The Killing Kind (1973) - full transcript
Young Terry Lambert returns home from serving a prison term for a gang-rape he was forced to participate in. He seeks revenge on his lawyer and the girl who framed him. But his real problem is his overbearing mother, whose boarding house he resides in and who keeps bringing him glasses of chocolate milk. One of her boarders, Lori, becomes attracted to him. However, while he was serving his prison sentence, Terry developed an interest in rough, violent sex, and gory death. Now, one by one, some of the town's women pop up dead.
Yeah, let's get her. - Come on,
let's go!
Come on, it's Ace over there!
No!
Come on!
Come on, Terry!
Come on.
No! - Come on!
Let's get him! - Yeah, come on!
I can't do it!
Terry?
Hello, Thelma.
Oh my god!
They let you out!
Gonna let me in?
Well, why didn't
you let me know?
I would have picked you up.
I wanted to surprise you.
Surprise me?
Yes.
Yes.
I just got up.
Well, let me look at you.
Oh, I can't believe you're home.
I sure did miss you, Terry.
I missed you too, Thelma.
You're thin.
You're awful thin.
Are you hungry?
I had something earlier.
Oh, yes.
Yes, well, I guess you're tired,
hm?
Well, come on.
Come on, you come on
upstairs and rest,
and I'll make us something
scrumptious for lunch.
All right.
Terry?
You want some chocolate milk?
You know, Terry, if I were you,
I wouldn't tell anybody
where you've been.
I won't.
Oh.
Of course, I suppose a lot
of people suspect.
But I told everybody I know you've
been away in the peace corps.
Don't you, don't you
think that's best?
Hmm, fine.
Honey, don't eat so fast.
1 can't help it, it's so good.
Oh.
Two whole years.
You were only 19.
There's been a lot of changes.
Mm, that lousy lawyer.
Changes all over the place.
I told you to stay
away from her.
For instance, uh, the
telephone booths.
But you wouldn't listen to me.
They, uh, they all look like,
um, hair dryers now.
What?
Nothing.
Oh, so much time lost.
You could have made something with
yourself, you know.
With your songs.
Maybe I'll write one about
that shitty lawyer.
I know you didn't
touch that Tina.
The other boys you were with, yes,
but not you.
You didn't touch her, did you?
I told you before she lied.
Tina.
I hate that name.
I wish she was dead.
Now I wonder who that can be.
Yes? - Hi, remember me?
Lori Davis?
I looked at the room yesterday.
Oh, yes, I remember.
Well, I'll take it. - I
don't know, we...
Oh, I hope you
haven't rented it.
It's $15 a week, $58.50 by the
month, in advance.
I'll pay by the week.
Come on, penny, move your bod.
Would you mind if I looked
at it once more?
Well, it's yours now, honey.
Oh, excuse me.
Go put your clothes on.
Hm!
Where you from?
Tucson. - Oh, Arizona, huh?
Mhm.
What'd you come here for?
I have this friend who's
a photographer,
and he has this great connection
with a modeling agency
here in town.
A modeling agency?
Mhm.
You mean, you wanna be a model?
Mhm.
You realize the
competition you got?
Oh, yes.
But people tell me I have a
very interesting face.
Interesting, huh?
Yeah, well, that's what they say
when they don't say pretty.
Now I usually only rent to
elderly ladies,
mhm.
And no noise, hm?
And no ball, um,
entertaining after 10:00.
Right, thank you.
Don't you want your keys?
Oh, yes.
Thank you.
And remember, you can't use the
pool after nine o'clock.
All right. - No.
And no pets are allowed.
I'm the only one allowed
here to have pets.
Uh-huh.
Thank you, bye bye. - Okay.
People tell me I have an
interesting face.
Oh.
Give her one week.
She'll end up with some
phony dude by then.
Want some bacon and eggs?
Yeah, and some, uh...
Chocolate milk, I know.
Here you are, baby girl.
I gotta get me a better guitar.
Keep away from her, Terry.
Who, Thelma?
I saw the way you looked at her.
And I wish you'd call me mom.
I was just looking. - Mhm?
Well, that's what you did
the last time.
And you spent two years
in a cell for it.
No, they're no good these days.
Just tacky whores, sleeping
around with everybody.
You're much too good for 'em.
Hey.
Have I ever steered you wrong?
No.
We're just the two musketeers,
aren't we?
Yeah, the two musketeers.
Gimme a kiss.
Well, that wasn't much of a kiss.
That's better.
Hey, is Mrs. orland
still renting?
Oh, yes, she's still
in room five.
We're all filled up now,
except for room one.
Room one, isn't that Mrs.
Reeves' room?
What happened to good old Mrs.
Reeves?
Didn't I write you?
No.
You didn't tell me a thing
about Mrs. Reeves.
Oh.
Well, Mrs. Reeves died
of a coronary.
No.
Hm, so help me.
She was at this market, see.
Yeah?
She was buying some frozen fish.
You know how she was crazy
about any kind of fish.
Well, she was in this market and
she had this attack,
and she fell!
She fell into the deep freeze,
right onto the frozen fish!
No!
A frozen stiff!
Yeah!
They're at it again.
They're having fun.
It's unnatural,
mother and son behaving like that.
It's also irritating.
Poor woman's been alone so long.
Oh, that's no excuse.
She's just glad to
have him back.
Cackling laughter at all
hours of the night?
Don't you hear it from your room?
It doesn't bother me, father.
It bothers me.
Where are my glasses?
You're wearing them.
Oh, heh.
Idiots, that's what they are.
Stupid idiots.
Just low-class idiots.
Don't upset yourself, father.
Well, you remember what he did,
don't you?
Now you're going to tell me all
over again how he...
Set the house on fire?
Well, he did.
The boy's a psychopath.
That's just your opinion.
Don't you contradict me.
They should have kept
him in prison.
That's where he belongs.
I don't feel safe with
that boy around.
And don't you ever go near him,
do you hear me?
I'm not afraid of him.
Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty,
kitty.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Oh, that's wonderful.
Alms?
Alms for the poor?
All right, prize fighter now.
Come on, do.
Put 'em up.
Put 'em up, come on, come on.
Come on.
Good, good.
Toro.
Yah!
Okay.
Hey, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Watch!
All right, Charlie.
Do it.
Oh, shit!
Oh, Terry.
You wanna see something terrific?
Pretty good.
What do you mean, pretty good?
It's damn good.
I didn't spend two years
taking pictures of drugs
in that tacky
nightclub for nothing.
