"(CELL PHONE CHIMING)" "I'm on my way." "(KEYPAD BEEPS)" "So have Steve take a look at it, probably just needs a rebooting." "Hey, my girlfriend just pulled up." "My flight's three hours, we got all afternoon to bang this thing out." "(SIGHS)" "(WHISPERS) Sorry." "Yeah, sure, I'm up for dinner." "What do you think?" "(STRAINING)" "Actually, that works great because I wanted to talk to you about a few things before we went in next week." "Yeah, will you bring those reports?" "(PANTING)" "Of course I'm going to meet them first." "Yeah." "Yeah, some of us actually prepare for this stuff." "Thanks, babe." "Yeah." "Yeah, we're on our way now, so." "Everything looks great." "(STRAINING)" "You're kidding." "(WOMAN TALKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA) It's built in?" "New place comes with a sauna." "That's incredible." "Yeah." "(STRAINING)" "Yeah." "I'm here now, I just..." "Mmm..." "Have a great time." "Uh, hey, Marty, let me get back at you." "Hey Nat, wait." "What's up?" "You know those limo service guys are amazing." "They show up early, they wait for you, fresh bottle of water, cute little mints." "Yeah and a hundred bucks later." "What?" "You're right, they're pricey." "Okay, I'm sorry." "This is a great opportunity for both of us." "Well, it's your opportunity." "Go for it." "You'll be amazing." "What are you..." "Wait, wait." "I go through the training orientation, three or four months you come up." "I mean, it's Chicago." "They've got to need nurses, especially your kind." "Uh, I've already made you late." "Hey!" "I'm coming back for your birthday!" "Love you." "(DOOR CREAKS)" "Here we are, ladies." "WOMAN:" "Oh..." "We have got sweet tea in a cup for Jean." "Thank you." "And coffee for Patty." "PATTY:" "Yes, ma'am." "Thank you." "And who in the world is that?" "It looks like some nosey parker all up in your business." "Maybe one of those gals who thinks she's going to beat you out of winning the Carolina Corners Christmas Showcase." "(BOTH CHUCKLE) Well, that's certainly not going to happen." "(DOORBELL CHIMES)" "Excuse me?" "Yeah?" "I'm sorry, I'm just..." "I'm looking for the Mayors." "Oh, I don't..." "I don't live here I'm just here for work." "If you want, I'll go ask up at the house." "Um..." "Oh." "I'm okay." "Thank you." "I'm sorry to interrupt you." "Oh, no." "It's no interruption." "Thanks." "Yeah." "Hey, did you say Mayor?" "Yes." "Yeah." "(CAR DOOR CLOSES)" "NATALIE:" "Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Mayor?" "I'm Natalie Springer, the home care nurse." "I think we spoke on the phone." "Yeah." "We know who you are." "We're just so glad that you're here." "I swear, did you ever see a prettier girl?" "(BOTH CHUCKLE)" "Well, I'm Suzy and this is Duncan." "You can call me Mr. Mayor." "Hush!" "Don't let him boss you around." "JEAN:" "Suzy's coming home?" "Well, it beats spending your last days in some germy old hospital." "(SIGHS)" "(WHISPERS) It's good to be home." "It's good." "Bless her poor heart." "Well, good Lord calls us all home when it's time." "You ask me, Duncan would have been the better choice for the Lord to call home." "Gayle!" "You heard me." "(SUZY SIGHS)" "Oh." "No Christmas tree." "Where's the Christmas tree?" "What's Christmas without a tree?" "Hmm?" "Hello?" "DUNCAN:" "Upstairs." "(STAIRS CREAKING)" "Next door on the right." "(EXCLAIMS SOFTLY)" "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "NATALIE:" "Suzy?" "In here." "Thing about strawberries is, they come back." "Year after year." "Little water, little sun, it's all it takes." "Hobby?" "You have any idea how easy it is to extract DNA from a strawberry?" "Used to wow my students." "I'm sorry about my husband." "He's just working through some things." "So, Dr. Emmons sent me your pain management schedule." "I thought maybe we could go over it together." "Mmm, it's not your first picnic, is it, Pretty Girl?" "And apart from the schedule, if you feel anything at all..." "I'll go ahead and scream my head off." "Okay by me." "Do you mind if I join you?" "Suit yourself." "Would you like some coffee to wash that down?" "Never drink it." "Do you mind if I make some?" "Suit yourself." "Just so you know, I gave Suzy something to help her rest." "Above the microwave." "I generally take Saturdays off to take care of my personal business." "I live about an hour away, in Florence." "Have to go home and pay bills, water plants." "That sorta thing." "Fantastic." "Other than that," "I am here 24/7." "Far as I'm concerned you can take as much time off as you want." "I'm guessing Suzy did most of the cooking?" "I'm not much of a foodie, but I can help." "Top drawer on your left." "Where it should be." "Suzy's going to need nutritional supplements and foods that are easy to digest." "I can pick all that up at the market, so if there's anything in particular that you would like..." "I like hot dogs." "You know what?" "So do I." "I like them with mayo and avocado." "I just..." "I'm just not so keen on them for breakfast, lunch and dinner." "Avocado and mayo." "Who in the world eats hot dogs with mayo and avocado?" "The Chileans." "The Chileans eat hot dogs?" "They do." "Are you Chilean?" "No." "(DOORBELL CHIMES) (WATER RUNNING)" "Sorry." "Go ahead." "No, you go ahead." "You're going to have to learn the traffic patterns around here." "(DOORBELL CHIMES)" "Hello, Duncan." "Oh..." "Wish we had some ice cream." "What did you say your name was again?" "It's Miss Springer." "You can call me Natalie." "All right." "Spoon's inside." "Look, Natalie." "This wasn't my idea." "It was the doctor's orders for you to be here." "I'm only here to be a help, Mr. Mayor." "For both Suzy and you." "Well, I can take care of my own wife." "(SIGHS)" "I will do my best to stay out of your way." "Okay?" "Yes, you will." "I understand how difficult..." "No!" "No, no." "You don't understand anything." "NATALIE:" "She slept on-and-off during the day yesterday and through most of the night, but she woke up very nauseous this morning and vomited several times." "DR. EMMONS:" "Mmm-hmm." "Same medication?" "Same medication." "Hello, hello." "How you feeling?" "Oh, fresh as a daisy." "Mmm-hmm." "Same old Suzy." "(SIGHS)" "I know." "You wanted something different?" "Never." "Duncan, how are you?" "(DUNCAN SIGHS)" "I'll come back up when you're done here." "You are in good