"Late last night and the night before" "Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at the door" "I want to go out but I don't know if I can because I am so afraid of the Tommyknocker man." "Bobbi." "Late last and the night before" "Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at the door." "I want to go out but I don't know if I can because I am so afraid of the Tommyknocker man." "Hilly, stop it!" "I want to go out but I don't know if I can because I am so afraid of the Tommyknocker man." " Mom make him stop!" "." " You are afraid." "No." "All right, Hilly, stop torturing your brother." "and get ready for school." " But Mom!" "Hey Hilly, don't argue with your mom." "I want you to come straight home after school today." "OK?" "You've got chores." "Yeah, says you're only a kid once." "Yeah, gramps doesn't pay the bills around here." "I do, and as long as I do, you're gonna do what I tell you, right?" "Yes, sir... oopss" " Damn it, Hilly!" " Sorry...." "Wait up Hilly!" "." "...and don't slam the... door..." "Hilly without accidents is as McDonalds without hamburgers." "Yeahh..." "You were a little hard on him." "Well, somebody's got be tough on him." "Your dad spoils him rotten." "Well, those boys are his whole life." "Thirty new tricks." "Hours of fun for the young presti... prestit-gita-tor?" "Ha, ha... that's magician in plain english." "You're ok?" "It's cool!" "Except..." "Except for what?" "Well, Dad says there's no such thing as magic." "Dads forget things being dads." "That's what happens to grown-ups." " But your're a grown-up..." " Nooo, I'm an old man." "Kids and old people, we know that magic's real, no matter what anybody says." "There's even a place... that's magic." "A place?" "Yes, old Bobbi Anderson farm." "In my day, we called it "Big Injun Woods"." "But it's called "Burning Woods" now." "But no matter what it's called, there's magic there." "The Injuns believed it and so do I." " You mean, they're haunted?" " Yup... magic spirits." "You have to your witts when you go there..." "And Hilly... never, never go there alone." "Ok, David, let's use your thumb, shall we?" "There you go..." "All right, there." "Good..." "Perfect!" "You see?" "That's how we fingerprint our suspects." "See that?" "Everybody?" "Over here... come on, over here..." "This.... this is where we have our cells." "And we put all the people who break the law in here." "Ok, and then down here, this is the dispatcher's station... where Mrs. Paulson answers all the important police calls." "Don't you Mrs. Paulson?" "Yes I do!" "Ok, come on in here, let's go see the school room." "This is the best part." "Come on." "You see, when I was a little girl, my parents used to travel a lot." "Every time they went to a new country they would bring me another doll." "So, I have dolls from Africa, and East Asia, and from all over the world." "Dolls were your hobby?" "Oh, yes!" "They are my hobby." "My friends know that I like them so every time they travel they bring me one." "Oh, no, Donna!" "We do not break anything, do we?" "." "Oh, that's all right, well, Jojo's never been broken." "Go ahead, pull up." "My name is Jojo what's yours?" " They are bad!" "I'm scared!" " David, it's ok, sweetheart." "Come on children." "Tell you what... why don't you come back some other time and we'll see them together?" "ok?" "All alone, just you and me?" "all right?" " Bye, Davey." " Bye" "Now, one of you scared that little boy..." "Come on..." "Which one of you scared that little boy?" "Haven Post office." "Joe Paulson." " Mmm, hi Joe, it's me." " Hi, hon." "I'll be right home at 6 o'clock." "because I'm making that chicken Kiev that those ruskies eat... it scorch raw butter when you stick your fork in it." "Oh, honey, I'm sorry..." "I think I'm gonna have to work late tonight." "Oh, Joe, come on... not again!" "You know that new post mistress it's a real tirant." "Oh, yeah, honey... she's much harder on me than old Charlie Ester, but for sure." "Yeah, would you tell her for me that Becka Paulson likes her husband home for dinner." "Yeah, honey I will..." "I gotta go now..." " Bye.." "That woman's gonna be the death to him." " Are you ready?" " Am I ready?" "Is that your question?" "Am I ready?" "It's like the sign says, neither the snow nor the rain... - can stop these courier." " From swift completion  of their appointed route." "To be buried in buffalo skins... rather than in coffins..." "What are you looking at? ok, let's go!" "... come on!" "All right, one more time... ready?" "Ready?" "Go get it!" "What's the matter?" "Don't you see where it went?" "I'm ok, I'm ok." "What, what, what?" "What's the matter with you?" "What?" "It's just a can." "Weird." "What's the matter with you?" "ok!" "ok!" "we go home." "Come on!" "I'd like you to meet a new friend of ours from Maine..." "James Gardener." "Hi, I'm Jim, and I am an alcoholic." "Hi Jim." "I haven't had a drink in about a year now... not that I don't want one all the time." "Hell I don't..." "The thing with me and booze is that basically, I have a bad containment system." "You know, it's like there's this technician in here... somewhere that should've been fired like a long time ago." "And when I drink I turn into this stranger... who does the stupidest crazy things." "A monster." "And you know, my friend, Bobbi, she always says:" "Knowing is one thing, but doing something about it is... another... well," "Anyway, the problem is, I've got this poem that I have to read in public." "It's probably the last chance to see if I can hack it on the circuit as a poet." "Well, I'm scare to death I'm gonna need to drink to do it." "I'm scare to death." "I appreciate you bringing this to me, Butch, but... you could have called it in or fax it to me..." "All part of the service, Ruthie." "Thank you." "Um... any plans on coming up to Derry sometime." "No, not in a near future." "Why?" "No reason... just wondering." "Ladies..." "Bye, Butch." " Bye..." "What?" "I think he's sweet on you." "Don't be ridiculous." "I'll be back in about an hour, boys." "Anything new?" "All quiet on this front, captain." "When're you gonna ask that Merril woman out on a date?" "." "Don't you guys have something better to do than worry about my private life jingles?" "Like checking all the diners in northern Maine for health violations or something?" "You can bark all you want to, but just because she was your partner's wife and a damned fine constable, besides, there's no reason not to speak your heart." "Let it be, fellas, let it be..." "Ben's right, time's going by... and neither of you is getting any younger..." "Becka..." "You get away from that window, and go back to work, please?" "Hilly?" " Go to sleep kiddo." " What abou you?" "I'm reading about Harry Houdini." " Who's that?" " Greatest magician in history." "I'm gonna be just like him some day." "Go to sleep, kid." "The hot water here is really shut." "I thought I get us a new one while you're gone." "No, let's just see if we keep the old one going for a few weeks..." " I'll buy us a new one when I get back." " Okay..." "Oh, Pete and I found a great cash of firewood today." "Mm-mm ..." "Haven't started the novel, uh? there's no reason to rub it in." "So, that sexy young school merm and the buffalo hunter haven't got together yet?" "I hate you." "You ok?" "Hey, never better, Bobbi." "Never better." "It's just a storm, buddy." "It's just a storm, go back to sleep." "Mmm... here's some nice mashed for those old teeth." "Todd, it's not my imagination, right?" "The vision in his right eye does seem to be returning." "Let's take a closer look, shall we?" "Sorry, he's never like this." " Peter!" "." " Dr. Etheridge, come quick!" "I'm afraid you will have to excuse me." "Hey, hey... what's...?" "Pete!" "Hey lady... why don't you get your dog out of here?" "Our last poet is no stranger to those of you who remember "Raging Angel"." "The book that some critics claimed... gave authority to voice to the angst of the last decade." "I trust he will provide us with a memorable finish reading us his latest work." "Friends of new poetry, I give you James Eric Gardener." "Gardener." "Good evening." "I was going to try to leave up to my reputation... and read something new and angry tonight." "But instead I think I'll be a little umpredictable and read something from my first book." "It'sa