You think you got
enough of me now?
Never enough, baby.
Never enough.
Damn good.
Hello?
Tina?
Yeah?
You still as pretty?
Who is this?
You still do it under the pier?
Hm?
Is this Barry?
No. - Donald?
Yeah, Donald.
No, you're wrong again.
I know.
Bob.
You know what I would
like to do to you?
Would you like me to tell you,
Tina?
Talk is cheap.
Well, you just take care of that
gorgeous body of yours,
okay?
Hey, come on, who is this?
You just take care of yourself.
I wouldn't wanna see
anything happen to you.
Like what?
Just take care of yourself,
okay?
Who was that, baby?
Don't know.
Here, baby.
Come on.
Here we go, sweetheart.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on.
Here we go.
That's a baby.
Penny?
Kitty-cat?
Penny?
Where is she?
Penny?
Din-din!
Kitty, kitty!
Kitty?
Haven't seen her all day.
Well...
Bon appetit!
Oh!
My god!
Penny?
Oh!
Oh!
Hi!
My name's Lori Davis.
And your name is?
My name is Terry.
Sun's great, isn't it?
Hello, Terry.
Hello, Mrs. orland.
Say, what else do you do
besides clean pools?
Nothing.
Oh, come on, you must
do something.
I write songs.
Oh, really?
How long have you been doing that?
About seven years.
My, my, bet you must be tired.
Hey!
Loosen up!
Listen!
You stay away from him,
do you hear?
Look at you, showing
everything you got.
He did this!
It's your fault!
I saw you leading him on
like a cheap whore.
Now you stay away from him,
do you hear me?
You're tacky!
Plain old tacky!
Tacky!
Hello, Terry.
Hello, Mrs. orland.
Oh, Terry, I think there's a
mouse in my room.
[, I hear odd noises all the time,
and I, I don't...
Well, I'll take care of it
for you, Mrs. orland.
You're such a good boy.
Real good.
I wish all the boys were like you.
He's dead.
How?
I don't know yet.
Laura, check all passengers.
She if she's alive.
Could he have had a heart attack?
He seemed perfectly
well last night.
Can I have the car tonight,
Thelma?
Keys are there.
That's a groovy way to
start your diet.
Tomorrow.
Bring back some more popcorn, will
you, when you come home?
J last defense is jump on the pony
j jump on the pony and ride
j ride, and ride
J back in the saddle, and
the rising sun
J it won't be long till
you'll be there
j she will hear him say, hey hey
j last
j jump on the pony and ride
j if it stares you down
and it scares you
j and ride
J and it won't be long
j till you'll be there, she
won't hear him say
j hey hey
j last defense is jump on the pony
j jump on the pony and ride
(car engine revving
Son of a bitch!
A talking bird?
Well, I'll be a son of a bitch.
What is it?
Amyna.
A what?
Amyna.
Well, there's nothing
minor about her.
It's not a her, it's a him.
Its name is blackie.
Blackie.
Just a little present for you,
Thelma.
A present?
Think of the cats.
Blackie's for din-din.
I got him for you because
you lost penny.
Oh.
That's sweet, honey.
Down and take your bath,
come on.
Bath?
Oh, somebody.
Okay, I'll be back.
Oh, Terry, come in!
Mrs. orland?
I thought I'd, uh...
Uh...
Try and catch that mouse.
Oh, yes, yes, I, I just heard
it a few minutes ago.
Who is this?
Me, when I was a young girl.
There he is!
Did you see it? - Yeah, I saw it.
Oh, there it is!
Get it!
That's not a mouse, it's a rat,
Mrs. orland.
He's a big fella.
Oh, it's so ugly. - Nah,
he's cute.
Now, you ever seen one of these
traps work, Mrs. orland?
Mm-mm.
You see that piece of
cheese there?
That draws them.
They can't resist it.
It's like, uh, kids
with ice cream.
See the way his nose is
working like that?
He can almost taste that cheese,
Mrs. orland.
Think we should let him have it?
Uh-huh.
Sorry about that, Mrs. orland.
We repatriated
within three days.
On the local scene, tragedy
struck last night
in Malibu canyon when
19-year-old Tina Moore
lost control of her car and
careened off a cliff.
Death was apparently instantaneous
as the car burst into
flame upon impact.
The red-haired miss Moore, a
resident of the beach area...
Looks like you got your wish,
Thelma.
Louise?
Louise!
What are you doing?
Reading?
You left me all by
myself to watch TV.
It was a rerun.
I'd already seen it.
What?
I'd already seen it.
I'm tired, Louise.
I'm going to bed.
You read too much.
It's bad for your eyes.
Good night.
You looking for somebody?
1, no.
I was restless.
Though I'd take a walk.
Or a swim?
Oops.
Huh?
Mm?
Oh, I had one or two.
It's freezing.
How can you go swimming on a
night like this?
I like it.
There's nobody else around.
What's the matter?
Matter?
Oh, was I staring?
Hm.
Sorry.
So you like to be alone?
I'd rather be with somebody I
didn't like than to be alone.
Have you ever been so bored that
it actually made you sick?
I mean, sick.
I am surrounded by boredom.
I work in a library,
and I hate it.
I have these hallucinations.
They're so real!
About burning all the books!
And sometimes I have
this terrific urge
to put ground glass in my
father's food.
No, really.
I can almost hear his false teeth
grinding on the glass.
It must feel wonderful.
What?
Being raped.
I wouldn't have told on you.
How old do you think I am?
I don't know.
Go ahead.
Tell me.
357?
Right on the nose.
Too old?
Oh!
Look who's up.
I couldn't sleep.
Well, you won't look good with
circles under your eyes.
Good enough to go to a
movie tonight, huh?
Want to? - Yeah.
Double horror flick.
Mother was a werewolf and
Dracula sucks again.
Oh, ho, ho, ho!
Oh, honey, come on,
I'll get a hickey!
Jeez, you could use a shower.
I stink, huh?
Yeah, you stink.
Okay.
Put 'em up.
What?
Put 'em up.
Let's go.
Come on.
Can't fight anyway,
you're too wobbly.
Oh, what do you mean,
too wobbly?
Yeah, come on!
Come on, come on, come on!
Put your Dukes up!
Boom, boom, boom!
See?
Oh, oh, oh, no, no.
No.
No.
Stop it, darling, stop it.
I have work to do.
Boom, boom!
Mrs. Thelma Lee lambert!
