Straight On till Morning (2025) Movie Script
1
[eerie rumble]
[creepy childlike music]
The wheels on the
bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the
bus go round and round
All over town.
The horn on the
bus goes beep beep beep,
beep beep beep, beep beep beep
The horn on the
bus goes beep beep beep
All over town.
The baby
on the bus goes wah wah-
[tire pops]
[brakes squeal]
[car door slams]
[footsteps]
[lonely wind blows]
[HIPPIE JOE sings with the
radio] I ain't got no worries
In my life.
I ain't got no trouble
No stress, no strife
No need to complain
Won't change a thing
Rolling with the punches, yeah
Day by day
You know...
It's probably a girl.
I mean, a mother knows, right?
Then I ought to paint the room pink.
Yeah, but what if it's a boy?
Well...
Might have him some issues,
A boy with a pink room.
[laughs]
Here.
Lil', no, your dress.
No, come on, a little pregnant
belly is no reason to sit on the
sidelines.
Because I believe the faith,
you see, for all to Jah I pray.
Brrap bap! Oh!
Oh man!
Come on!
I got to fix the car.
No!
I got to fix the car.
[laughs] All right, I got to...
More on this later.
Nothing can hold me down
As sure as the rising sun
[ominous music]
Lil', hand me the tire iron.
Hold on.
[ ominous music swells]
Got you.
Whoa!
[music stops]
You son of a bitch!
God damn you!
LILLY!
[droning ominous music]
[car horn grows louder]
[dramatic music]
[piercing car horn]
No!
No, no, no, no, no!
No!
[rapid heartbeat circles]
God!
God!
Lilly!
Lilly!
[heartbeat slows]
LILLY!
[blood drips]
[dark, industrial rock song starts]
Beautiful at last
Look at you now
Beautiful at last
Sleep just to dream
Living for love
Your beating heart
Still struggling to find
The kiss of your life
Beautiful at last
Will you ever know?
Beautiful at last
You're beautiful at last
The kiss of your life
Beautiful at last
[muffled bar music]
[crowd chatters]
[slide on guitar string]
My time is short
Yeah, I'm barely here
Should I wait for what I fear?
Should I break out?
Should I seek alone?
Should I go into the unknown?
Because life
could be a great journey
Or not at all
Strong and free
Like a rootless tree
If I stay, what would I be?
I close my eyes
And I can see it all
I can climb or I can crawl
Because life
could be a great journey
[stadium crowd cheers]
Or not at all
[song continues as
lively driving music...]
(DANI) I will seek. I
will chase. I will never rest
Till my body
has drawn its last breath
To explore, to draw
near, I will face my fears
I'm coming for you!
I will learn from
the blood and the tears
I will make the most of my years
Life could be a great journey...
[shop bell clangs]
[Darrel] Don't ignore me, okay?
Just talk to me, that's all I want.
Just talk.
Please leave.
There, I talked.
I already said I was sorry, okay?
Okay?
Just need time to think.
How can I help you?
I'll be back.
What can I get for you?
King sized coffee to go, please.
That's it?
Yeah.
A little late for coffee.
You a trucker or something?
No. Just
been driving all day.
Hitting St. Louis tonight, and
ultimately going all the way to LA.
California, eh? Got
friends or something out there?
I don't know a soul.
Where you going to
stay when you get there?
Beats me.
You're just going out to LA
with no idea how you'll land?
Straight on till morning.
You might be my hero.
I wish I could do that:
just get up and fly away.
Um, what do I owe you?
[soft guitar music plays]
Tell you what, on me.
Come on, seriously.
Seriously, nothing.
For the vicarious
rush I just got from you,
the least I could do is
comp you a cup of coffee.
Well, okay.
Thank you... Kaitlin.
I'm Dani Dupree.
Well, Da-
[soft guitar music continues]
Good luck.
(DANI)
White sand and palm trees...
Hero.
A tropical breeze blowing in
From the glowing blue ocean
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems
to move in slow motion
But my paradise
Is ten times as nice
Been traveling for awhile
[shop bell clangs]
Back from L.A. already?
[soft guitar music continues]
I thought I'd give you this...
As a thank you for the coffee.
I know it's a
CD, but it's all I got.
Thank you, Dani Dupree.
I'm honored.
Anyway, just a little token.
Well, guess I better be rambling on.
Well, Dani Dupree, take me with you,
and there's a free slice
of pie in there for you too.
(DANI) And after the
final mile [ shop bell clangs ]
Of this road
I'll see you--
[shop bell clangs]
[door bell rings]
No fucking way.
Yes, fucking way!
No fucking way
Yes, fucking way.
Dani "Fucking" Dupree
Michael "Fucking" Bruno.
Hey!
Shouldn't have cut your hair, huh?
Yeah, you should
get better highlights.
You shouldn't be so
cheap and go to the barber.
Mike, honey, what is all the noi--?
No fucking way!
[laughs]
Oh my gosh!
What the hell are you doing here?
Sunset Strip.
[laughs]
Just like we always said.
Don't even think about it. I didn't.
I just got in my car, and I drove...
and I am telling you it feels great.
It's total "Thunder Road".
But wait, isn't this the
night that you drank way too much
and you kept dropping your sticks?
Jager.
Press Room, right?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Because the press room was when
Dani did the epic knee slide
right off the stage.
Rock and roll, bitches!
And that smoking on
Redhead threw her panties at you.
Just...
As if that was the only time.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Dani Dupree, Ladyslayer...
Yeah, right.
Okay!
Sunset Strip.
You, you, and me.
What do you say?
It was a good dream.
No fucking way.
Guys.
[city street sounds]
[upbeat barbershop quartet
music plays]
[shop bell clangs]
Excuse me, is Kaitlin here?
No, I think she clocked
out about 20 minutes ago.
Okay.
Thank you.
California's that way.
Me thinks you're
going around in circles.
I forgot something.
What's that?
You.
Things one will do
for a free slice of pie.
May I suggest the Triple Berry?
I'm being completely serious.
Me too.
Triple Berry's the shit.
Oh...
You're actually being serious.
What's your angle here, sister?
You said that you wished that
you could just get up and fly away.
So I got to thinking,
why the hell can't she?
Otherwise, next thing you know,
it's gonna be nine years later.
You're stuck behind the
same counter asking yourself,
"Why didn't I just go?"
You want me to just walk out that
door and go to Los Angeles with you?
What do you say?
And does that offer extend to
my husband and two daughters?
Oh, shit.
I didn't actually foresee that.
Shit.
Gotcha.
No kids, no husband.
[lively driving music]
No one.
Let's go.
Wait, just like that?
Yes!
I'm calling your bluff, sister.
Straight on till morning, right?
What?
Let's go!
[shop bell clangs]
[music ends]
[cicadas buzzing]
[door shuts]
[snoring]
[clothes rustle]
[floor creaks]
[ominous music]
[bag zipped]
[ominous music]
K-Bug.
What the hell?
[lively rock and roll music starts]
Go!
Kaitlin! Stop!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
No!
Hey, hey!
[slams car]
You.
Turn it off, bitch!
Get out of the car, goddamn it!
I will find you!
I will find you!
Woooooooo!
Fuck!
I need eyes on a red Jeep Cherokee
license plate "Dupree 3",
Maine license plate "Dupree 3".
[tires peel through mud]
[lively rock and
roll driving music starts]
Ah, C Chicago!
G Chicago, H Chicago, I Chicago.
You can't use the
same word that I used.
I just can't use the
same letter for the same word.
Not the way I play. One letter per
word per sign no matter how many
players are playing.
Okay, really? Did you write the
official rule book for the
alphabet game?
It's just so
happens I did, smarty pants.
Hey, you, play me something.
How about, "Road to Your Smile"?
You listened to my CD?
So the Dupree 3 is now the Dupree 1.
They were more my
family than my actual family.
We vowed to be touring the
world by the time we were 30,
but we never left
home to make it happen.
White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze
Blowing in from
the glowing blue ocean
I had some of the best
times of my life with that dude.
Now, really ever since he did his
time, I felt like stuck with what
was left.
Really, the only
thing "stucking" me was me.
It's like love is this
wasteland where dreams go to die.
Wow!
I'm just saying, they gave up
the thing that feeds their soul
for love.
What is that about?
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool.
Time seems
to move in slow motion
Play it, Sam!
Truth is, I could have
rewritten my life at any time.
I mean, look at this.
Look at us!
Yesterday I thought stuff like this
only happened in "Thunder Road".
You dig The Boss?
Am I American?
Come on.
Are you real?
Far as I know.
Um...
We should
probably get back on the road.
What, we're on a schedule now?
No, just, uh-
Oh my God, you're shy!
No, I'm not shy.
-That's adorable!
-No, I am not shy. I am not shy.
Did you write it for someone?
Kind of.
What do you mean, "kind of"?
When I wrote it,
I hadn't met her yet.
(KAITLIN)
Who says you have to choose between
domestication and
"RockStar-ification" anyway?
That's like...
the lamest rule ever.
Did you write the official
rule book on domestication?
Obviously, I'm the master of--
[phone rings]
Can you pull off?
Nature's calling.
Oh, that's who keeps calling.
[phone rings]
You could block him.
Dani...
Yeah.
Thank you.
For?
Bringing me along.
I've never been anywhere.
I just...
I don't know what's gonna happen
when we get to California but...
this is a new
beginning for me and...
