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[INDISTINCT TALKING, TYPING, PHONES RINGING]

[TALKING, TYPING, RINGING CONTINUE]

[PHONE RINGING]

[RING]

MAINE TOURIST OFFICE. HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY?

YES, MA'AM,

I CAN CONNECT YOU TO THE ALAGASH HOTEL.

[TYPING]

[PHONE RINGING]

JUST BETWEEN US, IT'S AWFUL BUSY THAT TIME OF YEAR.

THE PINE TREE IN DAWESPORT

IS JUST A SKIP UP THE ROAD...

FOR HARDLY HALF THE PRICE.

ME, MA'AM?

I COME UP HERE TO STAY GOIN' ON 5 YEARS NOW.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE I COULD LEAVE MAINE NOW

IF I WANTED TO.

OH, NO, MA'AM.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT NOWHERE.

WHEN THE SUGAR MAPLES TURN SCARLET...

AND THE HICKORIES GO ALL GOLD,

IT'S LIKE--

IT'S LIKE SEEING THE COLORS OF PARADISE

COME BACK TO YOU,

EVEN IF IT DON'T LAST BUT A WEEK.

[PHONE RINGING]

YOU'RE WELCOME, MA'AM.

IT'S BEEN REAL NICE TALKING TO YOU, TOO.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

"LIKE SEEING THE COLORS OF PARADISE COME BACK TO YOU."

[LAUGHS] WHERE YOU GET THAT SHIT FROM, PERCY?

GIRL, ALL YOU SEEN OF MAINE IS THE INSIDE OF THIS PRISON.

MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER HEAR A GOOD LIE

OVER THE TRUTH ANY DAY, JOLENE.

NOW THAT YOU GETTIN' OUT, YOU BEST WATCH THAT LYIN'.

[PHONE RINGS]

MAINE TOURIST OFFICE. HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY?

[WOMEN ARGUING]

[ARGUING CONTINUES]

DON'T SAY I TOLD YOU, BUT I WAS THERE,

AND THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID, SARAH.

WHAT'S THIS?

[DISTANT DOG BARKING]

[BARKING CONTINUES]

[MAN] SHELBY! SHELBY!

DIDN'T I SAY THIS MORNING

MY BLUE SHIRT NEEDED WASHIN'?

I DID ALL THE WHITE ONES,

BUT THERE WASN'T FULL ENOUGH FOR A COLORED LOAD.

I'M SHOWIN' THE QUARRY TOMORROW, SHEL.

I TOLD YOU, I NEED THE BLUE SHIRT.

[BARKING CONTINUES]

WARDEN MINTON SAID HE WAS GONNA CALL.

YEAH, HE CALLED, ALL RIGHT,

ABOUT SOMEONE LOOKIN' TO START FRESH HERE OR SOMETHING.

TRUTH BE TOLD, I DIDN'T TAKE HIM SERIOUS.

NOTHING MUCH STARTS IN GILEAD THESE DAYS.

BUT HERE YOU ARE.

YES, SIR.

WELL, TELL ME WHY YOU CHOSE GILEAD.

IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PLACE?

NO, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

WELL, IF YOU GIVE ANY ACCOUNT TO THE INDIAN LEGENDS,

IT WAS JUST AROUND HERE--

WELL, THE STORY GOES...

THAT WHEN THE GODS HEARD HOW BEAUTIFUL THE LAND WAS,

THEY LEFT HEAVEN TO SEE IT FOR THEMSELVES.

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

I MEAN, IT DOES HAVE MORE PEGMATITE ROCK FORMATIONS...

THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY.

IS THAT RIGHT?

[PERCY] YES, SIR.

I HAD A CALLER ONCE

WHO WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT.

HMM.

YOU LOST YOUR LAST WAITRESS THIS WINTER,

AND WITH YOUR HIP AND ALL--

[SCOFFS]

ANOTHER BODY IN HERE AIN'T GONNA CURE MY HIP, GAR.

[SHERIFF] WELL, HANNAH, I MEAN, IT DON'T HAVE TO BE PERMANENT.

YOU'VE GOT THAT EMPTY ROOM UPSTAIRS.

AND YOU NEED THE HELP.

AND, HANNAH...

YOU'D BE DOIN' ME A BIG FAVOR.

I DON'T OWE YOU NO FAVORS.

BATHROOM'S AT THE END OF THE HALL.

THERE'S HOT WATER ENOUGH,

BUT NOT IF YOU DAWDLE WHILE YOU'RE WASHIN'.

THERE'S EXTRA BLANKETS AND SHEETS IN THE SIDEBOARD.

I GIVE YOU BREAKFAST AT 6:00.

WORK STARTS RIGHT AT 6:30.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW

CAN WAIT TILL THEN.

LAMP'S ON THE RIGHT.

[BIRD SQUAWKING]

[SLICING CONTINUES]

WOOD'S GOTTA COME IN FOR THE STOVE.

LEAVE THE TENDIN' OF THE FIRE TO ME FOR NOW.

WATER'S GOTTA BE SET TO BOIL FOR THE CEREAL.

GREENS GOTTA COME UP FROM THE ROOT CELLAR.

AND IF THERE AIN'T A GALLON OF COFFEE OUT THERE IN 15 MINUTES,

I'LL HEAR ABOUT IT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

YOU GOT THAT, HAVE YOU?

YEAH.

AND I DON'T ALLOW NO SMOKING IN THE KITCHEN, EITHER.

[WATER RUNNING]

GET THAT HAIR OUT OF YOUR FACE, WORKIN' AROUND FOOD.

[DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES]

[WATER CONTINUES]

I AIN'T OPEN YET, EFFY.

I KNOW WHAT TIME YOU OPEN, HANNAH.

JUST COME TO SEE

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING YOU NEEDED FROM THE STORE.

WELL, I DON'T.

AND HER NAME IS PERCY. YOU HAPPY NOW?

[WATER CONTINUES RUNNING]

[CONTINUES SLICING]

DON'T TURN AROUND,

BUT SHE'S COMIN' RIGHT DOWN THERE AT HIS TABLE.

WHAT CAN I BRING FOR YOU?

HANNAH KNOWS WHAT I'M HAVIN'.

THAT ONE'S BEEN POPULAR TODAY.

YOU GONNA WANT COFFEE WITH THAT?

[EFFY SOFTLY] SHE'S GONNA POUR HIS COFFEE.

I SAW HER LAST NIGHT.

I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH SARAH.

[EFFY SOFTLY] LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GIRL--

[MAN #1] WHAT'S SHE DOIN' HERE ANYWAY?

[MAN #2] DON'T KNOW AND DON'T CARE.

[RINGS BELL]

[SIGHS]

WHEN SHE CAME IN ON THE BUS LAST NIGHT,

I SAW HER COMIN'--

SAY, HANNAH,

DID I FORGET TO MENTION

THAT I'VE BEEN IN PRISON DOWN IN WINDHAM

FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS?

AND I ONLY GOT SENT TO SOLITARY 3 TIMES.

IMAGINE THAT.

[DINERS MURMURING]

[HANNAH] PERCY.

PERCY!

[PUTTING OUT CIGARETTE]

[BELL JINGLING]

EVENIN' TO YOU, HANNAH.

BROUGHT YOU SOME SUPPLIES BACK FROM BETHEL.

GOT YOU A BOX OF THEM NEW SCRUBBIN' PADS.

NEW SCRUBBIN' PADS?

YEAH.

I AIN'T HAD NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OLD ONES.

HAD ANOTHER CHAT WITH THOSE FELLAS

ABOUT THE QUARRY AGAIN TODAY.

THEY'LL BE COMIN' OVER TO LOOK AT IT ANYTIME NOW.

WELL, YOU LET ME KNOW WHEN THE RUSH STARTS.

PERCY.

I'M NAHUM GODDARD.

HANNAH THERE'S MY AUNT. YOU'D BE--

PERCHANCE TALBOTT. PERCY WILL DO.

I'VE GOT THAT REAL ESTATE OFFICE

ACROSS THE STREET THERE.

WHERE YOU COME FROM, PERCY?

OHIO.

OHIO, HUH?

I HAD SOME CLIENTS FROM OHIO ONCE.

THEY DIDN'T SOUND LIKE YOU.

I WOULDN'T MIND COMIN' FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE

IF THAT DOESN'T SUIT YOU.

[LAUGHS]

WELL...UH, I SORT OF LOOK AFTER HANNAH NOW,

SO YOU'RE APT TO BE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF ME.

[BELL JINGLES]

[GASPS IN PAIN]

[NAHUM] HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT THIS GIRL?

WELL... YOU'VE MET HENRY MINTON,

THE WARDEN UP THERE AT WINDHAM.

MINTON.

SHORT AND STOUT, KIND OF BALDING?

HE CALLED...

AND ASKED IF I COULD LEND HER A HAND.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

WELL, JUST THE SAME,

I THINK YOU'D BEEN BETTER OFF

TO TALK TO ME ABOUT ALL THIS.

HANNAH'S A GROWN WOMAN. SHE'S GOT A MIND OF HER OWN.

SHE'S GETTIN' ON, GAR.

I CAN'T SAY I'M WARM TO THE PROSPECT

OF SOME CRIMINAL LIVING THERE WITH HER.