Hey, where'd you get the
missus from, huh?
No, come on.
Come on, I really want to know.
Now, now, now, now.
Here, come on.
Come on, honey, let me up.
You just tacked it on, huh?
Now how many times
have I told you?
Your father died before
you were born.
You told me that a
hundred times.
Mhm.
I wonder why I keep
forgetting it.
Now if you want me to
go to the movies,
I will have to finish.
I sure had a lot of uncles
when I was a kid.
Yes, uncles.
There was uncle Joe, and uncle
Harry, and uncle Theodore.
Uncle Theodore.
He left us this great big white
elephant of a house,
didn't he?
Yes, he did.
Yeah.
It's funny, all those uncles, and
I don't have them anymore.
Where'd they go, huh?
You ask too many questions.
Come on, baby.
To which I get too few answers.
You were some good-looking chick
when you were younger.
Well, I managed to
turn a few heads.
30 years ago?
30 years?
What are you talking about?
Listen, I have work to do.
Go ahead and work!
Hey, you know what you're like?
You're like this big, heavy
pillow over my face,
and you're suffocating me.
Thelma and her, her bastard son!
You fat whore!
You're nothing but a fat whore.
Just a fat whore.
Thelma?
Thelma?
You still want to go to the
movies tonight?
What are you doing in here?
Hi, are you still afraid of me?
I asked you what you're
doing in here.
My mother said that your
shower wasn't working.
Yes, but that was
three days ago.
Well, there's a part I
have to pick up
at the hardware store.
What's that supposed to mean?
That it'll be fixed in a
couple of days.
Hello.
Um, about last night?
I'm afraid I was
slightly inebriated.
I said a lot of things that
I shouldn't have.
It's really not like me to
act so childish.
I didn't mean those things that I
said about my father.
Like I said, I, I was drunk.
L, hope you don't think
I was actually
intending to s-s-seduce you.
Actually, I, I wasn't...
Next time you're stoned, lady,
and you don't actually
know what you're doing,
and you don't actually know
that you're horny,
and you aren't actually yourself,
why don't you just hop into a
goddamn cold shower?
I hear you strumming that
guitar all the time.
All the time.
But I've never actually heard you
play an entire song on it.
You say you write songs?
Why don't you play me one?
Because you can't.
And that thing that you hold so
close to you, like a woman,
you can't even play it.
Hello?
Hello?
Hey, where you going?
Going to confession.
Oh.
Well, be sure to tell
the priest you're
sorry for not taking me
to the movies.
We'll be fine tomorrow night.
Terry?
Yeah, it's me.
Well, when did you get out?
Uh, Friday a week ago.
Two weeks.
I don't know.
I know it was Friday, though.
Well, great.
Look, Terry, I was going to
call it a night.
I tell you what, why don't you
come to the office tomorrow
and we'll talk?
Hey, this is nice.
What is it?
Really, Terry, I have a very
busy day tomorrow, and I...
Isn't it funny, miss Benson,
how some fag decorator
can make it look like
you got class?
What do you want, Terry?
Nothing.
Just want to pay my
respects to my lawyer.
This is for you.
I thought you'd want to
celebrate my release.
Oh.
What, you think I, uh?
See, there's nothing in it.
Oh.
Don't spill it.
It's expensive.
Terry,
I know how you must feel.
Hey, how do I feel?
Well,
a little bitter?
Yeah.
Bitter?
Confused?
Confused?
I certainly
understand how you feel.
Hey, how come you
keep saying that?
Because everything was
stacked against you.
I tried, Terry.
I really tried.
But the judge was tough.
How can a lady judge be tough?
I mean, women are supposed to
be soft and cuddly,
and they smell so sweet and
pretty, don't they?
She was really sweet, that one.
I mean, the way she
banged her gavel
and the nice way she said
she was putting me away
for two years.
Look, Terry, if it's
money you need, why,
I can help you out.
Why don't you just, um,
finish your drink?
Well, Terry, it's, it's
getting so late.
Pick it up.
You're too smart to use that,
Terry.
Pick it up!
Come on, pick it up!
Drink.
I said, drink it!
Drink it.
Oh!
Oh, please.
Cheers.
Here we are, baby.
Come, come.
Yes, her didn't feel good today,
did her?
No.
You're gonna get special din-din,
yes.
There we go.
I didn't hear him come in.
Well, well, the alley cat returns.
What?
When'd you sneak in?
Just a few minutes ago.
Want some chocolate milk? - No,
thanks.
Where did you go? - All over.
There was a good movie on
television tonight.
Too bad I didn't see most of it.
Oh, how come you missed it?
Oh, some bum stole poor Mrs.
Orland's pension check.
Grabbed it right out of her
hand at the market.
What a lousy thing to do.
I can see you!
What the hell are you doing?
Yes I can! - Get out of here!
Come on!
Oh, Veronica, you should've seen
the look on his face.
Hi, baby girl.
It was funny.
Hello, sweetheart.
Honey?
Come on in and rub my neck,
will you?
I have a terrible headache.
There's a good girl.
Do it.
Oh, that's good, baby.
I'll never forget the first
time you did this.
Your little hands were so small
I could hardly get them
around my neck.
Mmm, that's so good.
Yes.
Mhm.
Not so hard, dear.
Not, Terry?
Terry?
It's, it's a little too hard,
Terry.
Terry.
Not so tight!
Terry, not so tight!
Terry, you're hurting me!
Mrs. lambert?
Now I really must insist that
somebody fix my shower.
Tomorrow.
That's what you
told me last time.
Tomorrow.
Oh, goo, goo, goo, goo.
Isn't he a darling?
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Now what the hell did
you do that for?
Go away.
I paid 10 bucks for this clock.
What'd you set the
goddamn alarm for, huh?
To wake you up, that's why.
You said you had to buy some
gadget for Lori Davis's shower.
You know I hate alarms.
Why can't you wake me up nice?
You know, tiptoe into the
room and say, Terry.
Oh, Terry, honey, it's
time to get up.
Oh, yeah.
Terry, honey, Terry,
it's time to get
your ass out of that bed.
Hi, Thelma.
Hi, baby, hi.
Hey, you mad at me?
Huh?
Thelma mad?
Well, you broke my nice clock.
Oh, I'll get you a new one.
Oh, sure, with my money.
Hey, there's something on
your neck over here.
What?
Oh.
You're too much.
You're just too much.
Too much, huh?
Yes, you are, too much.
Oh, honey, oh!
