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AN Fs lan ol íc a |d

7J slow Western guitar|

SJ continues

container thuds|

Mexican folk ballad playing on radio

music continues

ice crunching

groans

body thuds

What the hell?

Hevy.

man You Kknow which side of the border you're on?

You got a name, boy?

Guess...

somethin' must have cut your tongue off.

Either that, or...

you ve got somethin.... to hide.

chuckles Ah.

Never can tell.

You hear me plain enough. chuckKles

AN

"Walter R. Henderson."

Now, | want to ask you one last question.

You see this here card?

Is it you?

Or a relative of yours?

Well, 'm gonna call up this number

and see if they can tell me who you are.

| aint got beds enough to be puttin' up mutes.

door opens, then closes|

doctor Operator, | need a line out, please.

Los Angeles, California.

Area code... continues indistinctly|

Uh, what?

Well, can you-- Can you tell me the exact location of your hospital down there?

Uh, where the hell's that?

Oh, okavy. All right. Yeah, um...

Okay, Tl be there. l'!l get there as fast as | can.

Just-- Will you tell him that 'm coming, okay? Okay.

ecA a RN Ni la you will have to change that.

This section right here?

Yeah, because It's in the copy.

man Anne, honey?

- just got the strangest phone call. -Who from?

From some hospital in South Texas, a place called Terlingua.

They say they found Travis.

Oh, no.

What are you going to do?

-Well, ll go down and get him. -Oh, Walt.

What am | gonna do? | can't leave him down there.

What about Hunter?

What am | supposed to tell him?

Unh, well, just tell him | had to go on a business trip.

| mean about Travis.

Well...

| guess you better tell him the truth.

90... to Alpine.

Terlingua.

You must be the brother of the mute.

-Mute? -Yeah.

They couldn't squeeze the time of day out of him.

Must be in a Kkind of jam, huh?

| don't kKnow. | haven't seen him in over four years.

Is that right?

Well, a lot can happen to a man in four years, | guess.

All kKinds of trouble. Expensive trouble.

What do you mean?

Well, down here...

a man gets himself into a fix sometimes.

And It costs a little to get him out.

You understand what | mean.

| don't understand you.

| wish you'd get to the point, 'cause I'd like to see my brother.

All right, sitr.

But first | would like to ask you something.

Did your brother ever get hisself into a car wreck?

Uh, car wreck. No, uh, not that | know of.

chuckling Then he must be mixing with some hard company.

'd like to see my brother now, if you don't mind.

-He disappeared. -You mean he's not here?

After | came all this way?

He's been gone since early this morning.

We have his possessions nevertheless.

Saved them. chuckles

We'd be glad to turn 'em over to you...

as soon as you take care of our little reward.

engine Iidling|

el EB ES

Walt Travis?

Travis. Hey.

Don't you recognize me? It's Walt.

It's your brother, Walt.

chuckles What the hell happened to you anyway?

You look like 40 miles of rough road.

Come on. Let's get in the car. Trav?

Come on.

Come on.

Here, Trav. Here's your stuff.

| got that back at that clinic back there.

Sure picked a hell of a spot to land in. | don't blame vyou for running out of it.

Um, look, Trav...

we got quite a bit Oof travelin' to do here.

You're not gonna clam up the whole way, are you?

| mean, it'll get kKind of lonely.

Trav?

Would you mind telling me where you disappeared to for the last four years?

Uh, have you seen Jane or talked to her?

Gee, Anne and |, we sort of gave up on you.

We actually... chuckles We thought you were dead, boy.

Inaudible dialogue

It's pretty, uh...

Okay.

Well... SIghs

-slaps bed -Yeah.

Well, gee, Trav, maybe you wanna get cleaned up.

You know, take a shower or something?

Um, | think 'l go back Into town and get you some new clothes.

You could use a new set of clothes, couldn't you?

What size shoes you wear?

Right. We'll see.

'm probably one size bigger, huh?

So where'd you find that beard?

It's pretty snazzy. chuckles

Okay. l zip into town and zip right back.

| won't be gone long.

You'll be oKkay, won't you, Trav?

Yeabh, I'IL... l be right back.

curtain rings slide|

shower running

humming

shower running

train horn walling

Damrn If.

traln approaching, horn wailing|

car door opens|

Ssighs

You mind telling me where you're headed, Trav?

What's out there?

There's nothin' out there.

Don't you trust me or somethin"? Huh?

'm Just trying to help you, Trav. That's all.

Now, come on. It's all right.

Come on with me in the car. Huh?

7J slow Western guitar|

thunder rumbling

thunder rumbling in distance|

Kind of feels good to be in new clothes, huh?

vehicles passing|

buttons clicking

-child on phone Hello. -Hi. Hunter? Ilt's Daddy.

- thought you'd be 1n bed already. -l'm watching TV.

Guess who |'m visiting here in Texas.

-Who? -Your father.

Do you remember your father?

-Hunter No. -Not at all?

S E c RESN R ES LA -Walt chuckles

-Walt He was? -/ think he was.

-Well, guess what. -l don't know.

'm gonna bring him home to visit.

coughs

Travis.

Do you remember vyour little boy? Hunter.

Well, he's with us.

He's been living with Anne and me ever since you disappeared.

We didn't kKhow what else to do, so we just kept him.

One day, he was Jjust standing at the door.

UBc Neo o BIc NUA ENE someone brought him there in a car.

He didn't kKnow what had happened to you or Jane.

We tried everything we could think of to find you or Jane.

We tried to locate her. She'd vanished too.

We didh't knhnow what else to do.

Travis...

| don't Khow what kind of trouble you got into.

| don't kKhow what happened.

But, damn It, 'm your brother, man.

You can talk to me.

'm tired of doing all the talking.

muted audio on T V|

rain falling

Fill 1t with unleaded, please.

You Kknow, I'm gettin' a little sick of this silence routine.

-motorcycle engine starts -You can talk.

| can be silent too, you Know.

