Thelma & Louise


SCENE 1

LOUISE:
Sonny, why don't you hit me up with some syrup?  
Right....Yeah, I'll be right with you....Here you go.  
You had sausage, and the pancakes for you...

CHILD:
He's over there.

LOUISE:
Uh huh....Decaf or regular?

WOMAN:
Uh, regular, please.

LOUISE:
You girls are kinda young to be smoking, don't you 
think?  It ruins your sex drive.

SCENE 2

THELMA:
I'll get it!...I got it!  Hello?

LOUISE:
Hey, how you doin' little housewife?  Y'all packed?  
We're out of here tonight.

THELMA:
Well, wait now.  I still have to ask Darryl if I can 
go.


LOUISE:
You mean you haven't asked him yet?  Thelma, for 
Christ sakes, is he your husband or your father?  It 
is just two days for God's sake.  Don't be a child.  
Tell him you're goin' with me.  Tell him I'm havin' a 
nervous breakdown.

THELMA:
That don't carry much weight Darryl.  He already 
thinks you're out of your mind.  Are you at work?

LOUISE:
No, I'm callin' from the Playboy Mansion.

THELMA:
I'll call you right back.

SCENE 3

THELMA:
Darryl!  Darryl!  Honey, you'd better hurry up.

DARRYL:
Goddamn it, Thelma.  Don't holler like that!  Haven't 
I told you I can't stand it when you holler in the 
morning?

THELMA:
I'm sorry, doll.  I just didn't want you to be late.

DARRYL:
Thank you.

THELMA:
Hon?

DARRYL:
What?

THELMA:
Uh.  Have a good day at work today.

DARRYL:
Uh huh.  Jesus!  Thank you.  No.

THELMA:
Hon?

DARRYL:
What?!

THELMA:
You want anything special for dinner tonight?

DARRYL:
No, Thelma.  I don't give a shit what we have for 
dinner.  I may not even make it home for dinner.  You 
know how Fridays are.

THELMA:
Yeah.  Funny how so many people wanna buy a carpet on 
a Friday night.  You'd almost think they'd want to 
forget about it for the weekend.

DARRYL:
Well then, it's a good thing you're not regional 
manager...and I am.

SCENE 4

DARRYL:
Oh, yeah.  Oh, yeah.  For Christ's sake, I got to get 
'em the hell out of here....Jesus!  Goddamn it, 
Homer!  Christ, I gotta get to work.  Don't need this 
bullshit in the morning....Just leave them, I'll get 
'em, thank you.  For Christ's sakes....I want you out 
of here by five.  No three!  Get out of here by three 
today.

SCENE 5

ALBERT:
Good morning.

THELMA:
Uh, morning.  Uh, is Louise there?

ALBERT:
Why, yes she is.  Is this Thelma?  Oh, Thelma.  When 
are you gonna run away with me?

LOUISE:
Not this weekend, sweetie.  She's runnin' away with 
me.  (To Thelma):  Hey.  What'd he say?

THELMA:
What time are you picking me up?

LOUISE:
All right!  I'll be there around two or three.

THELMA:
Okay.  Hey, say, what kind of stuff do I bring?

LOUISE:
Oh, I don't know.  Warm stuff, I guess.  It's the 
mountains.  I guess it gets cold at night.  I don't 
know.  I'm just gonna bring everything.

THELMA:
Okay.  I will, too, then.

LOUISE:
And steal Darryl's fishin' stuff.

THELMA:
Louise, I don't know how to fish.

LOUISE:
Neither do I, Thelma, but Darryl does it.  How hard 
can it be?  All right.  I'll see you in a bit.

THELMA:
Okay.  All right.  Bye.


SCENE 6

ANSWERING
MACHINE:
Hi.  This is Jimmy.  I'm not here right now...

SCENE 7

THELMA:
Hey.

LOUISE:
Hi....No.  Thelma, we don't need the lantern.  The 
place has electricity.

THELMA:
Oh, Okay.  No, I wanna take it anyway.  Just in case.

LOUISE:
In case of what?

THELMA:
In case there's some escaped psycho killer on the 
loose, who cuts the electricity off and tries to come 
in and kill us.

LOUISE:
Sure, Thelma.  Then that lantern will come in real 
handy....Or maybe we should just tow your car behind, 
in case he steals the spark plugs.

THELMA:
We'd have to.  That thing barely makes it down the 
driveway.

LOUISE:
Careful.  Careful.  All right, everything in?

THELMA:
Yeah.

LOUISE:
Careful.  Here you go.   Ahh, be careful.

THELMA:
All right.

SCENE 8

THELMA:
See you later.

LOUISE:
Sit down!

THELMA:
Oh, Louise.

LOUISE:
Uh huh?

THELMA:
Would you take care of this gun?

LOUISE:
Why in hell did you bring that for?

THELMA:
Oh, come on.  Psycho killers, or bears, or snakes.  I 
just don't know how to use it.  Will you take care of 
it?

LOUISE:
Put it away.  Just...here, put it in my purse.  
Thelma, good Lord!

THELMA:
So, whose place is this again?

LOUISE:
It's Bob's, the day manager's.  He's gettin' a 
divorce, and his wife's gettin' this place, so he's 
just lettin' all his friends use it...till he got to 
turn over the keys.

THELMA:
I've never been out of town without Darryl.

LOUISE:
How come Darryl let you go?

THELMA:
'Cause I didn't ask him.

LOUISE:
Aw, shit, Thelma.  He's gonna kill you.

THELMA:
Well, he never let me go.  He never let me do one 
goddamn thing that's any fun....All he wants me to do 
is hang around the house the whole time while he's 
out doing God only knows what.

LOUISE:
Well, you get what you settle for.

THELMA:
I left him a note....I left him stuff to microwave.

LOUISE:
Thelma.

THELMA:
What?

LOUISE:
Thelma, what are you doing?

THELMA:
Smoking.  Hey, I'm Louise....I'll never make it.  Can 
we just stop somewhere, for a minute?

LOUISE:
Thelma, we're not gonna get to the cabin till after 
dark as it is.

THELMA:
Then what difference would it make if we stopped?  
Come on.  I never get to do stuff like this.

LOUISE:
Okay.  But it's gonna be a quick stop.

SCENE 9

LOUISE:
I haven't seen a place like this since I left Texas.

THELMA:
Isn't this fun?

WAITRESS:
Y'all wanna drink?

LOUISE:
Um, no thanks.

THELMA:
I'll have Wild Turkey straight up and a Coke back, 
please.

LOUISE:
Thelma!

THELMA:
Oh, what, tell me somethin.'  Is this my vacation or 
isn't it?  I mean, God, you're as bad as Darryl.

LOUISE:
I'm sorry.  I'm just not used to seeing you this way.  
I haven't seen you this way in a while.  You're 
usually so sedate.

THELMA:
Well, I've had it up to my ass with sedate!....You 
said you and me was gonna get outta town and for once 
just really let our hair down.  Well, darlin,' look 
out, 'cause my hair is comin' down.

LOUISE:
All right.  I changed my mind.  I'm gonna have a 
margarita, and a shot of Cuervo on the side.

THELMA:
All right!  Get me another one!
SCENE 10

HARLAN:
Hey!  Now what are a couple of Kewpie dolls like you 
doin' in a place like this?

LOUISE:
Mindin' our own business.  Why don't you try it?

THELMA:
Well, we left town for the weekend 'cause we wanted 
to try and have some fun.  And 'cause Louise here is 
mad at her boyfriend 'cause....We just wanted to get 
somethin' to eat.

HARLAN:
Well, you come to the right place.  You like chili?  
They got good chili.

WAITRESS:
Harlan, you botherin' these poor girls?

HARLAN:
Hell, no.  I was just bein' friendly.

WAITRESS:
Well, it's a good thing they're not all as friendly 
as you.

THELMA:
Hey.  Your name's Harlan?  I got an uncle named 
Harlan.

HARLAN:
You do?

THELMA:
Uh huh.

HARLAN:
Is he a funny uncle?  'Cause if he is, then he and I 
got somethin' in common.

LOUISE:
I don't mean to be rude, but I've got something I got 
to talk to my friend about in private.

HARLAN:
Aw, I understand.  I didn't mean to bother ya.  It's 
just hard not to notice two such pretty ladies as 
yourselfs.  (To Thelma):  You better dance with me 
before you leave, or I'll never forgive you.

THELMA:
Oh, sure.  That'd be fun.

SCENE 11

THELMA:
Geeze, Louise.  That wasn't very nice.

LOUISE:
Can't you tell when somebody's hittin' on you?

THELMA:
Oh, so what if he was?  It's all your years of 
waitin' tables has made you jaded, that's all.

LOUISE:
Maybe.

THELMA:
Well, just relax, will ya?  You're makin' me nervous.

LOUISE:
All right!

THELMA:
That's a good band....Wonder if Darryl's home yet.

LOUISE:
Wonder if Jimmy's gotten back.

THELMA:
Why don't you tell him to just to get lost once and 
for all?

LOUISE:
Why don't you ditch that no-good husband of yours?  
Uh huh?

WAITRESS:
This one's on Harlan.

THELMA:
Thanks.   Well, look.  Jimmy'll come in off the road, 
you won't be there, and he'll freak out and call you 
a hundred thousand times, and Sunday night you'll 
call him back, and by Monday he'll be kissin' the 
ground you walk on.

