Thinner (1996)

1. - Gypsy caravan.

2. Huh.

3. Honest-to-God gypsies.

4. Whew.

5. - Do I? - Mmm-hmm.

6. Do I have to?

7. - Oh, yes.

8. Well?

9. - 297.

10. - Billy, you were 297 last week.

11. - Well, it takes some time for these diets to work.

12. Heidi, what are you doing to me?

13. - Morning.

14. - What you always wanted me to do to you

15. in the backseat of your father's car,

16. I'm proving my love.

17. - So, you going to go to New Haven

18. to get Mr. Mafia off today?

19. - Please, don't call him that.

20. It's bad enough your father's defending him.

21. Jokes I can do without.

22. - You say this is justice.

23. This is not justice.

24. - Keep it up, I'll take your video card away.

25. - You would not. - No?

26. Try me, sweetheart.

27. - I'm glad you two think this is so funny.

28. - Oh, come on, I wouldn't have taken on Ginelli's case

29. unless I was absolutely convinced of his innocence.

30. - Maybe, this time—

31. Maybe.

32. - There's my ride.

33. I go to wipe out Tattaglias

34. in Earth Science.

35. - Oh.

36. Bye.

37. Love you.

38. - Ugh.

39. The defense calls

40. Max Duggenfield to the stand.

41. - Oh, your honor, I object.

42. Considering the fact that the defendant is accused

43. of ordering Mr. Duggenfield's death—

44. - Mr. Halleck,

45. are you sure you want this witness to testify?

46. - Your Honor, if Max Duggenfield

47. feels that my client

48. paid $40,000 to have him killed,

49. I want to hear him state it in open court.

50. - Call Max Duggenfield to the stand.

51. Mr. Max Duggenfield, please.

52. - What the hell are you doing, Billy?

53. - Remember what I told you about that, uh,

54. detective agency?

55. - So, what this is really all about is—

56. - Pulling your ass out of the fire.

57. - Please raise your right hand.

58. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,

59. and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

60. - I do.

61. State your name for the record, please.

62. - Max Duggenfield.

63. - Mr. Duggenfield,

64. anybody else out there

65. who might want to see you dead?

66. - Maybe.

67. Possibly.

68. I don't— - To your knowledge,

69. has there ever been a price on your head

70. prior to this current matter?

71. - Well,

72. three years ago—

73. - Who was it, Mr. Duggenfield?

74. Who was it that took a contract

75. out on your life three years ago?

76. - Objection!

77. - Overruled.

78. - Well, it was my wife.

79. She got feisty this one time.

80. The PMS thing, maybe.

81. You know how they get.

82. And then there was this matter of some money.

83. Your Honor—

84. - But, uh, now that she's gone through the change, man,

85. everything is beautiful.

86. - Grazie, Mama.

87. Guliamo, Grazie.

88. - Just doing my job.

89. - Fuck that.

90. I owe you a big one, William.

91. Listen,

92. I know you had to lobby

93. Mr. Lily-White-Collar Parker

94. to take this case, so, um—

95. - What this is really all about is, uh—

96. - Is even after I'm done

97. paying your firm a fucking fortune,

98. I'm still going to owe you, big time.

99. - You play with fire, huh?

100. - You got it, mister.

101. You tried the rest, now try the best, huh?

102. - Gypsy fair.

103. What you say, guy?

104. Come on, everybody.

105. Come watch this, this is fun!

106. They're coming this afternoon

107. to fix the elevator.

108. And congratulations, you made the noon news.

109. - Hey, Billy, you pulled it off.

110. I never would have believed it possible.

111. - Ah, well, Kirk Penschley proves once again,

112. without faith, good deeds are dead.

113. - Hey, hey, kiddo,

114. you gotta take a few pounds off there, huh?

115. Come on, I want to show you something.

116. Have you looked across the street this morning?

117. Huh?

118. Check this out.

119. You see that gypsy piece of ass down there?

120. - How can I miss her?

121. - All right,

122. give her this quarter.

123. Tell her to raise her skirt.

124. Didn't your prick ever escape the 6th grade, Kirk?

125. I hope not.

126. - What's the matter,

127. afraid she heard you?

128. I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off.

129. Say, "Good afternoon, Billy."

130. - Good afternoon, Billy.

131. Hey, don't forget tonight at the club.

132. We'll celebrate.

133. - Mmm-hmm.

134. - What's taking Hopley so long?

135. They should have been out of there hours ago.

136. - Oh, hiya, Judge.

137. Listen, I, uh, I want to thank you

138. for turning me on to that detective agency.

139. You won me a big case this morning.

140. - Forget that.

141. Don't you see what's going on here?

142. We've been invaded by a bunch of filthy, thieving gypsies.

143. - I don't know, Judge.

144. They kind of bring a little fun with them.

145. - They bring disease, crime, and prostitution.

146. What kind of fun is that?

147. - Who's the old guy?

148. - Their chief.

149. Name's Lempke.

150. At last, good riddance.

151. - Not yet.

152. They've rented some land out at Lars Ancaster's farm.

153. - Well, you can't drive them off private property, Judge.

154. - Yes, you can.

155. Unless you want the whole damn

156. high school football team down with the clap, or worse.

157. And dogfights,

158. they make their money on dogfights.

159. Now— - Hey.

160. Hey, Judge.

161. No problem.

162. - Hmmm.