I'd just as soon that both of us keep our mouths shut

-for the whole rest of the trip. -Travis Paris.

What?

Paris.

Paris?

Paris?

Did you ever go to Paris?

=N o -Could we go there now?

It's a little out of the way.

Uh, no, I've never even been to Europe.

Anne keeps wanting to go there.

'Cause, well, she's from France, you remember?

But we never seem to find the time 'cause my company keeps me kind of busy.

people chattering

Let's go, Trav.

-What's the matter? -Where we going?

We're gonna fly to L.A.

You're not afraid of flying, are you?

We're... leaving the ground?

a dcTs |8 -Why?

Because it's too far to drive.

It would take an extra two days. | can't afford the time, Trav.

-Why?

Look, it's just easier to fly, Trav.

It's faster. Come on.

jJet engine roaring|

Walt Let's get you home, okay?

'm gonna get you home, get you settled, then you can do whatever you want.

Travis Let me out or lll jump.

woman Sir, we can't stop the plane every time somebody gets terriífied.

Walt You don't get on a plane and then refuse to leave the ground.

You don't do things like that. This ish't the wilderness.

You're living with people now. Okay?

woman You should've hired a private plane.

Do you realize how many people you're detaining?

Walt 'm sorry. 'm sorry.

I'm sorry. 'm sorry. Okay?

-Travis Okay, 'n fine now. - Wwoman Bye now.

Walt This 1s getting a little ridiculous, Travis.

Travis Are you gonna leave me?

No, 'n not gonna leave you.

It's all right If you leave me.

| don't Khnow, honey, no.

He jJust-- He jJjust panicked or something.

Well, 1t won't do any good to try another plane.

N cc AN cR A He'll just get off again.

Well, we're just gonna have to drive it. That's all.

-lwoman on PA Message for Joy Stockwell. -Yeabh, it'll take a good two days.

woman on PA| TSA /Rc EAA

| don t understand why you have to have the very same car you had before.

They're all allke.

All the cars we have here are 'birds, Olds, Chevies, or whatever.

I'm not even sure | can locate the same car you had before.

| Know, | kKnow. Uh, my brother left something in the car.

We're hoping we can search the car and find t.

Oh, well, "l just contact our Lost and Found department if that's the case.

No, no. We have to have the very same car.

Well, | can't do that. There's no way | can trace that car for you.

Why not? You got the license number right on your form there.

Well, yes, but--

Just give us the license number. We"'ll find it.

But | can't allow you on the lot, sir.

Why not? We're already on it.

NTTN NA Ac N N=A to come back to the office with me.

-Jet engine roaring| -Travis!

What?

| don t think we're gonna get the very same car.

woman But | can rent you a model that's just like the one you had before, sir.

We need the same car, Walt. How are we gonna go in another car?

Give us the number, will you, please?

Come on. Pretty please.

All right. That number |s 667 DJP.

Six-- Remember that?

-Walt & Travis 667 DJP. e NFl Alo a

-It's... It's got a bump on the hood. -Yes, It does.

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-Walt What's that? -Travis What?

That, what you got In your hand.

-A picture. -Oh? Picture of what?

A picture...

of, uh, Paris.

Paris? Really?

Yes. Picture of a piece of Paris.

Where'd you get a picture of Paris?

-Can | see it? -Yes.

This is 1t? This is Paris?

Looks just like Texas to me.

Paris, Texas?

-lt's right here on the map. -There's a place called Paris, Texas?

It's right here.

Well, how come you got a picture of a vacant lot in Paris, Texas?

INcNeliar=

| know that, but how come you got It?

Uh, | purchased It in the mail...

a long time ago.

You bought a picture of a vacant lot in the mail?

clicks tongue No. | bought the land.

-Oh, you bought that lot. -Yes.

Oh. Let me see t again.

There's nothin' on |f.

chuckles Emptry.

Why |h hell would you want to buy a vacant lot in Paris, Texas, for Chrissake?

| forgot.

Here, rav.

Travis Do you remember what Mama's very first name was?

-Walt Mary. -No, | know.

| mean, uh, her... Before she found Daddy.

-Walt Her maiden name? -Yeah.

You don't remember her maiden name?

Travis No.

Walt Zaquine.

Travis Zaquine. Yeah, Spanish.

-Her father was. -Yeah?

train horn walling

| don't belleve |.

You finally decided to eat.

Eating and talking.

Before you Kknow it, you'll be back in the land of the living, Trav.

You want me to drive?

Sure. You think you remember how?

My body remembers.

You can sleep while | drive.

Okay.

Vawns

Well, Trav...

think maybe you're ready to...

tell me what the hell happened to you over the last four years?

No, not yet.

birds chirping

Ssighs

Travis?

What?

sniffles Where are we, Travis? What happened?

Why'd we get off the highway?

Jesus Christ.

| can't even sleep for five minutes without some crisis.

Why'd you turn off?

| don't kKhow where | turned off. Didn't have a name.

That's great. That's just dandy.

Here we are |n the middle of the Mojave Desert

In a place that doesn't have a name.

| can find the highway again.

train horn walling

Trav, | need to talKk to you a little bit about Hunter.

How old |s he now?

He's eight In January.

-He's seven then. -Yeah.

See, what | wanna talk aboutis, uh...

clicks tongue Well, he's... He's like part of the family now.

Anne and me are like his parents now.

-Anne's your wife. -Yeah. You remember her, don't you?

No. Does he think that you're his father?

Well, Anne told him you were coming.

Well, who does he think | am?

|... 1 told him you're his father.

But, see...

Well, you've been gone a long time, Trav.

How long have | been gone? Do you know?

Four years.

Is four years a long time?

Ssighs

Well, it is for a little boy.

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Half a boy's life.

-| remember now. -Walt What?

-Why | bought that land. -Oh. Why?

Well, Mama once told me that, uh...

that's where she and Daddy first, uh, made love.

-Walt Oh. Ih Paris, Texas? -Yeah.

