The Pack

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[ Sheep bleating ]

FARMER:
Hey! Look alive!

[ Sheep bleating ]

Hey, hey, hey.-

Hey, hey, hey.-

[ Wind rustling ]

[ Wood creaking ]

[ Metal clanking ]

[ Sheep bleating ]

[ Sheep continue bleating ]

[ Metal clanking continues ]

[ Barking ]

[ Barking continues ]

[ Groaning ]

[ Barking continues ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Barking continues ]

[ Door opening ]

[ Door closing ]

[ Crickets chirping ]

[ Barking ]

[ Heavy breathing ]

[ Barking continues ]

[ Sheep bleating ]

[ Metal clanking ]

[ Crickets chirping ]

[ Metal clanking continues ]

[ Sheep bleating ]

- [ Growling ]

- [ Screaming ]

[ Fireplace crackling ]

Harold?

[ Groaning ]

[ Crickets chirping ]

Harold!

Harold!

[ Metal clanking ]

Harold.

Harold?

[ Crickets chirping ]

[ Creaking ]

[ Growling ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Continued screaming ]

[ Sheep bleating ]

[ Growling ]

[ Growling ]

[ Birds squawking ]

[ Wind blowing ]

[ Water flowing ]

[ Snaps stick ]

[ Bird call ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Engine starting ]

[ Sheep bleating ]

[ Sheep continue bleating ]

[ Flies buzzing ]

[ Turns engine off]

[ Sighs ]

Jesus Christ!

[ Flies buzzing ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Flies buzzing ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Barking ]

Ollie!

Come on, buddy.

[ Laughs ]

[ Barks ]

[ Bird squawking ]

[ Laughs ]

You're a very good boy!

[ Imitates gunshot ]

[ Imitating gunfire ]

Get down!

[ Continues imitating gunfire ]

WOMAN:
Henry!

Henry...

[ Sheep bleating ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Wood creaking ]

[ Wood creaking ]

[ Wind rustling ]

[ Dog whimpering ]

WOMAN:

I got ya. I got ya.

Heart rate's a little high,

but nothing out of the ordinary.

Temperature seems fine.

No sign of infection.

So, what's wrong with him?

[ Dog yelps ]

Stress maybe.

Although, it's the third one

this week.

Why don't you pop him

back in the kennel.

I'll finish up here

and then we'll get dinner started.

Come on, boy.

Don't forget.

Gross.

Hey, Mister, you want to wear

the stethoscope,

it comes with responsibility.

Yeah, I know.

- [ Dog barking ]

- [ Snorts ]

Yeah.

[ Continued barking ]

In you go.

[ Sighs ]

See you later, buddy.

[ Cat hissing ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Panting ]

Stupid cat.

[ News music ]

Come on, boy.

ANCHOR:
Good afternoon.

In breaking news...

An elderly couple was found dead

in the barn on their property,

in what appears to have been

a vicious mauling by possibly...

a pack of wild dogs.

We'll give you further updates

as they come to hand.

In other news, political leaders

continue to...

[ Bird squawking ]

[ Drops trap ]

[ Wind rustling ]

[ Laughs ]

WOMAN:
That is hilarious.

Well, yeah, I've talked to them,

like, ten times...

they're just being

so unreasonable.

It's Mom.

Just being weird.

[ Sighs ]

I don't know. Anyway...

What are you guys doing tonight?

[ Sighs ]

[ Indistinct chatter ]

WOMAN:

Yeah, it sounds like fun.

Well, hopefully

I'll be there tonight.

[ Sighs ]

Sophie Wilson!

[ Laughs ]

That is hilarious...

Sophie, get down here right now,

please.

I don't know, it's just my mom.

In five, she'll go away.

- [ Dial tone ]

- Hello?

Danny?

[ Clicks off phone ]

Mom?

[ Bird squawking ]

SOPHIE:
Mom!

What is your problem?

I told you

about long-distance calls.

If you can pay for them,

you can make as many

as you like.

That's not fair.

I never said life was fair.

Well, maybe if we lived somewhere

with mobile phone signal...

I could have a phone of my own,

and I wouldn't need to use yours.

MOM:
Well, maybe if you help out

around here,

we could work something out.

SOPHIE:

What you're doing to me?

It's called solitary confinement.

- SOPHIE:
I'm almost 18.

- Almost.

And I would've taken the job

with the grocery store...

In which case, I would be able

to pay for my own phone calls...

but neither you or dad

would have lent me the car

to get there.

You know your father

needs the truck.

There's plenty for you

to do around here.

I don't want to help out

around here.

I shouldn't even be

living here anymore.

I know we talked

about you moving.

You promised me that as soon

as school had finished,

I could move to the city.

Yes. But...

Why, am I the only one

still living...

in freaking woop woop...

[ Indistinct chatter ]

This is f***ed.

Hey, watch your mouth.

Your father and I

are working real damn hard...

to keep this roof over our heads

and food on the table.

You know, as well as I do,

that hasn't been easy

for any of us.

Then, maybe Dad should've taken

the offer on this stupid farm...

So we could've

rejoined civilization.

Yes, maybe he should have.

[ Growls ]

Mom?

- [ Barking ]

- Henry?

The man's back.

MAN:
Hello!

[ Barking ]

Anyone home?

Can you take your brother

back to the house

and wait for me inside, please?

Move it.

[ Bird squawking ]

[ Sighs ]

MOM ON RADIO:
Adam?

Adam, was there anything

in the traps?

Adam, I need you back here now.

ADAM:
Yes, we snared something,

but it escaped.

[ Engine starts ]

ADAM:
I think we've already been

over this.

This is really not a good time.

Just a little milk?

We have to move?

I hope so.

- ADAM:
My wife and I...

- But I do not wanna leave.

That's because you never gone

further than the liquor store.

I'm only ten.

ADAM:
The last thing

we need right now...

[ Indistinct chatter ]

MAN:
September,

overdue payment...

Twenty weeks in arrears.

October...

November, December, January...

Eventually, covered all that stuff.

Every single one of those payments

was paid in full.

Overdue is still overdue.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson...

my employer...

is refusing to extend the noose

you've left dangling

over this property.

And given that we've tried

to remove it...

several times in the past,

our only option now...

is to cut the rope

before it strangles us both.

- I'm sorry, I don't follow.

- Foreclosure.

No.

- They can't, sweetheart.

- They can.

We can.

You see, your income source

has waned drastically

over the past six months.

To levels that might as well

be nonexistent.

It's not in the better interest

of our financial lenders

to risk continuing the mortgage

on your property.

You know, we got a situation here.

The last six months we've lost

hundreds of prime livestock.

Every week we find more

and more of them

lying out there

with their bloody throats ripped out.

These are exceptional

circumstances...

There's gotta be compassionate

ground, something you can work with.

We have dual incomes now,

on the advice of your employer,

I might add.

We just need a little more time.

Please.

How much do you charge

for a general appointment at your...

"Pet Clinic and Animal Hotel"?

Well, it depends on the procedure.

- It's quite expensive...

- An average figure.

- 100 dollars.

- 100 dollars?

MAN:
Hmm. Now, let me see...

your current overdue repayments...

divided by 100 dollars equals...

Are you telling me that

in a rural area such as this...

you know of 194 sick animals

that are gonna be coming to visit

your little pet clinic

every month?

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