Fargo Page #3

MICKEY:

Is that him, dad?

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MOE:

Ya, dad. Is that him?

SAM HESS:

Oh you betcha. Good old Lester

pencil dick. Say, Lester. What

was the name of that girl you went

with in high school? The curvy

one?

LESTER NYGAARD:

Pearl.

SAM HESS:

Ya, Pearl. What a rack on that

girl.

MOE:

(to Mickey)

Dad’s saying she had big titties.

MICKEY:

I know what rack means, ya fairy.

Hess smacks both boys in the back of the head.

MICKEY (CONT’D)

Ow.

MOE:

Ya, dad. Ow.

SAM HESS:

(to Lester)

You know she gave me a tug once.

Homecoming, senior year. Had these

nice fat hands. Real soft. Let me

feel up her tits while she did it.

LESTER NYGAARD:

We’re married now. Going on

eighteen years.

Sam is taken off guard by this. The kids crack up.

MICKEY:

Oh, dad. That’s embarrassing.

MOE:

Ya, dad. Super embarrassing.

Hess’s eyes narrow. His face is burning and he doesn’t like

the feeling.

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SAM HESS:

Eighteen years, huh? That’s

something.

(beat)

Never knew what she saw in you,

really.

LESTER NYGAARD:

Oh, well --

SAM HESS:

I mean, help me out. No looks. Or

brains. Or money.

Lester can tell he’s in danger.

LESTER NYGAARD:

Ya. Well. I should get back to it.

But Hess moves in front of Lester.

SAM HESS:

A little guy like you.

MICKEY:

He’s real small dad.

MOE:

A real pee wee.

LESTER NYGAARD:

Ha. Ya. Real good seeing you, Sam.

Real good. And meeting your boys.

But Hess won’t let him go

SAM HESS:

(to his sons)

Did I ever tell you how I used to

beat this little guy up in high

school? I’d write my name on my

fist in Sharpie fore I punched him,

so everyone would know who did it.

MICKEY:

That’s a good one, dad.

MOE:

Ya, dad. A real good one.

Hess lifts his fist, shows Lester.

SAM HESS:

Remember?

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LESTER NYGAARD:

Ha. Ya. That was -- a long time

ago.

Slowly, Hess moves his fist right in front of Lester’s face,

enjoying his fear. Lester stands there, humiliated, not

knowing what to do. Hating his helplessness, his base

cowardice.

Then Hess drops his fist and smiles to show it’s all just a

big joke. Lester starts to relax. Then HESS FAKES A PUNCH.

Lester panics, turns and RUNS FACE FIRST into the PLATE GLASS

WINDOW of the appliance store -- CRACK! He falls to the

ground, lays on his back.

MICKEY:

Geez, dad. His face is pretty

messed up.

MOE:

Ya, dad. It’s real messed up.

CLOSE UP OF LESTER’S FACE

As he lays there, his nose broken and bleeding, staring up at

the sky. Beat. We PULL OUT and discover we are now in ...

INT. WAITING ROOM. HOSPITAL. SAINT CLOUD, MN - DAY

Lester, now sitting, lifts an ice pack to his nose. He is on

a bench in the emergency room. And just as we realize this,

we see that sitting next to him is LORNE MALVO, a nasty

bruise and cut on his forehead from the car crash.

Lester lowers the ice pack. Beat.

LESTER NYGAARD:

What a day.

(to a passing nurse)

Excuse me, miss. Do ya think --

will it be much longer? This thing

hurts like the dickens.

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