All language subtitles for Neon Cactus (2023)

(film reeling)

♪ You say I love you too ♪

♪ Say love is to hold me ♪

♪ As I said from the start ♪

♪ And say love will dissolve me ♪

♪ As I said from the start ♪

♪ They say love is to hold me ♪

♪ As I said from the start ♪

♪ And say love will dissolve me ♪

♪ As I said from the start ♪

♪ As I said from the start ♪

♪ As I said from the start ♪

(car door opening)
(crow cawing)

(car door shutting)

(footsteps)

(train whistle blowing)

- [On TV] Dental hygienist
cleans people's teeth.

They come to me, sit 'em down.

I make them very sure that
I'm not gonna poke them

or stab them or make them bleed

or make them drink the fluoride,

that they have to drink
and I clean their teeth

and send them on their
way and charge 50 bucks.

(group laughing on TV)

(squeaking) (scrapping)

(upbeat music)

(door opening)

(door shutting)

- Where's Henry?

- In Hawaii, I think.

He, he retired when I bought
him out about a year ago.

- And you are?

- Stanley.

Stanley Cooper.

I own the place now.

- Well, Stanley, my name is Johnny Rocket.

I'm what you might call

the founder of the feast around here,

please to meet you.

I got a car out there.
I gotta pop the trunk.

Thing is, I just bought it and
the owner misplaced the keys.

Now I'm willing to pay you
three times the going rate.

I can see you're in the
middle of something right now,

and well, no time as valuable as mine.

- Let me get my tools.

- My man.

(footsteps)

(footsteps)

- Is that dried blood on the bumper?

(nasal inhaling)
- Hit a coyote.

- You backed into a coyote?

- That's right.

- Well, I only deal in locks mister.

- Well, it's a wise man
that stays within the lines.

(thud)

(unlocking hinge)

(tools rattling)

(tool box closing and locking)

(lock rattling)

(trunk opening)
(trunk shutting)

- What do I owe you?

- Standard rate's $25.

- Well, I said I'd pay you
three times a going rate,

didn't I?

How's 500 sound?

- Sounds high.

- Oh, not for a man with your skills.

Not for a man that stays inside the lines.

If you ever need anything,

you've got a friend in Johnny Rocket.

Why don't you come on down to
the Neon Cactus, grab a beer.

Give that to the waitress.

She'll, she'll know what to do with it.

- I gave up drinking years ago.

- Well, if you ever decide
to pick back up again,

first one's on me.

(footsteps)

- [On TV] You and your
equip will have to be tough.

(car driving up)

(car engine turning off)

(car door opening and closing)

(keys jingling)

(footsteps)

(front door opening)

- The king is home.

(door shutting)

- I don't want to fight Maureen.

(setting toolbox down)

- Of course not. Stanley
wouldn't fight a fly.

(jacket ruffling)

- Aren't you gonna ask about dinner?

- That's fine dear, I'll
just heat up a TV dinner.

- JR never ate a frozen dinner.

He had a 12 ounce steak every night

after a 14 hour day in the copper mines.

If I didn't have his steak ready,

he'd tear the house apart.

- JR's dead.

Why don't just let the man rest in peace?

- Peace.

You have no peace.

If you knew what kind of
spineless wonder filled his shoes.

- I'm not filling anyone's shoes.

- I'll say.

Only shoes you'd fill are
Dorothy's red slippers.

Maybe those would be too big for you.

- Good night. Maureen.

(footsteps)

(door shutting)

(radio tuning)

(TV static)
(slow music)

(TV shutting off)
(TV turning on)

(TV shutting off)
(TV turning on)

(clock ticking)

(slow music)

(lighter lighting)

(speaker squealing)

- [Loud Speaker Announcer]
Attention workers,

complementary peanuts will be available

at the company store east of the building

at 2:30 to 3:30 today.

Also, your TPG reports are due at 6:45 AM.

Thank you.

(speaker squealing)

(dogs barking)

(birds chirping)

(cupboard opening)
(cupboard closing)

(coffee pouring)

(Stanley sipping)

(gas running)

(clank)

(clicking off)

(upbeat music)

(lighter lighting)
(cigarette burning)

- I don't know how you put up with it.

- No, If JR was here, I wouldn't have to.

- Why'd you marry him.

- After JR's funeral, I had to get out.

Remember that week I closed the shop?

- Yeah. I couldn't color my roots.

I looked ridiculous.

- Oh.

Went to this little town in Connecticut,

had to get as far away
from Texas as I could.

Then one night I started
talking this guy in the lobby

of this little motel I was staying at.

Turns out he was the owner.

- Turns out it was Stanley.

- Yeah, he seemed great at the time.

Stanley was funny, innocent.

He seemed so helpless, like a lost bird

and just talked all night.

- You're not the nurturing type.

What's the real reason?

- Oh, he promised he was
gonna sell off his motel.

We were gonna move to Hawaii.

We were married three days after we meet,

at county court house.

Then he went and bought Henry's key shop,

that he was gonna build it up

and sell it off for a fortune.

- I thought JR left you plenty of money

to start over wherever you wanted.

- Yeah. Well, what's the
point in starting over,

if you gotta do it alone.

- You're still a handsome woman, Maureen.

I think you and Hawaii
could have done better

than Stanley inside an hour of landing.

- Yeah, but nobody could
have been better than JR.

- He's dead, honey.

Now you got a Stanley.

- Oh.

(ice cream truck passing)

- [On TV 2] Hi Gypsy. Tell my fortune.

- [On TV 3] Yes, but I must
look into my crystal ball.

I see Trix in your favorite red box again.

Oh, I see Trix around you too!

(front door opening)

(setting tool box)

(door shutting)

(TV chattering)

- The gas was left on this morning.

- What are you talking about?

(TV chattering)

- I was pouring myself a cup
of coffee and I smelled it.

The gas was on high, but
the burner wasn't lit.

- Thank goodness you caught that.

I can sleep easy, knowing
that Stanley Cooper's

on the job, turning dials.

- Just please be careful.

You light a cigarette with a
gas on like that and you're

likely to-

- Blow up the house

and I won't have to listen to you anymore.

I'd be back with JR, where I belong.

- Be careful,

you might be back with
him sooner than you think.

- That a threat?

You threatening me?

(nasal inhaling)
- Goodnight Maureen.

(TV chattering)

(door shutting)

- You think about my offer?

- I'm thinking about it.

- Good.

Well,

I got a little assignment for you,

while you're thinking it over.

There's a new fellow at Mesa Keys.

I want you to give him this box

and tell him not to look in it.

And I don't want you looking at it either.

You think you can handle that?

- I can handle it.

- Good.

You can go.

(radio tuning)

(upbeat music)

(brakes and tires squealing)

(door opening)

(door opening)

(door shutting)

- Well, there's my man.

Got that box for me?

- Yeah. Just a minute.

