Thelma and Louise Page #7

She puts her finger down on the receiver.

INT. JIMMY'S APARTMENT - DAY

Jimmy is still holding the phone to his ear.

JIMMY:

Louise?

INT. COUNTRY STORE - DAY

Thelma in store buying gum, beef jerky. Next to the cash

register on the counter on display are those little tiny

bottles of liquor. Thelma picks up a little bottle of Wild

Turkey and puts in on the counter. The Old Man rings it up.

She takes another one and puts it on the counter.

The Old Man is still ringing stuff up.

She takes two more and puts them on the counter. She takes

the rest of the little bottles of Wild Turkey out of the

display and puts them on the counter. She takes one little

bottle of Cuervo and puts it down on the counter, too. The

Old Man finally looks at her. From the wall behind him, he

takes a pint of Wild Turkey down.

OLD MAN:

Ma'am, are you sure you wouldn't

rather have the large economy size?

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

Louise is hanging up the phone. She walks away towards the

front of the store.

EXT. COUNTRY STORE - DAY

Thelma comes out of the front of the store. The store is at

a crossroads with a fair amount of vehicular traffic.

LOUISE:

Go call Darryl.

Thelma is walking towards the car. She puts her purse in

the front seat. She looks at Louise.

THELMA:

Call him?

LOUISE:

Call him. Don't tell him anything.

Tell him you're having a wonderful

time and you'll be home tomorrow

night.

THELMA:

Will I be?

LOUISE:

I don't know. I won't be.

Thelma and Louise look at each other while this sinks in.

THELMA:

walks around to the side of the building to the phone. She

picks it up and dials.

THELMA:

(into phone)

Collect from Thelma.

EXT. STOREFRONT - DAY

Louise goes into the store for a chocolate Yoohoo.

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

THELMA:

Honey?

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

Darryl in the den of their house. The room is a mess.

There are beer cans everywhere. The large screen TV is ON,

showing a FOOTBALL GAME. Darryl is in a recliner. He is

wearing loud shorts, a V-necked T-shirt, and a couple of

necklaces and bracelets.

DARRYL:

Goddamnit, Thelma, where in the Sam

Hill are you?!

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

THELMA:

I'm... I'm with Louise. We're in

the mountains, we're...

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

DARRYL:

(interrupting)

What in the hell do you think you're

doing? Have you lost your goddamn

mind?! Is that it? I leave for

work and you take complete leave of

your senses?

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

THELMA:

Darryl... baby... Darryl, calm down

now, honey. Please don't get so

mad. I can explain...

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

Darryl is mad, but he's still watching the game.

DARRYL:

Hold on. Hold on a minute, damnit.

He covers the mouthpiece and watches a play where "his team"

fumbles the ball. This only makes him madder. He puts the

phone back to his ear in time to hear Thelma say:

THELMA (V.O.)

...only for one day and we'll be

back tomorrow night.

DARRYL:

No you won't. You'll be back today.

Now! You get your ass back here,

Thelma, now, Goddamnit. Thelma, do

you understand me?

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

Thelma is trying not to cry. She's trying to be strong.

THELMA:

Darryl, please... You're my husband,

not my father, Darryl.

INT. THELMA'S HOUSE - DAY

DARRYL:

(interrupting)

That does it! That Louise is nothin'

but a bad influence. If you're not

back here tonight, Goddamnit,

Thelma... well, I just don't wanna

say...

Neither one of them say anything for a moment.

DARRYL:

Thelma?

EXT. PAY PHONE - DAY

THELMA:

Darryl.

DARRYL (V.O.)

What?

THELMA:

Go f*** yourself.

She hangs up on him.

EXT. COUNTRY STORE - DAY

Thelma has tears running down her face and she is watching

the ground as she storms back to the car. So she makes a

loud grunt as she slams into someone that she did not see.

Both people are knocked back a few steps from the force of

the collision.

HITCHHIKER:

Whoa! Excuse me! Miss, are you

alright?

Thelma nods her head "yes," but tears continue. Her crying

is silent.

HITCHHIKER:

Is there anything I can do?

Thelma shakes her head "no." She tries to control her tears.

She notices how blue his eyes are.

THELMA:

No. Thanks. Sorry.

THELMA:

collects herself as she walks back to the car. She gets in

and is drying her eyes, looking in the side mirror. In the

mirror she sees the Hitchhiker come back around from the

side of the building. He is several feet behind the car,

and she watches him as he removes his long-sleeved shirt and

stuffs it into his duffel bag. Now he is just in T-shirt

and jeans. He looks good. Really good. She watches in the

mirror as he picks up his stuff and heads towards the road.

She can see him as he's walking. He stops. He's thinking.

He heads over to the car.

HITCHHIKER:

Would you mind me asking which

direction you and your friend are

going? I'm trying to get back to

school and my ride fell through, so

I'm kinda stuck. Are you going my

way?

Thelma doesn't know what to do.

THELMA:

Umm. I think we're going to Oklahoma

City. But I'm not sure.

HITCHHIKER:

Do you think you could... I mean, I

could help pay for gas.

Thelma knows Louise isn't going to like this.

THELMA:

Ummm. Well, see, it's not really up

to me. It's not my car. Umm, we'll

have to ask my friend, but she'll

probably say no. She's a little

uptight.

HITCHHIKER:

Well. Maybe we better not ask her.

But thank you anyway.

Now she wants him to come. He starts to walk away from the

car.

THELMA:

Well, we can ask her. That won't

hurt.

Just then Louise comes out of the store. She sees Thelma

talking to this guy and, for one moment, stops dead in her

tracks as she takes this in, then continues toward the car.

Although her face is basically expressionless, we see that

it's possible she might kill Thelma.

THELMA:

Louise, this young man is on his way

back to school and needs a ride, and

I thought since...

LOUISE:

It's probably not a good idea.

THELMA:

Louise.

The Hitchhiker just nods and starts walking towards the road.

HITCHHIKER:

Y'all have a nice day. Drive safe.

The guy does seem really nice and Thelma is really frustrated

that Louise wouldn't give him a ride, but decides not to

confront her.

THELMA:

See how polite he is? He was really

nice.

Louise lowers the top and backs the car out. They watch him

walk away.

Louise pulls out of the parking lot onto the road. They

pass the Hitchhiker. Thelma waves.

HITCHHIKER:

(to Thelma)

You cheer up now!

She turns around in the seat to continue waving. He smiles

and waves. They drive down the road. TIGHT SHOT of the

Hitchhiker as the smile fades from his face.

CUT TO:

INT. CAR - DRIVING - DAY

Thelma looking sulky.

THELMA:

I wish we could've brought him with

us.

LOUISE:

What did Darryl say?

THELMA:

(sarcastically)

He said "Okay, Thelma. I just wanted

to know you were alright. I hope

you're havin' a good time. You sure

deserve one after puttin' up with me

all the time. I love you, honey."

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