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UNDULY INHIBITED. WHAT THE F***

DO YOU KNOW, AL? YOU NEVER COVETED

A BUDDY'S WIFE BEFORE. I HAVE BEEN

IN LOVE SITUATIONS

THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. IT'S THE SAME THING. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK

ABOUT WHAT IT'D BE LIKE

IF I STAYED WITH HER. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT NOW,

BUT IF WE'D STAYED

TOGETHER, WOULD IT STAY GREAT?

YOU KNOW? AND THOSE KIDS. WELL, JOAN TAKES CARE

OF THE KIDS. YEAH, WITH BILL'S

ALLOWANCE MONEY. THAT'S LESS

THAN YOU MAKE AT U.P.I. SHE LOVES BILL,

THOUGH. BUT HE'S WORN HER OUT. I GOT A GIRLFRIEND

BACK IN THE CITY

ANYWAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WELL, LU,

WHAT IS THE DEAL? ARE YOU TRYING TO TALK

YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING

OR OUT OF IT? I DON'T KNOW. UH... Lucien: HEY. THERE'S

MY BATHING BEAUTY. YOUR WORN-OU BATHING BEAUTY. JUST WORRIED

ABOUT YOU. THAT'S ALL. DON'T BE BORING. YOU WANT TO GO

FOR A SWIM? YEAH. Joan:

COME ON, ALLEN. MM. GO AHEAD. YOU TOO WORN OUT? [CHUCKLES CRYPTICALLY] [ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING] [SIGHS DEEPLY] STRONG CURRENT. NO. I DIDN'T SAY

YOU COULD DO THAT. SO, WHERE DO YOU THINK

THE PACIFIC IS? I DON'T KNOW.

WE COULD FLOAT... JUST FLOA AND FLOAT AWAY... AND FIND OUT... AND DROWN OUR SORROWS. YOU NEVER KNOW. I'M GONNA STEP OUT. JOAN? JOAN! JOAN! JOAN! Allen: WHA HAPPENED? I DON'T KNOW.

I GOT TIRED,

SO I GOT OUT. SHE WANTED TO FLOW

WITH THE F***ING CURRENT. JOAN!

CAN SHE SWIM? I DON'T KNOW.

IF SHE WANTS. JOAN? YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE

LEFT HER ALONE! I DIDN'T LEAVE HER.

YOU GOT OUT OF THE

WATER, DIDN'T YOU? I DIDN'T LEAVE HER! JOAN?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] JOAN! JOAN! F***! JOAN! JOAN? WHA ARE YOU DOIN'? WHAT DOES IT LOOK

LIKE I'M DOIN'? I'M STARING

INTO THE ABYSS. HONEY... IF YOU STARE

INTO THE ABYSS:

LONG ENOUGH, IT STARES

BACK INTO YOU. OH, IT HAS. [TWIG SNAPS] IT HAS. [INSECTS BUZZING,

NIGHT BIRDS SCREECHING] [FROGS CROAKING] NOTHIN' IS SIMPLE

WITH YOU AND I. WE'RE BOTH DOOMED. HOW AM I DOOMED? DAVE'S GHOST. WHAT'S YOUR DOOM? MAYBE YOU ARE. WHY DON'T YOU COME

BACK TO NEW YORK? COME BACK HOW? YOU CAN COME BACK

WITH US. WITH ME. I CAN'T LEAVE BILL. YOU CAN DO

ANYTHING YOU WANT. WILL YOU KISS ME? STOP. STOP. STOP. WHAT'S THE MATTER? WHY KEEP KISSING? HAVE YOU

RECONSIDERED? SLEEPING WITH YOU? NO. NEW YORK. IT'S NOT REALISTIC. WE'RE BOTH LUCKLESS. I'M FAITHFUL, AND

YOU'RE...TOO FAITHLESS. WHAT ABOUT WILLY? RUNNING OFF

INTO THE JUNGLE WITH ANOTHER

LITTLE BOYFRIEND? THAT'S NO EXACTLY FAITHFUL. WILLY ALWAYS COMES BACK. AND AT THE END

OF THE ROAD... WHAT ABOUT-- WHAT DO WE DO?

