What's Eating Gilbert Grape Page #5

- Sorry isn't good enough.

- You gotta do better.

- Gotta do better.

Hey, boss, is that the right price?

That's right.

- It seems like it ought to be more.

- Maybe at Foodland.

We've always had

a reasonable deal on pickles.

Here.

Gilbert, got a delivery

for you, son.

It sounds urgent.

Uh, get out.

Go outside and play, right now.

- But...

- Right now. Hurry up.

- Hi, Betty.

- Hi.

Gilbert, could you dial that number

over there for me?

- My hands are all...

- Oh, yeah, sure.

- How have you been?

- Good.

I saw you last night.

Who's the girl?

- It's ringing.

- I got... Sorry. One sec.

This is good. Taste.

That's good. It's, uh, ringing.

One second.

Hello? Ken Carver here,

Carver Insurance.

Hello? Hello?

- Mr Carver?

- "Who is this?"

- Uh, it's Gilbert.

- Gilbert!

- "I'd given up on you, Gilbert."

- Did you?

- "Well, yeah. Can you blame me?"

- No, no.

I mean, how many times do I have

to ask, and still no visit?

- Well, I'm here now.

- Happy anniversary.

Well, we can't discuss this

over the phone. I think it's best...

that we meet man to man,

don't you agree?

- Yes.

- "Today is your lucky day."

I've just had a cancellation.

What about right now? Are you free?

Is that a yes, Gilbert?

- "Huh?"

- Okay.

- "All right."

I'm gonna be waiting

here for you, Gilbert.

Bye.

Do you want me to be killed?

Do you want him to kill me?

Just playing.

Don't-Don't you wanna play?

This is crazy.

I, uh... I've gotta go.

- You don't have to go.

- Yes, I do.

Hey!

It's that new girl, isn't it?

No, it's your husband. He wants me

to come to his office right now.

If you walk out that door...

Don't you dare walk out that door.

You look nervous, Gilbert.

I'd be nervous too if I were you.

If I were in your situation,

I'd be downright panicky.

I reviewed your file.

You've got

no major medical insurance.

No catastrophic, no life.

Gilbert...

what if something

were to happen to you?

Something unforeseeable?

Something sudden? Random?

An accident, maybe.

What about your family?

Do you ever think about your family?

Now, stop thinking about yourself.

Think about them.

You don't wanna leave 'em

empty-handed.

Ken Carver here.

Look, can't this wait?

I'm in the middle...

Oh. Betty, please, calm down.

Calm down.

No, no. l-l...

No, go on.

Go on, go on.

No. No.

No, no. Calm...

I'll... I'm on my way.

Troubles at home.

I'm sure you understand.

Oh, damn.

Betty's got the car.

Gilbert, would you give me a ride?

Oh, my God! Betty!

What the hell's going on here?

Todd? Doug?

Betty, what is going on here?

I don't believe this!

Oh, great!

Oh, God!

Boys, come on.

Let's...

Let's go show your mom the cookies

that she's baked for us.

This is great.

All right.

Everything's okay.

These aren't burned.

Look, honey, they're fine.

They taste fine.

They're a little burnt on top,

but just fine.

They're wonderful.

Boys, here.

Have some of Mom's cookies.

They're really good. Here.

Come on, boys.

Make your mother happy.

Make your mom happy.

Have some cookies. Please. Please.

- Hey.

- Go on!

- What are you doing?

- I could've had any guy. Any guy!

- You want a real pool?

- What do you think this is?

- But...

- Doug, come over here!

- What?

- I chose you.

- It is a pool, son!

- I chose you.

- I got you a real pool, for God's sake!

Look! There's water in here!

Come here! Come here!

Get over here!

Come here!

Get inside the pool!

Get inside the pool with your brother!

Come here!

- Why did you?

- Get inside the pool!

Yeah. Look.

Real water, boys.

Okay, so I don't...

- Because...

- I give you all I have,

for Christ's sake!

- I knew you'd always be there.

- I've given you everything!

- Because...

- Here's a pool!

- Because I knew you'd never leave.

- A trampoline!

What the hell else more do you want?

What? For God's sake!

Son, get back in the pool.

Get back in the pool!

We're all gonna enjoy it!

It's a lot of fun, isn't it?

I'm doin' the best I can here.

I can't do any better!

I can't give any more!

I've given enough already!

l- l-I guess maybe

I'd better be getting off.

Not yet.

- "Arthur, in all my life..."

- Move, Amy.

I wondered, where is he?

Just this moment, just now.

What is he looking at?

What is he thinking?

I think it's time for Arnie

to take a bath.

No!

Don't you think it's time

for Arnie to take a bath, Gilbert?

Just let him stink.

- I don't wanna take a bath!

- Please.

- No!

You know Mr Carver?

Well, he's dead.

He's dead.

Okay, kids, hurry up.

Let's go.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- What's going on?

- He drowned.

- You're kidding?

- No. In that.

- A kiddie pool. I don't get it.

- Wow.

It's like one foot deep.

Weird, right?

- Oh, yeah.

- He-He "drownded."

- Shh, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh. Come on.

All right?

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

He had the cardiac arrest.

His head bent forward,

his knees buckled...

and then he just fell...

face forward into the pool.

When she found him,

he was already dead.

That's what we don't know.

That's what nobody knows.

No, I know it. I would...

I saw the... I saw the... I saw the body.

- I saw the... I prepared it.

I know exactly what...

- You don't know...

I would have seen...

I would have seen what...

if there was any kind of struggle

that had gone on.

- It was murder.

- No.

What do you think?

What do you think?

I, uh, I don't know.

I, um... You know, it's-it's possible.

Bob, we're talking about

thousands and thousands of dollars.

- If she saw...

- She doesn't have to work...

- Even if she did wanna do it...

- She doesn't have to work

for the rest of her life.

- Even if she did...

If-lf you saw somebody laying...

with their head down

in the pool motionless...

or even if they were kind of

limply doing that...

- which he wasn't doing,

but even if that...

- You don't know that!

Well, it-it was an extreme,

uh, "post-cardial" infarction.

- Extreme.

- So nothing's fishy?

- N-No.

Hey, Gilbert, look!

It's that girl!

- Gilbert, it's that girl!

- It's perfectly logical.

Even if it's...

Listen. Wait a minute, Tucker.

We're not talkin' about...

We're not talkin' about

takin' a gun and shootin' somebody.

- We're talkin' about pushin' along

something that's rolling that direction.

- Hi!

- Please, play with me over there.

- Okay.

- Please?

Come on. Let's play over there.

Come on. Please play...

- Hi.

- How are you doin'?

- Fine.

- Will you play over there?

Will you play?

- Okay. Okay, we'll play.

- Settle down.

- We're gonna play!

- Okay, okay.

- Will you give us a ride?

- Yeah, yeah.

So, that's it.

Yeah, I guess so.

The magic part.

The magic part?

The magic part, Gilbert?

- Hey, could we go...

- Grandma, here it is.

- Yeah?

- Oh, thanks.

- Can we go play now?

- What are we gonna play?

- Hi.

- Hi.

Can we play hide-and-go-seek?

Hide-and-go-seek?

- You like that?

- Gilbert?

- Mm-hmm?

- Would you give me some help?

- Yeah, go ahead.

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