lovepoemcalled:" "Onemoremile." "It's for Bobbi Anderson." "Only for you." "I was raised to believe God was love..." "But how loving can God be when he makes man and woman smart enough... to land on the moon... but stupid enough to have to learn that there's no such thing as forever?" "Only have to learn it over and over again." "One more mile." "Just one more mile." "Then one day I dreamed I found you..." "Illusion made substance, in a dream realer than any. Your eyes looked up at me and saw the me  After all these doubts and all these fears... after all these questions without answers." "And dreams without substance." "I journeyed home One more mile..." "Just one last mile." "...and there you were." "Thank you, thank you... thank you very much." "Well, are you sure you're ringing the right room?" "He is with the New England poetry caravan..." "I have been ringing Ma'am." "Would you like to leave a message?" "Uh, yeah... just tell him..." "No, never mind." "Just, no, thanks..." "I'll just uh... try later." "Well, he'd see it alright." "He said:" "Bobbi..." "Cadillacs don't receed... we gotta find out where he's been and what he's gotten into." "Oh, buddy, I know where you've been." "I'll take a better look." "Peter, come here." "Ok, listen." "I don't want you going with me  cause I don't want you freaking out, alright?" "So just go on back to the house." "Go on!" "Good boy!" "What the hell are you?" "My folks will kill me if they found out we were here." "Who's gonna tell'em?" "Gramps says this is where the Indians used to pray to the gods." " Give me a break!" " Really!" "They believed this was a place of magic, in between the spirit world and the real." "Agghh... grose!" "Whaaa... what do you think killed it?" "probably ate some poisoned bait." "Yeah, maybe it was sacrificed to the gods." "What?" "Don't you hear it?" "Gramp's was right." " Hilly...." " Run, Barney!" "What are you kids doing here?" "You shouldn't be alone in the woods." "Let's go call your dad." "He can pick you up." "A drink, sir?" "Uhh.. tonic water, please." "I... think your poem was wonderful tonight, Mr Gardener." "Thank you very much, son." "Hey, my friends call me Jim." " Thanks." " Everything alright, Gardener?" "Ah, Patricia, I didn't know you cared." " Tonic water." " I'm doubious." "Yes, you always have, but what you really are, though, Patty is a... little ticked off, aren't you?" "I mean, I got the biggest hand of the day." "I pay you to read new poetry." "Not old stuff." "When's the last poem you wrote that got published?" "When's the last poem you wrote that was any good?" "You may fool them... you don't fool me." "You are nothing but a drunk, Gardener." "Always were... always will be." "Why don't we add some vodka to that?" "Whatever you say, Mr. Gardener" "I say... uh, second thoughts... hold the tonic." "Hi, Pearl how are you?" "Hi sheriff!" "What can I do for you?" "Oh, well, just my usual wash and fluff." "Don't listen to a word she says, Pearl." "You gotta doll her all up." " She's got a big date and I do mean..." " Do you mind...please?" " Big!" " Becka stop it!" "She's going to the movies with Butch." "Tell the world why don't you?" "You have to wear one of those kind of outfits like Michelle Pfeiffer wears." "Just the regular, Pearl, please?" "Oh.." "Pearl, and you know what?" "Can you show her some of that new polish and lipstick that you got?" "Yes, yes!" "Final Passion..." "No... no..., thank you very much." "That's where I draw the line, girls." "Ruth's right." "We don't want our sheriff downtown looking like a floozy." "Besides, I've just sold the last set to the post mistress." "Good!" "I'm glad to hear that!" " Ladies..." " Hi, Nancy." " Well, then... bye bye everyone." " Bye, Nancy." " That was close...." " Yeah, yeah..." " Where have you been?" " Bobbi Anderson's woods, that's where." " Not "Burning Wood"?" " Yeah." "After all that we told you about not going in there?" "You were right, gramps, the woods are magic." "Upstairs young man." " Bad magic." " Not another word!" "Well..." "Ev Hillman, this looks like your fault." "Boys are always jumping around I was like them when I was his age!" "If you're gonna live under my roof, would you please live by my rules?" "Ev..." "I'm sorry...." "Are you ok?" "I got a hell of a headache..." "I think something bit me up there... you know, when I was picking up Hilly..." "Well, there's a lot of flu, Do you want me to call Doc Ward?" "No... he'll just tell me to drink a lot of water... and get plenty of rest." "I'll be okay." "What's his name again?" "No, no... don't tell me, don't tell me" "It's that sound you make when you gargle." "That's it, isn't it?" "Arglebargle?" " Well..." "Arberg, actually." " No, Arglebargle." "It sounds so much better, don't you think?" "Mr. Arglebargle... hello." " Maybe you'd better call it a night.." " Yess, sir, maybe... maybe you're right." "Maybe I should just go home... get a good night sleep and live to write another day." "To fight another day." "God, the american people had finally got this true noble business into perspective... so, we can go ahead with the new plant." "26 deads... it's horrible... but then, last month a plain crash killed a 195... and you don't see the government shutting down all the air lines, do you?" "At Chernobyl they killed kids, did you know that?" "uh... 9 year-olds... the ones "in utero"." "Isn't that right, Mr. Kilowatt?" " I will fix you..." " Oh, Patricia!" "Really?" "Oh, I've been waiting to be fixed by you for years!" "Shall we maybe go upstairs, or just give everybody a treat and do it right here on the rock, uh?" "I'm going to see to it that you never work again, you..." "Drunkard, contemptious, worthless..." "Hey, you!" "Caramba!" "You... stupid ass!" "Andale, andale, andale!" "Stop!" "Somebody help me!" "Help you... help you..." "Is that all you can say, Mr. Power Man?" "..." "Mr. Kilowatt?" "You nuking SOB..." "Hey... you gotta bag out of here, ladies called the cops." "Yeah... oh God, I shouldn't have done that." " What?" "Hit him?" "Nooo..." "Open the umbrella in the house bad luck!" " Good-bye, my friend." " Good-bye, Sir." "If..." "If you remember nothing else in this world... remember this God hates a coward." "Oh..." "What have I...?" "What did I do this time?" "Bobbi!" "Hey,thanksforthe ride" "Jack Kimball, my name." "Hi, Jack." "I'm a salesman." "Mr. Suck-it-up." "Spare vacuum cleaner parts?" "Selling people the American dream, right?" "So, what's your name, what's your game, friend?" "Jim Gardener's the name, poetry's the game." "I've never met a poet before." "So, where if I might ask are you headed, Mr. Poet?" "The place for when you have to go there they have to take you in... home." "Oh... that's nice, that's very nice." "There's a thermus and sack of drunken doughnuts in the back if you're hungry." "Thanks." "Let's see if I can get some driving music." "ahhh... damn!" " What the hell was that?" " That was me..." "Do you see this?" "Yeah, you were in a fight?" "Yeah... with a giant pine." "Well, how did that happen?" "It was trying to impress this pretty young thing on the slopes when I was 17." "When I woke up, they had filled my head with a steel plate." "They told me I'd get headaches from time to time." "Headaches?" "My God!" "You are lucky to be alive." "Yeah, that's what they said." "What they didn't say was that every now and then" "I was gonna pick up a microwave issue or a radio transmission." "Oh, man!" "That is really something." "Your are the first guy I've met that can make a trick like that." "Some trick." "Hilly, wake up!" "." "There is a monster in my closet!" "Some monster..." " Can I sleep in your bed tonight?" " Sure." "Back we go, all warm and safe and toasty." "I saw it... the Tommyknocker..." "It's only a nursery rhyme, Davey." "Back when I was little, my friends used to tease about them too." "Good night." "No nuts?" "You look real nice." " Thanks." "So do you." " Thanks" " I liked the movie." " Yeah, me too." "Can I ask you something, Ruthie?" "I will answer if I can." "After Ralph died, why did you stay in Haven?" "Well... to start with..." "I don't like cities so much... and then... after a while the land cast a spell, kinda gets to you." "So, let me ask you a question." "Name it." "How come you never got married?" "Me?" "What woman would marry a big log like me?" "Lot of women." "Yeah, as a matter