LOUISE:
Exactly.

THELMA:
In the meantime, you said we was gonna have some fun.  
So let's have some!

LOUISE:
All right.

THELMA:
Okay.

LOUISE:
Hoo!  Mmm!  All right.

THELMA:
Let's dance.

LOUISE:
All right.

SCENE 12

HARLAN:
Thelma.  That's your name?  Thelma.  I love 
it....Follow me, Thelma.

SCENE 13

DAN:
Ma'am, you wanna dance a little?

LOUISE:
Sure.

DAN:
All right.

SCENE 14

HARLAN:
Mmm.  You got the great moves, honey.

LOUISE:
Hey!  Hey, Thelma!  I'm hittin' the little girl's 
room...

THELMA:
Uh huh.

LOUISE:
...and then we're out of here.

SCENE 15

THELMA:
I'm ready when you are.  Wait, Louise.  I want to 
come with you.  I don't feel so good.

HARLAN:
Hey.  Turn around.  What's wrong?  Come on.

THELMA:
Oh, shit.

HARLAN:
What's wrong?

THELMA:
Stop....I'm spinning.
HARLAN:
Oopsy-doopsy.  We need to get you some fresh air, 
little lady.

THELMA:
Uh huh.

SCENE 16

LOUISE:
Look, you see my friend?

WAITRESS:
Your friend?  Uh.  Uh, yeah, yeah.  She was out there 
dancing.  Okay?

SCENE 17

HARLAN:
How you feelin' now, darlin'?

THELMA:
Oh, thanks.  I think I'm startin' to feel a little 
better.

HARLAN:
Yeah, you're startin' to feel pretty good to me, too.

THELMA:
Hey.

HARLAN:
You know that?

THELMA:
I think I need to keep walking.

HARLAN:
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.  Where 
do you think you're going, huh?

THELMA:
I'm going back inside.

HARLAN:
Oh, no, no.

THELMA:
Harlan.

HARLAN:
Huh, what?

THELMA:
Hey, quit it.  Stop.  Stop it.

HARLAN:
Thelma.  Thelma.  Listen to me.  Listen.  I'm not 
going to hurt you, okay?  I just wanna kiss you.  All 
right?

THELMA:
No.  No.

HARLAN:
Come on.  Come on.  Come on....Damn, you are 
gorgeous.

THELMA:
All right, let me go now.

HARLAN:
You are gorgeous.

THELMA:
Come on.  Let me go.  I mean, I'm married.

HARLAN:
Well, that's okay.  I'm married, too.

THELMA:
I don't feel good.  I've been sick.

HARLAN:
Listen, Thelma.  I said I'm not gonna hurt you.  All 
right?  Relax.

THELMA:
Harlan, stop it, please!  I mean it!  Wait!  Don't!  
I mean it!  Louise is gonna wonder where I am!
HARLAN:
Fuck, Louise.  Fuck Lou....Never fucking hit me!  
Fucking bitch!

THELMA:
Harlan, please!

HARLAN:
You hear me?  Huh!

THELMA:
Harlan, please!  No!  Don't hurt me, Harlan, please!  
No!

HARLAN:
Shut up!  Shut the fuck up!  You hear me?  Shut up!

THELMA:
Please!  Please don't hurt me!  Harlan!

HARLAN:
Goddamned bitch!

THELMA:
Don't hurt me!  Harlan!  No!  No!

LOUISE:
Let her go!

HARLAN:
Get the fuck out of here.

LOUISE:
You let her go, you fucking asshole, or I'm gonna 
splatter your ugly face all over this nice car.

HARLAN:
All right.  Hey, hey.  Just calm down.  We were just 
havin' a little fun, that's all.

LOUISE:
Looks like you've got a real fucked up idea of fun.

THELMA:
Come on.  Come on.

LOUISE:
Turn around....In the future, when a woman's crying 
like that, she ain't having any fun!

THELMA:
Come on.  It's okay.

HARLAN:
Bitch!  I should have gone ahead and fucked her.

LOUISE:
What did you say?

HARLAN:
I said suck my cock.

THELMA:
Oh my God!  Oh my God!

LOUISE:
Get in the car.

THELMA:
Oh, Jesus Christ!  Louise, you shot him!  Oh my God!

LOUISE:
Get the car....(To Harlan):  You watch your mouth, 
buddy.

THELMA:
Louise!  Come on!

DRIVER:
Watch it!  You fuckin' asshole!

SCENE 18

THELMA:
Louise.  Louise.  Where are we going?

LOUISE:
I don't know.  I don't know.  Just shut up so I can 
think.
THELMA:
Shouldn't we, uh, go to the cops?  I mean, I think we 
ought to tell the police.

LOUISE:
Tell them what, Thelma?  What do you think we should 
tell 'em, huh?

THELMA:
I don't know.  Just tell 'em what happened.

LOUISE:
Which part?

THELMA:
All of it.  That, that, that he was raping me.

LOUISE:
Just about a hundred goddamn people saw you dance 
cheek to cheek with him all night!  Who's gonna 
believe that?!  We just don't live in that kind of 
world, Thelma.  Goddamn it, pull over!...Thelma.  
Thelma.  Thelma, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, um...I'm gonna 
stop some place for a cup of coffee, and then, just 
for a second, and then I'm gonna figure out what to 
do, um, and everything is gonna be fine, all right?  
Everything is gonna...all right?

THELMA:
Uh huh.

SCENE 19

LOUISE:
Now is not the time to panic.  If we panic now, we're 
done for.  Nobody saw it.  Nobody knows it was us.  
So, we're still okay.  We just have to figure out 
what we're gonna do next.  We just have to figure 
out...what we're gonna do.

THELMA:
I'll say one thing.  This is some vacation.  I sure 
am having a good time.  This is real fun.

LOUISE:
If you weren't concerned with having so much fun, we 
wouldn't be here right now.

THELMA:
Just what is that supposed to mean?

LOUISE:
It just means shut up, Thelma.

THELMA:
So this is all my fault, is it?  I have to go to the 
bathroom.  (To waitress):  Sorry.

SCENE 20

THELMA:
Thanks.  I'll try again later.

SCENE 21

OFFICER 1:
Move back, people.  Stand away from the line, please.

OFFICER 2:
No, it's secured until further notice.  That's the 
order.

HAL:
Could you identify 'em, if ya saw 'em again?

LENA:
Oh, hell.  I've told you fifty times, yeah, I could 
identify 'em.  But neither one of those two was the 
type to pull something like this.

HAL:
Well, you're not exactly an expert witness, but what 
makes you so sure?

LENA:
Oh, well, if waitin' tables in a bar don't make you 
an expert on human nature, nothin' will.  I could've 
told you Harlan Puckett was gonna end up buyin' it in 
a parkin' lot.  I'm just surprised it didn't happen 
sooner than this.

HAL:
Who do you think did it?

LENA:
Has anybody asked his wife?  She's the one I hope did 
it.

HAL:
Lena, do have any ideas or don't ya?

LENA:
Well, if I had to guess, I'd say it was some old gal, 
some old gal's husband, but it wasn't neither one of 
those two.  The smaller one, the one with the tidy 
hairdo, she left me a huge tip.

HAL:
Well.

LENA:
What?

HAL:
You didn't happen to notice what kind of car they 
were driving, did ya?

LENA:
It's a nightclub, Hal, not a drive-in.  I don't 
follow the customers out to the parking lot.  All 
right.

HAL:
Lena.  Go on home.

LENA:
You kept me out here all night to ask me the same old 
question over and over again....Aren't you gonna 
offer me some teenie eenie bitty drink.

HAL:
Behave yourself.

LENA:
Oh!  Neither of those two was the murdering type, 
Hal.

SCENE 22

ANSWERING
MACHINE:
Uh, this is Jimmy.

SCENE 23

LOUISE:
Thelma, are you in there?

THELMA:
Uh huh.

LOUISE:
Thelma, come on!  We're out of here, Thelma.  Come 
on!

SCENE 24

RADIO:
The Dow Jones has dropped over twelve points today, 
closing at eighteen...

LOUISE:
We're gonna need money.  Thelma, how much money do 
you have on you?

THELMA:
What?

LOUISE:
We're gonna stop at the next town.  We'll get a motel 
room.  I can rest for a little bit, and then I'll 
figure out what to do.
THELMA:
Okay/  Wait, I'm looking.  Sixty-one dollars.  
Shit....Forty-one dollars.

LOUISE:
We're gonna need more money.

SCENE 25

THELMA:
What are you doing?  Why are you unpacking?  You said 
we was just gonna take a nap.

LOUISE:
I'm trying to figure out what to do.

THELMA:
Well...when you figure it out, just wake me up.

LOUISE:
What the hell's wrong with you?

THELMA:
What's that supposed to mean?

LOUISE:
I mean, why are you actin' like this?

THELMA:
Actin' like what?!  How am I supposed to act?  Excuse 
me for not knowing how to act when you blow somebody 
away!

LOUISE:
You could help me try to figure out what to do, all 
right?  I'm trying to figure out what to do.  But you 
could try...

THELMA:
I did!  I had a suggestion that we go to the police.  
But you didn't like that.  So, frankly, Louise, I'm 
out of ideas.

