The Frontier Page #3

I just...

I just wanna... (grunts)

I just wanna see what you look

like as a big mean ol' Injun.

Tryin' once again

to be just friends

Okay, lift your hand

and say "How."

Come on!

How.

(gasps)

You look perfect!

Chief Big Daddy.

Do you wanna know

what I want for Christmas'?

I do. I do.

How are those drinks coming'?

Oh.

Just fine.

Flynn, baby, you really

made this a happy day.

I bet you could

turn Alcatraz into Aruba.

(laughs)

Keep drinking, baby!

Keep drinking!

( '60s soul)

Oh, my God. Shh, everyone! This is

the song I've been waiting for.

Oh, sh*t!

Friday night basement club.

GLORIA:
1962!

Where is Rod Serling?

I feel like I've just entered an

episode of The Twilight Zone.

More'?

Urgently.

FLYNN:
Got enough

for another pitcher'?

There is a whole second bottle.

Well, keep 'em coming.

Keep 'em coming.

I'll make it

extra special... cherry.

Cherry margarita.

She'll love that.

(singing along)

Oh, baby, it's a dance

Made for romance

Shoo-bop, shoe-bop, ahh

What a show!

Whoever said

that this highway was dead'?

Gotta grab some more ice.

- Oh, that does look sinful.

- It will be.

Dance with me!

Gloria, I just...

Wah-a-wah

Wah-a-watusi

Come on and take a chance

And get-a with this dance

(gasps)

Shoo-bop, shoe-bop, ahh

Baby, baby, when

you do the fly...

(jukebox off)

(taps)

- Who's in the back'?

- The girl that works here.

- Goddamn it!

(water running)

Come here.

Oh, hello.

I didn't hear you with the water running.

Get out here.

(water turns off)

What's she doing here'?

I work here.

I told her to tend bar.

This isn't a goddamn party.

I want you out of here.

I think you're overreacting.

She's a friend of Luanne's.

She's not a friend of Luanne's.

She's worked here one day.

(ringing)

Stay where you are.

Yes?

What does this mean'?

Hello'?

(handset settles in cradle)

Where's Luanne?

FLYNN:
Who was it'?

You're leaving.

Yes, I think it's for the best.

Thank you for everything.

No.

I'm sorry'?

This place is my responsibility. I'm not

leaving while there's customers here.

We are not customers.

Well, if you're not buying anything,

I think you better leave.

Aah! Jesus!

Lee, what the hell'?

What are you dressed up for'?

All right, I'll go.

Who the f*** are you'?

Nobody.

When I tell somebody to leave and

they refuse, my teeth get hot.

- I just needed a place to stay.

- Like hell.

Lee!

Oh, maybe I'm overreacting.

Maybe she is exactly

who she says is... nobody.

Please.

I had nowhere else to go.

What about your mother

in Minneapolis, huh'?

LUANNE:
Lee, stop it.

She doesn't know anything.

Two million!

What'?

(pants, coughs)

Two million dollars.

From the Dunbar armored truck.

It's going to be

delivered here tonight.

Oh.

You must have some kind

of death wish, don't ya, honey'?

I overheard.

Through the vent in my room.

We didn't say anything

to anyone.

Last night I could

hear you two arguing.

She was upset because

she didn't want to be here.

All of you idiots

are gonna wind up dead.

Please, I won't say a word.

I swear. I won't go to the cops.

(hammer c*cks)

I can't.

I can't go to the cops.

I'm wanted.

What for'?

Murder.

But I didn't mean to kill him.

Who'?

They're gonna give me the chair.

Was this in Flagstaff'?

You're telling me

you killed Burnham'?

Bullshit.

I swear.

I met him in a parking lot.

We went back to his room.

What for'?

I just needed to get out of Flagstaff.

I thought he could help.

Uh-huh.

But as soon as we got

back to his room,

he got silent.

He grabbed me,

pinned me down on the bed,

wrapped a belt around my neck.

The more I fought,

the tighter he pulled.

He was trying

to tear off my clothes.

I wiggled an arm loose

and we fell on the floor,

and he got the wind

knocked out of him.

I could've left, but...

I didn't.

That's quite a page-turner.

You don't believe me'?

Honey, at this point, why should

I believe anything you tell me'?

(hammer c*cks)

Wait. Wait.

I have something of his. It's in

the bathroom, in the garbage can.

In the caf?

Yes.

- Gloria, check the garbage.

- Why me'?

(footsteps running)

I didn't tell you

to bring the whole can.

I'm not putting

my hand in there.

Find it.

I won't have a chance

if they catch me.

They will give you the chair.

But what's this got

to do with the money?

I just thought...

I just need

a couple thousand dollars.

Just to get away.

Leave the kid alone, Lee.

I'll give her the money.

Why'? Not exactly gonna

break the bank, would it'?

It's pathetic.

I'll keep this.

For insurance.

That was them on the phone.

There's been a snag. They don't

know when they'll be here.

What does this mean'?

Sorry, kid.

LUANNE:

Help her up, would you'?

Just trying to help.

(Spits)

I f***ing knew it. We should've

split the money when we had it.

We could've been

in Mexico by now.

That wasn't an option.

And to add insult, they're gonna

take a out just to clean the money?

The bills were marked.

They'd have found you in a day.

And she...

She's taking a full cut,

and she wasn't even there.

Don't you forget, boy.

This is my place!

And it's my connection

that's cleaning the money!

Supposedly cleaning the money.

They'll never show up, or if they

do, they won't bring the money.

They'll bring a bullet

for each of us.

You think that's true?

No.

Luanne's known

these people for decades.

She's just a washed-up showgirl.

(grunts)

You f***ing crazy'?

- I'm not afraid to punch a woman!

- You should be!

Eddie, sit down.

You're not my boss.

Boss or no boss, sit down.

Now, let's take

a breather, boys.

Fighting isn't going

to get us anywhere.

We're almost at the

finish line, right'?

- If the money's delivered.

- It's gonna be delivered.

(phone ringing)

LUANNE:
Frontier.

Yes.

(handset settles in cradle)

They'll be here within the hour.

FLYNN:
See, everything is on track.

We just need to relax.

And look, we haven't even tried

Laine's cherry margarita.

(footsteps)

You all just want to sit around

drinking cherry margaritas'?

Lee, would you like

to do the honors?

What you need to do is sober up.

You do know I'm more

sober when I drink.

- I'll make coffee.

- Stay right where you are.

- Luanne will make it.

- Do I look like I work here'?

Okay.

Can I have one of those?

Last one.

Oh.

I guess I didn't steal

your necklace after all.

Well, I can't explain it.

First it wasn't there,

then it was.

You were in the movies, right?

Spent some time

in glitter. Yeah.

Must have been fabulous.

I'd be lying

if I said it wasn't.

- So Why'd you quit?

- Who says I quit?

GLORIA:
Was it because you didn't

quite have what it takes'?

No, that's what happened to me.

I was studying,

and my teacher said,

"You got the looks,

but you don't got "it."'

And I said, "What's "if?"

And he said, "If you don't know what

"it' is, that means you don't got it."

Well, I definitely had it.

Oh.

- EDDIE:
It was because of her boyfriend.

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