163. - To Dunbartin Investigative Services,

164. the best in New England.

165. - And, and to winning.

166. - To winning.

167. - May it ever be so sweet.

168. - Hear, hear.

169. Oh, easy, boy.

170. Easy, boy.

171. Down, boy.

172. - No, no, no, no.

173. No, no way, my hero.

174. We're out of here before you explode.

175. - The party's over, Billy.

176. Let's go.

177. - Kirk, can you get the car?

178. - I'll get the car.

179. Come on, honey.

180. - Okay.

181. We'll pick you up a pound cake on the way out.

182. - No, no, no.

183. Billy, you've got to stop eating like that.

184. I know, I know.

185. - Billy, I want you to stop digging your grave

186. with a spoon and fork.

187. I love you.

188. I love you.

189. Otherwise, I would keep my mouth shut.

190. Hmm?

191. - I can't help it, Heidi.

192. All I think about is food.

193. - Well, maybe I ought to help you

194. try to think about something else.

195. Mm-hmm.

196. - Heidi!

197. - Still thinking about food?

198. - I want you fill this

199. for my nose.

200. What you look at?

201. - Nothing.

202. Nothing.

203. - Go ahead.

204. - Oh, sweetheart,

205. there's just so much more to life than food.

206. - Just, uh—

207. - What?

208. - Just don't stop.

209. - Don't stop what?

210. - Please.

211. - Please, what?

212. - Please, please, please, please.

213. - Papa, it is cold.

214. I'll go get my coat.

215. - No!

216. God!

217. - So, how come you get a trial so quick?

218. - It isn't a trial.

219. It's a coroner's inquest.

220. A much simpler proceeding.

221. - But it was an accident, right?

222. So, like, what's the worst that could happen to you?

223. - Nothing's going to happen to your father, Linda-belle.

224. He didn't do anything wrong.

225. So you're going to totally get off?

226. - There's nothing to get off from.

227. I didn't do anything wrong.

228. An accident is not a crime.

229. - You saw the old woman leave the store, Mr. Bangor.

230. She was running?

231. - I guess so.

232. They were stealing.

233. - Yes, but she was running?

234. That's what I want to establish.

235. - Well, I can't say for sure.

236. You see, I was in the back of the pharmacy—

237. - That will be all, Mr. Bangor.

238. You may step down.

239. Chief Hopley.

240. Well, Chief, perhaps you can help us.

241. Was Mr. Halleck traveling within the legal speed limit?

242. - Yes, sir.

243. We have witnesses to that effect

244. and his skid marks confirm that.

245. Was he breathalyzed?

246. - Yes, sir.

247. Results?

248. - Well, sir, Mr. Halleck was

249. as sober as a judge, Judge.

250. - Under the circumstances, I'll let that go.

251. You are dismissed, Chief.

252. This court finds no grounds

253. on which to charge William Halleck

254. in the death of Suzanne Lempke,

255. which is hereby ruled accidental.

256. This hearing is closed.

257. - You drive.

258. - Sir?

259. Thinner.

260. Billy, get in the car.

261. - 283.

262. Somebody call Richard Simmons.

263. - Did you weigh yourself?

264. - 283.

265. - 283.

266. No fooling?

267. - No fooling.

268. - That is 14 pounds in 7 days.

269. Congratulations.

270. - Yeah.

271. Not bad, huh?

272. - Hey, you look like you've lost weight.

273. Of course, I haven't seen you stop eating.

274. Maybe it's guilt.

275. - That's stupid.

276. It hasn't affected my diet

277. any more than it's affected yours.

278. - Ah,

279. why did I come out here today?

280. - For the exercise.

281. And from the looks of you, it's finally doing some good.

282. - Well, there's nothing like

283. avoiding a little manslaughter charge

284. to turn a man's life around.

285. - Ah, that's witty, Kirk.

286. And compassionate, too.

287. - What did he say?

288. - Foot-in-mouth disease.

289. - Worse than that.

290. That kind of attitude could cost you court cases,

291. especially if you appear in my court.

292. - Listen, you leave me alone,

293. or I'm gonna give Billy $5

294. to run you over in that golf cart.

295. - Hey, Kirk?

296. - What?

297. - Give me a little kiss, sweetheart.

298. Right here.

299. - For Christ's sake, Billy, have you lost your mind?

300. - You know something?

301. That's surprisingly easy to do

302. once you've lost a few pounds.

303. Come on.

304. - Mike.

305. Look at this, would you?

306. - Oh.

307. Your psoriasis is coming back.

308. - Why?

309. - "Why ask why?" As they say on TV.

310. Stress, probably.

311. Use that ointment from last time.

312. - Hey. - For horses.

313. Better for cows.

314. 281!

315. - I've lost two pounds since this morning?

316. That's not possible, is it?

317. - Relax.

318. Before you know it,

319. you'll be able to see your balls without using a mirror.

320. - Listen, uh, Cary,

321. I never really thanked you

322. for taking care of me.

323. - I never told you what happened right after that, did I?

324. Leda and I went to lunch.

325. When we came out, that old gyp was waiting for me.

326. - The one with the, uh—

327. - Yeah, him.

328. He walked up to me,

329. touched me right here.

330. - Did he, uh, say anything?

331. - How the hell should I know?

332. I was worrying about whether or not

333. I was going to catch impetigo from him

334. or lice.