of fact..." "What?" "Uh... nothing..." "I was thinking I have to get up early." "Let's go, ok?" "Sure." "Joe!" "Joseph Paulson you come back here this instant!" "You oughtta be ashamed, don't you forget something?" "No, what...?" "I'm sorry honey." "You better be!" "Your sandwiches for you and the boys... for your fishing trip." "Oh...really... this is great." "Thanks a lot, honey." "Bye, I'll see you tonight ok?" "She bought the fishing story?" "Hook, line and sinker." "Good, then hop on in and let's see what we can catch." "Hop on in and let's see what we can catch hahahahaha..." "The magic guillotine, behold its sharpness." "Observe." "I need a volunteer from the audience." " You, Barney Applegate." " Me?" "I hope you know what you're doing..." "Now, just put your finger in here." "Thank you... thanks." "Ok, now I need a volunteer for my next trick." "Mr. Allison." "Me?" "I don't think so." "Come on Mr. A, be a sport." "Okay, I'll do it...." "Just make it fast, Hilly." "And now... the white and black rabbit trick!" "First, it's white..." "Now...please take off the top, sir." "I'm sorry, Mr. Allison." "Just give me another chance..." "I can do the multiplying queen trick." "Thanks for the ride." "Pete..." "Petey!" "How you doing?" "How are you?" "Come here!" "You're good." "Where's Bobbi?" "okay, okay!" "Where is she?" "Bob!" "Bobbi?" "God..." "I'm so glad you're back!" "Wait to see it..." "It should've been you, Gard..." "It should've been you who found it." "Found what?" "I think that it was for you." "What?" "What was?" "Well... you will understand it when you see it." " And you feel it..." " Hey...hey..." "What do you want?" "Euphoria." "A miracle." "At first I just thought it was a car, you know..." "I mean, like that time we found that Hudson..." "I mean, I could have walked past this thing three times a day for 40 years and never stumble over it!" " Are you alright?" " Yeah... but..." "Please slow... down a little bit." "I... yeah...okay, yes, I'm rambling, I know." "I haven't slept and I guess I need some food too, but I'm telling you, Gard," "I just... it makes me feel different and I... have all this energy... and... and..." "I've got ideas and... well... and you're telling me you think this thing in the ground is making you feel this way." "It has affected Pete, too..." "I mean, yeah, yeah" "His eye is better, the catarat is... is..." "disappearing..." "Please, honey." "Tell me what's going on here?" "Well... no, I have to show you." "Just wait till you see it, Gard!" "you are not going to believe it!" "Oh!" "..." "You okay?" "Here it is..." "It's the most incredible thing I've ever seen!" "It's really something, isn't it?" "What the hell is this?" "I don't know... hahaha..." "Oh..." "I wanna show you something else..." "Watch this!" "Touch it." "What?" "Touch it." "Oh, come on, it's not gonna bite you!" " Bobbi..." " What's the matter?" "Gard..." "Gard...!" "Oh, God!" "Oh..." "Gard!" "I'm bleeding." "It stopped, I think ..." "Oh..." "Gard... you scared me to death..." "I'm okay..." "What happened?" "What was it?" "I don't know, you saw it..." "I touched that thing and I felt like my head was gonna explode..." "It's like the DTs." "I just can't believe that that thing could do this to you." "Yeah...well... maybe it didn't." "I haven't been too good for the last couple of days, you know..." "No..." "I..." "I don't know." "Well, you know, I was..." "I was away over there and I got..." "I got this really bad feeling that you were in trouble and I..." "Is that why you came back early?" "My hero." "Some hero!" "I fell off the wagon, Bobbi." "What?" "Yeah... sorry..." "Sorry?" "just..." "like that?" "Well...after everything we've been through and everything we worked for..." "You're sorry?" "I don't know what happened..." "I had this success thing and... you weren't there to share it with me... and I just haven't..." "Come on, say something." "You go to hell!" "Hey, Tweetie..." "Here you are..." "Okay if I come in?" "Didn't go so good at school today, uh?" " They all laughed..." " So?" "They laughed at Columbus, too." " Who cares what they think?" " I do!" "I practiced so hard!" "I wanted it to be perfect!" "Of course, you do, kiddo!" "You've just got... cat whiskers for nerves..." "But all artists and smart guys do." "but the trick is... to get back up on the horse and show'em who's boss!" "You mean, like... you know, like..." "starting again?" "Yeah..." "That's what makes the difference between winners and losers." "Try again!" "Bobbi, could you just listen to me for a minute?" "I couldn't help it." "That's a lie I didn't even try!" "I just drank." "I got all this applause at this... old, old poem!" "I mean, let's be real here!" "I haven't written anything worth crap in years!" "Years!" "I am a fraud, Bobbi... maybe I always have been..." "I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I'm sorry..." "You are the only one whose love still matters to me, you know..." "I don't know what I'd do if you stopped loving me, Bobbi." "Don't you know by now that I will always love ya." "Yeah..." "I get it." " Hilly...?" "Hilly?" "Who are you talking to?" "So I take those things and it'll work?" "Hi,I 'mChazSteward,and welcome again to He-Devil... where our three lovely ladies in just a moment are gonna fight for a night of breath taking romance with our one hunk of a stud over here, Larry." "Here, here..." "Hey!" "Look!" "Carefully..." "Watch out!" " You almost you made me hit my car!" " What?" "No no no, I gotta go, I gotta go!" "Becka is expecting me, I gotta go..." " Oh, c'mon, Joey, it's our tender hour..." " I gotta go, I gotta go..." " Go on then..." "Run home to wifey..." "Come on!" "." "There is something, in the woods." "Maybe it's the big wolf!" "No, really, there is something!" "It's just an "aminal", Joe!" "It's an "aminal"!" "It's just an "aminal"!" "Let us out of here!" "Go!" "I want you to go home now, Joe." "Becka... honey... um, do I have any clean shirts that's ironed?" "Why didn't you wake me up when you came home last night?" "Well... thought it was very late and.." "And it was very late and you were sleeping..." " ...and I didn't wanna wake you up." " Yeah, but you know... you should have called me or something, I was awfully worried!" "Honey, I'm in the middle of the woods, how am I gonna phone you?" "Well..., you know, I cooked your favorite meal last night" " Oh..." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "And I got on that nightgown that you really like a lot and I..." "Oh, I'm sorry." " Where is the fish?" " What fish?" " You know, the fish." " The fish... honey, I'm a lousy fisherman, and the fishing was lousy." "And do I have ironed shirts?" "You were supposed to do'em yesterday." " Yeah..." "I put them right in the drawer." " Honey, they are not in the drawer." "Come on, all I'm asking is that you give me one shirt that's ironed." "Gramps." "What is it kiddo?" "what's wrong?" "I need your help, I need some batteries." " Batteries?" " Yeah, and other stuff too." " I've got a list." " What's this all about?" "I've come up with a new trick, I can do it on my birthday party on Saturday." "A new one, uh?" "Is it a good trick?" "Not good...great!" "The best trick anyone's ever seen." "It'll make'em gasp and scream and yell." "A trick that'll be remembered forever!" " Heyyy Petey!" "." " About time!" "You've been up long?" " Hours!" " Really?" "Breakfast is almost ready." "You need to shave." "Yeah, well..." "I would trade my soul in for a long hot shower and the plus'" " You would?" " Mm-mm" " Well... hand it over then..." " Wait a minute... you didn't call a plumber, did you?" "We talked about this." "I didn't call a plumber, I did it myself while you were gone." "Hey, Pete..." "Miss Home Improvement, uh?" "Oh, ye of little faith!" "What?" "What the hell...?" "What's the trick, Bobbi?" "Uh.." "It..." "It... there is no trick..." "It all just... uh, kinda came to me." "I heard a voice telling me... that I could do something about the hot water here." "And next thing I knew it was done." "Wait a minute..." "Let me get this straight..." " You're telling me that... that thing out there is talking to you?" " Mm-mm yeah... as I uncover it, it's sending out some kind of transmission." "And turned you into an Einstein, uh?" "Well, no, not Einstein exactly... 