WHAT DO-- WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? THE OLD GANG.

IT'LL BE KICKS. YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE WELL

IN NEW YORK. ARE YOU READY

FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN? ARE YOU READY FOR THAT? ARE YOU? I DON'T KNOW. [SIGHS] [SIGHING]

MMHH... DOES THAT BOTHER YOU? NO. NOT TOO MUCH. YOU SEEMED LIKE... YOU LIKED IT BEFORE. OH-- OH, IT WAS ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S-- WHAT'S

WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU

FISHIN' AROUND FOR? NOTHING. I'M JUST TRYIN'

TO BE PERSONABLE... AFFECTIONATE. [SNICKERING]

AFFECTIONATE. SAVE THE AFFECTION

FOR YOUR KIDS. MAYBE... YOUR WIFE

WOULD LIKE SOME, TOO. JOANIE

HAS MY AFFECTION. IF YOU LOVE

YOUR WIFE SO MUCH... THEN WHY ARE YOU

HERE WITH ME? LOVE IS NOT SEX. I NEVER REALIZED

HOW BORING IT IS... TO DRIVE BACK SOMEPLACE... MILE AFTER MILE... JUST TO GET BACK

TO WHERE YOU STARTED FROM. HEY! HEY, YOU. OOH! MMM!

MMM-UHH. WHERE'S

YOUR BROTHER? UPSTAIRS. HE'S UPSTAIRS? IS YOUR DADDY

BACK? NO. HE'S NOT? WILL YOU GE BILLY FOR ME? GO GE YOUR BROTHER. OH, IT'S SO GOOD

TO SEE YOU. ALL THE WAY TO MEXICO,

AND NO WILLY. I THINK

HE'S AVOIDING US. YEAH. WE HAVE THAT IN COMMON. WELL, IT'S, UH,

A LONG WAY BACK:

TO THE APPLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU'RE NOT COMIN'

WITH US. [SIGHS] YOU WANNA-- YOU WANNA

GET BACK IN THE CAR? IT'S NOT TOO LATE. GRAB THE KIDS...

JUMP IN YOUR CAR? SURE. JUST, UH... WE COULD JUS LEAVE BILL A NOTE? DEAR BILL,

TAKEN THE KIDS, GONE TO NEW YORK.

ADIOS, MUCHACHO. WHY NOT?

CAR'S RIGHT THERE. I'LL LOAN YOU

A PIECE OF PAPER

FOR THE NOTE. NO. THINK ABOUT NEW YORK. I WILL. PROMISE? ALL THE TIME. Allen: SMILE. [SHUTTER SNAPS] SEE YA. I WOULD SAY...

DRIVE CAREFULLY, BUT IT DOESN' SEEM TO APPLY, SO... DRIVE CARELESSLY.

YOU KNOW...WITHOUT A CARE. [MOODY, MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYS] SHE'S SO F***ING EXCITING. I TRIED TO GET HER

TO COME BACK. HOW HARD DID YOU TRY? I TRIED. I F***ING TRIED.

I DID. SHE LOVES BILL. SHE'S GO THOSE 2 KIDS. IT'S NOT LIKE

SHE'S FREE. YOU KNOW

WHAT I MEAN? YOU WANT ABSOLUTION? STOP AT A F***ING CHURCH. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. I SHOULD'VE

JUST GRABBED HER

AND THOSE KIDS AND THROWN 'EM

IN THE BACKSEAT. SO TURN AROUND. SHE THINKS I'M DOOMED. SHE THINKS I'M DOOMED. WHAT CAN I SAY? HELLO, JOANIE. HELLO. YOU MISSED

