ANDY BOY HENRIETTA HUNTER JAKE NEIGHBOR ROBINSON SHARMA TEEN_JAKE TROY YOUNG_JAKE JAKE It's hard not to feel lucky. JAKE Though Dad says there's no such thing. JAKE JAKE There's those who are prepared for opportunities and setbacks... and those who are not. JAKE Luck doesn't exist. JAKE After the wars, it was very obvious who was prepared and who wasn't. JAKE Man had fallen far away from his primitive roots. JAKE We forgot how to do the most basic of things. JAKE Like getting food. JAKE I still don't know what it means, but apparently everything was "wrapped in plastic and ready to go." ROBINSON JAKE Dad loves that saying. JAKE We don't disagree on much of anything. JAKE I feel real lucky to have the dad I do. TROY Jakey? TROY How'd you go? JAKE Decent... for end of season. JAKE Six cohos, a couple dogs. TROY It's in the smoker? [heavy breathing] JAKE Yeah. JAKE Cold chamber's leaking pretty bad. I patched it up, but I think it needs a proper redo. TROY Put it on the list. JAKE Already did. TROY TROY Uh, the supper's on the stove heating up! TROY I'll be in shortly. TROY It's okay. Everything's gonna be okay. NEIGHBOR Let me in! Let me in! Let me-- Let me in! TROY Don't look at him. Don't look at him! Come here! YOUNG JAKE NEIGHBOR Hey! Let me in! TROY It's okay. It's gonna be okay. JAKE TROY You okay, Jakey? JAKE The dream. TROY You know the wars are in the past. TROY We gotta do something to erase these memories. TROY Focus on the future... and bury the past. TROY Okay? JAKE You need a hand, old man? TROY I'm good. JAKE You sure? JAKE Bet I can have half a cord of wood chopped by the time you get back. TROY You're dreaming. JAKE Loser cooks and cleans. Deal! [heavy breathing] TROY JAKE This ax is sharp. Well done. TROY Get in the house. TROY You stay here. Anyone comes through that door that is not me, you shoot them in the face! JAKE Dad, I can help. I can take these SOBs out. TROY You are gonna stay here and protect what's ours. TROY I'll sweep the perimeter. If I'm not back in 30 minutes... you know what to do. HUNTER HUNTER JAKE Fuck this. JAKE TROY TROY JAKE You good? TROY Yeah. Yeah. He got a couple of rounds off, but... he's a lousy shot. [panting] TROY [sighs] You're early. JAKE I heard the shots. I just wanted to help. TROY Your time will come to bury plenty of men. It's just as important for you to stay, keep our home safe. JAKE I'm ready now. JAKE I know. TROY And I think we're getting too comfortable. He was on his way to our cabin. When we're not prepared, we'll be the ones getting buried. Now, you take care of this SOB. TROY I'm gonna go back to the cabin and get cleaned up. JAKE Dad! TROY What? JAKE You're bleeding. TROY Fuck. TROY Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry. [exhales] TROY You-- You finish up here and meet me back at the cabin. TROY Go on! This is not a democracy. TROY JAKE You piece of shit. HUNTER Tell my daughter... I love her. JAKE JAKE How are you feeling? TROY I told you to stop worrying. JAKE TROY And stop asking. TROY Not a big deal. It's just a 9mm. JAKE Dad, you know in The Swiss Family Robinson, the father prays to the god for safety, and then they find the island. JAKE God didn't point them there. TROY No, Jake. TROY The point was to show how desperate he was. TROY Talking to the fictitious in survival mode. TROY And besides, it's just a story. TROY A story about... finding utopia... away from humanity and all its evils. TROY Why are you drawing that? JAKE That man had it written on his chest. TROY And? TROY JAKE The outsiders still believe in the religion? TROY I'm sure the poor and the desperate still cling onto it. JAKE How can they go through the wars and still believe? TROY You gotta think, for the masses, it's all they got left, right? TROY JAKE Hope for the hopeless, that's all. JAKE TROY Hey, Jakey, come here. Don't be scared. TROY This man can't hurt us anymore. TEEN JAKE What if more bad men come? TROY Well, then we'll have to be prepared. But you just can't be scared, Jakey, otherwise they get you. TROY They're just not like us. Just don't look them in the eye... and then you'll be fine. TEEN JAKE Wh--? Why? TROY Uh, 'cause if you look them in the eye, they'll trick you into thinking that they're still human. TROY Don't you ever forget that. TROY TROY JAKE You okay? TROY Yeah, I'm good. I told