LOUISE:
Well, what's the big rush, Thelma?  I mean, we give 
them enough time, they'll come to us!...I'm sorry.  
I'm sorry.  I'm just not ready to go to jail yet, 
okay?  Uh, why don't you, um...why don't you go out 
to the pool and take a swim or something, all right?  
Now, I'll figure out what to do.

SCENE 26

LOUISE:
Jimmy, this is Louise.  Look, I've been trying to 
call you.

JIMMY:
Louise.  Hey, baby.

LOUISE:
Hi.

JIMMY:
Where the hell are you at?  Are you all right?

LOUISE:
Yeah, I'm fine.  How are you?  Long time no see.

JIMMY:
You sound kind of funny, Louise.

LOUISE:
I am funny.  I'm real funny.

JIMMY:
Are you in town?  You sound long distance.

LOUISE:
No, I'm out of town.  I'm in, uh, I'm in deep shit, 
Jimmy.  Deep shit, Arkansas.

JIMMY:
Louise, now you just tell me what the hell is going 
on here.  I come back, nobody knows where you are.  
Thelma with you?

LOUISE:
Listen Jimmy....I've got about sixty-seven hundred 
dollars in the bank.  Now, I know you can't get it 
out...but I need that money.  Can you wire me the 
sixty-seven hundred dollars and I'll pay you back?

JIMMY:
What the fuck is going on here, Louise?

LOUISE:
Listen, uh...something real bad has happened...and I 
can't tell you what.  Just that I did it, and I can't 
undo it.  Will you help me, please?

JIMMY:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, baby.  Of course I can.  Where?  
Why can't I bring it to you?

LOUISE:
Jimmy?  Do you love me?

JIMMY:
Yeah.

LOUISE:
Never mind.  Never mind.  Never mind.

JIMMY:
Yeah.  Yeah.

LOUISE:
Look, just, uh...just wire it to Western Union in, 
uh, Oklahoma City, okay?

JIMMY:
Oh, so that's where you're at.  Oklahoma, huh?!

LOUISE:
Not yet.

JIMMY:
You call me back and I'll tell you which office to go 
to.

LOUISE:
All right, all right.  You call, I'll call you back 
in an hour.

SCENE 27

LOUISE:
Thelma!  Thelma!  Thelma!...THELMA!

THELMA:
What?

LOUISE:
Get in the car.

SCENE 28

MAJOR:
Even if they didn't do it, it times out that they 
most likely witnessed it, so somebody better talk to 
'em.  Put out an A.P.B. and see what we get back.

HAL:
All right.

MAJOR:
Any reason to believe they've left the state?

HAL:
That's certainly possible.

MAJOR:
Hal, why don't we go ahead and let the bureau in on 
this?

SCENE 29

THELMA:
Louise, don't get mad, okay, but where are we going?

LOUISE:
Oklahoma City.  Jimmy's gonna wire me some money, and 
then we're gonna go to...

THELMA:
Jimmy!  You talked to him?!  Did you tell him?  What 
did he say?  Is he mad?

LOUISE:
No, I didn't tell him, and that's what we gotta get 
straight now.  Darryl's been callin,' mad as a 
hornet, makin' all kinds of noise.  And, when you 
call him, you gotta...not tell him anything about 
this.  You gotta make sure everything sounds real 
normal.

THELMA:
You know, I called the asshole at four o'clock in the 
morning.  He wasn't even home.  I don't know what 
he's got to be mad about.  I'm the one who should be 
mad.

LOUISE:
Thelma, I'm going to Mexico.  Now, I figure I can 
make it in two-and-a-half-days, but I'm going to have 
to haul ass.  Are you up to this?  I mean, I gotta 
know.  This isn't a game.  I'm in deep shit and I 
gotta know what you're gonna do.

THELMA:
I don't know.  I don't know, Louise.  I mean, uh, I 
don't know what you're asking.

LOUISE:
Don't you, don't you start flaking out on me.  
Goddamn it, Thelma.  Every time we get in trouble, 
you just get blank or...plead insanity or some such 
shit.  Not this time.  I mean this time things have 
changed.  Everything's changed.  But I'm goin' to 
Mexico.  I'm goin.'

SCENE 30

JIMMY:
Louise?

LOUISE:
Is that the way you answer the phone?

JIMMY:
I was afraid I'd missed you.  I, uh, I got it.  I was 
afraid I couldn't get a check cashed on Saturday.

LOUISE:
Who did it?

JIMMY:
Friend of mine who owns a club.  Doug Randall.

LOUISE:
You didn't tell him what it was for, did ya?

JIMMY:
No, I didn't say what it was for.  I told him I was 
buyin' a car.

LOUISE:
Good.  That's real good.  Listen, uh, where do I go?

JIMMY:
It's a place called the Vagabond Motel.  It's at 1921 
North East 23.  It's under "Peaches."

LOUISE:
What?

JIMMY:
That's the code word.  I miss you, Peaches.

LOUISE:
Thanks, Jimmy.  I appreciate it.



SCENE 31

CLERK:
Ma'am, you sure you wouldn't rather have the large 
economy size?

THELMA:
No, no, that's okay.

LOUISE:
(To man):  What are you looking at?  (To Thelma):  
Hey, I want you to call Darryl.

THELMA:
Call him?

LOUISE:
Mm-hm.  Tell him you're having a wonderful time and 
you'll be home tomorrow night.

THELMA:
Will I be?

LOUISE:
I don't know.  I won't....Ah!  The newspaper!

SCENE 32

DARRYL:
This is Darryl.

OPERATOR:
I have a collect call from Thelma.  Will you accept?

DARRYL:
Why, yes, I will, operator.  (To Thelma):  Thelma, 
where in the Sam Hill are you?!

THELMA:
Um, I'm, uh, with Louise.  We're, uh, we're in the 
mountains.  We're fishing.

DARRYL:
Have you lost your mind?  Is that it?  If I leave for 
work, and you take complete leave of your senses?

THELMA:
Darryl, calm down, please.  Don't get so mad.  I can 
explain, okay?  You see, Louise, uh...

DARRYL:
Hold on.  Hold on...Now, come on, pick it!  Shit.  
God!  Christ.

THELMA:
...and we're just gonna stay there and, you know, 
fish and hang out and stuff.  We'll be gone one more 
day and then we'll be home tomorrow night.

DARRYL:
No, you won't.  You'll be back today.  Now, you get 
your butt back here, Thelma, now.  Goddamn it!

THELMA:
Darryl!  Darryl, you're my husband, not my father.

DARRYL:
Oh, now, that does it!  That Louise is nothing but a 
bad influence.  If you're not back here by tonight, 
Thelma...well then, I just don't wanna say...

THELMA:
Darryl.

DARRYL:
Thelma?

THELMA:
Go fuck yourself.

DARRYL:
Oh, that's good.  That's just sweet.
SCENE 33

HITCH-
HIKER:
Shit!  Darling, you all right?

THELMA:
Sorry.  Sorry.

HITCH-
HIKER:
Are you okay?  Did I cause that?

THELMA:
No.  Sorry.

HITCH-
HIKER:
No.  You're okay?

THELMA:
Uh huh.

HITCH-
HIKER:
All right.  Now, is there something I can do for you?

THELMA:
No, it's okay.

HITCH-
HIKER:
Hmm?  Crazy.

SCENE 34

HITCH-
HIKER:
Excuse me, ma'am.  Uh, may I ask, which direction 
you're headed?  See, I'm, uh, trying to get back to 
school, and my ride fell through and...well, I'm 
kinda stuck here like a stink on stink.  So I was 
thinking that, uh, if you're going my way or I was 
going your way?

THELMA:
I think we're going to Oklahoma City.  But I'm not 
sure.

HITCH-
HIKER:
Yeah, well, I'd appreciate it much.

THELMA:
Um, well, see, it's really not up to me.  It's not my 
car.  Um, we would have to ask my friend, but she'll 
probably say no.  She's a little bit uptight.

HITCH-
HIKER:
Maybe it's not such a good idea.  But, I'll tell you 
what, I thank you for your time.

THELMA:
But, you know, I can ask, you know.  It wouldn't hurt 
nothing.

HITCH-
HIKER:
Well, no, it wouldn't hurt.

THELMA:
Louise.  Hey, Louise.  This young man here is on his 
way back to school, and I thought since we're going 
in the same direction, you know, we could give him a 
ride, huh!

LOUISE:
It's probably not a good idea.

THELMA:
Louise.
HITCH-
HIKER:
No, probably not, but I appreciate your time.  Y'all 
have a good day, all right?  Drive safe.

THELMA:
Louise.  Did you see how polite he is?  He was sweet.

LOUISE:
Thelma.

THELMA:
What?

SCENE 35

LOUISE:
(To gas attendant):  Fill'er up.

THELMA:
I sure wish we could've brought him with us.

LOUISE:
What'd Darryl have to say?

THELMA:
Oh, he said, "Okay, Thelma.  I just wanted to make 
sure you was all right.  I sure hope you're having 
fun.  You deserve it after all you put up with me.  I 
love you, honey."  ...So, how long before we're in 
Goddamn Mexico?

SCENE 36

THELMA:
I mean, I just didn't think it would hurt just to 
give somebody a ride.  Did you see his butt?  Darryl 
don't have a cute butt.  You could park a car in the 
shadow of his ass.

