Thoroughbreds Page #3

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It's her own horse.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

That's crazy!

I mean, uh, it must be really

crazy for you

because you guys were friends

and everything, so it's like...

LILY:
Uh, yeah, but like

a million years ago, so...

If you need someone to,

you know, talk to...

[SCOFFS]

You've seen the pictures, right?

- No.

- Zach Friedrich's dad

is part-owner of the stable.

He found the, like, the photos.

His dad was sending them

to their lawyer.

So, Zach sent them to Connor

and Connor obviously sent them

to 10 other people.

MICHAEL:
She's f***ing 15, dude!

TIM:
Yes, and that's plenty old

enough to decide

who she wants to hang out with.

So, I'm sorry if your girlfriend

would rather...

MICHAEL:
She's not

my girlfriend, all right?

She's my f***ing sister!

TIM:
All right,

well, whatever she is.

She is an intelligent,

like, being

who can make up her own mind

about the people

she wants to hang out with.

Am I wrong?

What the f***

is he even doing here?

Whoa. [IMITATES] "What the f***

am I even doing here"?

I am providing you all

with early drug experiences

that you will forever cherish.

That's what the f*** I'm doing.

- And who the f*** are you?

- You went to school

- with my cousin.

- Okay, great. What's his name?

This guy did f***ing jail time.

Statutory rape.

He f***ed someone our age

when he was 25.

All right. All right.

All right. All right.

I was 23.

You gorilla-faced dumbass!

Hey, put that f***ing phone

away!

You know what? I refuse.

I refuse...

put the f***ing phone away!

I refuse to stand trial in front

of this kangaroo court... f***.

Sh*t! F***!

- MICHAEL:
F*** you!

- F***ing evil children.

Oh, sh*t, f***ing children.

Goddammit...

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

LILY:
[CLEARS THROAT]

Is this your car?

Let me get out of your way.

Unless, um,

- you want in on this?

- No.

I see that glimmer.

- Don't be ashamed.

- I'm good. Thanks.

- I'm Tim.

- I'll...

I'll call the cops.

All right.

You know, I saw you

earlier in the night back there.

Keeping to yourself.

Something is weighing on you.

- Let's talk it out.

- No.

Come on.

I'm a really good listener.

I really have to go.

Where did you go to school?

I board.

And it makes you miserable.

It's like a glorified

f***in' prison.

[CAR BEEPING]

You ever think

about dropping out?

- Why would I do that?

- It's what I did.

Followed my, uh,

entrepreneurial instincts.

It's the best decision

I ever made.

Clearly.

You know, the thing about

this town is...

the sawdust smells fantastic,

but you are still

in a hamster cage.

Meanwhile, out there,

there are more billionaires

under 30

than at any moment

in human history.

[MUFFLED] It's our time,

motherf***er.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[GLASS CLINKS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[RUMBLING]

[RUMBLING GROWS LOUDER]

[ALL SOUNDS STOP]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[BIRD SQUAWKING]

- Well, hello, you!

- Hi.

Did she...

Did you come here to...

- Did she do something?

- Uh, no.

No, I'm, I'm just here

to say hi.

Oh.

What... come on in.

Come in.

She's out back.

What's she doing out there?

KAREN:
I don't know.

MAN [OVER TV]:
...believe as

much of that delicious stem,

which has the same flavor

as the artichoke heart,

and also looks really cool.

Just hit him.

- What?

- Just hit him.

MAN [OVER TV]:

...we cut straight across

into thin pieces.

Now at this point

you can eat this raw.

And I often make a little salad

that we use

with a little lemon juice

and a little extra virgin

and olive oil

and eat them

with something called bresaola,

which is air-dried beef.

Twenty-five.

Bullshit. It was 30.

Fine. Thirty.

[PANTING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[COUGHING]

[CHAIR SQUEAKING]

Hey, um...

so...

that thing you said

the other night.

Which thing?

About Mark.

Yeah?

Well,

you said something like,

"Why are you assuming

you'd get caught?"

Uh-huh.

So, like...

hypothetically,

if you were going to do it,

how would you...

do it?

Well, I wouldn't...

do it.

That's what you want me to say.

I don't want you

to say anything.

Just asking.

[TAPPING]

CYNTHIA:
I do think that

you could be...

more honest.

"The mounting pressure

of my coursework,

combined with the emotional toll

of losing my father..."

You don't have to read

it out loud.

CYNTHIA:
"...drove me

to confuse the thin line

between research

and plagiarism."

How about you just say:

"Drove me to go online

and find...

Okay, I really don't

need your line edits.

Then why are you asking me

to read it?

Because I need

a parent's signature

on my reapplication form.

Right, but...

LILY:
What?

We've been having

the conversation

about next year, and...

we feel really good

about Brookmore.

He has a friend

who's on the board

and they're really

very good at...

Brookmore

is a place for girls

with very severe

behavioral issues.

How is this even part

of the conversation?

- That's not true.

- LILY:
If I'm not readmitted,

then I'm staying local.

We, um...

We think you'd do really well

in a supportive environment.

[EXHALES]

- He doesn't want me here.

- CYNTHIA:
No...

No, that's not it at all.

You know how much effort

he puts in every day

getting closer to you.

I got admitted

into Andover, I've...

MARK:
You were admitted

to Andover

because your dad

wrote them a check.

This is a not a conversation.

We've already made

the down payment.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[METAL SQUEAKING]

[GUNSHOTS OVER TV]

[BRUSHING TEETH]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

- [MUSIC STOPS]

- [NOTIFICATION BEEPS]

[SPITS]

[WATER RUNNING]

- [WATER OFF]

- [TOOTHBRUSH THUDS ON COUNTER]

[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

[NOTIFICATION BEEPS]

[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]

- [COMPUTER BEEPS]

- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

- MARK:
I'm fine.

- CYNTHIA:
Honey,

you can't go in

looking like that.

- I'm fine.

- Let me just fix it...

I'm fine. Ow.

Are you gonna make me

repeat myself?

- Don't do that...

- Are you gonna make me

repeat myself?

I said I'm f***ing fine!

I was just trying to help.

Do you speak English?

Or am I gonna have

to stand here all day

like a f***ing robot

repeating myself.

"I'm fine. I'm fine.

I'm fine. I'm fine!"

Jesus Christ!

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[BIRD CALLING]

I saw the photos.

Oh.

You're not gonna say anything?

What do you want me to say?

I guess I didn't realize

you did it like that.

Well, that's not

how I wanted it to go.

- Well, what did you to happen?

- Obviously,

I wanted to get it done

by a vet.

He was never gonna walk again.

But you know my mom.

She's the type of person

that gets weepy

when she imagines her horse

going to sleep

and never waking up.

And when a...

weak moral character like that

runs your household...

But still, you didn't have to...

Well, if the Midazolam

Hydrochloride had worked

- like it was supposed to...

- The what?

The Midazolam Hydrochloride.

If it had worked

like it was supposed to,

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