword." "Don't make me laugh!" "is only fit for..." "Japanese fat heads!" "Your anger amuses me." "Do you believe you are my match?" "No." "Are you aware I kill at will?" "Yes." "Is it your wish to die?" "No." "Then you must be stupid..." "Then you must be stupid... so stupid." "and let me look at your ridiculous face." "Rise." "So my pathetic friend..." "Is there anything that you can do well?" "What's the matter?" "Cat got your tongue?" "you speak Japanese." "I despise the Goddamn Japs!" "Go to that rack." "Remove the sword." "Let's see how good you really are." "Lf... I'll bow down and call you master." "From here you can get an excellent view of my foot." "Your swordsmanship..." "is amateur at best." "Your so-called kung-fu... is really..." "quite pathetic." "I asked you to demonstrate..." "what you know... and you did..." "Not a goddamn thing!" "Let's see your Tiger Crane..." "match my Eagle's Claw." "Like all Yankee women all you can do is order in restaurants and spend a man's money." "Excruciating... isn't it?" "Yes!" "If it was my wish I could chop your arm off." "please don't!" "It's my arm now." "I can do what I please." "If you can stop me..." "I suggest you try." "I can't." "Because you're helpless?" "Yes." "Have you ever felt this before?" "No." "Compared to me... you're as helpless as a worm fighting an eagle?" "YES!" "THAT'S THE BEGINNING!" "Is it your wish to possess this kind of power?" "Yes!" "Your training will begin... tomorrow." "Since your arm now belongs to me I want it strong." "Can you do that?" "but not that close." "Then you can't do it." "What if your enemy..." "is three inches in front of you What do you do then Curl into a ball or do you put your FIST through him?" "Now begin." "It's the wood that should fear your hand..." " not the other way around." "No wonder you can't do it..." "you acquiesce to defeat..." " before you even begin." "If you want to eat like a dog..." "You can live and sleep outside like a dog." "If you want to live and sleep like a human pick up those sticks." "you bitch." "Pai Mei." "Here I come." "please?" " So that's a Texas funeral?" " Yep." "Budd." "That's a pretty fucked up way to die." "What's the name on the grave she's buried under?" "Paula Schultz." "Can I look at the sword?" "isn't it?" "It sure is." "it's your sword now." "What's that you said?" "So this is a Hattori Hanzo sword?" "all right." "Bill tells me you once had one of these of your own." "once." "Yeah?" "How does this one compare to that?" "If you're gonna compare a Hanzo sword you compare it to every other sword ever made - wasn't made - by Hattori Hanzo." "Here you go." "Wrap your lips around that." "So which "R" are you filled with?" "What?" "They say the number one killer of old people is retirement." "they tend to live a little bit longer so they can do it." "I've always figured that warriors and their enemies share the same relationship." "So now that you're not gonna have to face your enemy no more on the battlefield which "R" ya filled with?" "Relief or regret?" " A little bit of both." " Horseshit." "I'm sure you do feel a little bit of both." "But I know damn well that you feel one more than you feel the other." "And the question was:" "Which one is it?" "Regret." "you gotta hand it to the ol' girl." "I never saw anybody buffalo Bill the way she buffaloed Bill." "Bill thought she was so damn smart." "And I tried to tell him she was just smart for a blond." "Thanks a bunch." "All right." "Mmm." "Budd." "wasn't it?" "the black mamba." "this is Budd." "I looked him up on the Internet." "the black mamba." "Listen to this: is death sure. ' huh? causing paralysis." "The venom of a black mamba can kill a human being in four hours bitten on the ankle or the thumb." "a bite to the face or torso can bring death from paralysis within 20 minutes." "'cause this concerns you." "The amount of venom that can be delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan." "gargantuan." "I so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence. ten to 15 milligrams can be fatal to human beings." "the black mamba can deliver as much as 100 to 400 milligrams of venom from a single bite." "Now... let me answer that question you asked earlier more thoroughly." "Right at this moment the