LOUISE:
I'm sorry.  I'm just not in the mood for company 
right now....Here, take this map.  I need you to find 
all the secondary roads to Mexico from Oklahoma City.  
I think we should stay off the interstates.  We're 
too conspicuous.

THELMA:
Well, it looks like we can get on this road 81 here 
and head down towards Dallas.

LOUISE:
No, I don't want to go through Texas.  Find some way 
that we don't have to go through there.

THELMA:
Wait.  What?  You want to go to Mexico, from 
Oklahoma, but you don't want to go through Texas?

LOUISE:
Thelma, you know how I feel about Texas!  We're not 
going that way!

THELMA:
Yeah, I know, Louise, but we're running for our 
lives.  I mean, can't you make an exception?!  I 
mean, look at this map.  The only thing between 
Oklahoma and Mexico is Texas.  Look.

LOUISE:
Thelma!  I'm not gonna talk about this!  Now you 
either find another way or give me the goddamn map 
and I will!  You understand?

THELMA:
No, Louise, I don't.  Now how come you never told me 
what happened when you were there?

LOUISE:
Look, you shoot off a guy's head, with his pants 
down, believe me, Texas is not the place you wanna 
get caught.  Now trust me.  Now, I told you, I'm not 
going to talk about this anymore.

SCENE 37

HAL:
Happy birthday, lady.

SCENE 38

THELMA &
LOUISE:
(Singing):  "...And baby, you're so smart, you know 
you could have been a schoolbook...Well...you could 
have been anything that you wanted to, and I can 
tell...The way you do the things you do...."

SCENE 39

HAL:
Is the manager in?

ALBERT:
Marian, there's a police officer here.

SCENE 40

LOUISE:
All right.  All right, Thelma.  All right....Okay.

SCENE 41

HAL:
The other night there was a murder out at the Silver 
Bullet.  A man was shot and we have some witnesses 
that say a 1966 T-Bird convertible leaving the scene.  
Sort of speeding out of the driveway there.  And that 
vehicle is registered to one Louise Sawyer.  Now we 
have reason to believe that your wife was the other 
occupant of that car.

DARRYL:
What?  What?  What?

HAL:
Excuse me.  Uh, you're standing in your pizza.

DARRYL:
Oh shit!

SCENE 42

J.D.:
(To Thelma):  So tell me something, Miss Thelma.  
How's it that you ain't got any kids?  I mean, God 
gives you something special, I think you ought'a pass 
it on.

THELMA:
Well, Darryl, that's my husband.

J.D.:
Darryl.

THELMA:
Yeah, he says he's not ready yet.  He says he's still 
too much of a kid himself.  He kind of prides himself 
on being infantile.

LOUISE:
He's got a lot to be proud of.

THELMA:
Louise and him don't get along.

LOUISE:
That's puttin' it mildly.

THELMA:
She thinks he's a pig.

LOUISE:
I know he's a pig.
J.D.:
Did you get married real young, Miss Thelma?

THELMA:
Well, I guess eighteen is kinda young.  But we'd 
already been going out for four years when we got 
married.

J.D.:
How long?

THELMA:
Four years.  I've never been with anybody but Darryl.

J.D.:
Oh, I'm sorry.  Well, if you don't mind me sayin' so, 
he sounds like a real asshole.

THELMA:
It's okay.  He is an asshole.  Most of the time I 
just let it slide.

J.D.:
Uh, you better slow down there, Miss Louise.  That's 
a cop up ahead....Maybe you got a few too many 
parking tickets?

LOUISE:
We'll take you to Oklahoma City, then you'd best be 
on your way, all right?

J.D."
All right.

SCENE 43

HAL:
The prints on the trunk of the car match those of 
Thelma Dickinson.

MAX:
Well, I'll be damned.  Isn't that strange?

HAL:
And the husband says a gun is missing.  She took a 
lot of stuff.  It looks like she maybe planned on 
being gone a while.  The strange thing is, her 
husband said she would never touch that gun.  He got 
it for her 'cause he's out late a lot, but he said 
she'd never touch it, wouldn't learn to shoot it.  
Just kept it in the drawer for years.

MAX:
What kind of gun was it?

HAL:
38.

MAX:
Right.  Where are they?

HAL:
They were on their way to some guy's cabin and, um, 
they never showed up.

SCENE 44

LOUISE:
All right.  Now I'm going in.  Listen up you two.  
I'm gonna go in, it's just gonna take a minute.  You 
two better say your good-byes, you understand?  Huh?

J.D.:
All right.

SCENE 45

LOUISE:
Hi.

CLERK:
Hi.

LOUISE:
Um, I'm here to pick up a money order for Louise 
Sawyer.
CLERK:
No, nothing.

LOUISE:
How about "Peaches?"  Could you try code name 
"Peaches?"

MAN:
Did I hear somebody say "Peaches?"

LOUISE:
Oh my God.  Jimmy.

JIMMY:
That's the secret word.  Show the lady what she's 
won, Don.

LOUISE:
What are you doin' here?

JIMMY:
I just came to see you, baby.  (To clerk):  Can I 
have another room, please?  Put it on my credit card.

SCENE 46

LOUISE:
Thelma!  Thelma, get your foot down.  Look who's 
here.

THELMA:
Huh?  Oh shit!  Jimmy.  Hi, stranger.  What in the 
world are you doin' here?

JIMMY:
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

THELMA:
Good answer.  Same goes double for me.

JIMMY:
Who's the cowboy?

THELMA:
Oh, this here...

J.D.:
How do?

THELMA:
This is J.D.  He's, uh...

LOUISE:
He's gone.

THELMA:
He's a student.  We're just givin' him a ride to...to 
here and then...he, he, Louise said he would have to 
go.  So...

LOUISE:
He's gone.

THELMA:
I guess that's what he's doin.'

J.D.:
Yup.  I reckon that's what I'm doin.'  Like the wind.

LOUISE:
He's gone.

J.D.:
Have a good trip.

LOUISE:
Thank you.

J.D.:
Nice meeting you.

THELMA:
Yep.  That's him goin.'  I love to watch him go.

LOUISE:
Thelma kinda took to him.

JIMMY:
Yeah, well, I got you a room there, Thelma.  Go on in 
and take yourself a nice cold shower.

THELMA:
Well, you know me, Jimmy, I'm just a wild woman.

SCENE 47

LOUISE:
It's our future.

THELMA:
What are you gonna tell him?

LOUISE:
Nothin.'  I'm not gonna tell him a thing.  The least 
I can do is not make him any more an accessory than 
he already is.

THELMA:
You are so sweet to that guy.  You know, you really 
are.  Imagine not wanting to drag him into this.

LOUISE:
I didn't ask him to come.  It's like I said, it's no 
different than any other guy.  He just loves the 
chase is all.

THELMA:
Well, he's sure got his work cut out for him now, 
don't he?

LOUISE:
Thelma, just put a lid on it!  Now...I want you to 
just, you guard that money.

THELMA:
Okay.

LOUISE:
If there's any problem, then you call me in room 211.

THELMA:
Okay.  I won't wake up.

SCENE 48

JIMMY:
You want a drink?

LOUISE:
No.

JIMMY:
Why don't you tell me what's goin' on?

LOUISE:
I'm not going to tell you what's goin' on.  Someday 
soon you'll understand why I can't, but I'm not goin' 
to, so don't ask me.

JIMMY:
Can I ask you one thing?

LOUISE:
Maybe.

JIMMY:
Are you in love with somebody else?  Does it have to 
do with another man?

LOUISE:
No, it's not anything like that.

JIMMY:
All right, what is it, goddamn it?  Were you just 
gonna leave for fucking ever?!  Huh?  What, did you 
fuckin' kill somebody?!

LOUISE:
You start this shit, and I'm outta here!

JIMMY:
I'm sorry.  I'm sorry.  I'm sorry.  You wanna come 
back over there and sit down.  I wanna give you 
something.
LOUISE:
Give it to me here.

JIMMY:
Why don't you try it on?  You didn't see that one 
coming, did ya?

LOUISE:
Why Jimmy?  Why now?

JIMMY:
Try not to get too excited, Louise.  I just flew 
across two states with that ring in my fucking hand 
and, uh...you know I hate to fly.

LOUISE:
You came all this way because you thought I was with 
somebody else.

JIMMY:
No, that's not why I came.  Because, you know, I 
don't want to lose you.  I get the feelin' that 
you're gonna like split.  Permanently.

LOUISE:
That's not a good reason to get married.

JIMMY:
Well, I thought that was what you wanted.

LOUISE:
I did.  But not like this.

SCENE 49

THELMA:
Louise?

J.D.:
No, Thelma, it's me....Surprise.  I was just out 
there and I was thinking that, uh...well, I know I'm 
supposed to be gone and all, but, you know...I'm not 
having a turds of luck getting a ride out in this 
rain.  I was just thinking about you.  This, this is 
crazy.  I'm, I'm gonna get out of your hair, all 
right?  I'm gonna...

THELMA:
Well, wait.  Wait.  Where you goin'?

J.D.:
I don't know.  You know, nowhere.

SCENE 50

JIMMY:
You think I'm happy playing my one night gigs in 
Ramada Inn lounges?  Uh, you know, you think you're 
the only one with dreams that don't work out?