(footsteps)

(footsteps)

- You didn't look in it, did you?

- Nu-huh.

- Good man.

- Oh, no, no.

That's all right, Johnny.

- You sure?

- Sure. Yeah.

- All right. Well I owe you.

Oh, Stanley, I almost forgot.

Might wanna check your truck out there.

Saw something leaking from it.

Noticed it on my way in.

(door opening)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

- Mesa Keys.

- [Johnny] Stanley,

you ever figure out what that
leak was from your vehicle?

- Brake line's been cut.

- [Johnny] Whoa. You make any enemies?

- Just my wife.

- [Johnny] (laughing)
Oh, I wouldn't worry.

Most women I know couldn't
find a brake line,

let alone cut it.

Now, finding a heart to
cut, that they can do.

- Yeah.

- [Johnny] Man would have
to cut it. I doubt it.

Probably just wear and tear,

these dirt roads are pretty
hard on our vehicles.

- Dirt roads don't cut
brake lines in half.

- [Johnny] Well sir,
Johnny Rocket, owes you,

you want me to look into it?

- No, no thanks.

That's all right, Johnny.

- [Johnny] All right,
well, you change your mind,

you come on down to the Cactus.

- Will do. Thanks.

Bye-Bye.

- We've gotta think bigger than that.

- Absolutely.

In other words, think big.

- We've gotta shoot for an image,

wide world widgets corporation

as a keystone in our nation's economy.

(TV chattering)

- What's your brand, Cowboy?

- Narragansett. 96.

(footsteps)

(bottles clanking)

- Rough day?

- Rough life.

- Hmm. You and me both mister.

What's your name?

- Stanley.

- Stanley.

I'm Tori.

(dog barking and howling)

- Wanna start a tab?

- Actually, I'd like to see Johnny Rocket.

(paper sliding)

- Give me a minute.

Play something on the jukebox.

- Where's the jukebox?

(pool balls knocking)

(footsteps)

(flick)

(keys jingling)

(ping, ping, ping)

(ping, ping, ping, ping)

(ping, ping)

(sipping)

(slurping)

(gulping)

(burping)

- Follow me.

- Excuse me, sir.

- [Tori] Follow me (echoing)

(slow creepy music)

(gate slowly raising)

(clanking)

(elevator jarring)

(door opening)

(match striking)

(cigar burning)

(Hispanic music playing on TV)

- Juan Carlos Diego Garcia de Baja,

declares that this food is
not, not too shabby at all.

In fact, it's, it's not even bad.

- [On TV 4] Call it like it is, bandido,

- [On TV 5] The greatest
bandido in the world,

even says that taco jack
food is, is rather good.

- [On TV 4] As good as mamas?

- [On TV 5] Hold your tongue, yes.

But do not tell her I say so.

- [On TV 4] Hey, amigo, when
is your sister's wedding?

- [On TV 6] Cyarumba! I may almost forget

and it's less an hour.

- [On TV 4] Fantastic.

- [On TV 5] Bring the food from Taco Jack.

You say you're pretty fast, huh?

Let's see. You make 50 of
each combination plate.

- 50 tacos too,

- and 50 machoco burritos.

- And how about some delicious
taquitos to go with that?

- And 50 of those too.

- We went the whole in enchilada.

- [On TV 7] Have you
compared leading cold creams

with the fabulous warm
cream called Abilene?

You should Abilene melts on your skin.

Cold cream stays heavy.

Abilene cleans eye makeup,
beautifully better.

Both sides appear clean,

but watch these oil treated pads.

See how much I make a
cold cream leaves behind

compared to Abilene?

Abilene cleans make up beautifully better

than leading cold creams.

Abilene, the warm cream.

(gun shaking)

- [On TV 8] Well, in
Mr. Jones's defense Mac,

we have to remember that
he couldn't possibly

know about our internal problems.

Of course-

(footsteps)

- What are you doing with my gun?

- [On TV 8] Look, let's not get excited.

- I found it under the pillow.

I was looking for the TV guide,

and I found this instead.

Why do you have a gun?

- What do you think for protection?

- From what?

- From bad guys. You idiot.

Somebody breaks in. What
am I supposed to do?

Wait for you to scare them off?

- You shouldn't have a gun in the house.

- Give it back.

It was JR's. Give it back.

Give it back.

(gun shaking)

- It's as useless as you
are, without bullets in it.

(setting chamber)

- I'm going out for some air.

(door opening)
(door shutting)

- [On TV 9] The contributions we have made

toward preserving the
American way of life,

freedom, democracy, the
basic aspirations of mankind.

Oh, there's a bleep of a lot
of stuff we can cover here.

Big, important, significant.

You'll get that into your script.

And we've got something
to show the old man.

- Our president. C. R. Trumiage

(wheels turning)

(slow intense music)

(flash)

- What can I do for you?

- Uh, I need a favor.

- Sure Stanley, I owe you.

- Kill my wife.

- Pardon me?

- Kill my wife.

- What makes you think I could
arrange a thing like that?

- Just a hunch.

- Well, I could take a offense to that,

but I won't.

- I can pay you.

- Pay me for what?

- For the job.

- JR. It's her husband.

He left her a fortune
from the copper mine,

he bought before he passed.

I could see too at the,
you get a piece of that.

- I knew JR.

I was sad at his passing.

How long has that been now?

- Year in May.

- Stanley, it saddens me
to hear you talk like this.

I picked you for a square fella.

For you to think that I could
arrange a thing like that.

Well, that just saddens me.

- I'm sorry.

(footsteps)

- It's just.

I think she's trying to kill me.

The other day, she left
the gas on in the kitchen.

Somebody cut my brake line

and tonight I found out
she's been hiding a gun.

- Well, sounds like you
need to go to the police.

- No cops.

- Now I owe your favor still.

So if you ever need any extra cash

or some help with your business,

something along that line,
come back and see me.

(footsteps)

(door opening)

(gun firing)

(calm music)

(lighter lighting)

- How long til that color sets.

It didn't set last time
and washed right out.

- [Maureen] 20 minutes.

(door shutting)

- What do you want Stanley?

- To talk.

- Talk.

- In private. I was hoping.

- Hello Stanley.

- Wilma.

- My color's setting.

- Then you won't mind if
Maureen and I have a moment.

- Make it quick.

- All right, Stanley, stop
pestering my customers.

- Can we talk in the kitchen?

(footsteps)

- Look, Maureen, I was thinking,

I know I'm not JR,

but what if I did just sell the shop?

I mean, I could just sell it like,

I promised when we first met

and we could pull up stakes for Hawaii.

- You mean it?

- I do.

Like, I promised when we
first met, let's hit the road.

I got a feeling something bad's coming,

if we stay in this town.

- I can list it for you and the house.

I still got my realtor's license and all.

- So at least try.

Deal?

- Deal.

- So glad your key shop's
found a motivated buyer.

If you'll just sign here and here.