-She told you that? -Yeah.

| figured that that's where | began.

| mean me, Travis Clay Henderson.

They named me that.

| started out there.

-Walt Paris, Texas, huh? -Yeah.

So you think maybe you were conceived there?

-Yeah. -Well, you could be right, Travis.

Daddy always had a jokKke about It.

What was the joke?

He, uh... He would Introduce Mama cc aa cc E AN

And then he'd wait, uh, before he said "Texas"

till everybody thought that he meant...

He would wait before he said "Texas" till everybody thought...

After everybody thought he was talking about Paris, France.

He always laughed real hard about It.

So you live in Los Angeles, huh?

Walt Well, we live 1n the suburbs, but | got my business in town.

Yeah? What's your business?

| make billboard signs for advertising.

Oh, yeah. So you're the one who makes those, huh?

| love those. Some of them are beautiful.

'm not the only one 1n the world that makes 'em, Trav.

freeway traffic in distance|

Trav? This way.

Nice, huh? Just been in here three months.

| really like 1t, but | tooKk a beating on the financing, | tell you.

-Like everybody else nowadays, | guess. -skateboard clatters

Hi, baby. Mm, everything okay here?

Oh, sure. We Jjust missed vyou a lot.

Yeah. | missed you too.

-Come on in. -Travis.

My God.

We were beginning to wonder if we'd ever see you again.

It's been so long.

Did you have a good trip?

Yeabh, it was fine.

Hunter?

Hunter, this |s Travis.

raw vegetables crunching|

| bet It was really hot coming across the Mojave Desert.

Too bad you had to drive.

What happened?

Well, Travis Just, uh, didn't feel like flying.

Oh, | don't blame vyou.

| can't stand airplanes anymore, especially since we live in this house.

All we hear |s planes day in and day out.

NVGN

You used to fly, didn't you, Travis?

Onh. | thought | remembered Jane telling me once

that you flew to Dallas together, or somewhere.

Maybe I'm mistaken.

game beeping

Travis clears throat

beeping continues|

Walt Honey, he hasn t slept 1n a bed since we started for here. | swear to God.

| don't think that's even necessary.

Where has he been sleeping then?

Well, he doesn't sleep.

He has to sleep somewbhere.

Okay, but | don't think he's even gonna use It.

He's got to get tired sometime.

Oh. There is a towel for you, Travis.

And some underwear and socks ffrom Walt.

= 1 -Good night.

Good night.

Thank you.

Walt yawns, chuckles Okay.

clears throat Get some shut-eye.

Okay.

-Sweet dreams. -All right.

singing folKk song in Spanish

Singing continues|

singing stops|

jJet engine roaring|

You polished them.

That's very nice of you, Travis.

WVWould you like to come in and have some breakfast?

Aren't you hungry?

We are going to have strawberry waffles.

Do you like them?

Do you want some?

Well, there is hot coffee on the stove AN alESTo anI=a

| 00kK at that truck.

jJet engine roaring|

jJet engine roaring|

-Decided to rough it, huh? -Yeah.

What'd you do, spit-shine these?

| can get you a job at the alrport doing that.

Hey. You wanna trade these new boots for those old boots?

Yeah, you can wear 'em.

Thank you.

coughs

Anne Travis?

| have to rush off to get Hunter to school on time.

We will be back this afternoon.

Walt's office number is on the dining room table.

See you later.

-Okay. -Bye.

train horn walling in distance|

-Anne? -Yeah?

| was Just thinking maybe, uh, | can meet Hunter after school

and we could walk home together, if he wants to.

Oh, that sounds like a great idea, Travis.

Walk home? | don't wanna walk home, Mom.

-Why? -Nobody walks. Everybody drives.

-Anne Come on, Hunter. -No.

It won't hurt you to walk home once in your life.

-No, no. | don t want to. -| don't wanna walk, Mom. Everybody else--

-Travis, | insist. He'll wait for you. -Everybody will see me.

Walt can tell you how to get there. It's not far.

And get 1n the car, Hunter. We are late as itis.

car door closes

Hunter You're mean.

lengine starts

jJet engine roaring|

children shouting, chattering

Awesome!

chattering continues

boy | flunked kKkindergarten.

-Can | come with you? -Sure.

whistle tweets

car starter cranking|

whistle tweets

children chattering

thunder rumbling in distance|

Anne 'm really sorry about this, Travis.

It's not easy for him, Anne.

rain falling

Anne, It's okay. He's in here.

What are you doin'?

Driving.

-Where to? -Just driving.

You're not hiding out in there, are you?

Hunter, Travis |s your real dad. You know that, don't you?

Dad, when are they gonna make spaceships like they make cars?

Hunter, 'm asking you a question. Can you answer it?

What?

Well, Travis went to meet you at school, and he wanted to walk you home.

Nobody walks.

That's not the point.

Travis |s your real dad, and he wants to talk to you.

Why? What about?

Okay, come on. Let's go have dinner. Come on.

Walt sighs

Hey, Trav, do you remember the time

that Anne and me came down to visiIit you about five years ago?

You and Jane were down |h T exas, right there on the coast.

Hunter was about three. Don't you remember that?

=N LO -| remember. We went fishing.

Yeah. | took some Super 8 on that trip and | put it all together.

Maybe you might like to see some of t.

What |s |1t?

Movies. You Kknow, Super 8.

Walt, maybe Travis doesn't want...

What?

Well, maybe he'd like to wailt a while before he looks at it.

sniffles Well, it's up to him.

| just thought maybe you'd like to see some of it.

Movies? Sure.

Great. T here's some great stuff in it.

Some great shots of Hunter in it.

I've already seen It.

Well, you have to see It again.

-Come on. Help me set up the projector. -Okay.

projector whirring

PS Imellow folk guitar

Inaudible dialogue

Anne chuckles

-That's me driving. -| kKhow. You're gonna be good.

chuckles

chuckles

Time for bed now, Hunter.

clicks tongue Aw, Mom.