I don't want any baggage--
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
[laughing]
Whew.
[soft piano music]
(DANI)
White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze blowing in
From the glowing blue ocean.
[raindrops]
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems to move in slow motion.
[car door]
But my paradise
Is ten times as nice
Thank you.
Been traveling for a while
Styling.
[laughing]
Obviously, I only
packed the essentials.
The end of this
road leads to your smile.
[rain on car roof]
Hell of a storm, eh?
Cats and dogs.
Imagine if it literally
rained cats and dogs.
Just try to wrap
your head around that.
Actual cats and
dogs falling from the sky,
so it's not like they'd
just get up and scamper away.
They'd splatter like water balloons.
Dani...
You can look at me.
[kissing]
[ LOUD thunder]
First base is the easy part, right?
Second base.
Wait.
What's a home run?
You know, when there's no...
bat?
[low thunder]
[kissing]
[clothes rustling]
[romantic music plays]
[kissing sounds]
[heavy breathing]
[laughs]
[moaning]
[ THUNDER ]
What the fuck?
Shit, was that too much?
Get the fuck outta here!
What the fuck is that?
[engine knocks]
Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.
Bullshit!
Do you have any weapons?
I've never been in a fight before.
Hit him hard.
Eyes, nose,
or nuts, that'll drop him.
Fuck this.
I'm calling the cops, asshole!
(DANI) Hello?
Hello?
Please, you have to help us.
We're trapped at the
Rifle Creek Rest Area.
It's a red Jeep Cherokee
The license plate...
[glass shatters]
[screaming]
[ punch lands ]
[chain rattles]
[door slams in Kaitlin's face]
[siren blaring]
[car skids to a stop]
Stop!
Police!
Freeze!
Ma'am, are you all right?
Are you injured?
It's okay.
It's all right, you're safe.
Oh shit.
Okay, okay. I
got you. I got you.
Ma'am, what's your name?
Can you tell me your name?
Do you know what day it is?
Answer my question.
Where are you headed?
Can you tell me her name?
What is your relationship?
Is she your sister?
Is she your friend-- ?
All right,
I'm gonna go get something
that'll make
both of you more comfortable
and radio for an ambulance.
Dispatch, this is Sheriff Robinson.
Perpetrator has left the scene.
Situation at the
rest area is secure.
Over.
Relax, just relax.
Stop it!
Don't fight.
It's already over.
[chain rattles]
[thunder rolls]
[muffled clock strikes]
[groans]
[chain rattles]
[body hits floor]
[Muffled through gag] Kaitlin!
Kaitlin!
Wake up.
Wake up.
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
[ Kaitlin coughs]
[ Kaitlin grunts ]
[muffled cries]
[door opens]
[ominous footsteps]
Come here.
Hustle up, pink lady.
[chain falls]
[muffled cries]
(Muffled)
Help me please!
Help me!
Help!
Sit properly.
Calm yourself.
Now...
if you promise not to make a fuss,
I'll take off that gag.
Do you promise?
There, that feels
much better, doesn't it?
If you behave, I'll tell Rubin
that we don't need
that for you anymore.
Would you like that?
And I must
apologize for my son's behavior.
He stepped out of line.
Of course, though...
now that I see you...
I can see why he did.
In order for us to proceed, I
do have a few questions to ask you,
which you are
gonna answer truthfully.
If you behave otherwise
I can't rightly fathom what
might happen to your friend.
Now that we got an understanding
I'm going to ask you some
questions, and I am confident
you will answer honestly.
Where are you from?
Illinois.
The whole state?
Small town,
North Park, just near St. Louis.
You've never heard of it.
Is that where your family lives?
Speak up, dear.
I don't bite.
My parents died in a
car accident when I was nine.
You...
You truly, truly have my sympathies.
Siblings?
Just me.
I'm an only child too.
Hmm.
And that Danielle girl,
how long have you known her?
We go way back to high school.
We just met.
You often go
on big cross country trips
with people you just met?
That doesn't sound smart.
Is that smart?
I don't know.
But she has Maine plates.
She moved.
Why?
To... to be
a rock star.
[ Rubin laughs mockingly ]
Say, if I was to ask you to...
teach me to play like
Springsteen, would you?
Yeah, okay.
I'd need my hands free though.
Class ain't in session yet, darling.
[ guitar sounds ]
Still a few things
I need to figure out.
Like for instance.
Rubin told me he saw Danielle
kissing you when you were
unconscious.
Are you okay with that?
With...
what?
Are you okay with your
friend taking advantage of you
while you were unconscious-- ?
She wasn't taking advantage of me--
You're saying that you
like being kissed by her.
Why does that- ?
I ask the questions around here!
Do you like kissing girls?
No.
No, I would never say that.
Dani isn't... gay.
Yes, but I d-
What did I say about being truthful?
I'm sorry.
Yes, she likes women.
How do you look at
yourself in the mirror...
when you are so...
wrong?
You don't deserve to wear this.
Now, Kaitlin...
does she share your ways?
No, no, not me.
She's straight as an arrow.
I have a husband in Illinois.
Oh really?
Well that sounds like family.
Yes, that's, um.
We're estranged.
So you decided to
sin with that Danielle girl.
You were nearly naked together,
which tells me that you
are currently lying to me again!
That is two strikes, young lady.
I thought I made it very clear...
You're not stuck like this, are you?
Are you?!
No, that was my first time.
I was born this way.
It was a mistake.
Thank you, my dear,
for being truthful.
To confess and forsake
your sins, that is very, very brave.
Now...
I have someone that I
would like you to meet properly.
Virgil, you may come in now.
[chan rattles]
No, no, no, no, no!
Please don't judge him.
He didn't choose
to be born this way.
Virgil, show the lovely
lady what you have for her.
You are refusing his gift.
[Kaitlin yelps in pain]
No!
- Good boy, Virgil. Stop the
bleeding. - [gross slurping sounds]
I'll go and get a band-aid.
You two, behave.
[gross slurping sounds]
[doorbell]
Not a peep.
Downstairs.
Take your woman with you
and be quiet.
Are you expecting anyone?
Not a soul.
Better not be Deputy Ryan
dropping off a fruitcake again.
[doorbell]
[Kaitlin whimpers]
[flips switches]
[panicked screams]
(RUBIN)
Afternoon.
(DARREL) Sorry to bother you on a
Saturday. My name is Darrel Jenkins.
[muffled scream]
What can we do for you?
You're Sheriff Robinson, right?
I am.
What can we do for you?
I'm looking for a couple gals.
My wife and a friend of hers,
My fellow long haulers
were "scannering" last night,
and they said they heard about a
couple gals in a Red Jeep Cherokee.
They're having trouble off the
Riffle Creek Rest Area on Highway 6.
Yeah, I went by the station this
morning to see if it might have
been them, and... um...
Deputy Ryan...
said that the report hadn't
been filed yet, but that you--
You don't have
her cell phone number?
It's going straight to voicemail.
I mean, it's
probably just dead battery.
She's always been bad
at the practical stuff like that.
Aren't they all?
Watch it.
I am worried... about her.
See, we...
See, we kind of had a fight.
And I just...
And I...
I'm just worried that
I, that I scared her off.
You know, she's the only
good thing I have in this world.
I understand. There is nothing,
nothing in this world stronger
than love.
I know it's a long shot, but do you
have any idea what direction they
were headed?
If you got yourself a map,
I bet we could figure it out.
Thank you.
I know if Lilly was off out on the
road somewhere, I'd be worried sick.
[door closes]
Darrel?
Darrel!
Darrel!
Help!
[stomps]
Darrel!
Help!
Darrel!
Darrel!
Darrrel!
[bars clank]
[bars clank]
Darrel!
Darrel!
Darrel!
DARREL!
DARREL!
HELP!
Virgil, bring her up!
HELP!
DARREL!
HELP!
DARREL!
DARREL!
HELP!
DARREL!
DARREL!
HELP, DARREL!
Is my wife in your house?!
Yes.
DARREL!
HELP!
Yes!
Yes!
[door slams]
Lil', honey, our guests would like--
Drop your gun!
K-Bug, what the hell?
Release Rubin, or I will--
Shut the fuck up!
Send Kaitlin over here,
or I will
blow your husband's brains--
[brutal chain crunch]
[Darrel grunts in pain]
No, Virgil!
(RUBIN)
Not in the yard!
[brutal impact]
People can see!
(LILLY)
Put on those cuffs.
[cuffs tighten]
(LILLY) Virgil!
[brutal impact]
(LILLY)
Virgil, come here!
[bloody thud]
(RUBIN)
You want to be locked up tonight?
(RUBIN) Do not make
me lock you in the tower.
[bloody thud]
Oh my God!
[chokes on blood]
(RUBIN)
He's dead!
It's over.
He's dead!
(LILLY)
Bad boy!
(blood drips)
[VIRGIL growls]
[front door slams]
[ominous footsteps]
[chain rattles]
[growls]
No! No!
Get off me! Get off!
No, no!
You have to wait!
You have to wait!
Get off me!
Rubin! He's
out of control!
Rubin!
Rubin!
Get off!
Virgil, calm down, Virgil!
Virgil, calm down!
[Katilin pants]
Hush, little
baby, don't say a word
Mama's
gonna buy you a mockingbird
If that mockingbird don't sing
Mama's gonna
buy you a diamond ring.