you to quit asking. TROY How many traps you set today? [panting] JAKE Seven. TROY Try and get a dozen by the end of the day, okay? TROY JAKE Dad? JAKE Dad! JAKE Dad! Come here, come here, come here. TROY JAKE What can I do? JAKE Boil some water and get me some whiskey. JAKE TROY Get some gauze out of the first aid kit. JAKE JAKE It's all gone! TROY Get the cleanest rags you can find and put them in the boiling water! JAKE TROY We have everything we need. TROY This is our home now... and forever. TEEN JAKE What about Mom? TEEN JAKE Is she never coming back? TROY Jakey. TROY Mom's dead. TROY She's not coming back. TROY They killed her. TROY Do you understand? TEEN JAKE I hate them. TROY You don't fill your heart with hate, son. TROY We have each other. And I will protect you until the day I die. TROY JAKE TROY TROY TROY JAKE How is it? TROY Jakey... I need you to listen carefully. TROY The antibiotics are too old. TROY Here, take these keys. TROY Go to the caches. TROY Jakey, if I'm too weak... and the outsiders come... you gotta shoot to kill. TROY If anybody steps a foot on our land, I'll kill them dead. TROY Go to the cache by the big spruce... and get the shtf book. JAKE Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. TROY Are you ready for this? JAKE Yeah. TROY You need to know you're ready. TROY You gotta feel it in your bones. JAKE I know, Dad. JAKE You're a better shot than your old man. TROY You need to be ready to.. bury anybody you come across. Are you ready for that? JAKE Dad, I'm ready. I can do this. TROY Then you tell me... you will put a bullet between the eyes of any person you see. JAKE Any man that I see. TROY Man, woman or child. They'll all kill you just the same. TROY Do not underestimate them, or you will not make it back here alive. TROY Don't let them make the first move. JAKE Dad, I got this. JAKE You're gonna be okay. I promise. TROY Go. JAKE TROY This is really important, Jakey. TROY This is our first line of defense. TROY The outside world is full of filthy and desperate people who will shoot us dead on sight. TROY There are gangs of marauders roaming around in gas-powered vehicles, ready to take anyone away. TEEN JAKE Even kids? TROY Especially kids. There are cities and major towns that have been burnt to the ground and women and children burned alive. TEEN JAKE Why? TROY Oh, because people are desperate and ill-prepared. TROY They will burn our house down with us in it just for a gun or a piece of food. TROY That's why I brought us all the way up here. TROY We're gonna be safe here for a long time. JAKE JAKE Mm. JAKE HENRIETTA Hey! JAKE I got the antibiotics and steroids. TROY Jakey? JAKE Here. [panting] TROY Hey. Anyone see you? JAKE No. Nobody saw me. TROY Did you see outsiders? JAKE Yeah. TROY And? JAKE I killed 'em dead. TROY How many? TROY Where? JAKE Just a lady. At the medicine place. TROY No men? TROY No others? JAKE Well, there were fresh tracks and food. If they were there, they were probably out hunting. Here. I scoped the area for a day before sniping the woman and breaching. TROY You're sure you weren't followed? JAKE Yeah. I doubled back twice before the snowfall. I'm sure. TROY TROY It'll be too dangerous to go back there for a while. TROY You see any supplies? JAKE No. I didn't see any real value. Their perimeter and defenses were nonexistent. JAKE I don't even think they had guns. TROY Everyone has guns. TROY Hey, Jakey. TROY You did real good. TROY JAKE JAKE JAKE TROY But it's impossible. TROY There should be half a rack of jerky left. JAKE Just the salmon stuff we made the other day. I just checked. TROY But I know there was half a rack of jerky in there. JAKE Maybe the wolves got in. TROY I told you to patch that up. JAKE I did. Maybe they outsmarted us again. TROY Fuck. TROY We're gonna need to get some red meat for winter. JAKE I'll go. JAKE Dad, I can handle it. JAKE I got the antibiotics, didn't I? TROY I just don't want us making any more unnecessary risks with me being hurt and all. JAKE Dad... I got it. JAKE I'll patch the cellar up before I head out. TROY You're right. TROY Sometimes I forget you've grown into a man. TROY Don't you go near that farm, though. TROY They'll be looking for the people that wronged 'em. JAKE I won't. I'll head out north. HENRIETTA HENRIETTA JAKE Are there others