American Wages (2025) Movie Script
(ignition cranking)
(logo buzzing)
(soft uneasy music)
(Jason coughing and gasping)
- Goddammit Jason, where the hell are you?
(soft uneasy music)
(metal clanking)
(tools whirring)
- [Turner] How's that radiator coming, Jack?
- Real good, just gonna swap out the tire,
should be done around 2:00.
- All right, do me a favor.
Be sure to return that car
to the customer cleaner than-
- Than when I found it, yeah I know.
- Good man.
Oh and Jack, there are three more cars waiting.
Can you handle it?
- Of course. I appreciate
that, Mr. Turner.
I need all the work I can get, okay?
Gotta pay the bills, you know.
- [Worker] Hi there, what can I get for you?
- Could I get a cupcake and a, a coffee please?
- Sure, that'll be 5.98.
(machine beeping)
Ah, it seems like your card is declining.
(soft thoughtful music)
(traffic whooshing)
(soft thoughtful music continues)
- Morning, you ready to conquer the world?
- Oh yeah, I'm ready to go fix some cars,
and to pay the electric bill.
- [Ashley] You make it sound so glamorous.
- You know, if you look at the oil stains just right,
you can see how it's checked, all right?
- [Ashley] Mm-hmm.
- You make everything just a little bit better.
- Just a little bit?
- All right, a lot better.
(Ashley chuckling)
I just wish I could give you more,
you deserve the best.
- I deserve you, Jack.
We'll figure out the bills one
day at a time, we always do.
- You make the sun rise.
- We'll, someone in this town's gotta do it.
We'll be all right.
(soft thoughtful music)
(announcer chattering)
(engine rumbling)
(soft uneasy music)
Jack, what's that car doing here?
- I don't know.
Stay here, Ashley.
- Jack.
(soft uneasy music continues)
- Oh my God, man you're
bleeding out. You need a doctor.
- (gasping) No, no doctors.
Take me to my brother, Leon. (coughing)
I'll give you 20 grand.
- That's a lotta money, Ash.
- Jack, Jack he needs a doctor,
and you know we can't get messing around
with this kinda stuff.
- No, no doctors, please.
- Would you just listen, just this once, okay?
- Listen to you? Jack, I listen to you.
But this serious, now you listen to me.
- Ashley let me handle this, okay?
- Jack-
- Trust me.
- Jack oh what, mister mechanic's gonna come
and fix everything now?
- Oh, and little miss housewife knows what to do
when a truck rolls here-
- Oh Jack, you're such
a child sometimes.
- A guy's been attacked.
- You know that?
- What are you talking about?
- Come on Jack, please.
- Look at all this.
(horn honking)
Oh, fuck.
- All right Jack, we gotta call the cops now.
We gotta call the cops now.
- Yeah, yeah. What, oh man.
What about the money, babe?
- What about the money, Jack?
It's probably dirty money, come on, please?
- Nobody knows it's here.
- And we don't know where it comes from.
We don't know who it belongs to.
- All right, all right, we'll call the cops.
But if they don't know how much is there-
- Jack, what?
- All right.
We'll call the cops, okay?
But what if we just take a little bit of money?
It could give us the boost we need, baby.
We need, this could really make our lives better.
Listen, we'll never have an
opportunity like this again.
Look at all that money, baby.
Come on, we'll just take a little bit, okay?
Just a little bit.
- We can take a little bit.
- Yeah, okay.
We'll take a little bit, then we'll call the cops.
(Ashley gasping)
There's millions here, Ash.
- Jack.
- This is crazy.
- Jack, we can't do this.
We gotta call the cops now.
We shouldn't have touched this, or the van.
Our fingerprints are gonna be on it now.
- Shit.
(Ashley gasping)
Okay, we can move the truck, and just say
that we were helping him while he died,
and we couldn't call an ambulance, we could-
- Jack, what if they think that we killed him?
- No, no that's ridiculous, they're not gonna think that.
(soft uneasy music)
Well, look here.
What if we buried the body, ditched the truck,
and then keep the money?
(Ashley exclaiming)
Nobody's gonna know he's missing.
They're gonna think he drove off with the money.
Yeah?
(soft uneasy music)
Yeah, okay, you're right.
We'll call the cops, and we'll just tell them
what happened, okay?
(soft uneasy music continues)
(Ashley and Jack groaning)
Okay, there's no way down there, right?
There's no way anybody could
come looking for him here,
so we're just gonna give it a push,
just a couple steps-
- Well-
- And it's just gone, okay?
- Well, what about the body, Jack?
Won't it float out or something?
The car's gonna be smashed.
- What, well bodies float?
- Well I, I think they do.
- What, you think they do?
- Well, I haven't done this before, Jack.
- All right, okay we move the body and we,
we bury it in the forest.
Hang on just, just grab it. (groaning)
- Ah, Jack. Jack.
(Jack groaning)
Come on, come on.
(shovel scraping)
(Ashley gasping)
Jack, what if somebody finds him, or the truck?
- No, they won't find him or the truck, all right?
Nobody comes out here, baby.
- It's dirty money Jack, what are we doing?
- We're doing what we have to do, all right?
This is our ticket outta here.
We just gotta play smart baby, we can do this.
(tense uneasy music)
- (groaning) Jack.
- Come on, baby.
Come on, boy it's heavy.
Why is it so heavy?
(Ashley and Jack groaning)
(water splashing)
(uneasy expectant music)
- [Voice Mail] Hello, no one
is available to take your call.
Please leave a message after the tone.
(phone beeping)
(uneasy expectant music continues)
- Well now, look who it is.
- Hi.
- What you doing here, darling?
- I was just bringing Jack some lunch.
- Well he's a lucky boy, isn't he?
You know, it didn't seem so long ago
since the two of you were young 'uns,
running around the neighborhood,
getting in and out of trouble.
Your Ma always said to me,
make sure you come home safe.
How is your mom, by the way?
- Well you know Mama, she's always asking about you.
- Well, you tell her I said hi.
- I will.
- I know how it is, Ashley.
Money's been tight for me lately.
Can barely get by, with all the expenses.
- Yeah, it's rough.
Especially in this town.
Any work you can get barely pays to keep above water,
and we can't seem to rub a few cents together
to move anywhere else.
- Well, how is that husband of yours doing?
Still dragging his feet, I imagine?
- Actually he's doing real good.
They're considering him for a promotion next year.
- Oh and, and how do you expect to make any real money,
clocking up extra hours at a mechanic shop?
- You get more money by working real hard, Mama.
He's doing real good.
- Well Ashley, you deserve someone
who can provide for you properly,
instead of living in that trailer.
Don't you roll your eyes at me, Ashley.
I've raised you better than that.
- You sure about that, Mama?
- I am sure.
(bright expectant music)
(bright expectant music continues)
(horn honking)
(engine rumbling)
(bright expectant music continues)
(soft uneasy music)
- The hell you done this time, boy?
- Whoa.
- Well?
What do you all think?
- She's a beauty, Jack.
What's under the hood?
- V-8, 400 horsepower, zero to 60 in like, six seconds.
- Man, this must have set you back a pretty penny, huh?
Payments gotta kill you.
- Ah, I figured it was time for an upgrade.
- An upgrade?
What, you plan on racing it or something?
She's a bit excessive.
- I've gotta have a little fun.
I managed to scrape to get a little bit of money,
so I figured it was time to treat myself.
- That is so cool. It
sounds amazing as well.
I mean, the exhaust pipes on this-
- Shut up, Billy.
- No, you're right.
And on the road, it's a beast.
- Well, if you ever need anybody
to take her off your hands, you know where to find me.
- Sure thing, just don't get too comfortable,
and oh, those hands off my car.
- Well, I mean, you deserve it, Jack.