biggest "R" I feel is regret." "Regret that maybe the greatest warrior I have ever met piece of shit like you." "That woman deserved better." "Bill I have some tragic news." "Your brother's dead." "baby." "She put a black mamba in his camper." "sweetie." "She's dead." "Let me put it this way:" "California." "walk into a florist and buy a bunch of flowers." "Then you take those flowers to Huntington Cemetery and lay them on the grave." "'Cause you will be standing at the final resting place of Beatrix Kiddo." " Marty Kitrosser?" " Here." " Melanie Harrhouse?" " Here." " Beatrix Kiddo?" " Here." "Look..." "I can be there in about four hours." "Do you want me to come over?" "I'm there." "OK." "I'm leaving now." "I'll be there soon." "Ugh." "Gross." "Hi-ya!" "Budd." "The only man I ever loved." "Bill." "What's that?" "Budd's Hanzo sword." "He said he pawned it." "don't it?" " Elle?" " Bea." "Somethin' I've always been curious about." "Just between us girls what did you say to Pai Mei to make him snatch out your eye?" "Ow!" "I called him a miserable old fool." "Ooh." "Bad idea." "Know what I did?" "I killed that miserable old fool." "you miserable old fool?" "I poisoned his fish heads." "you treacherous dog." "I - give - you - my - word..." "the word of an old fool like you is worth less than nothing." "That's right." "I killed your master." "too." "no less." "will become my sword." "Bitch you don't have a future." "Fucking bitch!" "Fucking bitch!" "I'll kill you!" "You're fuckin' dead!" "You bitch!" "You bitch!" "you bitch!" "I'll get you!" "I'm gonna..." "Where are you?" "Lemme fuckin' at you!" "you fucking bitch!" "You're fucking dead!" "You're dead!" "Oh... shit!" "Bill collected father figures." "The first was Esteban Vihaio." "Esteban was a pimp and a friend of Bill's mother." "Mexico for over 50 years." "ran Acuna." "He ran the Acuna Boys." "it would be this retired gentleman of leisure who could point me in Bill's direction." "Señor Esteban Vihaio?" "Yes." "May I join you?" "Only on the condition that you call me Esteban." "Esteban?" " Please." "Americana?" "Yes." "if you prefer." "no." "I prefer English. but I would relish the opportunity to converse with such a pretty companion as yourself." "It's my pleasure to be in the company of such a fine gentleman as yourself." "young lady I am susceptible to flattery." "How may I be of service to you?" "Where's Bill?" "Ahh." "You must be Beatrix." "I can see the attraction." "I took him to the movies." "It was a movie starring Lana Turner." "with John Garfields." "Bill would begin compulsively to suck his thumb to an obscene amount." "this boy was a fool for blonds." "Mmm." "You know being a fool for a woman such as yourself is always the right thing to do." "If we had met when I was back in business you would have been my number one lady." "I'm flattered." " You goddamn well better be." "This..." "I heard you were driving a truck." "My Pussy Wagon died on me." "The Pussy died." "Hmm." "no?" " Yes." " Hmm." "I would have been much nicer." "I would have just cut your face." "You must forgive me." "Please... you have a drink with me." "Clara!" "Coming." "Dos añejo." "Gracias." "What were we talking about?" "Bill." " Where's Bill?" " Where's Bill." "Yeah." "Hmm." "on the road to Salina." "I will draw you a map." "Bill is like a son to me." " Do you know why I help you?" " No." "Because he would want me to." "that I don't believe." "Ahh." "How else is he ever going to see you again?" "Mommy." "bang!" "Oh!" "B.B." "I'm dying!" "I'm dying." "sweetheart." "Mommy shot us. due to the fact that she was impervious to bullets." "Mommy." "get back down there." "You're playing possum." "as the smirking killer advanced on what she thought that's when little B.B. Fired." "bang!" "Mommy." "So die." "Oh!" "B.B." "Oh!" "B. B..." "I should've known." "You are... the best." "Mommy." "Don't die." "I was just playing." "I know." "I told her that you were asleep but that one day you'd wake up and come back to her. then how will she know what I look like?" "Because Mommy's been dreaming of you." "That's what I said." "Did you dream of me?" "I dreamed of you." "baby." "Every single night." "Mommy." "let me look at you." "Oh." "what a pretty little girl you are." "Mommy." "Tell