Now our purchaser wishes
to remain anonymous,

but this $30,000 check is yours,

when you sign one more spot.

(phone ringing)

- Marcy be a dear, would you?

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

- [Marcy] Hello?

(footsteps)

- Someone's on the phone for Stanley.

- Tell him, not me,
he's sitting right here.

- Stanley it's someone.

- I'm sure he heard you, Marcy.

- Thank you, Marcy.

(footsteps)

- Hello.

- Got any pets?

- [Johnny] My man, Stanley.

- Johnny.

- [Johnny] Been thinking
about our conversation.

- What's that, Johnny?

- [Johnny] Oh folks are listening, huh?

Okay.

- Yeah.

Just here with my wife signing
some real estate papers.

- [Johnny] Good deal, Stanley.

Keep talking like it ain't nothing.

- That's, that's good to hear.

- [Johnny] I'll do it, Stanley.

It'll cost you 30,000.

- Yeah.

Well, I, I, I'll have to stop

by the shop for my tools first.

- [Johnny] Say sure, if you understand.

- Uh, that no, that won't be necessary.

I've got all the tools we'll need.

- [Johnny] We'll meet up
tonight to go over the terms.

- Shouldn't take too long.

- [Johnny] Say sure, if you understand.

- That won't be necessary.

- [Johnny] Stanley.

Say sure to proceed.

- No, no.

You, you, you, you won't need to do that.

I I, I I don't, I don't
think we'll need to do that.

No, thank you.

- [Johnny] Say sure if you understand.

- No, no.

That really won't be necessary. Thank you.

- [Johnny] Stanley.

Say sure to proceed.

Say sure, if you understand.

- No, that won't be needed.

Won't need to, to do that at all.

Bye Johnny.

(hanging up phone)

- Who's that?

- Johnny.

- Johnny who?

- Johnny Rocket.

- Johnny Rocket.

- Yeah. He locked himself
out of his trunk again.

- Again?

- [Marcy] Oh, wait, wait, wait.

- Yeah. Funny guy.

- [Marcy] Who's Johnny Rocket?

- What don't you need him to do?

- What?

- What don't you need him to do?

- Oh, oh, well, he, he wanted

to bring some of his own tools.

So I told him that wouldn't be necessary

as I'm gonna go buy my
shop and get my own tools.

So he won't need to be doing that.

- He sounds dense.

- Dense?

- You must have told him no
half a dozen times, Stanley.

- Yeah. Yeah.

I guess he's dense.

Do I need to sign anything else?

- [Marcy] No, that's it.

I'll go get your check.

(papers thumping)

(pens clicking)

(door opening)
(door shutting)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

- [Johnny] Stanley, you there?

Stanley, you there?

- Yeah, I'm here.

- [Johnny] Missed you at
the cactus, been three days.

Almost seemed like you hung
up on me, I doubt that though.

- Yeah. Look, Johnny, I'm really sorry,

but I I didn't mean it.

- [Johnny] Mean what?

- The whole thing we talked about.

- [Johnny] Oh, you didn't mean it.

- We had a rough patch, but
we're working through it.

- [Johnny] A rough patch, huh?

- That's right.

You understand, don't you?

- Why sure, Stanley, sure.

I, I mean,

I never tried to bribe
someone to murder my wife,

but I can appreciate the sentiment.

- So we're square?

- [Johnny] Not exactly.
I still owe you a favor.

- Oh, that's, that's, forget it.

We're we're, we're even.

- [Johnny] You Sure?

- Sure, I'm sure.

- [Johnny] Well, we got
another problem here, Stanley.

- What?

- [Johnny] Well,

I can't forget our
conversation legally, you see.

- I was drunk.

- [Johnny] Thought you said you didn't

even finish your first beer.

- I'm a lightweight, I,
besides they don't know that.

- [Johnny] Who's they?

- I don't know whoever you tell.

- [Johnny] But I know and I ain't no liar.

Here's the thing, Stanley.

Say I do forget it.

And this, we are working through
it thing, doesn't work out.

So you kill your wife
somewhere down the line.

Now I'm implicated.

- I'm not gonna kill my wife
somewhere down the line.

- [Johnny] If you can think it,

which you obviously have, you can do it.

- Please just leave me alone.

- [Johnny] Well,

you've already involved
me in this, Stanley.

So here are my options.

One, I say nothing,

possibly get implicated in some
bad business down the line.

Two, I go on up to Mineral Springs

and talk to Sheriff Deal about it,

clear my conscience and
remove any personal liability.

Three. I go ahead and do
the deed for you anyway.

- You stay away from Maureen.

- [Johnny] Or you meet me at the Cactus,

like you were supposed to three nights ago

and we come to some sort of arrangement.

- When?

- [Johnny] How about now?

- I'll be there.

(hanging up phone)

(elevator gate closing)

(flashing)

(gears turning)

(slow dramatic music)

- [Johnny] Drink?

- No.

- [Johnny] Cigar?

- Just get to your terms.

- Stanley, I misjudged you.

- [Stanley] I'm sorry to disappoint.

- Oh, on the contrary, if I may be frank,

I took you for a bit of a pushover,

but I can clearly see
that's not the case, is it?

- Hardly.

- Exactly, what did you do

before you joined us here in town?

- Seen the world.

- I'm almost inclined to believe you.

Where did you meet JR's wife?

- In the land of none of your business.

(Johnny laughing)

- All right, my terms $15,000.

It's half of what you
originally offered me.

- Offered?..It. What's that buy?

- Why, for me to forget we ever spoke.

- I thought you weren't a liar.

- Well,

for $15,000 I'll take the
chance you making one out of me,

but I wouldn't recommend it.

- How do you want it?

- Put the keys to your
shop in the lock box,

in the back door and take $15,000,

put in a black briefcase
and set that inside the shop

and put the code to the lock
box under a rock by the door.

- Fine.

- Stanley, there's one other thing,

I think you should know,

before you decide this is
the way you want to take it.

- I'm listening.

- Well, Maureen, made me
the same offer you did.

Well, almost the same offer.

- Almost?

- Maureen offered me more than just money.

(slow intense music)

- You're lying.

- I told you I'm not a liar,

unless the prices right.

Stanley, you ever notice a Maureen

left the salon long enough
maybe to go to the saloon

and you think I really just
stopped into your shop,

get my trunk opened up,
pay $500 for a $25 job.

Now you still want to work
over that rough patch with her?

(slow intense music)

- Yes.

- All right.

I just thought you should
know all the angles

before you decide.

Tonight, that briefcase,

in the back of your store after sundown.

Crystal?

- Clear.

(elevator type music)

(footsteps)

- Mr. Cooper.

- Ms. Reeves.

(paper sliding)

- $15,000?

- Not so loud please.

- Oh, Sorry.

In cash?

- That's right.

- Wow.

Okay.

I'll need to see your id.

I'll have to get a manager
to sign off on this.