LOUISE:
We both got what we settled for.

JIMMY:
I think maybe you just don't love me anymore.

LOUISE:
No.  I do love you.  But I think it's time to...just 
let go of the old mistakes.  Just chalk it up to bad 
timing.  I think it's time to let go.

SCENE 51

J.D.:
Look out.  Look out.  Oh, oh, oh.  Come on.  Oh, 
you're too...come on.

THELMA:
All right, all right...Shit!  Here we go.

J.D.:
Come on.  Come on.

THELMA:
Oh, don't leave them...just leave them there.

J.D.:
All right, all right...Ow!  God!  Aw, you see, this 
is an unfair advantage.  You got, you got too much 
metal going here.  You want to lighten the load a 
little bit?  I think that's better.  What do you 
think?

THELMA:
Yeah, okay.

J.D.:
Yeah.  Yeah...Take me, break me, make me mad!

THELMA:
Watch your head.  Careful.

J.D.:
My head's fine...I'm the great powerful Oz.  Who do 
you want to be?

THELMA:
Tell me, I know you're not just some schoolboy.  
Nobody ever tells me shit.  Tell me.

J.D.:
Oh, I'm just some guy.  A guy whose parole officer is 
probably having a shit fit right about now.

THELMA:
What do you mean a parole officer?  Are you a 
criminal?

J.D.:
No.  No, not no more, Thelma.  Uh, let's see, besides 
busting parole, I haven't done one wrong thing.

THELMA:
What did you do?

J.D.:
I'm a robber.

THELMA:
You're a bank robber?

J.D.:
No, no.  I don't rob no banks.  Come on.

THELMA:
What'd you rob?

J.D.:
Hmm.  Well, let's see.  Let's add it up here.  I, uh, 
robbed a gas station, uh, a couple of convenience 
stores, liquor stores.

THELMA:
Oh my God.  How?  Come on.

J.D.:
Okay.  Well, see, first you pick your place, all 
right?  Then I just sit back and watch it for a 
little while.  Wait for that right moment to make my 
move, see?  That's, see, that's something you gotta 
know up here.  That shit cannot be taught.  And then, 
uh, oh shit, I don't want to talk about this.

THELMA:
Come on.  I'd like to hear it.

J.D.:
All right.  Then I'd waltz right in...and then I'd 
just kinda waltz on in and I'd say, "Ladies, 
gentlemen.  Let's see who wins the prize for keeping 
their cool.  Simon says, everybody down on the floor.  
Now, nobody loses their head, then nobody lose their 
head.  Ahhh, you sir.  Yeah, you do the honors.  Take 
that cash and put it in that bag right there, and you 
got an amazing story to tell all your friends.  If 
not, well, you got a tag on your toe.  You decide.  
It's simple as that."  Then I'd just slip on out.  
And, uh, get the hell out of Dodge, yeah.

THELMA:
My goodness.  You're sure gentlemanly about it.

J.D.:
Well, now, I've always believed done properly, armed 
robbery doesn't have to be a totally unpleasant 
experience....What?

THELMA:
You're a real outlaw, aren't ya?

J.D.:
I may be an outlaw, darling, but, uh, you're the one 
stealing my heart.

THELMA:
Oh, smooth.  Oh, you're smooth.

J.D.:
Ooo, yeah.  Isn't he?  Isn't he?

THELMA:
Yeah.

J.D.:
I sure am.

SCENE 52

LOUISE:
Remember when we first met?

JIMMY:
Yeah.

LOUISE:
What happened?  Tell me what you said.

JIMMY:
I said you had a nice pair of eyes.

LOUISE:
And what did I say?  You remember?

JIMMY:
Yeah, you shut 'em.  Ask me if I knew what color they 
were.

LOUISE:
And what'd you say?

JIMMY:
I didn't know.

LOUISE:
Jimmy, what color are my eyes?

JIMMY:
They're brown.

SCENE 53

WAITRESS:
 You all want some more coffee?

LOUISE:
Thank you.

JIMMY:
Look, I don't know what's going on with you, or what 
happened, or what you all did, but...I'm not gonna 
tell anybody anything and I'm not gonna say that I 
even saw ya. Okay?

LOUISE:
Damn, Jimmy, what'd you do?  Take some kind of pill, 
makes you say all the right stuff?

JIMMY:
Yeah.  I'm choking on it.  Uh, you're sure you don't 
want me to go with ya?

LOUISE:
I think it's probably not a real good idea right now.  
But I'll catch up with you later.  On down the road.

JIMMY:
Well, uh, my taxi's here....So, uh, why don't you 
just keep that?  Okay?
LOUISE:
Thanks.

JIMMY:
I just want you to be happy.

LOUISE:
I am happy, sweetie.  Happy as I can be.

JIMMY:
All right.  All right.  Well, why don't you give ol' 
Jimmy a kiss good-bye?  And, uh, I'll be getting out 
of here.

LOUISE:
Come here, little Jimmy.

JIMMY:
I'll be seeing you, Louise.

LOUISE:
Mm hm.  You have a safe trip.

WAITRESS:
It's a good thing he left when he did.  We thought we 
were gonna have to put out a fire.

SCENE 54

THELMA:
Hi.

LOUISE:
What happened to your hair?

THELMA:
Nothin.'  Got messed up.

LOUISE:
Thelma, what's wrong with you?

THELMA:
Nothin.'  Why, do I seem different?

LOUISE:
Well, now that you mention it, yeah.  You seem like 
you're crazy on drugs.

THELMA:
Well, I'm not on drugs.  But I might be crazy.

LOUISE:
Thelma, what happened?  What happened?

THELMA:
J.D. came back.  Oh my God, Louise.

LOUISE:
Oh no.

THELMA:
I can't believe it.  I mean, I just can't believe it.

LOUISE:
No!

THELMA:
Oh my God, it's like...I finally understand what all 
the fuss is about.  Now, this is just a whole 'nother 
ball game.

LOUISE:
Oh darling, I'm so happy for you.  That's great.  I 
really am.  You finally got laid properly.  That's so 
sweet.  Where is he now?

THELMA:
He's takin' a shower.

LOUISE:
Thelma, you left him alone in the room?  Where's the 
money?  Oh my God, Thelma, where's the money?

THELMA:
It's on the bed table.  It's okay....It's on the 
night stand!  It's okay.

SCENE 55

THELMA:
Oh, goddamn it!  I've never been lucky!  Not one 
time!  Shit!  That son-of-a-bitch burgled me.  I 
don't believe it.  I don't believe it....Louise, you 
okay?  Louise?  I'm sorry.  I mean it.  Louise, it's 
okay.  It's okay.

LOUISE:
No, Thelma, it's not okay.  It's definitely not okay.  
None of this is okay.  I mean, what are we going to 
do for money?  Huh?  How are we gonna get gas?  I 
mean, trading on our good looks?  I mean, oh God, 
Thelma, it's not okay.

THELMA:
Louise, hey, now you listen to me.  Don't you worry 
about it.  You hear me?  Come on.  Stand up.  Louise, 
just don't you worry about it.  You hear?  Come on!  
Come on, damn it!  Get your stuff and let's get out 
of here!  Move!  Jesus Christ!  Come on.  Come 
on....Oh, take your damn time.  Come on, here we go.

SCENE 56

MAX:
Damn!

AGENTS:
Hurry up.

HAL:
Afraid of a little rain, Max?

DARRYL
Well, come on in.  Wipe your feet.

HAL:
As you know, we've tapped your phone, in the event 
that she calls in.

DARRYL:
Is that gonna cost me?

MAX:
Excuse me, may I?

DARRYL:
Hey, live it up.  That's what it's there for.

MAX:
We're going to have someone here at the house on the 
phones until we find them.

HAL:
The important thing is not to let on that you know 
anything.  We want to try and find out where they 
are.

DARRYL:
Uh huh.

HAL:
I don't want to get too personal, but do you have a 
good relationship with your wife?

DARRYL:
I, I love Thelma.

HAL:
I don't intend anything by that, sir.  It's just a 
question I have to ask.  Are you close with her?

DARRYL:
Yeah.  I guess.  I mean, I'm about as close as I can 
be to a nutcase like that.

MAX:
Well, if she calls, just be gentle.  You know, like, 
you're really happy to hear from her.  Like you 
really miss her.  Women love that shit.

DARRYL:
Okay.  If you say so.  Women love that shit.
SCENE 57

THELMA:
Oh, cool.  Can I wear these?...Want anything?

SCENE 58

THELMA:
Go!  Go, go, go, go, go!

LOUISE:
What happened?...You robbed the store?  You robbed 
the goddamn store?!

THELMA:
Well, we needed the money.  It's not like I killed 
anybody, for God's sake.

LOUISE:
Thelma!

THELMA:
I'm sorry.  We needed the money, now we have it.

LOUISE:
Oh, shit.  Oh, shit.  Oh shit, Thelma!

THELMA:
Louise!  Louise!

LOUISE:
Oh, shit.

THELMA:
Come on, get a grip.

LOUISE:
Shit!

THELMA:
Drive us to goddamn Mexico, will ya?

LOUISE:
Okay.  Oh, shit!  Oh shit!  Well, what, how'd you, I 
mean...what, what'd you say?