Come on, now, stop it.
Stop it.
Go one and get that
thingamajig and fix
the shower, like you promised.
Hey, can you still dance?
Well, you've seen the
trophies I've won.
Remember when you
used to teach me?
I sure do.
Gene Kelly!
Ha hal
Rita Hayworth!
Here we go!
Come on, baby.
Yeah, baby!
Oh!
This shirt has had it.
What?
Nothing.
Are you a good boy?
Cool it, blackie.
You didn't do it, did you?
I didn't do what?
You know what I'm talking about.
Rhea Benson.
So that's why you've been
so quiet all day.
She died in a fire, didn't she?
When you left the
house that night,
you took a bottle of
liquor with you.
Yeah, well, I was going to meet
some of my old friends,
and we, we were gonna get
drunk together.
Hey, you don't think I'd do
something like that, do you?
What about Tina Moore?
Oh, wow.
You think I pushed her
over a cliff, huh?
You answer my questions
with questions!
You think I'm crazy, don't you?
There you go again,
another question.
Answer me!
No, I did not.
No, you did not.
I believe you.
Hey.
Do you remember when we
used to take the car
and go down to the beach?
And I'd pack a beautiful lunch.
Chicken, chicken, always chicken.
That's what you liked, your
favorite, chicken.
And you remember how you talked me
into going on that roller coaster?
Oh my god, that roller coaster.
I was so scared.
I was so scared stiff I almost
bit my tongue off.
You bought me a Dr. pepper to
rinse my mouth out with,
you remember?
I'll never forget it.
You said, here, Thelma,
drink this.
Don't worry, your tongue
will grow back.
Are you a good boy?
You were 11 years old then.
And so sweet.
Do you remember when I took you
to see that movie,
gone with the wind?
Oh, and Clark gable.
And you begged to see it
over and over again,
I don't know how many, how
many times I took you.
You always did like the movies.
You get that from me.
You get a lot of things from me.
And I saw every
little league game.
And I was the proudest
mother on the block,
the proudest one.
Yep.
I always knew you'd
amount to something.
You're still young, you know.
You got plenty of time.
Jesus Christ!
Hi, fellas.
Hi, Thelma.
Hi, flo.
You still on your diet?
I went off mine.
Can't help it.
I love my own cooking.
Say, I hear Terry got out.
Bet he looks good, huh?
This friend of mine, her son
did time in chino,
came home fat as a pig.
They feed them pretty good there,
you know.
Seems everybody spends time
behind bars these days.
Getting to be sort of a
status symbol.
My son got busted
receiving stolen goods.
How the hell did he know
the stereo was hot?
Oh, the money I spent on lawyers.
Well, you should know
about lawyers.
Thelma?
Thelma?
She forgot her clothes.
Never did like this game.
I'm tired.
I'll go to bed.
And tell me about your family
and your daughters.
I have four sons. - You
have four sons?
Oh dear! - Good evening, Lori.
Good evening, Mrs. orland, Mrs.
Rogers.
My dear, did you hear what
happened to me the other day?
Yes, Mrs. orland, you told me.
I did?
Uh, did you hear what
happened to me?
No, I didn't.
Oh, well...
I don't believe it.
You're finally fixing my shower.
Yeah.
She's a bitch, too.
Well, I hope it works
when you're through.
Say, while you're at it,
do you think you could take a
look at this toilet?
What's the matter
with the toilet?
It flushes by itself.
Flushes by itself, huh?
Uh-huh.
Oh, you wouldn't think that was so
funny at four o'clock
in the morning.
Do you lift weights?
No.
You think I should?
Oh, I don't think so.
Not unless you want to look like
Mr. America or something.
Right.
See, you hear it?
Didn't believe me, did ya?
You know, when I lived in
Tucson with my aunt,
we had this bathroom, and it was
right next to my bedroom.
And in the bathroom there
was this toilet,
and all night long it would drip,
drip, drip.
So you know what I did?
I got myself a radio and I kept it
on this all-night music
station, where they play
music all night long,
and I listened to music
all night long.
Because I couldn't stand that
constant drip, drip, drip.
Boy, that's enough to drive
somebody crazy,
don't you think?
Look at you, you're all sweaty.
Hey, how about a kiss?
I neverdiditin a bathtub before.
Gimme a kiss.
Are you shy?
That's sweet.
What's the matter, don't
I turn you on?
You're crazy!
No!
Somebody help me!
No, no!
No...
Hi, baby.
Terry?
Blackie.
Are you a good boy?
Lori?
Lori?
Lori?
Terry.
Have you been here all night?
Terry, what's wrong?
Oh!
Oh my Jesus!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
She told me her parents were dead.
No one came here, just that
one girlfriend.
That girlfriend, she
could come back.
Mrs. lambert?
Hello there.
Hello, darling.
Speak to me.
Where's Thelma?
Where's Thelma?
Lori?
It's me, Mrs. orland.
Are you there, dear?
A girl like that, all
alone in the big city,
could easily disappear.
There's no reason to
connect us with it.
We've got to get her outta here.
Terry, we've got to get
her outta here.
Terry?
Did you hear me?
We gotta get her outta here.
Tonight.
Tonight, when it's dark.
When it's dark.
Terry?
Now you know what to get.
Small u-haul.
Yes, and make sure it fastens
onto the car properly.
We don't want any accidents.
And speak to no one, hear?
Terry?
Oh my god, come right back, okay?
I will, Thelma.
Terry?
I was worried sick.
What took you so long?
Kinda late for you folks to be
hauling trash tonight,
ain't it?
Um, well, we work days.
Okay.
That'll be $2.
Oh, god!
Oh!
Operator, may I help you?
Operator, get me the police,
please.
Terry.
Terry?
I'll get you some chocolate milk.
You'd like that, wouldn't you?
Terry?
Everything's going to
be all right.
All right?
He's got about as much chance
as a hobo in hell.
Terry.
Give me a kiss.
Ah.
Hey mom?
You called me mom.
What do you know?
Can we go to the beach tomorrow?
If it's not raining.
I like the rain.
It shuts everything out.
You always said that, ever since
you were a little boy.
It was raining when you were born.
4:45 A.M.
A son.
A son, I had a son.
That meant strength
and protection,
something I'd always needed.
You had your first haircut
when you were two.
Long blond, blond curls.
I cried when they cut them.
And I cried when you wore your
first long pants.
And I cried when you went
off to summer camp.
And then when they took you to the
hospital with pneumonia,
I cried.