There, there.
You'll have her soon enough.
[door creaking]
[cuffs tighten]
You killed that man!
That man is dead, because you...
can't...
keep quiet!
If I hear one word
out of either of you...
[shotgun cocks]
[door locks]
Kaitlin...
Kaitlin...
What did they do to you?
Kaitlin.
Get the fuck away from me!
I never should have
come with you, you bitch!
[Kaitlin cries]
White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze
Blowing in...
From the glowing blue ocean
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems to move...
in slow motion
[sniffles]
(KAITLIN) But my paradise
(KAITLIN) Is ten times as nice
[clock strikes]
11:30.
I haven't heard
anything for a few hours.
They must be asleep.
[cuffs clicking]
Have you ever
even picked a lock before?
Holy shit!
How did you learn?
Darrel taught me.
I know...
Last person I
expected to save the day.
He was no saint,
but he didn't deserve that.
[cuffs unlock]
No one does.
I can think of a few people.
(fingernail breaks)
Shit.
If we could just find
something, like a dime or something.
[head thuds]
You try. You try.
Harder.
Harder.
It's okay.
I'd have given my whole
hand to have that thing off.
[door rattles]
Together.
[crickets chirping]
(ominous music)
There's a balcony just below us.
If I can get down there...
find some keys and come let you out.
How?
If you lower me
down as far as you can...
And then?
I let ten years of
gymnastics kick in.
[chain rattles]
[Kaitlin gasps]
Dani.
Dani.
I'm here.
[ door pops ] Sure,
if Virgil can behave himself.
Today was too close.
I'll check all the smoke and mirrors
and make sure nobody else shows up.
I keep thinking that Virgil
has learned to control his temper,
and then
something like this happens?
[floor creaks]
You think that a night in the
tower will be enough penance?
It's hard to say anymore.
Well, I hope it's not
gonna be another week.
It's only a matter of time before
the mercy we have been shown
will be--
He was defending his family.
How can that be wrong?
Is it our fault?
Are we bad parents?
No, no, no, no, no.
We do what's necessary for our son.
Dear Lord...
We know that Virgil has
done wrong, and he knows it too.
He will kneel before you
tonight and every night and
beg for forgiveness.
Please show him mercy.
He has suffered so
much in this life already.
But we don't just ask,
we thank you for answering our
prayers with Kaitlin.
We pray that
she grows to love Virgil,
and give us the
strength to be the loving family
that she's never had.
We ask for your
guidance with what to do
about that Danielle girl.
Do you want us to
show her the right path?
Did you want us to punish her?
Is she just a backup for
Kaitlin if Kaitlin doesn't...?
- All this we pray in Jesus' name.
- ...We pray in Jesus' name.
- Amen.
- Amen.
You think it's a good idea to reward
Virg so soon after his outburst?
He might think that
that's the reason he gets her.
Well, he hasn't had
a woman in two years.
I know how you get after two days.
And what pray tell does that mean?
You know, featherbrain.
(LILLY)
Show me what he did to her.
(RUBIN) Well, Virgil
started off listening to his parents
like a good boy, went inside
where Miss Pretty was restrained.
(LILLY)
And then what?
(RUBIN) Then, little Virg throws
Miss Pretty on the table. [ bed
springs creak ]
(LILLY)
Oh, God, and then what?
(RUBIN)
Then he grabbed her.
(LILLY) Yeah?
(RUBIN) And he started taking
control. [ bed springs squeak]
(LILLY)
And what did she say?
(RUBIN)
She said, "Get off me, get off me."
Say it, say it, say it.
(LILLY)
Get off me, get off me.
(RUBIN)
Yeah, yeah.
(LILLY MUFFLED)
Get off me. Get off me.
(LILLY)
Wait, wait, wait.
(RUBIN)
What? What?
(LILLY)
Get the harness.
Oh, yes ma'am.
[footsteps. Rubin giggles]
(LILLY) I put it under
the bed for easy access.
(RUBIN)
Good thinking.
[ hammer strikes ]
What are you doing?
Come here!
Kaitlin!
[pound on door]
Kaitlin!
Fucking psycho!
[punches]
[Kaitlin gasps for air]
Nothing to her
face or her naughty bits.
We don't want to
spoil her for Virgil.
[crickets chirping]
[tense music]
Son of a bitch.
[hammer swings] [Dani screams]
[body hits the ground with a CRUNCH]
[SLAM!]
Fuck you!
Oh no!
[door locks]
Rubin, have you
locked them up already?
Are you putting your tools away?
Please don't give me
the silent treatment again.
[gun on floor]
[door creaks]
[guitar clangs]
Dani, Dani.
Dani.
[muffled cry]
[door opens]
(LILLY)
Are you out here?
Rubin, please talk to me.
Fine.
[door closes]
[worst leg breaking sound ever]
[leg cracking]
[painful crack]
(DANI)
Again, again.
[leg cracks]
[BIG crack]
We don't know how far we have
to walk, or even where we're going.
Then we drive.
Don't go anywhere.
No problem.
Fuck!
Hello?
Hello, is anyone there?
We need help.
[static]
This is a police channel.
Identify yourself.
I'm Kaitlin Sanbourne.
Me and my friend
were kidnapped by Sheriff...
Rubin and his wife, Lilly.
They already killed my husband,
and my friend's hurt really bad.
Please send help.
Slow down, ma'am... what?
We need to send help now.
They're going to kill us.
Ma'am, calm down.
I can dispatch an officer
if you tell me where you are
I'm at Sheriff Rubin's.
Surely you have his fucking address.
Yes, ma'am,
I am aware of the Sheriff's address,
this is all hard to believe.
I'll dispatch an
officer immediately.
[clock striking over CB]
- He'll be there in 20 minutes.
[clock striking]
[door slides]
Rubin! Rubin,
where are you?
[crack]
[pant tear]
[gasps]
[door rattles open]
[keys rattle]
Keys, keys, keys.
Damn it.
[ominous music
[keys rattle]
[gasps]
[acid bubbles]
[coughs]
[acid bubbles]
Darrel?
[BANG!]
[knee to groin]
[acid sizzling]
[chain rattles]
[grunting]
[grunting]
God...
he forgives you.
He forgives you.
I...
I forgive you.
[Virgil sighs]
[Virgil rages]
Rubin?
Rubin!
[bars fall]
[crack]
Rubin, wake up, wake up!
Please, Rubin, please, wake up!
Please, wake up!
[keys rattling]
Please, Rubin.
[keys fall] No!
Please, please.
[click]
Come on.
It's okay, you just have
to push down on the clutch.
Please tell me you
know how to drive stick.
Can't be that hard, can it?
Promise you anything, please.
For me.
Push down on the far
left pedal, then put it in gear.
Now you can turn the key.
[truck starts]
[truck stalls]
No, no, no, no. No,
you can't let off the clutch.
You have to leave your foot down.
[truck starts]
You wanna slowly let off the clutch
while you push down on the gas.
[engine revs]
[truck stalls]
No!
[truck starts]
[truck stalls - Dani's leg cracks]
Fuck!
(RUBIN) Get out!
Shit!
Kaitlin
[truck starts]
You have to run for it.
It took me days to learn stick.
[truck stalls] Kaitlin!
[truck starts] You can outrun him!
Go!
For fuck's sake!
Go, Kaitlin!
Kaitlin!
[truck stalls]
Get out!
[keys ding in ignition]
[torch blows]
Where's Dani?
What'd you do with her?
[Kaitlin grunts]
[Kaitlin cries out]
[Kaitlin cries out]
[Kaitlin cries out]
[Kaitlin cries out]
(LILLY)
You did a real number on yourself.
[crack]
[crack]
(RUBIN)
Everything's taken care of.
What does that mean?
Where's Kaitlin?
Haven't you learned yet
that things go a lot better for you
if you keep your goddamn...
mouth shut?
[CRACK!]
[Dani screams
offscreen] [Kaitlin cries]
[body hits the floor]
[chain rattles]
[door closes]
[sniffiling]
When we get to California...
we won't
stop until we hit the ocean,
and we'll find a
nice, quiet patch of beach.
We'll lay there all day.
and all night.
And I'm gonna take you
shopping on Rodeo Drive.
Buy you the most beautiful dress
and take you to eat
at the nicest restaurant.
With champagne.
The best champagne.
And you'll be the
star of the Sunset Strip.
The biggest thing since Springsteen.
You'll get discovered by
the hottest agency in town.
Every magazine in the country
is gonna want you on the cover.
We'll throw the fanciest parties.
Pool parties.
In our mansion.
In the Hills.
And we'll party
straight on till morning.
You bet we will.
My hero.
I'm so...
sorry.
[bacon sizzles]
(LILLY)
Come on, rise and shine.
Well, now that everyone's awake,
won't somebody say grace?
Kaitlin.
I don't really...
My family wasn't very religious.
Your new one is.
Just do the best you can, dear.
God bless us... for this food.
No, uh bless this food... that
we have so graciously been blessed
to have at this time.
Amen.
Amen.
That needs a little work, but
there'll be plenty of time for that.
Dig in.
(LILLY)
Aw, look at that.
What's yours is
hers, and hers is yours.
Go on, hon, take a bite.
He's mommy's little miracle.
Rubin and I, we were
just so young and so in love...
We just couldn't wait.
Not her business, Lil.
She's almost family now.
