Chill Factor Page #3

MASON:

(off) ...but you pull twice as many fish

out of the water as I do.

MASON:

And I'm good at this. Been doing it

since I was a kid. But you, I don't

know. Somehow you think...

MASON:

(off) ...like a fish.

LONG:

(chuckles) (chuckling) No, that's not

possible, Mason. The trout... (grunts)

LONG:

(off) ...is a perfect hunter.

LONG:

(off) He's brains without ambition...

LONG:

...sensitivity without neurosis. He's...

LONG:

(off) ...the master of his realm.

LONG:

(face off) How can we ever hope to win

against the trout?

LONG:

There's only one way you can do it,

Mason.

LONG:

(off) Turn the power of the hunter

against him.

LONG:

Tie a fly...

LONG:

(off) ...create a piece of bait that

sends the fish's instincts into

overdrive...

LONG:

...forcing him to strike. And only then

does our noble friend realize that the

prey...can bite...

LONG:

(face off) ...back...

LONG:

...and that power...

LONG:

(face off) ...without caution...

LONG:

...is death.

MASON:

Some people might say you're readin' an

awful lot in-...

MASON:

(off) ...-to a simple thing like...

MASON:

(off) ...fishin'.

LONG:

(off) Some people might.

LONG:

But I don't think you would.

SCENE:

INT. DARLENE'S STORE - DAY.

MASON:

(exhales)

DARLENE:

(off) Goddamn it, Ma-...

DARLENE:

(off) ...-son. Of all the days for you

to show up late. (sighs) First, the idiot

April calls in sick. Then I got a bad

tooth...

DARLENE:

...and then my night man shows up when he

feels like...

DARLENE:

...it.

MASON:

Darlene, it's five-thirty. Now, I worked

late for you this mornin', and you didn't

wanna spring for over-...

MASON:

(face off) ...-time, (off) remember?

DARLENE:

Oh. Well, I have got to get to the

dentist be-...

DARLENE:

...-fore he closes, which means you're

gonna have to cover the grill and the

floor.

MASON:

I can handle it.

DARLENE:

Mm. It doesn't take a genius.

DARLENE:

(sighs) How'd we do today, doc?

LONG:

(sighs) Oh, caught a few, lost a few.

DARLENE:

(chuckles) Story of my life. (sighing)

Well, one thing you won't lose is that

friend of yours back there, I'll tell you

that.

LONG:

Oh, no?

DARLENE:

Oh, you're two of a kind, doc. Oh, he

may not have your sheepskins, and...

DARLENE:

(off) ...well, most of the time he looks

like something the cat might have dragged

in, but, you know...

DARLENE:

...he's smart enough to get you...

DARLENE:

(off) ...somehow. (chuckles - continues

under following scene)

DARLENE:

There's something else too.

LONG:

Uh, we both like to fish.

DARLENE:

(grunts) Secrets.

LONG:

Ah.

DARLENE:

His I know. Yours I don't have a clue.

(grunts) But if it wasn't for you, I

think he'd have drifted right on through

this town.

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