But when they took you
off to jail...
That was the saddest
moment of my life.
All alone,
two whole years.
I missed you so much!
You sleep, baby.
You sleep.
Sleep.
Nothing's going to hurt you now.
Just sleep.
Baby.
Baby.
let's go!
Come on, it's Ace over there!
No!
Come on!
Come on, Terry!
Come on.
No! - Come on!
Let's get him! - Yeah, come on!
I can't do it!
Terry?
Hello, Thelma.
Oh my god!
They let you out!
Gonna let me in?
Well, why didn't
you let me know?
I would have picked you up.
I wanted to surprise you.
Surprise me?
Yes.
Yes.
I just got up.
Well, let me look at you.
Oh, I can't believe you're home.
I sure did miss you, Terry.
I missed you too, Thelma.
You're thin.
You're awful thin.
Are you hungry?
I had something earlier.
Oh, yes.
Yes, well, I guess you're tired,
hm?
Well, come on.
Come on, you come on
upstairs and rest,
and I'll make us something
scrumptious for lunch.
All right.
Terry?
You want some chocolate milk?
You know, Terry, if I were you,
I wouldn't tell anybody
where you've been.
I won't.
Oh.
Of course, I suppose a lot
of people suspect.
But I told everybody I know you've
been away in the peace corps.
Don't you, don't you
think that's best?
Hmm, fine.
Honey, don't eat so fast.
1 can't help it, it's so good.
Oh.
Two whole years.
You were only 19.
There's been a lot of changes.
Mm, that lousy lawyer.
Changes all over the place.
I told you to stay
away from her.
For instance, uh, the
telephone booths.
But you wouldn't listen to me.
They, uh, they all look like,
um, hair dryers now.
What?
Nothing.
Oh, so much time lost.
You could have made something with
yourself, you know.
With your songs.
Maybe I'll write one about
that shitty lawyer.
I know you didn't
touch that Tina.
The other boys you were with, yes,
but not you.
You didn't touch her, did you?
I told you before she lied.
Tina.
I hate that name.
I wish she was dead.
Now I wonder who that can be.
Yes? - Hi, remember me?
Lori Davis?
I looked at the room yesterday.
Oh, yes, I remember.
Well, I'll take it. - I
don't know, we...
Oh, I hope you
haven't rented it.
It's $15 a week, $58.50 by the
month, in advance.
I'll pay by the week.
Come on, penny, move your bod.
Would you mind if I looked
at it once more?
Well, it's yours now, honey.
Oh, excuse me.
Go put your clothes on.
Hm!
Where you from?
Tucson. - Oh, Arizona, huh?
Mhm.
What'd you come here for?
I have this friend who's
a photographer,
and he has this great connection
with a modeling agency
here in town.
A modeling agency?
Mhm.
You mean, you wanna be a model?
Mhm.
You realize the
competition you got?
Oh, yes.
But people tell me I have a
very interesting face.
Interesting, huh?
Yeah, well, that's what they say
when they don't say pretty.
Now I usually only rent to
elderly ladies,
mhm.
And no noise, hm?
And no ball, um,
entertaining after 10:00.
Right, thank you.
Don't you want your keys?
Oh, yes.
Thank you.
And remember, you can't use the
pool after nine o'clock.
All right. - No.
And no pets are allowed.
I'm the only one allowed
here to have pets.
Uh-huh.
Thank you, bye bye. - Okay.
People tell me I have an
interesting face.
Oh.
Give her one week.
She'll end up with some
phony dude by then.
Want some bacon and eggs?
Yeah, and some, uh...
Chocolate milk, I know.
Here you are, baby girl.
I gotta get me a better guitar.
Keep away from her, Terry.
Who, Thelma?
I saw the way you looked at her.
And I wish you'd call me mom.
I was just looking. - Mhm?
Well, that's what you did
the last time.
And you spent two years
in a cell for it.
No, they're no good these days.
Just tacky whores, sleeping
around with everybody.
You're much too good for 'em.
Hey.
Have I ever steered you wrong?
No.
We're just the two musketeers,
aren't we?
Yeah, the two musketeers.
Gimme a kiss.
Well, that wasn't much of a kiss.
That's better.
Hey, is Mrs. orland
still renting?
Oh, yes, she's still
in room five.
We're all filled up now,
except for room one.
Room one, isn't that Mrs.
Reeves' room?
What happened to good old Mrs.
Reeves?
Didn't I write you?
No.
You didn't tell me a thing
about Mrs. Reeves.
Oh.
Well, Mrs. Reeves died
of a coronary.
No.
Hm, so help me.
She was at this market, see.
Yeah?
She was buying some frozen fish.
You know how she was crazy
about any kind of fish.
Well, she was in this market and
she had this attack,
and she fell!
She fell into the deep freeze,
right onto the frozen fish!
No!
A frozen stiff!
Yeah!
They're at it again.
They're having fun.
It's unnatural,
mother and son behaving like that.
It's also irritating.
Poor woman's been alone so long.
Oh, that's no excuse.
She's just glad to
have him back.
Cackling laughter at all
hours of the night?
Don't you hear it from your room?
It doesn't bother me, father.
It bothers me.
Where are my glasses?
You're wearing them.
Oh, heh.
Idiots, that's what they are.
Stupid idiots.
Just low-class idiots.
Don't upset yourself, father.
Well, you remember what he did,
don't you?
Now you're going to tell me all
over again how he...
Set the house on fire?
Well, he did.
The boy's a psychopath.
That's just your opinion.
Don't you contradict me.
They should have kept
him in prison.
That's where he belongs.
I don't feel safe with
that boy around.
And don't you ever go near him,
do you hear me?
I'm not afraid of him.
Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty,
kitty.
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Oh, that's wonderful.
Alms?
Alms for the poor?
All right, prize fighter now.
Come on, do.
Put 'em up.
Put 'em up, come on, come on.
Come on.
Good, good.
Toro.
Yah!
Okay.
Hey, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Watch!
All right, Charlie.
Do it.
Oh, shit!
Oh, Terry.
You wanna see something terrific?
Pretty good.
What do you mean, pretty good?
It's damn good.
I didn't spend two years
taking pictures of drugs
in that tacky
nightclub for nothing.
You think you got
enough of me now?
Never enough, baby.
Never enough.
Damn good.
Hello?
Tina?
Yeah?
You still as pretty?
Who is this?
You still do it under the pier?
Hm?
Is this Barry?
No. - Donald?