(footsteps)

- [Ms. Reeves] Stanley
Cooper's cashing out $15,000.

(setting and unlocking briefcase)

- Cashing out?

- Not exactly cashing out.

Just taking out some cash.

- That's nearly your entire
deposit here at this branch.

- It's for a land deal, real estate.

- It's none of my concerns Stanley.

There's just some extra
paperwork required on our end.

You can fill out.

- Oh.

- Yeah. You know,

just extra paperwork
in case we get audited

by the feds of the transaction.

Boiler plate stuff.
Just standard procedure.

Go ahead and sign here.

Here.

Up here

and down there.

Here, here and here.

Here.

And here.

All right, Mr. Cooper,

$15,000 for you.

(briefcase closing and latching)

- Have a lovely day Stanley.

- Thanks.

- [Loud Speaker Announcer]
Attention workers.

We still have a lot of peanuts available.

They're sitting in my office.

Please come try some.

Also complimentary
cruelty later this week.

(speaker screeching)

(footsteps)

(door opening)

- Where were you?

(door shutting)

- With a customer.

- Not for much longer.

Got an offer on the house. 70,000.

It's enough to buy a
plane ticket to Hawaii.

- You mean two?

- What?

- Two plane tickets to Hawaii?

- Yeah. Obviously we're both going.

(Maureen laughing)

- Come on. I made dinner to celebrate.

(jacket ruffling)

(upbeat music)

(lighter lighting)

- Come on now.

(lighter lighting)

- [Stanley] I hope you
have another one of those.

- How's the steak?

- Bloody.

- That's how JR always liked it.

- I know, JR liked it, I know.

- What's the matter?

- Maureen, did you talk
to Johnny recently?

(slow intense music)

- Johnny who?

- Johnny Rocket.

- No, of course not.

Why did he say something?

- He said a lot of things.

- When did you see him?

- Today.

- What'd he say?

- He said,

he said you offered him
some incentives to kill me.

Is it true?

- Of course not.

- Is it true?

Maureen?

We're about to get $30,000 for the shop.

We're going to get another big chunk

of change for the house.

We finally have enough
money to get out of here,

but we got to be on the same level.

We got to be level with each other,

if we're gonna make it.

Is it true?

- Yeah.

I just, I miss JR so much

and I was so frustrated with everything

and Johnny came by the
salon with a business card

and said how much he thought of JR.

If I ever needed anything to come

and see at the Neon Cactus.

- I see.

There's something I need to tell you.

- I know.

- You do.

- Johnny told me.

30,000 to bump me off,

the night you found my gun

and stepped out for air.

You went to go see him at the Neon Cactus.

(TV chattering)

- I'm sorry.

(TV chattering)

- Yeah, me too.

- So now what?

(TV chattering)

- Now we proceed with the plan, I guess.

- Uh, which plan?

(TV chattering)

- Plan to sell out and leave this dump.

We put a lot of other stuff behind us.

We're square now you and me.

(TV chattering)

(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)

- Mesa Keys.

- [Johnny] Changed my mind.

- Changed your mind...

What? What does that even mean?

I thought we had a deal.

- [Johnny] Well, something came up.

Meet me at the cactus tonight.

After we're closed, about 3:00 AM.

I'll leave the door
unlocked. We'll talk alone.

- I'll be there.

(hanging phone up)

(thud)

- I just want out of here tonight.

- All right. I mean we, we've
got the check for the house.

If that clears,

we can come back for
closing and finish packing.

- Sooner we get to Dallas the better.

- What's the matter?

- Johnny wants to see me tonight.

- Why?

- Find out.

- Let's just leave.

- No, he'll follow us.

I gotta get things
square with him tonight.

- I don't like it.

- Me neither.

But I gotta go before we leave.

- Okay.

(door opening)
(door shutting)

(slow intense music)

(floor boards squeaking)

(elevator gate raising)

(cigar burning)

- [Johnny] (echoing) Meet
me at the cactus tonight.

After we're closed, about 3:00 AM.

I'll leave the door
unlocked. We'll talk alone.

(dramatic music)

(gun loading)

(gun firing)
(gun firing)

(ears ringing)

(street noises)

(clock ticking)

(car horns honking)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

- Yeah.

Who's?

Where?

(TV chattering)

- I'll be there.

(phone hanging up)

(boots scooting)

(bag dropping)

(hatch opening)

(car driving up)

(door opening)
(door shutting)

(footsteps)
(keys jingling)

- She died last night.

- How do you know that?

- She's in her nightgown.

Gas poisoning.

- How do you know that?

- Gas was on when I came in?

Stove right over there.

Shut it off.

- Don't touch anything else.

- Till what? The FBI arrives?

This ain't exactly New York City.

- Did you call the medical examiner?

- Yeah, he's on his way.

You know this may come
as a surprise to you,

but I worked predominantly
homicide in San Antonio.

- So you keep telling me.

- Do not be bitter Ben.

We both tried the big
city. It wasn't for us.

- Photos?

- Yeah, she's coming Ben.

You know I'm in charge, right?

- First among equals.

- Right.

The city council voted
for two peace officers

to head new homicide department.

One acting as acting officer.

- Acting as acting officer.

- Whatever. You know what I mean?

So what do you think?

- Where's her old man?

- Stanley Cooper.

Bought Henry's key shop last year?

- Where? Not who.

- Not here.

- I can see that.

Where is he?

- I do not know.

- Don't, you don't know.

- Correct.

I do not.

- I guess we all know her story, JR.

- Um.

JR wasn't even cold when
she married Stanley,

and that's strange.

- Well, guess we better find Stanley.

Got some mighty bad
news for him when we do.

- Yeah, but it's good to
be home, ain't it man.

- [On TV 10] Now this
will be what is known

as a trucking shot with
the camera car racing

ahead of the runaway stage
and the movie version

of a runaway stage coach drama begins.

Donna spurs her horse into this chase.

(police sirens erupting)

(footsteps)

(door opening)

- Medical examiner report's in.

- What did we find out?

- Sleeping pills.

- Cause of death?

- Yeah.

- Thought it was gas poisoning.

- So did I.

- So the gas was left on to
make it look like gas poisoning.

- Or the gas was on
just because it was on.

Sometimes I forget to turn mine off.

- It's a bad habit.

- So is taking too many sleeping pills.

Any luck tracking down her old man?

- Nope.

Gonna go check his shop out right now.

Got a search warrant.

- When did you get that?

- This morning.

- Were you gonna tell me?

- I'm telling you now.

Hey, when are they gonna
get our office cleaned up?

- I do not know.

- Don't, you don't know.

- Correct. I do not.

(door opening)
(door shutting)

- [Ben] Stanley,
(knocking on door)

this is Officer Ben Cherry
with the police department.

We have a search warrant.

Stanley.

Punch it.

(crashing)

(intense music)

(floor squeaking)

(light chain rattling)

(gun holstering)

- That looks out of place.