Don't complain. It's past 10:00.

-Good night, Dad. -Good night, baby.

Good night, Dad.

Do you think he still loves her?

How would | know that, Hunter?

-How can you tell? -Well, the way he looked at her.

You mean when he saw her in the movie?

Yeah, but that's not her.

What do you mean?

That's only her |h a movie...

a long time ago...

in a galaxy far, far away.

freeway traffic in distance|

-What are you looking for? -Uh, I'm looking for...

The father.

-Your father? -No, no. Just a father. Any father.

What does a father look like?

There are many different kinds of fathers, Sefior Travis.

Well, | just-- | just need one.

-You think you're gonna find him in there? -Well, | don't kKhow where else to look.

Oh, | see. You want to look like a father.

-Yeabh.

chuckles Ahora, tell me.

Do you want to be a rich father?

Uh, no.

-A poor one? -No.

Pues, écómo pues?

e JSN la No c a /c AN -No, no. There is no in between, huh?

You either have to be a rich father Or a poor one.

-Rich. -laughs Bueno.

Un momento. À ver.

Ahora, sí. OkKkay.

A ver. Huh?

- é Qué tal? g Eh? -Está bueno.

chuckles Okay. One thing you must remember.

To be a rich father, Sefor Travis,

you must look to the sky and never at the ground, eh?

Little higher.

Ahora. Camine.

You must walk stiff, Sefhor Travis.

speaks indistinctly

Con confianza. é Me entiende?

Um, con respeto.

-Uh, dignity. =N

Con dignidad.

You golt It.

-children chattering 1n distance| -clears throat

Who is that guy? You Kknow him?

Yeah. He's my father's brother.

children laughing, chattering

No. They're both brothers.

No, they're both... They're both fathers.

No. Aw, forget it.

-But both whose father? -My father.

How can you have two fathers?

Just lucky, | quess.

-Well, bye. -Bye.

trash can clatters|

7J slow Western guitar|

Hunter That's my dad's suit.

| mean Wailt.

It's okay If you call him Dad.

Yeah, | borrowed it ffom him. He said it was okay.

What are those pictures?

NiNA o

and vyour grandfather.

-What was his name? -Travis.

-Same as yours. V

Where is he now?

He died, a couple of years after this picture.

In that car.

-Oh. He's dead. V

But can you feel that he's dead?

What do you mean?

You Kknow when he was walking around and talking, right?

A Á-c 0B -So can you feel that he's gone?

Yeah, sometimes.

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| never felt like you were dead.

| could always feel you walking around and talking someplace.

-Yeah? -| feel Mom too.

-You do? -Don't you?

That's me when | was Inh the navy.

Hunter Hmm. You were a general?

chuckling No. That's when | was...

That's when | was |h the band.

= 1 -The high school band.

Now, here's you. | like this picture.

That-- Look at that. ThatiIs really wild.

It's welrd when IL... When there's water in between

and then It turns into nothing, then it goes "pshh."

Yeah. Ihat's a great picture.

And this is my mom.

Your grandmother.

Anne | don't know.

It just seems like everything has changed between us so fast

ever since ravis came.

What's changed?

'm just afraid.

-Afraid of Travis? -No.

Then what?

Of what will happen to us if we lose Hunter.

exhales We're not gonna lose Hunter.

Then why do you Keep pushing them together?

It's almost as if you wanted him to leave.

-Who? -Hunter.

You Kknow what I'm talking about.

You Kkeep promoting this father-son business between them.

It's not business.

Travis is his father, and Hunter is his son.

conversation continues, mufíled That's a fact. We've known that all along.

-And Travis happens to be my brother. P R/oAaT-NS

Walt Well, what's this promotion bullshit?

You want us to go on pretending that we're the parents of my brother's son?

How long do you expect Hunter to buy that?

Anne | was never pretending.

| love him, just like he was my own flesh and blood.

Walt So do |.

footsteps approaching

EAA -Hi, Travis.

You don't sleep much, do you?

Travis.

There |s something | have to tell you.

| was not going to, because somehow It makes things easier that nobody knows.

| never even told Walt or Hunter.

Well, what is It?

After Hunter came to live with us,

Jane used to call asking about him.

She made me promise not to tell anyone she was calling.

Travis Did she ask about me?

Yes, In the beginning.

Where did she call ffom?

iTN AN

What places?

Let me finish, Travis.

After what happened between you and Jane,

she decided Hunter should be with us.

She said she couldn't be a mother to him anymore.

She stopped being a mother to him a long time before that.

Travis, | don't want to feel I'm hiding something.

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She wanted something. | just couldn't figure out what it was.

| just didn't realize how much rage | had.

Ssighs

A little more than a year ago, she stopped calling.

| haven't heard ffom her since then.

Nothing?

Not a word.

But on the last call...

she asked me to open a bank account for Hunter.

A bank account?

Al | know about Jane now Is...

she goes to this bank on the fifth of each month

and wires money for Hunter.

Jane still sends him money?

Sometimes a hundred dollars.

Sometimes 50 or five.

For Hunter's future.

| had the bank trace the wiIre.

It comes from a bank in Houston.

What bank?

| wrote It down if you want it.

-What's the date today? -The first of November.

mimicking Impacis|

"T don't think we should do that anymore." "You're right."

"Heh. | meant the other thing." "Oh."

Tex-Mex band playing

man singing in Spanish

Mmusic continues, fades|

Iman shouting nearby You will all be caught with your diapers down!

Thatis a promise!

| make you this promise on my mother's head!

For right here, today, standing on the very head of my mother,

which |Is now on God's green earth,

which everybody who wasn't born in a fuckin' sewer

ought to Know and understand to the very marrow of their bones!

They will Invade you inh your beds!

They will snatch you from your hot tubs!

They will pluck you right out of your fancy sports cars!

There |s nowhere...

absolutely nowhere in this godforsaken valley...