You work harder than anyone I know.
Let's just hope you didn't stretch yourself too thin.
- Don't worry about me, I'll be okay.
- Well, you take care of yourself Jack, yeah?
Just remember, we're all in this together.
(soft uneasy music)
- Yeah, thanks Tom.
Can you believe this, Ash?
Can you believe this is happening to us?
- I know, Jack.
Well, what are we gonna do
first? Possibilities are endless.
- All right, so what soon, we get outta Dodge, all right?
No more scraping by, no more dead end jobs.
We buy a house, a home. Somewhere
we can actually breathe.
- We could have a family Jack, kids.
We can give them the life we never had,
the life we always wanted.
- They'd have a good life, where we can live,
we can really live.
- We could travel.
- Yeah, I've never been to
Florida. Let's go to Florida.
- We could travel the world, Jack.
- Of course.
- Paris, Rome, Tokyo.
There's no limits, no holding back.
- The world is ours, we can do whatever we want now.
We just have to play it smart, right?
Just let everyone forget about the money.
- To our new life?
(bright upbeat music)
(tense uneasy music)
- So, four million in cash of dirty money.
So I guess we launder it, right?
That's what they do, they launder dirty money?
- Well, how exactly do you launder money, Jack?
I'm guessing you don't put it in the washing machine.
- Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not that literal.
But honestly, I have no idea.
- Well then, let's look it up, how to launder money.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no.
They could be tracking us,
or put us on a watch list or something.
- All right, all right, I'm not-
- Crazy?
- I know I'm not
the sharpest tool in the garage, but I'm not that dumb.
- Well we could, we could open a car wash.
Remember, they did that in "Breaking Bad."
- What, because every small
town couple opens a car wash
overnight with $4 million?
Jack, that's not gonna be suspicious?
- We could open a bakery. You
know, everyone loves cupcakes.
You are addicted in fact, I
think you would just go crazy.
- 'Cause nothing says legitimate business
like two people with no education and no licenses
opening a bakery, that's not suspicious either?
- Well how about we just buy
a whole bunch of scratch tickets,
and then we can say that we won the lottery, big money.
A strip club makes lots of cash.
Let's say we circle back to this later.
- We can figure anything out.
- That's right.
- Even laundering money.
(soft expectant music)
- So you're telling me, you got nothing on my brother.
Someone's gotta know something.
This place ain't so big, now.
- Look, it'll take a little time.
Nothing stays hidden here too long.
If someone has the money,
hopefully they're still in town.
Something will show up.
- Well, I don't know about you Sheriff,
but hoping ain't no way I like to go about my business.
- I'll keep an eye out.
You know, folks around here
tend to mind their own business.
Don't go looking for nothing.
There's this guy Jack, deadbeat mechanic,
lives out on Elmwood in a trailer.
Now, Jack just got himself a new ride, fancy.
Nice ride, Jack.
Right outta nowhere. Business good?
- Ah, clocking in extra hours.
Sometimes you gotta treat yourself right.
- I find that strange.
- So what brings you by?
- Ah you know, a funny thing,
some money went missing around these parts.
A small fortune.
(soft uneasy music)
Wouldn't happen to know
anything about that, would you?
- Not a clue, no.
Just fixing cars, same as always.
- Now you be sure and let me know
if you hear anything, yeah?
- Will do Sheriff, you know, happy to help
your investigation any way I can.
- Yeah.
- All right.
All right, I gotta get back to work.
- Okay, that's it.
- Have a good one.
- Some guy bought a new car.
Well, what about them Graywater sons of bitches?
- I already asked my guy, he says no.
You wanna be double sure, you best ask him yourself.
- Well if there is something you're not telling me,
you better hope Mr. Sullivan
don't find out about that.
- Okay, sure thing Leon. Sure thing.
(tense uneasy music)
(thug screaming)
- I don't know anything, it was just a legit pick up.
- Of course you don't, what were we thinking?
- No, no, no. I swear, I don't
know nothing. (screaming)
J-Jason ran away.
No, no, they drove South, fuck, South Elmwood.
- Elmwood.
- Does that mean something?
- We'll find out.
(tense uneasy music)
- Ashley, we need to talk.
The whole town was asking
where Jack got the money for that new car.
- Mother, now is not a good time.
- And where you got all those fancy new things.
What is going on?
- Fine, let's go inside.
- Ashley, you need to listen to me.
Jack is no good for you, and he's dragging you down.
- Well I love him, and he's my husband,
so it's not something you can just fix.
- Marriage is a temporary condition, Ashley.
It can be changed.
I'll keep repeating myself, you deserve better.
- Why can't you just support us?
We're doing the best we can,
and Jack means the world to me, and he works real hard.
- Because I know where this leads, Ashley.
He is doing something other than fixing cars,
and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise.
- Well, I love him, and he's a good man.
He's just been struggling.
- (scoffing) He's been struggling ever since I met him.
He is not living up to his potential Ashley,
and he's dragging you down.
- Why can't you just see the good in him?
Why can't you see that he's trying?
- Ashley, I just wanna protect you.
You're not poor because you have no money,
you're poor because Jack can't get his shit together.
- Why would you say that?
You know we'll find a way Mama, we always do.
- Oh man, this backlog of work is killing us.
- Seems to be working out for you.
- It's just about-
- Yeah.
Just about a lot of hours.
Or maybe you're working for Mr. Sullivan.
- Sullivan, like the construction company?
- Construction, nightclub,
man the guy owns half the town.
You're trying to tell me that you didn't know
he was the guy for alternative work.
Man, you're either hella good at playing dumb,
or you're actually as dumb as you look.
- It's not easy Tom, right?
We're, we're trying to do it, the honest way.
- Some of us ain't making it work as well as you, Jack.
- We all got our struggles, okay?
I'll tell you what, I'll go down the street,
I'll get us lunch, all right? It's on me.
- What kinda lunch? I want a steak.
- The sandwich.
- The good stuff, though.
- Yeah.
(soft uneasy music)
(metal clanking)
- [Leon] Well, ain't that a nice ride?
- I'll say, that's my boy Jack's, he works like a dog.
- [Leon] He does, does he?
- I guess he gets all the best shifts.
- Yes he is.
Your buddy Jack the one that lives up in Elmwood?
- Yeah. Hey, can I do something for you?
Are you, you here to pick something up,
or drop something off, or?
- Just passing by.
(soft uneasy music)
- Billy, you know that guy?
- Him? Yeah, I've seen him around.
I think he works for Mr. Sullivan.
- Hmm.
- Did you see the sheriff's car outside?
This is the most active I've seen him in years.
And that car, people are talking.
I can't keep acting like everything's normal.
- Well, what are we gonna do, Jack?
- We gotta think, all right?
The sheriff isn't just driving around for fun.
He must have eyes on us.
And then this guy came into the shop,
asking about the car when I was out for lunch.
- Fuck, what?
- Maybe we've come too far, okay?
We need to revise the plan.
No more big purchases, we just,
we do not draw attention to
ourselves, lay low, blend in,
and don't run, 'cause if we run,
then they'll know we're guilty.
- Well, that was the plan
already, Jack. (sighing)
This is gonna be hard.
We finally have something,
we finally have the chance
to live the life we always wanted,
and now we have to hide it.
- We deserve this life, life has taken so much from us.
This is our chance to take it back, right?
- And what if it all falls apart?
What if we can't pull it off?
- We just need to keep our heads down, all right?
Screw these people, they'll
forget eventually, all right?
We've worked so hard for this, okay?
We can do this.
(soft uneasy music)
(insects chirping)
(sponge scraping)
(soft uneasy music)
- Jack.
- Mm-hmm?
- I think somebody's outside.
(soft tense music)
- Ash, turn the lights out.