WHO DO YOU SUPPOSE IS GONNA KEEP AN EYE ON THIS GIRL?

WELL, IF SHE'S WORKIN' AT THE SPITFIRE...WHO WON'T?

HEY, NAHUM, DID YOU KNOW THAT...

WE'VE GOT MORE PEGMATITE FORMATIONS AROUND HERE

THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY?

PEGMATITE.

MM-HMM.

NO.

I JUST KNOW WE GOT ABOUT A MILLION TON OF GRANITE

DOWN THERE IN THAT HOLE.

AIN'T GONNA DIG ITSELF OUT.

[SCRUBBING]

UH, WHAT'S THAT YOU'RE READIN'?

"AND ROSY-FINGERED DAWN CAME UPON THE SLEEPING SAILORS,

AND THEY WOKE TO RESUME THEIR LONG JOURNEY."

UH, I DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT ONE.

[LAUGHS]

IT'S A PRETTY OLD STORY.

[CONTINUES SCRUBBING]

UH, MY NAME IS, UH--

JOE.

YEAH.

I WAS HERE WHEN HANNAH SET YOU TO WORK, REMEMBER?

AND I'M JUST GUESSIN',

BUT I BET YOU ALREADY HEARD MINE MORE THAN ONCE.

PERCY.

LISTEN, I WAS THINKIN'

I MIGHT TAKE A RIDE OVER TO MILLFIELD LATER ON.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME ALONG IF--

WHAT THEY GOT IN MILLFIELD?

NOTHING MUCH REALLY.

JUST...IT'S SOMEPLACE BESIDES GILEAD.

THAT'S ALL.

I DON'T KNOW.

I GOTTA FINISH A LETTER TO SOMEONE.

I COULD TALK TO HANNAH FOR YOU IF--

IT'S NOT LIKE SHE OWNS ME OR SOMETHING.

I KNOW. I KNOW THAT.

I GUESS THIS PLACE IS STARTIN' TO PUSH IN ON ME SOME.

ALL RIGHT.

* I GREW UP UNDER A FALLING SKY *

* TRYIN' NOT TO MAKE WAVES *

* TRYIN' TO FLY *

* LONG SUMMER DAYS WOUND UP SO TIGHT *

** [CONTINUES]

** [ROCK BLARING]

** [CONTINUES]

**

LIKE I SAID, IT AIN'T GILEAD.

** [CONTINUES]

**

HEY, JOE.

HEY, GORDY. HOW YA DOIN'?

[JOE OPENS DOOR]

I THINK I WANT TO STAY HERE FOR JUST A MINUTE.

OH...ALL RIGHT.

TH-THAT'S FINE.

YOU, UH--I COULD RUN IN AND GET SOMETHING FOR US.

OKAY.

YEAH?

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

**

[GORDY] WHERE DID HE FIND HER?

COME ON, MONICA.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH TONIGHT?

CLIFF, YOU'RE DRUNK. GET OFF ME.

DO IT FOR ME TONIGHT.

COME ON. WILL YOU LET--

JUST LIKE OLD TIMES. COME ON, HONEY.

LET GO. CLIFF, GET OFF OF ME!

DAMN!

**

WAIT A MINUTE. COME BACK HERE.

WHAT?

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?

SHE JUST WANTS TO BE ALONE. GO BACK INSIDE, WILL YA?

GO. GO ON.

[OPENS DOOR]

[SIGHS, CLOSES DOOR]

HERE YOU ARE.

THIS KIND BE OKAY FOR YOU?

I WOULDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

NO, I GUESS--

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE FROM THE SOUTH SOMEWHERE.

YOUR ACCENT, YOU KNOW?

WELL, THINGS AIN'T ALWAYS LIKE THEY SOUND.

I KNOW. OF COURSE,

JUST ABOUT EVERY PLACE ELSE IS SOUTH FROM HERE.

FLATLANDERS. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL 'EM.

YOU STILL GOT FAMILY DOWN THERE ANYWHERE?

MAKE A LIST OF ALL YOUR DAMN QUESTIONS,

AND I'LL ANSWER 'EM WHEN I GOT THE TIME.

I'M, UH-- WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

WHAT ARE YOU--

MANSLAUGHTER, ALL RIGHT?

THAT'S WHY I WAS IN WINDHAM, FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

NOW YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU CAN TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

YOU CAN TAKE ME BACK.

[BEER BOTTLE SHATTERS]

CAN WE GO?

SURE.

[STARTS ENGINE]

[SHIFTS GEARS]

[BELL JINGLES]

[CRYING]

NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO TOUCH ME.

JUST--JUST GO GET HELP, AND DON'T TOUCH ME!

I SAID I DON'T WANT YOU TO COME NEAR ME.

I HEARD YOU, HANNAH. I CAUGHT JOE.

HE'S BRINGIN' THE TRUCK AROUND BACK NOW.

WE GOTTA GET YOU TO THE HOSPITAL IN LEWISTON.

JUST DON'T TOUCH MY LEG!

IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN 100 MILES

GOT A DOCTOR CAN FIX THAT!

STAY AWAY FROM ME!

YOU WANT TO FIGHT ME, OLD WOMAN, HAVE AT IT!

BUT COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO!

ALL RIGHT.

[PANTING] THANK YOU.

SHH.

[HANNAH] IT DON'T TAKE A PARADE, YOU KNOW,

JUST TO GET ME INTO BED.

EASY NOW.

SHOO, BOTH OF YOU.

YEAH, WE GOT IT. THANK YOU.

ALL THIS PLASTER ON MY LEG,

IT SURE AIN'T GOIN' ANYWHERE.

NOW, YOU CARE TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

WELL, SHE DIDN'T PUSH ME DOWN THE STAIRS,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKIN'.

I WAS CLIMBIN' UP ON A CHAIR, AND MY HIP SPASMED ON ME.

HMM.

WELL, JUST THE SAME, I THINK IT'D BE BEST...

FOR PERCY TO GO NOW.

GO WHERE?

I GUESS I SHOULD PROBABLY GET GOING.

I'M HEATIN' SOME COFFEE.

UH, NO, NO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

MY FATHER WILL GET TO WORRYIN' IF I DON'T SHOW UP PRETTY SOON.

THANKS FOR HELPIN' ME GET HANNAH INTO THE HOSPITAL.

NO. YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE GETTIN' THE THANKS.

YOU DONE ALL RIGHT FOR HER, PERCY.

A-AND...

LOOK, I WON'T TELL ANYONE WHY YOU WERE AT WINDHAM...

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

TIME WILL TELL.

YES, IT WILL.

COFFEE'S HOT.

WE DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT THIS GIRL, DO WE?

SO WE JUST SHIP HER BACK

TO HENRY MINTON AT THE PRISON?

THAT'LL BE A FINE "THANK YOU" FOR GETTIN' ME TO LEWISTON.

I'M GONNA NEED SOMEONE AROUND HERE UNTIL I'M BACK ON MY FEET.

SHELBY CAN LOOK AFTER THE GRILL AND--

SHELBY?

YEAH.

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S ALWAYS CARPIN' ON HOW NUMB SHE IS,

SO SHELBY WILL JUST CURE EVERYTHING, I'M SURE.

[SIGHS] EVER SINCE ELI--

I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU NOW, HANNAH.

WELL, THAT'S QUEER.

'CAUSE I DON'T RECALL ASKIN' YOU OR ANYONE ELSE

TO TAKE OVER MY LIFE FOR ME.

SO UNTIL I FORGET MY NAME

OR START DROOLIN' AT THE MOUTH,

I'LL THANK YOU TO ALLOW ME TO MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS.

I'M NOT GONNA BE IN THIS BED FOREVER, YOU KNOW.

UNTIL THEN... PERCY CAN MANAGE THINGS.

[GRILL SIZZLING]

SORRY.

HANNAH, I WAS GONNA HEAD UP.

ANYTHING I CAN GET YOU BEFORE I GO?

NO, I'M FINE.

BUT GLACIER AND I BOTH ARE HAVIN' TROUBLE IMAGININ'...

JUST WHO EXACTLY IT WAS TAUGHT YOU HOW TO COOK.

WELL, I NEVER REALLY HAD MUCH MORE

THAN FAST FOOD GROWIN' UP,

AND IF ANY OF THAT WAS REALLY COOKED,

YOU COULD HAVE FOOLED ME.

I KNOW I'M MAKIN' A MESS OF IT.

WELL...IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FOOD,

THEY'D STILL FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

[SIGHS] GOOD NIGHT THEN.

PERCY? PERCY?

THERE MIGHT STILL BE ONE THING THAT NEEDS DOIN'.

YOU'LL FIND A CANVAS SACK IN THE OFFICE.

IT NEEDS TO HAVE THESE CANNED GOODS PUT IN IT

AND THEN...PLACED OUTSIDE NEAR THAT STUMP.

THEN YOU CAN GO ON TO BED AND GET YOUR REST.

THINK YOU CAN JUST DO THAT?

I'LL SEE TO IT.

NOT TO WORRY.

PERCY?

MAKE SURE THAT THE AX GOES IN THE STUMP...

BEFORE SOMEONE STEPS ON IT AND GETS HURT, EH?

SURE.

[GRILL SIZZLING]

'MORNIN'.

'MORNIN'.

UH...

THIS IS MOLLY.