'm talking about from the range of my voice right here

clear out to the goddamn MojJave Desert and beyond that,

clear out past Barstow...

and everywhere else |n the valley all the way to Arizona.

None of that area will be called a safety zone!

There will be no safety zone!

| can guarantee you the safety zone will be eliminated!

You will all be extradited to the land of no return!

It's a navigation to nowhere!

And if you think that's going to be fun,

you ve got another thing comin.

| may be a slime bucket, but believe me,

| Khow what the hell I'm talking about!

'm not crazy!

And don't say | didn't warn you!

| warned you! | warned all of you!

Thought you were afraid of heighits.

No, I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of falling.

-Oh, yeah? Well, just don't looKk down. -No. chuckling

Uh, too bad things don't look the same on the ground.

What do you mean?

Well, things are clearer up here.

EEA AN El laonNNo

Walt Yeah, | had a talk with Anne last night.

Yeah, she's pretty upset.

Yeah, | Know.

'm gonna leave.

-What? -l'm leavinog.

Hey, | didn't tell you this in order to make you leave.

-l'm not trying to get rid of you. -| kKnow that.

What good is that gonna do? That's not gonna solve anything.

'm gonna find Jane.

How are you gonna do that?

It's been four years. She's completely disappeared.

| tried to find her. | tried everything. | couldn't find her.

Yeah, well, | haven't tried yet. | can find her.

-What makes you so sure? -| just know.

-Can we go down now? -No!

Goddamn it! You tell me what happened, Travis!

'm sick of this fuckin' mystery.

I've been treating you like a spoiled kid ever since | picked you up in the desert.

Now you tell me what happened with you and Jane!

Ti

| kKnow. It's none of my business.

Travis Uh, 'm gonna need to take, uh...

money, credit cards.

Walt All right, sure. You can have 'em.

-Travis You'll get 1t back. -Forget that. You can have it.

Travis 'm gonna find her, Walt.

lengine stops|

children chattering, shouting|

Hunter!

Is that your car?

Yep. Come on.

This is not bad stuff.

Anne puts Iit 1h lunch every day.

La vache qui rit. Sticky.

La vache what?

Rit. rolls "R" Rit.

Rit. Rolls "R"| Rit.

-Dad? -Yeah?

Where'd you go all that time?

MexIico.

How come?

| didh't kKhow where else to go.

Where did Mom go?

| don't KkKhnow.

But right now, she's somewhere ih Houston.

That's where the space ceníter |s.

That's what | wanted to talKk to you about.

-| gotta go away now. -Why?

Because |l'm gonna find her.

What about me? You just found me.

Can | come with?

What about Walt and Anne?

You mean we'd never come back here?

Well, sure, but...

| don't know whern.

| want to come with.

| wanna find her too. When do we go?

Right now.

Then come on. Let's go.

First we gotta stop and get supplies for the trip.

Okay.

Hunter We gotta buy Jackets, -shirts, toothbrushes, stuff like that.

MN e a BNEAm NS

Walkie-talkies? What for?

Hunter Just in case.

-Hunter Do you know what? -What?

This whole galaxy,

the whole universe,

used to be compressed into a tiny spot this big.

-And-- And do you Kknow what happened? -What?

It went... MImMICs explosion| and blew up.

All the spar-- Everything went flying all over the place and formed space.

-lt was just gas. It was floating around. -The Earth was?

Yeah. Ihe Earth was really gas.

And-- And the sun formed, and it was so hot that--

That the Earth just formed into one hard, big ball...

-Yeah? -Of oceans, nothing but ocean.

dc aNA -So there was sea animails.

Then under the water, a volcano went... mimics explosion

And the hot lava hit the water and formed rock to make land.

You know how to make a collect call?

You dial the operator and tell her that you're--

-l Know. -Good. Then call Walt and Anne.

Why?

Because... So they don't worry about you, so they kKkKnhnow where you are.

-What am | gonna say? NSA cABiATCNNA

ENc AA NTA BNA UA o TNAA BAA and that we're going to Texas.

They're gonna flip out.

| kKhow. But you can handle It.

ENEA -Why can't you do it?

| can't do If.

Why?

Because It has to be you.

Sighs Gee.

Why can't he do it? | mean...

phone rings|

-Hello? -Hi, Dad.

Hunter. Where are you?

You know what time it is? I've been calling everywhere looking for you.

Hunter Travis got a truck. He was talking about...

Yeah, yeah. Hunter, jJust listen to me now.

Where are you exactly?

Hunter /h San Bernardino.

San Bernardino?

Hunter, what do you mean you're in San Bernardino?

-Let me talk to him. -Wait, honey. How did...?

Ec N onA -All right, all right.

Hunter?

Are vyou all right?

Hunter Yeah.

-What are you doing? -l'm on a trip, Mom.

-With Travis? -Yeah.

We bought some walkie-talkies, and |--

-Where are you going? -We're on our way to Texas.

Tell me where you are, Hunter.

Just tell me where you are.

Hunter We'Te at a gas station.

What's the name of t?

-/ exaco. -Oh, my God.

Hunter, you tell Travis to turn around

and come back here right now.

Do you understand me?

Let me talk to him.

whispering What should | do?

whispering Just... hang up.

Bye, Mom. Gotta go now.

Hunter.

Hunter!

sniffles

-Did they flip out? -Yeah, she did.

-You're not sorry you came, are you? -No.

Well, you can go back to them any time you want.

-You just tell me. Okay? -| don't wanna go back.

Well, | Know, but just In case you change your mind.

helicopter whirring in distance|

Ssighs

-Jet engine roaring in distance| -lhumming "Frêre Jacques'"

continues humming

'm so used to calling her "Mom."'

She sounded so sad.

| KROW.

What do you think Mom will look like now?

| don't KkKhnow.

Do you remember her?

Not really. Only from that little movie we saw.

You look happy then.

Mm-mm. You kKkeep that.

7J slow Western guitar|

Night.

Night.

Hunter Dad, if a guy put a baby down,

traveled at the speed of light for an hou...