335. - Billy,

336. I want you to go off this diet.

337. - Are you kidding me?

338. Does it look like I'm on a diet?

339. - When did you go off of it?

340. - Oh, about a week ago.

341. - That's, that's another 25 pounds.

342. That's over 40 pounds in two weeks?

343. - Make up your mind.

344. Do you want me fat, or do you want me thin?

345. - How, I just, um,

346. I, I was thinking that maybe that's,

347. sudden weight loss,

348. it's an early warning sign of...

349. - Of what?

350. - Of you know what.

351. - Christ!

352. If I gain weight, I have a heart attack.

353. If I lose weight, I, I've got cancer.

354. I can't win.

355. - I ran into Mike Houston yesterday and he, um,

356. he wants you to take a few tests.

357. All right.

358. If you don't want to do it for yourself,

359. and if you don't want to do it for me,

360. will you please do it for Linda?

361. - Okay, everything's fine.

362. - Fine?

363. - Yeah.

364. Yeah.

365. I mean, your blood work is five by five.

366. That's better than mine, in fact.

367. Let's see,

368. Cholesterol, triglycerides,

369. They're both down.

370. Huh.

371. You probably haven't been this healthy

372. since you were banging Mary Lou Singer back in high school.

373. - Sangster.

374. And, uh, I never got into her pants.

375. Mike, are you, uh, sure about this?

376. I weigh 240 pounds.

377. I've lost the equivalent of a fucking suitcase.

378. - Look, Billy,

379. the important thing here

380. is for you to relax, hmm?

381. Just stop thinking about this.

382. Your weight is going to stabilize,

383. and you're going to gain some back.

384. Huh?

385. Believe me, everything is going to be all right.

386. - Mr. Halleck!

387. I see you finally found a diet that works.

388. You look wonderful.

389. - Right, and I, uh, I want a whole new wardrobe

390. to go with my new look, so you might want to—

391. - Well, let's do it!

392. You're down to a pant 40,

393. maybe even 38.

394. - That can't be right.

395. Do you have a scale?

396. - This diet you're on, what is it?

397. I've tried all the others.

398. I might as well try this one.

399. - I don't think you'd like it, Henry.

400. In fact, I don't think you'd like it at all.

401. Mmm.

402. Mmm-hmm.

403. Dad,

404. can I ask you a question?

405. Is there such a thing as, like,

406. male menopause?

407. I mean, hormones that, like—

408. - What are you trying to say, Lin?

409. - I'm worried about you.

410. - What's there to worry about?

411. I finally found a diet that works,

412. Eat all you want and still lose the weight.

413. - What happened?

414. - I don't know.

415. I must've said something.

416. - Oh, don't.

417. Don't.

418. You'll only upset her more.

419. There.

420. Billy, will you please slow down?

421. Why are you eating like that?

422. - I don't know if it's all in my head or not.

423. Dr. Mikey seems to think it is.

424. - I hate it when you call him that.

425. - But I do know one thing.

426. I've been losing three pounds a day,

427. every day, until today, that is.

428. - You mean you're putting the weight back on?

429. Well, then that's wonderful.

430. - Today I skipped lunch.

431. Instead of coming in three pounds lighter

432. when I got home from the office,

433. I'm six pounds lighter.

434. - Oh.

435. - So, you see, I have to eat like this.

436. It's a race, and I'm losing.

437. - Well, you don't have to sound so mean,

438. as if it's my fault.

439. - I'm sorry.

440. Was I giving myself a blow job just then?

441. - That is a horrible thing to say,

442. and I don't remember you complaining about it

443. at the time.

444. I think Linda should go visit her Aunt Rhoda

445. for a few weeks.

446. - What?

447. - Well, she can't keep watching you go through this,

448. because it's tearing her apart.

449. Look at what just happened.

450. No.

451. No, I'm going to drive her there tomorrow.

452. - Billy, finally got through to that specialist.

453. - And?

454. - Oh, it's good news.

455. Based on your test results and what I've told him,

456. it's definitely not a parasite,

457. not a tapeworm, in other words.

458. - So, uh, what does he recommend?

459. - Oh, the, uh, Glassman Clinic.

460. They're expecting you tomorrow.

461. And Billy, even if you don't want to go, you have to.

462. Huh?

463. For Heidi's sake.

464. She's upset.

465. - Mike,

466. Leda was eating alone again last night.

467. Is the Judge sick?

468. - No.

469. Just out of town.

470. His sister was in a car accident.

471. I think a pretty bad one.

472. - Cary Rossington doesn't have a sister.

473. - Then it was Leda's sister.

474. You have to relax.

475. See you tomorrow.

476. - Leda.

477. Is, uh, is Cary in?

478. - He's in Minnesota visiting relatives.

479. - What's wrong with him?

480. Has he lost weight?

481. - What are you talking about?

482. I've lost 100 pounds.

483. That's spelled with a, uh,

484. a one and two zeroes.

485. - It was the gypsies, wasn't it?

486. - What do you mean, gypsies?

487. - Did he touch you?

488. Did the old man touch you?

489. What does that have to do with it?

490. Come on in, Billy.

491. Here.

492. You'll need this.

493. He is in Minnesota,

494. but he's not visiting relatives.

495. He's at the Mayo Clinic.

496. - Leda,

497. there's no such thing as, uh, gypsy curses.