THELMA:
Well, I just waltzed on in there and I said...

SCENE 59

THELMA:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  This is a 
robbery.  Now, if nobody loses their head, then 
nobody loses their head.  Simon says, y'all lie down 
on the floor, please.  Right away.  Thank you.  
Ma'am, would you get down?  Not you, sir.  Let's see 
who will win a prize for keeping their cool.  Sir, 
will you do the honors?  Take all the cash out of 
that drawer, put it in a paper bag.

CLERK:
Yes, ma'am.

THELMA:
You're gonna have an amazing story to tell all your 
friends.  If not, you'll have a tag on your toe.  You 
decide.  Hurry up.  Let's go.  Ma'am, would you be 
quiet?  Sir, get down, please  Thank you.  Just stay 
there.  Just get real comfortable.  Hey, uh, throw in 
a couple bottles of Wild Turkey, too, will ya?

CLERK:
Yes, ma'am.

THELMA:
Now, you get down, too.  Ladies and gentlemen, I 
thank you all for your cooperation.  Now stay down on 
the floor till I'm gone.  Have a good day.

DARRYL:
Jesus Christ!

MAX:
Good God.

HAL:
My Lord.

SCENE 60

THELMA:
Hey, Louise.  Better slow down.  I'll just die if we 
get caught over a speeding ticket.

LOUISE:
You know, for the first time in my life I wish this 
car wasn't green.

THELMA:
You sure we should be driving like this?  In broad 
daylight and everything?

LOUISE:
No, we shouldn't.  But I want to put some distance 
between us and the scene of our last goddamn crime!

THELMA:
Ooooooweeee!  Oh, man, you wouldn't have believed it.  
It was like I'd been doin' it all my life.  I mean, 
nobody would believe it.

LOUISE:
Think you've found your calling?

THELMA:
Maybe.  Maybe.  The call of the wild!

LOUISE:
You are disturbed!

THELMA:
Yeah!  I believe I am.

LOUISE:
Woo-hoo!...Thelma.  Don't you litter....Wait a 
minute.  Oh, shit!  God.  I hate when you...this 
always happens when you're in a hurry.  Damn....What 
are you gonna do?  Just stay drunk all day?

THELMA:
Try to....Oh, isn't that nice?  Truck drivers are 
always so nice.  Best drivers on the road.

LOUISE:
Oh, look.  How original.

THELMA:
(To truck driver):  Thank you....(To Louise):  Oh 
man, that's disgusting!

LOUISE:
Oh!  You pig!

THELMA:
You pig!

LOUISE:
He's a fucking pig.

THELMA:
Oh, that's gross.  What's he gotta do that for, 
anyway?

LOUISE:
I don't know.  They think we like it.  They think it 
turns us on, is what they think.  Shut up!

SCENE 61

POLICE:
James Lennox?

JIMMY:
Yeah, who wants to know?
POLICE:
Arkansas State Police.

SCENE 62

LOUISE:
Hi.   Thelma!

THELMA:
What?

LOUISE:
I want you to call Darryl.

THELMA:
What for?

LOUISE:
I want you...

THELMA:
Huh?

LOUISE:
I want you to find out if he knows anything.  If you 
think he does, you gotta hang up the phone, 'cause 
that means the police have told him and the phone is 
probably tapped.

THELMA:
Tapped the phone?  What are you talking about?

LOUISE:
Oh, come on, Thelma!  Murder one and armed robbery.

THELMA:
Murder one?

LOUISE:
Uh huh.

THELMA:
We can't even say it was self defense?

LOUISE:
Well, it wasn't.  We were walkin' away.  We got away.

THELMA:
Yeah, but they don't know that.  It was just you and 
me there.  I'll say he raped me and you had to shoot 
him.  That's almost the truth.

LOUISE:
It won't work.

THELMA:
Why not?

LOUISE:
Because there's no physical evidence.  We can't prove 
he did it.  We can't even prove by now that he 
touched you.

THELMA:
God.  The law is some tricky shit, isn't it?  Hey, 
how do you know 'bout all this stuff anyway?

LOUISE:
Besides, what are we gonna say about the robbery?  
There's no excuse for that.  There's no such thing as 
justifiable robbery.

THELMA:
All right, Louise, will you?  Where'd you get this?

LOUISE:
Stole it.

SCENE 63

DARRYL:
Hi!  Hi!  Huh!

J.D.:
Who's the nut?

HAL:
That's Mrs. Dickinson's husband.

J.D.:
Well, shit twice and fall back in.  God.

MAX:
Where'd you get the sixty-six hundred dollars in 
cash?

J.D.:
Uh, a friend.

HAL:
We spoke with a gentlemen today who says he delivered 
very close to that same amount to a Miss Louise 
Sawyer.  Do you know her, too?

J.D.:
Uh, yes sir.  I believe she was the woman driving the 
car.

HAL:
He said he took it to a motel in Oklahoma City.  He 
also says that at that time he met a man.  He 
identified you through a series of mug shots.  He 
also told us that you and Mrs. Dickinson seemed 
"close."  Is that true?

J.D.:
Well, sir.  You might say we had a meeting of the 
minds, yeah.

MAX:
Are you aware that Mrs. Dickinson and Miss Sawyer are 
wanted in connection with a murder?

J.D.:
Murder?  What, Thelma?  Damn!

HAL:
Did they ever indicate that they might be on the run 
from the law?

J.D.:
Uh, well, you know, sir, now that you mention it, 
they might have seemed a little bit jumpy.

HAL:
You know what?

J.D.:
What?

HAL:
You're starting to irritate me.

MAX:
Yeah.  Me, too.

J.D.:
Well, that'll happen.  You two boys have a lot in 
common.  Maybe I should just step out of the room for 
a sec.

HAL:
I got a better idea.  (To Max):  Do you mind if I 
speak to him alone for a minute?

SCENE 64

J.D.:
Ahh.  What?!  What'd I do?  Nothing, that's what.  
This is just a crock of shit, Mr. John fucking law.

HAL:
Son, I gotta feelin' about somethin' and...

J.D.:
Yeah?

HAL:
...I just wanna ask your opinion.  Do you think 
Thelma Dickinson would have committed armed robbery, 
if you hadn't taken all their money?  Get your foot 
off that table....Cat got your tongue?

J.D.:
No, naw.  How do you know I took it?  How do you know 
they didn't just...?

HAL:
Don't you fuckin' lie to me!  There's two girls out 
there that had a chance.  They had a chance!  And now 
you've screwed it up for them.

J.D.:
No.

HAL:
And now they're in some serious trouble.  And I'm 
gonna hold you personally responsible for at least 
part of it, if anything happens to them.  I've got no 
feelin' for you.  Now, either you're gonna tell me 
every damn thing you know, so there's a small chance 
I can actually do them some good, or I'm gonna be all 
over you like a fly on shit for the rest of your 
natural life!  Your misery is gonna be my goddamn 
mission in life!

J.D.:
Yes, sir.

HAL:
Okay?

J.D.:
Yeah.  That's right.

HAL:
We understand each other?

J.D.:
Yeah.

HAL:
Okay.

SCENE 65

HAL:
Mr. Dickinson?

DARRYL:
Yeah.

HAL:
Would you just hang on?  I want a word with you.

J.D.:
I like your wife.

DARRYL:
Hey, come back here!  Hey!  Hey!  Come back here, you 
little shit!  Come here!  Come on!  I'll kill you!  
I'll kill you!

SCENE 66

MAN:
What will it be, ladies?

LOUISE:
Fill'er up.  There you go....Um...excuse me.  Do you 
have a phone?  Thank you....Thelma, listen up now.  
Even if you think he knows, I mean, even if you're 
not sure, I want you to hang up, you understand?

SCENE 67

DARRYL:
Hello?

THELMA:
Darryl.  It's me.

DARRYL:
Thelma!  Hello!

THELMA:
He knows.

LOUISE:
Shit.

MAN:
I need more time.

DARRYL:
What?  All I said was, "Hello."

SCENE 68

DARRYL:
Yep.

LOUISE:
Darryl, this is Louise.  Let me talk to the police.

DARRYL:
Hey, Louise.

LOUISE:
Hi.  Let me talk to the police.

DARRYL:
Huh?  What do you mean?  There's no police here.  
Hey, where are you girls, anyway?

LOUISE:
Just wait, Darryl.  Will you let me talk to whoever's 
in charge there?

DARRYL:
How do you know there...?

HAL:
Hello.  Miss, uh, Miss Sawyer?  I'm investigator Hal 
Slocumbe, Arkansas State Police.  How are you?

LOUISE:
Well, I've been better.

HAL:
Be careful with that gun.

LOUISE:
Yes, sir.  I know.

HAL:
You girls are in some hot water.  You both okay?  
Neither one of you hurt?

LOUISE:
Oh, yes, sir, we're, we're fine.  We're both fine.

HAL:
Good.  You wanna tell me what happened?

LOUISE:
Sure, over coffee sometime.  I'll buy.

HAL:
I want you to know, neither one of you are charged 
with murder yet.  You're still just wanted for 
questioning.  Although, now, Mrs. Dickinson's wanted 
in Oklahoma for armed robbery.

LOUISE:
No kidding?  Look, uh, we gotta go.  I'll call you 
back, all right?