hands with Natalie, here." "SUZY:" "Yeah." "I had a feeling." "Would you forgive me for just one second?" "(EXHALES)" "(PAPER RUSTLING)" "Duncan?" "(DOG BARKING DISTANTLY)" "Don't need the nurse." "She's not just a nurse." "Well, I can take care of my own wife." "Duncan, we made an agreement." "Suzy comes home with care from a private duty nurse." "Well, good." "When you leave, I'm gonna lock her up in here." "How's that?" "Hmm." "You know, Natalie's specialty is hospice care." "Hospice." "Duncan, you're in good hands with Natalie." "Let me explain something to you." "This is my home." "I can take care of my own wife." "You know Suzy's not only my patient, she's my friend." "This is a chance to let it all happen the way you both want." "Natalie can help you understand the signs." "I can read my own signs." "She's going to be up and down." "One day, she's gonna be fine, the next, she's not going to be herself." "I need you to take advantage of what Natalie has to offer." "Okay?" "For Suzy's sake." "(SIGHS HEAVILY)" "GAYLE:" "Hi, Tommy." "Hey, Mrs. Matthews." "Be done on time?" "Not a problem." "Now, what about lights?" "Yeah, you know, Mrs. Matthews," "I've been meaning to talk to you about that." "Oh, my daddy, he loved Christmas lights." "We had hundreds and hundreds of them, every different color." "Got them all boxed up in the attic." "Yeah." "You know, Mrs. Matthews, the Christmas Showcase is kinda an upscale contest." "What exactly are you implying?" "Nothing." "Nothing, I just think that maybe, you know, subtle and sophisticated might be the way to go." "I'm not sophisticated?" "No!" "No, you..." "You are sophisticated, ma'am!" "I just..." "You know, look, this is your original idea." "You know, and it's beautiful." "I mean, look at it." "It's really cool." "Do you really think so?" "I do think so." "You know, and nobody's ever done a design like this before." "They haven't." "No." "But we..." "We don't want to go taking anything away from it." "You know?" "No!" "No." "I mean, sometimes those colored lights, they..." "I don't know, they get a little bit..." "Distracting?" "There you go." "Yeah." "Mmm..." "Okay." "All right." "(GASPS) How about the partridge?" "It's almost done." "Better be." "(CELL PHONE CHIMING)" "(WHISPERS) Hi." "BRIAN:" "Hey." "You okay?" "Yeah, I'm good, I'm good." "Sorry, I'm just, uh..." "How's work?" "Nat, the people here..." "I mean, everybody is so cool." "They share all their toys, and I am learning a ton." "(LAPTOP BEEPS)" "So, I already looked into a ticket." "A ticket?" "Mmm, a ticket for what?" "Your birthday." "No, Brian, come on." "I told you." "You don't have to come here, it's too much of a hassle." "No, no, no." "It's your birthday and I already told you I'll be there." "Unless you want to come here instead." "I'll fly you up, we can check out the city." "The music scene here is incredible!" "Yeah, but, you know I can't do that." "Right." "Right." "Anyway, well, we'll figure all this stuff out when I see you." "I better get going." "I just wanted to check in." "Night, Nat." "Good night." "(BEEP)" "Do you remember all those crazy nights down at the beach?" "Mmm." "Family Kingdom." "We hit every ride at Family Kingdom." "(CHUCKLING)" "Ten times in a row on that old Whiz-Bang." "There's that rickety old Ferris wheel." "We got stuck at the top, you pulled out the ring." "(INHALES DEEPLY) Biggest mistake of your life." "Not even hardly." "I almost got down on one knee." "Well, thank God you didn't." "I'd do anything to go back to that night." "That ride never ended." "(MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)" "(MUSIC STOPS)" "Hey, quick question about Mrs. Mayor." "What's her situation?" "Oh, yeah." "Uh, I gotta go." "Hey!" "(CLEARS THROAT) Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Where you all going?" "We're going for a drive." "Mmm-hmm." "Oh, okay." "Are you sure that you're feeling up to it?" "(SCOFFS) I am feeling great." "(CHUCKLES)" "Okay, where?" "A drive to where?" "Myrtle Beach!" "(LAUGHS)" "Myrtle Beach!" "Wow." "Mr. Mayor, Myrtle Beach, that's kinda far." "Yeah, well, we'll let you know how far it is." "Okay, but why?" "Why Myrtle Beach?" "Why not just few times around the block?" "Ain't no amusement parks around the block." "Amusement park." "(CAR LOCK BEEPS)" "Are you serious?" "Amusement park?" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(SIGHS)" "DUNCAN:" "Remember, we went on that ride that you wanted to go on?" "The little airplane ride that was for five-year-olds." "It wasn't for five-year-olds!" "(CHUCKLES) Well, yeah." "I fit in it." "Yeah!" "(LAUGHS)" "What?" "What?" "Yeah, you got in it, all right." "Okay, that's not nice." "I got out, didn't I?" "Yeah, you got out." "Yeah." "We had to pry you out." "Someone got me out." "Hey." "Hey!" "You okay?" "Okay, we'll turn around." "Okay?" "I'm here." "I'm sorry." "Hey, it's okay." "Look at me." "It's okay." "NATALIE:" "Shh." "(WHISPERING) She's asleep." "Here, I'll take that." "Mr. Mayor..." "I don't need any lectures from you." "I would never." "It's just important to understand that anything can happen at any time." "DUNCAN:" "And I don't know that?" "(SIGHS)" "NATALIE:" "Are you sure you want to get up so soon?" "Live your best life while you can." "Okay." "Oh, my." "What an exotic color!" "NATALIE:" "Oh, yeah?" "SUZY:" "Ooh!" "Tahiti Sunrise." "(DOORBELL CHIMES)" "Oh, you get it." "I'll be fine." "You sure?" "Mmm-hmm." "NATALIE:" "Okay." "Hey." "Um, sorry to bother you again." "Um..." "Actually, I was wondering if I could see Mrs. Mayor?" "(SUZY GASPS)" "Is that Tommy Harris?" "Yes, ma'am." "It is." "You remember me?" "How could I forget you?" "Tommy was one of my high school students." "Oh." "Oh, this is Natalie Springer." "Yeah, we kinda, sorta meet before." "Tommy Harris." "Ma'am, I just..." "I just found out that you lived here, and I just wanted to stop by and say hello." "Oh." "Won't you come in?" "Oh, no." "No, no." "I shouldn't." "Um... (SIGHS)" "I wanted you to know that I, uh..." "I graduated college." "And I have my own business now." "In fact, I'm working right next door for Mrs. Matthews right now." "(LAUGHS)" "Bless your heart." "That's wonderful." "I'm so proud of you." "I just wanted to thank you for everything you did for me." "You know, if there's anything that I can do for you, you just let