Don't worry, don't worry.
It's probably some weirdo.
- Jack, I don't like this.
What if they're here because, do we call the police?
- It'll be okay. Look,
look they're leaving, see?
(soft tense music)
We're gonna be just fine, we're gonna be fine.
There's no way anybody knows
that we have the money, okay?
There's no way, it could be anywhere.
(Ashley sighing)
(dogs barking)
- Hey man, can I talk to you?
Look, it's no secret you've been living
pretty high on the hog lately, hmm?
You know the tools, the clothes,
the sheriff and that guy coming in here.
- This again, Tom? I don't know.
The sheriff's just doing his job, all right?
- Doing his job, man we both know cash like that
don't come from just working here.
Now you're in on something, and I want in.
- You're barking up the wrong tree, all right?
I'm not into anything.
- Man, I ain't judging, I'm not.
I'm just saying, if something opens up,
in whatever it is that you're into, cut me in.
- Look, there's nothing to take part in Tom, all right?
Drop it.
- (chuckling) Yeah, I'll drop it.
But if you change your mind, you know where to find me.
(insects chirping)
- Hi. What are you doing?
- What's it look like I'm
doing? Relaxing after work.
- You're drunk, aren't you?
- I'm not drunk, all right?
Just a couple sips, so don't freak out.
- I'm not freaking out, Jack.
It's not just the drinking, it's everything.
You've been different ever since
we found that goddam money.
The people in town are starting to talk.
And I can see it in their
eyes, they know something's up.
We can't live like this, I can't.
We shouldn't have, we should've never taken
that dirty money, Jack.
I can't do this, we gotta call the sheriff.
- Don't be stupid, Ashley.
What, what are you talking about, Ash?
Seriously, then we'd end up in prison, or worse?
We don't even know who owns that money, all right?
We don't know. There's
no way they know it's us.
- I don't wanna be here with you like this.
I'm gonna go to my mom.
- Like what, huh? Like what, like what?
- Jack, Jack, let me go.
(tense uneasy music)
There's someone outside, Jack.
- [Jack] Shut the door, close the blinds.
- This, all this is because of you, Jack.
That fucking car, what were you thinking,
buying something so flashy,
when we were supposed to be laying low?
Everybody in town's got their eyes on us now
because of it, they know something's up.
All because you couldn't keep it simple.
Look at us Jack, we're being hunted, being watched,
'cause you made a stupid fucking reckless decision.
I never wanted any of this, I never wanted the money.
But now I'm being pulled into your crap,
because you couldn't for five minutes
think about the consequences?
You think you're the only one feeling the pressure?
I never wanted any of this.
(tense uneasy music)
So how's work at the garage, Jack?
- Tom's been asking funny questions about the money.
I think he's getting suspicious.
- Well, he's not the only one.
Mama's been snooping around.
She's even more nosy than usual.
- You can't tell her Ash, not her.
Look, this is not just about
hiding the money, all right?
We gotta worry about our safety, too.
I think maybe we should get a gun.
- Do we really need a gun?
- Yeah Ash, you know how much I hate guns, right?
But I think it might be a good idea.
- I feel like everyone's watching us.
- No Ash, nobody's watching, all right?
They don't care about us.
We're just being paranoid.
Let's just finish up and get outta here, okay?
- Whatever you say, Jack.
- Look, I've been thinking of some ideas
to help cool things off a little bit, all right?
Like classic cars, some art,
maybe selling stuff online.
- What about crypto, have you thought about crypto?
You know what crypto is Jack? Crypto?
- Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no.
It's way too traceable, babe.
No, no, we need to keep it clean like art.
Don't worry, baby. I'll
take care of it, all right?
We're no good at being criminals, we have no practice.
But we're gonna learn along the way, okay?
- Ashley, I've noticed Jack's been coming home
with a lot more money lately.
You can't tell me he's been
making that much fixing cars.
- Well, I told you he was working hard for it,
you just weren't listening.
- Oh, and how exactly is he making this money?
Selling drugs, doing something illegal?
- He's a good man, Mama.
Just because we've always been struggling
doesn't mean he's doing something wrong now.
- A good man Ashley, you're kidding yourself.
There is no way he's making that much money at work.
- (scoffing) It's not like we've got millions of dollars.
I told you where it was coming from.
He's a good man, he's working hard.
- I just want what's best for you, Ashley.
I sure hope you're right about this.
- I am, I am.
- Ashley, is that you?
Well, goodness gracious.
Well, that purse is divine.
Did Jack mess up big time?
- No, he does everything just right.
- That's wonderful. My husband, useless.
But Ashley remember, no man
does everything just right.
- I'm real lucky to have Jack.
He's always so supportive.
- Hmm, well he must just have bags of money
sitting around, lucky you.
I just wonder, how did a mechanic
get such a big pay raise all of a sudden?
Are you still living in that trailer?
- What exactly are you trying to say?
- Quit being ugly. Well
it's just strange, is all.
I mean, it's not like you have a job.
- Well, I better be getting
back. You have a good day.
I can't keep up with all the lies anymore, Jack.
Every time somebody comments
on my new clothes, my heart stops.
- Yeah, I don't have any answers anymore.
- This money's gonna ruin us.
We can't spend it without everybody noticing,
and we can't keep it hidden forever, it's like a curse.
- We can start selling some stuff off,
small things, gradually.
Well, how do we explain all this?
Ash, we're being watched.
- Well, we need to do something.
We need to do it now Jack, we need to do it now.
- All right, if the sheriff comes back,
we tell him nothing, okay?
We stick to the plan, or we run.
I gotta get some air.
(insects chirping)
- You hanging in there okay, son?
- Yeah, just looking for some peace and quiet.
- Rough day, huh?
Listen Jack, if you need to
get something off your chest,
stop by the office anytime, I'm here to help you.
- How about you let me take care of it myself.
Is that okay with you, sir?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
There's a lot of talk going around town,
and I notice it myself.
There's something going on between you and Ashley.
Now sooner or later,
I'm gonna figure out what you're not telling me.
It'll go a lot smoother if you come clean now.
You think on that, huh?
(insects chirping)
(birds chattering)
(soft uneasy music)
(Jason coughing)
- What's up, Leon?
- I need to ask a favor.
It's about Jason, he's missing.
- I'm sorry to hear that.
- Need you to run
a blood sample for me.
I need to know if it's his blood, can you do it?
- [Chad] Okay, just don't come to my clinic.
I'll come meet you.
- Okay, thanks Chad.
(soft thoughtful music)
- Ashley, I've been just dying to talk to you.
Did you hear about Sarah's marriage?
It's in shambles, the poor thing.
- Yeah, it's rough. I can't imagine.
- You having a party tonight?
You know, all marriages go sour eventually.
It's only a matter of time.
- I hope not.
(soft thoughtful music continues)
- Well, don't you look fine, did you get that second hand?
- Jack's been working his ass off, so.
- So not fair.
- I guess I just got lucky this time.
- Take care, hon.
(knuckles knocking)
- You home? Ashley?
Ashley, you in there?
(cabinet creaking)
(objects clattering)
Oh, I don't like this one bit. (sighing)
Boy, boy.
(phone beeping and dialing)
Sheriff, we need to talk.
- [Dolion] So Ms. Janet,
what's on your mind?
- Well Sheriff, it's about my
daughter's wretched husband.
He is up to something.
- What makes you say that?
- Well, I found a jar with
$10,000 in cash in their kitchen.
You can't tell me he's making
that much money fixing cars.
And my daughter-
- Well-
- She don't even have a job yet.
- Well-
- Ever since I met that kid
I knew he was a good-for-nothing, low-down,
he's got nothing between the ears.
- Well I understand-
- I keep telling her,
she doesn't listen to me.