Yeah, Donald.
No, you're wrong again.
I know.
Bob.
You know what I would
like to do to you?
Would you like me to tell you,
Tina?
Talk is cheap.
Well, you just take care of that
gorgeous body of yours,
okay?
Hey, come on, who is this?
You just take care of yourself.
I wouldn't wanna see
anything happen to you.
Like what?
Just take care of yourself,
okay?
Who was that, baby?
Don't know.
Here, baby.
Come on.
Here we go, sweetheart.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on.
Here we go.
That's a baby.
Penny?
Kitty-cat?
Penny?
Where is she?
Penny?
Din-din!
Kitty, kitty!
Kitty?
Haven't seen her all day.
Well...
Bon appetit!
Oh!
My god!
Penny?
Oh!
Oh!
Hi!
My name's Lori Davis.
And your name is?
My name is Terry.
Sun's great, isn't it?
Hello, Terry.
Hello, Mrs. orland.
Say, what else do you do
besides clean pools?
Nothing.
Oh, come on, you must
do something.
I write songs.
Oh, really?
How long have you been doing that?
About seven years.
My, my, bet you must be tired.
Hey!
Loosen up!
Listen!
You stay away from him,
do you hear?
Look at you, showing
everything you got.
He did this!
It's your fault!
I saw you leading him on
like a cheap whore.
Now you stay away from him,
do you hear me?
You're tacky!
Plain old tacky!
Tacky!
Hello, Terry.
Hello, Mrs. orland.
Oh, Terry, I think there's a
mouse in my room.
[, I hear odd noises all the time,
and I, I don't...
Well, I'll take care of it
for you, Mrs. orland.
You're such a good boy.
Real good.
I wish all the boys were like you.
He's dead.
How?
I don't know yet.
Laura, check all passengers.
She if she's alive.
Could he have had a heart attack?
He seemed perfectly
well last night.
Can I have the car tonight,
Thelma?
Keys are there.
That's a groovy way to
start your diet.
Tomorrow.
Bring back some more popcorn, will
you, when you come home?
J last defense is jump on the pony
j jump on the pony and ride
j ride, and ride
J back in the saddle, and
the rising sun
J it won't be long till
you'll be there
j she will hear him say, hey hey
j last
j jump on the pony and ride
j if it stares you down
and it scares you
j and ride
J and it won't be long
j till you'll be there, she
won't hear him say
j hey hey
j last defense is jump on the pony
j jump on the pony and ride
(car engine revving
Son of a bitch!
A talking bird?
Well, I'll be a son of a bitch.
What is it?
Amyna.
A what?
Amyna.
Well, there's nothing
minor about her.
It's not a her, it's a him.
Its name is blackie.
Blackie.
Just a little present for you,
Thelma.
A present?
Think of the cats.
Blackie's for din-din.
I got him for you because
you lost penny.
Oh.
That's sweet, honey.
Down and take your bath,
come on.
Bath?
Oh, somebody.
Okay, I'll be back.
Oh, Terry, come in!
Mrs. orland?
I thought I'd, uh...
Uh...
Try and catch that mouse.
Oh, yes, yes, I, I just heard
it a few minutes ago.
Who is this?
Me, when I was a young girl.
There he is!
Did you see it? - Yeah, I saw it.
Oh, there it is!
Get it!
That's not a mouse, it's a rat,
Mrs. orland.
He's a big fella.
Oh, it's so ugly. - Nah,
he's cute.
Now, you ever seen one of these
traps work, Mrs. orland?
Mm-mm.
You see that piece of
cheese there?
That draws them.
They can't resist it.
It's like, uh, kids
with ice cream.
See the way his nose is
working like that?
He can almost taste that cheese,
Mrs. orland.
Think we should let him have it?
Uh-huh.
Sorry about that, Mrs. orland.
We repatriated
within three days.
On the local scene, tragedy
struck last night
in Malibu canyon when
19-year-old Tina Moore
lost control of her car and
careened off a cliff.
Death was apparently instantaneous
as the car burst into
flame upon impact.
The red-haired miss Moore, a
resident of the beach area...
Looks like you got your wish,
Thelma.
Louise?
Louise!
What are you doing?
Reading?
You left me all by
myself to watch TV.
It was a rerun.
I'd already seen it.
What?
I'd already seen it.
I'm tired, Louise.
I'm going to bed.
You read too much.
It's bad for your eyes.
Good night.
You looking for somebody?
1, no.
I was restless.
Though I'd take a walk.
Or a swim?
Oops.
Huh?
Mm?
Oh, I had one or two.
It's freezing.
How can you go swimming on a
night like this?
I like it.
There's nobody else around.
What's the matter?
Matter?
Oh, was I staring?
Hm.
Sorry.
So you like to be alone?
I'd rather be with somebody I
didn't like than to be alone.
Have you ever been so bored that
it actually made you sick?
I mean, sick.
I am surrounded by boredom.
I work in a library,
and I hate it.
I have these hallucinations.
They're so real!
About burning all the books!
And sometimes I have
this terrific urge
to put ground glass in my
father's food.
No, really.
I can almost hear his false teeth
grinding on the glass.
It must feel wonderful.
What?
Being raped.
I wouldn't have told on you.
How old do you think I am?
I don't know.
Go ahead.
Tell me.
357?
Right on the nose.
Too old?
Oh!
Look who's up.
I couldn't sleep.
Well, you won't look good with
circles under your eyes.
Good enough to go to a
movie tonight, huh?
Want to? - Yeah.
Double horror flick.
Mother was a werewolf and
Dracula sucks again.
Oh, ho, ho, ho!
Oh, honey, come on,
I'll get a hickey!
Jeez, you could use a shower.
I stink, huh?
Yeah, you stink.
Okay.
Put 'em up.
What?
Put 'em up.
Let's go.
Come on.
Can't fight anyway,
you're too wobbly.
Oh, what do you mean,
too wobbly?
Yeah, come on!
Come on, come on, come on!
Put your Dukes up!
Boom, boom, boom!
See?
Oh, oh, oh, no, no.
No.
No.
Stop it, darling, stop it.
I have work to do.
Boom, boom!
Mrs. Thelma Lee lambert!
Hey, where'd you get the
missus from, huh?
No, come on.
Come on, I really want to know.
Now, now, now, now.
Here, come on.
Come on, honey, let me up.
You just tacked it on, huh?
Now how many times
have I told you?
Your father died before
you were born.
You told me that a
hundred times.