'cause Einstein knew things and I don't know anything." "I just..." "I mean, I had no idea how I got the hot water heater to work." "I just knew as I was doing it and everything seemed clear as a bell." "Look, I don't know what that thing is..." "I just know that we have to dig it up." "Gard, there's something miraculous about it." "Let's experience it together." "It really oughtta patent it!" "Heeey.." "What...what is this?" "My invention." "Wooww..." "What does it do?" "Sorts the first class mail..." "Watch this!" " Come on!" "Are you...?" "Look at this little flag!" "I love it!" "Woooww... you gotta be kidding me!" "RFD1, Dairy road!" "This is too much, how did you think of this?" "Just came to me." "Smart, uh?" "Well, not bad, not for a woman, is not bad at all!" "Oh, you were complaining last night, now, were you?" "Woaa..." "last night we were going at each other like bunnies." "And the sky was lighting up like New Year's Eve." "No, I wasn't complaining at all." "What was that thing?" "Oh... who the hell knows?" "We were both crapped." "Mm-mm, we sure were, weren't we?" "You wanna do it again?" " Do I?" " Do you?" "Oh, boy!" "Howdy do I!" "Here, this too." "What are you digging up on that farm o'yours?" "There're are some stumps in the back that need clearing..." "Well, if you dig up any buried treasure save some for me." "I wouldn't mind being a lady of leisure, I can tell you that." "Hey, there you two." "Hilly needs more batteries." "Then you try the mall over Augusta." "I'm cleaned out!" "They are really run on'em lately." "Seems like everybody wants'em." "...alright now, before we hear from our He-Devil who is patiently standing by, I want you to tell our viewers each one of you, exactly what it is that you like in a men." "And we're starting right here with Wendy, What do you like in a man?" "When they made a man like you, Chaz Steward, they broke the mold... what are you doing tonight?" " Well, Gosh, I'm kind of busy, otherwise..." "Girls, how would our He-Devil answer this question?" "Sexisgood,but (...)isbetter ." "Joe?" "Fishing... fishing is better." "Do you still love me, Joe?" "What is this?" "I mean... what?" "Do I still what...?" "What kind of a dim bold question is that, anyway?" "It's just lately you don't seem to show it." "I don't believe you, I really don't..." "Tell me the truth, Joe." "No!" "you're crazy!" "I'm sorry, honey..." "I'm not..." "Geez!" "Why are you so mean to me?" "What changed you like this?" "I have nothing, I'm just the same as I always was!" "Where are my keys?" "Where are you going?" "How dare you ask me that question?" "I'm going out now and I'll be back when I want to, you got it?" " But, Joe..." " You got it?" " But Joe...!" " Do you got it?" " But Joe!" " But, but, but, but...!" "See, I never wanna hear that word again, I never wanna hear "but" again because" ""but" is what a goat has for brains." "and "but" is for the small minded people, in this small minded town." "Bye!" "And "but" is what you say when you want to get away from your stupid wife!" "Oh,hemustthinkyouwerebornyesterday, born yesterday to believe such bull!" "Listen, Becka!" "..." "Joe... he's been cheating on you!" "It must be heat stoke, I'd better call the infirmary." "Naaa.." "Calm down, Becka, chill out..." "let's not have a heart attack over this." "Okay, Chaz..." "Listen, one thing you gotta get straight:" "you are not going crazy." "TV's don't talk..." "Well, Becka, it appears that this one does." "And besides, we got a lot to talk about." "About Joe, for one thing, and his infidelities..." " He's having an affair..." "You got it!" "I mean, he's been pumping to that hussy down at the post office just about every lunch hour and around quitting time too." "Oh... what am I gonna do?" "What are you gonna do?" "Hey, why don't we ask our contestants?" "Okay, ladies, I want you put yourselves in Becka's shoes." "What would you do?" " Kill him." " Kill him." " Kill him." "Well, there you have it, Becka..." "It's unanimous." "Kill him?" "Isn't this... something?" "What-a-big it is!" "What-a-what it is?" "Maybe it's an ancient temple from another civilization." "Or a... you know, piece of the Mayan trea--." "Hey!" "Maybe it's the Atlantis." "Hell!" "Pete is an indication that could be the fountain of youth." "Bobbi, you think maybe we should tell somebody about this?" "Somebody?" "Who?" "I don't know!" "Maybe we should just uh... tell" "...maybe we should tell the authorities, ok?" "Oh, no.. no!" "All right, Ruth Merrill, then." "Why?" "Because she's my friend?" "She is a cop, Gard, she'd go to the Feds." "Well, would that be so bad?" "Gard what are you talking about?" "I mean, how can you say that?" "You think our government will be completely satisfied... until we have a glow in the dark?" "I mean, I found this amazing thing and you want me to through it over to them?" "Gard, they will come here with trucks... filled with wire and men with guns." "They'll gag us, Gard!" "And you know that they would do it." "You really do hold for it, you know that, don't you?" "I learned from the master." "Okay... okay!" "Okay?" "So, until we know what this is we'll just keep it between us, alright?" "Not a word to anybody." "Good afternoon, Bobbi." "What can I do for you?" "Yeah, I've got a piece of registered mail." "Joe, you got that package for Anderson back there?" "Oh,God!" "He 'sso hot,Ican'tstand it." "Excuse me?" "I didn't say anything." " Here you go, Bobbi." " Hi, Joe." "Thanks." "Ah,Geez,lookathishair." "Ihaven'tbeenthishorny since I was 16." "LastthingIneedishiswifeknowing  what we're up to." "Is there anything else?" "Give my regards to Becka." "Gard, I'm telling you, I could read their minds!" "Sense that they're having an affair maybe... but, come on, read their minds?" " Yeah!" " Well, you're very intuitive, you always know what the hell I'm gonna say next..." "Yeah... you are probably right." "I know I'm right." "I know I'm tired, and that we should go to bed." "Naaa..." "I'm not really tired, I just.." "wanna write a little bit." "I hope you have better luck tonight." "Don't stay up too late." "What you doing, Hill?" " Out!" "I gotta get ready for the show!" " But..." "Hilly!" "The Medici Princes used to have people executed if they were caught looking at the tricks ahead of time." "Now... out! Ladies and gentlemen... my grandson has a surprise for all of you." "A magical treat of his own, I repeat, of his own devicing!" "I give you..." "Hillman, the magnificent!" "Ladies and gentlemen... for my first trick, I want you to watch closely  as the mysteries of the Orient take ahold." "Prest-o change-o, the disappearing tomato!" "Prest-o change-o, return!" "That's my radio..." "Now... for the disappearing radio..." "Prest-o change-o, return!" "It's time for the grand finale!" "The disappearing... human." "Now, I need an assistant..." "Barney Applegate?" "No way man..." "Forget it!" " Come here, Davey." " Don't want to!" "Do what I say..." "It's okay, Davey, go ahead." " But Hilly, I am scared." " Do it and I'll give you anything!" "All your GI Joe's?" "Every one!" "Just get up here now." " Hilly...!" " Off you go, know that you can... 