Sheriff, you got to do something about this.
- Well I, I'm trying right now,
but with just me and the deputy, you know.
- Well-
- I'm gonna do my best.
- I don't trust him either, I trust you though.
- Oh, all right.
So look, I'll, I'll look into him.
I'm, I promise I'll look into all that.
- Sheriff Dolion, Dolly,
put your hat down just for one more second.
How about I, I make you some of my special coffee?
- No, no really Janet, I, I'm coffeed up here right now.
I, I've been drinking coffee all morning, I'm speeding.
- I've got some other things I could-
- Ma'am, I-
- I can make for you.
How about something creamy?
- Listen-
- Something a little sugary in it?
- I'm-
- Something ice cold.
You look hot.
- I am hot, but-
- You wanna cool down?
- I have work to do.
- You know you want to,
Sheriff. It's been a long time.
- Look, I-I-I-
- You gotta do this-
- Life doesn't stop, I got, I got stuff to do.
- Well that you do, and I hope you do,
'cause he is, this guy-
- I will,
and I'll see myself out, now.
- Sheriff, he is a-
- Catch you later.
- I'm gonna call you.
- Hey, thanks.
- This is getting outta hand, Jack.
Everyone's jealous, everyone's suspicious.
I feel like something's gonna snap.
- All right, let's see.
We leave town, all right?
That's final, tomorrow, before things get any worse.
We can go into town, pick up some supplies
for the road, just leave.
- And then when we disappeared,
what, that's not obvious?
What if they come looking?
Where are we gonna go, Jack?
- I don't know. Ash.
If we stay here, things will get nasty, right?
Look, they don't have any proof, right?
We can leave the bags in the forest.
There's no way anyone's gonna find them there.
So what we, we bought a car, you got some new dresses?
That's not evidence.
If the sheriff had something else,
he would've arrested us by now, right, right?
Oh I don't know Ash, we gotta do something.
(soft thoughtful music)
Hey, hey, let's go grab a drink.
Let's just take five minutes
to chill off, we both need it.
I told you baby, everything's gonna be okay, right?
Wouldn't want to mystify
Too early for a drive through time
(glasses clinking)
(Ashley laughing)
- They make me sick.
- I just can't with it all.
I would like to know what their secret is, though.
Maybe she's been whoring herself out.
(friend laughing)
No, really.
- She is a butter face.
- Nice legs, though.
People pay good money for those legs.
- So my love, let's run away and never come back.
Where's the first place you're
taking me too huh, Paris?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I like that.
We go up the Eiffel Tower and get drunk.
- Jack, we're fucking millionaires.
- Shh.
(Ashley and Jack chattering)
- How do you think they got the money?
- Shady business.
- Somebody's gonna hear you, stop.
Can you
- Jack.
Start a fire
- I think everything's gonna be all right.
Can you start a fire
when you light this
And it's so tragic, for a smile
Center in the back of my head
When I'm almost worth saying,
be without him for a while
- (laughing) Jack, just hold me.
(tense uneasy music)
Jack (laughing).
- Now, why don't you come and
take a seat over here with me.
(soft uneasy music)
And maybe the two of you can explain to me
what my brother's blood was doing in your driveway.
- We didn't kill him, I swear.
- No, no.
He just drove up, he was saying,
"No hospitals."
- "No doctor."
- He didn't wanna do it-
- Shh, shh, shh, shh.
See the trouble for you is,
even if I were to believe you,
that money you took weren't his.
And it don't belong to me, neither.
- It's Mr. Sullivan?
- Oh, he does have a couple of brain cells after all.
Wanna know something been bugging me, Jack?
How's a guy like you get a
beautiful woman like her? Mm?
(clock ticking)
(soft uneasy music)
I just can't for the life of me work it out.
You a Bible man, Jack?
I've never been much of a Bible man myself,
but I remember that one part, Luke I think it was.
"Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those
who sin against us.
"Let us not yield to temptation."
See, I can understand how a deadbeat guy like you,
with a beautiful wife, living out here
in this here trailer, money
like you never seen before
showed up on your doorstep,
how you might've given into temptation.
I can see that, but the first
bit, about the forgiveness,
I'm still trying to wrap my head around.
'Cause there's that other part in the Bible that says,
"An eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a tooth."
See, now that don't sound so forgiving to me.
So which is it? It's all just
so confusing, don't you think?
- Please.
- Well, that's probably why I've never been
much of a Bible man.
Now Mr. Sullivan, well he sure as hell
ain't no Bible man, I can tell you that.
Now something I learned is,
there's two categories of people.
One, simple pain is enough, and well, they'll tell you
pretty much anything you wanna know.
The other, well they don't start talking
till you make 'em watch someone they love
suffer in some horrible way.
I ain't found no third category yet.
Well, we ain't gotta worry about
none of that today, do we kids?
'Cause you're gonna tell me
where you hid that money right now, ain't you?
(soft uneasy music)
Ain't you?
- Sure.
(soft uneasy music continues)
Here, this is the last one.
- Now, set that down over there.
I'm in trouble
- Mister, please.
Don't know what I'll do
- Please, I promise.
We won't tell anybody.
Guess I'll keep waiting here for you
(Ashley crying)
I'm in trouble
And I don't know if I
Got what it takes to survive
- Drop the weapon.
To make it through
(gun clacking)
Will you be my hero
- I beg your pardon?
- You heard me just fine.
Now, drop the weapon.
Will you be my hero
Be my hero tonight
(gunfire blasting)
(Jack gasping)
- This town's been run by the wrong people for too long.
- You shot him.
- You stole money and buried a man.
- Sheriff, no.
- Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up, Jack.
Why do you have to do this?
Why do you have to do have any of this?
- Sheriff please, this is all-
- Shut up, shut up.
- Sheriff.
Ah just, oh.
- Jack.
- Sheriff no, please. You gotta save us.
- Why did you have to do this in my town?
Why did you have to stay here?
Why did you have to steal the money?
Why did you have to get involved?
- I, I'm sorry Sheriff, it just landed in our laps.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-
- I watched you two, I, I watched you two kids grow,
I know your kin.
There's only one way this is gonna end.
- Sheriff, we-
- Now look,
look at the fucking mess we got here.
- We didn't know.
- Just leave her outta this.
- You didn't know? Come on.
- I'm begging you.
Please Sheriff, please.
- Sorry you got yourselves in this.
I'll say goodbye to your Ma, Ashley.
- Sheriff, no, no. Please don't.
(tense uneasy music)
(Leon thudding)
- They're dead, they're both dead.
- Well, I think we clear on outta here.
Come on, come on. (groaning)
Ooh, just wanna run away
Ooh
(engine rumbling)
You can laugh, but it ain't so funny
When your back's up against the wall
Hit the road with a bag full of money
And I ain't coming back no more
You can laugh, but it ain't so funny
When your back's up
against the wall, ooh
I hit the road with
a bag full of money
And I ain't coming back no more
I just wanna run away
Wanna run away
(tense uneasy music)
I'm in trouble, don't
know what I'll do
Guess I'll keep waiting here for you
I'm in trouble, and I don't know if I
Got what it takes to
survive, to make it through
Will you be my hero
Be my hero tonight
Will you be my hero
Be my hero tonight
(thoughtful rock music)
(musician whistling)
(thoughtful rock music continues)
In my sense a false alarm
I've been thinking,
I don't understand it
What feels dark and lost
It's an honor to die,
to do honor to die
On time, baby
Got some headwinds
It was all the pesticides
If you want me, I'm trying
I'm not sent, I
wouldn't want to mystify
It's too early for
a drive through time
(thoughtful rock music)
(crew chattering)
(thoughtful rock music continues)
- Ready?