If he traveled at the speed of light,

he would he would come back |1h an hour.

He would be an hour older, but the little baby would be a very old man.

Travis on walkie-talkie Oh, yeah?

Well, how long would 1t take him to get to Houston?

Uh, I1f-- If they were to travel--

|'d say about three seconds.

Uh, over. | didn t get that last part.

It would take them three seconds to get from California to Houston

on light speed.

-Hunter This is Houston? -Travis Yep.

Hunter How are we gonna find her in a big city like this?

-Travis | Khow where she'll be. -Where?

Travis A bank. She's going to deposit some money at a certain bank today.

Hunter This is a bank?

What kind of bank is this?

Travis Looks llke a drive-in.

Hunter l've never seen a bank like that.

Travis Me neither.

Hunter There'll be so many cars, we'll never find her.

Travis Oh, yeah, we will. Come on.

We'll spiit up, and then we'll cover more ground. Okay?

InlTCIAdTa We could use the walkie-talkies.

Travis Hey. Now you're golin.

- let you out here. -Okay.

truck door opens, closes|

Can you hear me, Dad? Over.

on walkie-talkie Loud and clear.

-walkie-talkie static -Hunter Good.

Hunter in position one. Over.

Travis Ih position two. We got It covered.

| told you these weren't toys. Over.

10-4. Over and out.

7J slow Western guitar|

helicopter whirring in distance|

clanging, hammering

LileSESe cc

walkie-talkie beeps

Dad! She's just leaving the bank!

Get over here!

Dad, can you hear me? Can you hear me?

walkie-talkie beeps

She's leaving the bank! Get over here!

-walkie-talkie beeps| -Hunter Dad!

Come on! Dad!

Wake up! Wake up! She's leaving!

She's leaving the bank!

Dad! Wake up!

Sstammers |s she--? Wh-- Where s...?

continues stammering |-- 'M on my way!

-Oh, no! -walkie-talkie beeping

LileSESe cc

She went that way!

-Which way did she go? -That way!

You sure it's her? Come on, come on, come on!

Let's go!

Hunter, did you really get a good look at her, or what?

Lul ac BSA TSN ACBc ANTA | KkKnow lt was her.

Travis Oh, God, | hope we haven't lost her.

Hunter Can't this piece of junk go faster?

There's 10,000 cars here, Hunter. How are we gonna find her?

-Which one |s It? -Go faster, Dad! Go faster!

What col--? What color-- The car was red, right?

Yeabh. A little red Chevy.

You see anything? | don't khnow which one 1t looks like, Hunter.

You'll have to help me. Look. Can you see it?

Hunter No, not yet.

-| see her! | see her! -Where? Where?

Over in that lane! In that lane!

-Which lane? -The right one!

Travis All right, all right. Settle down. | see It.

Okay.

Is that her? Look at-- See if itl's her. Can you tell?

-| can't tell. -Wait a minute.

There's two red cars now. Which one 1s |1t?

ee Us -Hunter Uh, the right-- The left one!

-You sure? -Yeah. The left one.

-Okay. -tires screeching

-You sure this is the one now? -Hunter Yeah.

| hope you're right, Hunter.

If we're following the wrong car, we're gonna have to wait a whole other monith.

-l be eight then. -You'll hbe what?

ll be eight then!

chuckles

Let's get closer. We could wave!

No, no, no. We don't wanna get too close.

We might scare her, and she'd have a wreck or somethin'".

mENVA -Okay.

| guess so.

Well...

| wonder where she's golng.

Hunter Maybe to work. What do you think?

LileSESe cc

Travis Yeah. Could be.

Hunter Looks liKke a girl's car to me.

Could it be hers?

Could be. Get in the truck, and 'l tell you my plan.

Okay.

Roll the windows up, lock the doors.

And if anybody talks to you, tell 'em your daddy's inside and he'll be right back.

mENVA -Okay.

-You okay? e d-0

mimics engine revving

electric guitar playing nearby|

woman Could y'all put some ice on it? I'm still rehearsing.

man on PA Sergeant Jojo, call for you, Booth 2?.

Sergeant Jojo, Booth 2?.

woman Okay, new bit, new bit. You guys are gonna love this.

The girls here spend so much time with a guy that most of them live alone.

But It's tough living alone in a city like this.

A lot of violent things happen here.

Stuff like rape, like murder. Especially from the police force.

women chattering|

Uh, Tupperware parties, violent things.

But... And when you live alone, you gotta think about,

"Do | need some Kkind of protection at home?"

And if you're a girl, you can live with a guy or you can live with a dog.

That's a tough decision, let me tell you.

-What normal adult wants to live... -man Nurse Bibs needed in Booth 7.

that hates to take a bath

and that throws up on the carpet, that chews on your underwear.

Dogs, on the other hand, are real cute.

They got cute little noses, cute little tails.

-Again? -A lot of sick people out there.

-singer Looks like the dog act to me. -comedian Yeah, right.

Let's hear some rock 'n' rolil. Hey, how's it going?

Let's hear you play. Give us something good.

You're getting better all the time!

bass guitar playing|

guitar, drums Join in

- There was a little girl d -man Sir?

- Who lives in the wild J -Sir, you're in the wrong place.

- Who loved to complain 5 -lt's too early.

All the girls are downstairs.

woman Guys, this is a...

Please get It right cause 'm getting-- I'm getting cranky.

bass guitar playing|

guitar, drums Join in

S There was a little girl s

man on PA Mother Dana, call for you, Booth 19.

Mother Dana, Booth 19.

music continues, muffled

men speaking Indistinctly nearby|

metal clattering

man Hello?

music stops|

door creaks

man Yeah. Who do you want?

| want to see a blond girl with kind of short, straight hair, about 25 years old.

Okay. She's coming down. Stay on the line.

footsteps running

panting Hello, honey.

Oh, mercy.

You Kknow, 23-- I've worked 23 of the 24 booths in this place.

Poolside makes 24.