ALLEN AND LUCIEN. OH, WHAT A PITY. HOW WAS THEIR VISIT? WE WENT TO THE VOLCANO

IN PARICUTIN. OH. YES. AND HOW WAS YOUR TRIP? EVERYTHING

ABOUT GUATEMALA WAS

NASTY AND UNRELIABLE. AT THE END OF THE ROAD,

THERE WAS ONLY MUD

AND MOSQUITOES... AND A MAD DOCTOR. AND HOW WAS

YOUR PRETTY BOY? LEE WAS PARSIMONIOUS

IN DISPENSING:

HIS FAVORS. HE WAS NICE TO PAPA

TWICE A WEEK ONLY BECAUSE I WAS

FOOTING THE BILL. HE WAS FAR MORE

LAWYERLY THAN LUSTFUL. HE CRIED

"BREACH OF CONTRACT" EVERY TIME I ASKED

FOR SOMETHING MORE. I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD

YOUR TASTE IN MEN. [CHUCKLES] AND I YOURS. DID YOU PAY THE RENT? WITH WHAT? MY ALLOWANCE

DOES NOT COME IN

UNTIL THE 15th. WELL, THAT MUST CRIMP

YOUR STYLE AS A SUGAR DADDY. PERHAPS YOUR PARAMOUR

THINKS YOU'RE IMPECUNIOUS. CUANTO DINERO TO BE NICE TO PAPA

TWICE A WEEK? I ENJOYED SEEING ALLEN... AND LUCIEN. I ENJOYED I VERY MUCH. ARE YOU... LEAVING ME? SHOULD I? AS YOU LIKE. I MAY... JUST GO

BACK TO NEW YORK. LUCIEN IS A TOURIST. YOU ARE

AN AZTEC PYRAMID... LOCAL COLOR. WHAT ARE YOU? A SCORPION SLITHERING

ACROSS YOUR CRUMBLING STEPS. WE REALLY DO NEED MONEY. WE NEED FOOD. YES. AND GIN. AND GIN. FINE. I WILL SELL A GUN. CHEERS. F***ING LUCK. NO, OUR LUCK'S

BEEN GOOD. DON'T BE PERVERSE.

ALL RIGHT? NO, THINK ABOUT IT.

NEW YORK, MEXICO CITY,

BACK TO TEXAS? OUR DEAR CHARIOT'S

BEEN FLAWLESS. YEAH, UNTIL NOW. THE KARMIC WHEEL'S

TURNED, MY FRIEND. NO, THE KARMIC WHEEL

HAS STOPPED, AL. IT'S ALL THE SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, AS BILL SAYS, BETTER GET COMFORTABLE

WITH YOUR SPACE-TIME

LOCATION. THIS IS NO MY SPACE-TIME

LOCATION. IT'S F***IN'

NOWHERE, MAN. [MARIACHIS SINGING

DISTANTLY] YEAH. YEAH, I REMEMBER

TRYIN' THIS GUN. IT'S A DOG, BILL. YES, WELL, I DON' LIKE IT MUCH, EITHER, BUT IT IS

AN AUTOMATIC, AND IT'S WORTH

400 PESOS. [CHUCKLES]

MAYBE NOT THAT MUCH. BUT I THINK

I KNOW A BUYER. WHY DON'T YOU BRING I OVER TO MY PLACE

TOMORROW NIGHT? THANK YOU, HEARD. IT'S

IN MY SELF-INTEREST,

BILL. YOU NEED

DRINKING MONEY. YES. [CASH REGISTER

RINGS] HOLA.

HOLA. CAN I BUY YOU

A DRINK, SIR? WITH WHAT? CREDIT. BILL...WHY DON'T YOU

SELL THE GUN FIRST AND THEN STAR STANDING ROUNDS? SO, WHA CAN I GET YA? TEQUILA, POR FAVOR. [DRUNKENLY]

ADIOS... MUCHACHOS COMPAEROS ADIOS MUCHACHOS COMPAEROS ADIOS... OHHH... I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU

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