(gentle flourish music)
(logo buzzing)
(soft uneasy music)
(Jason coughing and gasping)
- Goddammit Jason, where the hell are you?
(soft uneasy music)
(metal clanking)
(tools whirring)
- [Turner] How's that radiator coming, Jack?
- Real good, just gonna swap out the tire,
should be done around 2:00.
- All right, do me a favor.
Be sure to return that car
to the customer cleaner than-
- Than when I found it, yeah I know.
- Good man.
Oh and Jack, there are three more cars waiting.
Can you handle it?
- Of course. I appreciate
that, Mr. Turner.
I need all the work I can get, okay?
Gotta pay the bills, you know.
- [Worker] Hi there, what can I get for you?
- Could I get a cupcake and a, a coffee please?
- Sure, that'll be 5.98.
(machine beeping)
Ah, it seems like your card is declining.
(soft thoughtful music)
(traffic whooshing)
(soft thoughtful music continues)
- Morning, you ready to conquer the world?
- Oh yeah, I'm ready to go fix some cars,
and to pay the electric bill.
- [Ashley] You make it sound so glamorous.
- You know, if you look at the oil stains just right,
you can see how it's checked, all right?
- [Ashley] Mm-hmm.
- You make everything just a little bit better.
- Just a little bit?
- All right, a lot better.
(Ashley chuckling)
I just wish I could give you more,
you deserve the best.
- I deserve you, Jack.
We'll figure out the bills one
day at a time, we always do.
- You make the sun rise.
- We'll, someone in this town's gotta do it.
We'll be all right.
(soft thoughtful music)
(announcer chattering)
(engine rumbling)
(soft uneasy music)
Jack, what's that car doing here?
- I don't know.
Stay here, Ashley.
- Jack.
(soft uneasy music continues)
- Oh my God, man you're
bleeding out. You need a doctor.
- (gasping) No, no doctors.
Take me to my brother, Leon. (coughing)
I'll give you 20 grand.
- That's a lotta money, Ash.
- Jack, Jack he needs a doctor,
and you know we can't get messing around
with this kinda stuff.
- No, no doctors, please.
- Would you just listen, just this once, okay?
- Listen to you? Jack, I listen to you.
But this serious, now you listen to me.
- Ashley let me handle this, okay?
- Jack-
- Trust me.
- Jack oh what, mister mechanic's gonna come
and fix everything now?
- Oh, and little miss housewife knows what to do
when a truck rolls here-
- Oh Jack, you're such
a child sometimes.
- A guy's been attacked.
- You know that?
- What are you talking about?
- Come on Jack, please.
- Look at all this.
(horn honking)
Oh, fuck.
- All right Jack, we gotta call the cops now.
We gotta call the cops now.
- Yeah, yeah. What, oh man.
What about the money, babe?
- What about the money, Jack?
It's probably dirty money, come on, please?
- Nobody knows it's here.
- And we don't know where it comes from.
We don't know who it belongs to.
- All right, all right, we'll call the cops.
But if they don't know how much is there-
- Jack, what?
- All right.
We'll call the cops, okay?
But what if we just take a little bit of money?
It could give us the boost we need, baby.
We need, this could really make our lives better.
Listen, we'll never have an
opportunity like this again.
Look at all that money, baby.
Come on, we'll just take a little bit, okay?
Just a little bit.
- We can take a little bit.
- Yeah, okay.
We'll take a little bit, then we'll call the cops.
(Ashley gasping)
There's millions here, Ash.
- Jack.
- This is crazy.
- Jack, we can't do this.
We gotta call the cops now.
We shouldn't have touched this, or the van.
Our fingerprints are gonna be on it now.
- Shit.
(Ashley gasping)
Okay, we can move the truck, and just say
that we were helping him while he died,
and we couldn't call an ambulance, we could-
- Jack, what if they think that we killed him?
- No, no that's ridiculous, they're not gonna think that.
(soft uneasy music)
Well, look here.
What if we buried the body, ditched the truck,
and then keep the money?
(Ashley exclaiming)
Nobody's gonna know he's missing.
They're gonna think he drove off with the money.
Yeah?
(soft uneasy music)
Yeah, okay, you're right.
We'll call the cops, and we'll just tell them
what happened, okay?
(soft uneasy music continues)
(Ashley and Jack groaning)
Okay, there's no way down there, right?
There's no way anybody could
come looking for him here,
so we're just gonna give it a push,
just a couple steps-
- Well-
- And it's just gone, okay?
- Well, what about the body, Jack?
Won't it float out or something?
The car's gonna be smashed.
- What, well bodies float?
- Well I, I think they do.
- What, you think they do?
- Well, I haven't done this before, Jack.
- All right, okay we move the body and we,
we bury it in the forest.
Hang on just, just grab it. (groaning)
- Ah, Jack. Jack.
(Jack groaning)
Come on, come on.
(shovel scraping)
(Ashley gasping)
Jack, what if somebody finds him, or the truck?
- No, they won't find him or the truck, all right?
Nobody comes out here, baby.
- It's dirty money Jack, what are we doing?
- We're doing what we have to do, all right?
This is our ticket outta here.
We just gotta play smart baby, we can do this.
(tense uneasy music)
- (groaning) Jack.
- Come on, baby.
Come on, boy it's heavy.
Why is it so heavy?
(Ashley and Jack groaning)
(water splashing)
(uneasy expectant music)
- [Voice Mail] Hello, no one
is available to take your call.
Please leave a message after the tone.
(phone beeping)
(uneasy expectant music continues)
- Well now, look who it is.
- Hi.
- What you doing here, darling?
- I was just bringing Jack some lunch.
- Well he's a lucky boy, isn't he?
You know, it didn't seem so long ago
since the two of you were young 'uns,
running around the neighborhood,
getting in and out of trouble.
Your Ma always said to me,
make sure you come home safe.
How is your mom, by the way?
- Well you know Mama, she's always asking about you.
- Well, you tell her I said hi.
- I will.
- I know how it is, Ashley.
Money's been tight for me lately.
Can barely get by, with all the expenses.
- Yeah, it's rough.
Especially in this town.
Any work you can get barely pays to keep above water,
and we can't seem to rub a few cents together
to move anywhere else.
- Well, how is that husband of yours doing?
Still dragging his feet, I imagine?
- Actually he's doing real good.
They're considering him for a promotion next year.
- Oh and, and how do you expect to make any real money,
clocking up extra hours at a mechanic shop?
- You get more money by working real hard, Mama.
He's doing real good.
- Well Ashley, you deserve someone
who can provide for you properly,
instead of living in that trailer.
Don't you roll your eyes at me, Ashley.
I've raised you better than that.
- You sure about that, Mama?
- I am sure.
(bright expectant music)
(bright expectant music continues)
(horn honking)
(engine rumbling)
(bright expectant music continues)
(soft uneasy music)
- The hell you done this time, boy?
- Whoa.
- Well?
What do you all think?
- She's a beauty, Jack.
What's under the hood?
- V-8, 400 horsepower, zero to 60 in like, six seconds.
- Man, this must have set you back a pretty penny, huh?
Payments gotta kill you.
- Ah, I figured it was time for an upgrade.
- An upgrade?
What, you plan on racing it or something?
She's a bit excessive.
- I've gotta have a little fun.
I managed to scrape to get a little bit of money,
so I figured it was time to treat myself.
- That is so cool. It
sounds amazing as well.
I mean, the exhaust pipes on this-
- Shut up, Billy.
- No, you're right.
And on the road, it's a beast.
- Well, if you ever need anybody
to take her off your hands, you know where to find me.
- Sure thing, just don't get too comfortable,
and oh, those hands off my car.
- Well, I mean, you deserve it, Jack.
You work harder than anyone I know.