'cause I learned this trick from the Tommyknocker man." "Prest-o..." "Majest-o... disappear!" "No... wait, wait, wait." "I'm not done!" "Enough, Hilly, get your brother and come on in to open the presents." "His not under here.. damn it!" "Hilly, don't swear... get your brother out of there and come on in we'll open your presents." "Prest-o change-o, return..." "Prest-o change-o, return!" "Please God..." "I'm sorry..." "He can have all my GI Joe's...." "Anything!" "I swear it!" "Just let him come back!" "What's wrong, son?" "I'll do anything... just bring him back!" "Bring him back now!" "What does he mean?" "Who is he talking to?" "I don't know." "Hilly!" "You stop fooling around and get Davey back!" "Now!" "I'm trying but I can't!" "I try, okay!" "?" "Okay, where is he, honey?" "Where did Davey go?" "I don't know!" "I don't know where things go when they stop being here...!" "Come back, Davey, come back!" "I'm sure there's a logical explanation, Ev." "Probably, he sleeps somewhere in the grass." " Without any of us seeing it?" " He would never have gone all by himself... never...." "Honey, you know little boys, okay?" "I mean..." "He's been gone one hour, I'm sure he's gonna turn up." "You've got to find him before dark." "You've got to!" "Hilly..." "How did you think up this trick?" "The voices... they told me what to do and how to do it." "What voices?" "I don't know..." "I don't know!" " Take it easy, son." " This is all your fault!" "I wish you'd never given me that stupid magic set in the first place!" " No Hilly, you don't mean that." " Yes I do!" "I hate magic and I hate him!" "All right everybody, listen up!" "We're gonna search this town from top to bottom." "First I want you to divide into groups." "One group go up and down Main Street..." "I want you to check every building, store and house and don't forget to knock on every door." "Now, Ev, Gard, Bobbi... you come with Butch and me." "We'll search "Burning Woods"." "I've got a little boy lost here today... and I wanna find him before nightfall." "Well... what you're all looking at?" "Come on!" "Let's go find him!" "I'm sure we'll find him, Ev." "Oh, yeah?" "How do you know he's lost?" "I guess I know how you must feel but..." "No, no..." "You don't know I feel." "It's you, Petey." "It's just me!" "Peter, no!" "Down!" "Oh, Ruth, I'm sorry." "What the hell is the matter with him, Bobbi?" "I don't know, he's been acting really weird lately..." "Well, he's acting like a regular Cujo!" " What?" "What?" "What do you hear?" " I heard something over there." "All right." "That was close!" "Missing Child Hotline." "No, father, no sign of the poor little lamb." "He's... he's abducted, right?" "I'm afraid so." "There's no rational explanation." "He could not have gotten past the search area without being taken by somebody." "We've got an APB out, somebody'll spot him." "But... your men will keep looking for him, won't they?" "Sure, Ev." "Well, we'll start again at first light." "You just can't leave him out there all by himself all night!" " Yeah, what do you mean "at first light"?" " Brian, what are we gonna do?" "Oh, honey, let's just let'em do their job." "We'll find him, Marie." " Everything will be fine, just let'em do their job." " I know we will." "Becka, you look exhausted." "Why don't you go on home and take care of Joe?" "What?" "Oh, Joe left the search early, said he was coming out with the flu." "I'll mend the phones." "I'll go see how he is." " I'll be back first thing in the morning." " Okay." "Thanks, Becka." "Missing Child Hotline." "I tell you, that kid Davey, could be the best thing that ever happened to us." "If we are lucky he could be missing for a week." "What about Becka?" "No, no, forget it." "Forget it, Becka's gonna be manning those phones day and night until they find him." "Day and night." "Night and day." "Joe, are you alright?" "Joe?" "Final Passion." "Ah,verygoodBecka,now,  easy down there." "Yeah,that'sright,now ,thatredwire." "No,no,notthere..." "Yeah ,there..." "I'm just no good at this, I'm too clumpsy." "Not a lot of welding, don't you feel sorry, he's been a devil to you, Becka." "What if there's some other explanation for the lipstick? What then?" "Then, I have to do something about it." "Yeah... and you are!" "You are." "Any luck finding the boy?" "Uh... man, we looked high and low but there was just no sign of that kid." " Thou shall not suffer a liar." " Uh?" "I said: that's too bad." "Sorry, champ, I guess the odds didn't pick you as their perfect date." "Ah... would you turn this junk off?" "I mean, I hate this show." "Turn it off yourself." "What did you say to me?" "I said you could damn well turn it off yourself, if you so want it." "What the hell is the matter with you talking to me like that?" "That's it!" "Good night and good date." ""TheBuffaloSoldiers" A New Novel by Roberta Anderson." "ForGard,my partnerinthequest ." "Please come back..." "If you just come back, I'll give you all my GI Joe's..." "Snake Eyes, Crystal Ball." "Even the Terror Drome." "Hilly!" "Help me!" "Davey?" "It's cold and dark and I wanna come home, Hilly." "Where are you, Davey?" "Where are you?" "I'm with the Tommyknockers." "Help me!" "How?" "I don't know how." "Please, Davey..." "Who are you talking to?" "Where is Davey?" "I don't know!" "I don't know where things go when they stop being here." "I never disappeared anything that was alive before..." "Help me someone!" " GI Joe's..." "GI Joe's..." " He's delirious..." "He was talking to Davey." "He said the Tommyknockers got him." "I'll take him into the hospital in Derry" "No, no, no..." "You two stay here." "I'll take Hilly to the hospital," "I'll call you as soon as I spoke with a doctor." "And pray for us." "You'll be okay..." "I'll get the door." "Everything'll be okay, Hilly." "You'll be okay, honey..." "Well?" "Best thing you've ever written." "Thanks." "I think it is too." "So, when was this... uh.. done?" "Last night... in my sleep." "It's impossible..." "Well, not with my word recorder, it ain't." "Telepathic typewriter, uh?" "God Bobbi!" "What's it like this... feeling?" "It's a high, it's an incredible high." "What about you?" "You don't fell anything?" "Nothing, not a jot, not an ounce of poetic inspiration..." "Nothing." "You will, it just doesn't happen all at once." "I suppose you're right." "Maybe it's the old plate in my head, uh?" "Let us take the day off." "I thought you said you want to go out there and dig today." "Well..." "I... we've been working too hard." "Did you know that it's the 4th of July?" "What we'll do?" "Go into town and wave a flag?" "Yeah... maybe..." "Um... well l just know that we have to be there." "I just wanna welcome all of you to our 4th of July celebration." "As you know, our community has suffered greatly during these past few days." "We've lost our beloved postman, Joe Paulson." "And we pray for a speedy recovery for his wife Becky." "Our hearts and our prayers go out to the Brown family in their hour of need as we continue our search for their son, Davey." "And yet, in the face of all these tragedies our community has really joined together." "I'm very proud of you." "Would you please rise now and join me in singing National? What's happening?" "Bobbi!" "Late last night and the night before," "Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at the door..." "I wanna go out, I..." "I don't know if I can." "It's alright, I'm here..." "Gramps is here." "'cause I..." "I learned this trick from... the Tommyknocker men." "Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers knocking at the door..." "Tommyknockers..." "Tommyknockers..." "Tommyknockers... knocking at the door! Come on, it was spooky!" "all those green fireworks..." "And all of those people standing there, gaping, like zombies... waiting for Elvis' return." "Gee!" "You know how ridiculous you sound?" "And you?" "What?" "Well, look at yourself, you don't look good." " Thank you." " I'm sorry..." "But I'm worried about you, okay?" "Well, don't... cause I feel wonderful." "Yeah?" "Well, just do me a favor and promise me that you won't go out there digging today." "It's really hot." "I'm fine." "I... just..." "I'm... fine..." "It's kinda toast the bread, slice the lettuce and the tomatoes... and then it's gonna flip bacon and dry, real crisp... then it's gonna take the mayonnaise, kinda smeered on the toast..." "And leave it cut into little bitty quarters, you know" "And it'll put a pickle on top if you want, you know." "It's gonna be the ultimate BLT sandwich maker." "And that's not the only thing I've been thinking about, I've got other ideas..." "What is wrong with you?" "How can you even think about gadgets at a time like this?" "Dear... everything is gonna be fine." "Don't you know that?" "I don't even know you." "Oh, come on, Marie!" "Sorry..." "I didn't mean to intrude...." "That's okay, Ruth..." "Her nerves are shattered right now." "Yeah, well, that's not surprising considering what you both been through." "I..." "I just came by to reassure you that we haven't stopped looking for Davey." "Bryant, I promise you, I'll find your boy..." "I promise." "Maybeyoupromisemeanythingyouwant, stupid bitch, but you'll never gonna find him." "What did you say?" "That we really appreciate you coming in here, really means a lot to us." "Sure." "Here, in the frontal cortex, do you see it?" "It's huge... must be a mistake." "That's why I took another set." "Impossible!" "brain tumor that big  kid should be history." " What's wrong with my grandson?" " Sir, you're not supposed to be here!" " What's wrong with him?" " Mr. Hillman, we are