If the Lord can
forgive us our transgressions,
then I'm sure she can.
Right, dear?
You see...
The Lord punished
us with our accident.
Doctors said that
Virgil's chances of surviving
were less than 1%,
so I prayed, and I prayed.
And I promised that I would love
my baby to the ends of this earth,
that I would give it the
best life I could no matter...
no matter what
sacrifices I had to make.
And you know what?
The Lord reached down and laid his
hands on Virgil and gave him life.
And he has grown up to be
the most beautiful young man.
[Kaitlin gags] You two
are just gonna be so perf-
[plate falls]
Now that wasn't very polite.
Fuck you.
What did you just say?
I said, fuck you!
She's had enough!
Dani, shut up.
[Dani screams]
Apologize to my wife.
Fuck you, fuck her,
and fuck your mutant son!
Dani, say you're sorry!
Is she right?
Are you sorry?
FUCK YOU!
[bacon sizzling]
[bacon sizzling]
(footsteps)
We agreed, not Kaitlin.
[smacks] Shut up!
[Virgil grunts]
- No, Virg, no.
Virg, stop it.
Virgil, no.
Virgil, not your father.
Son, you give them too much leash
and they will walk all over you.
You show them
you're the man of the house,
and you will earn
their love and respect--
You fucks don't know
the first thing about love.
You have no idea what I've done...
because I love my family.
This isn't love,
you stupid piece of shit.
A girl who lies with other girls
is not gonna lecture me about love.
At least mine is real.
Really?
Prove it.
Either you drink this,
or I'm gonna give Little Miss Pretty
here a facelift with it.
[screams]
No. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You
made you made your point. Just stop!
You seem confused about your place.
Let this sink in:
Your pretty
voice or her pretty face,
and you have 10 seconds to decide.
10...
9...
8... Not so
mouthy now, are you?
- 7...
- I'm sorry, sorry. Lilly,
- 6...
- Lilly, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
5...
Dani, you don't have to do this.
4...
Goddamnit, you made your point!
- 3...
- Just stop, please!
2...
1...
No! Give it-
Give it, give it to me.
[bacon sizzling]
Not such a pussy after all.
No, please don't hurt her!
You can't do this.
[bacon sizzling]
Thank you, dear.
[bacon sizzling]
[horrific gargling]
[coughing]
[spits up]
[somber music with women's voices]
I know this
is terribly uncomfortable,
but I have good news for you.
We won't be needing
it for very much longer.
Spread please.
[lock clicks heavily]
(LILLY)
Beautiful, isn't it?
I don't think it'll fit.
Oh, don't worry,
you will fill it out soon enough.
(RUBIN) Your mother is
gonna be so proud of you.
She loves it when you dress up.
My wedding day.
Oh, Rubin looked
so handsome in his tux.
I bet you looked very nice too.
How sweet of you.
I was really
something in those days.
Quite the stunner,
as we used to say.
And then...
But Rubin has stuck by me all these
years and loved me for who I am.
Decent people see
past others limitations.
He's very noble.
He's a prince.
Then why does he hit you?
Don't be silly.
You two girls just made him upset.
He lost his temper this one time.
It's not just this once.
No, you're imagining things.
Am I?
You don't have to live like this.
You can get out of here.
Start a new life.
We all can.
Look at you...
a real stunner.
You are going to make
the perfect daughter-in-law.
You don't have to do this.
I do not wanna hear
another word of this nonsense.
A woman knows her place.
I'm a person.
Not another word.
(RUBIN)
Oh, oh, oh.
You do have an artistic eye, son.
I know you're excited,
but will you please be gentle?
We want this one to last.
Can I ask a really big favor?
A wedding gift, if you will?
Anything, dear.
Can you take Dani to the hospital?
She's in really bad shape,
and you don't need her here.
You have me now.
And I'm not going anywhere.
Oh, sweetheart.
After your honeymoon with Virgil,
you are never gonna
think of that silly girl again.
["Here Comes The Bride" piano music]
We gather here to witness the union
of a man, a woman,
and the Lord himself.
Today, Virgil Robinson takes
Kaitlin Sanbourne in Holy Matrimony.
Virgil, the ring.
[Virgil grunts]
[skin tears]
As God spoke it best
to Paul in the good book,
Love is patient. Love is kind.
Love does not envy.
It does not boast.
It is not proud. It
does not dishonor others.
It keeps no record of wrongs.
It always protects, always forgives,
always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
Virgil.
Do you take this
woman, Kaitlin, to love and cherish
for better or worse
till death do you part?
[snorts]
Kaitlin, do
you take this man, Virgil,
to love and cherish for better
or worse till death do you part?
I do.
By the power vested
in me, I now pronounce you
Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Robinson.
Son, you may kiss the bride.
[mask squeaks open]
[quickened breath]
[gross kissing sounds]
[snorts]
[mask squeaks closed]
Well, let's get a picture, you two.
[poloroid snaps]
[Virgil breathes loudly]
(LILLY) Play something
beautiful for the honeymoon, please.
(RUBIN)
And don't stop till I tell you to.
[Dani plays "Road
to Your Smile" offscreen]
You behave, she lives another day.
[piano music]
So proud of you.
Treat her right and
give me a grandchild.
- [Virgil grunts] - No!
[Kaitlin pants]
Let's go- Virgil?
Let's go slow, okay?
Make it special.
We have all the time in the world.
[piano music continues...]
Mile after mile
The end of this road
Leads to--
[belt falls]
[piano music stops]
[dramatic music]
[gunshot]
But I behaved!
I behaved!
[grunts]
[tackles]
[floor creaks]
[flesh tears]
[blood oozes]
[Rubin gurgles]
[coughs blood]
[Kaitlin screams]
[uncuffs]
Get off me!
You psycho!
[tension music builds...]
[Kaitlin yells]
[gun clicks]
[Virgil grunts]
[headbutt]
[head hits]
[chain rattles]
[headbutt]
[Virgil growls]
[Kaitlin gasps]
Virgil...
Virgil...
I...
love...
you.
[bed squeaks]
[Virgil growls]
[bloody squish]
[ragged coughs]
[keys rattle]
[bone crunches]
[stab] [scream]
Get that shackle and put it on her
and Don't. [flesh tears]
Fuck.
[flesh tears]
With.
[flesh tears]
Me! [flesh tears]
Virgil, hold.
It's okay, baby.
I'll make it all better.
I'll make it all better.
I will fix you all up.
And we'll find someone who is...
worthy of your love. [flesh
tears - scream]
Hold baby, you'll get your chance.
You'll get your chance.
Hold, baby.
[nose breaks]
[Virgil roars - chain rattles]
[concerned grunting]
Make me proud.
[tension drum music]
[panting]
[door knob rattles]
[keys jingle]
Dani.
[Virgil screams]
Dani, we gotta go!
[chain swooshes]
[chain swooshes]
No, no!
[hits]
[scream and tumble down stairs]
[heavy impact]
[metal clang]
[chain rattles]
[music swells]
[painful grunts]
[chain rattles]
[heavy impact]
[gasps]
[grunting with effort]
[dress tears]
[chain rattles]
[clangs pipe]
[chain sounds]
[straining sounds]
[Virgil cries]
[hard hit]
[flesh tears - Virgil screams]
[chain slides]
[neck snaps]
[blood drips]
(LILLY)
Virgil, did you get them?
I heard her scream.
[bullets clatter]
[panting]
Where is my baby!?
[gun cocks]
[shotgun blast]
Come on.
Come on, Dani.
[door clicks open]
[shotgun blast]
[Kaitlin screams]
[shotgun blast - glass shatters]
Virgil, Virgil, Virgil, Virgil...
VIRGIL
[exciting tension music]
[grunting]
[screams in agony]
[painful grunts]
[sobs]
(key clicks)
[shotgun blast - glass shatters]
[engine revs]
[truck stalls]
We need to go.
[truck starts]
[shotgun blast]
[groans]
She's reloading.
[truck starts]
[tires squeal]
[shotgun blast]
[shotgun blast]
[unsure grunting]
Go really fast.
We can just go really fast.
[engine revs]
[shotgun blast]
[ominous music]
[Lilly breathes faintly]
[quickened breath]
[truck starts]
[tires peal out]
[truck roars]
[skid to stop]
[Dani breathes heavily]
[Dani sobs]
[engine idols]
Why'd you stop?
Straight on till morning, right?
[laughs]
["Road To Your Smile" piano
music starts]
(DANI) White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze blowing in
From the glowing blue ocean
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems
to move in slow motion
But my
paradise is ten times as nice
Been traveling for a while
Mile upon mile
The end of this road
Leads to your smile
(DANI and KAITLIN)
Broadway lights
Skyline at night
A sidewalk cafe in the village
Uppper Westside,
Central Park carriage ride
Fifth Avenue
and the Brooklyn Bridge
My city lights
shine ten times as bright
Been traveling for awhile
Mile upon mile
The end of this road
Leads to your smile
And after the final mile
Of this road
I'll see you smile
A ski lodge in Vail
A boat with a sail
On a spring
afternoon in the Frisco Bay
Mountain
terrain, log cabin in Maine
A trip to
the beach on a sunny day
Big Texas
sky, Fenway Park in July
Been traveling for a while
Mile after mile
Mile after mile after mile
The end of this road
Leads to your smile
After the final mile
Of this road
I'll see you smile
[eerie rumble]
[creepy childlike music]
The wheels on the
bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the
bus go round and round
All over town.