I'M AFRAID NAHUM DIDN'T EXACTLY THINK OF ALL THE DETAILS...

WHEN HE ASKED ME IN HERE.

UH, I BROUGHT A PLAYPEN FOR HER,

AND SHE SHOULDN'T BE ANY BOTHER.

IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?

HELL, THIS GOTTA BE A LOT MORE YOUR PLACE THAN MINE.

SIT HER WHEREVER YOU LIKE.

THANKS...

PERCY.

I'LL JUST BE A SECOND. THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO. PUT THIS DOWN.

[SHELBY SIGHS] OKAY.

BACON.

MMM. DAMN, THIS IS GOOD.

THAT'S NOTHIN' SPECIAL.

IT'S A FAR SIGHT BETTER THAN THE WAY HANNAH MAKES IT.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER.

ANYTHING'S GOTTA TASTE GOOD AFTER EATIN' FOOD--

[SNIFFS]

I'M...SORRY.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.

I DIDN'T EXACTLY MAKE A SECRET

OF WHERE I BEEN, DID I?

NOT EXACTLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU SAVED MY BACON IN HERE TODAY, SHELBY.

AFTER THINGS GOT SORTED OUT, IT WENT PRETTY GOOD,

DIDN'T IT? YEAH.

YOU CAN SAY THAT TWICE AND MEAN IT.

[LAUGHS]

I BETTER GET GOIN'.

NAHUM WILL BE WAITIN'.

[MOLLY FUSSES]

THAT'S A GOOD GIRL.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

[BELL JINGLES]

[OWL HOOTING]

[HOOTING CONTINUES]

[PERCY WHISPERING] WAIT! WAIT!

[PANTING]

I DON'T MEAN YOU NO HARM.

I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE BAG

FOR A CHANGE. THAT'S ALL.

I KNOW WHAT'S IT LIKE EATIN' THE SAME THING EVERY DAY...

TILL YOU CAN'T HARDLY STAND THE SIGHT OF IT NO MORE.

WOULD YOU LIKE THAT MAYBE?

SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE BAG NEXT TIME?

OKAY THEN, IT'S A DEAL.

WE'LL TRY SOMETHING NEW.

MAYBE NEXT TIME, WE WON'T BE SO RUSHED.

WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO CHAT.

THAT WOULD BE OKAY, WOULDN'T IT?

WELL, IT'S LATE, SO I'LL BE GETTIN' BACK.

[RUSTLING]

[DISHES CLATTERING, WOMEN TALKING]

HI, MOM.

[SHELBY] HI, SWEETHEART.

YOU'RE RIGHT ON TIME.

TAKE A LOOK OVER THAT. I'LL BE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE.

YEAH.

[SHELBY] WHAT YOU GOT FOR ME TODAY?

HI.

NO LACK OF ODD DUCKS AROUND HERE, IS THERE?

YOU CAN SAY THAT TWICE AND MEAN IT. [LAUGHS]

PUT YOUR NAPKIN IN YOUR LAP.

SHELBY, THE "FOR SALE" SIGN IN THE WINDOW,

IS HANNAH REALLY SELLIN' THIS PLACE?

DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG?

MEET ME ON THE BACK PORCH.

WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME MORE POTATOES FOR SUPPER.

SORRY. I SHOULDN'T BE SO NOSY.

OH, NO.

IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S JUST--

[SIGHS] I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RIGHT FOR ME TO SAY.

BUT I CAN'T SEE HOW IT'S WRONG, EITHER.

YOU SEE...

[SIGHS] HANNAH HAD A SON.

ELI.

RIGHT FROM THE FIRST

IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR HE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.

TALL, STRONG, SWEET. [GIGGLES]

ALL-STATE CHAMP 4 YEARS RUNNIN'.

SOMEHOW IT JUST SEEMED LIKE ELI

BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN THIS TOWN,

LIKE, AS LONG AS HE WAS HERE,

SOMEHOW EVERYTHING WOULD TURN OUT ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN THE WAR IN VIETNAM CAME.

DID HE GET DRAFTED?

OH, NO, NO.

HE ENLISTED.

HIS DAD, JAMES, HAD BEEN A BIG HERO IN WORLD WAR II.

I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY NAMED THIS PLACE THE SPITFIRE.

SO WHEN IT CAME ELI'S TURN TO SERVE, HE WAS RARIN' TO GO.

I CAN STILL REMEMBER

WALKIN' UP THE HILL TO THE BUS STOP...

WITH THE WHOLE TOWN TO SEE HIM OFF.

THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE EVER SAW ELI.

HANNAH NEVER TOLD ME WHAT THE OFFICIAL STORY WAS,

BUT AFTER A FEW YEARS, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR...

HE WASN'T COMIN' BACK.

HIS DAD JAMES TOOK IT REAL HARD.

I GUESS HIS HEART JUST GAVE OUT FROM IT.

A COUPLE YEARS AFTER JAMES DIED,

HANNAH PUT THE GRILL UP FOR SALE...

AND ASKED NAHUM TO SEE IF HE COULDN'T FIND A BUYER.

THAT WAS ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO.

YOU KNOW, IF HANNAH STILL REALLY WANTS TO SELL THIS PLACE,

SHE MIGHT COULD TRY RUNNING ONE OF THEM ESSAY CONTESTS.

CONTESTS?

WHEN I WAS WORKING AT THE TOURIST OFFICE,

THERE WAS THIS BIG FUSS ABOUT SOME FOLKS DOWN

IN CENTER LOVELL WHO HAD AN INN THEY COULDN'T SELL.

SO THEY RAN AN ESSAY CONTEST TO RAFFLE IT OFF.

COME OUT WITH A FAIR PIECE

MORE THAN THEY EVER COULD HAVE SOLD THAT PLACE FOR.

SOUNDS CRAZY, HUH?

[HANNAH] PERCY.

PERCY!

[RINGING]

WHAT'S WRONG?

WE MUST BE RUNNIN' WELL SHORT

OF SUPPLIES BY NOW.

SUPPLIES?

DAMN, FROM THE SOUND OF IT,

I THOUGHT YOUR HAIR WAS ON FIRE OR SOMETHING!

WELL, IT AIN'T.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO DRIVE

DOWN TO THE DISCOUNT MART IN BETHEL.

I GOT A LIST ALL MADE OUT FOR YOU HERE.

YOU CAN DRIVE, CAN'T YOU?

WELL, I'VE DRIVEN SOME.

BUT YOU WANT ME TO GO?

WELL, IT'S WARMIN' UP A LITTLE.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD USE THE FRESH AIR.

BESIDES, THE WAY YOUR COOKING'S IMPROVED,

I THINK IT'S HIGH TIME

WE GIVE SHELBY A TURN IN THE KITCHEN, DON'T YOU?

I'M SURE SHE'D WELCOME THE CHANCE.

HERE'S THE LIST.

THERE'S $300 HERE IN THE DRAWER...

AND THE KEY TO THE TRUCK.

YOU WON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE

FINDIN' YOUR WAY BACK, WILL YOU?

NO, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, GLACIER?

HEY, MISTER, YOU ALL RIGHT OVER THERE?

HEY, WHAT Y'ALL DOIN'?

[MAN] NOTHIN'.

Y'ALL FROM OHIO?

'CAUSE I'M FROM OHIO. I'M FROM AKRON.

[DOOR SHUTS, ENGINE STARTS]

[SIGHS]

IS IT STARTIN' TO ACHE BAD AGAIN NOW, HANNAH?

NO, NOT AS MUCH AS TRYIN' TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT PART OF ME IS GONNA GIVE OUT NEXT.

OH, HANNAH, DON'T.

SPARE ME YOUR MILKSOP, SHELBY.

IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF "IF" ANYMORE.

IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF "WHEN."

IT'S HIGH TIME NAHUM GOT ON THE STICK

AND FOUND ME A BUYER FOR THIS PLACE.

YOU CAN TELL HIM I SAID SO, TOO.

OH, I'LL TELL HIM, HANNAH.

BUT WITH THE REAL ESTATE MARKET BEING LIKE IT IS--

I DON'T KNOW. YOU MIGHT--

MIGHT WHAT?

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY

ONE OF THOSE ESSAY CONTEST THINGS TO RAFFLE IT OFF.

SOME FOLKS IN CENTER LOVELL

CAME OUT REAL WELL FROM DOING IT WITH AN INN THEY HAD.

ESSAY CONTEST? WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT?

NOTHIN'.

I WAS JUST TALKIN'.

SO...HOW WOULD ONE OF THEM

ESSAY CONTEST THINGS WORK ANYWAY?

YOU MEAN LIKE THE ONE IN CENTER LOVELL?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT UP.

WELL, THE WAY I HEARD IT,

FIRST, THEY SET A DEADLINE 3 OR 4 MONTHS FROM THE START.

THEN THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO SEND $100 OR SO

WITH AN ESSAY SAYIN' WHY THEY WANTED THEIR INN.

THEY PROMISED IF THEY GOT AT LEAST 2,500 ESSAYS

BY THE TIME THE DEADLINE ROLLED AROUND,

THEN THEY'D PICK THE ESSAY THEY LIKED BEST

AND GIVE THE INN TO WHOEVER WROTE IT.

AND THEY GOT THAT MANY?

EVEN MORE, I THINK.

THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN $250,000, WOULDN'T IT?

