Vacancy

- Son of a b*tch.

- What are you doing?

There's a goddamn raccoon

in the middle of the road.

Jesus.

Well, better to kill us than get

a little roadkill on the car, huh?

Well, we're still alive.

I can tell by the pissy look

that you're giving me.

- This isn't the interstate.

- There was a wreck.

It was all backed up.

I took a shortcut.

To where?

- Can you hear that?

- Hear what?

I think the engine just made a noise.

Well, it's kind of late

for a breakdown.

Should've stopped somewhere

earlier.

I popped some of those trucker pills.

I thought I could make it

the whole way.

Where are we?

You were really dreaming

over there earlier.

You were mumbling

and jerking around.

I dreamt you were trying to kill me.

We were at my parents'

anniversary party...

...and my mother

wouldn't stop talking.

You started screaming you couldn't take it

anymore and then you tried to strangle me.

At least you were

dreaming about me, right?

That's kind of an improvement.

- Sh*t.

- Jesus.

You okay?

I keep telling you

how stupid that is to do that.

You ought to just kind of bite into

the apple like the rest of the world.

- It hurts my teeth.

- As bad as cutting your finger off?

It's not anything.

- You want me to drive for a while?

- No. I don't.

Why don't you just go ahead

and go back to sleep?

Remember how Charlie used to dance around

even when there was no music playing?

I'm tired, David.

See, I think that should be us

just about there.

Why didn't you just

stay on the interstate?

I don't know.

Guess I just wanted to make this

as miserable as possible, you know?

See just how big a b*tch

you'd be about it.

I just thought it would be faster,

you know?

Sh*t.

Is that something?

Do you think they're closed?

Since 1957.

That's too bad,

because they got good gas prices.

- Look, if you're too tired, I'll drive.

- I told you, I'm fine.

Okay. See, that town there, Elida.

You were asleep, but we went

through there about three hours ago.

Well, that should put us

down here somewhere.

I mean, that's a town. Downey. I mean,

they would have a real gas station.

If that's really where we are.

I think that we're headed south.

I mean, eventually, we've got to hit a...

- Oh, my God.

- Sorry.

- Oh, my God.

- Sorry.

- It's okay.

- You got to me before I headed out.

- I'm sorry.

- I gotta warn you, though.

Th... The gas price is a little steeper

than the sign says.

Actually, we're just...

We're having some engine problems.

Yeah, he dodged a squirrel

a few miles back.

- It's a raccoon, yeah.

- And we're lost.

Well, she's lost.

I actually know exactly where we are.

We're on our way to Downey.

He's trying to tell you

it's the other way, David.

- Yeah. Sorry, man.

- It's okay.

It's really easy to get turned around

out here without a map.

- Downey's, like, 30 miles back, man.

- Really?

Look, I'll tell you what. Pop the hood.

I'll check the engine

and make sure you can get that far.

- Really? Thanks. Okay, great.

- Great. Thank you so much.

Yeah, I went off the road there

when I missed the raccoon.

I think I hit a low spot.

Yeah. Thanks, man.

Is he gonna fix it?

- What do you think?

- Well, the fan blade's bent.

Rock must have hit it.

Yeah, she'll drive fine, just noisy,

that's all.

You wanna have someone take a look

when you get where you're going.

I'll do that. Thanks.

So now, what do I owe you?

Oh, no, nothing. No, we're good.

Hell, I should pay you for finally

giving me something to do.

Do you need help getting to Downey?

- Yes.

- Well, actually...

...if you could just point us towards

the interstate, that'd be great.

- Well, you don't want Downey, then.

- Okay.

I'll tell you what you do.

You take this road here, right?

And you follow it down until you hit

a grove of trees on your right.

You take that.

Keep going until you hit Westcliff.

- It'll be a four-lane there.

- Westcliff.

Make a left on that and that'll

take you where you need to be.

- Okay. Thank you.

- Perfect. Thanks a lot.

And you know what? Man, I'd feel

a lot better if you just took this.

Thanks for staying out so late

and helping us.

Well, you just bought yourself

a $20 sparkly, then.

Because every day's

Owner makes me say that.

- Here you go.

- Oh, my gosh. Thank you.

- And drive careful.

- Okay, thanks.

Guess I ought to buy you

a box of those sparklers, huh?

So how far did he say

this Westcliff place is?

He didn't. And I can't even find it

on the f***ing map.

- David.

- What, did we hit something?

- That's f***ing...

- Yeah, probably another squirrel.

- You know, it was a f***ing raccoon.

- Whatever.

I mean, Jesus Christ,

why do you have...

Oh, what the hell?

Son of a b*tch.

Son of a b*tch.

So much for being able to

drive it the whole way.

God. Perfect. No signal.

Damn it.

- Can't a car run without a fan?

- Evidently not.

Okay, give it a try for me, all right?

It's not gonna work.

Jesus Christ.

Would you just give it a try for me,

please, honey?

Goddamn it.

So how far back was the gas station?

I don't know. About a mile?

A long walk

in the middle of the night.

Yeah. I guess we could

just sit here...

...and hope some idiots like us

come along and give us a hand, huh?

I didn't get us lost.

No. You slept for 300 miles,

thanks to your Zoloft-Prozac cocktail.

F***!

Well...

...at least we know there's

someplace back there.

Oh, yeah, the guy that helped us

so much before.

Well, you know,

you could get another sparkler, Amy.

- A**hole.

- Whatever you say.

Grow a penis.

Never see stars anymore.

At least not in L.A.

Kind of nice out here, really.

I bet Charlie would have liked it.

We should've brought him

sometime.

We never went anywhere.

The job was always too important.

- Why do you do that?

- What?

Every time I mention his name,

you take a shot at me.

- Stop mentioning his name.

- I'm not like you.

I'd rather just remember him

and deal with the pain.

Okay, you know what, David?

Do what you want.

He said he was getting ready

to close, remember?

Sh*t.

Look, let's just go back to the car.

You can sleep on the hood and

stare up at the stars you love so much.

Maybe they'll know

where we can find the guy.

Oh, God.

You've got to be kidding me.

What is that?

- I want to go.

- No.

It's okay.

Let's go to the car.

What are you doing?

Don't ring the bell.

Sorry.

- Hey, folks.

- Hi.

How can I help you?

Everything okay back there?

- Can we just? Can we just go?

- It's okay.

Sorry.

Things get a little boring

around here late nights.

I believe that.

Say, there's a mechanic

at the garage over there.

He helped us with our car earlier.

You know him?

I think he's gone home for the night.

He'll probably be back

tomorrow morning.

I was wondering if you could

get in touch with him.

The car actually broke down

two miles back there.

We just walked up here.

I sure can't. I sure can't.

I'm sorry.

Do you know another garage?

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