me know, okay?" "There is one small thing." "This is the usual spot." "Oh, no!" "I have it." "(LAUGHS)" "Sit down, relax." "DUNCAN:" "Can I help you?" "TOMMY:" "Stopped by to say hello to Mrs. Mayor." "DUNCAN:" "To Mrs. Mayor?" "TOMMY:" "Yes, sir." "DUNCAN:" "You're that Harris kid." "TOMMY:" "Tommy." "You're not welcome here." "Sir, I..." "You're not listening, boy." "Get out of here." "Did you invite that boy in here?" "He came over to say hello to me." "Yeah, well." "Better count the silverware." "He's not a criminal, Duncan." "Well, I don't want him around." "Understood?" "SUZY:" "Pretty Girl, would you go on and fetch me a glass of sweet tea?" "Of course." "Come here." "(WHISPERS) Come here." "Come here!" "Don't make me beg, come here!" "I know what comes after the sweet tea." "(SIGHS)" "Ooh, it's time you quit holding onto some things the way you do." "You know, people can change, even grumpy-types like yourself." "Just have a think on it, that's all." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(TIRES SQUEALING)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(DOORBELL CHIMES)" "(LAUGHING) Wow!" "That is big." "It's all ready for you." "Oh." "That is a beauty!" "GAYLE:" "Tommy Harris!" "I gotta go." "Merry Christmas!" "He's a cutie, isn't he?" "Um..." "(SIGHS) (GAYLE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)" "Tommy Harris, I'm going to tell you right now," "I'm madder than a wet rooster cock in August in a candy store!" "Why is she so upset?" "Oh..." "Well, we go way back, me, and Gayle, and Duncan." "NATALIE:" "What happened?" "Well, Gayle's granddaddy went and made a bunch of money in property." "And he lost over half of it to my granddaddy in a high-stakes poker game." "(GASPS)" "We weren't worth more than a nickel at the time, but then, we did okay for ourselves." "NATALIE:" "Oh, so she's still..." "Just the keeper of a good old-fashioned family feud." "Yeah." "Seemed like it might blow over for a time when I was in high school 'cause I was..." "I was seeing Gayle's brother, Charlie." "But then Duncan came along, and he swept me off my feet." "(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)" "(WAVES CRASHING)" "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "(CLATTERING)" "Excuse me." "Is there anybody around here I can speak to about a Ferris wheel?" "What about 'em?" "How to get one?" "Get one?" "Or rent one, a small one." "Suppose it's possible." "But not anywheres around here." "(SIGHS)" "(GRUNTS)" "I need to get a hold of one." "(STAMMERING) I got work to do." "Shut it down." "(ENGINE STOPS)" "Gotta get a hold of one." "(SIGHS)" "There's this one place you might want to try." "A little, deserted amusement park just the other side of Moncks Corner." "Other side of..." "Is that the one under the freeway?" "There you go." "We sometimes mine it for parts." "Uh, last time I was down there I seen a 45-footer, it looked pretty decent." "45-footer?" "Uh-huh." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "How big is this one?" "Oh, it's about a buck and a quarter." "Appreciate it!" "What made you pick nursing?" "(SIGHS)" "When I was in high school my mom was diagnosed." "Non-Hodgkin's." "When she went into remission," "I decided to go into nursing school." "And then when she relapsed for the last time," "I switched gears into hospice care." "'Cause it just..." "Felt right, you know?" "I think that the left side needs a little more..." "A little more bright and shiny." "What do you think?" "Mmm-hmm." "Yeah, I think so." "Here." "I'm real sorry about your momma." "(NATALIE SIGHS)" "(WHISPERS) Thank you." "(BELLS JINGLING)" "(ENGINE STOPS)" "(CREAKING)" "(DOG BARKING DISTANTLY)" "Anybody home?" "(CHICKENS CLUCKING)" "HENRY:" "Mister!" "You are trespassin' on sacred ground." "Sacred ground?" "Here to rob my kingdom?" "I'm not here to rob anybody." "I reckon that's what I'd say if I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar." ""Not here to rob, just want to do one last corkscrew on the Wild Rabbit."" "Or some such." "Just looking around." "(LAUGHS) Looking around?" "Looking around at what?" "This..." "This good-for-nothing pile of junk?" "That's not the way I see it." "Oh, is that so?" "What are you, some kind of visionary?" "That Ferris wheel still work?" "What's it to you?" "I'm looking to get one." "Well, sir," "I'm not looking to get rid of one, so you best be on your way." "DUNCAN:" "Would you consider an offer?" "What need you got of a Ferris wheel?" "Well, that's my business." "Well, that's my wheel." "My wife is dying." "Well, mine's dead." "Now get off my property." "NATALIE:" "Okay." "I'm gonna go look for the Christmas lights while you rest." "Good idea." "Might write some letters or something like that." "Okay." "(EXHALES) (STAIRS CREAKING)" "Oh, the tree looks not-so-bad." "Right?" "Yeah." "Good job." "Thank you." "So, do you have a beau or something?" "NATALIE:" "Sorry?" "Come on, give me some scoop." "(CHUCKLES)" "I wouldn't want to bore you." "Oh, I don't get bored." "(NATALIE SIGHS)" "Okay." "I've been dating this guy for the last two years." "We dated in college and eventually broke it off." "And when my mom got sick the last time, he sort of rekindled things." "So, will we be seeing him around here sometime?" "Not likely." "He just got a job in Chicago." "That where you're headed?" "Um, I haven't really had time to think about it." "What's there to think about?" "It's Chicago!" "I know, but..." "It's not the Chicago part you're struggling with." "Sounds cliche, but, you know, just listen to this and you'll know what to do." "Uh, Pretty Girl," "I think that I need to move down to the living room." "It's those stairs, they're getting to be a bit much, and, uh, I want to be where the action is." "Okay, you got it." "And Dr. Emmons, he said about the bed..." "No, don't worry about that." "I'll handle it." "(WHISPERS) Okay." "Thank you." "(DOOR OPENING) (EXHALES)" "Tahiti Sunrise." "More like Tomato Soup." "Where'd you go all day?" "I was exploring." "Mmm." "I always liked exploring with you." "(SIGHS)" "You call that a partridge?" "It's not finished yet." "Well, it's supposed to look like a partridge, or what's the point?" "TOMMY:" "Well, it'll look like a partridge when I'm done with it, I promise." "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "Hey, how's my