THIS IS ALL LEGAL?

IT MUST BE IF THEY DID IT ALREADY.

[POT LID RATTLING]

SHELBY, SEE TO THAT POT. IT'S ABOUT TO BOIL OVER.

PERCY...WHY DON'T YOU GO ON UP TO BED?

SHELBY AND I WILL FINISH UP HERE.

GOOD NIGHT THEN.

[HANNAH] GOOD NIGHT.

DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?

WHAT DO YOU REALLY THINK OF THIS CONTEST IDEA?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YOU BETTER ASK NAHUM.

WHEN I WANT NAHUM'S OPINION, I'LL ASK HIM.

RIGHT NOW I'M ASKIN' YOU.

YOU STILL GOT A MIND, DON'T YA?

YES, HANNAH, I DO.

WELL, THEN?

WELL, THEN, I CAN'T SEE THAT...

YOU STAND TO LOSE ANYTHING BY TRYIN'.

[SIGHS]

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKIN', TOO.

OF COURSE, I CAN'T IMAGINE

THAT THERE'S 50 PEOPLE WOULD WANT THIS PLACE,

LET ALONE 1,000 OR MORE.

BUT I SUPPOSE ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.

DO YOU THINK YOU COULD...

SEE TO ALL THE DETAILS OF IT FOR ME?

I DON'T KNOW.

YES OR NO, SHELBY?

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

THEN IT'S SETTLED.

BUT YOU MAKE SURE THEY KNOW IT'S FOR CASH ONLY!

I DON'T WANT TO BE FOOLIN' WITH OUT-OF-STATE CHECKS.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

"SMALL DINER THAT SEATS ABOUT 40, WITH HOUSE ATTACHED."

HOW DOES THAT SOUND? AWFUL, HUH?

IT'S OKAY, I GUESS.

BUT IF I WAS GONNA GAMBLE $100,

I'D WANT IT TO BE FOR SOMEPLACE,

YOU KNOW, SPECIAL.

IT'S NOT JUST THE SPITFIRE THEY'D BE GETTIN'.

THEY'D BE GETTIN' GILEAD, TOO.

WELL, THERE'S NOTHING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT GILEAD

THAT I CAN SEE.

MAYBE NOT.

YOU COULD SAY THERE'S ENOUGH COUNTRY AROUND IT

TO LOSE YOURSELF IN...

AND NOT SO MANY PEOPLE YOU'D EVER FEEL LOST.

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

NO, NO, I LIKE THAT. KEEP GOING. WHAT ELSE?

YOU COULD SAY...

IT'S A PLACE WITH ROOTS SO DEEP

NOBODY COULD TEAR 'EM OUT FROM UNDER YOU.

AND CUSTOMERS SO LOYAL

THEY'LL KEEP COMIN' BACK EVEN IF YOUR COOKIN' STINKS.

[LAUGHING]

LOYAL CUSTOMERS.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?

NAHUM TOLD ME WE GOT MORE PEGMATITE ROCK FORMATIONS...

THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY.

DID HE NOW?

BUT WE CAN'T PUT THAT.

OH, I KNOW.

WHY DON'T WE WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDIAN RIVER?

THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF HISTORY THERE.

YEAH.

MAINE TOURIST OFFICE. CAN I HELP YOU?

JOLENE?

HEY, IT'S PERCY.

[JOLENE] PERCY?

I GOT PERCY! HOW YOU DOIN', GIRL?

I'M ALL RIGHT.

LISTEN, JOLENE, YOU REMEMBER THAT ESSAY CONTEST THING

WE HAD ALL THEM CALLS ABOUT A WHILE BACK?

YEAH.

THE WOMAN WHO OWNS THE DINER I WROTE YOU ABOUT,

SHE WANTS TO TRY ONE.

I WAS HOPIN' YOU AND THE OTHER GIRLS

COULD HELP ME OUT...

BY CALLIN' SOME OF THE PAPERS, HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT.

HEY, YOU JUST TELL ME HOW YOU WANT IT TO READ,

AND I'LL MAKE IT MY BUSINESS

THAT BY THIS TIME NEXT MONTH,

WHOLE DAMN COUNTRY'S HEARD ABOUT IT.

HOW'S THAT?

[LAUGHS] BLESS YOU, JOLENE.

OKAY, YOU GOT A PEN? I WANT YOU TO WRITE THIS DOWN.

WE WANT ALL THE ENTRIES TO GO TO HANNAH FERGUSON,

CARE OF THE SPITFIRE GRILL.

THAT'S IN GILEAD, MAINE--

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[JOE] HEY. HI.

HI.

HANNAH SAID YOU WAS OUT FOR A WALK.

[SNIFFS] YEAH.

TRYIN' TO GET A LITTLE PEACE...

BEFORE THE DISHES GET TO RATTLIN' IN MY HEAD.

OH, YEAH.

YOU LIKE THE WOODS, DO YOU?

MY MAMA SAID MY PEOPLE COME FROM THE MOUNTAINS.

CLOSEST I EVER BEEN WAS A CITY PARK IN AKRON.

YOU ARE FROM OHIO.

YEAH, WHEN THE COAL MINES IN KENTUCKY GAVE OUT,

MY PEOPLE WENT NORTH LOOKIN' FOR WORK.

DIDN'T DO MUCH GOOD.

WE STILL JUST POOR WHITE TRASH UP THERE TOO.

HAD US OUR VERY OWN SLUM AND EVERYTHING.

I MAY TALK COUNTRY,

BUT THE ONLY HILLS I EVER SEEN HAVE BEEN IN MAGAZINES.

YOU OUGHT TO TAKE A RIDE OUT TO MY LAND SOMETIME.

WE GOT TREES OUT THERE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

YEAH?

OH, YEAH. YEAH.

[SHELBY] PERCY!

WHAT?

COME QUICK. SOMETHING'S HAPPENED.

WHERE ARE YOU PULLIN' ME?

I GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YA,

AND I WANTED SOMEPLACE EXTRA PRIVATE.

WHAT? IN HERE?

DON'T WORRY. NOBODY COMES HERE ANYMORE.

SINCE THE QUARRY CLOSED, WE GOT NO MONEY FOR A MINISTER.

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO CHURCH,

YOU GOTTA DRIVE AT LEAST TO BETHEL.

I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES NOW.

WHY?

OH, FOR SOMEPLACE WHEN...

I NEED TO BE BY MYSELF WHERE...

IT'S QUIET.

I NEVER TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE,

BUT I WON'T MIND

IF YOU WANT TO COME HERE...

SOMETIMES BY YOURSELF, TOO.

SO WHAT'S THIS GOOD NEWS YOU GOT?

LOOK.

"RESTAURANT RAFFLE.

WANT THE SPITFIRE GRILL? CASH ONLY."

NEW YORK. CHICAGO. SAN FRANCISCO.

WE GOT AN ARTICLE IN EACH ONE OF 'EM.

QUEEN JOLENE!

OH, YOU GOTTA BAKE HER UP SOMETHING REAL NICE

WE CAN SEND HER.

[LAUGHS] YOU BETCHA!

[RINGING]

GILEAD REALTY.

COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE?

OH, YES, YES, I DID CALL.

UH, YEAH. PERCHANCE TALBOTT.

YES.

AH. AND WHAT WAS THE CONVICTION FOR?

I SEE.

I SEE. THANK YOU.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[JOE] HI. COME ON IN.

[PERCY] HI.

DID YOU FIND US ALL RIGHT?

YEAH.

GOOD.

[GAME SHOW PLAYING ON TV]

UH, DAD, THIS IS, UH, MY FRIEND, PERCY TALBOTT.

PERCY, THIS IS MY FATHER, AARON.

[TV CONTINUES]

UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO GRAB MY JACKET.

[TV CONTINUES]

WHAT YOU WATCHIN'?

[CONTESTANT #1] MOBY DICK?

YOU ARE CORRECT!

[AUDIENCE CLAPPING, TV HOST TALKING]

I WORK DOWN AT THE SPITFIRE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE JOE BRING YOU BY SOMETIME.

IT'S FUN.

[CONTESTANT #2] BENJAMIN FRANKLIN?

YES!

[DOOR OPENS]

[BELLS RINGING, AUDIENCE CLAPPING]

YOU ALL SET?

SURE.

[CONTESTANT #2] I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

BYE.

LOOK AT 'EM ALL.

IF THAT AIN'T BEAUTIFUL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

YEAH.

BUT IT'S A SHAME THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.

ABOUT 80 YEARS AGO,

BEFORE ANYONE KNEW ANY BETTER,

THEY CLEAR-CUT THROUGH HERE, TOOK DOWN EVERYTHING.

THIS IS THE STUFF YOU GET BACK.

IT'S NO GOOD FOR LUMBER.

IT'S NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO PULP FOR PAPER.

THIS IS ALL JUST WORTHLESS.

I DON'T KNOW NOTHIN' ABOUT TREES, BUT,

IF THEY WAS MINE,

YOU COULDN'T DRAG ME AWAY WITH A RUNAWAY TRAIN,

NO MATTER HOW WORTHLESS PEOPLE SAID IT WAS.

[SIGHS]

YOU JUST ROLL IT OUT GENTLE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU CAN PUT SOME MORE FLOUR ON THE PIN

IF YOU NEED TO.

