A Simple Plan Page #9

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And then coming home

to cook dinner for you-

The same meals

over and over again,

Whatever the week's

coupons will allow.

Only going out

to restaurants

For special occasions-

Birthdays

or anniversaries.

And even then having

to watch what we order-

Skipping the appetizer,

Coming home for dessert.

You think that's gonna

make me happy?

That's enough.

No, no. I haven't

done Jacob yet.

It's back to the welfare

office for Jacob.

The occasional odd job.

But with Lou gone now...

Just himself

and his dog

All alone in that

filthy apartment.

How long do you

give him, Hank?

Stop it!

Sounds wonderful,

doesn't it?

Everything just like

it used to be.

Man:
Federal Bureau

of Investigation.

I would like

to speak to...

Is there an Agent

Neil Baxter there?

Well, if Jacob

can't make it,

That just leaves

more of Linda's

homemade breakfast treats

to go around.

Hank, go ahead.

Have one of those.

Help yourself.

That's her own special

creation there-

Deep-fried

dietetic donuts...

And so inedible,

You won't be able

to get enough of it down

To be bad for you.

Hey, this guy, uh...

You know,

this guy Baxter,

He showed you his badge

or anything?

Badge?

Yeah. This

is kinda stupid,

But, you know,

I always wondered

If they look like

they do in the movies.

Yeah? How's that?

Well, you know,

Kinda bright and silver

with a big "FBI"

Stamped across

the center.

Not really.

He showed you his?

Well, no, but I've

seen them before.

I wonder

where he is.

Well, you know, I bet

he'd show it to you

If you just

ask him that.

Hell, he might even

let you hold his gun

If you ask him

real nice.

You know what,

Later on, I could take you

for a ride in my truck

And make the lights

flash for you.

Yeah?

Carl?

Yes.

It's Sarah. Hi.

I'm looking for Hank.

Is he there?

Yes, ma'am.

You found him.

He's standing

right here.

He's trying

to avoid eating

One of my wife's

homemade donuts.

How's the baby?

Well, she's not

doing so good.

That's part of what I'm

calling to tell him about.

I'm sorry to hear-

Well, you probably better

tell him that yourself, OK?

All right. You take care.

That's your wife.

Hi, honey.

It's him.

What?

It's him, Hank.

Come home.

You gotta

get out of there.

Hank?

I gotta stay.

What do you mean

you gotta stay?

We agreed that

if I called you,

That you were

gonna come home.

What about Carl?

I don't know.

Tell Carl...

Tell him to give the guy

the directions

And that you two will

meet him there later-

Everybody ready to roll?

Hank, he's gonna-

He's gonna

shoot you both.

Carl:
Ready to roll.

Hank?

Yeah.

Hank?

Huh. Yeah. Well, they're

waiting for me, baby.

I gotta go.

Baxter:
Carl,

how you doin'?

Good morning.

How'd you sleep?

You come home, OK?

Please, baby.

Sarah.

OK.

Wait, Hank.

Yeah, I'll see you then.

Hank!

OK. Yeah. Yeah,

I'll see you then.

God damn it!

Don't!

I love you, too.

Wait. Hank?

Everything OK?

Oh, yeah. You know,

just, uh...

Some confusion about

this evening's plans.

Where's your brother?

Oh, uh, Jacob won't be

joining us this morning

It seems he tied one on

again last night.

Ready when

you are, Hank.

Good. Let's go.

Oh, no. You

should've asked me.

Oh, hey.

I forgot my hat.

I'll catch up

with you guys.

Well, go get it.

It's cold out there.

You saw that truck right

around the corner,

Didn't you?

Sh*t.

Carl:
Oh, this

is the place, Hank.

I'm pretty sure

of it.

Look. Right there

is that, uh,

Nature preserve

sign.

That's where

you guys were.

I guess you're right,

But I thought it was

a little further down,

Just, you know...

And, you know, if it was

off over on that side,

That's farmland over there.

Those farmers probably

would have found it by now.

The best bet's gotta be over

here in the nature preserve.

So I think the best idea

is each of us take

A different section

of the woods-

Oh, good for Jacob.

This will make things

go faster.

Carl:
Bring your rifle.

We'll take a different

section of the woods.

If you or I find it,

Baxter,

We'll just fire a couple

of shots into the air.

And, uh, Hank, here,

you take that whistle.

And if you find it, just

blow it Loud as you can.

We'll all come running.

I thought you weren't

up for this.

I talked to Sarah.

Well, I got up,

and I felt better.

You're right.

You don't look good.

Something wrong?

Oh, I just-

I had a rough night.

Carl:
Well,

let's go, guys.

I'll take the center.

All right.

Carl:
Hey! Hey!

Carl.

Wait, Carl!

Carl!

Get outta there!

Run!

Hey! Hey!

I found it.

It's right

down here.

Pull your gun on him.

Make him show you

his badge.

What?

He's got a gun!

He's got a gun!

He's not FBI.

He's lying.

He's got a gun.

What are you

talking about?

Just do it!

I guess you might as well

just show him your badge.

All right, all right.

It's OK, Hank. He's gonna

show you his badge.

Don't turn your back!

Aah!

Where's my money?

Where is it?

It's in the plane.

Then go get it.

Come on!

You waiting for

something, genius?

Do it!

OK. OK.

Baxter:
Come on! Today!

OK. I've got it.

Where the f***

is the rest-

So you had a piece,

huh?

But you're not

the cold-blooded type,

Are you, Mr. Mitchell?

Looks like we're

both gonna have

An awful lot

of explaining to do.

Just me.

Jacob?

Hank?

It's OK.

Don't.

Don't. Don't.

Maybe...

You're gonna

mess it up.

Mess it-mess it up?

Just leave him be.

OK.

You understand

what we gotta say?

Huh?

We're gonna tell them

That Carl lent me

the gun to signal

If I found the plane.

Then when I saw

Baxter shoot him...

We can't do this,

Hank.

What do you mean

we can't?

We're gonna have

to tell on ourselves.

No, we don't.

We-we can't.

No. No.

No. This is

gonna work.

Not anymore.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's gonna work.

It's perfect.

Come on, Jacob.

We just gotta get through

the next couple of hours,

And then we're home.

We're home-free.

You wanna be happy?

You want

a wife and kids?

Me and you sitting

around on the porch

Drinking late at night?

Well, God damn it,

This is what it costs-

Right here, right now.

Come on.

Let's go over this again,

Make sure we haven't

overlooked anything.

I wish somebody else

had found that money.

Well, they didn't.

Now quit.

OK. Baxter

came down here.

He came up

behind Carl.

I was over there.

Yeah, and you were

in the woods.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. It's gonna work.

It's gonna work.

Yeah.

W- what are you doing?

Now put this back.

Make it look like

the bad guy did it, Hank.

What?

W- we're almost home.

I'm tired, Hank.

A- a-and I don't care.

It's OK with me.

I'm not-I'm not afraid.

No, Jacob.

I'm not afraid.

It's perfect.

Stop that, Jacob.

It's-it's perfect.

No. No.

Come on, Hank.

Let me do something.

This is-

this is the only thing.

See, I don't wanna sit around

the rest of my life

Thinking about this sh*t.

I can't do it-

Sit on the porch

and drink.

I can't do it,

so you're gonna have to do it.

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