Logan Page #16

WILL:

And if we go out traipsing around

the country, who’s gonna take care

of this place?

KATHRYN:

Exactly. I say, let it go.

WILL:

And live off what?

KATHRYN:

The Lord will provide.

WILL:

Well, I’m still waiting for him to

provide me with a new thresher.

KATHRYN:

(smiles at Charles)

All the same, I’d love to travel

someday.

CHARLES:

And I bet you will.

NATE:

I could drop out of school.

KATHRYN:

Let’s not go that far.

Friendly laughter around the table. THE SOUND FADES. PASSAGE

OF TIME AS Laura watches the ritual of Family Dinner. Studies

it. She’s never really seen a family. Or, for that matter, a

teenage boy. She keeps her eyes fixed on him.

Then as DINNER FINISHES AND CLEAN UP BEGINS-

CHARLES:

Kathryn, that was easily the best

meatloaf I’ve ever had.

KATHRYN:

Thank you, Chuck.

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Charles gives Logan a look across the table. Kathryn turns to

Logan now. Smiles.

KATHRYN (CONT’D)

What about you, James. Are you

married?

LOGAN:

Oh. I uh, I-

WILL:

Kathryn.

KATHRYN:

What? It’s a natural thing to ask.

CHARLES:

He was. She passed.

KATHRYN:

Oh, I’m so sorry.

Will gives her a look that says, See? That’s why you don’t

ask sh*t like that!

CHARLES:

He killed her.

Logan looks up at Charles. An awkward beat. Then they all

burst out laughing. Logan considers Charles across the table.

Was that Dementia? A joke?

Logan smiles at Kathryn, stands.

LOGAN:

(stands)

Ma’am, I can’t thank you enough for

dinner. But we have a long drive

ahead of us.

KATHRYN:

You need to rest, don't you?

LOGAN:

We'll find a motel.

WILL:

Nearest is two hours from here and

it's not very-

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KATHRYN:

They’re gonna stay here. We have a

perfectly fine room upstairs for

your daughter and father and you

can sleep in the living room on the

convertible.

LOGAN:

Kathryn. That’s very nice of you,

but we really should hit the-

CHARLES:

We could leave first thing in the

morning. Crack of dawn as it were.

Logan grabs Charles’ wheelchair.

LOGAN:

Let’s go wash up, Pop.

INT. FARMHOUSE -- BATHROOM -- SAME

Logan counts out two pills to Charles who finishes splashing

water on his face, and grabs a towel. They whisper.

CHARLES:

--two days on the road with one

meal and hardly any sleep. She’s

eleven and I’m f***ing ninety.

LOGAN:

That’s a hundred and one reasons to

keep moving.

CHARLES:

I’m not a box of avocados.

LOGAN:

And then what. We stay the night

and then what?

CHARLES:

We take Laura to her friends in

Eden and then... then we buy that

Sunseeker.

Logan just stares back at him, hands him his pills, goes to

fill a cup of water. The faucet sputters and spits air. The

pipes shudder all through the house.

WILL (O.S.)

Goddamnit.

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INT. FARMHOUSE -- HALLWAY

Logan emerges from the bathroom, Charles follows.

LOGAN:

What is it?

WILL:

Nate, go fill up the tub before we

lose pressure.

Nate dutifully rushes into the bathroom, starts the tub.

KATHRYN:

(crosses to the window)

They shut it off again.

LOGAN:

Who’s “they?”

Laura steps into the hall.

KATHRYN:

(to Will)

You best deal with it now.

WILL:

It can wait till morning. We got

rain last night.

Kathryn gently touches Will’s arm. Her hand slides down to

his. Laura is fascinated by the simple gesture.

KATHRYN:

Will. We have three guests in this

house and sink full of dishes.

WILL:

Alright. You’re right.

(explaining to Logan)

The pump station that supplies us

is a mile and a half from here.

Sometimes it gets itself shut off.

NATE:

By a**holes.

Will gives his son a look. Charles gives Logan a look.

CHARLES:

My son can go with you.

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WILL:

Oh, no. Thank you. But these men

who did this, they can be-

NATE:

I’ll come.

KATHRYN:

No. You have homework.

LOGAN:

I’ll go.

Kathryn and Logan meet eyes.

LOGAN (CONT’D)

Just let me get my dad... settled.

Logan wheels Charles toward the stairs. Nate passes them and

stomps up the steps. Laura watches.

INT. FARMHOUSE -- HALLWAY -- NIGHT

Laura comes to the top of the stairs and looks at Charles’

empty wheel chair in the hallway. Logan carries Charles into

a lit bedroom at the end of the hall. A sweet sight.

Laura turns looking in the cracked door of Nate’s bedroom.

INT. GUEST BEDROOM -- SAME

Inside the guest room, Logan tucks Charles in. Charles looks

out the window beside the bed. The moon over the silos.

LOGAN:

There’s a TV in here.

CHARLES:

(smiles gently)

I’m fine.

LOGAN:

Okay... Get some rest.

As Logan turns away, Charles reaches for him.

CHARLES:

You know, Logan. This is what life

looks like. A house, people who

love each other. A safe place. Take

a moment and feel it.

(beat)

You still have time.

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Logan looks off, distant. Troubled.

LOGAN:

Charles. The world is not the same

as it was. We're taking a risk

here. And where we're going. Eden.

It doesn't exist. Her nurse got it

from a comic book.

Charles stays quiet.

LOGAN (CONT’D)

You just need to understand-- it's

not real.

Charles looks up at Logan, his tone gentle, and firm.

CHARLES:

It is for Laura.

INT. FARMHOUSE - DEN - NIGHT

Logan passes Laura as he comes down the stairs. He follows

Will down the hall. A GUN C*CKS and Logan sees Will has

opened A CABINET, tucking a pistol in his waistband.

WILL:

(smiles)

Don’t worry. We won’t need it.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DIRT ROAD - NIGHT

As Logan and Will carry tools along a dirt access road...

WILL:

Canewood Beverage bought up

everything out here. Except us.

When we wouldn’t sell, they tried

eminent domain. Then screwing with

our water. Couple months ago,

someone poisoned our dogs.

LOGAN:

So today, out on the highway-

WILL:

Who knows. Maybe.

Looking at the giant harvesters working the dark fields.

WILL (CONT'D)

They're like dinosaurs. Twenty ton

bodies with little tiny brains.

(MORE)

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WILL (CONT'D)

They work day and night, no

drivers, shucking their cloned up

super-corn. Bears fruit in half the

time. Taste like sh*t, though.

LOGAN:

So why do people eat it?

WILL:

They don’t. They drink it.

(off Logan’s look)

Corn syrup. Its in all those

drugged up drinks everyone’s having

nowadays-- to stay awake, feel

strong, cheer up, sexy, whatever.

Used to be a time when a bad day

was just a bad day, you know?

LOGAN:

Mine still are.

Will leads Logan to a PUMP HOUSE. A tangle of intersecting

irrigation pipes under a canopy. The lock HAS BEEN BROKEN.

Logan looks out into the night, cautious.

INT. PUMP HOUSE - NIGHT

Will sets his tools down and looks at the pump. Someone has

opened up all the valves and the place is now flooding.

WILL:

Looks like we’ll be here a while.

Logan finds a convenience store cigar in his pocket. Lights

it. Enjoys the moment, wind blowing through the trees.

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