[SIGHS] CUT THE BUTTER IN JUST TO PEA SIZE.

LET THE MILK SIT BEFORE YOU START.

TAKE THE EGGS OUT FIRST--

YOU KNOW I'M NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON MY OWN,

DON'T YOU?

OH, YOU WILL TOO. [CHUCKLES]

THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART

IS STILL THROUGH HIS STOMACH,

OR AT LEAST SOMEWHERE IN THAT VICINITY.

WHO SAID I WANTED A MAN?

OH, I GUESS IT WASN'T YOU

THAT WENT OVER TO JOE SPERLING'S FARM.

WELL, AIN'T YOU THE BUSYBODY? YOU BEEN TAKING GOSSIP LESSONS

FROM EFFY? [LAUGHS]

I DON'T NEED EFFY TO SEE

THAT JOE'S GOT MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE THING...

FOR YOU, MISS TALBOTT.

YEAH, RIGHT.

THAT BOY'S JUST PLAIN LONELY, THAT'S ALL.

YOU TRIED TALKING TO HIS FATHER LATELY?

HAVEN'T HAD SO MANY LAUGHS SINCE THEY LOCKED ME UP.

[LAUGHING]

SERIOUS.

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE AN EINSTEIN

TO PICTURE YOU AND JOE...

JUGGLING A TRUCKLOAD OF KIDS SOMEDAY.

WHAT? DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG?

[SOFTLY] NO. NO.

[SIGHS]

WHAT IS IT, PERCY?

[SIGHING]

WHEN I WAS READIN' UP ON THIS STATE,

I COME ACROSS THIS STORY, YOU KNOW.

THERE WAS THIS INDIAN SQUAW,

AND SHE WAS ROWIN' A CANOE WITH HER BABY IN IT.

A COUPLE SAILORS WHO WERE LIQUORED-UP

CAUGHT SIGHT OF 'EM ON THE RIVER.

[SIGHS, LIGHTS MATCH]

THEY'D HEARD THIS STORY THAT,

UH, INDIAN BABIES KNEW HOW TO SWIM FROM BIRTH,

SO THEY DECIDED TO TEST THEIR THEORY OUT.

THEY CAPSIZED THE CANOE.

AND THE BABY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM.

THE STORY DIDN'T SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTHER.

BUT I FIGURE IT'S PROBABLY BEST IF SHE JUST...

DROWNED, TOO.

DON'T YOU THINK?

[SIGHS] I FORGOT, HANNAH DOESN'T WANT ME SMOKIN' IN THE KITCHEN.

PERCY.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

I GUESS YOU GOT THAT FOOD ALL RIGHT.

SHELBY SURE CAN WORK MAGIC WITH FLOUR AND BUTTER,

CAN'T SHE?

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

MY NAME'S PERCY TALBOTT.

WELL, PERCY, AT LEAST. TALBOTT AIN'T MY REAL NAME;

BELONGED TO MY STEPDADDY.

DON'T KNOW WHO MY REAL DADDY WAS,

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY NAME SHOULD BE.

MAYBE IT WEREN'T EVER MEANT FOR ME TO HAVE ONE.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? YOU GOT A NAME?

MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A REAL NAME, EITHER.

STILL, IT WOULD BE NICE TO CALL YOU SOMETHIN'.

HEY, THE INDIANS HAD A STORY ABOUT A MAGIC GIANT,

LIVED IN THE WOODS.

CALLED HIM GLUSKAP, 'CAUSE HE LOOKED OUT FOR 'EM.

WOULD THAT BE A GOOD NAME FOR YOU?

I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE WANTIN' TO BE CALLED GLUSKAP.

HOW ABOUT JOHNNY B.? HOW'D THAT BE FOR A NAME?

JOHNNY B. NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT HIM.

WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME NONE

IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED TO YOU, TOO.

SO, UNLESS YOU TELL ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT,

THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA CALL YOU:

JOHNNY B.

JOHNNY B.!

JOHNNY B., YOU THERE?

[SIGHS] OH, JOHNNY B.

[CRYING]

[BELL JINGLING]

EFFY.

A LETTER COME FOR YOU THIS MORNIN'.

YEAH?

"HANNAH FERGUSON, CARE OF THE SPITFIRE GRILL."

WHO DO YOU KNOW FROM CHICAGO?

I'M SURE I HAVE NO IDEA.

[GASPS] $100.

[SHELBY, PERCY LAUGH QUIETLY]

"DEAR MRS. FERGUSON,

"I SAW THE ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR CONTEST LAST NIGHT

"WHEN I COULDN'T SLEEP.

"I WAS SICK OF WATCHING TV, SO I PICKED UP THE PAPER.

"THE REASON I CAN'T SLEEP

"IS BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS FALLING APART.

"MY WIFE WALKED OUT LAST YEAR...

"AND LEFT ME WITH OUR 2 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS.

"I DON'T THINK HER LEAVING US WAS ALL MY FAULT,

"BUT THEY BLAME ME FOR IT ANYWAY.

"THE WAY THEY'RE ACTING NOW,

"I'M AFRAID IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING SOON,

"THEY MAY LEAVE ME, TOO.

"MAYBE IF I COULD TAKE US ALL OFF

"TO SOMEPLACE LIKE YOURS IN GILEAD,

THAT WON'T HAPPEN."

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

IF THEY'RE ALL GONNA SOUND LIKE THAT,

THEN TO HELL WITH IT.

IT'S JUST THE FIRST ONE.

MIGHT WORK BETTER IF YOU LET ME DO IT.

I SUPPOSE IT MIGHT.

[SIGHS] HERE.

JUST DON'T PRESS TOO HARD.

[GROANS, SIGHS]

STILL PRETTY TENDER IN THERE, HUH?

SORE ENOUGH, SEEING AS HOW THE DOCTOR KEEPS TELLIN' ME

HOW WELL I'M HEALIN'.

DO YOU SUPPOSE IF A WOUND GOES REAL DEEP,

THE HEALIN' OF IT CAN HURT ALMOST AS BAD

AS WHAT CAUSED IT?

MIGHT BE.

[BELL JINGLING]

DETROIT. NEW YORK.

KANSAS CITY. BOSTON. MEMPHIS.

NOW, AS POSTMISTRESS, I'VE GOT A LEGAL RIGHT TO KNOW

IF THE MAIL SERVICE IS BEING USED FOR ANY IRREGULAR PURPOSE.

SO ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME WHAT GOES ON HERE, HANNAH,

OR DO I HAVE TO OPEN THESE MYSELF?

WELL, NOT THAT IT'S ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS, EFFY,

BUT I'M RUNNIN' A CONTEST TO GIVE AWAY THE GRILL.

A CONTEST?

WHAT KIND OF CONTEST IS THAT?

SOME KIND OF ESSAY THING.

YOU KNOW HANNAH.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE COULD BE UP TO.

SOMETHING ABOUT AN ESSAY OR SOMETHING.

$100 AND A LETTER.

WHY WOULD YOU EVEN WANT TO TRY SUCH A THING, HANNAH?

'CAUSE NO ONE ELSE WAS BUYIN'.

WHERE WOULD MY AUNT HANNAH GET AN IDEA LIKE THAT?

FROM ME.

IS THAT RIGHT?

[CHUCKLES]

I JUST HOPE THIS FINALLY MAKES...

AN OLD SOUR APPLE LIKE YOU HAPPY,

HANNAH FERGUSON!

HOLY MOSES.

[BELL JINGLES]

HOLY MACKEREL.

HOLY SHIT.

[LAUGHING]

"AND I BELIEVE IN TIME...

"I CAN EXPAND THE SPITFIRE...

INTO A NATIONAL CHAIN OF RESTAURANTS."

[PERCY] WAIT. LISTEN TO THIS ONE.

"THE REASON I NEED TO HAVE YOUR DINER...

"IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ALIENS TOLD ME

"TO WAIT FOR THEM UNTIL THEIR SHIP COMES

TO TAKE ME TO--" [GARBLING]

I CAN'T EVEN READ THAT WORD,

BUT I'M GUESSIN' IT'S ANOTHER PLANET.

WE'RE GONNA SEND THAT ONE BACK TOMORROW.

YOU READ ONE, HANNAH.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE.

"DEAR HANNAH,

"I'VE WORKED AS A COOK ALL MY LIFE,

"BUT HARD AS MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE WORKED,

"WE'VE NEVER HAD MORE THAN 2 NICKELS TO RUB TOGETHER.

"WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN LITTLE PLACE SOMEDAY,

BUT THAT DON'T PUT BREAD ON THE TABLE."

WELL, THAT'S FOR SURE.

"BUT NOW MY HUSBAND'S... PRETTY SICK.

"THE DOCTORS SAY

"THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE THAT THEY CAN DO FOR HIM.

"I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF DESERVING PEOPLE OUT THERE.

"BUT IT WOULD BE A TRUE BLESSING IF MY HUSBAND...

"COULD SPEND WHAT'S LEFT OF HIS DAYS...

"IN A PLACE LIKE GILEAD,

"AND I COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SUSTAIN ME

WHEN HE'S GONE."

HMM.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD HOLD ONTO THAT ONE.

YEAH.

BUT I DON'T KNOW

THAT WE SHOULD PICK SOMEONE OUT OF PITY.