Mommy what you said when I showed you her picture." "Mnh-mnh." "shy girl." " Mnh-mnh." "Come on." "You know what you said." "Come on." "Tell Mommy." "It'll make her feel good." "Come on." " Mnh-mnh." " Yeah." "Come on." "You're the most beautifulest woman I ever saw in the whole wide world." "That's the truth." "That's what she said." "don't you think Mommy has the prettiest hair in the whole wide world?" "it's better than pretty." " What's better than pretty?" " Mmm..." "Gorgeous." "Very good." "Gorgeous." "Mommy is gorgeous." "Mommy's kinda mad at Daddy." "Daddy?" "Were you being a bad daddy?" "I'm afraid I was." "I was a real bad daddy." "Our little girl learned about life and death the other day." "Wanna tell Mommy about what happened to Emilio?" "I killed him." " Emilio was her goldfish." " Emilio was my goldfiss." "Daddy." "Daddy." "Emilio's dead." "Really?" "That's so sad." "How did he die?" " And what did you say?" " I stepped on him." "I accidentally stepped on him." "And just how did your foot accidentally find its way into Emilio's fishbowl?" "no." "Emilio was on the carpet when I stepped on him." "Mmm." "The plot thickens." ""And just how did Emilio get on the carpet?"" "you would've been so proud of her." "She didn't lie." "She said she took Emilio out of his bowl and put him on the carpet." "And what was Emilio doing on the carpet?" "Flapping." " And then you stomped on him." " Uh-huh." "And when you lifted up your foot what was Emilio doing then?" " Nothing." "didn't he?" "She told me later that the second she lifted up her foot she knew what she had done." "Is that not the perfect visual image of life and death?" "and a fish not flapping on the carpet." "even a four-year-old with no concept of life or death knew what it meant." "didn't you?" " Uh-huh." "too." "But I did to Mommy what you did to Emilio." " You stomped on Mommy?" " Worse." "I shot Mommy." "Not pretend shooting like we were just doing." "I shot her for real." "Why?" "Did you want to see what would happen?" "I knew what would happen to Mommy if I shot her." "what would happen to me." " What happened?" " I was very sad." "And that's when I learned... they can never be undone." " What happened to Mommy?" " Why don't you ask Mommy?" "Mommy?" "Did it hurt?" "sweetie." "Doesn't hurt anymore." "Did it make you sick?" "No." "It made me sleep." "B.B. I've been asleep." "Mommy." "Right?" "pretty girl." "would you like Mommy to watch a video with you before sleepy time?" "Uh-huh." "do you wanna watch a video with me before sleepy time?" "yeah!" "I would love to." " Which one do you wanna watch?" " Shogun Assassin." "B.B. Shogun Assassin is too long." "it's not." "I'll leave you ladies to it." "my father was famous." "He was the greatest samurai in the empire." "And he was the shogun's decapitator." "He cut off the heads of 131 lords." "he would forget about the killings." "but the shogun was scared of him." "Maybe that was the problem." "the shogun sent..." "My man got a heart" "Like the rock that's in the sea" "no one told me about her" "The way she lied no one told me about her" "How many people cried" "My man got a heart" "Like the rock that's in the sea" "My man got a heart" "Like the rock that's in the sea" "no one told me about her" "The way she lied no one told me about her" "How many people cried" "But it's too late to say you're sorry" "How would I know?" "Why should I care?" "Please don't bother trying to find her" "She's not there" "I was just admiring your sword." "Quite a piece of work." "how is Hanzo-san?" "He's good." "Has his sushi gotten any better?" "I couldn't believe it." "You got him to make you a sword." "Bill." "That'd do it." "no one told me about her" "no one told me about her" "I suppose the idea is we cross Hanzo swords." "Am I right? it just so happens this hacienda has its own private beach." "And that private beach just so happens to look particularly beautiful bathed in moonlight." "And there just so happens to be a full moon out tonight." "that's where I suggest." "But if you wanna be old school about it and you know I'm all about old school then we could wait until dawn and slice each other up at sunrise like a couple of real-life honest..." "I'm gonna have to put one in your kneecap." "And I hear tell