HAL:
Miss Sawyer, I don't think y'all gonna make it to 
Mexico.  We should talk.  Please.  I want to help 
you.

SCENE 69

LOUISE:
Shit.  God, that J.D. kid is a little shit.

THELMA:
What?  What?

LOUISE:
Thelma, how'd they know we're going to Mexico, huh?  
How'd they know that?...You told that theivin' little 
shit where we were goin'?
THELMA:
Oh, I just...

LOUISE:
Huh?

THELMA:
I just told him if he ever got to Mexico, he should 
look us up.

LOUISE:
Ohhh!

THELMA:
But I, I, I asked him not to tell.  I mean, I, I, I 
thought he would not tell anybody, you know.

LOUISE:
Why?

THELMA:
I didn't think he'd tell anybody.

LOUISE:
Why?  What, what's he got to lose?  Except my life's 
savings, of course.  Oh shit!  Thelma, goddamn it!

THELMA:
Look, I'm...I'm sorry.

LOUISE:
Oh, goddamn it, Thelma!  Look, up until now we had 
only two things goin' for us.  One, nobody knew where 
we were, and two, nobody knew where we were going.  
Now one of the things we had going for us is gone!  
Look, Thelma, you just gotta stop talkin' to people.  
You gotta stop being so open.  We're fugitives now, 
right?  Let's start behaving like that.

THELMA:
You're right.

LOUISE:
Thank you.

THELMA:
Okay.

SCENE 70

DARRYL:
Hm.  Sorry.

SCENE 71

THELMA:
My God, this is beautiful.

LOUISE:
It surely is.

THELMA:
I always wanted to travel.  I just never got the 
opportunity.

LOUISE:
You got it now.

SCENE 72

THELMA:
What's going on?

LOUISE:
Nothin.'

THELMA:
Shit.  Well, we don't need the East Coast 
anymore....Hey, look!  Look who it is.  It's that 
guy.  I'll be darned.

LOUISE:
Just ignore him.

TRUCKER:
Hey, baby.  I'm your captain muff diver!  Huh!  
You're storm trooper of love!

THELMA:
I ignored him.

SCENE 73

LOUISE:
What?  What?

THELMA:
Harlan.

LOUISE:
What about it?

THELMA:
Nothin.'  Just the...Just the look on his face when 
you...

LOUISE:
What?

THELMA:
He sure wasn't expectin'; that.  "Suck my dick."

LOUISE:
Thelma, it's not funny.

THELMA:
I know.  It happened to you, didn't it?

LOUISE:
What?  What are you talkin' about?

THELMA:
In Texas.  I mean, that's what, that's what happened 
to you, isn't it?  You was raped.

LOUISE:
Hey, now look, I'm warning you.  Just drop it.  I'm 
not gonna talk about that.  You understand?

THELMA:
Yeah.

LOUISE:
I'm not talking about it.

THELMA:
Okay.

LOUISE:
You understand?

THELMA:
Yeah.  Okay, Louise....It's okay.  It's okay.

SCENE 74

LOUISE:
Oh, shit!  Thelma!  We're getting pulled over.

THELMA:
Shit!  Shit!  What do you want to do?  What should we 
do?

LOUISE:
I don't know.  I don't know.  Oh, shit.  All right, 
we're just gonna play it by ear.  Maybe he don't 
know.  Maybe he just gonna give me a ticket.

THELMA:
Oh God, please don't let us get caught.  God please, 
please, God don't let us get caught.

LOUISE:
I'm just gonna pull over.

OFFICER:
Turn off your engine.

LOUISE:
He's putting on his hat.  Oh, my God, he's a Nazi.
THELMA:
What's he doing?

LOUISE:
He's kinda walking this way....(To Officer):  Hello, 
Officer.  Is there a problem?

OFFICER:
You wanna let me see your license, please?

LOUISE:
Right.  Here it is.

OFFICER:
You wanna take it our of your wallet, please?

LOUISE:
All right.

THELMA:
I told you to slow down.  Officer, I told her to slow 
down.

LOUISE:
She did.  How fast was I going?

OFFICER:
About a hundred and ten.

LOUISE:
Oh.

OFFICER:
You wanna get out of the car, please?

LOUISE:
Yes, sir.  Sure.

OFFICER:
Come with me, please.

LOUISE:
Yes, sir.

OFFICER:
This your vehicle?

LOUISE:
Yes, sir, that is.

OFFICER:
You wanna get in the car, please?

LOUISE:
Yes, sir.  The front or the back?

OFFICER:
Front....You wanna take off your eyeware, please?

LOUISE:
Yes, sir.  Am I in trouble, officer?

OFFICER:
As far as I'm concerned, yes ma'am.  You are in a lot 
of trouble.  (Into radio):  Hello, this is nine, 
eight...(To Thelma):  You wanna step back and get in 
your car again, please.

THELMA:
Officer, I am so sorry about this.  Would you let go 
of that?...Now I really, really apologize, but will 
you put your hands on the steering wheel?  See, if 
you get on that radio, you're gonna find out that 
we're wanted in two states and probably considered 
armed and dangerous, at least I am, and then our 
whole plan would be shot to hell.  Louise, take his 
gun.  Take his gun, Louise.  Right there.

LOUISE:
I am really sorry.  Excuse me.

THELMA:
You wanna step out of the car, please?  Now, I swear, 
three days ago, neither one of us would have ever 
pulled a stunt like this.  But if you was ever to 
meet my husband, you'd understand why.  You wanna put 
your hands on your head, please?  Louise.
LOUISE:
What?

THELMA:
Shoot the radio....The police radio, Louise.  Jesus 
Christ!

LOUISE:
I'm sorry....Got it.

THELMA:
Okay.  All right.  (To Officer):  You wanna step to 
the back of the car, please?  Louise, get the keys.

LOUISE:
Oh!  Thelma, what happened?  What's wrong?

THELMA:
Air holes.  Open to trunk.

LOUISE:
Oh shit, Thelma.  Who'd have thought it?

THELMA:
You wanna step into the trunk, please?

OFFICER:
Please.  I have a wife and kids.  Please don't.

THELMA:
You do?  Well, you're lucky.  You be sweet to 'em, 
especially your wife.  My husband wasn't sweet to me 
and look how I turned out.  Now go on, get in there.

LOUISE:
Oh, wait, wait, sir.  Wait a second.  Excuse 
me....Oh, wait a minute.  Officer, could I have your 
belt, please?  (To Thelma):  Extra ammo.

THELMA:
Good idea.

LOUISE:
And, and could I trade glasses with you, maybe?  
Thanks.  Okay.

THELMA:
Is that it?

LOUISE:
Uh huh.

THELMA:
Okay.  Officer, I'm real sorry about this.

LOUISE:
I apologize, also.

THELMA:
Go.

LOUISE:
You ready?

THELMA:
Hit it....I know it's crazy, but I feel like I've got 
a knack for this shit.

LOUISE:
I believe you do.  Drive like hell.

SCENE 75

MAX:
You know, one thing I can't figure out is whether 
these girls are real smart or just real, real lucky.

HAL:
It don't matter.  Brains will only get you so far and 
luck always runs out.

SCENE 76

THELMA:
Louise, are we still going to Mexico?

LOUISE:
Yes.

THELMA:
Uh, then aren't we going in the wrong direction?

LOUISE:
Well, I figure if you take a state policeman, shoot 
up his car, take his gun and lock him in the trunk, 
it's best to just get on out of the state if you can.

THELMA:
I heard that.

SCENE 80

LOUISE:
Don't hit my car!...I think I fucked up.  I think 
I've got us in a situation where we both could get 
killed.  Damn, I don't know why I didn't go to the 
police right away.

THELMA:
You know why.  You already said.

LOUISE:
What'd I say, again?

THELMA:
Nobody would believe us.  We'd still get in trouble, 
we'd still have our lives ruined.  You know what 
else?

LOUISE:
What?

THELMA:
That guy was hurtin' me.  And if you hadn't come out 
when you did, he'd a hurt me a lot worse.  And 
probably nothin' would'a happened to him, 'cause 
everybody did see me dancin' with him all night.  
They would'a made out like I asked for it.  My life 
woulda been ruined a whole lot worse than it is now.  
At least now I'm havin' some fun.  And I'm not sorry 
the son of a bitch is dead.  I'm just sorry that it 
was you that did it and not me.

SCENE 81

MAX:
Hello.

LOUISE:
Let me talk to Slocumbe.

MAX:
(To Hal):  She wants to talk to you.

HAL:
Hello, Louise.

LOUISE:
Hey.

HAL:
How are things goin' out there?

LOUISE:
Weird.  We got some kind of snowball effect happenin' 
here or something.

HAL:
You're still with us though.  You're somewhere on the 
face of the earth?

LOUISE:
Well, we're not in the middle of nowhere, but we can 
see it from here.

HAL:
I swear.  Louise, I almost feel like I know you.

LOUISE:
Well, you don't.

HAL:
You're gettin' in deeper every moment you're gone.

LOUISE:
Would you believe me if I told you this whole thing 
is an accident?

HAL:
I do believe you.  That's what I want everybody to 
believe.  Trouble is, it doesn't look like an 
accident.  And you're not here to tell me about it.  
I need you help here.  Did Harlan Puckett...

LOUISE:
I don't want to talk about it.