WELL, WHAT SORT OF PERSON WOULD YOU WANT IN HERE, HANNAH?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT

IT SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOUNGER.

SOMEONE MORE YOUR AGE THAN MINE.

YEAH? 'CAUSE I ALWAYS FIGURED IT WOULD BE SOMEBODY LIKE YOU.

[SCOFFS, LAUGHS]

[SHELBY] ME, TOO.

[LAUGHING]

WELL... WHOEVER GETS IT...

IS GONNA HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR 'EM...

TRYIN' TO RUN THIS PLACE WITHOUT YOU TWO.

HANNAH, HAVE YOU BEEN THINKIN'

WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH ALL THIS MONEY NOW?

HMM.

I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT THAT

SINCE THE DAY I FIRST PUT THE GRILL UP FOR SALE.

ALMOST GAVE UP HOPE...

BUT NOW--

WHERE'S THAT JUG?

THAT APPLEJACK AIN'T DOIN' US ANY GOOD IN THE BOTTLE.

OH, WELL, MAYBE JUST HALF A GLASS...MORE.

[ALL GIGGLING]

"IF I WERE ONLY ONE INCH TALL,

"I'D SLEEP IN A SLIPPER IN THE HALL...

AND DREAM ALL NIGHT OF BEING TALL."

I'M BACK.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND IT'S BEDTIME FOR YOU, SWEETS.

YOU GO ON UPSTAIRS.

I'LL BE UP IN A MINUTE.

OKAY.

[SIGHS]

HMM.

[GIGGLES]

HMM, LOOKS LIKE THAT CONTEST TURNED OUT ALL RIGHT.

YOU MUST BE REAL PROUD.

OH, I'M JUST GLAD FOR HANNAH, THAT'S ALL.

HMM, BUT IT WAS YOUR IDEA.

YOU'RE THE ONE DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT.

WE ALL WORKED ON IT TOGETHER.

"WE" MEANS PERCY, DON'T IT?

SHE DID HER SHARE.

IF ANYONE DESERVES THANKIN', IT'S HER.

LIKE FOR MENTIONING WHAT HAPPENED IN CENTER LOVELL...

WHILE YOU WERE RUBBING ELBOWS IN THE KITCHEN?

[LAUGHS] WELL, WHAT IF SHE DID?

WHAT WOULD BE SO TERRIBLE ABOUT THAT?

NOTHING.

EXCEPT I KNEW THIS COULD NEVER HAVE COME FROM YOU.

WHY NOT? WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE COME FROM ME, NAHUM?

'CAUSE YOU'RE JUST PLAIN NOT SMART ENOUGH, SHELBY.

THAT'S WHY.

[SIGHS]

IF YOU WANT A CLEAN SHIRT FOR YOURSELF FOR TOMORROW,

YOU CAN WASH IT YOURSELF.

[MAN] $100 FOR THIS PLACE?

[CHUCKLING] NOT FROM ME.

[WOMAN] I WOULDN'T TAKE IT FOR FREE.

MEESHACK, YOU HAVIN' THE SPECIAL TODAY?

I WIN SOMETHIN' IF I DO?

YEAH, BUT YOU GOTTA TALK REAL PRETTY,

AND IT'LL COST YA.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT.

YOU'RE ALL SO WORKED UP ABOUT THIS DAMN CONTEST.

BE MY GUEST. JUMP RIGHT IN.

I GOT MORE READIN' HERE

THAN I CAN GET THROUGH IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS.

HERE, YOU TAKE THOSE.

EFFY, I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS

READIN' EVERYONE'S MAIL ANYWAY. THERE.

MEESHACK, YOU GET BACK TO ME

WITH THE BEST OF THIS BUNCH.

AND THEN MAYBE, JUST MAYBE,

I MIGHT PUT UP WITH YOUR SMART-ASS REMARKS.

[OWL HOOTING]

[HOOTING CONTINUES]

I GUESS IT ANSWERS ONE THING.

[GARY] WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT THAT PERCY TALBOTT REALLY CAME HERE FOR.

[TYPING] NAHUM, AIN'T THAT DOG DIED YET?

SHELBY TOLD ME THIS WHOLE THING WAS HER IDEA.

WHAT'S TO SAY IT'S NOT SOME SCAM SHE COOKED UP

WITH ALL HER PRISON FRIENDS?

IF IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER,

I RAN HER RECORDS.

THERE'S NO HISTORY OF FRAUD OR ROBBERY.

NO, SHE WENT TO PRISON FOR MANSLAUGHTER,

DIDN'T SHE, GAR?

NAHUM, SHE PAID HER DEBT. IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.

THERE'S GOTTA BE WELL OVER $200,000

IN HANNAH'S SAFE BY NOW.

I'D LIKE TO THINK I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE

TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.

[MAN POUNDING GAVEL] LET'S BRING THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[MAN #2] I SAY IT'S HANNAH'S PLACE

TO DO WITH AS SHE PLEASES.

YEAH.

IT'LL RUIN THIS PLACE.

RUIN IT? FROM WHAT?

WE GOT STRANGERS CRAWLIN' ALL OVER US NOW,

AND MORE COMING EVERY DAY.

[CROWD CONTINUES CHATTERING]

HEY.

THEIR BARK'S A LOT WORSE THAN THEIR BITE, YOU KNOW.

IT'S NOT LIKE I CAME HERE LOOKIN' TO START TROUBLE.

NO, I KNOW, BUT--

THEY'RE JUST NOT USED TO CHANGE. THAT'S ALL.

IT SCARES 'EM.

THEY'LL JUST SHOUT IT ALL OUT,

AND THAT'LL BE THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A LAW

YOU GOTTA STAND AROUND HERE AND LISTEN TO IT.

IS THERE?

[CHATTERING CONTINUES]

[SIGHS] NO.

WELL...YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE?

SURE.

YEAH.

[PERCY] SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SHOW ME?

[JOE] JUST THESE.

THE WORTHLESS TREES?

MAYBE NOT ANYMORE.

I COME UPON THIS FELLA OUT HERE THE OTHER DAY.

TURNS OUT HE'S SOME SORT OF A RESEARCH SCIENTIST.

HE SAID HE'D BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER THE NORTH

FOR THIS SPECIAL MEDICAL COMPOUND...

THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN THE BARK OF TREES,

IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.

NOW, HE WAS FIGURIN' THAT IT HAD TO BE ONLY

IN FIRST-GROWTH TREES, BUT HE COULDN'T FIND IT.

THEN HE COME UP HERE AND SAW THESE.

TURNS OUT, THIS COMPOUND HE'S AFTER

ONLY HAPPENS IN STUMP GROWTH LIKE THIS,

WHEN THE TREE TRIES TO REGENERATE ITSELF.

HE SAID HE COULD KICK HIMSELF

FOR BEING SO STUPID.

HOLD ON. THIS SCIENTIST FELLA,

WHAT'S HE LOOK LIKE?

UH, HAD A BEARD, SORT OF SCRAPPY LOOKIN'.

DRIVIN' A TAN COMPACT CAR?

UH-HUH, YEAH, THAT'S HIM.

I SEEN THAT GUY, SNIFFIN' ON TREES

AND CHEWIN' ON THEIR BARK.

I THOUGHT HE'D GONE CLEAR OFF HIS ROCKER.

WELL, IF HE HAS, I'M GOIN' WITH HIM.

HE WORKS FOR THIS DRUG COMPANY, RIGHT?

HE'S TALKING ABOUT SETTING UP A PROJECT OUT HERE

TO HARVEST ALL THE BARK

AND, UH, TO STIMULATE MORE STUMP.

YEAH? YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL STILL IN THE TALKING PHASE,

OF COURSE,

BUT, IF THE NUMBERS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT

EVEN ADD UP BY HALF,

UH-HUH...

THIS COULD KEEP GILEAD ON THE MAP.

WELL, I'D CALL THAT REAL GOOD NEWS FOR Y'ALL.

REAL GOOD NEWS. YEAH.

YEAH, AND, UH, I THINK, MAYBE,

IT COULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR US, TOO.

"US"?

YEAH. DON'T ASK ME TO EXPLAIN THIS,

BUT, THAT FIRST NIGHT, WHEN YOU COME INTO TOWN,

MM-HMM.

I HAD THIS FEELIN'

THAT SOMETHING REALLY GOOD WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

AND I'LL BE DAMNED...

IF IT ISN'T SITTIN' NEXT TO ME RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CRAZY TALK--

NO, NO, LISTEN.

LISTEN. THESE TREES HERE AND THIS LAND...

WELL, YOU'RE A BIG PART OF THAT NOW.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW ABOUT YOU AND ME GETTIN' MARRIED?

[SOFTLY] WHAT?

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE MARRYIN' ME, JOE.

I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OR WHAT THEY SAY--

IT'S NOT THAT.

WELL, WHAT THEN?

YOU GONNA WANT KIDS?

WELL, HELL, YES.

HELL, YES, AS MANY AS YOU WANT.

I CAN'T HAVE KIDS NO MORE, JOE.

I'M--

WE DON'T-- WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE--

PLEASE.

JOE, THERE'S A WOMAN THAT'S MEANT TO BE YOUR WIFE.

I KNOW IT.

IT'S JUST NOT ME.

JOHNNY B.!

YOU THERE?

[GASPS] THIS IS WHERE YOU LIVE, AIN'T IT?

