Thelma and Louise Page #3

She is laughing and she sticks her arms straight up in the

air.

EXT. CAR - DAY

They are driving down the interstate. Thelma reaches for

her purse and finds the gun.

THELMA:

Louise, will you take care of the

gun?

Louise shrieks at the sight of it.

LOUISE:

Why in hell did you bring that?

Thelma wonders if Louise is really that naive.

THELMA:

Oh, come on, Louise... psycho killers,

bears... snakes! I just don't know

how to use it. So will you take

care of it?

Louise reaches over and takes the gun out of Thelma's purse

and holds it in her hand. She tests the weight of it, and

then puts it under the seat. Thelma puts the bullets under

the seat.

They are speeding off down the highway with the RADIO blaring.

Louise puts in a TAPE of wild R&B MUSIC.

THELMA:

Whose place is this again?

LOUISE:

It's Bob's, the day manager's. He's

gettin' a divorce, so his wife's

gettin' this place, so he's just

lettin' all his friends use it till

he has to turn over the keys.

THELMA:

I've never had the chance to go out

of town without Darryl.

LOUISE:

How come he let you go?

THELMA:

'Cause I didn't ask him.

LOUISE:

Aw, sh*t, Thelma, he's gonna kill

you.

THELMA:

Well, he has never let me go. He

never lets 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.

They are both silent for a minute.

THELMA:

(looking straight

ahead)

I left him a note. I left him stuff

to microwave.

After a pause.

THELMA:

I guess you haven't heard anything

from Jimmy... yet?

Louise's jaw tightens. The car speeds up.

THELMA:

...never mind.

A huge semi-tanker carrying gas passes them on the highway

and HONKS. The mud flaps are the shiny silhouettes of naked

women. There is a bumper sticker on the back that says:

"Lick you all over -- ten cents."

LOUISE:

One of your friends?

Thelma is watching herself in the side mirror, pretending to

smoke a cigarette.

THELMA'S POV OF A SIGN alongside the road that reads "See

you in church on Sunday!"

Thelma pushes in the lighter and waits for it to pop out.

Louise gives her a sidelong glance, but does not say anything.

INT. CAR - COUNTRY ROAD - DAY

THELMA:

How much longer is it gonna be? I'm

hungry.

LOUISE:

Another hour of so. We've got enough

food for a month.

THELMA:

I'll never make it... Can't we stop

just for a few minutes...

LOUISE:

We've not gonna get to the cabin

till after dark as it is, Thelma.

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