498. - Who are you trying to convince, me or yourself?

499. He came up to us as we were coming out of La Zuba's,

500. that place over in Milton.

501. Cary was fried as usual, hunting for his keys,

502. and he never saw the old man coming.

503. - I did.

504. I tried to warn him, but I was too late.

505. He touched him,

506. and then he whispered something in his ear.

507. Cary claims he didn't hear what it was.

508. I heard.

509. - What?

510. What did he say?

511. - One word.

512. Lizard.

513. His skin is plating, turning into scales.

514. It's evolution in reverse.

515. A sideshow freak.

516. Oh, Jesus.

517. He chartered a plane to take him to the Mayo.

518. Did I tell you that?

519. Because he can't bear to have people look at him.

520. At the end, before he left, his hands were like claws!

521. His eyes were just two bright little specks

522. inside of these deep hollows,

523. like pieces of tin foil,

524. and then his nose—

525. - I have to go to a place.

526. The Glassman Clinic.

527. I have a metabolic disorder.

528. - Oh!

529. Why, why did you come here?

530. Why did you come here looking for my husband?

531. - I just wanted to compare notes, that's all.

532. - Oh, God,

533. What did he say to you?

534. What did the old gyp say to you?

535. - Nothing.

536. Nothing.

537. - I don't believe that.

538. You know what I do believe?

539. I believe it's all your fault!

540. If you hadn't hit that old lady,

541. you were the one that hit her!

542. You!

543. Not Cary!

544. - Maybe I wrote on the fence,

545. but it was your husband who slapped on the whitewash,

546. and he was too happy to do it!

547. Oh, have a nice stay at the Glassman, Billy.

548. I hear the food's good.

549. - There's no such thing as a gypsy curse.

550. - Yeah, you'll come back in another couple of weeks

551. after you've lost another 40 or 50 pounds!

552. You tell me what you believe then, huh?

553. Yes!

554. You tell me what you believe then!

555. You hear me?

556. You tell me what you believe then!

557. You tell me!

558. - You know you gave me that.

559. - I did? - Uh-huh.

560. - Hey, Mr. Ginelli, it's Billy Halleck here for you.

561. - Yeah, Billy, what can I do for you?

562. I got a question for you.

563. A crazy question.

564. - Well, go ahead, counselor.

565. - Do you believe, uh,

566. gypsies can curse people?

567. - Well, me, I tend to believe what my friends tell me

568. and what I can see.

569. But my mother, now, that's a different story.

570. Hold on.

571. Mama!

572. Veniga!

573. Mama,

574. - Si.

575. - Yeah.

576. She says she believes.

577. She knew plenty of gypsies in the old country.

578. She says that whoever puts it on has to take it off.

579. No one else can do it.

580. - No one else?

581. - Billy, what's this all about?

582. - I'll get back to you on that, Richie.

583. Thank you.

584. - What happened at the Rossingtons' last night?

585. - Leda Rossington

586. thinks that old gypsy Tadzu Lempke

587. put a curse on Cary and I.

588. - What?

589. - Yeah.

590. I know how it sounds,

591. but that's what she thinks.

592. You see,

593. Cary has this skin cancer.

594. - Billy, there is no such thing

595. as a gypsy curse.

596. And even if there were, it wouldn't just be you and Cary

597. that Lempke would curse.

598. It would be the entire town.

599. - Yeah?

600. Well, the whole town didn't kill his wife

601. and then try and cover it up.

602. It was me and Cary and...

603. - What?

604. - It would be Hopley, too.

605. He was in on the cover-up with Cary and I.

606. Billy,

607. all you have to do right now

608. is to think about checking yourself into the clinic

609. and getting better.

610. That's all you need to do.

611. - Heidi, look out!

612. We're here.

613. Come on, Hopley.

614. Answer, damn it.

615. - Good morning, Mr. Halleck.

616. - Morning.

617. - We've used the computer

618. to synthesize your test results, and, amazing.

619. It's all I can say.

620. Over 12,000 calories a day,

621. and yet you continue to lose weight.

622. - Here you are, Mr. Halleck.

623. Extra whipped cream, just as you specified.

624. - We have some very good protocols in mind.

625. It'll take a week to work them out, maybe two.

626. - Yeah, and what if that doesn't tell you anything?

627. - We'll keep running tests.

628. We won't give up, Mr. Halleck.

629. Rest assured of that.

630. - Mr. Halleck, where are you going?

631. To get some takeout.

632. Duncan?

633. It's Billy Halleck.

634. Guy down at the station house said you were home sick.

635. You okay?

636. Come on, Duncan.

637. I know about the Judge.

638. What's happened to you?

639. - I don't really think you want to know, Billy,

640. but come on in.

641. So, now Rossington

642. looks like what he was all along.

643. That's funny.

644. And look at you.

645. Billy, you've finally found a diet that works.

646. - Whatever we did, we don't deserve this.

647. - Oh, no.

648. You ran the old lady down,

649. Rossington fixed it

650. so you didn't even get points taken off your driving record,

651. and me, well, I just ran the whole pack of them

652. out of the fucking county.

653. - Come on.

654. I'm not a criminal.

655. I wasn't drunk—

656. - How would I know?

657. I didn't give you a breathalyzer test.

658. I said I did.

659. Ah, that's just the way we do things

660. here in Fairview, isn't it, Billy?