(briefcase unlatching)
(briefcase opening)

- So what do you think?

- I think Stanley's not here.

- Let's get out of here.

(briefcase closing)

(numbers dialing)

(phone ringing)

(book shutting)

- Hello?

- Is this the police department?

- Officer Cherry speaking.

- Ben?

- Tori?

- I thought you were in El Paso.

- I was.

- So you're the cop the town hired.

- You all right?

- Yeah, I really just needed
the non-emergency number.

- What's going on?

- My boss hasn't shown up
to work in a couple of days.

- Who's your boss?

- Johnny Rocket.

- Johnny Rocket?

Your boss is Johnny Rocket.

- No one else was hiring.

- So you're working at the Cactus?

- Look, forget it.

- You know he runs women and dope.

- He don't run me.

I only started tending
bar for eating money.

- Look, Johnny Rocket's a dangerous man.

Where are you?

- [Tori] I'm at the cactus.

- [Ben] Hang tight.

(phone hanging up)

(footsteps)
(keys jingling)

(upbeat music)

(engine revving)

(slow music)

- [Tori] Why'd you come?

- [Ben] Came for you.

- [Tori] You shouldn't be here.

- [Ben] Neither should you.

- Look college boy.

Not all of us got a full ride out of here.

Some of us got to take what's available.

- You should have come with me.

- Maybe.

- Why didn't you?

- Are you going to ask
my missing boss or not?

Did you come here to lecture
me about my life decisions

or find my boss?

- When's the last time you saw him?

- Couple days ago.

- How come one of the other
employees didn't call it in?

- They're all scared. Johnny hates cops.

Unless they're working for him.

- They're going to know you called me.

- Eventually, but no one
knows yet that you're the cop

the town hired to start
the homicide department.

They were gonna hire two though, right?

- Yeah.

- So who's the other guy?

- Jack.

- Jack.

He was in San Antonio.

- Was.

- What happened?

- You have to swear not
to tell him I told you.

- I swear.

- He raided a petting zoo.

- He what?

- He he raided a petting zoo.

He thought they were
smuggling dope in the animals

and so they had a team of veterinarians

to check the animals

and it turned out to be a petting zoo.

(Tori laughing)

- Look, I got to go.

- Don't go back in.

- I'm sorry.

(footsteps)

(TV chattering)

- [On TV 11] Oh, what a
beautiful day for Frankien Berry.

The world's super sweet new cereal.

- [On TV 12] Fool. Here's
the world's super sweet-

- We have a new lead.

- Why?

- Johnny Rocket's missing.

One of his employees called it in.

- How do you know that?

- When an employee called it in.

- Who?

- Doesn't matter.

- Who is it?

- An employee?

- Male, female.

- Female.

- Do I know?

- You did once.

- Who is it?

- Tori.

- Toria?

- Yeah. She's just been bartending
there to get extra money.

- Ben, Ben.

No one works at the Cactus for extra cash.

- What do you mean?

- It's a culture of corruption.

Everyone there is either
on the take or in debt.

- In debt?

- Yeah, you know, Johnny does your favor,

now you owe him, debt.

Sad to hear about Victoria though.

She was a good person.

- She still is.

- Heard she fell on some hard times?

- What do you mean hard times?

- I don't know. Hard times.

You know, she used to like me.

- You think every woman likes you?

- I know, I know, but
I think she really did.

(dispatch radio chattering)

(crickets chirping)

(slow intense music)

(sliding down wall)

(Stanley crying)

(car driving up)

(intense music)

(door opening)

(door shutting)

- You look like someone
stepped on your grave?

(gun shaking)

Now hold on there Rooster.

You tried that once before, remember.

- I shot you.

- Yes,

and no.

Drop the magazine on that gun you got.

Go ahead.

(gun unloading)

That's what we call a blank Stanley.

We use them in movies,
theater productions,

sometimes to start races.

Now this holds real bullets.

45 ACP.

(gun setting)

- Two 30 grain hardball
GIs used to call it.

(bullet dropping)

It's slow but heavy.

It's a gun thumper.

Now I'm gonna give your
mind a moment to level off.

You with me?

Well, here's where we're at.

The night that you came
to see me at the Cactus.

The night that you found that gun.

The night that you took
the magazine out of it

and gave the gun back to Maureen.

Well the night that you said you been

going for some fresh air.

- Going out for some air.

- Maureen called me right after you left.

She was worried you're
gonna come and see me.

I knew what you needed Stanley,

and what you thought you needed.

I sent one of my goons over to your place

to put blanks in that gun.

I knew you wouldn't know the difference.

Now JR how he would've
known the difference,

JR would've known the difference

between a blank and a real bullet.

But we'll get back to him later.

I knew if I pushed you hard
enough, Stanley, you come at me.

You got guts, but you're
no good at killing.

- You killed Maureen.

- I did.

Well, had it done.

I just pulled strings Stanley.

I never hurt anybody.

- I'll kill you for that.

- Now here's the thing.

You're obviously no good
at killing, number one.

And number two, Maureen
offered me $45,000 to kill you.

Money she was going to take
from the sale of your shop

and the $15,000 you put in
that black briefcase for me.

- You're a liar.

- No, no, not this time.

Maureen was gonna have me
send somebody over to Dallas

and clip you once you guys got settled in.

- [Maureen On Recorder] I'll
wire you the rest of the money

once were in Dallas.

Along with the address.

Morning would be best.

I'll be out of the house.

He's an idiot and couldn't even
tell a blank from a bullet.

JR will be turning his grave.

(stopping recording)

- Way I see it Stanley, I
was watching out for you.

Well, you're not equipped to
deal with a woman like that.

Now you don't have to.

- So

(Stanley huffing)

- The gas that was on in the kitchen,

my brake line being cut, the
gun I found under her pillow.

- Early attempts before
she came to see me.

- You said only a man
could cut a brake line.

A woman could only cut a man's heart.

- Well sir, apparently this
woman is capable of both.

Well,

was.

- How'd you do it?

After I left

and after I left you,

I came home and she was sprawled out.

- Put pills in her beer,

had my man come over
and drop them in there.

I knew she'd be worried
you'd come to see me

and she started to hit the sauce.

- You know a lot.

- Well, I just study people Stanley.

I like to see what makes
them tick, you know,

and why they do what they do.

And then I leverage that
to accomplish my purposes.

I just wait and I watch

and then I pull the
strings that I attached.

- So now what?

- I can tell you, you got your head back.

You're thinking logically, that's good.

Now I can tell you about JR
and the abandoned copper mine.

- JR died in the copper mine.

- In a few seconds that
phone's going ring.

(phone ringing)

Go ahead, answer it.

(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)

(footsteps)
(phone ringing)

(footsteps)
(phone ringing)

- Hello.

- [JR] Howdy Stanley.
You know who this is?

- No.

- [JR] JR.