The horn on the
bus goes beep beep beep,
beep beep beep, beep beep beep
The horn on the
bus goes beep beep beep
All over town.
The baby
on the bus goes wah wah-
[tire pops]
[brakes squeal]
[car door slams]
[footsteps]
[lonely wind blows]
[HIPPIE JOE sings with the
radio] I ain't got no worries
In my life.
I ain't got no trouble
No stress, no strife
No need to complain
Won't change a thing
Rolling with the punches, yeah
Day by day
You know...
It's probably a girl.
I mean, a mother knows, right?
Then I ought to paint the room pink.
Yeah, but what if it's a boy?
Well...
Might have him some issues,
A boy with a pink room.
[laughs]
Here.
Lil', no, your dress.
No, come on, a little pregnant
belly is no reason to sit on the
sidelines.
Because I believe the faith,
you see, for all to Jah I pray.
Brrap bap! Oh!
Oh man!
Come on!
I got to fix the car.
No!
I got to fix the car.
[laughs] All right, I got to...
Nothing can hold me down
As sure as the rising sun
[ominous music]
Lil', hand me the tire iron.
Hold on.
[ ominous music swells]
Got you.
Whoa!
[music stops]
You son of a bitch!
God damn you!
LILLY!
[droning ominous music]
[car horn grows louder]
[dramatic music]
[piercing car horn]
No!
No, no, no, no, no!
No!
[rapid heartbeat circles]
God!
God!
Lilly!
Lilly!
[heartbeat slows]
LILLY!
[blood drips]
[dark, industrial rock song starts]
Beautiful at last
Look at you now
Beautiful at last
Sleep just to dream
Living for love
Your beating heart
Still struggling to find
The kiss of your life
Beautiful at last
Will you ever know?
Beautiful at last
You're beautiful at last
The kiss of your life
Beautiful at last
[muffled bar music]
[crowd chatters]
[slide on guitar string]
My time is short
Yeah, I'm barely here
Should I wait for what I fear?
Should I break out?
Should I seek alone?
Should I go into the unknown?
Because life
could be a great journey
Or not at all
Strong and free
Like a rootless tree
If I stay, what would I be?
I close my eyes
And I can see it all
I can climb or I can crawl
Because life
could be a great journey
[stadium crowd cheers]
Or not at all
[song continues as
lively driving music...]
(DANI) I will seek. I
will chase. I will never rest
Till my body
has drawn its last breath
To explore, to draw
near, I will face my fears
I'm coming for you!
I will learn from
the blood and the tears
I will make the most of my years
Life could be a great journey...
[shop bell clangs]
[Darrel] Don't ignore me, okay?
Just talk to me, that's all I want.
Just talk.
Please leave.
There, I talked.
I already said I was sorry, okay?
Okay?
Just need time to think.
How can I help you?
I'll be back.
What can I get for you?
King sized coffee to go, please.
That's it?
Yeah.
A little late for coffee.
You a trucker or something?
No. Just
been driving all day.
Hitting St. Louis tonight, and
ultimately going all the way to LA.
California, eh? Got
friends or something out there?
I don't know a soul.
Where you going to
stay when you get there?
Beats me.
You're just going out to LA
with no idea how you'll land?
Straight on till morning.
You might be my hero.
I wish I could do that:
just get up and fly away.
Um, what do I owe you?
[soft guitar music plays]
Tell you what, on me.
Come on, seriously.
Seriously, nothing.
For the vicarious
rush I just got from you,
the least I could do is
comp you a cup of coffee.
Well, okay.
Thank you... Kaitlin.
I'm Dani Dupree.
Well, Da-
[soft guitar music continues]
Good luck.
(DANI)
White sand and palm trees...
Hero.
A tropical breeze blowing in
From the glowing blue ocean
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems
to move in slow motion
But my paradise
Is ten times as nice
Been traveling for awhile
[shop bell clangs]
Back from L.A. already?
[soft guitar music continues]
I thought I'd give you this...
As a thank you for the coffee.
I know it's a
CD, but it's all I got.
Thank you, Dani Dupree.
I'm honored.
Anyway, just a little token.
Well, guess I better be rambling on.
Well, Dani Dupree, take me with you,
and there's a free slice
of pie in there for you too.
(DANI) And after the
final mile [ shop bell clangs ]
Of this road
I'll see you--
[shop bell clangs]
[door bell rings]
No fucking way.
Yes, fucking way!
No fucking way
Yes, fucking way.
Dani "Fucking" Dupree
Michael "Fucking" Bruno.
Hey!
Shouldn't have cut your hair, huh?
Yeah, you should
get better highlights.
You shouldn't be so
cheap and go to the barber.
Mike, honey, what is all the noi--?
No fucking way!
[laughs]
Oh my gosh!
What the hell are you doing here?
Sunset Strip.
[laughs]
Just like we always said.
Don't even think about it. I didn't.
I just got in my car, and I drove...
and I am telling you it feels great.
It's total "Thunder Road".
But wait, isn't this the
night that you drank way too much
and you kept dropping your sticks?
Jager.
Press Room, right?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Because the press room was when
Dani did the epic knee slide
right off the stage.
Rock and roll, bitches!
And that smoking on
Redhead threw her panties at you.
Just...
As if that was the only time.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Dani Dupree, Ladyslayer...
Yeah, right.
Okay!
Sunset Strip.
You, you, and me.
What do you say?
It was a good dream.
No fucking way.
Guys.
[city street sounds]
[upbeat barbershop quartet
music plays]
[shop bell clangs]
Excuse me, is Kaitlin here?
No, I think she clocked
out about 20 minutes ago.
Okay.
Thank you.
California's that way.
Me thinks you're
going around in circles.
I forgot something.
What's that?
You.
Things one will do
for a free slice of pie.
May I suggest the Triple Berry?
I'm being completely serious.
Me too.
Triple Berry's the shit.
Oh...
You're actually being serious.
What's your angle here, sister?
You said that you wished that
you could just get up and fly away.
So I got to thinking,
why the hell can't she?
Otherwise, next thing you know,
it's gonna be nine years later.
You're stuck behind the
same counter asking yourself,
"Why didn't I just go?"
You want me to just walk out that
door and go to Los Angeles with you?
What do you say?
And does that offer extend to
my husband and two daughters?
Oh, shit.
I didn't actually foresee that.
Shit.
Gotcha.
No kids, no husband.
[lively driving music]
No one.
Let's go.
Wait, just like that?
Yes!
I'm calling your bluff, sister.
Straight on till morning, right?
What?
Let's go!
[shop bell clangs]
[music ends]
[cicadas buzzing]
[door shuts]
[snoring]
[clothes rustle]
[floor creaks]
[ominous music]
[bag zipped]
[ominous music]
K-Bug.
What the hell?
[lively rock and roll music starts]
Go!
Kaitlin! Stop!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
No!
Hey, hey!
[slams car]
You.
Turn it off, bitch!
Get out of the car, goddamn it!
I will find you!
I will find you!
Woooooooo!
Fuck!
I need eyes on a red Jeep Cherokee
license plate "Dupree 3",
Maine license plate "Dupree 3".
[tires peel through mud]
[lively rock and
roll driving music starts]
Ah, C Chicago!
G Chicago, H Chicago, I Chicago.
You can't use the
same word that I used.
I just can't use the
same letter for the same word.
Not the way I play. One letter per
word per sign no matter how many
players are playing.
Okay, really? Did you write the
official rule book for the
alphabet game?
It's just so
happens I did, smarty pants.
Hey, you, play me something.
How about, "Road to Your Smile"?
You listened to my CD?
So the Dupree 3 is now the Dupree 1.
They were more my
family than my actual family.
We vowed to be touring the
world by the time we were 30,
but we never left
home to make it happen.
White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze
Blowing in from
the glowing blue ocean
I had some of the best
times of my life with that dude.
Now, really ever since he did his
time, I felt like stuck with what
was left.
Really, the only
thing "stucking" me was me.
It's like love is this
wasteland where dreams go to die.
Wow!
I'm just saying, they gave up
the thing that feeds their soul
for love.
What is that about?
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool.
Time seems
to move in slow motion
Play it, Sam!
Truth is, I could have
rewritten my life at any time.
I mean, look at this.
Look at us!
Yesterday I thought stuff like this
only happened in "Thunder Road".
You dig The Boss?
Am I American?
Come on.
Are you real?
Far as I know.
Um...
We should
probably get back on the road.
What, we're on a schedule now?
No, just, uh-
Oh my God, you're shy!
No, I'm not shy.
-That's adorable!
-No, I am not shy. I am not shy.
Did you write it for someone?
Kind of.
What do you mean, "kind of"?
When I wrote it,
I hadn't met her yet.
(KAITLIN)
Who says you have to choose between
domestication and
"RockStar-ification" anyway?
That's like...
the lamest rule ever.
Did you write the official
rule book on domestication?
Obviously, I'm the master of--
[phone rings]
Can you pull off?
Nature's calling.
Oh, that's who keeps calling.
[phone rings]
You could block him.
Dani...
Yeah.
Thank you.
For?
Bringing me along.
I've never been anywhere.
I just...
I don't know what's gonna happen
when we get to California but...
this is a new
beginning for me and...
I don't want any baggage--
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
[laughing]
Whew.