that's a very painful place to get shot in." "I'm just fuckin' with you." "Now when it comes to you and us I have a few unanswered questions. and I want you to tell me the truth." "therein lies a dilemma." "I believe you are truly and utterly incapable of telling the truth." "to yourself." "I am truly and utterly incapable of believing anything you say." "How do you suppose we solve this dilemma? I have a solution." " Aah!" " Gotcha!" "Goddamn!" "What the fuck did you just shoot me with?" "My greatest invention." "Or at least my favorite." "or I'll stick another one right in your cheek." "just begging to course its way through your veins is an incredibly potent and quite infallible truth serum." "I call it "The Undisputed Truth." "with no druggie aftereffects." "Except for a slight wave of euphoria." "You feel it?" " Euphoria?" " Yeah." " No." " Too bad." "As you know I'm quite keen on comic books." "Especially the ones about superheroes." "I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating." "Superman." "Not a great comic book." "Not particularly well-drawn." "Mmm." "But the mythology... it's unique." "How long does this shit take to go into effect?" "About two minutes." "Just long enough for me to finish my point. there's the superhero and there's the alter ego." "Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker." "he's Peter Parker." "He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man." "And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone." "Superman didn't become Superman." "Superman was born Superman." "he's Superman." "His alter ego is Clark Kent." "His outfit with the big red "S" - that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him." "Those are his clothes." "the business suit - that's the costume." "That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us." "Clark Kent is how Superman views us." "And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent?" "He's weak he's unsure of himself he's a coward." "Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race." "Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plimpton." "Aso." "The point emerges." "You would've worn the costume of Arlene Plimpton." "But you were born Beatrix Kiddo." "you'd still be Beatrix Kiddo." "you can... take the needle out." "Are you calling me a superhero?" "I'm calling you a killer." "A natural born killer." "and you always will be." "Moving to El Paso working in a used record store goin' to the movies with Tommy clipping coupons." "That's you trying to disguise yourself as a worker bee." "That's you tryin' to blend in with the hive." "But you're not a worker bee." "You're a renegade killer bee." "And no matter how much beer you drank or barbecue you ate nothing in the world would ever change that." "First question:" "Did you really think your life in El Paso was gonna work?" "No!" "But I would've had B.B.!" "Don't get me wrong." "I think you would have been a wonderful mother." "But you are a killer." "All those people you killed to get to me... didn't they?" "Yes." "Every single one of them?" "Yes." "That was the warmup round." "000 question." "Why did you run away from me with my baby?" "Do you remember the last assignment you sent me on?" "Of course." "Lisa Wong." "I was sick." "I threw up." "So I started thinking:" "Maybe I was pregnant." "Easy to use." "Remove cap and urinate on the absorbent end for five seconds." "Accurate results in only 90 seconds." "You can read the results as soon as the line appears in the window." "Fuck." "What I didn't know was that somewhere on my journey I had been spotted." "it didn't take Lisa Wong long to send an assassin of her own." "can I help you?" "I'm Karen Kim." "I'm the hospitality manager of the hotel." "I have a welcome gift from the management." "that's nice." "Um..." "Can you just leave it by the door? but I'm a fuckin' surgeon with this shotgun." "bitch?" "I'm better than Annie Oakley." " And I got you right in my sight." " I could blow your fuckin' head off." "so let's talk." "Karen I just found out right now not a moment before you blew a hole through the door that I'm pregnant." " What is this?" "On the floor by the door is a strip that says I'm pregnant." "Bullshit." "Any other time you'd be 100 percent