- [Johnny] That's him, Stanley.

- [JR] No hard feelings over Maureen.

I wanted out, and Johnny made it happen.

He's got a proposal for you

and I think you're going to like it.

(line hanging up) (dial tone)

(hanging up phone)

(footsteps)

(thump)

(jacket ruffling)

(match striking)

(cigarette pack landing)
(lighter landing)

- Now. You ready for my proposal?

Well that abandoned copper mine still has

about $15 million dollars
worth of metal in it.

JR spent a decade studying it.

The problem is it gonna take

$750,000 to get it out.

And uh Maureen, while she
was just smothering him,

he didn't wanna share
the proceeds with her.

So he came down to the Cactus to see me.

Wanted a solution.

I came up with one.

I had him declared legally dead

and then I'd arranged
to have the mine bought.

He's a free Maureen now

and well, he can cash in on the copper.

The thing is,

need somebody to purchase the mine,

so they could hold legal title to it.

JR, well, being legally dead
he's somewhat unavailable.

Me, oh, I'm spread thin as it is.

Besides, I never put my name on anything.

- Start a shell company.

- Not a bad ideas Stanley.

We may make a crook of you yet,

but we need something air tight,

in case the feds come snooping around.

- I'm a suspect in Maureen's death.

- No, no, no, no.

Medical examiner ruled that
an accidental overdose.

So you can come out from
lurking in those shadows.

I'll have my man drop
the papers on Thursday.

Well officially, you'll pull
the proceeds from the mine

and that $15,000 you have in your account

and purchase the mine.

You told the bank it was
for a land deal anyway,

so we're covered.

I'll give you a hundred thousand
dollars for your troubles

and a bus ticket to somewhere green.

We got a deal?

My man.

Well, you can stay at the Cactus,

while we work all these details out

and I'll take your house off the market,

so we can use that as a
secondary headquarters.

Now that Maureen,

you know, she put my
papers into a suitcase

the night you guys were going to Dallas.

She was going to sell that
to a competitor of mine

and she gonna sell me out
to the feds for immunity.

And I guess that why I did what I did.

- What was in the suitcase?

- Oh, well now remember Stanley,

it's a wise man that
stays inside the lines.

- What can I do for you gentlemen?

- I'm Officer Jack Slate.

This is Officer Ben Cherry.

- Hello.

- We executed a search warrant
on your shop on Thursday.

- Oh, what were you looking for there.

- Mr. Cooper.

We regret to inform you that your wife-

- Is dead, I'm aware.

- Where were you?

- Um,

I was out.

I mean, I was, I was away.

I've been away.

I was, I sold my shop

and I, I, I was outta
town for a couple days

researching a real estate investment.

- Real estate?

- Yeah. Copper mine actually.

- Copper?

- Yeah, that's right.

(Stanley clearing throat)

- Am I a sus, person of
interest in my wife's demise?

- [Ben] Not officially.

- Okay, good.

Cause (huffing)

So yeah,

I was outta town for a
couple days at this mine

and apparently there
are no phones up there.

So no one was able to
get in touch with me.

The first thing I saw when
I got home was police tape.

Dallas Medical Examiner
finally got in touch with me

and I was, that's where
I was this morning.

I was in Dallas signing papers

and making funeral
arrangements for Maureen.

- So you read the report?

- Hmm. Some of it.

I mean they, they spelled
out most of it for me.

I get the gist.

Sleeping pills and alcohol.

- Is that a combination you
were aware your wife was,

inclined toward?

- Yes,

unfortunately.

I warned her many times.

I guess she waited till I was
outta town for a couple days

and then went on a bender.

She must have,

she must have passed out

and there was no one
here to call for help.

- Well, we'll be in touch.

Oh, we saw black briefcase in your shop.

You wouldn't know anything
about that would you?

- It's just a briefcase.

I mean I, I bought it recently, yeah.

For a trip that Maureen
and I were about to take.

Are you guys gonna clean up
that police tape or should I?

- You don't seem too broken up, do you?

- Life happens.

- [Ben] We'll send someone.

(pool balls smacking)

- Johnny wants to see you.

Good luck.

- Have a seat.

Heard you were concerned about me?

- Thought you disappeared.

- So concerned...you
might talk to the police,

police that you might know intimately.

- Thought something might
have happened to you.

- Oh, so it was compassion that drove you.

- Sure?

- Remember Ben Cherry?

He grew up around here.

Daddy worked for JR in
mine before the accident.

His momma died when he was a kid.

- Yeah, I remember him.

- Well,

he went to El Paso becoming
a big city cop for a while.

Didn't work out.

He's back here now heading
up the new homicide division.

- Yeah, that's what I hear.

- I heard you guys were
gonna be married one time.

Things went south.

He went to El Paso and
well you ended up, here.

- Or something.

- I wonder what he'd say,

if he knew the real reason you're here.

Ben's a good kid.

Saw him grow up.

Don't want him hurt.

The next time you go to the cops,

you make sure they're
the ones that I control.

Now don't you have something to do.

♪ Straight in your eyes ♪

♪ I can't bare to look
you don't even realize ♪

♪ Wait, come back ♪

♪ 'Cause I yearn for your touch ♪

♪ And in time we'll make it back ♪

♪ As I yearn for your
touch, you vanish to dust ♪

♪ As I yearn for your
touch, you vanish to dust ♪

♪ In your eyes I fall, I fall ♪

- You want my boyfriend
to give you a ride?

- No thanks. It's a short walk.

(door opening)

(footsteps)

- Want me to walk home with you?

- You gotta go.

- Come on, it's not safe
out here walking at night.

- Safer than being the same with you.

He knows I talked to you.

- We expected that.

You hear about Maureen?

- Yeah. She swallowed
too many sleeping pills.

- Did you know Stanley?

- No, just that he married Maureen

after JR died in that mine.

Do you think he did it?

- No, but I think he's
mixed up in something.

- Maureen had something
going on with Johnny.

She came by here all the time

and they spent a lot of
time in his office talking.

- Well you can't stay at home.

- What? Why?

Where am I supposed to go?

- Stay with me.

- And you think that's a good idea?

- I don't know if it's a
good idea, but it's safe.

Come on.

- [On TV 13] Understand with your story,

here at Dodger Stadium for just $10.

You can purchase the Dodger's yearbook

and Dodger's Magazine official-

(door opening)

- Sorry, I just moved in.

I really haven't had time to fix it up.

- Don't worry about it.

(door shutting)

(footsteps)

- You hungry?

- What do you got?

- [Ben] Mustard, ham and milk.

And I'm not sure about the milk.

- Ham and milk.

So you got all your bases covered, huh?

I'll just take some water.

(faucet running)
(rumbling above)

- Sorry about that.

- Don't sweat it.

Thanks.

(footsteps)

(Tori drinking)

- Why'd you come back?

- That's direct.

- I don't mean it bad.

- Well, I was gone-

- Eight years.