Let's just hope you didn't stretch yourself too thin.
- Don't worry about me, I'll be okay.
- Well, you take care of yourself Jack, yeah?
Just remember, we're all in this together.
(soft uneasy music)
- Yeah, thanks Tom.
Can you believe this, Ash?
Can you believe this is happening to us?
- I know, Jack.
Well, what are we gonna do
first? Possibilities are endless.
- All right, so what soon, we get outta Dodge, all right?
No more scraping by, no more dead end jobs.
We buy a house, a home. Somewhere
we can actually breathe.
- We could have a family Jack, kids.
We can give them the life we never had,
the life we always wanted.
- They'd have a good life, where we can live,
we can really live.
- We could travel.
- Yeah, I've never been to
Florida. Let's go to Florida.
- We could travel the world, Jack.
- Of course.
- Paris, Rome, Tokyo.
There's no limits, no holding back.
- The world is ours, we can do whatever we want now.
We just have to play it smart, right?
Just let everyone forget about the money.
- To our new life?
(bright upbeat music)
(tense uneasy music)
- So, four million in cash of dirty money.
So I guess we launder it, right?
That's what they do, they launder dirty money?
- Well, how exactly do you launder money, Jack?
I'm guessing you don't put it in the washing machine.
- Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not that literal.
But honestly, I have no idea.
- Well then, let's look it up, how to launder money.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no.
They could be tracking us,
or put us on a watch list or something.
- All right, all right, I'm not-
- Crazy?
- I know I'm not
the sharpest tool in the garage, but I'm not that dumb.
- Well we could, we could open a car wash.
Remember, they did that in "Breaking Bad."
- What, because every small
town couple opens a car wash
overnight with $4 million?
Jack, that's not gonna be suspicious?
- We could open a bakery. You
know, everyone loves cupcakes.
You are addicted in fact, I
think you would just go crazy.
- 'Cause nothing says legitimate business
like two people with no education and no licenses
opening a bakery, that's not suspicious either?
- Well how about we just buy
a whole bunch of scratch tickets,
and then we can say that we won the lottery, big money.
A strip club makes lots of cash.
Let's say we circle back to this later.
- We can figure anything out.
- That's right.
- Even laundering money.
(soft expectant music)
- So you're telling me, you got nothing on my brother.
Someone's gotta know something.
This place ain't so big, now.
- Look, it'll take a little time.
Nothing stays hidden here too long.
If someone has the money,
hopefully they're still in town.
Something will show up.
- Well, I don't know about you Sheriff,
but hoping ain't no way I like to go about my business.
- I'll keep an eye out.
You know, folks around here
tend to mind their own business.
Don't go looking for nothing.
There's this guy Jack, deadbeat mechanic,
lives out on Elmwood in a trailer.
Now, Jack just got himself a new ride, fancy.
Nice ride, Jack.
Right outta nowhere. Business good?
- Ah, clocking in extra hours.
Sometimes you gotta treat yourself right.
- I find that strange.
- So what brings you by?
- Ah you know, a funny thing,
some money went missing around these parts.
A small fortune.
(soft uneasy music)
Wouldn't happen to know
anything about that, would you?
- Not a clue, no.
Just fixing cars, same as always.
- Now you be sure and let me know
if you hear anything, yeah?
- Will do Sheriff, you know, happy to help
your investigation any way I can.
- Yeah.
- All right.
All right, I gotta get back to work.
- Okay, that's it.
- Have a good one.
- Some guy bought a new car.
Well, what about them Graywater sons of bitches?
- I already asked my guy, he says no.
You wanna be double sure, you best ask him yourself.
- Well if there is something you're not telling me,
you better hope Mr. Sullivan
don't find out about that.
- Okay, sure thing Leon. Sure thing.
(tense uneasy music)
(thug screaming)
- I don't know anything, it was just a legit pick up.
- Of course you don't, what were we thinking?
- No, no, no. I swear, I don't
know nothing. (screaming)
J-Jason ran away.
No, no, they drove South, fuck, South Elmwood.
- Elmwood.
- Does that mean something?
- We'll find out.
(tense uneasy music)
- Ashley, we need to talk.
The whole town was asking
where Jack got the money for that new car.
- Mother, now is not a good time.
- And where you got all those fancy new things.
What is going on?
- Fine, let's go inside.
- Ashley, you need to listen to me.
Jack is no good for you, and he's dragging you down.
- Well I love him, and he's my husband,
so it's not something you can just fix.
- Marriage is a temporary condition, Ashley.
It can be changed.
I'll keep repeating myself, you deserve better.
- Why can't you just support us?
We're doing the best we can,
and Jack means the world to me, and he works real hard.
- Because I know where this leads, Ashley.
He is doing something other than fixing cars,
and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise.
- Well, I love him, and he's a good man.
He's just been struggling.
- (scoffing) He's been struggling ever since I met him.
He is not living up to his potential Ashley,
and he's dragging you down.
- Why can't you just see the good in him?
Why can't you see that he's trying?
- Ashley, I just wanna protect you.
You're not poor because you have no money,
you're poor because Jack can't get his shit together.
- Why would you say that?
You know we'll find a way Mama, we always do.
- Oh man, this backlog of work is killing us.
- Seems to be working out for you.
- It's just about-
- Yeah.
Just about a lot of hours.
Or maybe you're working for Mr. Sullivan.
- Sullivan, like the construction company?
- Construction, nightclub,
man the guy owns half the town.
You're trying to tell me that you didn't know
he was the guy for alternative work.
Man, you're either hella good at playing dumb,
or you're actually as dumb as you look.
- It's not easy Tom, right?
We're, we're trying to do it, the honest way.
- Some of us ain't making it work as well as you, Jack.
- We all got our struggles, okay?
I'll tell you what, I'll go down the street,
I'll get us lunch, all right? It's on me.
- What kinda lunch? I want a steak.
- The sandwich.
- The good stuff, though.
- Yeah.
(soft uneasy music)
(metal clanking)
- [Leon] Well, ain't that a nice ride?
- I'll say, that's my boy Jack's, he works like a dog.
- [Leon] He does, does he?
- I guess he gets all the best shifts.
- Yes he is.
Your buddy Jack the one that lives up in Elmwood?
- Yeah. Hey, can I do something for you?
Are you, you here to pick something up,
or drop something off, or?
- Just passing by.
(soft uneasy music)
- Billy, you know that guy?
- Him? Yeah, I've seen him around.
I think he works for Mr. Sullivan.
- Hmm.
- Did you see the sheriff's car outside?
This is the most active I've seen him in years.
And that car, people are talking.
I can't keep acting like everything's normal.
- Well, what are we gonna do, Jack?
- We gotta think, all right?
The sheriff isn't just driving around for fun.
He must have eyes on us.
And then this guy came into the shop,
asking about the car when I was out for lunch.
- Fuck, what?
- Maybe we've come too far, okay?
We need to revise the plan.
No more big purchases, we just,
we do not draw attention to
ourselves, lay low, blend in,
and don't run, 'cause if we run,
then they'll know we're guilty.
- Well, that was the plan
already, Jack. (sighing)
This is gonna be hard.
We finally have something,
we finally have the chance
to live the life we always wanted,
and now we have to hide it.
- We deserve this life, life has taken so much from us.
This is our chance to take it back, right?
- And what if it all falls apart?
What if we can't pull it off?
- We just need to keep our heads down, all right?
Screw these people, they'll
forget eventually, all right?
We've worked so hard for this, okay?
We can do this.
(soft uneasy music)
(insects chirping)
(sponge scraping)
(soft uneasy music)
- Jack.
- Mm-hmm?
- I think somebody's outside.
(soft tense music)
- Ash, turn the lights out.
Don't worry, don't worry.
