Lou Page #15

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84.

PHILIP (CONT’D)

Dad told me about you. They weren’t

appropriate conversations to have

with a kid but he was bitter. Smart

men manipulated by attractive young

women often are. You had a child

with him. What could be more

convincing? You really fooled him.

And you toppled an empire.

(shaking his head)

But now look at you. Dismissed by

everyone. Even the country you

spread your legs for. If you ask

me, it’s disrespectful. But I don’t

think anyone’s going to ask me.

SUDDENLY -- from the campsite.

HANNAH (O.C.)

No. Stop!

Lou looks at Philip wondering what he’ll do. Philip smiles.

PHILIP:

Listen. It’ll get better.

HANNAH (O.C.)

(sleepy, barely conscious)

Lou -- the pigs ordered Chinese

again and ate it in your bed. It’s

a mess. The swine are naughty.

PHILIP:

(to Lou)

It’s adorable. She talks in her

sleep. It’s the only time I liked

to listen to her.

Philip leans his back against the tree, his face inches from

Lou’s. They wait to see if Hannah will say something else.

She doesn’t.

PHILIP (CONT’D)

I don’t remember much about my

childhood. But I remember that

promise you made.

He looks at Lou. She remembers too.

LOU:

To come back and get you.

85.

PHILIP:

I waited. But you never came. Why

not, why’d you leave me behind?

Lou SIGHS. She’s not willing to sugar coat the truth, not

even now.

LOU:

Because you were a monster. Just

like your dad. I didn’t want

anything to do with you.

PHILIP:

I was just a kid.

LOU:

Still, I could tell you were no

good. And I was right. Look at you.

PHILIP:

It’s because you left me. With him.

LOU:

A better man would learn from a bad

example. Only a monster would be

inspired by it. You could have been

like me. You could have left your

kid alone.

PHILIP:

Leave Vee out of it.

LOU:

That’s what you should have done.

Lou’s indignation makes Philip furious.

PHILIP:

You really think there's some big

difference between you and me?

LOU:

I do.

PHILIP:

Because I killed for a paycheck and

you killed for a pension?

LOU:

It wasn’t just a paycheck for you,

was it? You got more from it.

(re:
the tree)

You didn’t have to kill those men.

You wanted to kill those men.

86.

PHILIP:

So tell me, how do you know when a

man truly deserves to die? There

must be some way for you to know

that all the death you've caused

has been worth it. That you haven't

made the same mistake over and over

and over again, simply because some

government said it was right and

just. Otherwise, I'm not sure how

someone like you, someone who can

say there’s a difference between

us, could live with yourself. So

how do you know it’s been worth it?

Philip looks to Lou, waiting for her to answer. She doesn’t.

He knows she can’t.

PHILIP (CONT’D)

It’s why you bought the tarps.

Because you don’t have an answer.

And you want to pay for your sins.

(whispering, sincere)

I’ll help you do that. But not now.

Lou can’t hold back any longer. She lunges forward like an

angry snake.

LOU:

If I believed in mistakes, I’d say

I’ve made my share of them. And I’d

say my greatest mistake was letting

you live. My boss told me to kill

you and I didn’t listen. And look

where it got me. Tied to a tree in

the middle of a night. You better

kill me now, Philip or else--

Philip GRABS LOU’S THROAT, pinning her face against the tree.

Unclipping a knife from his belt, he places the tip against

her forehead and begins writing something.

Lou winces. Blood drips in her eyes. Philip scrunches his

face, he’s having trouble with one of the letters.

PHILIP:

I’ll die tomorrow. I’ll die with my

family. I’ll save them from this

world. And you’ll get to die

knowing you didn’t make a

difference for them or anyone else.

He finishes with Lou’s forehead, taking a moment to admire

his work. Then he kisses it, getting her blood on his face.

87.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. It’s Philip’s watch. Time to leave.

PHILIP (CONT’D)

See you tomorrow.

And with that, he slams the gun onto Lou’s skull, knocking

her unconscious. Lou’s face slumps against the tree revealing

her forehead. It reads “MOM” in bloody letters.

The “O” is pretty wonky.

EXT. HUNTING SHACK (WOODS) - NIGHT

Rankin steps from the shack, holding VEE’S SCHOOL PHOTO with

the coordinates. He tucks it into his pocket. Suddenly --

there’s MUFFLED MOVEMENT in the dark.

Rankin steps toward the noise, scanning the woods with his

flashlight.

The FLASHLIGHT BEAM comes across the stripped down CIA

operatives. They’re trying to get his attention.

He walks over to them.

RANKIN:

If I untie you, what are you going

to do?

Rankin pulls the gag from MAN #1’s mouth.

MAN #1

Nothing. We’ll do nothing.

RANKIN:

Nothing? Might as well leave you

tied up then.

MAN #1

But what if she comes back?

Beat.

RANKIN:

Lou did this to you?

The Men look down. Ashamed.

MAN #1

She’s a lot tougher than she looks.

RANKIN:

Which is exactly why I got to talk

to her before I let you go.

88.

Rankin gently re-gags the Man’s mouth and returns to Bigfoot.

The men PROTEST as they watch Rankin drive away, disappearing

into the dark.

EXT. CLIFF (LOU AND HANNAH’S CAMPSITE) - EARLY MORNING

-CLOSE ON SLEEPING HANNAH: a FLY buzzes about, finally

landing on her face. She slaps at it, hitting herself awake.

Opening her eyes, she finds a PINK EGG sitting directly in

front of her. She grabs it.

HANNAH:

Lou! I found the egg!

(realizing)

Wait. Philip was here. He was right

here. Lou! Where are you? Lou?

Hannah looks around. She sees Lou tied to the tree. Jax is

beside her limp body. Hannah runs to her.

She pulls out her KNIFE, cutting the zip tie around Lou’s

wrists. Unsupported, Lou falls onto the ground.

HANNAH (CONT’D)

Did he do this to you? Did that

S.O.B.-

LOU:

Get water.

Hannah disappears, racing back to the campsite, leaving the

PINK EGG behind. Lou sees it. She reaches for it-

Hannah returns and stoops down, picking up the egg before Lou

can get it. She gives Lou the water bottle.

HANNAH:

Drink. We’ll read it in a second.

She smooths Lou’s hair back, looking at her forehead to

inspect the damage. She sees the bloody “MOM.”

Hannah blinks.

HANNAH (CONT’D)

Your forehead. It says something.

LOU:

It’s fine. It doesn’t hurt much.

HANNAH:

It’s not fine. Not fine at all.

89.

Lou reaches up, tracing the letters with her finger.

HANNAH (CONT’D)

It says, “mom.”

Lou looks at Hannah, considering her options. She EXHALES and

pulls the trigger.

LOU:

Awhile back, you asked if I had any

kids.

HANNAH:

I was making small talk.

LOU:

I did. I do. A son.

HANNAH:

You have a son.

LOU:

I named him after the town I grew

up in.

HANNAH:

I don’t want to ask.

LOU:

You need to ask.

Beat.

HANNAH:

Where’d you grow up?

LOU:

Philadelphia.

Hannah yanks the water bottle away from Lou, angry. Lou tries

to explain.

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