here? HENRIETTA What are you doing in my house? JAKE Are there others here? HENRIETTA Please don't kill me. JAKE I said, are there others here? HENRIETTA No. JAKE You're not lying, are you? HENRIETTA No. JAKE Did you tell others about me? JAKE Did you follow me? HENRIETTA What are you doing here? JAKE I don't know. HENRIETTA Then why don't you just leave? JAKE I'm not afraid to kill you. [heavy breathing] HENRIETTA What do you want? JAKE I came to meet you. HENRIETTA Do you have a name? JAKE Jake. HENRIETTA I'm Henrietta. HENRIETTA Do you want to get those clothes dry? HENRIETTA Maybe take a hot shower? HENRIETTA I'll finish making some food, and then maybe you can tell me why you're standing in my house pointing a gun at me. JAKE JAKE No! JAKE It's too hot! Fix it or I'll break it. HENRIETTA Did you turn the handle on the right? JAKE What did you do with my gun? HENRIETTA I hid it. JAKE Why'd you do that? HENRIETTA Please just leave, for God's sakes. JAKE I could kill you just as easily with this. HENRIETTA If you're gonna do it, just do it already. HENRIETTA Are you done? JAKE Don't touch my gun again. HENRIETTA I'll give it to you when you leave. Now the knife. Hand it over. JAKE How can I trust you? HENRIETTA I'm trusting you by letting you be in my home. Now show me the same respect. HENRIETTA You're not a killer, are you? JAKE I can be if I need to be. HENRIETTA Okay. Mm. JAKE A man without a gun is nothing. HENRIETTA Well... I don't like them in my house, especially ones pointed at my face. HENRIETTA I'll give it back to you when you leave. JAKE Is that plastic? HENRIETTA Yeah. HENRIETTA It's Glad wrap. JAKE Is it ready to go? HENRIETTA Uh... ready to go in the fridge. HENRIETTA See? HENRIETTA Was that you snooping around here last week? HENRIETTA Do you wanna share why? JAKE Medicine. HENRIETTA Well, what for? JAKE My dad got a pretty bad infection, and we were low on preps. HENRIETTA Well, why didn't you just ask? JAKE Because I wasn't sure if you were dangerous. HENRIETTA Then how do you know that I'm not? JAKE How do you survive here without guns? HENRIETTA Pretty well, actually. JAKE And what do you do when outsiders come to attack? HENRIETTA Well, you're the first person in my entire life that has ever pointed a gun at me. JAKE I've never had soup like this. Mm. HENRIETTA Homegrown chilies. That's my secret ingredient. HENRIETTA I think the cold, wet climate up here makes them sweeter. HENRIETTA Mm, granted, you have to grow them... in a greenhouse. Kind of like tricking them into feeling safe and warm. JAKE I think I can taste it. HENRIETTA Taste what? JAKE That you tricked them. JAKE Into feeling safe and warm. It's amazing. HENRIETTA So, it's just you and your dad? There's no family or visitors? JAKE No. No. No one like us. JAKE Just the outsiders. HENRIETTA Tell me more about how you live. JAKE I should really be going. HENRIETTA Oh, wait, Jake, you can stay the night. HENRIETTA Just leave first thing in the morning. You know, let your clothes dry. JAKE No, I have to get some venison. I hid our jerky. HENRIETTA What? Why? JAKE Dad doesn't want contact with outsiders. So, I had to get out for a hunt without suspicion. HENRIETTA Why doesn't your dad want contact with outsiders? JAKE Because outsiders are dangerous. HENRIETTA How's this look? JAKE It's frozen. HENRIETTA It's ready to go. HENRIETTA Well, it's yours if you want. Um, you can stay the night and wait out the storm and, you know, let your clothes dry if you'd like. JAKE I gotta head out. HENRIETTA Jake? HENRIETTA Your gun is in the kitchen cabinet. JAKE I found it. HENRIETTA I hope your dad is okay. JAKE Thanks. JAKE I hope to see you again. HENRIETTA Well... you know where to find me. TROY What took you so long? JAKE It's how long it took. TROY Three days to go to the banks and bag a doe? JAKE No deer at the banks, so I had to hike to the meadows. TROY And that's where this is from? JAKE Yeah. TROY Where's the rest? JAKE I didn't get a clean shot. Wolves got to the rest. JAKE This was all I could salvage. TROY So, how'd you make that clean cut? JAKE I used a saw. JAKE I stole it from that farm. SHARMA Do you wanna press charges? HENRIETTA Uh-- No. I don't wanna press charges. I-- I wanna know who he is. SHARMA Did you ask him? HENRIETTA Okay, uh, what I mean is, I want to know if he's