right." "This time you're 100 percent wrong." "I'm the deadliest woman in the world." "But right now I'm just scared shitless for my baby." "Please." "Just look at the strip." "Please." "Stay where you are and don't move." "I don't know what this fuckin' shit means." "The box with the directions - it's right there." "Easy to use." "Remove the cap and urinate on the absorbent end." "Blue means pregnant." "thank you." "OK." "Say I were to believe you." "What then?" "Just go home." "I'll do the same." "Congratulations." "Before that strip turned blue..." "I was your woman." "I was a killer who killed for you." "I would've jumped a motorcycle onto a speeding train." "For you." "But once that strip turned blue I could no longer do any of those things." "Not anymore." "Because I was gonna be a mother." "Can you understand that?" "Yes." "But why didn't you... instead of now?" "you'd claim her." "And I didn't want that." "Not your decision to make." "Yes." "and I made it for my daughter." "She deserved to be born with a clean slate." "But with you she would've been born into a world she shouldn't have." "I had to choose." "I chose her. you performing a coup de grâce on me by bustin' a cap in my crown would've been right at the top of the list." "wouldn't I?" "I" " I'm sorry." "Was that a question?" "Of impossible things that could never happen - you would've been wrong." "Well? had killed you." "Oh!" "And for the record letting somebody think somebody they love is dead when they're not is quite cruel." "I mourned you for three months." "And in the third month of mourning you I tracked you down." "I wasn't tryin' to track you down." "I was tryin' to track down the fucking assholes I thought killed you." "So I find you and what do I find?" "Not only are you not dead you're getting married to some fucking jerk." "And you're pregnant." "I overreacted." "You overreacted?" "Is that your explanation?" "I didn't say I was gonna explain myself." "I said I was gonna tell you the truth." "let's get literal." "I'm a killer." "I'm a murdering bastard." "You know that." "And there are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard." "You experienced some of them." "Was my reaction really that surprising?" "Yes." "It was." "Could you do what you did?" "Of course you could." "do that to me." "Kiddo but you thought wrong." "You and I have unfinished business." "Baby... you ain't kiddin'." "Pai Mei taught you the Five-Point-Palm Exploding-Heart Technique?" "'Course he did." "Why didn't you tell me?" "I don't know." "Because I'm a bad person." "No." "You're not a bad person." "You're a terrific person." "You're my favorite person." "But every once in a while you can be a real cunt." "How do I look?" "You look ready." "well." "If it ain't the little flower." "Mr. And Mrs. America and all the ships at sea." "Let's go to press." "Flash." "Do you have a magpie in your home?" "you are most fortunate." "The magpie is the most charming bird in all the world." "He is the best friend a farmer ever had." "Treat him gently." "Treat him kindly." "the magpie deserves your respect." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "thank you." "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do." "I ain't got no headache." "brother." "There's a nail in the door" "And there's glass on the lawn and the TVis on" "And I always sleep with my guns" "When you're gone" "There's a blade by the bed" "And a phone in my hand" "A dog on the floor" "And some cash on the nightstand the dreaming stops" "And I just can't stand" "What should I do?" "I'mjust a little baby" "What if the lights go out and maybe" "And then the windjust starts to moan he followed me home" "I want the sun" "I might be done it won't be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon" "how can you save me?" "When the dark comes here tonight" "To take me up to my front walk and into bed" "Where it kisses my face and eats my head" "What should I do?" "I'mjust a little baby" "What if the lights go out and maybe" "And then the windjust starts to moan he followed me home" "I want the sun" "I might be done it won't be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon" "it won't be too soon 'til I say goodnight moon" "action!" "Cut." "come on." "Let's do it again."