So, what can | do for you today, hmm?

|l've got an idea.

How about water polo?

Having fun. Lots of fun.

No? Uh, well, tell you what.

Why don't you Just tell, uh, Nurse Bibs where the pain is?

-Maybe | can find a cure, hmm? -Why don't you look at me?

| am looking at you.

Yeah, but 'm over here. Can't you see me?

Listen, sweetheart, if | could see you, | wouldn't be working here.

Well, what do you see?

| see what you see.

Nurse Bibs. Nurse Bibs and a rubber horse.

Oh. Oh, | see.

chuckles Thank you, Nurse Bibs.

Thank you.

Inaudible dialogue

band playing, muffled

door creaks

-door squeaking - Wwoman Hi.

clears throat

Are you out there?

Well, | see your light's still on, so | quess you must be out there.

It's okay if you don't wanna falk, you Know.

l don't wanna falk either sometimes.

sighs / just like to stay silent.

Do you mind if | sit down?

Do you mind Iif | sit down?

-Travis No. -giggles

My legs get a little tired from standing all the time.

exhales audibly|

Is this your first visit here?

-Yes. -Oh! laughs

Well, this whole thing must seem kind of strange to you, huh?

You realize that | can't see you even though you can see me?

Well, that takes a little gettin' used to.

Am |-- Am | looking at your face now?

laughing

Oh, God. It don't matter.

clears throat

TANT TAA

If there's anything you wanna talk about, MNTAA

All right?

'm a real good listener.

Is there somethin"...

| don t Know. Is there somethin' | can do for you?

sniffles

Do you mind if | take off my sweater?

'l just take off my sweater.

No, no. No. Don t.

Please. Please leave |1t on.

'm sorry.

I just don't know exactly what it is you want.

| don't want anything.

Well, why'd you come here then?

| want to talk to you.

Is there something you want to tell me?

Travis sighs No.

You can tell me. | can Kkeep a secret.

This, uh...

Is that all you do is just talk?

Well, yearh.

Yeah, mostly.

What else do you do?

clicks tongue, sighs

chuckling

-Why are you laughing? -l'm sorry.

'm sorry.

So, what else do you do?

Nothin' really.

Oh, well, we're not allowed to see the customers out here.

Travis on speaker Where do you see them then?

Do you go home with them?

NToBES A /cNo 0A NA

We're not allowed to have any outside relationships with the customers.

Yeah, but you can really see em if you want to, can't you?

| mean, you can go home with em if you want to. All these places say that.

How much extra money do you make? How much money do you make on the side?

'm sorry, sir. |Hthink you'll maybe want to talk to one of the other girls.

'l see if | can find one for you.

No. No, no, no!

Please. Please.

Please don't go.

| just don t think 'm the one you want to talk to.

Please.

Please don't go. 'm Sorry.

sighs All right.

I'm, uh... 'm sorry. 'm sorry.

That's okay.

You Know, |...

l know how hard Itis to talk to strangers sometimes.

Just relax.

Relax and tell me what's on your mind.

Vi listen...

to you.

| don't mind listening.

| do 1t all the time.

She was there, wasn't she?

7J slow Western guitar|

brakes squeal|

Hunter What's that?

A vacant lot.

| bought that land when we were all together, with your mom.

| thought we might live there someday.

Where?

Paris... exas.

Hunter Where's that?

It's close to the Red River.

Do you like it?

Ssighs You mean we'd live on dirt?

chuckles

Why do vyou drink that stuff? It stinks.

-Wait a minute. Where are you going? -To the truck.

Have another one?

7J slow Western guitar|

Come on, Dad.

Thisis not a place to bring a fancy woman.

Would you say? If you had a fancy woman, would you bring her in a place like this?

What's a fancy woman?

My mother.

Not your mother, but my mother...

was not a fancy woman.

She was...

She never wanted to be a fancy woman.

She never even pretended to be a fancy woman.

Then what was she?

e -B ECN iN a

Just plain and good.

She was very good. But my daddy...

See, my daddy had, uh...

He had this idea in his head that was kind of...

Kind of-- Kind of a sicknhess.

What idea?

He had this idea about her...

and...

he looked at her...

but he didh't see her.

He... He saw this idea.

And he told people that she was from Paris.

It was a big Joke,

but he started telling everybody all the time,

and finally it wasn't a joke anymore. = 2

He started believing It.

And he actually believed It.

Oh, God.

She would get so embarrassed.

She was so...

She was so shy.

snoring

Vámonos, muchacho.

lengine starts

Left, Dad.

traffic light clanking

Hunter, 1t's me.

| was afraid I'd never be able to say the right words to you

In person...

so I'm trying to do 1t like this.

When | first saw you this time...

| was hoping for all KkKinds of things.

| was hoping to show you that | was your father.

You showed me | was.

But the biggest thing | hoped for...

can't come true.

| know that now.

You belong together with your mother.

on recording You belong together with your mother.

8SA -RA -A

and | owe Iit to you to bring you back together.

But | can't stay with you.

| could never heal up what happened.

That's just the way ItiS.

|l can't even hardly remember what happened.

It's like a gap.

But it left me alone in a way that | haven't gotten over.

And right now, l'm afraid.

I'm afraid of walking away again.

I'm afraid of what | might find.

But 'n even more afraid of not facing this fear.

| love you, Hunter.

| love you more than my life.

tape recorder clicks

Hevy.

Hevy.

Can | tell you something?

Sure. Anything you like.

It's Kind of long.

| got plenty of time.

| kKhew these people.

What people?

These two people.

clears throat

They were In love with each other.

The gIirl was very young,

about 17 or 18, | guess.

And the guy was... quite a bit older.

He was KkKind of raggedy and wild.

And she was very beautiful, you Know?

And together they turned everything into a kKind of an adventure...

Just an ordinary trip down to the grocery store was...

full of adventure.

And they were always laughing at stupid things.

He liked to make her laugh.

And...

they didn't much care for anything else

because all they wanted to do was be with each other.

