North Country Page #3

You shouldn't have done that, Earl.

Come on.

Hey!

Come on.

Take it easy.

Welcome home, pal.

- Thanks.

- What a f***ing a**hole.

- Yeah.

- Cheers.

Welcome back to the range.

Okay, come on, now.

Give me the bunny, give me the bunny,

give me the bunny.

Yes! I got a bunny!

I got a bunny, everyone!

Why haven't you asked me to dance?

Not much of a dancer.

Sherry.

Bill.

So I hear you're some kind

of hockey star up in Carlson.

High school. Long, long time ago.

So you wanna dance?

Sherry, you got a lot of guys

to choose from in this place.

I know you're not a homo.

- How old are you?

- Nineteen.

So you wanna dance or not?

I don't think you do.

I'm wearing underwear older than you.

You really are a homo.

Evening, ladies.

Evening, man.

Just one dance? Your friends here

will keep an eye on us.

All right, sure.

Are you nice, Ricky?

You seem nice.

Hurry. Get out, get out, get out.

You f***ing suck.

You told me to have fun.

I didn't say do it till you puke.

Ah, great, where is Sammy?

Found him.

Where are your clothes?

Barfed on them.

Runs in the family.

All right, let's go. No more.

All right.

Stop singing that song, Sammy.

- Why not? It's a cool song.

- It's not a cool song.

- Will I get my own bedroom?

- Karen, please, no screaming.

- Seriously.

- Hey, nobody's talking to you.

- Then why am I even here?

- Because you're still a part of this family.

Oh, so now we're a family?

What the hell's the matter with you?

Karen, honey.

- It's pink, isn't it?

- Yeah.

It's great.

I just don't know if I can come up

with 20 percent down.

Can you do 10?

- How about 5?

- We can work something out.

How about that, huh?

What do you guys think?

- Definitely. Take it.

- I think it sucks.

Someday you're gonna

beg me to forgive you...

...for being such a horse's ass

on the biggest day of my life. And I won't.

Holy crap.

Look at that long face.

Somebody thought I forgot

about her, huh? But I didn't.

There's a surprise outside.

Cover your eyes.

- You ready?

- Yeah.

- Keep them closed.

- Okay.

Okay?

There it is.

Well, I'm sure the neighbors heard.

- Come on, Sammy.

- Get on there.

Now you're gonna bounce really high.

Come on. Come on, Karen.

So, Josey, I know I've been

giving you a hard time.

But I want you to know that

I had a talk with the guys.

And I'm gonna give it a shot, okay?

Give what a shot?

You know, being cool with you

and whatnot.

Okay. All right.

As you can see, the conveyor's down.

So I need someone to get up there,

see if something's clogging the works.

If all's smooth in the tube,

you just come on home.

Think you can do it?

All right.

Go on. Nothing to be scared of.

All clear on number four.

I repeat, all clear on number four.

Oh, God.

Can you imagine falling down there?

Nobody would ever find you.

Two minutes, five ton of rock

would be on top of you.

Hello!

Oh, man. I remember the first

few times I came out here.

Oh, I hated it.

Then I realized, you know,

I could just stand out here, you know...

...and smoke a joint

and what have you...

...nobody'd be the wiser.

I mean, we're totally f***ing alone.

So, what do you say, Josey,

you wanna, I don't know...

...kiss and make up?

- Come on, just one kiss.

- I'm going back.

Hey, come on, what's the matter

with you, Josey?

It's not like... Am I hurting you?

I ain't hurting you, am I?

All right, fine then.

Go on.

No, that was pretty typical behavior,

you wanna know the truth.

What do you mean, "typical"?

Josey made a lot

of mountains from molehills.

Always misconstruing things,

you know, paranoid stuff.

She was pretty emotional.

When she told you what happened out in

the number four conveyor, what did you do?

I yanked Bobby into my office

for a sit-down.

- He said she...

- Objection. Hearsay.

- Sustained.

- Mr. Pavich...

...how do you know who to believe

in a situation like that?

Your Honor, is she kidding

with that question?

Maybe she could ask if he likes

pia coladas and walks in the rain.

Are you kidding with that objection,

Mr. White?

Because it's denied.

The witness may answer.

Look, men will always walk the line.

It's when they cross over it...

...is when most gals

give them a slap on the hand...

...get them back on their side

of that line.

That's how men and women have been

handling problems since Adam and Eve.

Okay, guys, that's it.

I'm out of here.

- Hey, you want a ride?

- Josey, stay a moment, would you?

I'd like to have a word with you.

Later.

Don't stick me.

That looks great.

Okay. We'll get it straight this time.

Stand up straight.

Was that my dress?

- A little young for Communion, no?

- No, never too young to be with God.

You been watching this?

- He referred to the size

of his own penis...

- Oh, dear God. Turn it off.

...as being larger than norm...

That poor man's family.

- Alice?

- Here.

Great. I'm not staying long.

Just wanna let you know Sammy's

got a game on Sunday.

We're busy Sunday.

Don't do this to him.

You're doing it to him.

You can quit anytime.

Pop. We got a house.

- We got the loan and everything.

- You want me to congratulate you?

You act like I'm stealing.

I work damn hard every day, same as you.

- Now you're the same as me.

- Oh, no. There's a few differences.

You don't go scared of what they

write about you on walls...

...or what kind of disgusting thing

you might find in your locker.

You don't gotta be scared that one of these

days you'll come to work and get raped.

You done?

Yeah, I'm done.

Come on!

Faster!

What are you doing bringing him?

- I'll see you over there.

- Lf at first you don't succeed...

- Thanks, Bill.

- Thanks.

- What's that all about?

- He's famous.

They got a picture of him

in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Bill. Bill. Josey, I don't think

you and Bill have met, have you?

No, we haven't.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Hi.

- Which one's yours?

- There he is, number 12.

Tell me he's not 0-for-cute.

Get a new project. I'm fine.

Well, look at that.

Good for him.

Oh, God...!

- Inside, Sammy!

- Get off the board!

Oh, Jesus, I hate this game.

Kid's pretty quick on the ice.

Go, go, go.

- Pass it out! Pass it out!

- I'm open!

What?

Nobody passes anymore.

Why didn't you pass?

My dad would kill me

if I passed the puck to you.

You want some chili?

Yeah, I'll go with you.

But you said you weren't hungry.

Gotta be smart to be a lawyer, right?

You have a high opinion of lawyers.

Man, I love the sounds, you know?

Wood knocking on the ice.

The slush of the blades.

Figured hockey wouldn't

take care of me forever.

Thought a law degree might.

- What happened?

- Don't listen to me.

I'm in a bitter phase. What about you?

What do you do?

I work at Pearson's.

- In the mine?

- Yep.

You don't smell like a miner.

- You Josey Aimes?

- Yeah.

Stay the hell away from my husband.

Goddamn mining whores.

You keep away from Bobby,

you know what's good for you!

- Bobby? Bobby Sharp?

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