Mhm.
I wonder why I keep
forgetting it.
Now if you want me to
go to the movies,
I will have to finish.
I sure had a lot of uncles
when I was a kid.
Yes, uncles.
There was uncle Joe, and uncle
Harry, and uncle Theodore.
Uncle Theodore.
He left us this great big white
elephant of a house,
didn't he?
Yes, he did.
Yeah.
It's funny, all those uncles, and
I don't have them anymore.
Where'd they go, huh?
You ask too many questions.
Come on, baby.
To which I get too few answers.
You were some good-looking chick
when you were younger.
Well, I managed to
turn a few heads.
30 years ago?
30 years?
What are you talking about?
Listen, I have work to do.
Go ahead and work!
Hey, you know what you're like?
You're like this big, heavy
pillow over my face,
and you're suffocating me.
Thelma and her, her bastard son!
You fat whore!
You're nothing but a fat whore.
Just a fat whore.
Thelma?
Thelma?
You still want to go to the
movies tonight?
What are you doing in here?
Hi, are you still afraid of me?
I asked you what you're
doing in here.
My mother said that your
shower wasn't working.
Yes, but that was
three days ago.
Well, there's a part I
have to pick up
at the hardware store.
What's that supposed to mean?
That it'll be fixed in a
couple of days.
Hello.
Um, about last night?
I'm afraid I was
slightly inebriated.
I said a lot of things that
I shouldn't have.
It's really not like me to
act so childish.
I didn't mean those things that I
said about my father.
Like I said, I, I was drunk.
L, hope you don't think
I was actually
intending to s-s-seduce you.
Actually, I, I wasn't...
Next time you're stoned, lady,
and you don't actually
know what you're doing,
and you don't actually know
that you're horny,
and you aren't actually yourself,
why don't you just hop into a
goddamn cold shower?
I hear you strumming that
guitar all the time.
All the time.
But I've never actually heard you
play an entire song on it.
You say you write songs?
Why don't you play me one?
Because you can't.
And that thing that you hold so
close to you, like a woman,
you can't even play it.
Hello?
Hello?
Hey, where you going?
Going to confession.
Oh.
Well, be sure to tell
the priest you're
sorry for not taking me
to the movies.
We'll be fine tomorrow night.
Terry?
Yeah, it's me.
Well, when did you get out?
Uh, Friday a week ago.
Two weeks.
I don't know.
I know it was Friday, though.
Well, great.
Look, Terry, I was going to
call it a night.
I tell you what, why don't you
come to the office tomorrow
and we'll talk?
Hey, this is nice.
What is it?
Really, Terry, I have a very
busy day tomorrow, and I...
Isn't it funny, miss Benson,
how some fag decorator
can make it look like
you got class?
What do you want, Terry?
Nothing.
Just want to pay my
respects to my lawyer.
This is for you.
I thought you'd want to
celebrate my release.
Oh.
What, you think I, uh?
See, there's nothing in it.
Oh.
Don't spill it.
It's expensive.
Terry,
I know how you must feel.
Hey, how do I feel?
Well,
a little bitter?
Yeah.
Bitter?
Confused?
Confused?
I certainly
understand how you feel.
Hey, how come you
keep saying that?
Because everything was
stacked against you.
I tried, Terry.
I really tried.
But the judge was tough.
How can a lady judge be tough?
I mean, women are supposed to
be soft and cuddly,
and they smell so sweet and
pretty, don't they?
She was really sweet, that one.
I mean, the way she
banged her gavel
and the nice way she said
she was putting me away
for two years.
Look, Terry, if it's
money you need, why,
I can help you out.
Why don't you just, um,
finish your drink?
Well, Terry, it's, it's
getting so late.
Pick it up.
You're too smart to use that,
Terry.
Pick it up!
Come on, pick it up!
Drink.
I said, drink it!
Drink it.
Oh!
Oh, please.
Cheers.
Here we are, baby.
Come, come.
Yes, her didn't feel good today,
did her?
No.
You're gonna get special din-din,
yes.
There we go.
I didn't hear him come in.
Well, well, the alley cat returns.
What?
When'd you sneak in?
Just a few minutes ago.
Want some chocolate milk? - No,
thanks.
Where did you go? - All over.
There was a good movie on
television tonight.
Too bad I didn't see most of it.
Oh, how come you missed it?
Oh, some bum stole poor Mrs.
Orland's pension check.
Grabbed it right out of her
hand at the market.
What a lousy thing to do.
I can see you!
What the hell are you doing?
Yes I can! - Get out of here!
Come on!
Oh, Veronica, you should've seen
the look on his face.
Hi, baby girl.
It was funny.
Hello, sweetheart.
Honey?
Come on in and rub my neck,
will you?
I have a terrible headache.
There's a good girl.
Do it.
Oh, that's good, baby.
I'll never forget the first
time you did this.
Your little hands were so small
I could hardly get them
around my neck.
Mmm, that's so good.
Yes.
Mhm.
Not so hard, dear.
Not, Terry?
Terry?
It's, it's a little too hard,
Terry.
Terry.
Not so tight!
Terry, not so tight!
Terry, you're hurting me!
Mrs. lambert?
Now I really must insist that
somebody fix my shower.
Tomorrow.
That's what you
told me last time.
Tomorrow.
Oh, goo, goo, goo, goo.
Isn't he a darling?
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Shame!
Now what the hell did
you do that for?
Go away.
I paid 10 bucks for this clock.
What'd you set the
goddamn alarm for, huh?
To wake you up, that's why.
You said you had to buy some
gadget for Lori Davis's shower.
You know I hate alarms.
Why can't you wake me up nice?
You know, tiptoe into the
room and say, Terry.
Oh, Terry, honey, it's
time to get up.
Oh, yeah.
Terry, honey, Terry,
it's time to get
your ass out of that bed.
Hi, Thelma.
Hi, baby, hi.
Hey, you mad at me?
Huh?
Thelma mad?
Well, you broke my nice clock.
Oh, I'll get you a new one.
Oh, sure, with my money.
Hey, there's something on
your neck over here.
What?
Oh.
You're too much.
You're just too much.
Too much, huh?
Yes, you are, too much.
Oh, honey, oh!
Come on, now, stop it.
Stop it.
Go one and get that
thingamajig and fix
the shower, like you promised.
Hey, can you still dance?
Well, you've seen the
trophies I've won.
Remember when you
used to teach me?
I sure do.
Gene Kelly!