girl?" "Hmm?" "Hanging in." "Oh, yeah?" "Let me see those beautiful eyes." "Let me see them." "Excuse me." "(DRAWER OPENS)" "Who brought that tree in here?" "Tommy brought it." "He was doing me a favor." "Tommy?" "I don't want that boy around here." "I'm serious about that." "You stay clear of him, you hear?" "Yeah." "Duncan, that attitude is not handsome on you." "Okay." "Here we go." "Just one sip." "SUZY:" "I don't want it right now." "It's good for you." "There you go." "Not so bad, right?" "It's okay." "It's okay." "(RETCHING)" "Okay, look, what's up?" "All right, all right." "Here's a napkin, Suzy." "I got..." "I got a towel." "It's okay." "It's all right." "It's all right." "She's just not hungry." "(COUGHS)" "(EXHALES)" "Put another straw in there." "Hey." "Hey." "I don't want it." "It's not for you, it's for me." "I love my shakes." "(SCOFFS)" "I love my shakes from the Shake Shack." "Mmm?" "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Remember, we used to walk down the boardwalk, me and you?" "Hmm?" "Huh?" "All the boys sitting on the fence saying," ""Boy, that Duncan Mayor, he's..." ""He's one lucky man."" "(WEAKLY) Shut up." "Mmm-hmm?" "And I'd just look at them." "Put your hand on my arm." "Go ahead." "Put it." "Just like we walking." "Mmm?" "And then we go for a walk." "And just go, "Hey, what's going on?" ""Yeah, she's the most beautiful girl in all the world." ""That's right." ""And I got her."" "And we're going to have ourselves a shake now." "We going to share a shake from the Shake Shack, like we always do." "You're so crazy." "Come on." "Come on." "Get in there." "Get in there." "Oh, sorry." "(CHUCKLES)" "I'm so sorry." "It's just I had a little bit of a corn-dog, came up, surprised me." "(LAUGHS)" "Okay, come on." "On the count of three." "One, two, three." "(SWALLOWS)" "You gotta eat, baby." "(SNORING)" "(TRUCK APPROACHING)" "(CHICKENS CLUCKING)" "(CLATTERING)" "What, are you deaf or dumb as a bag of rocks?" "Hey." "I told you already one time to stay out of here." "Slow down there, cowboy." "Now, I need that Ferris wheel more than you do." "And you need this baby here more than me." "What you got here?" "You sleeping with ducks or something?" "What's the matter with you?" "Now, she's almost brand new." "Got a pop out." "And she's all yours." "Uh-huh." "I see it in your eyes." "Sleep on it." "In fact, sleep in it." "And I'll be back tomorrow, and me and you going to work it out." "Understand?" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "DUNCAN:" "All right, don't shoot!" "Don't shoot!" "Don't shoot, don't shoot!" "Hey, I just..." "I'm just trying to do the right thing here." "Make this a fair trade." "It's a fair trade!" "Looks like my Ferris wheel ain't the only wheel you'll be needing." "Dang thing keeps pulling to the left." "Say, that's a pretty good looking tree you got there." "Yes, it is." "Comes with." "It's a Noble." "6-footer." "(DOORBELL CHIMES)" "Huh." "Isn't that cute?" "What is it?" "I don't know." "There's a card." ""A turtle dove for your tree." ""Merry Christmas." "Tommy."" "That's so sweet!" "(WHISPERS) I love it." "Don't you love it?" "HENRY:" "It's my wife's notion that we could bring the old carnival back to life, stop working the traveling circuit." "After she passed, I didn't have much cause to think on it, or anything that much." "So, y'all were in the carnival business." "Well, the carnival business was in us." "Whole family worked the circuit." "Gave it everything we had." "You got an extension ladder?" "I want to start taking her down." "You can't take her down alone, Duncan." "It ain't an Erector set." "Well, are you available?" "It's your wheel now." "(METAL CREAKING)" "(PANTING)" "(CRASH)" "(PANTING)" "(GRUNTING) (SCREAMING)" "My foot!" "My foot!" "Hold on, hold on, hold on." "My foot!" "(PANTING) (GRUNTS)" "(GRUNTING)" "You okay?" "(PANTING)" "I'm fine." "Where do you want it?" "(TOMMY PANTING)" "Swing around." "(GROANS)" "Watch your hands." "Guess I'll go." "(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "Suzy wants to move downstairs, so Dr. Emmons sent over a bed." "I can stay in this little side room." "That's my office." "Yeah." "I'd like to be close." "If that's okay?" "(VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES)" "Hey." "Hey." "Suzy loved the ornament." "Well, I'm glad." "But, you know, you're taking your life in your own hands by talking to me right now." "Okay, I have to ask." "How does anybody..." "Get into twigs?" "...get into twigs." "Well, I majored in business, in college." "And, uh, had a job with the Buildings and Grounds, put myself through school." "And then, uh, once I graduated," "I put the two together and started my own landscaping company." "Hmm." "How about you?" "You're probably a nurse, right?" "Hospice care." "Ah." "She didn't want to go through chemo again." "She just wanted to come home." "Right." "It's okay, though." "She's handling it." "You okay with this?" "I'm not okay with any of it, but I'm going to be with you all the way." "Shoot." "There's no headboard." "You know?" "What's a headboard?" "Just the single most important decor feature in a bedroom." "Fool." "Already on it." "You don't know headboards." "Know what's more important than a headboard?" "No." "Whether I fit on the bed or not." "(CHUCKLES)" "Let's give it a go." "Get in there." "Come on." "That's your bed." "That's not my bed." "I ain't gonna sleep over there." "I'm going to be right here." "Scoot over, Slim." "Your man's coming in." "Oh..." "I'm getting excited already." "Careful." "(THUDS)" "(GROANING) (LAUGHS)" "Needs snow." "Say again?" "Well, if there's reindeer, there should be snow." "Reindeers need snow." "Did you know that, Tom?" "No." "No, I didn't." "Yeah." "They thrive in it." "So." "It simply won't be real without it." "Real?" "Yes, real." "Well, we have turtle doves in pear trees, and partridges..." "Tommy Harris!" "I want snow..." "(TRUCK APPROACHING)" "Oh, my goodness, what in the wide blue world is that?" "(GRUNTS)" "Shut 'er down, Lonnie." "This here's the place!" "Henry!" "Mornin', Duncan." "DUNCAN:" "What's the story?" "HENRY:" "Beautiful day for it, don't you think?" "For what?" "What's going on?" "Oh, this here's my cousin, Petey." "PETE:" "Hey, Mr. Mayor." "DUNCAN:" "Hey, Pete." "HENRY:" "And this here's Lonnie." "What up?" "You, son." "HENRY:" "Lonnie