Cape Fear Page #8

Just keep track of how many I owe you.

- How'd it go at the airport?

- We did our thing...

...but we don't know if he saw us,

or if he was there.

Set the trap and we'll see.

What if we don't want to see?

- Dani!

- What?

Maybe he poisoned the dog.

Sam, watch out for the windows.

You're not allowed to stand up, remember?

- Didn't Cady go after her?

- You don't know Dani.

If she finds a palmetto bug in her bedroom,

she takes it outside.

You know, she could never kill anything.

Even a six-foot palmetto bug?

Oh, God.

What is that?

It's monofilament line.

I got it from Sam's fishing gear.

I stretch it across the windows

and the doors...

...and tie it to Dani's teddy bear here.

If the bear moves a quarter of an inch,

I know if the holy ghost is sneaking in.

What are you reading?

- Why? Did Kersek quit?

- No.

It's just that Cady said-

You want some answers.

Me, too.

I'd like to know just how strong we are...

...or how weak.

But I guess the only way

we're going to find that out is by...

...going through this.

It's just that Cady said to read the book

between Esther and Psalms.

Which is which one?

The book of Job.

Job was a good man. He believed in God...

...and God tested his faith.

He took away everything he had...

...even his children.

It's hideous, this plan. I mean, barbaric.

They're crazy.

My dad's turned into some kind of-

I don't know what.

Barbaric.

Listen to your father.

Do what they say. What else can you do?

Leave. We could go to the houseboat...

...you know, and get lost in any inlet.

Dani, come on.

Don't stay outside.

Do you want to know

what really disturbs me?

Killing this guy.

I mean, taking a man's life.

I don't know if I can live with that.

You may have to.

- Sam, just remember the plan.

- I know the plan.

Damn, it's premeditated.

It makes me an accomplice,

an accessory, an abettor.

It's also excessive force.

The only thing excessive

we could do to Cady...

...would be to gut him and eat his liver.

That might be excessive.

Jesus Christ, Kersek, I'm serious.

No, you're scared.

But that's okay.

I want you to savor that fear.

You know, the South evolved in fear...

...fear of the Indian, fear of the slave...

...fear of the damn Union.

The South has a fine tradition

of savoring fear.

What's the matter?

Don't look over!

She's making me nervous.

What would she normally do...

...if Sam wasn't around to run her home?

- She'd stay-

- She'd stay over.

Well, then, she stays over.

- What?

- Leigh.

I know how the dog died.

- Sam, are you dreaming?

- No!

I just had the weirdest feeling

he was already in the house.

Can't sleep, Miss Graciela?

Yeah. It's hot.

You know, I think it's the humidity

that makes us all so thirsty.

Excuse me.

My pop was a cop.

Twenty years.

This was his favorite drink on a stakeout.

I learned that in prison. You like?

White trash piece of sh*t.

Stay here, Leigh.

Kersek?

Dani, go back to your room.

Lock the door.

- Don't go down there, Sam.

- No, it's all right.

Dani, don't look.

Oh, my God, Graciela!

Oh, my God.

It's the piano wire.

I'm going to get this son of a b*tch!

Tell him to stop!

God, he might be out here!

Listen, I've got Kersek's gun with me...

...and you'll find the piano wire

that Cady used in the house.

Yeah, I know how this looks.

You're not supposed to flee

a murder scene.

Listen, Lieutenant.

You may not know this...

...but in the law there's something

called force majeure.

It means an unforeseeable act of God...

...and it cancels all promises

and obligations.

So, legally speaking, all bets are off.

You find Max Cady and we'll come back.

- What did he say?

- He said we're fugitives.

- What's that mean?

- It means we're doing something right.

Where's that old mongrel dog of yours,

Mrs. Bowden?

Tomorrow, I'll catch some fish.

Oh, you know, you don't have to.

I've got enough food to last us a week.

But it'd be nice.

Good.

It's only rain. A sheet of rain.

- What was that?

- It's just a squall.

- I'll go check the anchor.

- Wait, Dad. Don't go out.

No, Danielle. Everything is okay. All right?

- Yeah. We're on the river now, baby.

- It's just a squall kicking.

Graciela has a brother.

I mean, she had a brother.

Oh, sweetie.

We'll get in touch with him right away.

We're making some tea.

I can't hear you. It's windy out.

What's that?

Are we moving?

'Evening, ladies.

You know my husband has a gun?

Not this gun?

- Is it this gun?

- Where is he?

Resting up. He had a long difficult day.

Danielle, I told you, you can't escape

your demons just by leaving home.

I didn't.

- My parents brought me here.

- Of course.

Where's Sexus?

- Back at the house.

- Shame.

I had hoped we could

read aloud from it together.

Well, I...

- ... memorized some for you.

- Did you?

- Yeah.

- Did you?

Well, I'm impressed.

Which part?

The part...

...you know what part, you know.

- I don't think you did your homework.

- I did.

What parts were they?

The good parts?

Yeah. They were...

- Were you a good girl?

- I was.

I knew you'd follow me here and-

You know me pretty well, don't you?

Yeah. I do.

You're going to know me a lot better, too.

Are you offering me something hot?

Let's get something straight here.

I spent fourteen years

in an eight-by-nine cell...

...surrounded by people

who were less than human.

My mission in that time was

to become more than human.

You see?

Granddaddy used to handle

snakes in church.

Granny drank strychnine.

You could say I had a leg-up,

genetically speaking.

I'm going to forgive you, Danielle, honey.

I know that wasn't the real you,

the true you.

But I would like you to wait in the hold.

Danielle, get in the hold.

- Stop!

- No!

Ready to be born again, Mrs. Bowden?

A few minutes alone with me, darling,

and you'll be speaking in tongues.

Excuse me, Mrs. B.

Please don't take umbrage...

...but in the plan that I have formulated...

...there's much more to it

than just you and I making love.

I mean, that's just so...

...commonplace and dreary.

Here and now, we have an opportunity.

"What is that opportunity?" you ask.

Why, here and now,

we have an opportunity...

...to depict and dramatize...

...both the heights and the depths...

...of a mama's true love of her daughter,

if you get my meaning.

Come on out, babe.

Come on, darling. Let's go.

Get out. Get up here.

This is between you and me.

Leave them out of it.

This is my night, Counselor.

Don't you step on my lines.

Stop!

Yes, Leigh?

Listen to me, Max.

You know, Max, since all this started...

...I've thought about you all the time.

I've tried to imagine

what it must have been like for you...

...all those years, locked up in jail.

I've tried to imagine you

and even your crimes...

...and how you must have felt

in those moments that you did them.

See, I know about loss, Max.

I know about losing time,

even losing years.

And I know it doesn't compare to jail, but...

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