- Were you counting?

- I'm just good with numbers.

- El Paso was all right.

It just wasn't me.

- Why not?

- It's dirty.

- So is this place?

- Yeah, you can learn
to live a lot of places,

but you're only gonna
have roots one place.

- We don't have roots.

Our parents have been
gone since we were kids.

- They're still our roots.

Besides I, was kind of
thought you were my roots.

You remember prom?

- Yeah.

Jack put laxative in the
punch and forgot to tell you.

- I've never driven so fast in my life.

I didn't think I was gonna make it home.

(Tori laughing)

- I was glad,

when I heard the police
department hired you back here.

- I had to leave when I did.

- I know.

- Why didn't you go with me?

- I wanted to.

(upbeat music)

- You remember this?

- How did they know we
were talking about prom?

- They know.

Come on. This time I don't
have to look for a bathroom.

(upbeat music)

♪ If you found your lover,
would you leave me bye ♪

♪ If you found you've fallen, would you- ♪

- I can't go down this road with you Ben.

- There's another guy?

- No.

- You don't love me?

(guitar music)

- What is it?

- You shouldn't have brought me here.

- At least you're safe.

- Got a blanket and a pillow for you.

- Thanks.

- I usually sleep with the radio on low.

Is that gonna bother you?

- That's fine.

- All right. Guess it's lights out.

(guitar music)

(flash), (flash)

(flash), (flash)

(flash)

(slow intense music)

(lock jingling)

(door unlocking)
(door opening)

(intense music)

(ching)

(gun firing)

(slow intense music)

(birds chirping)

(door opening)

- What'd you boys step in this time?

- Ranger Stone?

- Slate.

Okay, Cherry take it from the top.

- About 3:00 AM I heard
someone outside my apartment.

Heard the lock jingling,
seemed outta place.

Grabbed my weapon.

In the moonlight, I saw they
had a weapon in their hand.

I feared for my life.

Fired once, striking the
assailant in the head.

- You shout any verbal commands?

- No.

- You identify yourself
as a police officer?

- No.

- What about the girl?

- Friend of mine.

- I figured as much.

Guess her story will match yours.

- She was asleep during the shooting.

- You keep your badge.

Gonna to take your weapon as evidence.

When we clear the shooting,

you can pick it up at
the office in Amarillo.

- What's my commission status?

- You're still active.

Off the record, this looks
like a righteous kill.

You boys try to stay out of trouble.

- Don't tell me what to do.

(door opening)

- It's gonna be all right Ben.

I'll give you two a minute.

(door opening)

(door shutting)

(chair dropping)

- Was that your first
officer involved shooting?

I'm sorry.

- Goes with a job.

- I'd find a different job.

Look, we can't go back to how things were.

- Maybe that's why I came back.

- I don't mean how things were between us.

I mean a couple days ago.

My apartment's being watched,
yours is a crime scene.

- What do you propose?

- I've got a place.

It's not much, but it's off the radar.

- For how long?

- As long as it takes.

- I'm so sorry about your wife,

but a copper mine, huh?

- Yeah.

- That's exciting.

(slow music)

- [Johnny] (echoing) Hit a coyote.

- Go ahead. Open it up.

(briefcase unlatching)

- [Johnny] Now, that's all the money you

just put into the copper mine.

We're even Steven.

Now listen to me. That money is hot.

Don't put it in your account.

Spend it straight from that
briefcase and go easy on that.

We don't need any trail
leading to either of us.

- Right?

- See you tonight at the randevu?

- I'll be there.

- My man.

(slow music)

(car starting)

(slow music)

- [Johnny] 10 years of
back breaking work, JR.

We owe you a debt of gratitude.

- Ah, it weren't nothing.

- Oh, no, no.

It definitely was something.

Why every tunnel,

every deposit in this mine
has been chartered carefully.

Why, this paperwork is worth millions.

You're kind of quiet Stanley.

- Just sitting there with two dead men.

It's not too cool with little Stanley.

- Well that must be it that
and the elephant in the room.

- What elephant?

- Why Maureen, the woman?

Well, two men sitting at the same table.

- She was an elephant.

- Maybe we should get down to business.

- Yes, you're right.

Business it is.

(JR gurgling)

(JR collapsing)

- JR's work is done.

(beer sloshing)

- Don't worry, I didn't
put anything in yours.

- I hope you made copies.

- Let's talk about you Stanley.

You know this ah copper mine deals just,

just the beginning for us.

Well, I got more deals than
you can shake a stick at.

Thing is I need a straw
man to run them through.

- I never liked to the Wizard of Oz.

- No. Straw man Stanley
is a, is a man you create

for a purpose but doesn't really exist.

I want you to be a my straw man.

- I exist.

- What course you do, Stanley.

But the important thing is, you're not me.

And as long as I run my deals through you,

although in fact you do exist,

the fact that you're not Johnny Rocket

makes you my straw man.

- So I'm left holding the bag.

- Oh no, no, no.

Oh, I don't anticipate any problems here.

We're at the edge of the earth

and uh,

if you do get popped, well,

you'll have every crooked string

I own pulling for you.

As long as you don't talk
when you're on the inside.

- Do I have a choice?

- What do you think?

- Cheers?

(bottles tapping)

- Yes.

(saloon music)

- [On TV 14] Okay,
Maverick, I'll pay a hundred

to see what you've got that
can beat my three of a kind.

- Can't beat my three ACEs.

Well that was a close one all right.

But then that's the way
it is, when you gamble,

of course we're all gamblers.

We take chances every day-

- Cherry. We cleared you on that shooting.

You can come by my office in Amarillo

and pick up your service weapon.

There's something else.

The guy you dropped, we lifted his prints.

Never got an id,

but he's got a list of
priors all the way to Kansas.

He worked for a guy named Johnny
Rocket at the Neon Cactus.

You know it?

- [Ben] Yeah, I know it.

Wish I could open up an
investigation into that place.

- [Stone] Why don't you,

the stiff working for Johnny Rocket,

gives you probable cause.

Rocket's involved in this.

You just gotta figure out
how, why and prove it.

But you and Slate watch your back.

- Off the record,

I've got a source that says Rocket's got

some unis in his back pocket.

- [Ben] I'll be up to get my weapon.

(hanging phone up)

- [On TV 15] Let's find out
what these other guys do.

Come on over here, number two.

What's your real name?

- My name's Mark Pruitt.

- And Mark Pruitt.

What do you do for a living?

- I'm independently healthy
and I own a chain of nothing.

(audience on TV laughing)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

(picking up phone)

- Hello?

- [Ben] Hey.

Did we get prints off the
top of Maureen's beer can?

- What do you mean the
top of the beer can?

We got one set. It matched the stiff.

- [Ben] Yeah, but the top of the beer can.

We've gotta get prints off of it.

- The crime scene's still active.

We wouldn't need a search warrant.

But Stanley's been there,
the scene's been compromised.

