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- the way everybody

looks at you around here, huh?

Have you ever listened

to people from the inside?

Listened so close,

you can hear their thoughts...

and all their memories?

Hear 'em think from places that

they don't even know they think from?

What are you saying?

You can do that?

Are you sure you're okay?

Do you know how to get

to the interstate?

Yeah, it's um-

If you follow the train tracks,

you'll see the Redmond water tower.

Then, if you go across

the trestle, you'll see it.

- But you're really okay?

- I'm okay.

You better hurry.

They catch boys running away

from Central, I hear they get solitary.

Hey!

Stay away from

those electrical outlets, okay?

Bye.

I didn't know better,

I'd say you were headed for the highway.

Don't make me

come out there, boy.

Now, you're about to make me

a whole lot meaner. Trust me, son,

- you don't want to make me mad.

- Afraid.

I don't make you mad,

I make you afraid.

What was that?

I said that

you're afraid of me.

Duncan, get on back.

I can handle this.

I'm all right.

- I can see that.

- Then let me go home.

I don't want to go back

to that hospital.

We'll call the doc. If he says okay,

I'll take you back to Central.

Central's not my home.

I'm trying to tell you

as nice as I know how.

Now either you come with me without a fuss

or we're gonna have ourselves a problem.

You want me to cuff him?

Lucy, this is One.

We got him.

I'm coming back to the office.

...Doug.

You got a problem

with hospitals in general?

I don't like 'em.

Well, you can put me

on that list.

Worst day I can remember

was in a hospital.

What day was that?

The day I was born.

Let me get this straight, Jeremy.

You said that you've never been tested

for I.Q. before. Is that right?

And your grandmother tutored you.

Did she ever say

anything about it?

She said I was a fast learner.

Yeah.

Well, I think that's about to fall

into the "no sh*t" category.

Jeremy Reed, this is Dr. Aaron Stipler

with the State Board of Education.

- Jeremy.

These men and women are here...

because the results of your diagnostics

came back with a few surprises.

Please, sit down.

Miss Caldwell says you're

a very unique young man, Jeremy.

Hmm.

She also tells me that, um,

reading and your grandparents are the

only ways you've experienced the world.

Is that true?

What about a radio

or, um, a TV set?

- Surely you've watched some television at some point.

- He probably couldn't.

Didn't your grandparents

have a TV set, Jeremy?

I could never watch television.

- Are you saying you weren't allowed?

- Here, it probably just makes-

No.

Oh.

I'm saying I could

never watch television.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

That was- That was my fault.

l, uh- I was- I was just

trying to make them understand.

What the good doctor hasn't, uh,

let you in on yet is that...

- your test shows that you're a genius.

- Please!

Your I.Q. scored right

off the charts, Jeremy.

There isn't even a classification

for you, it was so high.

All of your tests indicate that you have

the most advanced intellect...

in the history of humankind.

Do you understand

what I'm saying?

If you thought I was that advanced,

would you ask me if I understood?

Jeremy,

these people are

in a position to help you.

Can they send me home?

- Can they send me back?

- No.

I'm sorry. They can't.

The fact is, the...

the farm's in probate.

Do you know what that means?

Of or pertaining to probate or a court

of probate, exempli gratia...

the official proving of a will

as authentic or genuine.

Or it can also mean the official,

certified copy of a will so proved.

Right.

Well, it-it seems that

the bank owns most of it.

I'm sorry.

Well, back to the matter at hand.

I have a few more questions

I have to ask you,

- Jeremy.

- You're not here to ask me questions.

You're here to find out

how I cheated.

That's the only way

you can make sense of it.

That's what you need to believe.

But I don't need you

to believe in me, Dr. Stipler.

- And I'm not interested

in any of your tests.

I'm not interested in you,

or anything else here.

I'm interested in going home!

- What the hell is going on here?

- What you already know.

I'm not like other people.

- Over there.

- Okay, do I got to hang it up too?

No, no, no.

Did you see that guy playing

in the football game?

- Yeah.

- God!

What the hell is that thing

doing up here anyway?

Jessie told me you didn't

want to come up here.

I don't want to be anywhere

that's not home.

Jessie's trying so hard

to help you, kiddo.

If you're as smart as they say you are, you

know she's about the best friend you got.

The storm's over Poho County.

We'll be lucky to get a drop.

When a thunderstorm comes up,

I can feel it inside.

And when lightning comes down,

I can feel it wanting to come to me.

Grandma said it was God.

She said the white fire was God.

Do you believe in God, Sheriff?

That it was God who took my mother?

Anna!

Hey.

Took your mother?

Your grandfolks told you that?

I remember it.

Hello, John, Mitch.

What the hell are you

doing out this far?

What are you?

You're supposed to be at the lake,

skinny-dipping with the rest of the faggots.

You afraid you're gonna get a little

color on that marshmallow ass of yours?

Look, man, you'd

better get out of here.

- Oh, Johnny!

- How about it, huh?

What are you doin', man?

I could do you right now.

Right now, man.

One less freak in the freak show.

Come on, man!

It might go off!

Why don't you go suck

your old man off some more?

How about it, huh? You gonna show us

one of your little tricks?

Come on, John!

It's-

- Let's go!

- Yeah!

- All right!

- Look at it! Look at it! Look at it!

Oh, man!

A good hunter

don't hunt for the kill.

A good hunter

hunts for the hunt.

Now, that's a perfect hit

right there.

That's a perfect shot. That's

a clean kill right through the heart.

Y'all see that?

Now, what she's doing now-

It's just her nerves dyin'.

Suffering's minimal

when you know what you're doin'.

What the hell are you

doing out here?

Now listen to me.

You didn't see any of this,

you hear?

Now you just back

out of here, boy.

Now, now, stay away from it.

It ain't dead yet, stupid.

Well, what the hell's

with you, man?

Oh, let's get this moron out of here

before he gets himself kicked.

- What's he doin'?

- What's he doin'?

What do you think

you're doin', man?

Hey, come on!

- Harley?

- Let Harley go!

Oh, my God!

- Cut it out, man!

- Stop, man!

- Somebody do something!

- Say something, man!

- Are you okay?

- Somebody make him stop.

It doesn't matter what you do,

just make him stop!

- Somebody make him stop! Come on!

- Come on, man!

- Harley! He's giving him

a heart attack or something!

Let him go!

- Harley! Harley!

- Do something, John!

- Let him go, you freak!

- Do something, John!

- He's gonna have a heart attack.

- Let him go. Now. Let him go.

- Do it!

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