okay. SHARMA You said he's a grown man. HENRIETTA Yes. SHARMA To be frank, this department doesn't have the manpower to comb through the forest because of some... bad vibes. SHARMA In a 10-mile radius, we have 72 drilling rigs operated by miscreants, who couldn't work at a gas station. SHARMA That leaves the four of us to police a mob of drunk, angry boys, who are gonna be gone in a month when the season's over. SHARMA You know, I've got... assault, rape, murder-- SHARMA So, it sounds like to me... your mole person's one of the good ones. HENRIETTA Jake. SHARMA What? HENRIETTA His name is Jake. HENRIETTA His father's name is Troy. HENRIETTA I'm giving you my number. HENRIETTA I understand that you're busy, and if-- You know, just keep an ear out. SHARMA Thank you for the detailed account. HENRIETTA Thank you. Have a good day. SHARMA Here to serve. TROY What's this? JAKE I added chilies to it. TROY Those are to keep the animals off the garden. TROY You know that, Jake. JAKE Yeah, I know, but it makes this taste amazing. TROY Oh! TROY What are you doing? JAKE I wanted to try something new. TROY What has gotten into you, Jake? TROY What is going on? JAKE The Swiss Family Robinson used oyster shells to eat mussels and ate lobsters with biscuits. JAKE I mean, they have fun trying new things and making feasts. Why can't we? TROY We eat to live! We don't live to eat, Jake. You're being ridiculous. JAKE Well, the families in National Geographic have tables full of food, big spreads, end to end. TROY What did you say? JAKE It's just something I saw once. TROY Where? JAKE I've been reading some new books. TROY What books? JAKE Just stuff I've found myself. JAKE Stuff that I've scavenged off the outsiders you've shot over the years. TROY Show me. TROY I said show me. TROY This make you feel good, keeping this stuff from me? JAKE You keep stuff from me. TROY No, I do not! TROY I have never lied to you. JAKE Yeah, I'm not so sure. TROY Well, you should be. JAKE How do you know that lady deserved to die? TROY She was an outsider. JAKE But how do you know she deserved to die? TROY Jake... I know you must be feeling bad about killing that lady and all, but you gotta know it's for the best. You did what you had to do. Don't second-guess it. It's just wasting valuable time. JAKE I don't know that I had to kill her. TROY Well, what makes you say that? JAKE I think she was harmless to us. JAKE I think she could have maybe helped us. TROY Jakey, you have to understand that just because she was a woman, it doesn't change anything. Outsiders are outsiders. They're a plague that'll ruin our world. JAKE I think I could have brought her back here, started a family, like the Swiss Family Robinson. TROY Are you serious? JAKE What if you die, Dad? JAKE I need to be able to finish what you started here. JAKE Have a family, like you and Mom had me. TROY Well, maybe you're right. TROY I wouldn't have anything without you. TROY Maybe we need to start preparing you for a future without me. JAKE I'm not trying to upset you, Dad. JAKE I'm just trying to prepare like you taught me. TROY We can go look together, when I'm better. TROY I mean, you're not gonna know what you're looking at. TROY I don't want you getting your hopes up either. TROY They're all lying whores. TROY [breathing heavily] TROY I found the missing jerky. JAKE Oh, yeah? Whereabouts? TROY It was out past the creek. TROY A raccoon must have buried it for safekeeping. JAKE Raccoons don't bury their food. TROY No, they don't, do they? TROY You wanna tell me what the fuck is going on? TROY You are gonna clean this until I know you're sorry about lying to me. JAKE Might be a while. TROY What has gotten into you? JAKE Nothing. JAKE Absolutely nothing. TROY Your whole attitude has changed. TROY Are you sure there's not something you want to admit to me? JAKE No, sir. TROY Have you seen outsiders? JAKE No. TROY Jake. TROY Have you seen outsiders? JAKE No! JAKE None besides the one you had me shoot dead! TROY And are you a hundred percent sure she's dead? JAKE She's dead, Dad. JAKE Dead like Mom. TROY What is happening to you? JAKE It's not what's happening to me. It's what you said it was out there. TROY What--? What--? What--? What about it? JAKE I've seen people and places, and it is not the chaos and marauders that you've always described. TROY