HAL:
You wanna come on in?

LOUISE:
I don't think so.

HAL:
Then I'm sorry.  We're gonna have to charge you with 
murder.  Now, do you want to come out of this alive?

LOUISE:
You know, certain words and phrases just keep 
drifting through my mind.  Things like incarceration, 
cavity search, death by electrocution, life 
imprisonment, shit like that, you know what I'm 
saying?  So, do I want to come out alive?  I don't 
know.  I know.  I think I'm...gonna have to think 
about that.

HAL:
Louise, I'll do anything.  I know what's makin' you 
run.  I know what happened to you in Texas.

THELMA:
Come on, Louise.  Don't blow it.

SCENE 82

FBI MAN:
We got it!

MAX:
Give it to me.  God!

HAL:
You gotta take me there.

MAX:
No, Hal, cannot do.  Sorry.  You've done a good job.

HAL:
I'm the only one she's ever talked to.

MAX:
You're no good to me now.  You're no good to me.  
There's nothing you can do for me now.

HAL:
I don't want anybody losing their heads.  You know 
what happens?  The volume gets turned way up, and the 
next thing you know these girls are gonna get shot!

SCENE 83

LOUISE:
What?

THELMA:
You're not gonna give up on me, are ya?

LOUISE:
What do you mean?

THELMA:
You're not gonna make a deal with that guy?  I mean, 
I just wanna know.

LOUISE:
Thelma, I'm not gonna make any deals.

THELMA:
I mean, I'd understand if you're thinkin' about it.  
In a way, you've got something to go back for, Jimmy 
and all.

LOUISE:
Jimmy's not an option.

THELMA:
But...I don't know...you know, something's like 
crossed over in me and I can't go back.  I mean, I 
just couldn't live.

LOUISE:
I know.  I know what you mean.  Anyway, I don't wanna 
end up on the damn Geraldo Show.

THELMA:
Yeah.

LOUISE:
Uh, they're charging us with murder.

THELMA:
Oooo.

LOUISE:
Yeah, they said we gotta figure out if we want to 
come in dead or alive.

THELMA:
Gosh.  Did he say anything positive at all?

SCENE 84

THELMA:
You awake?

LOUISE:
Guess you could call it that.  My eyes are open.

THELMA:
Me, too.  I feel awake.

LOUISE:
Good.

THELMA:
Wide awake.  I don't remember ever feelin' this 
awake.  You know what I mean?  Everything looks 
different.  Do you feel like that, too, like you got 
something to look forward to?

LOUISE:
We'll be drinkin' margaritas by the sea, Mamasita.

THELMA:
Hey, we can change our names.

LOUISE:
We could live in a hacienda.

THELMA:
I wanna get a job.  I'm gonna work at Club Med.

LOUISE:
Yeah.  Now what kind of deal is that cop gonna have 
to come up with to beat that?

THELMA:
Have to be pretty good.

LOUISE:
Have to be pretty damn good.

SCENE 85

THELMA:
Oh my God, Louise.  Oh, look.  Look.   See if that's 
him.

LOUISE:
It's him.  It's definitely him.

THELMA:
Pass him!

TRUCKER:
Hey baby!  You ready for a big dick!

LOUISE:
Hi!

TRUCKER:
Hi there!  You all right?

LOUISE:
We're fine!  How are you?

TRUCKER:
Great!  You girls about ready to get serious?

LOUISE:
I think so.  Follow us.

THELMA:
Where you goin'?

TRUCKER:
Fresno.

LOUISE:
We been seein' you all over the place.  Why don't you 
take off those shades?  I wanna see your eyes.

TRUCKER:
Yeah.  I been seein' you, too.

THELMA:
Yeah, we think you have really bad manners.

LOUISE:
Yeah, where do you get off behaving like that with 
women you don't even know?  Huh?  Huh?  How'd you 
feel if someone did that to your mother?  Or your 
sister?  Or your wife?

TRUCKER:
What are you talking about?

LOUISE:
Huh?  You know good and damn well what I'm talking 
about.

THELMA:
I mean, really!  That business with your tongue, what 
is that?  That is disgusting!

LOUISE:
And, oh my God, that other shit, pointing to your 
lap.  I mean, what's that supposed to mean exactly, 
huh?  I mean, does that mean, "Pull over.  I want to 
show you what a big fat slob I am?"

THELMA:
Yeah.  Or does that mean, "Suck my dick?"

TRUCKER:
You women are crazy!

LOUISE:
You got that right.

THELMA:
We think you should apologize.

TRUCKER:
I ain't apologizing for shit!

LOUISE:
You say you're sorry.

TRUCKER:
Fuck that!

LOUISE:
You say you're sorry or I'm gonna make you fuckin' 
sorry.

TRUCKER:
Oh Jesus!

THELMA:
I bet you even called us beavers on your CB radio, 
didn't ya?

TRUCKER:
Yeah!  Sure did!

THELMA:
Damn.  I hate that.  I hate being called a "beaver," 
don't you?

LOUISE:
Are you gonna apologize or what?

TRUCKER:
Fuck you!....Oh, goddamn it!  You bitch!

LOUISE:
I don't think he's gonna apologize.

THELMA:
Nah, I don't think so.

TRUCKER:
Aarrgghh!  You bitch from hell!  You're gonna have to 
pay for this!  I'm gonna make you pay for that!  You 
hear me?!

THELMA:
Ohh!  Whoa!  Oh my God!

LOUISE:
Where did you learn to shoot like that?

THELMA:
Oh, off the TV.  How about you?  Where did you learn 
to shoot like that?

LOUISE:
Texas.

SCENE 86

OFFICER:
Come on!  Come on!  I'm in the trunk!  I'm a police 
officer!  The keys are over there.

SCENE 87

FBI #1:
...red hair, brown eyes, five-foot, seven-inches 
tall, one hundred and twenty pounds.  Suspect, Thelma 
Lauren Dickinson.  White female...


FBI #2:
I got this guy running around a burning truck.

SCENE 88

FBI MAN:
...red hair, green eyes, five-foot, ten inches tall, 
one hundred and thirty pounds.  Both suspects armed 
and extremely dangerous.  Approach with caution.

SCENE 89

FBI MAN:
...New Mexico and Arizona on...warrants for armed 
robbery, kidnapping a law enforcement officer, 
assault with a deadly weapon.  Suspect driving, 
Louise Elizabeth Sawyer.  White female...

SCENE 90

LOUISE:
Think they saw us?

THELMA:
I don't know.  I don't think so.  We better get off, 
just in case.


SCENE 91

LOUISE:
You got your seat belt on?

OFFICER #1:
...I'm in pursuit of a green Thunderbird, requesting 
assistance.

LOUISE:
Oh shit!

OFFICER #2:
I have suspects in sight.  Continuing pursuit...

THELMA:
I know this whole thing was my fault.  I know it.

LOUISE:
Damn it, Thelma!  If one thing you should know by 
now, this wasn't your fault.

THELMA:
Louise, no matter what happens, I'm glad I came with 
you.

LOUISE:
Shit!

OFFICER:
Oh shit!

THELMA:
Did you see that guy?  He was right in the middle of 
the road!

LOUISE:
Hold on!

THELMA:
I guess everything from here on in is going to be 
pretty shitty.

LOUISE:
Unbearable, I imagine.

THELMA:
Look, everything we got to lose is already gone 
anyway.

LOUISE:
Oh God, how do you stay so positive?

OFFICER:
Get him out of there.  Hurry up!

THELMA:
You're a good friend.

LOUISE:
You, too, sweetie.  The best.  How do you like the 
vacation so far?

THELMA:
I guess I went a little crazy, huh?

LOUISE:
No, you've always been crazy.  This is just the first 
chance you've ever had to really express yourself.

THELMA:
Good driving.

LOUISE:
Thanks.

SCENE 92

LOUISE:
Oh my God.

THELMA:
What in the hell is this?

LOUISE:
I don't know.  I think, I think it's the goddamn 
Grand Canyon.

THELMA:
Isn't it beautiful?

LOUISE:
Yeah, it's something else, all right.

THELMA:
Oh my God!  It looks like the army.

LOUISE:
All this for us?

SCENE 93

HAL:
Hey, don't let them shoot those girls!  This is too 
much.  They got guns pointed at them!

MAX:
These women are armed, Hal.  This is standard.  Now 
calm down.  These boys know what they're doing.

OFFICER:
Place your hands in plain view!  Any failure to obey 
that command will be considered an act of aggression 
against us....I repeat.  Turn your engine off and 
place your hands in plain view.

THELMA:
What are you doing?

LOUISE:
I'm not giving up.

HAL:
Max, you gotta do something.  How many times, Max?  
How many times that woman gotta be fucked over?!

MAX:
Hey, listen!  Will you pull yourself together?  Now 
listen to me!  You calm down.  Don't make me sorry I 
brought you!

HAL:
Damn it!

OFFICER:
I repeat.  Cut your engine off and place your hands 
in plain view.

SCENE 94

THELMA:
Okay, then listen.  Let's not get caught.

LOUISE:
What are you talking about?

THELMA:
Let's keep going?

LOUISE:
What do you mean?

THELMA:
Go!

LOUISE:
You sure?

THELMA:
Yeah.  Hit it.

MAX:
Hey!
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