[soft piano music]
(DANI)
White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze blowing in
From the glowing blue ocean.
[raindrops]
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems to move in slow motion.
[car door]
But my paradise
Is ten times as nice
Thank you.
Been traveling for a while
Styling.
[laughing]
Obviously, I only
packed the essentials.
The end of this
road leads to your smile.
[rain on car roof]
Hell of a storm, eh?
Cats and dogs.
Imagine if it literally
rained cats and dogs.
Just try to wrap
your head around that.
Actual cats and
dogs falling from the sky,
so it's not like they'd
just get up and scamper away.
They'd splatter like water balloons.
Dani...
You can look at me.
[kissing]
[ LOUD thunder]
First base is the easy part, right?
Second base.
Wait.
What's a home run?
You know, when there's no...
bat?
[low thunder]
[kissing]
[clothes rustling]
[romantic music plays]
[kissing sounds]
[heavy breathing]
[laughs]
[moaning]
[ THUNDER ]
What the fuck?
Shit, was that too much?
Get the fuck outta here!
What the fuck is that?
[engine knocks]
Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.
Bullshit!
Do you have any weapons?
I've never been in a fight before.
Hit him hard.
Eyes, nose,
or nuts, that'll drop him.
Fuck this.
I'm calling the cops, asshole!
(DANI) Hello?
Hello?
Please, you have to help us.
We're trapped at the
Rifle Creek Rest Area.
It's a red Jeep Cherokee
The license plate...
[glass shatters]
[screaming]
[ punch lands ]
[chain rattles]
[door slams in Kaitlin's face]
[siren blaring]
[car skids to a stop]
Stop!
Police!
Freeze!
Ma'am, are you all right?
Are you injured?
It's okay.
It's all right, you're safe.
Oh shit.
Okay, okay. I
got you. I got you.
Ma'am, what's your name?
Can you tell me your name?
Do you know what day it is?
Answer my question.
Where are you headed?
Can you tell me her name?
What is your relationship?
Is she your sister?
Is she your friend-- ?
All right,
I'm gonna go get something
that'll make
both of you more comfortable
and radio for an ambulance.
Dispatch, this is Sheriff Robinson.
Perpetrator has left the scene.
Situation at the
rest area is secure.
Over.
Relax, just relax.
Stop it!
Don't fight.
It's already over.
[chain rattles]
[thunder rolls]
[muffled clock strikes]
[groans]
[chain rattles]
[body hits floor]
[Muffled through gag] Kaitlin!
Kaitlin!
Wake up.
Wake up.
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
Help!
[ Kaitlin coughs]
[ Kaitlin grunts ]
[muffled cries]
[door opens]
[ominous footsteps]
Come here.
Hustle up, pink lady.
[chain falls]
[muffled cries]
(Muffled)
Help me please!
Help me!
Help!
Sit properly.
Calm yourself.
Now...
if you promise not to make a fuss,
I'll take off that gag.
Do you promise?
There, that feels
much better, doesn't it?
If you behave, I'll tell Rubin
that we don't need
that for you anymore.
Would you like that?
And I must
apologize for my son's behavior.
He stepped out of line.
Of course, though...
now that I see you...
I can see why he did.
In order for us to proceed, I
do have a few questions to ask you,
which you are
gonna answer truthfully.
If you behave otherwise
I can't rightly fathom what
might happen to your friend.
Now that we got an understanding
I'm going to ask you some
questions, and I am confident
you will answer honestly.
Where are you from?
Illinois.
The whole state?
Small town,
North Park, just near St. Louis.
You've never heard of it.
Is that where your family lives?
Speak up, dear.
I don't bite.
My parents died in a
car accident when I was nine.
You...
You truly, truly have my sympathies.
Siblings?
Just me.
I'm an only child too.
Hmm.
And that Danielle girl,
how long have you known her?
We go way back to high school.
We just met.
You often go
on big cross country trips
with people you just met?
That doesn't sound smart.
Is that smart?
I don't know.
But she has Maine plates.
She moved.
Why?
To... to be
a rock star.
[ Rubin laughs mockingly ]
Say, if I was to ask you to...
teach me to play like
Springsteen, would you?
Yeah, okay.
I'd need my hands free though.
Class ain't in session yet, darling.
[ guitar sounds ]
Still a few things
I need to figure out.
Like for instance.
Rubin told me he saw Danielle
kissing you when you were
unconscious.
Are you okay with that?
With...
what?
Are you okay with your
friend taking advantage of you
while you were unconscious-- ?
She wasn't taking advantage of me--
You're saying that you
like being kissed by her.
Why does that- ?
I ask the questions around here!
Do you like kissing girls?
No.
No, I would never say that.
Dani isn't... gay.
Yes, but I d-
What did I say about being truthful?
I'm sorry.
Yes, she likes women.
How do you look at
yourself in the mirror...
when you are so...
wrong?
You don't deserve to wear this.
Now, Kaitlin...
does she share your ways?
No, no, not me.
She's straight as an arrow.
I have a husband in Illinois.
Oh really?
Well that sounds like family.
Yes, that's, um.
We're estranged.
So you decided to
sin with that Danielle girl.
You were nearly naked together,
which tells me that you
are currently lying to me again!
That is two strikes, young lady.
I thought I made it very clear...
You're not stuck like this, are you?
Are you?!
No, that was my first time.
I was born this way.
It was a mistake.
Thank you, my dear,
for being truthful.
To confess and forsake
your sins, that is very, very brave.
Now...
I have someone that I
would like you to meet properly.
Virgil, you may come in now.
[chan rattles]
No, no, no, no, no!
Please don't judge him.
He didn't choose
to be born this way.
Virgil, show the lovely
lady what you have for her.
You are refusing his gift.
[Kaitlin yelps in pain]
No!
- Good boy, Virgil. Stop the
bleeding. - [gross slurping sounds]
I'll go and get a band-aid.
You two, behave.
[gross slurping sounds]
[doorbell]
Not a peep.
Downstairs.
Take your woman with you
and be quiet.
Are you expecting anyone?
Not a soul.
Better not be Deputy Ryan
dropping off a fruitcake again.
[doorbell]
[Kaitlin whimpers]
[flips switches]
[panicked screams]
(RUBIN)
Afternoon.
(DARREL) Sorry to bother you on a
Saturday. My name is Darrel Jenkins.
[muffled scream]
What can we do for you?
You're Sheriff Robinson, right?
I am.
What can we do for you?
I'm looking for a couple gals.
My wife and a friend of hers,
My fellow long haulers
were "scannering" last night,
and they said they heard about a
couple gals in a Red Jeep Cherokee.
They're having trouble off the
Riffle Creek Rest Area on Highway 6.
Yeah, I went by the station this
morning to see if it might have
been them, and... um...
Deputy Ryan...
said that the report hadn't
been filed yet, but that you--
You don't have
her cell phone number?
It's going straight to voicemail.
I mean, it's
probably just dead battery.
She's always been bad
at the practical stuff like that.
Aren't they all?
Watch it.
I am worried... about her.
See, we...
See, we kind of had a fight.
And I just...
And I...
I'm just worried that
I, that I scared her off.
You know, she's the only
good thing I have in this world.
I understand. There is nothing,
nothing in this world stronger
than love.
I know it's a long shot, but do you
have any idea what direction they
were headed?
If you got yourself a map,
I bet we could figure it out.
Thank you.
I know if Lilly was off out on the
road somewhere, I'd be worried sick.
[door closes]
Darrel?
Darrel!
Darrel!
Help!
[stomps]
Darrel!
Help!
Darrel!
Darrel!
Darrrel!
[bars clank]
[bars clank]
Darrel!
Darrel!
Darrel!
DARREL!
DARREL!
HELP!
Virgil, bring her up!
HELP!
DARREL!
HELP!
DARREL!
DARREL!
HELP!
DARREL!
DARREL!
HELP, DARREL!
Is my wife in your house?!
Yes.
DARREL!
HELP!
Yes!
Yes!
[door slams]
Lil', honey, our guests would like--
Drop your gun!
K-Bug, what the hell?
Release Rubin, or I will--
Shut the fuck up!
Send Kaitlin over here,
or I will
blow your husband's brains--
[brutal chain crunch]
[Darrel grunts in pain]
No, Virgil!
(RUBIN)
Not in the yard!
[brutal impact]
People can see!
(LILLY)
Put on those cuffs.
[cuffs tighten]
(LILLY) Virgil!
[brutal impact]
(LILLY)
Virgil, come here!
[bloody thud]
(RUBIN)
You want to be locked up tonight?
(RUBIN) Do not make
me lock you in the tower.
[bloody thud]
Oh my God!
[chokes on blood]
(RUBIN)
He's dead!
It's over.
He's dead!
(LILLY)
Bad boy!
(blood drips)
[VIRGIL growls]
[front door slams]
[ominous footsteps]
[chain rattles]
[growls]
No! No!
Get off me! Get off!
No, no!
You have to wait!
You have to wait!
Get off me!
Rubin! He's
out of control!
Rubin!
Rubin!
Get off!
Virgil, calm down, Virgil!
Virgil, calm down!
[Katilin pants]
Hush, little
baby, don't say a word
Mama's
gonna buy you a mockingbird
If that mockingbird don't sing
Mama's gonna
buy you a diamond ring.
There, there.
You'll have her soon enough.