Jakey, you haven't seen shit. TROY We're miles away from the real shit. TROY Why do you think I brought you all the way up here? TROY To keep you safe. TROY Away from the chaos. TROY You want to ruin everything that I've built for us here? JAKE I think you're wrong. JAKE Where the hell are you going? JAKE To bring her back. TROY Bring who back? JAKE I'm gonna show you, Dad. She's okay. TROY Wait, wait, wait. You're-- You're the one who's in the wrong here, Jake! TROY I just don't want you to get hurt! JAKE Dad, if you are ever going to trust me, then you need to let me go. JAKE I'm a grown man. TROY Jakey? JAKE Freshwater mussels. HENRIETTA You dove for those without a wetsuit? JAKE Yeah. JAKE A place I call The Wall. HENRIETTA Were you freezing? JAKE I was a little cold, but I had a fire waiting. HENRIETTA It's been snowing. How do you make a fire in the snow? JAKE Yellow cedar shaving will light a fire even when it's raining hard. JAKE I've got a lighter for emergencies, but I don't like to use it. JAKE Not when everything I need can be scavenged. HENRIETTA We made fire! JAKE Plus, the drill could save your life. HENRIETTA The drill? JAKE To set traps. JAKE Better to be prepared than not. HENRIETTA I don't need any traps. JAKE Just in case. JAKE I like knowing you're protected. JAKE Freshwater mussels. JAKE Dad says cooking them over a fire is too much work... but I like it. HENRIETTA Yes. Yes. HENRIETTA Oh! HENRIETTA You make it all look so easy. JAKE What do you mean? HENRIETTA Well, just... existing here. And-- HENRIETTA There's a balance, a beauty to it. HENRIETTA I've been at it for some time now, and I think that you would do better with your hands tied behind your back. JAKE It's all I know. HENRIETTA Hm. HENRIETTA What else do you wanna know? JAKE Stuff nobody can answer. HENRIETTA Yeah? Like what? JAKE Like... where do we go when we die? HENRIETTA What do you think? JAKE Well, Dad says we go in the dirt and stay there. JAKE The Swiss Family Robinson believe in Jesus. HENRIETTA And what do you think? JAKE Well, I think we go in the dirt and get eaten up by the plants. JAKE Like the big trees. JAKE And the yellow cedar that I shaved today. JAKE Then we can go lots of places. JAKE We could grow into leaves atop the forest one day to fall back down to the earth and do it all over again. JAKE Or maybe a berry that a bird eats and takes us on ride far away from here. JAKE A constant circle of life. HENRIETTA Is that where you think your mom is? JAKE She's the very top of the tallest golden spruce in the entire forest. JAKE A tree so beautiful, when you see it, it freezes you right where you stand. HENRIETTA Thank you, Jake. JAKE For what? HENRIETTA Just for being you. JAKE I want you to come home with me. JAKE I think you'll love it. HENRIETTA What would that look like, Jake? JAKE Like an old oil painting. JAKE Like a family... living in harmony with nature. JAKE Giving back more than we take. JAKE Growing slowly with the tallest trees. JAKE Like a heaven. JAKE But a real one. JAKE Right here. HENRIETTA Jake. HENRIETTA I'm old enough to know better, so I'm just gonna say this. HENRIETTA What happened last night... was pretty amazing. HENRIETTA But I don't wanna rush things. HENRIETTA I don't think that's good for either of us. JAKE You don't wanna be with me? HENRIETTA No. HENRIETTA I don't know. I mean, we just met. HENRIETTA And I am not in a position in my life to be making big decisions like that. HENRIETTA I have some stuff I need to deal with today, and I-- I don't think you should stay here. I'm sorry. JAKE I can help you. HENRIETTA It's personal. HENRIETTA I'll see you soon though, okay? I promise. JAKE When? HENRIETTA I-- I don't know. Maybe in a few days. SHARMA Do you know where they live? HENRIETTA Jake, he just stops by from time to time. SHARMA "Stops by?" Ma'am, are you in danger? HENRIETTA Mm-hm. HENRIETTA Well, what did you find out? SHARMA Do any of these places or dates mean anything to you? HENRIETTA No. SHARMA How old is Jake? HENRIETTA I'd say, uh... 25? SHARMA Hm. SHARMA On December 11th, 2002, in Chicago, Troy Belstair kidnaps his son and attempts murder on Miss Chandrey. SHARMA House burns down and arson is suspected. HENRIETTA What are the chances? SHARMA The only thing we have on the son of a bitch is his Illinois state