661. Oh, what the hell.

662. The old lady was jaywalking.

663. - I wasn't drunk.

664. Maybe there was something else going on, though.

665. Yeah?

666. Like what?

667. - Never mind.

668. I want to find the old guy.

669. Find him and tell him we don't deserve this.

670. - What, you think he put a curse on you?

671. Hmm?

672. An old-fashioned gypsy curse,

673. like in the shock theater?

674. - Does it matter?

675. I have some things to say to him.

676. Maybe you want to come with me.

677. Oh, Christ, Hopley.

678. I'm sorry.

679. - Oh, don't be.

680. Yours is just a little slower,

681. but you'll get there eventually.

682. No, I am not going anywhere.

683. You find him, Billy.

684. You find him.

685. And when you do,

686. I want you to kill that old bastard,

687. and you say it's from me.

688. - I can't.

689. I can't kill him.

690. I need him to take the curse off my head.

691. He's the only one who can, I think.

692. - You think he's gonna take it off?

693. What, are you gonna just snivel up to him

694. and say, "I'm sorry"?

695. Oh, I'm so sorry.

696. Oh, gosh, oh, jeez, look how sorry I am?

697. Don't be stupid!

698. Take the gun.

699. Go on!

700. Take it.

701. Take the gun.

702. Take the gun.

703. Take the gun.

704. Take the goddamn gun!

705. Take the gun!

706. Kill him, Halleck!

707. If he put a curse on you,

708. it's the only satisfaction you're gonna get,

709. 'cause he's never gonna take it off!

710. Never!

711. Never!

712. - Mike Houston was here.

713. Why did you leave the clinic?

714. Billy?

715. Billy, are you all right?

716. - Fine.

717. - We care about you, sweetheart.

718. I care about you.

719. Linda.

720. - The doctors at the Glassman Clinic can't help me.

721. - If they can't help you,

722. who do you think can?

723. - Went to see Duncan Hopley just before I came home.

724. He, uh, he offered to give me his gun.

725. I didn't take it.

726. - Well, thank God.

727. - I probably should have, though.

728. I heard a gunshot after I left.

729. I don't know, maybe old Dunc saw a rat in the corner

730. and decided to do a little radical brain surgery on it,

731. but I don't think so.

732. Lempke cursed him, too.

733. His face-

734. - Please, please, please

735. don't go through that curse thing again!

736. - Well, what the hell else could it be, Heidi, huh?

737. Huh?

738. I'm not on a diet!

739. It's not anorexia!

740. I don't have a tapeworm!

741. I've been eating like mad for over six weeks!

742. Six, 10, 12,000 calories a day.

743. At least!

744. And I'm still losing weight!

745. I'm being, erased.

746. - Look, Billy, what about the Glassman?

747. They keep calling me about you.

748. - Forget the Glassman.

749. - Heidi told me what you said about this curse thing.

750. - Tells you a lot, doesn't she?

751. Whispers little secrets in your ear.

752. - What is that supposed to mean?

753. - Forget it.

754. All you need to remember is it's not a thing,

755. it's a fact.

756. A curse.

757. If you don't believe me, ask Rossington.

758. - Heidi told me what you said about him,

759. so I called Leda.

760. - And?

761. - He's got skin cancer.

762. They're treating him at the Mayo.

763. - Skin cancer, my ass.

764. - Billy, you are running out of time.

765. - No shit.

766. In two weeks, I won't even be able

767. to go to the bathroom by myself.

768. - That's why you have to go back to the clinic.

769. - Wrong.

770. That's why I have to find those gypsies.

771. - Now do you see what I'm talking about?

772. - Yeah.

773. I think he's in trouble.

774. Look, he's very irrational.

775. If I were you...

776. Oh, Mike.

777. - Tadzu Lempke,

778. Their king.

779. Also father of the woman you struck with your car.

780. - Father?

781. That's impossible.

782. That woman was old.

783. 75, 80—

784. - Lempke is 106.

785. Look, this is his great-granddaughter

786. and her husband.

787. - 106.

788. - He claimed to be 29

789. when he entered the country from Europe

790. in 1917.

791. You figure it out.

792. You want to talk about where they're going?

793. Okay,

794. I tracked them to Raintree,

795. then Milford, then Greenough,

796. which I had never heard of.

797. Where do you think they're headed now?

798. - Headed up the Maine coast.

799. They're always in Bar Harbor

800. at the end of the season.

801. You can wait and pick them up there.

802. - I don't have that much time.

803. I have the order.

804. All you have to do is sign it.

805. Just sign it?

806. I don't know.

807. Maybe you're right.

808. I know.

809. You don't want to,

810. but it's best for both of us.

811. - Oh, Mike, if we take legal action,

812. what's he gonna do when he finds out?

813. - What kind of legal action?

814. - The kind that will force you to return

815. to the Glassman Clinic before it's too late.

816. - Okay.

817. I'll go back.

818. - Oh, Billy,

819. I am so happy.

820. "Dear Heidi, I'm going after Lempke.

821. The old guy knows what I did, but not what you did,

822. and that frees you up to believe the curse

823. is all in my head.

824. Unfortunately, that's a luxury I no longer have,

825. but I'm going to work it out.

826. In the meantime, if there's anything going on

827. between you and Dr. Mikey, end it immediately.

828. Billy."

829. Biff Quigley.

830. - Call me Biff.