doing all that we can." "Tell me the truth." "Is he going to die?" "Mabel... hi, do you think maybe you can give me a hand with this?" "List this long will take a while..." "Yeah, well, I've got a couple of errands to run, so... go ahead." "What is this you're working on here?" "Just an idea that I came up with." "You know how folks hate to polish silver." "well, this is going to set them free, and it's gonna make me rich" "Filthy rich" "Here you go..." "Just sign right here for me." "Thank you." "Better send it 2-day-Special... you'll miss their anniversary." "That'll be $2.90." "Thank you." " Your change." " Here you go..." "That'll be $5.80 for the wild life stamps." " Hi there Barney." " Hi, Mr Gardener." "Don't tell me you're wearing contacts." " I don't get it..." " Mm?" "What was that you wanted?" "Well, aren't you gonna read my mind like everybody else's?" "I'm not getting it." "Not at all." "We haven't received mail in about a week?" "Thing's been real butt up since Joe died." "Fill up this complaint form." "Is there something else?" "If not, I'm awfully busy." "Oh, Butch... you know, all those sodas..." "Don't you know all that sugar is gonna kill you some day?" "Well, every day they say that something that was bad for you is now good for you..." "So I figured, if I buy my time, this will be too." "Butch, you don't think will find Davey, do you?" "If he was out there we would've found him by now." "I just don't know how he could vanish into thin air." "Is that bad?" "It's just all these all nights there out searching." "I guess I'm out of practice." "Listen, Ruthie... this is not probably the right time or place for this but..." "If I don't say this I'm gonna bust." "There ain't no man alive that can hold a candle to Ralph Merrill," "He was my best friend, my partner..." "and a damn good cop." "But he's gone, Ruthie, 5 years now." "And I love you for all I'm worth it." "If there's any chance at all that you come to care for me..." "No, don't say anything, I..." "Made a big enough fool of myself already..." "No, you didn't." "I didn't?" "You never could." "You mean... you...?" "Yeah, Butch, yeah...yeah...." "I can't do it." "Petey, where are you boy?" "What's going on..." "Hey..." "I got something for you!" "He can't hear ya." "He's dead." "Oh, God." "He was just lying on the porche and he just wasn't moving." "Poor old guy, uh?" "It seems so much better." " Where is he?" " Well, I buried him out back." "Bury him?" "Already?" "Bobbi..." "Hold me." "Operator, I need a rescue unit..." "Right away!" "What?" "No..." "Don't call anybody." "Bobbi, come on, you need help now." "No, I just need you." "Look at you, you're sick!" "Promise me that you won't call anybody." "Alright, alright, I promise, but listen to me" "If you're not better by tomorrow, I'm talking about a 100 times better... we're calling Dr. Warwick, okay?" "Just remember that it's our secret." " I love you." " I love you too." "Go to sleep, now, okay?" "Are you feeling ok, Butch?" "It's funny, you know?" "I thought I was coming out with something, but by the time" "I got back to Derry I felt fine..." "Why do you ask?" "I don't know, I'm just a little under the weather, I guess..." "Any news?" "Nothing." "I can't help but feel like we're missing something." "Well, we can try scoping the woods again, I guess..." " Butch, I'm losing you..." " Ruthie?" "The lines are going to hell, Ruthie." "Butch, I can't hear you!" "Damned lines..." "Scoping the woods..." "Yeah... the woods." " Bobbi?" " What?" "Are you okay?" "Yeah, I just needed a good night sleep." "I feel great now." "Ready to dig." "Are ya?" "I think you should really take a good look at yourself." "Why?" "You're obsessed, you can't stop!" "What can't I stop?" "What're you implying?" " I can stop..." " ...when I want." "Don't give me that crap, Bobbi, I'm an expert on this kind of stuff." "Oh... don't ever compare this with your alcoholism." "And what makes your thirst so different?" "Just because it comes out of a thing in the ground instead of a bottle?" " Oh, boy, I don't need this..." " You're hooked, you can't wait to get back to it!" " I'm out of here." " Oh, no, we gotta talk about this, right now!" "Gard, that hurts!" "Look, it's not just you, and your little word recording... or water heaters anymore!" "This thing is affecting the town!" "Mabel has invented some kind of a silver polishing device!" "That's great!" "Well, our post mistress is reading people's minds." "And you can too, can't you?" "Go on and read mine." "Uh..." "I can't read yours, I've tried but..." "I think that plate in your head has got something to do with it." "Come on, Bobbi, there's something going on here and you know it!" "Yeah, I know, and that something is beautiful." "Look, all I'm saying is that no matter how beautiful you might think it is... that thing is doing something terrible to your body... and your mind." "So, okay, I'll take it easier, I promise." "But I need you to keep digging with me." "Hey, you're my anchor, and you are changing... and that scared me." "Just trust me." "Please?" "Yeah, okay, Bobbi... okay." " Ruth!" " Bobbi..." " What is this?" " It's beautiful, isn't it?" "You unearth this all by yourself?" "Gard helped... you could too." "You have no idea!" "This is gonna change everything!" "What are you talking about?" "Bobbi, what is happening to you?" "It'a gonna happen to you too." "You're gonna have ideas, the most extraordinary ideas... and powers beyond your imagination." "You'll become." "Become what?" "Whatever this thing is making you... whatever the hell it's doing to you, it's not good, Bobbi." "Don't interfere, Ruth." "Just go home and dream..." "dream of becoming like the rest of us." "I want you to come with me." "Let's go get some help, Bobbi." "I don't need any help, Ruth." "I think you do." "Don't make them hurt you, Ruth!" "Butch, you're not gonna bel... Too late, Ruth!" "Too late!" "Too late, Ruth!" "Ruthie...?" "Are you in there?" "!" "Ruthie!" "Where are you?" "!" "They're gone!" "Ruthie's collection..." "What the hell is going on here?" "What are you looking at?" "Let's go find her!" "Is there news about Davey?" "No, ma'am..." "I'm sorry..." "Liste, has either one of you seen Ruth Merril today?" " No." " Well, when was the last time you spoke to her?" "Uh... yesterday." "No, it was the day before yesterday." "She came in to tell us that she hadn't given up hope on Davey." "She's a damn nice lady." "We're real lucky to have her as our Sheriff." "Are you sure you haven't seen her passing by or anything?" "Why?" "Does something happened?" "I don't know, that's what we're trying to find out!" "We were talking on the phone yesterday and the connection went to hell." "Well, the phone lines around here are ancient." "You might as well get a couple if tin cans and put a string in between them." "What, the thing is, nobody's seen or heard from her since." "She's missing!" "First, Davey, now Ruth." "Can't the police do anything?" "What good are you!" "Honey, he's doing everything he can..." "It's not his fault!" "Women." "Look, where's your father-in-law?" "I'd like to talk to him." "Well, he's off in Derry, at the hospital with our other boy." "But I'll tell you something between the two of us, officer, he is mad as a ===." "It's alright, Hilly, it's grampy, I'm right here." "Mr. Hillman, he can't hear you." "What's causing this coma?" "It isn't coma, it's shock." "Well, whatever you call it, sleeping away is what it comes right down to..." "Mr. Hillman, what are his parents been feeding him?" "Regular food, why do you ask?" "He has lost several of his permanent teeth." "It's me, Joe." "I miss you..." "I really do." "But, you know, since you been gone, the people in town, they really like me now." "Maybe it's because of this gadgets I keep inventing." "Look what I dreamed of this time!" "Wait 'til you see what it does." "Are you watching?" "Do you love it?" "Well, I gotta go now... and, dear, don't misunderstand..." "what we had it was really fun." "But I need to get on with the rest of my life." "The time of mourning is over." "Are you ever gonna get this blasted thing fixed?" "Damn machine, it's got a mind if its own." "Give it a good kick." "You okay, boss?" "You're looking little picked." "Just the heat, that's all." "You boys check out all the neighboring farms." "I might go out and see that