They were always together.

Sounds like they were very happy.

chuckles Yes, they were.

They were real happy.

And he... He loved her more than...

he ever felt possible.

He couldn't stand being away from her, um, during the day when he went to work.

So he'd quit...

just to be home with her.

Then he'd get another job when the money ran out...

and then he'd quit again.

But pretty soon, she started to worry.

-About what? -Money, | qguess.

-Not having enough. -Hmm.

Not Knowing when the next check was coming in.

Yep, | know that feeling.

So he started to get kKkind of torn inside.

How do you mean?

Well, he knew he had to work to support her,

but he couldn't stand being away from her either.

| see.

And the more he was away from her, the crazier he got.

Except now, he got really crazy.

He started imagining all kKinds of things.

Like what?

He started thinking that she was seeing other men on the sly.

He'd come home from work and accuse her of...

spending the day with somebody else.

He'd yell at her and break things in the trailer.

The trailer.

Travis on speaker| Yes.

They lived in a trailer home.

Excuse me, sir, but were you in to visit me the other day?

| don't mean to pry.

chuckles | thought | recognized your voice for a minute.

No. Wasn't me.

Please go on.

Anyway, he started to drink real bad...

and he'd stay out late to test her.

What do you mean "test her"?

To see if she'd get jealous.

laughs Mm-hm.

He wanted her to get jealous, but she didn't.

She Jjust worried about him, but that got him even madder.

Why?

Because...

he thought if she never got jealous of him that she didn't really care about him.

Jealousy was a sign of her love for him.

And then one night...

One night she told him that she was pregnant.

She was about three or four months pregnant,

and he didh't even Khnow.

And then suddenly everything changed.

He stopped drinking and got a steady job.

He was convinced that she loved him now because she was carrying his child.

And he was going to dedicate himself to making a home for her.

But a funny thing started to happen.

What?

He didnh't even notice 1t at first.

She started to change.

From the day the baby was born, she began to get irritated

with everything around her.

She got mad at everything.

Even the baby seemed to be an injustice to her.

He Kkept trying to make everything all right for her,

buy her things, take her out to dihher once a week.

But nothing seemed to satisífy her.

o RA o cr= KA he struggled to pull them back together

-like they were when they first met. -sobs softly

But finally, he knew that it was never gonna work out.

So he hit the bottle again.

But this time, it got mean.

This time, when he came home late at night,

she wasn't worried about him or jealous.

She was just enraged.

She accused him of holding her captive by making her have a baby.

whimpers

She told him that she dreamed about escaping.

That was all she dreamed about, escape.

She saw herself at night running naked down a highway,

running across fields, running down riverbeds.

Always running.

And always, just when she was about to get away, he'd be there.

He would stop her somehow.

He would just appear and stop her.

And when she told him these dreams, he believed them.

He knew she had to be stopped, or she'd leave him forever.

So he tied a cowbell to her ankle

so he could hear at night if she tried to get out of bed.

But she learned how to muffle the bell by stuffing a sock into it

and inching her way out of the bed and into the night.

He caught her one night when the sock fell out,

and he heard her trying to run to the highway.

He caught her, dragged her back to the trailer,

and tied her to the stove with his belt.

He just left her there and went back to bed...

-and lay there listening to her scream. -lwhimpering

Then he listened to his son scream.

He was surprised at himself because he didn't feel anything anymore.

All he wanted to do was sleep.

And for the first time, he wished he were far away...

lost In a deep, vast country where nobody knew him.

Somewhere without language or streets.

And he dreamed about this place without knowing its name.

And when he woke up, he was on fire.

EEA e EBENAc burning the sheets of his bed.

He ran through the flames toward the only two people he loved...

but they were gone.

His arms were burning, and he threw himself outside and...

And rolled on the wet ground.

Then he ran.

He never looked back at the fire.

mNTNAA

He ran until the sun came up...

and he couldn't run any further.

Then when the sun went down, he ran again.

For five days, he ran like this...

until every sign of man...

had disappeared.

Travis.

If you turn the light off in there, will you be able to see me?

| don't KkKhnow.

| never tried.

Can you see me?

Do you recognize me?

Oh, Travis.

| brought Hunter with me.

Don't you want to see him?

| wanted to see him so bad that | didn't even dare imagine him anymore.

Anne kKkept sendin' me pictures of him...

until | asked her to stop.

| couldn't stand the...

pain of seeing him grow up and missin' it.

Why didn't you Kkeep him with you, Jane?

| couldn't, Travis.

| didn't have what | khew he needed.

| didn't want to use him to fill all my emptiness.

Well, he needs you now, Jane.

ANA NNTcA -He does?

He's... He's waiting for you.

Where?

Downtown...

in a hotel.

You're not going, are you?

| can't see you, Jane.

Don't go yet.

Don't go yet.

sniffling

| used to make up long speeches to you after you left.

| used to talk to you all the time, even though | was alone.

| walked around for months talking to you.

Now | don't KkKnow what to say.

It was easier when | just imagined you.

| even imagined you talking back to me.

We'd have long conversations...

the two of us.

It was almost like you were there.

| could hear you. | could see you, smell you.

| could hear your voice.

Sometimes your voice would wake me up.

It would wake me up in the middle of the night

Just like you were there in the room with me.

It slowly faded.

| couldn't picture you anymore.

| tried to talKk out loud to you like | used to,

but there was nothin' there.

| couldn't hear you.

| just gave up.

Everything stopped.

just disappeared.

Now I'm working here.

| hear your voice all the time.

sighs Every man...

has your voice.

|1 tell Hunter... that youre coming.

-Travis? -What?

Meridian Hotel.

sniffles

vehicles passing In distance|

Hunter mimicking explosions

"Why, you little... '

Yeah! mimicking explosions

siren wailling 1h distance|

A do TMA TNSA EA

mimics scissors cutting

Jane Oh!

sniffles

7J slow Western guitar|

truck engine starts

SJ continues

J ends