CAN I GO IN?

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME.

I'D HAVE MADE YOU SOMETHIN' SPECIAL.

I CAN BAKE A CAKE NOW.

LOOK AT ALL YOUR BIRDS.

[LEAVES RUSTLING]

YOU THERE?

[HUMMING]

[CONTINUES HUMMING]

* THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD *

* TO MAKE THE WOUNDED WHOLE *

* THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD *

* TO HEAL THE WEARY SOUL *

* THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD *

* TO MAKE THE WOUNDED WHOLE *

* THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD *

* TO HEAL THE WEARY SOUL *

* THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD *

* TO MAKE THE WOUNDED WHOLE *

* THERE IS A BALM *

* IN GILE...AD *

* TO HEAL THE WEARY SOUL *

* THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD *

* TO MAKE THE WOUNDED WHOLE **

[DOOR CLOSES]

SORRY I'M LATE.

I WENT OUT AND LOST TRACK OF TIME.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

WENT FOR A WALK.

WHAT FOR?

NOTHIN'.

YOU DON'T GO SNEAKIN' OFF AT THE CRACK OF DAWN

FOR NOTHIN'.

NOW, WHAT WERE YOU OUT THERE FOR?

TELL ME.

I WENT FOR A WALK WITH JOE, ALL RIGHT?

YOU LIAR!

I JUST SENT JOE OFF NOT 10 MINUTES AGO!

YOU WERE OUT CHASIN' HIM, WEREN'T YOU?

NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

SHUT UP! YOU JUST SHUT UP!

I SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER

THAN TO TRUST A PIECE OF LYIN' TRASH LIKE YOU!

I AIN'T DONE NOTHIN' BAD.

YOU SCARED AWAY THE ONLY HOPE I HAD, DAMN YOU!

IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE WITH THAT HOPE,

THAT'S YOUR FAULT, NOT MINE--

"CHOOSE"? [SLAPS PERCY]

I LOST MY SON! YOU THINK I CHOSE THAT?

YOU'VE GOT NO IDEA WHAT THAT'S LIKE.

[CRYING] HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW?

YOU DIDN'T KILL YOUR BOY, DID YA?

YOU DIDN'T LET YOUR BABY DIE!

YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'!

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

I THINK IT'S TIME YOU STOPPED WORKIN' AT THE GRILL.

BUT I LIKE WORKIN' THERE.

AND, ANYWAY, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PERCY,

ISN'T IT?

YOU'VE HAD IT OUT FOR THAT GIRL

EVER SINCE SHE GOT HERE, NAHUM.

BECAUSE SHE HAS NO BUSINESS HERE.

NEVER DID.

SHE MAY HAVE PULLED THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES

AND HANNAH'S BOTH,

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE REST OF US

CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

OR MAYBE YOU STILL BELIEVE

THAT SHE HELPED FILL THAT SAFE

OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HER HEART.

GOD'S SAKE. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, NAHUM,

PERCY IS TAKING HANNAH INTO LEWISTON

FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING

TO PUT THE MONEY IN THE BANK.

[EXHALES] OH, GOOD GOD.

WHAT?

GOOD GOD.

IS IT GONNA TAKE FINDING HANNAH DEAD IN A DITCH...

FOR YOU TO SEE THE TRUTH?

SHELBY, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT GIRL WENT TO PRISON FOR MURDER?

HER COMING HERE HAS BEEN A GODSEND FOR HANNAH

AND FOR ME.

THAT'S THE REAL REASON YOU CAN'T STAND HER.

YOU BEST WATCH YOUR WORDS.

NO, I WON'T WATCH MY WORDS!

WHY SHOULD I WATCH MY WORDS?

YOU HAVE GOT THAT SAME CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER NOW

THAT YOU DID WHEN ELI WAS ALIVE.

THE WHOLE TOWN LOOKED UP TO HIM.

NOW THAT ANYBODY SEES SOME OF THAT SAME THING IN PERCY,

YOU HATE HER FOR IT

JUST THE SAME WAY THAT YOU HATED HIM.

BUT SHE IS DOING SOMETHING, NAHUM,

THAT YOU COULD NEVER DO.

AND YOU ARE JUST PLAIN JEALOUS OF THAT GIRL!

[SOFTLY] GOD.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[SHOUTS] GARY?

[DISTANT DOG BARKING]

[SNIFFLING]

[BAG DRAGGING ACROSS FLOOR]

[CONTINUES SETTING CANS ON TABLE]

[SOFTLY] OKAY.

MORNING.

WHAT'S WRONG?

IT'S GONE. [SNIFFLING]

WENT TO GET IT OUT OF THE SAFE THIS MORNING.

IT'S ALL GONE.

WHERE'S PERCY?

[SNIFFLING] NO, I CHECKED HER ROOM

AND ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

SHE'S GONE, TOO.

NO, I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED.

WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED?

DON'T MATTER NOW WHAT HAPPENED, JUST WHAT'S LEFT TO BE DONE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

[BELL JINGLES, DOOR SLAMS]

DON'T YOU WANT SOME--

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU HERE OR THERE NOW?

I JUST CAME BACK TO GET THE CAR.

WHAT GOES ON, SHELBY?

[DOOR SLAMS, FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

SORRY TO BARGE IN SO EARLY, BUT, UH,

HANNAH TELLS ME THE SAFE'S BEEN CLEANED OUT,

AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF PERCY.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

NOTHING THAT CONCERNS YOU. GO ON BACK TO YOUR STORE.

I'LL GO BACK WHEN IT SUITS ME.

I DON'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, GARY.

PERCY DIDN'T TAKE THAT MONEY.

THIS IS PAST YOU NOW, SHELBY. JUST STAY OUT OF IT.

NO, NOT THIS TIME!

SO HELP ME, NAHUM,

IF YOU CONDEMN THAT GIRL WITHOUT PROOF,

I'LL QUIT YOU FOR GOOD.

I SWEAR.

WELL, WHEN I WAS OUT WALKING LAST NIGHT, I SAW PERCY

BRING A SACK OUT ON THE BACK PORCH

AND THEN SIT THERE LIKE SHE WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE.

WHEN I LOOKED AGAIN THIS MORNING, THE SACK WAS GONE,

AND THERE WERE FRESH TRACKS LEADIN' INTO THE WOODS.

WELL, YOU BETTER GO BACK TO THE OFFICE WITH ME.

SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO ORGANIZE A SEARCH.

EFFY, WILL YOU WATCH MOLLY FOR A MINUTE?

I'M GONNA GO FIND PERCY.

SHELBY! SHELBY!

[DOOR SLAMS]

HERE'S THE SITUATION.

I'VE GOT FRED AND WILLY COMIN' DOWN WITH THEIR DOGS,

AND I GOT TOM COMING OVER FROM CUMBERLAND.

IF YOU COULD SEND ME A COUPLE TROOPERS,

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP.

YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU.

[SHELBY] PERCY.

I THOUGHT IN SOMEPLACE SMALL LIKE THIS,

THERE MIGHT JUST BE A CHANCE, YOU KNOW?

BUT AFTER WHAT I DONE, IT DON'T MATTER WHERE I GO.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, PERCY?

WELL, I KILLED SOMEBODY.

MASON TALBOTT.

SEEMED LIKE HE WAS SET ON HAVING ME

NOT A WEEK AFTER HE MARRIED MY MAMA.

I WAS 9.

I GUESS SHE WAS JUST TOO AFRAID OF LOSIN' HIM.

SHE'D JUST SLAP ME AND TELL ME SHUT UP ABOUT IT.

I WAS 16 WHEN I GOT PREGNANT.

AND I HATED WHAT HE DONE TO ME,

BUT I FOUND MYSELF LOVIN' THAT LIFE INSIDE ME.

FEELIN' IT GROW, MOVE EVEN.

I GOT TO CALLIN' IT JOHNNY B.

FOR THAT SONG, YOU KNOW?

JOHNNY B. GOODE.

I FIGURED THAT'D WORK FOR A BOY OR A GIRL.

AND I SWORE TO GOD THAT WHEN THAT BABY CAME,

I WAS GONNA PROTECT IT...

FROM THE LIKES OF MASON, NO MATTER WHAT.

I FIGURED SINCE I WAS PREGNANT, HE'D FINALLY LEAVE ME ALONE.

THE MORE I STAYED AWAY FROM HIM, THE MADDER HE GOT.

ONE NIGHT, HE WAS DRUNK.

HE COME AFTER ME AGAIN.

I TRIED TO FIGHT HIM.

AND HE TOOK TO ME WITH HIS FISTS SO BAD.

THE BABY JUST--

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR BETTER THAN 2 WEEKS,

AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT

WAS HOW I HADN'T KEPT MY PROMISE.

I KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY GOD WOULD EVER FORGIVE ME FOR THAT.

MASON MUST HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF THE POLICE

OR SOMETHING...

'CAUSE HE COME AND TOOK ME FROM THE HOSPITAL

BEFORE IT WAS TIME.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WAS GOIN', BUT...

IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS IN THE BACK OF THAT CAR FOR DAYS.

WE WERE IN SOME MOTEL SOMEWHERE. HE HAD A BOTTLE.

HE WAS INTO IT REAL GOOD.