book writer, the Anderson woman." "Ruth was friends with her, maybe she knows something." "I'll check in with you later." "Officer Dugan?" "Miss Anderson..." "I'm afraid I've got some bad news." "I don't know if you've heard, but..." "Ruth Merrill's missing." "Oh, my God!" "I don't know what to think, I was hoping you could help." "I haven't seen Ruth since the 4th of July." "How about that fella that lives with you, Jim Gardener?" "Do you think he might know something?" "I doubt it, but I should ask him as soon as he gets back." "You are okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine, it's just the heat." "Well, there's a terrible flu running around." "You be careful not to catch it." "Officer?" " If you hear anything call me as soon as you know." " Yes, ma'am" "What did he want?" "Ruth's missing..." "Bobbi, little kids get lost, Ruth's an adult," "She's a cop, she finds people." "She doesn't disappear." "Something is happening to you, something is happening to this town." "And I'm telling you it has to do with that thing in the woods." "Now, I want you to help me to try to find what it is, so we can stop it, okay?" "." "Stop it?" "No..." "No!" " Gard?" "Gard!" " I'm gonna tell it to them." "They'll see it!" "It's right out there!" " Gard, you promised to help me!" " Yeah?" "All these years I stood by you when you needed me..." "I stood by you when you were drunk... when you hated yourself... when you couldn't even write a line of poetry, I stood by you!" "You stay by me!" "Don't you betray me like this!" "I love you, Bobbi, and I'm trying to help you." "If you leave now, don't bother coming back." " You don't mean that." " Try me!" "Unit 16 to base, do you copy?" "over." "Unit 16 to base, do you copy?" "Oddest darned thing." "First it rains, then it pours." "I don't like this..." "I don't like it at all..." "Jingles, Bent, come in." "Butch!" "there you are!" "Things are just fine, it's all been a wild goose chase for nothing." "You mean it, boss?" "You want us to call off the search?" "I'll explain it to you when I get back to Derry." "10-4 and out." "How'd I do?" "You could have been on "Star Search"." "Hell, you could have won it!" " You really think so?" " Yes, I do, Mabel." "10-4 and out." "What do you mean he's gone back to Derry, Elt?" "Looked real punky, sick as a dog alright." "What about his men?" "Have they left too?" "Oh, they're around, somewhere..." " Damned it!" " Why?" "Is it something wrong?" "I just needed to talk to Dugan, I need to talk to him." "Is something I can do to help, son?" "Yeah..." "I'd like to use the phone in there, if I can." "Uh... sorry, it's on the fritz, but the bar's got one, try theirs." "Pull over again, I'm sick!" "It's Ruth Merrill's car!" " I don't like this." " Me neither." "Hey, boys..." "What you big old bears doing out here in the woods all by yourselves?" "We're in an important police business, ma'am." "Is he always so mean and grumpy?" " Is he like that to you too, trooper, or it's just me?" " I..." "I mean it, ma'am, on your way." "Or I'll put you under arrest." "Under arrest?" "Really Bent?" "Jingles... could you get the hell away from her?" "Okay, boys..." "I just wish you'd known better than to come snooping aroung like this." " Hold it right there now!" "Put up your hands." " Come on, Bent!" "I mean it, lady!" "Put'em up!" "Do as he says, ma'am." "You wouldn't stop a lady from putting on a little lipstick, would you?" "Some people call it, Final Passion." "I call it, Final Surprise." "Bye-bye, boys." "Unblink, uh?" "Everything in this town is unblink." "So, shoot a pickle." "Well, it's technology..." "I mean," "You keep spending more and more, and it works less and less..." "So, I say:" " Shoot a pickle." " Right." " Pull up a chair." " No, thanks, I..." "Something is bothering you, right?" "Yeah, I guess you could say that." "Yeah, me too." "Anything new on the boys?" "Nope." "Now, the little lady's gone 'round the bend." "It runs in the family..." "I mean, her old men is too." " Say, why don't you pull up a chair?" " No, really, thanks." "Well, a nice cold one has been known to take the curse off of anything." "Anything uh?" "Yeah, you know, looking at you I would say that you're a vodka-tonic man." "Hold the tonic, right?" "Come on, pull up a chair, I'll buy." "What do you say?" " I say, shoot the pickle." " Shoot the pickle..." "Bill!" "The best." "Hey, Gardener!" "Did those staties find you?" " No, did they leave yet?" " Oh, they're gone alright." "Good night boys!" "Did you tell them I was looking for'em, Elt?" "I'm probably hallucinating all of this, anyways." "Can I give you a ride home?" "Cause Bobbi'll kill me if you hurt yourself for running into a tree." "No, thanks, I'll be alright." "Shoot a pickle." "I need some air." "After all this doubts, and all these dreams... after all this..." "I keep coming home to you." "Mr. Hillman..." "I have known Ruth Merrill for 40 years." "She was like family, to me and my boys." "Hell, we all went fly-fishing together." "I know." "Just about broke her heart that we couldn't find your grandson." "Do you have any idea what could have happened to her?" "Whatever it is, I bet somehow, it's tied up to Davey." "Two disappearances in one week." "That's more than coincidence." "On my years on the force I've never seen anything like it." "They just vanished... into thin air, without a trace." " Butch, did you ever heard of the Tommyknockers?" " Mm?" "Lastnightandthe nightbefore..." "Tommyknockers, Tommyknockers, knocking at the door" "Before Hilly went into a coma he said Davey was with the Tommyknockers." "Well, I don't have much time for nursery rhymes, Mr. Hillman." "Maybe, Hilly was right... you said yourself it was as if they had vanished into thin air." "Well..." "I'll think about it." "If anything else occurs to you, give me a call." "Good night." "Lord, I know I've not been in good terms with you, but this ain't for me." "My two grandsons deserve their time in the sun, and so does Ruth Merrill, and all the good people in Haven." "We need your help to fight this thing, whatever it is" "Please, Lord?" "We are about to reach the final fase... but we must be careful." "Is everything in readiness?" "The detour signs are up." "Anyone who makes it through, will wish he didn't." "Like those two "staties"..." "They got a nasty surprise." "1, 2, 3, my gadget sent them to the twilight zone." "Zapping them wasn't necessary." "In time, they would've become!" " Not every one has become." " Your man hasn't." "He will, it will happen to him too." "I can't read his mind." "He's not like us." "He's dangerous." "He can mean the end of us." "One man?" " I say zap him!" " I say not!" "Leave him to me." "The time for all of us to unite is at hand" "Are you ready to complete the becoming?" "Yes." "Are you ready to become one voice that will soon be free?" "Yes." "A great powerful voice, that will know more...!" " Yes." " Do more...!" " Yes." " Be more...!" "One voice!" "One voice!" "Bobbi, Bobbi, no." " Get him!" " Noooooo!" "Don't worry!" "He won't get far." "Operator..." "Looking for something?" "Well, I was looking for a gun, in case there's uh... any trouble." "I like a man who's ready for anything." "What are you doing here, Nancy?" "Just cooking up a little something..." "You never know when a gun might come in handy." "Exactly." "So, what'd you do to it?" "Just fiddled with it a little...you know, give it some extra kick." "All you gotta do is hold it real tight." " Can you do that?" " Sure." "And aim it." "ohhh, you got a strong grip." "And then firmly pull the trigger..." "Anyone in front of it will be history." "I like a man who knows the value of prepareness." "Nancy..." "I was a boy scout." "I bet you were." "You got great lips..." "Won't you try'em?" " Killer lips." " Will be the death of you yet." "You might find this interesting." "Here you go." "Anything he could've come in contact with..." "Hunting accident in woods" "Man kills wife, kids and then kills himself" "Indian chief on deathbed claims woods cursed." "That's it." "The future... our future, if there's anyone in this world that I wanna share it with, it's you" "Look what the cat dragged in!" " Join us." " What am I?" "a prisoner?" "I'll never join you, Bobbi, and I'll never become." "Hey, poet!" "Let's see if you can dig as well as you can drink!" "Bent and Jingles, come