831. You mind telling me why you want to know where they went?

832. - Yes, Biff, I mind.

833. - Fine, Bill.

834. A man's reasons ought to be his own.

835. - Good.

836. Now, since we agree on all of that—

837. - But it's still going to cost you $800.

838. - What?

839. - Oh, not for the info.

840. That's a freebie.

841. The $800 is for the info

842. I don't give your wife and doctor.

843. - Do you take traveler's checks?

844. Gotcha.

845. - Come let the gypsy king

846. guess your weight,

847. tell your fate.

848. Come on!

849. Don't be shy!

850. The old man, he knows everything.

851. He can see everything.

852. - Don't even bother

853. to step on the scale, mister.

854. I can tell your weight from right here.

855. One-five-nine, right?

856. And next week going to be one-four-three,

857. and the week after that,

858. whoo-hoo!

859. We don't like to think about that,

860. do we, mister?

861. - Sorry, mister, but you lose.

862. But let's see.

863. No.

864. Ah, yes.

865. You can have a prize anyway.

866. Hah!

867. Hah!

868. - Billy, get in, you idiot!

869. - Cary?

870. - Hah!

871. Hah!

872. - You ready, Billy?

873. You and I are gonna get that gypsy bastard!

874. What are you doing?

875. - I'm saving you, Billy!

876. Isn't that what you want?

877. Come on!

878. Hold on, partner!

879. Yes?

880. - Leda, this is Billy Halleck.

881. Could I speak with Cary, please?

882. Sorry, Billy.

883. Cary can't come to the phone right now.

884. Yesterday he drove his Lincoln into a gas truck.

885. A happy ending of sorts.

886. He always did want to be cremated.

887. - I'm sorry, Leda.

888. Excuse me.

889. Have you seen this man?

890. His name's Tadzu Lempke.

891. - Taddy Lempke?

892. I knew he was around.

893. - You know Lempke?

894. - Well, how could you forget him?

895. Big black cancer

896. in the middle of his face.

897. I hadn't seen him

898. since I worked the ferris wheel,

899. 10, maybe 20 years ago,

900. but it was him last night.

901. You know what he said to me?

902. "Hey, Flash,

903. where that pretty little wife of yours?

904. Well, don't matter.

905. You'll see her soon."

906. Mister, my wife has been dead for five years,

907. and he knew it!

908. Did, uh, did you see which way the gypsies went

909. when they left here?

910. - No, but I heard 'em.

911. You can't miss the sound of those old beaters they drive.

912. Route 27, then north on 1.

913. - Listen, thank you.

914. Thank you very much.

915. - Mister?

916. Be careful.

917. That Taddy'll chew you up and swallow you down.

918. Yes?

919. - Lin?

920. - Daddy!

921. Where are you?

922. I've been so worried.

923. It's just so good to hear your voice.

924. When did you get home?

925. - Yesterday.

926. Dad, Mom's really upset.

927. - Where is she now?

928. Um, she's in the kitchen with Dr. Houston.

929. What's Dr. Mikey doing there?

930. He's been here a lot.

931. Why?

932. - Billy, is that you?

933. Sweetheart,

934. I've been talking to Mike, and he's been saying-

935. - Bitch, bitch, bitch!

936. This is all your fault, you...

937. - Shame!

938. My mama!

939. I say you kill my old mama!

940. I say you are a demon, and we should kill you!

941. - Is that what I am to you,

942. a demon?

943. Look at me.

944. - She call you the white man from town.

945. You got no business with us, white man from town,

946. and we got no business with you.

947. Go away.

948. - I'm not through with you.

949. Your daughter ran out between two parked cars.

950. I couldn't see her.

951. - Why wasn't you watching, white man from town?

952. Why wasn't you watching?

953. You never see us.

954. You think doing this to me

955. is going to bring your daughter back?

956. I don't think so.

957. Duncan Hopley is dead.

958. So is Cary Rossington.

959. Neither of them brought your daughter back.

960. - Justice ain't about bringing back the dead,

961. white man.

962. Justice is about justice.

963. Your friend the policeman,

964. your friend the judge,

965. they make sure nothing happen to you.

966. They keep you safe,

967. but I make sure something happen to them.

968. That justice, white man,

969. Gypsy justice.

970. - You know as much about justice

971. as I know about turbine engines.

972. Now take your fucking curse off of me!

973. - I never take it off.

974. I die with it in me mouth.

975. - I'm sorry.

976. It was my fault.

977. Please, I'm asking you nicely.

978. Take it off before this goes any further.

979. - Get out.

980. Get out, or I'll make it worse.

981. I make it so much worse,

982. you think I bless you the first time.

983. Like this.

984. - Okay, I'll go,

985. but not before I curse you,

986. And everybody I see by the light of this fire!

987. The curse of the white man from town.

988. That's right.

989. Laugh.

990. Laugh now,

991. cry later,

992. but it all is right at your feet.

993. You want to see what the white man from town can do

994. when he puts his mind to it?

995. Do you want to see that?

996. Don't make me start, old man.

997. Don't make me start.

998. Take it off of me while you still can.

999. - Hah!

1000. - Get out of here!

1001. Leave this camp, murdering bastard!

1002. - The curse of the white man from town

1003. is on you, pal.

1004. They don't write about it in books,

1005. but it is on you.