AND HE STARTED TALKIN',

STARTED SAYIN' HOW IT WAS RIGHT THAT MY BABY DIED,

THAT IT WEREN'T NEVER MEANT TO BE...

AND ALL HE NEEDED WAS ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED.

AND I DON'T THINK I SAID NOTHIN'.

BUT I RECALL SEEIN' THE STRAIGHT RAZOR HE HAD

SITTIN' ON THAT CHEST OF DRAWERS IN THERE.

AND IT WAS STILL TOO LATE.

[CRYING]

TURNS OUT, THAT MOTEL WAS IN MAINE.

HEY, FRANK. GUESS YOU HEARD WE GOT A LITTLE TROUBLE HERE.

SURE DID.

[NAHUM] SHELBY'S CAR.

ONE SECOND, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

[FRANK] OKAY.

OH, PERCY.

I KNEW YOU DIDN'T TAKE THAT MONEY.

WHAT MONEY?

HANNAH'S MONEY?

[DOOR OPENS]

I AM NOT GONNA LET YOU ARREST HER, GAR.

SHELBY, CALM DOWN.

NOBODY'S GETTING ARRESTED.

I JUST WANT TO TALK TO PERCY ALONE.

[SHELBY] BUT, GARY--

THE SOONER YOU LET IT GO,

THE SOONER I CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.

PERCY, WOULD YOU COME WITH ME, PLEASE?

PERCY, JUST GO WITH THEM

AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS,

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

I PROMISE.

SHE HASN'T RUN OFF WITH ANYTHING!

SHE WAS OVER THERE IN THAT CHURCH

DAMNING HERSELF...

FOR A PAST THAT WOULD'VE KILLED YOU OR ME.

HANNAH, YOU CAN'T TURN YOUR BACK ON THAT GIRL FOR NO REASON.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

WE HAD A FIGHT.

I SLAPPED HER.

WHY? WHAT IN GOD'S NAME COULD SHE HAVE DONE

TO BRING ON THAT?

STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!

YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT!

NO, YOU STOP IT!

YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT!

I'VE SAID ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT IT!

THE MONEY IS GONE!

IT'S OUT OF MY HANDS!

WHEN--

WHEN PERCY TOLD WHAT HAPPENED TO HER,

THERE WAS A CHILD?

YES.

[SIREN BLARING]

MR. BOGGS. MEESHACK.

LOOK, I GOT SOME CRAZY MESSAGE FROM SHELBY.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

THAT TALBOTT GIRL TOOK HANNAH'S MONEY,

GIVE IT TO SOME PARTNER IN THE WOODS.

WE'RE SPLITTIN' UP NOW TO GO OUT AFTER HIM.

[BELL JINGLES] SHELBY? SHELBY...

WHAT IS HAPPENIN'? WHAT IS THIS ABOUT PERCY

HAVIN' SOME PARTNER IN THE WOODS?

I DON'T KNOW.

NAHUM SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HER LEAVIN' A SACK

ON THE BACK PORCH FOR SOMEONE LAST NIGHT.

WAIT! THAT CAN'T BE WHO THEY'RE ALL RUNNIN' AFTER!

FROM WHAT I HEAR, YEAH, IT IS.

OH, NO! NO!

[DOGS BARKING, [TIRES SQUEALING]

[SIRENS BLARING]

WHERE'S PERCY?

HAVE THEY TAKEN HER SOMEWHERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

SHE WAS JUST UP AT GARY'S BEFORE,

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS NOW.

[WHIMPERS]

[SIRENS CONTINUE]

[HANNAH] WHERE'S PERCY?

I NEED YOUR HELP.

I CAN'T HELP YOU, WOMAN!

JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

[SIRENS CONTINUE]

BUT--

[CRYING]

IT'S HAPPENIN' AGAIN.

I'M TRYIN' TO SAVE HIM, AND I CAN'T.

[DOGS BARKING]

[MEN CHATTERING, DOGS BARKING]

COME ON, FELLAS.

COME WITH ME. WE'LL GO TO THE RIGHT.

I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD TO FIND HIM.

BUT SHORT OF TAKIN' THE FOOD I PUT OUT FOR HIM,

HE'D NEVER LET ME NEAR HIM.

SEE, I THOUGHT IF I SOLD THE GRILL,

THAT I COULD USE THAT MONEY TO GET HELP.

BUT YOU-- YOU'VE SEEN HIM,

HAVEN'T YA?

IS THAT WHO THEY THINK I GAVE THE MONEY TO?

YES.

THEY'RE GOIN' AFTER HIM?

YES! AND I'M SO AFRAID OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN!

I KNOW I COULD FIND HIM, HANNAH. I KNOW I COULD,

BUT THEY AIN'T GONNA LET ME GO NOW.

YES, THEY WILL.

ARE YOU ON THE RIVER ROAD?

SHE'S GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW.

UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA SHOOT ME, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENIN'.

NOW HOLD ON, HANNAH!

[DOGS HOWLING]

[MEN TALKING, DOGS BARKING]

[DOGS BARKING]

[PERCY] JOHNNY B.!

JOHNNY B.!

JOHNNY B.!

[PERCY] RUN!

THEY'RE COMIN' AFTER YOU! RUN!

[GASPING]

YEAH! IT LOOKS LIKE THE MONEY!

[SPUTTERING]

HEY! YOU STOP NOW!

[GASPING]

NO! JOHNNY B.!

ELI.

[ORGAN PLAYS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

IF ANYONE'S GOT ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT PERCY,

NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT.

I, UH--

I NEVER KNEW PERCY TALBOTT.

UM, I ONLY THOUGHT I DID.

I, UH, THOUGHT SHE WAS A STRANGER...

WHO COULD BRING NO GOOD TO MY AUNT,

TO MY FAMILY...

OR TO THIS TOWN.

AND I THOUGHT I KNEW HER SO WELL...

THAT I TOOK THAT MONEY OUT OF THE SAFE...

TO KEEP HER FROM STEALIN' IT.

I THOUGHT I KNEW HER SO WELL,

AND MORE THAN ANYONE...

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH.

I THOUGHT I KNEW PERCY TALBOTT,

BUT I WAS WRONG, AS WRONG CAN BE.

I NEVER KNEW PERCY TALBOTT.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS, SNIFFLING]

YOU KNOW, TODAY WAS THE...

OFFICIAL END OF THE CONTEST.

YOU STILL GONNA GO THROUGH WITH IT?

SEEMS ONLY RIGHT TO LET THE SPITFIRE GO NOW.

ARE YOU LEAVING GILEAD?

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

[SNIFFLING]

WITH THIS NEW TREE BUSINESS COMING TO TOWN,

MAYBE I'LL OPEN A HARDWARE STORE

RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET,

JUST TO RANKLE EFFY.

ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO STAY WITH YOU, HANNAH?

JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

YOU GO ON HOME TO YOUR GIRLS.

[DOOR OPENS, BELL JINGLES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

GLACIER?

GLACIER?

GLACIER?

WE'RE CLOSED.

ELI.

[SOBS]

[SOBS, SIGHS]

[ALL CHATTERING]

[JOE CHUCKLES]

LET'S GO SEE YOUR MOM FOR A SECOND.

FINE. THESE BEANS ARE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

[HANNAH] IS ANYBODY HUNGRY?

HOW ARE YA?

FINE.

[WOMAN'S VOICE] "DEAR MRS. FERGUSON,

"I NEVER WROTE NO ESSAY BEFORE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COUNTS.

"I PUT WHAT I COULD IN THE ENVELOPE, BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR $100.

"I GUESS I'LL JUST BE SENDING YOU THE REST AS I CAN.

"DID I SAY MY NAME WAS CLARE YET?

"TRUTH BE TOLD, I DIDN'T REALLY TAKE IT TO MIND

"WHEN MRS. TRAYNOR-- SHE'S MY NIGHT SCHOOL TEACHER--

"FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR CONTEST.

"IT'S REALLY MORE FOR CHARLIE THAN ME ANYWAY.

"CHARLIE'S ASLEEP NOW.

"THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY TIME I CAN SIT QUIET

"LONG ENOUGH TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING.

"'CAUSE THE WAY THAT BOY GOES WHEN HE'S AWAKE,

YOU'D THINK HE CAME WITH AN EXTRA MOTOR.

HE'S A REAL SPITFIRE ALL HIS OWN, MY CHARLIE IS."

WELCOME TO GILEAD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO GOOD TO BE HERE.

EVERYBODY, THIS IS CLARE, THE WINNER OF THE ESSAY CONTEST.

WELL, DO YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR NEW GRILL?

YEAH.

SHELBY, LOOK. IT'S CLARE.

HI, CLARE.

[CLARE'S VOICE] "I DON'T PRETEND

"I'M EVER GONNA AMOUNT TO MUCH MYSELF.

"BUT EVEN BEFORE I HELD HIM IN MY ARMS,

"I SWORE, NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK,

"I WAS GONNA DO RIGHT BY THIS CHILD.

"I JUST GOTTA FIND SOMEPLACE

"TO GIVE MY BOY A CHANCE, MRS. FERGUSON.

"THAT'S ALL HE REALLY NEEDS, JUST A CHANCE.

"AND FROM READIN' WHAT YOU ALL WROTE,

WELL, I GOT TO WISHIN' MAYBE YOUR TOWN COULD BE THAT PLACE."

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