A Thousand Acres Page #5

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you owe him.

- Rose owes him, too.

- Rose doesn't owe him anything.

Rose has always been trouble,

between you and me.

You shut up, Harold! You hear me?

You just shut up about Rose and Daddy.

He's a stubborn man.

It don't matter what I think or say.

He don't like being told he's wrong.

Especially when it ain't clear

how wrong he is.

Now, I'm going to do you a favour here.

Yeah, what's that?

Here's what I'm going to do for you.

I'm going to bring your dad

to the church supper on Sunday...

and you girls, you show up there

and be sociable.

I think you can work this out.

Larry's got his side,

and you got your side. I know that.

- Look at him.

- It just goes to show you.

What?

How much we were doing for him.

Namely, everything.

Although, you'd think Harold

could lend him a comb.

Joan Stanley thinks Daddy's lost his mind.

- It enrages me.

- Enrages?

Rose, just look at him.

Ginny, it's just a ploy for sympathy.

- What next?

- I don't wanna know what's next.

What are you afraid of?

I guess I'm just afraid of anything

that has to do with Daddy.

- Did we treat him badly?

- People seem to think we did.

But did we? Do you think so?

- I don't think so. No.

- Well, then stick with what's true.

Okay, Rose.

Just family, thanks.

Ginny, why don't you sit here?

Jess? Thank you.

Everybody, settle down, please.

We're gonna talk to the Boss.

With our heads down,

and our hearts upraised, we pray.

Almighty God,

we thank you for these blessings.

Not only of food, but of family and friends.

We rededicate ourselves to your service.

Amen. Let's eat.

Hey, everybody.

Look at them chowing down here

like they ain't done nothing.

Threw a man off his own farm on a night

you wouldn't keep wolf out of your barn.

Pipe down, Harold Clark.

You're talking through your hat,

same as always.

You all know who I'm talking about,

Ginny and Rose Cook.

Well, I got their number.

Nobody's fooled me.

B*tch. That's what you are.

I got your number, too, you son of a b*tch.

You got your eye on my place,

just like them.

You come cozying up to me,

like I'm gonna hand it over to you.

Well, I'm not that goddamn dumb.

"Harold, you ought to do this. "

"Harold, you ought to do that. "

Who the hell are you

to tell me about anything?

You stay away from here,

and then you come sashaying for what?

- Harold.

- Now break it up.

- Crazy bastard.

- Let me alone, damn it.

Everything with Harold is a game.

He plays the clown,

he gets everybody to laugh at him.

Oh, no, but he's not laughing.

Everything he does

is a result of some calculation.

I just can't believe

how sure I was that he changed.

Jess, Harold's always been unpredictable.

I hit him.

- I should go talk to him.

- No. He rejected you.

Everybody saw him do it.

He's been after you for 13 years.

He's gonna do the same thing to you

that you did to him.

He set you up when you got here.

And then he got his revenge.

You can't go back to Harold's now.

Why don't you stay at Daddy's?

The house is just sitting there.

Of course, Jess. I mean,

you wouldn't have to stay in Daddy's room.

You could use my old room, and then...

I mean, after this all blows over,

then you could go back home.

Ginny is eternally hopeful.

Ty. Ginny.

Ginny.

Can I help you, Ken?

These are for you.

You and Ty and Rose and Pete.

You better tell me what they are.

Well, Ginny, your Dad and Caroline

are suing you to get the farm back.

You better find yourself a lawyer.

- I thought you were our lawyer.

- Can't be. It's not ethical.

Besides, I don't want to be, either.

I don't think you treated your Dad right,

to be honest.

We didn't ask for the farm.

I can't talk about the suit, Ginny.

What else is there to talk about?

It drives everything else out, doesn't it?

The thought of Daddy out in that storm

is what drives everything else out.

You weren't there.

You don't know what happened,

or what it was like.

Daddy was there. Ty was there.

You talked to Ty?

He was there.

We did everything for you, Rose and I.

We found a way

to get you whatever you wanted.

We saved you from Daddy.

- I mean, Rose was the one-

- You saved me? From my own father?

Look, at this point,

I don't really blame you and Rose...

for the way you raised me. I really don't.

Actually, I would like to get into it

someday. I think it would be healthy.

But right now I have a meeting.

Goodbye, Ginny.

When did you talk to Caroline?

Ty.

Why didn't you tell me

you talked to Caroline?

I thought she should know about Larry.

Fine. Look what's happened.

Jess.

Jess.

Hey. What are you doing?

Did you knock? I had the radio on.

I guess I haven't seen you in a while.

- I missed you.

- I love you, Jess.

Wait. I'll be right down.

Now, just hang on, don't go anywhere.

- Ken, don't do this to me.

- It's a cease and desist order.

- I'm half finished.

- I know you are...

but its line of credit has been revoked.

I'm sorry.

Come on, how long have you known me?

- I'm halfway finished.

- It's not doing it to you.

- Let me finish before the weather-

- It's a court order.

You know... How long have you known me?

How long have I done business

with this bank?

Look, if it wasn't for this

lawsuit thing, you'd have been fine.

I'm sorry, Ty.

So, Marv, you're closing us down.

It wasn't my call, Ginny. It's just

until we get this thing sorted out.

Believe me, it's always difficult...

but once the transition's been made...

and the older generation's taken care of,

in most cases, things go back to normal.

God forbid.

The mismanagement or abuse clause

in the transfer agreement...

isn't that well defined.

But they'll certainly try to prove abuse

and probably mismanagement, too.

So, you've got to farm like model farmers

until the hearing date.

And you ladies, wear dresses every day.

And keep the lawn mowed

and the porch swept.

You're kidding.

Appearances are everything

with a clause like this.

If have to, I'll call some of your

neighbours to attest to your skills...

and their lawyer will call neighbours

to attest to your mistakes.

If you look good,

they won't be able to touch you.

That's ridiculous.

It's millions of dollars.

Millions of dollars is never ridiculous.

You got your list, Daddy?

Yeah. You got money?

- Yes, Daddy.

- Let me see it.

Well, it's in my wallet.

This is nice.

It's silk.

Yeah, that could look good in court.

Or this one?

Let's sit down.

Come on, sit down here.

Daddy, we should really look

for these things.

Come, sit by me.

Remember that brown coat you had?

You were a little birdie

girl. Little hat, too.

- Now, that velvet stuff?

- Velveteen.

You were my birdie girl,

looked like a little house wren.

Did I?

Didn't like it, either. No, sirree.

Didn't want a brown coat and hat.

Wanted pink, candy pink.

I don't remember.

I remember something red.

A red jacket with hearts.

Couldn't ever keep you away

from them drainage wells.

Didn't matter how much we punished you

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