was drivin' cross country, he's gonna hold up and spend Christmas with me." "DUNCAN:" "Okay." "Takin' down an old wheel ain't nothin'." "(CLATTERING)" "Duncan Mayor, I'd like a word with you, without your "friends."" "A word is about all I got time for." "Well, you can just make time." "Get to the point." "That." "That there." "That's the point!" "What's it here for?" "You inspired me." "I did what?" "You inspired me." "All of a sudden I got this powerful urge to decorate." "Decorate?" "Yes, decorate." "(BOTH GASP)" "(GASPS) Oh..." "You're not thinking of putting your yard in the Christmas Showcase?" "You wouldn't dare!" "I wouldn't dare upstage my neighbor's Christmas Showcase." "(GASPS) I'm coming after you." "We'll see." "(METAL CLATTERS)" "SUZY:" "Great day in the morning, what is that?" "Big truck just arrived full of machine parts or I don't know what." "All going in the backyard." "Sometimes he can be the strangest man." "Anything with gears and levers." "I wonder what he's up to." "Do you want me to go see?" "No, no." "I'm sure he's got his reasons." "(METAL CLATTERING)" "(LEAVES RUSTLING)" "Oh!" "Oh..." "HENRY:" "All right, first, you got to get your mud-plate level and put your tower up." "See, then you get your spokes up right here, here, right here..." "All the way around." "(GRUNTS)" "This here's the Ferris wheel assembly manual, most of it anyways." "My phone numbers are on there." "Too bad we can't stay and help, but I got a pot roast on simmer in my new oven." "DUNCAN:" "I understand." "I truly appreciate it, Henry." "Lonnie." "Pete." "Good luck." "Thank you." "HENRY:" "You got a plan?" "I'll figure it out." "HENRY:" "You're gonna need help raisin' her up, you know that." "I understand." "Merry Christmas." "HENRY:" "Merry Christmas." "GAYLE:" "Sheriff Matthews, please." "Oh, yes, I'm sure he is, sweet pea, but, you see, I don't care if he's occupied." "Get him on the telephone right now." "Tell him it's his baby sister." "Charlie..." "No, I am not fine, thank you very much." "We got a problem here in our historic district, and you need to do something about it!" "(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "NATALIE: (SOFTLY) What are you up to out there?" "I'm building something." "Seems like a pretty big something." "Oh, so, now you're the building inspector." "SUZY:" "Stop." "Stop that, now." "I told you to quit picking on her." "(WHISPERS) Good night." "(SIGHS)" "How are you, babycakes?" "I think she likes me." "How could she resist you?" "You're so charming." "(LAUGHING)" "BOB:" "Hey." "Morning, Duncan." "DUNCAN:" "Hey, howdy, Bob." "Hey." "How's Suzy doin'?" "Uh, you know." "You know Suzy." "BOB:" "Yes, I do." "Well, y'all are in our prayers." "DUNCAN:" "I appreciate it." "BOB:" "So, I know you didn't just come in here to check up on the old place." "DUNCAN:" "Well, yeah." "Wanted one of those heavy-duty, adjustable wrenches." "Same place they always were." "Right." "Another thing." "Uh, I'm in need of, uh, one or two day laborers." "You know," "I tried to reach the Maltman brothers, they around?" "BOB:" "No." "Moved out west somewhere." "What about the guy with..." "Oh, uh, Cyrus?" "No, he's working in Greenville, last I heard." "What's this about?" "I got a project over at the house and my crew's on holiday." "So, if you think of anybody just give me a holler." "You bet." "I see you, but I sure don't want to." "I heard what you said about needing help, you know." "And I'm almost done with Mrs. Matthews's house except for these trimmings." "I don't know much about Ferris wheels, but..." "Sir, please." "Listen to me." "Look, I know that I owe you, and all I'm asking for is just a chance to work off the debt." "Well, like I said before, I'm not the same guy that I used to be." "(METAL CLATTERS)" "Start today." "Noon." "My backyard." "Bobby, 18-incher." "(SPRAY HISSING)" "Oh, Tommy." "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy!" "(GASPS)" "It is..." "I know." "There are no words." "You are a genius." "(SIGHS)" "(GRUNTS) Oh..." "Oh, here's your check." "Well, thank you." "Oh!" "With a little Christmas bonus." "(BOTH LAUGH)" "So, what are you going to do now?" "Well, it just so happens I've got a job just nearby, so..." "Oh, that's marvelous." "Yeah, thank you, well, hey." "Well, you know what?" "They're lucky to have you." "Thanks." "And you enjoy your Christmas and this snow." "Okay?" "I sure will." "Merry Christmas." "(GASPS) Oh." "Oh, how precious!" "Oh!" "It is a Christmas cacophony." "(GAYLE EXCLAIMING)" "(GAYLE LAUGHING)" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "Oh, I'm definitely going to win that showcase prize." "Oh, so pretty." "Oh, hey, Keith Partridge." "Aw..." "So precious." "(VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES)" "Tommy?" "What's..." "Tommy!" "Tommy Harris!" "Hey, Mrs. Matthews." "What do you think you're doing!" "You work for that dreadful man, and your name will be ruined in this town!" "Do you hear me, boy?" "You'll be finished in Conway!" "NATALIE:" "You want scoop?" "I got some scoop." "Spare me no detail." "First, a little sip for me." "Oh, I can't." "I just..." "No, okay." "Okay." "Tommy and Duncan are working together in the backyard." "Will wonders never cease?" "(GIGGLING)" "What is the deal with the two of them, anyway?" "Once upon a time..." "(SIGHS)" "Come here." "Duncan, he ran the hardware store downtown, and I gave him this old cash register." "Belonged to my granddaddy." "He fixed it up, had it running better than new in no time." "And then what happened?" "Tommy stole it." "(GASPS) No." "By the time..." "By the time they caught him, he'd already hocked it." "And you never got it back?" "No." "Okay, I get it." "No, the thing was, that I took Tommy's side." "He got off with just a warning." "I always thought there was something special about him, and I felt like, if he just had a break, he'd get out there and live his best life, you know?" "Mmm-hmm." "And, it looks like he has." "So." "What are they talking about?" "(WHISPERS) You really wanna know?" "I do." "(GASPS)" "You have to drink some of this first for me." "(GROANING)" "(METAL CLATTERING)" "No." "No, over there!" "By the spokes." "Put 'em down over there." "TOMMY:" "These are parts for the seats." "I know what they're for, just put them over there by the spokes." "Okay." "Mr. Mayor?" "Yes." "I'm just about to leave." "Leave?" "It's Saturday." "So?" "I take the day off." "But, we're in the middle of this." "Can't it wait?" "I'm sorry." "Obviously, if there's an emergency, you can call me on my cellphone." "Okay?" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "(MUSIC PLAYING)" "(HUMMING)" "(CHUCKLES)" "(CELL PHONE CHIMING)" "(BEEP)" "Hey, Nat." "Happy Birthday." "Thanks, Bri." "I can't see you." "Oh, I know, my phone has been acting really weird lately." "Huh." "Look, I'm so sorry, but I got jammed at work, like in a total good way," "I'm just not going to be able to make it down there." "We had a few meetings and some new ideas came up, and I just had to talk with some people about some stuff and..." "Brian?" "Hey." "There you are." "Let's just appreciate what we had, but not push it any further." "Okay?" "I just think you and I are over." "We're done?" "You have no obligation to me." "Wow." "That's it?" "(SCOFFS)" "TOMMY:" "I thought you had the day off." "(CHUCKLES)" "I had to go home, take care of stuff." "Oh, yeah?" "You call laundry taking care of stuff?" "It is what it is." "I was about to go over to the river-walk, grab a bite to eat." "You want to join me?" "Oh, no." "I better get back." "Come on now, just for a little bit." "Besides we could, uh..." "We can go check out the turtles." "Turtles?" "Yeah, after we have dinner." "You see, the thing about turtles is..." "Yeah, what the heck is the thing about turtles?" "They sleep at night like humans." "No way." "Yeah." "They, uh, sleep at night, but during the day there's millions of them out here." "I'll bring you out sometime." "(LAUGHING) I don't believe you." "You should believe me." "I'll show you." "(WHISPERS) Wow." "Did you learn that from Mrs. Mayor?" "No." "No, I learned that from Burt." "My grandpa." "That's who raised me, my grandparents." "Burt and Goldie." "(LAUGHS) Burt and Goldie." "Nice." "What about your parents?" "Ah, they weren't really the raising kids kind of people." "They split when I was about this big." "And when Burt passed away, I pretty much raised myself." "You know, I'm rambling right now." "(LAUGHS)" "Hmm." "Is that when you got into trouble?" "She told me." "(SIGHS)" "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm not proud of it." "What about you?" "Hmm?" "You ever get in trouble?" "(CHUCKLES) No." "I am not exciting." "Oh, come on." "I don't care about exciting." "(SIGHS)" "Okay, I'm just gonna go ahead and tell you the most important thing about me that you need to know." "(WHISPERING) It's my birthday." "When?" "Um, today." "Right now." "Wait." "Hold on." "Hold on." "Today, right..." "Like right now?" "Wow." "You really should have opened with that." "(LAUGHS)" "It's not a big deal." "Yes, it is a big deal." "Birthdays are big deals." "We gotta celebrate." "(CLICKS TONGUE)" "There is one thing I wanna do." "Whoo!" "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "My momma used to say, when work winds you up or bends you sideways, the best thing to do is play." "Yeah, your work's gotta wind you up pretty good, huh?" "Uh..." "Recharge my batteries, I'm good to go." "Yeah, but it's gotta be tough." "I mean, what you deal with, the whole time." "I don't think I could do it." "When something grabs you, it's not like you have a choice." "Even if it seems weird or other people don't get it exactly, you know?" "Doing what I do is an amazing privilege." "Being there at that moment, to help, to care." "I just... (SIGHS) I can't even explain it." "I think you just did." "Happy birthday." "(BOTH SCREAM)" "DUNCAN:" "You ready?" "(CHAIN RATTLING)" "Hey, we're missing some, uh, seat parts, here, and some other stuff." "You, uh, want me to call this guy, Henry?" "Don't need him." "Just grab yourself a hose and hose down all the crud before we assemble." "Sir, I think, we kind of need the parts." "Grab yourself a hose and wash off all the crud." "SUZY:" "I heard you sneak in last night." "Oh, no." "I'm sorry." "I hope I didn't wake you up." "Oh, no." "Don't be silly." "I hope you were doing something fun." "(SIGHS) No." "Mostly just personal stuff." "Oh, and I went on the river-walk with Tommy." "Uh-huh!" "I like him." "Uh-huh." "(CHUCKLES) He's a nice guy." "He's very knowledgeable about turtles." "Well, heck." "What more could you want?" "Yeah." "Water pressure's low." "Turn the hose on?" "Yeah, I turned the hose on." "Let me see it." "Watch yourself." "You know, there's, uh, the water valve right out there by the street, in between the, uh..." "Oh, out by the street?" "You mean, the one I've turned on a thousand times." "Yep, that one." "(SIGHS)" "(CREAKS)" "How's that?" "TOMMY:" "It's worse." "Worse?" "(RATTLING)" "Let me see that." "No pressure in here." "I turned it on." "(WATER GURGLING)" "That's not good." "(WHISTLES)" "What's happening?" "Oh, my..." "No." "No." "Make it stop!" "Make it stop!" "(EXCLAIMS)" "You terrible man!" "You've ruined everything!" "(TAP SQUEAKING)" "GAYLE:" "Duncan Mayor!" "You have truly done it this time." "It wasn't his fault, Mrs. Matthews." "This whole thing was my idea." "This was your doing?" "Yes, ma'am. 100%." "GAYLE:" "Tommy Harris, you treacherous ingrate." "Not only did you willfully betray my confidence, but you have destroyed any chance I have at winning the Christmas Showcase." "I'm sorry, ma'am." "Just, please, give me two hours, and I will have this looking good as new." "Oh, will you fix it, Tom?" "Yes, ma'am." "That what you're going to do?" "You gonna fix it?" "I'm gonna fix your sprinklers." "I'm gonna to re-do the front lawn." "I'll even put on that fake snow that you love so much." "Oh!" "TOMMY:" "Okay?" "Just give me two hours." "All right?" "(EXHALES SHARPLY)" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "Christmas Showcase." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "Wasn't his fault." "Oh, I know whose fault it was." "Not only did you ruin my lawn, but you defaced our beautiful neighborhood with your amusement park junk-yard, and you have turned my beautiful and blessed life into a living nightmare." "Ooh!" "DUNCAN:" "You are a living nightmare!" "GAYLE:" "I'm going to put an end to this, I promise I will!" "Ugh." "Don't pay them any mind." "That's just decades." "DUNCAN:" "Away from my tree." "I just think of it as background noise." "Don't touch my tree!" "Don't touch my tree!" "(SHUDDERS)" "(KEYS JANGLING)" "Volpe." "Volpe!" "Running on empty." "Sorry, sir." "Yeah." "(HONKING) Stupid, stupid man." "Oh, no." "(CONTINUES HONKING)" "All right." "All right." "(PANTING) (KEYS JANGLING)" "All the time in the world for politics, but not 10 minutes for your only living sister." "I only ever had the one sister, Gayle, but it's always a pleasure to see you." "Duncan Mayor continues to deflower our beloved Garden District with an outrageous pile of rubbish that not only defies explanation, but the rules and regulations of our most treasured and historic community landmark." "Run that by me again in English?" "Am I the only one that sees that this guy's building an amusement park in his backyard?" "People grieve in their own way." "Why not leave him in peace, let him work through it?" "Okay?" "Bye-bye." "(SIGHS)" "While you've been larking around the countryside, that man has turned my lawn into a swamp and ruined my original Christmas display." "And I'm really sorry to hear that, but I'm sure it was an accident, and I don't see what I can do about it." "You don't see what you can do, huh?" "No." "While that despicable man is violating laws and ordinances and goodness knows what all, you don't know what to do?" "Well, if you can't do your job, Sheriff, then you can easily be replaced." "Does this really have anything to do with whatever it is Duncan's up to or is it more to do with a past that you just won't let go of?" "(CHUCKLES WRYLY)" "Ask me?" "Hmm..." "It's got more to do with you being re-elected." "How's that?" "(VOLPE PANTING)" "I don't need a deputy." "Howdy, Duncan." "Is that Tommy Harris?" "It certainly is." "Gayle, please, get back to your own yard." "(LOW) Go!" "Something I can help you with, Sheriff?" "Let her go." "CHARLIE:" "I got complaints from some of the neighbors." "Some?" "Yeah, well, you don't happen to know, uh, if this thing is something a fella might need a permit for?" "(CLATTERING) DUNCAN:" "I don't." "Gayle!" "How's Suzy, if you don't mind my asking?" "Best could be expected under the circumstances." "How about you?" "How you holding up?" "Same as her." "Only, I'm not the one dying." "Duncan, we've known each other for a long time." "What's really going on here?" "I'm building a Ferris wheel." "The longer I spend talking to you, the longer it's gonna take me to finish." "Mind if I ask why you're building a Ferris wheel?" "It's for Suzy." "Suzy?" "Yep." "I don't understand." "Remember that old Ferris wheel at Family Kingdom?" "Sure." "That's where we got engaged." "Duncan, we both know you need a permit for anything like this." "(SIGHS)" "Now, it happens, that I've got so much work on my desk right now, it'll probably take me a week or more to get around to dealing with any kind of permit issue." "We clear?" "Crystal clear." "Appreciate it." "Oh, uh, in the meantime, try not to flood any more yards." "Well, I'll try my best." "(BRAKES SCREECHING)" "(SIGHS)" "Granddaddy?" "He's over by the tree." "Pretty Girl, you should get him a drink." "Who's by the tree?" "Oh." "Granddaddy." "Your Granddaddy." "(EXHALES SHARPLY)" "Quite a ways to go yet." "Well, good night." "Can I heat this up for you?" "I don't mind it cold." "(CLEARS THROAT)" "How's Suzy?" "She, uh, had a pretty bad day." "(SOFTLY) That's what we're looking at, okay?" "Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "Get some rest." "(SIGHS)" "(WHISPERING) She's in a dip, but she's still strong." "She wants to live." "Of course she wants to live." "Hey..." "You need to prepare, Duncan." "(BREATHING SHAKILY)" "How am I going to do that?" "Hey... (GROANS SOFTLY)" "I'm here." "I know." "(SLOW HAMMERING)" "(SIGHS)" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "You need some help?" "Leave it be." "Whoa." "Hey." "(CLATTERS)" "Watch out, you could've taken my head off." "Did you hear what I said?" "Leave it be!" "I'm just trying to help you, Mr. Mayor." "Yeah." "Don't know why I agreed to that." "'Cause you need me." "You wouldn't be half done with this thing if I wasn't for me, and you know that." "Yeah, well, whatever you do, or ever will do, ain't gonna change the fact that you're a thief!" "Uh, you know what?" "Mr. Mayor, if I could go back and I could change that," "I would!" "All right?" "And I have to live with that now, every single day." "And if I can get your cash register back, you know I would, but I can't." "All right, and I'm sorry about that!" "But it's in the past." "Yeah, well, "sorry" ain't gonna cut it." "You should've gone to jail." "You know the reason I didn't go to jail?" "It's 'cause when everybody in this town turned their back on me, your incredible wife, right up there, she didn't." "She stood up for me." "She forgave me." "She told me to believe in myself." "Do you have any idea what that feels like when you're a young kid, and you're all alone, and you're just trying to figure stuff out?" "No, you don't!" "You can't even imagine what that's like." "Sir, I'm sorry she's sick." "Really, I wish that she wasn't." "You know?" "But it's not my fault." "And it's not yours either." "Let me have that." "Push it from the outside." "Watch your face." "(CHUCKLES)" "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "(WHISPERS) I need to know something." "I need to know that when I'm gone," "you're gonna be okay." "Say it." "Say it." "Say yes." "Yes." "(SNIFFLES)" "I'm not a very good liar, am I?" "No." "(UTENSILS CLATTERING)" "Mr. Mayor," "I know we haven't personally talked all that much, but I have to tell you what you're doing out there is really something." "Might have been." "No, it's just a little rain." "A little rain?" "Lot more than a little." "It'll pass." "I don't know how you do it." "Do what?" "What you do." "Takes guts." "Not more than you." "(THUNDER RUMBLING)" "(SIGHS)" "(HAMMERING)" "CHARLIE:" "Duncan!" "(OFFICERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)" "I'm sorry." "What's this?" "This is an official notice informing you that you are in violation of the town ordinances and zoning laws." "CHARLIE:" "She went over my head." "I have to order you in the presence of witnesses to cease working on this and take it down." "Tommy, you come on down now." "Stay where you are." "Get off my property." "As an official witness..." "I just told you, get off my property!" "Think