1006. This is Billy Halleck.

1007. Could I speak to Richie Ginelli, please?

1008. Hold on.

1009. William.

1010. How you doing, counselor?

1011. - Not so good, Richie.

1012. I need a doctor.

1013. I'll have someone to you by morning.

1014. Not a doctor, but he's pretty close.

1015. - Ball bearing, huh?

1016. First for me.

1017. This kind of pain is a first for me.

1018. - Ah.

1019. There's a reason for that.

1020. I've worked with cadavers in med school

1021. that look better than you do.

1022. These are mine, but

1023. you need them more than I do.

1024. Potassium tablets.

1025. - Will they do anything for the pain?

1026. - No.

1027. But they prevent you from going into cardiac arrest.

1028. Look, if it's a diet, you can come off it now.

1029. You have my permission.

1030. Oh.

1031. Expect a visitor tomorrow.

1032. - Who?

1033. - Take the Bufferin and get some rest.

1034. - You should've called me earlier, Billy,

1035. a lot earlier.

1036. - I didn't expect you to come yourself, Richie.

1037. - Hey, I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

1038. Okay, I got it.

1039. Fuck.

1040. Fuck!

1041. - Who was I kidding?

1042. - You ever hear of something called, um,

1043. committal in absentia?

1044. - Oh, sure.

1045. It means when somebody's committed

1046. to a mental hospital without being examined.

1047. It's usually invoked when some guy

1048. goes loony and runs off...

1049. Ah, Christ.

1050. Houston couldn't have done it without Heidi.

1051. Damn them.

1052. Damn them both.

1053. - Her and this doctor, you don't think, um...

1054. - Yeah.

1055. Sure.

1056. I didn't want to believe it

1057. until one night I saw his car pulling out of the driveway.

1058. She said he just dropped by.

1059. - Hey, hey, hey, relax.

1060. You got nothing to worry about.

1061. By the time the order goes through, this'll either be over,

1062. or you'll be dead,

1063. and if you make it,

1064. you'll be able to deal with them at your leisure.

1065. - I'm gonna get you for this, Heidi.

1066. I swear I am.

1067. Richie.

1068. You're not actually gonna

1069. hurt anybody, are you?

1070. - No.

1071. But, Billy, if I'm gonna help you,

1072. you don't get to ask that question again.

1073. Hey, hey, hey.

1074. Hey.

1075. What do you say, fellas, huh, huh?

1076. Smell like your chow?

1077. Who wants a little strychnine?

1078. Here you go.

1079. Here you go.

1080. Here you go.

1081. Here you go.

1082. Here you go.

1083. Hey, kid, wake up.

1084. It's a visit from the money fairy.

1085. What's your name?

1086. - Spurton.

1087. Frank Spurton.

1088. - Okay, Frank Spurton,

1089. check it out.

1090. - I, uh,

1091. I don't do nothing that goes on video.

1092. - Well, that's a good plan, Stan.

1093. Listen.

1094. There's some gypsies camped out back up the road.

1095. They light, you call me.

1096. - What name should I ask for in case someone else answers?

1097. - Oh, don't worry.

1098. I'll answer.

1099. - You like this, don't you, Richie?

1100. - Like it?

1101. Are you kidding?

1102. I fucking love it.

1103. Yeah?

1104. - They're at a small farm off Route 92.

1105. I think they made me.

1106. - Well, if I were you, friend,

1107. I'd get the fuck out of there as soon as I could,

1108. and lose my number.

1109. - Thanks.

1110. - Well, well, well.

1111. Hey, Billy.

1112. - I think it's time for us to move on.

1113. This is getting out of hand.

1114. - Wrong.

1115. This has been out of hand

1116. ever since that old gyp touched you, William,

1117. and I'm just the guy to put it back in hand.

1118. I gotta show them

1119. they can't get away with that stuff

1120. they pulled on that kid.

1121. He was a mook,

1122. but he was my mook.

1123. Richie the Hammer.

1124. - Please don't.

1125. - There!

1126. Over there!

1127. No!

1128. No!

1129. No!

1130. Gabe!

1131. No!

1132. Gabe!

1133. Yes?

1134. - FBI.

1135. Special Agent Stoner.

1136. A few questions, Mrs. Romani?

1137. Can you identify—

1138. - That pig!

1139. That pig killed my old mama!

1140. He killed my husband.

1141. - Mr. William Halleck.

1142. - It was him that was at this camp last night, wasn't it?

1143. - No, but we believe

1144. he hired someone to make the attack,

1145. but we do have him in custody.

1146. Would you mind accompanying me

1147. to identify him personally?

1148. - Oh, my God.

1149. Not again.

1150. He's waiting in the car.

1151. - There's no car here.

1152. - Oh, I, uh, almost forgot.

1153. I have a photo of the man we suspect attacked your camp.

1154. - It was you!

1155. Acid, bitch.

1156. Scream again and I'll kill you.

1157. You just got a faceful of soda pop

1158. and baking soda.

1159. Billy, get the hell out of here!

1160. - Richie, no.

1161. - This time you live

1162. because my friend asks.

1163. Next time,

1164. you're one dead little whore.

1165. - Fuck you

1166. and fuck him!

1167. Here's the real deal.

1168. Now, here's what I want you to do.

1169. Unless you want to wear a gypsy scarf

1170. over your face for the rest of your life.

1171. Hold...

1172. very...