[door creaking]
[cuffs tighten]
You killed that man!
That man is dead, because you...
can't...
keep quiet!
If I hear one word
out of either of you...
[shotgun cocks]
[door locks]
Kaitlin...
Kaitlin...
What did they do to you?
Kaitlin.
Get the fuck away from me!
I never should have
come with you, you bitch!
[Kaitlin cries]
White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze
Blowing in...
From the glowing blue ocean
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems to move...
in slow motion
[sniffles]
(KAITLIN) But my paradise
(KAITLIN) Is ten times as nice
[clock strikes]
11:30.
I haven't heard
anything for a few hours.
They must be asleep.
[cuffs clicking]
Have you ever
even picked a lock before?
Holy shit!
How did you learn?
Darrel taught me.
I know...
Last person I
expected to save the day.
He was no saint,
but he didn't deserve that.
[cuffs unlock]
No one does.
I can think of a few people.
(fingernail breaks)
Shit.
If we could just find
something, like a dime or something.
[head thuds]
You try. You try.
Harder.
Harder.
It's okay.
I'd have given my whole
hand to have that thing off.
[door rattles]
Together.
[crickets chirping]
(ominous music)
There's a balcony just below us.
If I can get down there...
find some keys and come let you out.
How?
If you lower me
down as far as you can...
And then?
I let ten years of
gymnastics kick in.
[chain rattles]
[Kaitlin gasps]
Dani.
Dani.
I'm here.
[ door pops ] Sure,
if Virgil can behave himself.
Today was too close.
I'll check all the smoke and mirrors
and make sure nobody else shows up.
I keep thinking that Virgil
has learned to control his temper,
and then
something like this happens?
[floor creaks]
You think that a night in the
tower will be enough penance?
It's hard to say anymore.
Well, I hope it's not
gonna be another week.
It's only a matter of time before
the mercy we have been shown
will be--
He was defending his family.
How can that be wrong?
Is it our fault?
Are we bad parents?
No, no, no, no, no.
We do what's necessary for our son.
Dear Lord...
We know that Virgil has
done wrong, and he knows it too.
He will kneel before you
tonight and every night and
beg for forgiveness.
Please show him mercy.
He has suffered so
much in this life already.
But we don't just ask,
we thank you for answering our
prayers with Kaitlin.
We pray that
she grows to love Virgil,
and give us the
strength to be the loving family
that she's never had.
We ask for your
guidance with what to do
about that Danielle girl.
Do you want us to
show her the right path?
Did you want us to punish her?
Is she just a backup for
Kaitlin if Kaitlin doesn't...?
- All this we pray in Jesus' name.
- ...We pray in Jesus' name.
- Amen.
- Amen.
You think it's a good idea to reward
Virg so soon after his outburst?
He might think that
that's the reason he gets her.
Well, he hasn't had
a woman in two years.
I know how you get after two days.
And what pray tell does that mean?
You know, featherbrain.
(LILLY)
Show me what he did to her.
(RUBIN) Well, Virgil
started off listening to his parents
like a good boy, went inside
where Miss Pretty was restrained.
(LILLY)
And then what?
(RUBIN) Then, little Virg throws
Miss Pretty on the table. [ bed
springs creak ]
(LILLY)
Oh, God, and then what?
(RUBIN)
Then he grabbed her.
(LILLY) Yeah?
(RUBIN) And he started taking
control. [ bed springs squeak]
(LILLY)
And what did she say?
(RUBIN)
She said, "Get off me, get off me."
Say it, say it, say it.
(LILLY)
Get off me, get off me.
(RUBIN)
Yeah, yeah.
(LILLY MUFFLED)
Get off me. Get off me.
(LILLY)
Wait, wait, wait.
(RUBIN)
What? What?
(LILLY)
Get the harness.
Oh, yes ma'am.
[footsteps. Rubin giggles]
(LILLY) I put it under
the bed for easy access.
(RUBIN)
Good thinking.
[ hammer strikes ]
What are you doing?
Come here!
Kaitlin!
[pound on door]
Kaitlin!
Fucking psycho!
[punches]
[Kaitlin gasps for air]
Nothing to her
face or her naughty bits.
We don't want to
spoil her for Virgil.
[crickets chirping]
[tense music]
Son of a bitch.
[hammer swings] [Dani screams]
[body hits the ground with a CRUNCH]
[SLAM!]
Fuck you!
Oh no!
[door locks]
Rubin, have you
locked them up already?
Are you putting your tools away?
Please don't give me
the silent treatment again.
[gun on floor]
[door creaks]
[guitar clangs]
Dani, Dani.
Dani.
[muffled cry]
[door opens]
(LILLY)
Are you out here?
Rubin, please talk to me.
Fine.
[door closes]
[worst leg breaking sound ever]
[leg cracking]
[painful crack]
(DANI)
Again, again.
[leg cracks]
[BIG crack]
We don't know how far we have
to walk, or even where we're going.
Then we drive.
Don't go anywhere.
No problem.
Fuck!
Hello?
Hello, is anyone there?
We need help.
[static]
This is a police channel.
Identify yourself.
I'm Kaitlin Sanbourne.
Me and my friend
were kidnapped by Sheriff...
Rubin and his wife, Lilly.
They already killed my husband,
and my friend's hurt really bad.
Please send help.
Slow down, ma'am... what?
We need to send help now.
They're going to kill us.
Ma'am, calm down.
I can dispatch an officer
if you tell me where you are
I'm at Sheriff Rubin's.
Surely you have his fucking address.
Yes, ma'am,
I am aware of the Sheriff's address,
this is all hard to believe.
I'll dispatch an
officer immediately.
[clock striking over CB]
- He'll be there in 20 minutes.
[clock striking]
[door slides]
Rubin! Rubin,
where are you?
[crack]
[pant tear]
[gasps]
[door rattles open]
[keys rattle]
Keys, keys, keys.
Damn it.
[ominous music
[keys rattle]
[gasps]
[acid bubbles]
[coughs]
[acid bubbles]
Darrel?
[BANG!]
[knee to groin]
[acid sizzling]
[chain rattles]
[grunting]
[grunting]
God...
he forgives you.
He forgives you.
I...
I forgive you.
[Virgil sighs]
[Virgil rages]
Rubin?
Rubin!
[bars fall]
[crack]
Rubin, wake up, wake up!
Please, Rubin, please, wake up!
Please, wake up!
[keys rattling]
Please, Rubin.
[keys fall] No!
Please, please.
[click]
Come on.
It's okay, you just have
to push down on the clutch.
Please tell me you
know how to drive stick.
Can't be that hard, can it?
Promise you anything, please.
For me.
Push down on the far
left pedal, then put it in gear.
Now you can turn the key.
[truck starts]
[truck stalls]
No, no, no, no. No,
you can't let off the clutch.
You have to leave your foot down.
[truck starts]
You wanna slowly let off the clutch
while you push down on the gas.
[engine revs]
[truck stalls]
No!
[truck starts]
[truck stalls - Dani's leg cracks]
Fuck!
(RUBIN) Get out!
Shit!
Kaitlin
[truck starts]
You have to run for it.
It took me days to learn stick.
[truck stalls] Kaitlin!
[truck starts] You can outrun him!
Go!
For fuck's sake!
Go, Kaitlin!
Kaitlin!
[truck stalls]
Get out!
[keys ding in ignition]
[torch blows]
Where's Dani?
What'd you do with her?
[Kaitlin grunts]
[Kaitlin cries out]
[Kaitlin cries out]
[Kaitlin cries out]
[Kaitlin cries out]
(LILLY)
You did a real number on yourself.
[crack]
[crack]
(RUBIN)
Everything's taken care of.
What does that mean?
Where's Kaitlin?
Haven't you learned yet
that things go a lot better for you
if you keep your goddamn...
mouth shut?
[CRACK!]
[Dani screams
offscreen] [Kaitlin cries]
[body hits the floor]
[chain rattles]
[door closes]
[sniffiling]
When we get to California...
we won't
stop until we hit the ocean,
and we'll find a
nice, quiet patch of beach.
We'll lay there all day.
and all night.
And I'm gonna take you
shopping on Rodeo Drive.
Buy you the most beautiful dress
and take you to eat
at the nicest restaurant.
With champagne.
The best champagne.
And you'll be the
star of the Sunset Strip.
The biggest thing since Springsteen.
You'll get discovered by
the hottest agency in town.
Every magazine in the country
is gonna want you on the cover.
We'll throw the fanciest parties.
Pool parties.
In our mansion.
In the Hills.
And we'll party
straight on till morning.
You bet we will.
My hero.
I'm so...
sorry.
[bacon sizzles]
(LILLY)
Come on, rise and shine.
Well, now that everyone's awake,
won't somebody say grace?
Kaitlin.
I don't really...
My family wasn't very religious.
Your new one is.
Just do the best you can, dear.
God bless us... for this food.
No, uh bless this food... that
we have so graciously been blessed
to have at this time.
Amen.
Amen.
That needs a little work, but
there'll be plenty of time for that.
Dig in.
(LILLY)
Aw, look at that.
What's yours is
hers, and hers is yours.
Go on, hon, take a bite.
He's mommy's little miracle.
Rubin and I, we were
just so young and so in love...
We just couldn't wait.
Not her business, Lil.
She's almost family now.
If the Lord can
forgive us our transgressions,
then I'm sure she can.
