Thunder Bay Page #6

and residents have been warned to

expect winds up to 85 miles an hour.

What's the matter?

Nothing, l'm going to bed.

Did something happen?

Yes.

l was born in this horrible

town. That's what happened.

Feels more like a prison

every day.

lf l can't get out of it,

l might as well die!

l can't stand it

anymore.

You had the chance.

Why can't l?

Yeah.

l took the chance.

lf you'd been my older sister

three years ago

l'd have probably made

the same complaint to you.

l know l was thinking

the way you are.

l hated this town

and everything about it.

Well, if you understand,

why have you been acting

the way you have?

l'd do anything to keep you

from getting hurt like l was.

And l'd do anything

to get away.

Just because you made

mistakes, doesn't mean l would.

Johnny wants to marry me.

Does he, Fran?

Yes.

Or has he just said so?

Somebody like him

asked me, too,

and it made me happy

until l woke up one morning,

and found out

it was just another lie.

l know what it is

to want somebody

who's new and exciting.

The feeling you get

when he looks at you

and touches you.

But l'm way ahead of you.

l also know what happens

when it turns out to be empty.

Don't take a chance.

Stay with your own people.

lt's too late.

What do you mean?

l hate them.

l hate Phillipe and Teche.

l hate them all

and l told them so.

Where are you going?

You handle that boat

pretty good.

Afraid l can't say

the same

for the time and place

you picked to practice.

Didn't you hear there's

a big wind kicking up?

l heard.

l didn't think l could

make it back to the river.

That's why l came here.

lf you'll let me stay.

Sure, you can stay.

Right up on deck there.

You probably

won't believe this,

after all the things

l've said and done,

but l'm glad the storm gave me

a chance to come. l've wanted to.

ls that so?

This is more than just

a job to you, isn't it?

Sure it is. Sure.

Yeah, this is my baby.

l hope it rides out

that storm tonight,

like l promised it would.

Do you think it will?

l'll tell you

after it's over.

l hope this is the roughest, toughest

storm in the history of the world,

'cause that's the kind

l said this could beat.

Why are you doing it?

Will it make you rich?

Not especially.

Then why?

Oh, it's a challenge,

l guess.

Nobody had ever wrestled with

this particular spot in the world

before l came along,

so, l, you know...

Maybe

you don't know how oil was

formed millions of years ago.

lt was formed by things dying

and being held in the Earth.

Well now,

if l can reach down there,

and bring up the results of

all those millions of years,

and make them work for

the present and the future

then l've done something,

haven't l?

l'm going to put

all time together.

You understand what l mean?

ls there a chance

that you could tell me the

rest over a cup of coffee?

There isn't any more.

l mean there isn't

any more speech.

There's plenty of coffee.

Come on.

Here it is.

Gonna be

a little strong.

You know,

up there,

l told you why l was here.

Now, why don't you tell me

why you're here.

All right,

l'll be honest with you.

What would it cost me to

persuade you to fire Johnny Gambi?

What would it cost...

Why?

Francesca's fallen

in love with him.

Why, what's so terrible about that?

He's a top man in his field.

He makes good money...

He's hit and run,

and you know that.

He's making promises he

has no intention of keeping.

You're kind of mixed up,

aren't you?

l mean, l can see promises

have been made to you

that weren't worth anything,

but that doesn't mean

all promises are like that.

l wasn't talking about myself.

Well, l am. Look at you,

out here trying

to be tough and cheap,

you can't even be that.

You don't know what kind

of a woman you are, do you?

Stop it!

You got yourself all torn

apart trying to hate everybody.

Why don't you stop

fighting yourself?

Oh, l don't want to be

mixed up anymore.

Maybe l wasn't really,

because l knew this would

happen if l ever got near you,

l kept telling myself l was

coming out here to help Fran,

but l wasn't. l...

l just wanted

what she'd found.

Say, where'd you go?

l turn around

to say something to you at

the bar and you are gone.

l went someplace,

all right.

Where'd you get

that dynamite?

Get it off my boat.

l took all

l'm gonna take, Teche.

l'm gonna blast that thing of

theirs right out of the gulf.

You're crazy.

Listen to me.

You don't have to do

anything but take me out.

ln the morning,

the platform's gone

and everybody

blames it on the storm.

l think you had

too much whiskey.

Oh, that don't have

anything to do with it.

You're mad because

you lost your girl.

He can have her!

What's the matter with you?

You say you wanted to

blast them before.

Now we got the dynamite, you

don't want to fight no more.

They make a coward

out of you.

Don't say that.

Go on, coward.

l'll take the boat out

by myself.

You're drunk

and you're a fool.

All right,

l take you out.

Not because

you called me a coward.

But because

you are my friend.

l'll go cast off,

and we finish this thing, huh?

All right, we go.

lf you want to do this

crazy thing, do it fast!

That storm's

really kicking up now.

l'm going up above and check

if everything's secure.

You wait right here.

Phillipe!

Steve!

Steve.

You don't care how you

kill your men, do you?

l've seen some cold ones

in my day,

but nothing

will ever come close

to that act

you put on tonight.

Teche, where is Stella?

She wasn't here all night.

And the boat is gone.

Where is she?

l don't know.

Dominique,

Phillipe, he's dead.

Phillipe?

He had some dynamite.

He wanted to go out

and blow that oil thing up.

l tried to

talk him out of it

but he was drunk.

All night long l look for him

out in the storm.

l'm going crazy,

Dominique.

lt wouldn't have happened

if those people were not here.

He thought

he was doing the right thing.

He wanted to get rid of

that platform for us.

For all of us.

But then the storm came up.

l should've known better.

l should've known better.

Where is Stella? What

have you done with her?

She's right in there.

Just keep her away from me.

Why, you people don't

stop at anything, do you?

l've got a good notion to

prefer charges on the whole town.

Stella!

What're you doing

with that man?

l went to see him.

You don't belong

here anymore.

Maybe you're right.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

What was the bar bill?

$500.

There wasn't $500 worth

of stuff in that joint.

l left a large tip.

lt was a great night off.

Yeah, yeah.

Storm do any damage?

We rode it out. That rig's

out there waiting for you.

So l hope all you fellows

had enough rest

because from now on,

there isn't gonna be any.

We start drilling

right away.

Still batting 1,000.

Come on, let's go!

She don't

feel good, Steve.

We got too much weight

on the bit,

and we're working her

too fast.

You just keep her going.

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