this is a game?" "I have every right..." "Gayle!" "Go on, get." "Charlie," "I've never asked anybody in this town for anything." "(CLICKS TONGUE)" "I'm going to ask you now." "Forgive me, Duncan," "I'm stuck." "I mean, it's public record now and..." "I'm legally bound to do what I gotta do." "Tommy, I'm asking nice." "Please, come down." "Stay where you are!" "Son, you gotta get down." "I've never asked you for anything, Charlie." "No." "Tommy!" "Charlie, I'm gonna build this thing." "I..." "Duncan, I..." "Tommy, come on, now!" "Charlie." "You gotta get down." "Sorry, Sheriff, I can't." "CHARLIE:" "Why not?" "Not finished yet." "Charlie." "You get on down here, now!" "Charlie." "Right now!" "DUNCAN:" "Stay where you are!" "(GRUNTS)" "NATALIE:" "Tommy!" "Tommy!" "(HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPING)" "(WHISPERING) Tommy." "Tommy." "(WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA)" "(GROGGILY) Hey." "Hey." "(SIGHS)" "You look terrible." "Yeah, then this happened." "(CHUCKLES)" "How you feeling?" "So the Ferris wheel?" "I totally wreck it?" "No." "No, no." "Don't worry about that." "No, Natalie, we gotta worry about it, you know?" "I mean, he's running out of time, and..." "And we gotta get it done, you know." "Tommy." "Can you just go tell them that I'm okay?" "Tommy, no." "They're not going to let you out of here until they fully run tests and check you out." "Okay?" "It's serious." "Okay." "You get some sleep." "I'll see you later." "Okay." "(SIGHS) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)" "What's with the yellow tape?" "City crew's coming." "Gonna take her down." "Oh." "I'm so sorry." "Yep." "There it is." "The day that, uh, we were on that ride..." "We talked a lot." "She talks a lot." "I know." "Talked about having kids." "Growing old together." "(SNIFFLES)" "At first, we couldn't have kids." "And then, uh..." "Well, now, uh..." "(SIGHS)" "Wasn't supposed to be like this." "(SNIFFLES)" "She don't deserve it." "She's just too good." "And she's just too young." "(SIGHS DEEPLY)" "(SOBBING)" "(SNIFFLES)" "I don't know what I'm gonna do without her." "You're going to live your best." "And she'll always be with you." "You know that." "Yep." "(SNIFFLES)" "I'll give this to the nurse." "They'll get you checked-out and on your way." "Thanks, Doc." "You were lucky." "By the way, you've got a visitor waiting outside." "You can come in now." "He's all yours." "Thank you." "How you feeling?" "Like I fell off of a Ferris wheel." "You did." "Let's go home." "Yes, sir." "(GROANS)" "I must've banged up your wheel pretty bad." "Yes, you did." "Not to worry." "I already deducted it from your pay." "(CHUCKLES) (BELL DINGING)" "Mr. Mayor?" "I just..." "Duncan." "Duncan." "I just..." "I just want to thank you, sir, for letting me help you out." "I know how much building this meant to you." "What's going on over here?" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "What's going on?" "Tommy, check the back!" "All right!" "DUNCAN:" "Suzy?" "Shh." "(WHISPERING) She's fine." "Okay." "HENRY:" "Give that axle another half turn." "(DRILL WHIRRING)" "Yeah, go ahead and pin it!" "How you doing, Tommy?" "I'm good, sir." "Keep out of this, you understand?" "Yes, sir." "(SIGHS)" "All right, you all." "I have to warn you, what you're doin' is against the law." "HENRY:" "What!" "What's that fella's name?" "LONNIE:" "Goes by Henry." "Thanks." "Lonnie." "Lonnie." "Okay now, Henry, you wanna spend Christmas in jail?" "Well, I'll take turkey anywhere I can get it." "(ALL LAUGHING)" "Now, these boys have come here to take her down." "I don't want to have to send them up there after you." "Oh, go ahead on and send 'em up." "We can use all the help we can get." "DUNCAN:" "Charlie!" "Charlie." "Duncan." "Duncan, you gotta put an end to this." "Wasn't my idea." "Don't matter, it's your wheel." "Please." "Howdy, Henry!" "HENRY:" "Howdy, there, Duncan." "Should have it goin' for ya in no time." "I appreciate it." "You bet!" "All right." "Tried my best." "Charlie?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "You should wait." "Wait for what?" "Because she's still sedated, you need to give her a little bit more time." "No!" "We don't have any more time!" "Yeah, but, you want her to appreciate it." "Right?" "(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)" "Not quite sure how this happened." "Uh..." "I saw the number on your assembly manual, and I just thought I should call, and I..." "Oh!" "The real attraction is this way, everyone." "And here it is!" "Made entirely of twigs by that marvelous young landscape designer, who did the Winter Wonderland last year." "He said that this is his masterpiece." "I said to him, I said, he must have majored in twigonometry." "(LAUGHING)" "I said that to him." "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "WOMAN:" "I heard about it yesterday." "What is going on next door?" "Oh, that's nothing, that's nothing." "That's just my nutty, old neighbor." "Sheriff's got it under control." "Would you just look at the beautiful detail work on my partridge?" "(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)" "Something definitely is going on." "And I want to have a look at that." "Me, too." "Well, wait y'all." "No, wait." "But, y'all, I've got slush punch and cheese straws inside!" "We'll be right back." "Excuse us." "(GASPS) WOMAN:" "Just taking a peek." "Hey." "Suzy." "Hey, hey." "Hey, hey." "Come on, let's go." "I've got a surprise." "(WHISPERS) Hey, I got a surprise." "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "Hey." "(CHUCKLES)" "Duncan told me." "What?" "About Henry." "Oh." "That wheel had to go up." "Yes, it did." "Thanks to you." "(LAUGHING)" "(CONVERSATIONS CEASE)" "(INDISTINCT MURMURS)" "MAN:" "She's here." "(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)" "(WEAKLY) Put me down." "Put me down, I wanna walk." "It's for you, baby." "(WHISPERS) Look at that." "Oh, it's so pretty." "(SUZY GASPS)" "How are you, Charlie?" "Thank you, Charlie." "It's your night, baby." "It's your night." "Okay?" "Hey." "Hey, Pretty Girl." "Hi." "Thank you." "Thank you, Pretty Girl." "Look who we got here." "SUZY:" "Hey, you." "There it is." "(LOCK CLICKS)" "Okay, let her go." "(ENGINE WHIRRING)" "Oh, wow!" "Oh." "(LAUGHING)" "(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)"