Kingpin Page #7

Leading by nine pins, Roy Munson,

shooting first on the right lane.

A strike here provides

some breathing room.

The dreaded 7-10 split.

You know, Roy Munson has two chances

to win this tournament now...

slim and none... and slim

may have just left town.

How true. In bowling,

there are 1,022 spare leads...

and this, the 7-10,

is by far the most difficult.

Virtually impossible to convert.

There's no way to slide the 10 pin

into the 7 and vice versa.

Oh, please! I can't look!

What are you doing here?

It's time to go home.

I can't go home now.

This is the 10th frame.

If he makes this, he's going to make

a million dollars and save the farm.

I have half a beer left. There's no way

I'm going home. Over my dead body.

It's time to go home now.

Oh, my God. He has done it.

Now if Roy can pick up

one final strike...

it'll force Big Ern to roll

three consecutive strikes to win.

With that spare,

he's not slammed the door on Big Ern...

but he's put on

quite a lot of pressure.

Where'd he go?

- Yes.

- Rubber Man has gotten it done...

and now the pressure

is squarely on Big Ern McCracken.

Trailing by 29 pins,

he needs three consecutive strikes...

to win it all.

I need you now more than ever.

One strike down, two to go.

You can cut this pressure with a knife.

That's two. There's two.

His second.

Roy Munson is now forced

to sit and watch.

It has come down to this:

one ball, one strike...

$1 million.

And the loser gets nothing.

I'm magnificent! I'm the greatest!

I'm Big Ern! I'm the greatest!

A one-pin victory

for Ernie McCracken.

Put it in the record books:

226 to 225.

Some lucky fan has a souvenir.

Big Ern, a million dollars.

What are you going to do with it?

I don't know.

All I know is,

I finally got enough money...

that I can buy my way out of anything.

I can do anything I want

when I get my money later.

And I won!

Finally, Big Ern is above the law!

It's a great feeling.

You were so cool. Any pressure?

Where are those girls? Get those girls

over here. Yeah, there was pressure.

I didn't want to get beat

by a guy with a hook.

Does this mean that he gets

a handicap?

I don't know. I'm rich.

What do I care?

Tough luck.

- You bastard.

- Where the hell is she?

- How should I know? She was with you.

- She stole my money!

Welcome to the club.

I checked my phone records

at the hotel.

She called that bastard, McCracken,

14 times in the last three days.

What the hell is your relationship

to him?

Now stop it!

I'll tell you what my relationship is

to him. He's the guy who gave me that.

Nice. Is that solid gold?

- The hand.

- Big Ern was responsible for that?

Yeah.

I don't know. I used to think it was.

Now it's like you and Claudia.

You probably blame McCracken

for screwing that up.

But I'll bet it's your own damn fault.

Let's go find McCracken.

Hey. Hey!

What are you looking at?

You suck!

Go away. You'll get

your rent money tomorrow.

I got the money.

You left us flat.

You dumped us when we needed you

the most. You tricked us.

If I'd have stuck with you,

Stanley would've hurt you and Ishmael.

What happened to McCracken?

I never went with him.

I just made those phone calls

to throw Stanley off my scent...

and maybe give Big Ern a little payback.

84 grand.

We can split it three ways.

We only had half that.

Yeah. Well, uh...

we doubled it.

He bet against you.

But I'm ready to start betting on you.

Yeah, well, too late.

What?

Half a mil?

Trojan condoms. You know, Rubber Man.

All I have to do is a commercial...

show up at a couple trade shows

and pharmacies...

and give a little talk

at Vassar College orientation.

That's great.

Yeah. It is great.

And this is only getting divided

one way.

I can't face them.

I wanted to be the hero for once.

I wanted to be the one to save the day.

Brother, everyone knows you meant well.

What are you two doing here?

I'll tell you

what they're doing here.

They came to tell us the truth

about your trip.

They tell you everything?

Yes, Roy told us everything.

He told us about the booze

and the lusting...

the late nights, the lying...

and the gambling.

And he told us how you got him

to quit all that...

how you got Roy to straighten

his life out and how you got...

Claudia to quit being

so much of the whore that she is.

Roy told us how every time he wanted

to quit, you wouldn't let him...

how you quoted the Scriptures

to give him strength.

Yeah, son, he's told us everything.

And we're mighty proud of you.

What about the bank

and the foreclosure?

That's all been taken care of

by Brother Roy and Sister Claudia.

They put $500,000 in the bank.

Our troubles are over!

You guys!

I'm going to have to watch you two.

I knew you'd come back.

Thanks.

Thanks for everything.

You know

that old centurion's faith thing...

about you saving the Amish people?

Well...

that was baloney.

It wasn't them you were saving.

It was me.

You lost me. What?

Come on.

Everyone's waiting at the party.

They want to hear about the missionary

work you did with Brother Munson.

Okay, Miss Rebecca. Bye.

Bye, Ish.

Hey, Roy.

I have something for you.

Wow.

You got it working.

Yeah. I wound it.

Oh, it has a winder?

Well, look at that. A little ladybug.

You should make a wish.

All right.

You know what I wished for?

What?

Bye, Brother Munson. Bye, whore.

Cut!

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