Right, dear?
You see...
The Lord punished
us with our accident.
Doctors said that
Virgil's chances of surviving
were less than 1%,
so I prayed, and I prayed.
And I promised that I would love
my baby to the ends of this earth,
that I would give it the
best life I could no matter...
no matter what
sacrifices I had to make.
And you know what?
The Lord reached down and laid his
hands on Virgil and gave him life.
And he has grown up to be
the most beautiful young man.
[Kaitlin gags] You two
are just gonna be so perf-
[plate falls]
Now that wasn't very polite.
Fuck you.
What did you just say?
I said, fuck you!
She's had enough!
Dani, shut up.
[Dani screams]
Apologize to my wife.
Fuck you, fuck her,
and fuck your mutant son!
Dani, say you're sorry!
Is she right?
Are you sorry?
FUCK YOU!
[bacon sizzling]
[bacon sizzling]
(footsteps)
We agreed, not Kaitlin.
[smacks] Shut up!
[Virgil grunts]
- No, Virg, no.
Virg, stop it.
Virgil, no.
Virgil, not your father.
Son, you give them too much leash
and they will walk all over you.
You show them
you're the man of the house,
and you will earn
their love and respect--
You fucks don't know
the first thing about love.
You have no idea what I've done...
because I love my family.
This isn't love,
you stupid piece of shit.
A girl who lies with other girls
is not gonna lecture me about love.
At least mine is real.
Really?
Prove it.
Either you drink this,
or I'm gonna give Little Miss Pretty
here a facelift with it.
[screams]
No. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You
made you made your point. Just stop!
You seem confused about your place.
Let this sink in:
Your pretty
voice or her pretty face,
and you have 10 seconds to decide.
10...
9...
8... Not so
mouthy now, are you?
- 7...
- I'm sorry, sorry. Lilly,
- 6...
- Lilly, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
5...
Dani, you don't have to do this.
4...
Goddamnit, you made your point!
- 3...
- Just stop, please!
2...
1...
No! Give it-
Give it, give it to me.
[bacon sizzling]
Not such a pussy after all.
No, please don't hurt her!
You can't do this.
[bacon sizzling]
Thank you, dear.
[bacon sizzling]
[horrific gargling]
[coughing]
[spits up]
[somber music with women's voices]
I know this
is terribly uncomfortable,
but I have good news for you.
We won't be needing
it for very much longer.
Spread please.
[lock clicks heavily]
(LILLY)
Beautiful, isn't it?
I don't think it'll fit.
Oh, don't worry,
you will fill it out soon enough.
(RUBIN) Your mother is
gonna be so proud of you.
She loves it when you dress up.
My wedding day.
Oh, Rubin looked
so handsome in his tux.
I bet you looked very nice too.
How sweet of you.
I was really
something in those days.
Quite the stunner,
as we used to say.
And then...
But Rubin has stuck by me all these
years and loved me for who I am.
Decent people see
past others limitations.
He's very noble.
He's a prince.
Then why does he hit you?
Don't be silly.
You two girls just made him upset.
He lost his temper this one time.
It's not just this once.
No, you're imagining things.
Am I?
You don't have to live like this.
You can get out of here.
Start a new life.
We all can.
Look at you...
a real stunner.
You are going to make
the perfect daughter-in-law.
You don't have to do this.
I do not wanna hear
another word of this nonsense.
A woman knows her place.
I'm a person.
Not another word.
(RUBIN)
Oh, oh, oh.
You do have an artistic eye, son.
I know you're excited,
but will you please be gentle?
We want this one to last.
Can I ask a really big favor?
A wedding gift, if you will?
Anything, dear.
Can you take Dani to the hospital?
She's in really bad shape,
and you don't need her here.
You have me now.
And I'm not going anywhere.
Oh, sweetheart.
After your honeymoon with Virgil,
you are never gonna
think of that silly girl again.
["Here Comes The Bride" piano music]
We gather here to witness the union
of a man, a woman,
and the Lord himself.
Today, Virgil Robinson takes
Kaitlin Sanbourne in Holy Matrimony.
Virgil, the ring.
[Virgil grunts]
[skin tears]
As God spoke it best
to Paul in the good book,
Love is patient. Love is kind.
Love does not envy.
It does not boast.
It is not proud. It
does not dishonor others.
It keeps no record of wrongs.
It always protects, always forgives,
always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
Virgil.
Do you take this
woman, Kaitlin, to love and cherish
for better or worse
till death do you part?
[snorts]
Kaitlin, do
you take this man, Virgil,
to love and cherish for better
or worse till death do you part?
I do.
By the power vested
in me, I now pronounce you
Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Robinson.
Son, you may kiss the bride.
[mask squeaks open]
[quickened breath]
[gross kissing sounds]
[snorts]
[mask squeaks closed]
Well, let's get a picture, you two.
[poloroid snaps]
[Virgil breathes loudly]
(LILLY) Play something
beautiful for the honeymoon, please.
(RUBIN)
And don't stop till I tell you to.
[Dani plays "Road
to Your Smile" offscreen]
You behave, she lives another day.
[piano music]
So proud of you.
Treat her right and
give me a grandchild.
- [Virgil grunts] - No!
[Kaitlin pants]
Let's go- Virgil?
Let's go slow, okay?
Make it special.
We have all the time in the world.
[piano music continues...]
Mile after mile
The end of this road
Leads to--
[belt falls]
[piano music stops]
[dramatic music]
[gunshot]
But I behaved!
I behaved!
[grunts]
[tackles]
[floor creaks]
[flesh tears]
[blood oozes]
[Rubin gurgles]
[coughs blood]
[Kaitlin screams]
[uncuffs]
Get off me!
You psycho!
[tension music builds...]
[Kaitlin yells]
[gun clicks]
[Virgil grunts]
[headbutt]
[head hits]
[chain rattles]
[headbutt]
[Virgil growls]
[Kaitlin gasps]
Virgil...
Virgil...
I...
love...
you.
[bed squeaks]
[Virgil growls]
[bloody squish]
[ragged coughs]
[keys rattle]
[bone crunches]
[stab] [scream]
Get that shackle and put it on her
and Don't. [flesh tears]
Fuck.
[flesh tears]
With.
[flesh tears]
Me! [flesh tears]
Virgil, hold.
It's okay, baby.
I'll make it all better.
I'll make it all better.
I will fix you all up.
And we'll find someone who is...
worthy of your love. [flesh
tears - scream]
Hold baby, you'll get your chance.
You'll get your chance.
Hold, baby.
[nose breaks]
[Virgil roars - chain rattles]
[concerned grunting]
Make me proud.
[tension drum music]
[panting]
[door knob rattles]
[keys jingle]
Dani.
[Virgil screams]
Dani, we gotta go!
[chain swooshes]
[chain swooshes]
No, no!
[hits]
[scream and tumble down stairs]
[heavy impact]
[metal clang]
[chain rattles]
[music swells]
[painful grunts]
[chain rattles]
[heavy impact]
[gasps]
[grunting with effort]
[dress tears]
[chain rattles]
[clangs pipe]
[chain sounds]
[straining sounds]
[Virgil cries]
[hard hit]
[flesh tears - Virgil screams]
[chain slides]
[neck snaps]
[blood drips]
(LILLY)
Virgil, did you get them?
I heard her scream.
[bullets clatter]
[panting]
Where is my baby!?
[gun cocks]
[shotgun blast]
Come on.
Come on, Dani.
[door clicks open]
[shotgun blast]
[Kaitlin screams]
[shotgun blast - glass shatters]
Virgil, Virgil, Virgil, Virgil...
VIRGIL
[exciting tension music]
[grunting]
[screams in agony]
[painful grunts]
[sobs]
(key clicks)
[shotgun blast - glass shatters]
[engine revs]
[truck stalls]
We need to go.
[truck starts]
[shotgun blast]
[groans]
She's reloading.
[truck starts]
[tires squeal]
[shotgun blast]
[shotgun blast]
[unsure grunting]
Go really fast.
We can just go really fast.
[engine revs]
[shotgun blast]
[ominous music]
[Lilly breathes faintly]
[quickened breath]
[truck starts]
[tires peal out]
[truck roars]
[skid to stop]
[Dani breathes heavily]
[Dani sobs]
[engine idols]
Why'd you stop?
Straight on till morning, right?
[laughs]
["Road To Your Smile" piano
music starts]
(DANI) White sand and palm trees
A tropical breeze blowing in
From the glowing blue ocean
A drink by the pool
To keep yourself cool
Time seems
to move in slow motion
But my
paradise is ten times as nice
Been traveling for a while
Mile upon mile
The end of this road
Leads to your smile
(DANI and KAITLIN)
Broadway lights
Skyline at night
A sidewalk cafe in the village
Uppper Westside,
Central Park carriage ride
Fifth Avenue
and the Brooklyn Bridge
My city lights
shine ten times as bright
Been traveling for awhile
Mile upon mile
The end of this road
Leads to your smile
And after the final mile
Of this road
I'll see you smile
A ski lodge in Vail
A boat with a sail
On a spring
afternoon in the Frisco Bay
Mountain
terrain, log cabin in Maine
A trip to
the beach on a sunny day
Big Texas
sky, Fenway Park in July
Been traveling for a while
Mile after mile
Mile after mile after mile
The end of this road
Leads to your smile
After the final mile
Of this road
I'll see you smile