Ha hal
Rita Hayworth!
Here we go!
Come on, baby.
Yeah, baby!
Oh!
This shirt has had it.
What?
Nothing.
Are you a good boy?
Cool it, blackie.
You didn't do it, did you?
I didn't do what?
You know what I'm talking about.
Rhea Benson.
So that's why you've been
so quiet all day.
She died in a fire, didn't she?
When you left the
house that night,
you took a bottle of
liquor with you.
Yeah, well, I was going to meet
some of my old friends,
and we, we were gonna get
drunk together.
Hey, you don't think I'd do
something like that, do you?
What about Tina Moore?
Oh, wow.
You think I pushed her
over a cliff, huh?
You answer my questions
with questions!
You think I'm crazy, don't you?
There you go again,
another question.
Answer me!
No, I did not.
No, you did not.
I believe you.
Hey.
Do you remember when we
used to take the car
and go down to the beach?
And I'd pack a beautiful lunch.
Chicken, chicken, always chicken.
That's what you liked, your
favorite, chicken.
And you remember how you talked me
into going on that roller coaster?
Oh my god, that roller coaster.
I was so scared.
I was so scared stiff I almost
bit my tongue off.
You bought me a Dr. pepper to
rinse my mouth out with,
you remember?
I'll never forget it.
You said, here, Thelma,
drink this.
Don't worry, your tongue
will grow back.
Are you a good boy?
You were 11 years old then.
And so sweet.
Do you remember when I took you
to see that movie,
gone with the wind?
Oh, and Clark gable.
And you begged to see it
over and over again,
I don't know how many, how
many times I took you.
You always did like the movies.
You get that from me.
You get a lot of things from me.
And I saw every
little league game.
And I was the proudest
mother on the block,
the proudest one.
Yep.
I always knew you'd
amount to something.
You're still young, you know.
You got plenty of time.
Jesus Christ!
Hi, fellas.
Hi, Thelma.
Hi, flo.
You still on your diet?
I went off mine.
Can't help it.
I love my own cooking.
Say, I hear Terry got out.
Bet he looks good, huh?
This friend of mine, her son
did time in chino,
came home fat as a pig.
They feed them pretty good there,
you know.
Seems everybody spends time
behind bars these days.
Getting to be sort of a
status symbol.
My son got busted
receiving stolen goods.
How the hell did he know
the stereo was hot?
Oh, the money I spent on lawyers.
Well, you should know
about lawyers.
Thelma?
Thelma?
She forgot her clothes.
Never did like this game.
I'm tired.
I'll go to bed.
And tell me about your family
and your daughters.
I have four sons. - You
have four sons?
Oh dear! - Good evening, Lori.
Good evening, Mrs. orland, Mrs.
Rogers.
My dear, did you hear what
happened to me the other day?
Yes, Mrs. orland, you told me.
I did?
Uh, did you hear what
happened to me?
No, I didn't.
Oh, well...
I don't believe it.
You're finally fixing my shower.
Yeah.
She's a bitch, too.
Well, I hope it works
when you're through.
Say, while you're at it,
do you think you could take a
look at this toilet?
What's the matter
with the toilet?
It flushes by itself.
Flushes by itself, huh?
Uh-huh.
Oh, you wouldn't think that was so
funny at four o'clock
in the morning.
Do you lift weights?
No.
You think I should?
Oh, I don't think so.
Not unless you want to look like
Mr. America or something.
Right.
See, you hear it?
Didn't believe me, did ya?
You know, when I lived in
Tucson with my aunt,
we had this bathroom, and it was
right next to my bedroom.
And in the bathroom there
was this toilet,
and all night long it would drip,
drip, drip.
So you know what I did?
I got myself a radio and I kept it
on this all-night music
station, where they play
music all night long,
and I listened to music
all night long.
Because I couldn't stand that
constant drip, drip, drip.
Boy, that's enough to drive
somebody crazy,
don't you think?
Look at you, you're all sweaty.
Hey, how about a kiss?
I neverdiditin a bathtub before.
Gimme a kiss.
Are you shy?
That's sweet.
What's the matter, don't
I turn you on?
You're crazy!
No!
Somebody help me!
No, no!
No...
Hi, baby.
Terry?
Blackie.
Are you a good boy?
Lori?
Lori?
Lori?
Terry.
Have you been here all night?
Terry, what's wrong?
Oh!
Oh my Jesus!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
She told me her parents were dead.
No one came here, just that
one girlfriend.
That girlfriend, she
could come back.
Mrs. lambert?
Hello there.
Hello, darling.
Speak to me.
Where's Thelma?
Where's Thelma?
Lori?
It's me, Mrs. orland.
Are you there, dear?
A girl like that, all
alone in the big city,
could easily disappear.
There's no reason to
connect us with it.
We've got to get her outta here.
Terry, we've got to get
her outta here.
Terry?
Did you hear me?
We gotta get her outta here.
Tonight.
Tonight, when it's dark.
When it's dark.
Terry?
Now you know what to get.
Small u-haul.
Yes, and make sure it fastens
onto the car properly.
We don't want any accidents.
And speak to no one, hear?
Terry?
Oh my god, come right back, okay?
I will, Thelma.
Terry?
I was worried sick.
What took you so long?
Kinda late for you folks to be
hauling trash tonight,
ain't it?
Um, well, we work days.
Okay.
That'll be $2.
Oh, god!
Oh!
Operator, may I help you?
Operator, get me the police,
please.
Terry.
Terry?
I'll get you some chocolate milk.
You'd like that, wouldn't you?
Terry?
Everything's going to
be all right.
All right?
He's got about as much chance
as a hobo in hell.
Terry.
Give me a kiss.
Ah.
Hey mom?
You called me mom.
What do you know?
Can we go to the beach tomorrow?
If it's not raining.
I like the rain.
It shuts everything out.
You always said that, ever since
you were a little boy.
It was raining when you were born.
4:45 A.M.
A son.
A son, I had a son.
That meant strength
and protection,
something I'd always needed.
You had your first haircut
when you were two.
Long blond, blond curls.
I cried when they cut them.
And I cried when you wore your
first long pants.
And I cried when you went
off to summer camp.
And then when they took you to the
hospital with pneumonia,
I cried.
But when they took you
off to jail...
That was the saddest
moment of my life.
All alone,
two whole years.
I missed you so much!
You sleep, baby.
You sleep.
Sleep.
Nothing's going to hurt you now.
Just sleep.
Baby.
Baby.