It's probably some weirdo.
- Jack, I don't like this.
What if they're here because, do we call the police?
- It'll be okay. Look,
look they're leaving, see?
(soft tense music)
We're gonna be just fine, we're gonna be fine.
There's no way anybody knows
that we have the money, okay?
There's no way, it could be anywhere.
(Ashley sighing)
(dogs barking)
- Hey man, can I talk to you?
Look, it's no secret you've been living
pretty high on the hog lately, hmm?
You know the tools, the clothes,
the sheriff and that guy coming in here.
- This again, Tom? I don't know.
The sheriff's just doing his job, all right?
- Doing his job, man we both know cash like that
don't come from just working here.
Now you're in on something, and I want in.
- You're barking up the wrong tree, all right?
I'm not into anything.
- Man, I ain't judging, I'm not.
I'm just saying, if something opens up,
in whatever it is that you're into, cut me in.
- Look, there's nothing to take part in Tom, all right?
Drop it.
- (chuckling) Yeah, I'll drop it.
But if you change your mind, you know where to find me.
(insects chirping)
- Hi. What are you doing?
- What's it look like I'm
doing? Relaxing after work.
- You're drunk, aren't you?
- I'm not drunk, all right?
Just a couple sips, so don't freak out.
- I'm not freaking out, Jack.
It's not just the drinking, it's everything.
You've been different ever since
we found that goddam money.
The people in town are starting to talk.
And I can see it in their
eyes, they know something's up.
We can't live like this, I can't.
We shouldn't have, we should've never taken
that dirty money, Jack.
I can't do this, we gotta call the sheriff.
- Don't be stupid, Ashley.
What, what are you talking about, Ash?
Seriously, then we'd end up in prison, or worse?
We don't even know who owns that money, all right?
We don't know. There's
no way they know it's us.
- I don't wanna be here with you like this.
I'm gonna go to my mom.
- Like what, huh? Like what, like what?
- Jack, Jack, let me go.
(tense uneasy music)
There's someone outside, Jack.
- [Jack] Shut the door, close the blinds.
- This, all this is because of you, Jack.
That fucking car, what were you thinking,
buying something so flashy,
when we were supposed to be laying low?
Everybody in town's got their eyes on us now
because of it, they know something's up.
All because you couldn't keep it simple.
Look at us Jack, we're being hunted, being watched,
'cause you made a stupid fucking reckless decision.
I never wanted any of this, I never wanted the money.
But now I'm being pulled into your crap,
because you couldn't for five minutes
think about the consequences?
You think you're the only one feeling the pressure?
I never wanted any of this.
(tense uneasy music)
So how's work at the garage, Jack?
- Tom's been asking funny questions about the money.
I think he's getting suspicious.
- Well, he's not the only one.
Mama's been snooping around.
She's even more nosy than usual.
- You can't tell her Ash, not her.
Look, this is not just about
hiding the money, all right?
We gotta worry about our safety, too.
I think maybe we should get a gun.
- Do we really need a gun?
- Yeah Ash, you know how much I hate guns, right?
But I think it might be a good idea.
- I feel like everyone's watching us.
- No Ash, nobody's watching, all right?
They don't care about us.
We're just being paranoid.
Let's just finish up and get outta here, okay?
- Whatever you say, Jack.
- Look, I've been thinking of some ideas
to help cool things off a little bit, all right?
Like classic cars, some art,
maybe selling stuff online.
- What about crypto, have you thought about crypto?
You know what crypto is Jack? Crypto?
- Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no.
It's way too traceable, babe.
No, no, we need to keep it clean like art.
Don't worry, baby. I'll
take care of it, all right?
We're no good at being criminals, we have no practice.
But we're gonna learn along the way, okay?
- Ashley, I've noticed Jack's been coming home
with a lot more money lately.
You can't tell me he's been
making that much fixing cars.
- Well, I told you he was working hard for it,
you just weren't listening.
- Oh, and how exactly is he making this money?
Selling drugs, doing something illegal?
- He's a good man, Mama.
Just because we've always been struggling
doesn't mean he's doing something wrong now.
- A good man Ashley, you're kidding yourself.
There is no way he's making that much money at work.
- (scoffing) It's not like we've got millions of dollars.
I told you where it was coming from.
He's a good man, he's working hard.
- I just want what's best for you, Ashley.
I sure hope you're right about this.
- I am, I am.
- Ashley, is that you?
Well, goodness gracious.
Well, that purse is divine.
Did Jack mess up big time?
- No, he does everything just right.
- That's wonderful. My husband, useless.
But Ashley remember, no man
does everything just right.
- I'm real lucky to have Jack.
He's always so supportive.
- Hmm, well he must just have bags of money
sitting around, lucky you.
I just wonder, how did a mechanic
get such a big pay raise all of a sudden?
Are you still living in that trailer?
- What exactly are you trying to say?
- Quit being ugly. Well
it's just strange, is all.
I mean, it's not like you have a job.
- Well, I better be getting
back. You have a good day.
I can't keep up with all the lies anymore, Jack.
Every time somebody comments
on my new clothes, my heart stops.
- Yeah, I don't have any answers anymore.
- This money's gonna ruin us.
We can't spend it without everybody noticing,
and we can't keep it hidden forever, it's like a curse.
- We can start selling some stuff off,
small things, gradually.
Well, how do we explain all this?
Ash, we're being watched.
- Well, we need to do something.
We need to do it now Jack, we need to do it now.
- All right, if the sheriff comes back,
we tell him nothing, okay?
We stick to the plan, or we run.
I gotta get some air.
(insects chirping)
- You hanging in there okay, son?
- Yeah, just looking for some peace and quiet.
- Rough day, huh?
Listen Jack, if you need to
get something off your chest,
stop by the office anytime, I'm here to help you.
- How about you let me take care of it myself.
Is that okay with you, sir?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
There's a lot of talk going around town,
and I notice it myself.
There's something going on between you and Ashley.
Now sooner or later,
I'm gonna figure out what you're not telling me.
It'll go a lot smoother if you come clean now.
You think on that, huh?
(insects chirping)
(birds chattering)
(soft uneasy music)
(Jason coughing)
- What's up, Leon?
- I need to ask a favor.
It's about Jason, he's missing.
- I'm sorry to hear that.
- Need you to run
a blood sample for me.
I need to know if it's his blood, can you do it?
- [Chad] Okay, just don't come to my clinic.
I'll come meet you.
- Okay, thanks Chad.
(soft thoughtful music)
- Ashley, I've been just dying to talk to you.
Did you hear about Sarah's marriage?
It's in shambles, the poor thing.
- Yeah, it's rough. I can't imagine.
- You having a party tonight?
You know, all marriages go sour eventually.
It's only a matter of time.
- I hope not.
(soft thoughtful music continues)
- Well, don't you look fine, did you get that second hand?
- Jack's been working his ass off, so.
- So not fair.
- I guess I just got lucky this time.
- Take care, hon.
(knuckles knocking)
- You home? Ashley?
Ashley, you in there?
(cabinet creaking)
(objects clattering)
Oh, I don't like this one bit. (sighing)
Boy, boy.
(phone beeping and dialing)
Sheriff, we need to talk.
- [Dolion] So Ms. Janet,
what's on your mind?
- Well Sheriff, it's about my
daughter's wretched husband.
He is up to something.
- What makes you say that?
- Well, I found a jar with
$10,000 in cash in their kitchen.
You can't tell me he's making
that much money fixing cars.
And my daughter-
- Well-
- She don't even have a job yet.
- Well-
- Ever since I met that kid
I knew he was a good-for-nothing, low-down,
he's got nothing between the ears.
- Well I understand-
- I keep telling her,
she doesn't listen to me.
Sheriff, you got to do something about this.