in, over..." "The lines in Haven must be down." "Which lines?" "All of them, some kind of storm, maybe." "A hell of a storm, alright!" "The way I figure it, Ruth found out something about Davey... and now, they've got her, too." "They?" "Are you saying there's some kind of conspiracy going on in Haven?" "There's a conspiracy, alright, one hell of a conspiracy." "Going back at least, as far as the indians." "and I should've known you wouldn't believe me." "Well, I am trying to, old timer, but you're not making it very easy." "And if you got anything for real, spit it out!" "First, we got three disappearances that are related:" "My grandson Davey, Ruth, and now your two troopers." "See, a lot of fishy things have been going on in those woods around Haven over the years." "Hunters getting lost, people going crazy... and shooting each other for no reason." "Well, all woods have stories like these." "We got all sorts of special things:" "Men murdering whole families, and then killing themselves!" "It's like this big jigsaw puzzle." "Once you see the pattern, you wonder how could you ever miss it." "And you're telling me all these are connected." "Impossible!" "Yeah... any normal person would say that." "Most people see only as far as a horizon... that's all" "Tell them there's something over it and they don't listen." "But there's something there alright... and that something has made the whole town go to hell fast." "Just... what is that something?" " When are you going back to Haven?" " As soon as there's light." "Take me with you." "I'll show you." "What are you staring at?" "You!" "You're not like us." "No." "I'm the one that's not gonna have to buy new set of teeth." "when this is all over." "Are you getting smart?" "Shoot the pickle, uh?" "No, my friend." "No, all evidence points the contrary of that, alright." "Here!" "Maybe that'll help you become." "Where is everybody? You still think I'm crazy?" "Yeah." "Like a fox." "Our minute-man had been standing here for over 200 years." "Who you think did this?" "All quiet in there too..." "Yeah, it's too damn quiet." "Maybe poison, old timer?" "Diet?" "Let's live a little, make it original." "Then let's head for the woods." "Damned it is." " The damn thing's got a hold of me!" " What?" "!" " What can I do?" " I've got an odd bit of a problem, here." " Can I do something?" " Yeah, just unplug it." "It's already unplugged!" "Go, now!" "I think it'll blow." "Run!" "That's it!" "Keep digging!" "Listen everybody!" "There is a way in." "The entrance is here, and we are going to find it." "Daddy!" "Marie?" "I'm so glad to see you!" " It's really you?" " Of course it's me." "We gotta get out of here." "It's okay, dad, everything's gonna be okay." "The hell it is..." "You stay away from me." "Now, he is right, Daddy..." "Bobbi found this and..." "it's gonna change everything, all our lives." "I have no doub about that." "Don't fight us, Ev, join us." "Never!" "Shame on you, Bobbi Anderson." "Shame on you!" "." "You've got nothing to fear, Ev." "We don't wanna hurt ya." "What have you done to my grandson?" "Is it all right?" "if I tell him?" "We found Davey." " Where?" " It's all right, Daddy." " Everything's gonna be all right!" " You found him?" "We'll take you to him, Ev." "And then you can decide whether you wanna stay with us or leave." "Come on, Dad, you want to see Davey, don't you?" "Yeah, Ev, come on!" "He's rigth over here." "What are you doing here?" "Needed some more wire, for the blastings." " So I just came up to get it." " So, where is it?" "I was just getting it." "Just 'cause I can't read your mind... doesn't mean I don't know what you're thinking." "You better pray nothing happens to Bobbi." "If something did... you'd suffer a little accident a fatal one!" "Aren't you coming to bed?" "You know, just because you haven't become doesn't mean I don't want you." "You are not afraid I'm gonna escape?" "You can't escape." "You know you can't." "Ah, God." "The boy..." "Save the boy." "Who, Ev?" "Davey Brown?" "Where is he?" "With them with the Tommyknockers." "Just one!" "What are you doing?" "I had a visitor." "What?" "The Tooth-Fairy." "Look I..." "I finally lost one." "See?" "You were right, I guess I'm becoming." "Do you feel any different?" "A little... yeah." "Still I can't read your mind." "Try." "No..." "I can't read it." "Oh, I think you can." "Go on, try." "You know what I'm thinking?" "What I want?" "You wanna make love?" "Exactly..." "What's the matter?" "Nothing, baby, nothing." "Kiss me." "I want go inside there with you." "Well, yeah..." "In the morning we are all gonna find the entrance together." "No, I don't wanna share this with anybody." "We are the ones who found it, we dug it up." "It should be us." "Just you and me?" "Alone?" "One more mile..." "It's here, I know it's here!" " Bobbi." " What?" "What the hell does this mean?" "It's gonna change the world, and it's gonna be you and me who did it." "I'm a little scared." "Yeah, me too." " Bobbi" " What?" "Are you okay?" "Yes, I am." "Oh, look at this." "They are dead." "Yeah." "It looks like they were fighting or something when the ship crashed." "If they are all dead, how did they speak to you?" "Shouldn't there be an instrument panel or something in here?" "How does this thing fly?" "It did it telepathically." "What's powering it?" "Davey!" "It's just like in the shed..." "What?" "Just like Pete, and Ruth and Ev..." "Just like in the shed!" "You haven't changed, you haven't become!" "This has all been a trick!" "How could you have done that to them?" "How?" "I mean, for God Sakes', Pete loved, he loved you more than anything in the world!" "He helped me to become." "They all gave us their strength!" "Not gave!" "Not gave... stole, you stole it!" "You're like a vampire!" "You and your precious Tommyknockers...!" "SHUT UP!" "SHUT UP!" "You don't get it, do you?" "You don't get it?" "Well, TAKE A LOOK AROUND!" "They've been given you brainboosters... but all they're doing is fattening you up and use you all as batteries." "I said SHUT UPPP!" "." "Look good!" "Looks at what upholds the future..." "They are gonna harness you up with all those little wires." "and they're gonna power themselves up." " No!" "Yes!" "Yes, you can disintegrate people." "You can run a town on batteries like it was a toy." "It's the same as it always was, Bobbi." "Listen to me!" "I know you're some place in there, some place you're in there." "And you can hear me, I know that!" "Listen to me!" "The voices... told me..." "No voices, no voices, Bobbi." "They lie... hear my voice." "I'm being eaten up?" "." "That's what becoming is." "It has all been a lie?" "I'm sorry..." "I'm so sorry!" "Forgive me..." "I thought I lost you." "I thought I lost you forever." "You got it?" "Davey..." "Davey... drop your head." " Hold on to me." " Are you okay?" "Let's get out of here now!" "You get in safety." "Yes?" "What?" "What about you?" "No, you go on, I'll follow you up." "No, Gard, no..." "Bobbi, somebody has to shut this thing down." "Somebody's got to destroy it." "Go on." "Gard, don't do this." "It's gonna kill you." " No, not if I can help it." " I'm not gonna let you do it!" "I have to, you know that... you know that." "It wasn't the plate that kept them out." "It was you." "God hates a coward, right?" " I love you." " I love you back." "Oh, my God." "You treacherous bitch!" "I knew we couldn't trust you!" "Listen to me, everybody!" "Listen... they lied to us..." "They're all dead!" " You are the liar." " Listen to me!" "They are using us!" "They are killing us to bring them back to life." "We've listened to you far enough." "Find the way in!" "Something's blocking it." "It's her man, he's done something to it." "A man?" "Everybody get back!" "Wait, Bryant." "Nancy..." "Piece of cake, okay?" "Oh God!" "What have I done?" "Gramps..." "Pete?" "I'm sorry!" "I'm so sorry!" "You killed Bryant." "Nancy..." "Nancy, listen to me, just listen to me." "Now I'm gonna kill you!" "Come on... come on!" "I'm gonna nuke you..." "Bye-bye, Bobbi." "Oh, Davey..." "Thank you, God!" "Are you okay?" "Where's Hilly?" "He's gonna be fine." "We will see him soon." " I love you." " I love you too." "After all these doubts and all these fears... after all these questions without answers and dreams without substance..." "I journeyed home..." "One more mile... just one last mile..."