1173. still.

1174. You tell the old gyp to meet me at the lighthouse

1175. in two hours.

1176. Your friend is a pig,

1177. and he will die thin!

1178. But you will die first, you bastard!

1179. - He'll meet you there in about an hour,

1180. over there by that bench.

1181. - Thanks, Richie.

1182. - Hey, you want to thank me,

1183. get that old bastard.

1184. - Wake up.

1185. Wake up.

1186. Your dreams smell bad to me.

1187. They stink.

1188. Maybe you think you're still dreaming, huh?

1189. Does this look like dream to you, white man from town?

1190. You kill my daughter, and you get off.

1191. For that you deserve to die, so I curse you.

1192. But now, I got to do this

1193. so your crazy friend don't hurt my Gallina.

1194. Already kill her husband.

1195. You want your little girl hurt?

1196. - I didn't want any of this, Lempke.

1197. - You want to get rid of the curse,

1198. first you got to give it to this pie.

1199. Then, you give this pie,

1200. With the curse inside to somebody else!

1201. Okay.

1202. You gain weight quick now.

1203. So quick, you don't know what's going on.

1204. But somebody got to eat this pie, and soon.

1205. Everyone who eat pie die quick and bad.

1206. You got somebody?

1207. - Yes.

1208. Yeah.

1209. You got somebody.

1210. But why you don't do right?

1211. Eat your own pie.

1212. You die thin, but you die clean.

1213. - Get away from me.

1214. Our business is done.

1215. - Die clean, white man from town.

1216. Die clean.

1217. - Daddy, are you okay?

1218. - I'm still pretty thin, honey,

1219. but I'm gonna be fine.

1220. Listen, Daddy's coming home tonight,

1221. but I want it to be a surprise, okay?

1222. - Yeah, sure.

1223. - So I want you to stay over at Georgia's tonight.

1224. - Daddy, no.

1225. - Yes.

1226. There's some things I, uh,

1227. need to talk to your mother about.

1228. Promise me you'll stay over at Georgia's.

1229. - All right. - Thanks, honey.

1230. Now let me talk with your mother.

1231. - Billy, is that you?

1232. - There's some things I gotta do before I come home, so,

1233. I'll be seeing you in a couple of days.

1234. Wake up,

1235. white woman from town.

1236. Oh, Billy!

1237. Oh, Billy! - Whoa, whoa, whoa, girl!

1238. At least wait until I get up to 140.

1239. - I didn't expect you home until the end of the week.

1240. - I just couldn't wait to see you.

1241. I even brought you a present.

1242. It's on the kitchen counter.

1243. - I know.

1244. I know why you came home early,

1245. and I know what you've been thinking,

1246. and I swear to you,

1247. there's never been anything between Mike Houston and me.

1248. Never.

1249. - We can talk about it all in the morning.

1250. I'm gonna go upstairs.

1251. I'm exhausted.

1252. - All right.

1253. - I'm gonna go with you.

1254. - No, no.

1255. It's early.

1256. Hey, Why don't you check out what I brought you?

1257. You're gonna like it.

1258. You sound like your old silly self.

1259. - Well, I'm starting to feel like my old silly self again.

1260. Go on.

1261. Take a look.

1262. - It's in there? - Go, go.

1263. Is it strawberry?

1264. - Uh-huh.

1265. Oh, Billy, that's my favorite.

1266. - I know.

1267. Getting even's also what it's all about,

1268. you bitch.

1269. Heidi?

1270. You awake?

1271. Did you try it?

1272. Yep.

1273. You tried it.

1274. Strawberry pie.

1275. Mmm.

1276. I wouldn't want to eat

1277. too much of it myself, though.

1278. It's diet food.

1279. Look at you,

1280. size six again.

1281. Maybe even a size four.

1282. Daddy!

1283. Oh, Daddy, you look so thin.

1284. Oh, but I'm glad to see you anyway.

1285. Oh, I'm sorry I didn't stay at Georgia's,

1286. but I kind of needed to talk to Mom before I saw you.

1287. See, things haven't really been so great between us

1288. because of what you've been going through and all,

1289. so I came back after you went to sleep.

1290. We sat in here and worked things out.

1291. And I just had a piece of your pie for breakfast.

1292. - You had— - Yes, Dad,

1293. it was delicious,

1294. and things are cool between Mom and 1.

1295. Oh, I've got to go play soccer with Lisa,

1296. but I'll catch you later.

1297. Mmm!

1298. Bye.

1299. I love you.

1300. - Oh, my God, what have I done?

1301. - Billy, You're home.

1302. - Dr. Mikey,

1303. a mite early for a house call, isn't it?

1304. - It's not what you think.

1305. Um, Heidi was upset,

1306. and I, I just stopped by to see how she was doing.

1307. - Don't sweat it, Mike.

1308. I might have done the same thing in your shoes.

1309. After all, I was acting like a bit of a jerk.

1310. But I'm fine now.

1311. Even putting a little weight back on.

1312. As a matter of fact, I was just gonna dig into a big slice

1313. of this breakfast pie.

1314. Care to join me?

1315. - I really shouldn't.

1316. - Aw, come on, Mike.

1317. I've settled everything with Heidi.

1318. Now it's your turn.

1319. Pie's delicious.

1320. - You sure I'm not intruding?

1321. - Positive.

1322. White doctor from town.