- Well I, I'm trying right now,
but with just me and the deputy, you know.
- Well-
- I'm gonna do my best.
- I don't trust him either, I trust you though.
- Oh, all right.
So look, I'll, I'll look into him.
I'm, I promise I'll look into all that.
- Sheriff Dolion, Dolly,
put your hat down just for one more second.
How about I, I make you some of my special coffee?
- No, no really Janet, I, I'm coffeed up here right now.
I, I've been drinking coffee all morning, I'm speeding.
- I've got some other things I could-
- Ma'am, I-
- I can make for you.
How about something creamy?
- Listen-
- Something a little sugary in it?
- I'm-
- Something ice cold.
You look hot.
- I am hot, but-
- You wanna cool down?
- I have work to do.
- You know you want to,
Sheriff. It's been a long time.
- Look, I-I-I-
- You gotta do this-
- Life doesn't stop, I got, I got stuff to do.
- Well that you do, and I hope you do,
'cause he is, this guy-
- I will,
and I'll see myself out, now.
- Sheriff, he is a-
- Catch you later.
- I'm gonna call you.
- Hey, thanks.
- This is getting outta hand, Jack.
Everyone's jealous, everyone's suspicious.
I feel like something's gonna snap.
- All right, let's see.
We leave town, all right?
That's final, tomorrow, before things get any worse.
We can go into town, pick up some supplies
for the road, just leave.
- And then when we disappeared,
what, that's not obvious?
What if they come looking?
Where are we gonna go, Jack?
- I don't know. Ash.
If we stay here, things will get nasty, right?
Look, they don't have any proof, right?
We can leave the bags in the forest.
There's no way anyone's gonna find them there.
So what we, we bought a car, you got some new dresses?
That's not evidence.
If the sheriff had something else,
he would've arrested us by now, right, right?
Oh I don't know Ash, we gotta do something.
(soft thoughtful music)
Hey, hey, let's go grab a drink.
Let's just take five minutes
to chill off, we both need it.
I told you baby, everything's gonna be okay, right?
Wouldn't want to mystify
Too early for a drive through time
(glasses clinking)
(Ashley laughing)
- They make me sick.
- I just can't with it all.
I would like to know what their secret is, though.
Maybe she's been whoring herself out.
(friend laughing)
No, really.
- She is a butter face.
- Nice legs, though.
People pay good money for those legs.
- So my love, let's run away and never come back.
Where's the first place you're
taking me too huh, Paris?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
- Yeah, I like that.
We go up the Eiffel Tower and get drunk.
- Jack, we're fucking millionaires.
- Shh.
(Ashley and Jack chattering)
- How do you think they got the money?
- Shady business.
- Somebody's gonna hear you, stop.
Can you
- Jack.
Start a fire
- I think everything's gonna be all right.
Can you start a fire
when you light this
And it's so tragic, for a smile
Center in the back of my head
When I'm almost worth saying,
be without him for a while
- (laughing) Jack, just hold me.
(tense uneasy music)
Jack (laughing).
- Now, why don't you come and
take a seat over here with me.
(soft uneasy music)
And maybe the two of you can explain to me
what my brother's blood was doing in your driveway.
- We didn't kill him, I swear.
- No, no.
He just drove up, he was saying,
"No hospitals."
- "No doctor."
- He didn't wanna do it-
- Shh, shh, shh, shh.
See the trouble for you is,
even if I were to believe you,
that money you took weren't his.
And it don't belong to me, neither.
- It's Mr. Sullivan?
- Oh, he does have a couple of brain cells after all.
Wanna know something been bugging me, Jack?
How's a guy like you get a
beautiful woman like her? Mm?
(clock ticking)
(soft uneasy music)
I just can't for the life of me work it out.
You a Bible man, Jack?
I've never been much of a Bible man myself,
but I remember that one part, Luke I think it was.
"Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those
who sin against us.
"Let us not yield to temptation."
See, I can understand how a deadbeat guy like you,
with a beautiful wife, living out here
in this here trailer, money
like you never seen before
showed up on your doorstep,
how you might've given into temptation.
I can see that, but the first
bit, about the forgiveness,
I'm still trying to wrap my head around.
'Cause there's that other part in the Bible that says,
"An eye for an eye, and
a tooth for a tooth."
See, now that don't sound so forgiving to me.
So which is it? It's all just
so confusing, don't you think?
- Please.
- Well, that's probably why I've never been
much of a Bible man.
Now Mr. Sullivan, well he sure as hell
ain't no Bible man, I can tell you that.
Now something I learned is,
there's two categories of people.
One, simple pain is enough, and well, they'll tell you
pretty much anything you wanna know.
The other, well they don't start talking
till you make 'em watch someone they love
suffer in some horrible way.
I ain't found no third category yet.
Well, we ain't gotta worry about
none of that today, do we kids?
'Cause you're gonna tell me
where you hid that money right now, ain't you?
(soft uneasy music)
Ain't you?
- Sure.
(soft uneasy music continues)
Here, this is the last one.
- Now, set that down over there.
I'm in trouble
- Mister, please.
Don't know what I'll do
- Please, I promise.
We won't tell anybody.
Guess I'll keep waiting here for you
(Ashley crying)
I'm in trouble
And I don't know if I
Got what it takes to survive
- Drop the weapon.
To make it through
(gun clacking)
Will you be my hero
- I beg your pardon?
- You heard me just fine.
Now, drop the weapon.
Will you be my hero
Be my hero tonight
(gunfire blasting)
(Jack gasping)
- This town's been run by the wrong people for too long.
- You shot him.
- You stole money and buried a man.
- Sheriff, no.
- Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up, Jack.
Why do you have to do this?
Why do you have to do have any of this?
- Sheriff please, this is all-
- Shut up, shut up.
- Sheriff.
Ah just, oh.
- Jack.
- Sheriff no, please. You gotta save us.
- Why did you have to do this in my town?
Why did you have to stay here?
Why did you have to steal the money?
Why did you have to get involved?
- I, I'm sorry Sheriff, it just landed in our laps.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-
- I watched you two, I, I watched you two kids grow,
I know your kin.
There's only one way this is gonna end.
- Sheriff, we-
- Now look,
look at the fucking mess we got here.
- We didn't know.
- Just leave her outta this.
- You didn't know? Come on.
- I'm begging you.
Please Sheriff, please.
- Sorry you got yourselves in this.
I'll say goodbye to your Ma, Ashley.
- Sheriff, no, no. Please don't.
(tense uneasy music)
(Leon thudding)
- They're dead, they're both dead.
- Well, I think we clear on outta here.
Come on, come on. (groaning)
Ooh, just wanna run away
Ooh
(engine rumbling)
You can laugh, but it ain't so funny
When your back's up against the wall
Hit the road with a bag full of money
And I ain't coming back no more
You can laugh, but it ain't so funny
When your back's up
against the wall, ooh
I hit the road with
a bag full of money
And I ain't coming back no more
I just wanna run away
Wanna run away
(tense uneasy music)
I'm in trouble, don't
know what I'll do
Guess I'll keep waiting here for you
I'm in trouble, and I don't know if I
Got what it takes to
survive, to make it through
Will you be my hero
Be my hero tonight
Will you be my hero
Be my hero tonight
(thoughtful rock music)
(musician whistling)
(thoughtful rock music continues)
In my sense a false alarm
I've been thinking,
I don't understand it
What feels dark and lost
It's an honor to die,
to do honor to die
On time, baby
Got some headwinds
It was all the pesticides
If you want me, I'm trying
I'm not sent, I
wouldn't want to mystify
It's too early for
a drive through time
(thoughtful rock music)
(crew chattering)
(thoughtful rock music continues)
- Ready?
(gentle flourish music)