- [Ben] We still gotta get prints

off the top of that beer can.

What are you doing?

- Watching ads?

- [Ben] Are you drunk?

- I wouldn't say drunk.

I've had a few.

- [Ben] Switch to coffee.

We've gotta get prints
from the top of that can.

(phone hanging up)

(slow jazz music)

- Is this Ben Cherry?

- [Ben] This is Officer Ben Cherry.

- I can get you Rocket.

- [Ben] I'm listening.

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing)

- It's a match.

(phone hanging up)

- You hear that?

Prints matched the guy I closed down.

He's the one that spiked Maureen's
beer with sleeping pills.

- So what now?

- Well the Rangers are
opening an investigation

into Johnny Rocket and the Neon Cactus.

- So what's next for this guy?

- Depends on what he has to say.

- So, what do he have to say?

- What do you wanna know?

- Everything.

- Do you guys offer that
witness protection thing?

- Sometimes.

(rock music)

- Hey Jackie. How do you
like working here now?

- Yeah. Yeah, it's good.

- Good.

You're pretty good
friends with Tori, right?

- We're friends.

- You hear from her lately?

- No.

- Hmm? She ain't come to
work in a couple of days.

And I don't like people to quit me.

Tell you what, why don't
you, why don't give a ring.

Tell her we're concerned about her.

Thanks sweetie.

- Okay Johnny.

(guitar music)

- How long have you been
fixing this place up?

♪ Know why- ♪

- A couple years.

Been saving some money from
my tips the past seven years.

Thought it was smart, to
have some place off the radar

nobody knows about.

- Why don't we just come here
instead of going to my place?

- Wanted to see where you lived.

- I'm sorry to disappoint you.

- Actually it was pretty
funny watching you try

to pour me a glass of water.

Do you want a beer?

- Yeah, sure.

♪ To hang my head ♪

♪ I don't need to know nothing ♪

(bottles rattling)

(clunk)

(clunk)

♪ my love for you ♪

♪ I don't need no alibis ♪

♪ I don't need to justify ♪

♪ I don't need to explain myself ♪

♪ All the way- ♪

- The prints on Maureen's
beer can match the guy I shot.

Rangers are gonna open
investigation into Johnny Rocket

and the Cactus.

♪ I don't need to bury the dead ♪

♪ I don't need to blow- ♪

- What is it with you?

♪ For the way- ♪

- Am I talking to Ben or a cop?

- Ben.

♪ I look at you ♪

- Right before you left El Paso,

I was hard up for money.

I was struggling.

Johnny came into the Hamburger
King where I used to work.

You remember.

He left me a $300 tip in his card

and he said if I ever need anything

to come see him at the Cactus.

I thought about it and rent was due.

Went to see him.

He gave me a suitcase

and he told me to deliver it to a guy

in the middle of a
prairie in a 71 Lincoln.

I did.

And he gave me $500 for it.

After that,

the pay started getting better

and the job started getting dirtier.

And I tried to get out once,
but Johnny always found me.

He tracked me down, he threatened me

and I'm just in too deep
now and I can't get out.

That's why I couldn't
go with you to El Paso.

- What can you tell me
to help bring him down?

- He keeps a drawer of all the
deals he's done in his desk,

it's unlocked and everything.

Has a record of everything
that he's ever done in there.

- Wait, that doesn't, that doesn't add up.

Why would he go to so much
trouble to not be connected

to any of his deals

and then just leave it
unlocked in a drawer?

- It makes sense.

- How?

- It's all a game.

He hides it in plain sight
'cause it's not about money

or getting away, it's
about power, control,

and the thrill of getting caught.

He's daring someone to take it.

You get in the drawer
and the case is closed,

including the case on me.

You told me I was talking to Ben.

- You were.

Now I gotta be a cop.

- You get in that drawer and you fail.

He'll kill you.

You succeed and he kills me.

♪ Away moon lights your skin ♪

♪ Now away- ♪

- [Ben] Jack, you and Ranger still meet me

at the Cactus tonight.

Come in through the east entrance.

I know how to get Rocket.

(slow intense music)

(electric buzzing)

(slow intense music)

(papers moving)

(papers moving)

(glass thudding)

(papers moving)

- [In Head] (echoing) I
could have taken years ago

(slow intense music)

(click)

(footsteps)

(voices echoing chatter)

- [Johnny] (echoing) I
told you, I'm not a liar.

Unless the price is right.

(cable turning)

(cables screeching)

- Oh good, Stanley.

You got those papers for me?

(papers dropping)
- All done.

- 230 grain hardball.

- [Johnny] (echoing) 230 grain hardball.

(gun firing)
(gun firing)

- [Stanley] (echoing)
I'll kill you for that.

- [Johnny] (echoing) Good fall boy.

(upbeat music)

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ In the night of rivalry ♪

(chain jingling)

♪One night in Rome ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

(ching)

♪ One night in Rome ♪

(ching)
- Ah!

(ching)

♪ Marry me ♪

♪ In the fade of privacy ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

- Oh!

♪ You will know ♪

(gun readying)

♪ You will know ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

(upbeat music)

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ In the night of rivalry ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ In the fade of privacy ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

(gun firing)

♪ Marry me ♪

♪ In the fade of privacy ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

♪ You will know, you will know. ♪

(knife dropping)

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

(upbeat music)

(slow guitar music)

- Take care of your
partner. I'll clear it.

(upbeat guitar music)

(door opening)

- Hey Ben.

Are you guys all right?

(match striking and burning)

(papers burning)

(crow cawing)

- [Johnny] Stanley had that little bonfire

after he left me.

Before he cut ties with
his world and sailed away.

Figure too many folks be hurt,

if those papers was turned
over to the authorities,

he had a good streak.

Well, no one's perfect.

Even that fella that used to thug for me,

testified in court about all
the black things I'd done.

In trade, he got a commuted sentence

and went into the witness
protection program.

Coward.

That Copper Mine still has $15 million

worth of metal in it.

If you can figure a way to get it out.

The papers outlining them
tunnels is burn through.

Ben, well, I really think
he just came back for Tori.

She was free now.

Them papers of all her
deeds from me was burned.

Jack and Ben stayed on
as homicide detectives.

He and Ben,

with a thin blue line when it came

to murders out here in the Redlands.

Of course, with me gone,
things were pretty quiet.

Maureen, well, she's still dead.

There's that little cemetery
in the desert I was telling you

about, right across Mexico.

Told you the skies were blue.

Well,

why don't you come on down and
see an old dead man sometime.

(crow cawing)

(slow music)

(upbeat music)

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ In the night of rivalry ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ In the fade of privacy ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

♪ Marry me ♪

♪ Marry me ♪

♪ In the fade of privacy ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪

♪ You will know ♪

♪ You will know ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ We're sleeping alone ♪

♪ In the night of rivalry ♪

♪ One night in Rome ♪