driver's license. HENRIETTA Well, I've never seen Jake's dad. SHARMA Does it look like him? ON-SCREEN TEXT DRIVER'S LICENSE HENRIETTA I don't know. SHARMA You sure? ANDY So, this is home, huh? ANDY Town? ANDY That's rich. ANDY Two plane rides to a ferry, then to another plane that almost killed me... to a skiff. ANDY I think it's pretty safe to say this is not a town. HENRIETTA How are they? ANDY They're good. ANDY They're where they want to be, home. HENRIETTA Don't be an ass, Andy. ANDY I'm not. I'm just being real. ANDY Thank you. ANDY How you doing? HENRIETTA Okay. HENRIETTA It's been pretty rough, but I think I'm starting to find what I was looking for. ANDY Mm. ANDY And... what exactly was that again? Just to be clear. HENRIETTA Balance. HENRIETTA In nature. ANDY Mm. ANDY That's it? Nature? HENRIETTA You still don't get it, like, even a little bit? ANDY No, I guess I don't. HENRIETTA We met when we were so young. HENRIETTA I don't think we even knew who we were then. HENRIETTA And I never wanted to live in the city. HENRIETTA Maybe I wasn't ready for the responsibility of kids. HENRIETTA But then we did, and.. your job, and it was like we were stuck. HENRIETTA Every day worse than the last. HENRIETTA And the city and the people, it was like it was eating me alive. HENRIETTA I honestly think it poisons the purity people are supposed to have, in balance, where things matter more than just money. ANDY Hm. ANDY You know what I think? ANDY I think you're going through an early midlife crisis and you don't know what you need right now. ANDY You could've got another job. You could've gotten out of the house once in a while. ANDY But instead you're... what? ANDY You're here. ANDY It was like I was just waiting to die. HENRIETTA I tried to tell you and the kids what I needed, only to land on deaf ears. HENRIETTA I was ignored. HENRIETTA And hated. HENRIETTA Like it-- Like it was some kind of unattainable reality? ANDY Look at you. ANDY You're up here hiding from the real world. HENRIETTA I'm not hiding. HENRIETTA I can't go back to who I was. ANDY The kids like living in the city, Hen, with their friends and school. HENRIETTA Because they don't know anything else. ANDY I think I should have full custody of the kids. HENRIETTA What? ANDY You chose to come up here without them, without us. HENRIETTA Over and over, I begged you and them to come with me. HENRIETTA All it did was alienate me from my own family. What was I supposed to do? ANDY Hen... you're the only person that wanted this. Just you. HENRIETTA I can't not see my kids, Andy. ANDY Did you ever think maybe they don't wanna see you? ANDY All you do is hurt them... and yourself. ANDY And let's be honest, they're not gonna make this godawful trip up to this shithole to visit you anyway-- HENRIETTA Fuck you, Andy! Go back to your suburban pacifier. HENRIETTA I'm gonna get a lawyer to fix this. HENRIETTA I'll get a lawyer to fix this. ANDY Good luck. ANDY Don't forget, you wanted this. Not me. HENRIETTA Not like this. It's not fair. ANDY No. What's not fair is bailing and thinking you have the same rights as a responsible parent. ANDY Fuck! HENRIETTA What the fuck are you doing? ANDY Fuck are you? ANDY Oh, wow. He even legal? HENRIETTA It's not-- It's not what it looks like, Andy. ANDY Wait till the kids find out Mom's banging a boy. ANDY Good luck finding a lawyer in butt-fuck nowhere! HENRIETTA Leave me alone! Why are you following me? What the fuck do you want?! JAKE Who was that man? HENRIETTA It's my husband. It's none of your goddamn business. JAKE You have a husband? HENRIETTA Get the fuck away from my truck! JAKE What do you mean? JAKE I don't know how to get home from here. HENRIETTA Jesus H. Christ. HENRIETTA Jake, you need to go home right now. JAKE Who are you? HENRIETTA You need to leave. JAKE How could you do this to me? HENRIETTA Yes, Jake, I have an ex-husband. And I have two kids. And you don't know anything about it. And you don't need to know anything about it. And you don't get to judge me. JAKE I betrayed my father, and for what? JAKE People did awful things during the wars, but I would never, ever leave my family or betray my wife. HENRIETTA What wars? JAKE World War III. Man's last mistake. HENRIETTA World War III? JAKE December 11th, 2002. HENRIETTA December... HENRIETTA December. Oh, God. I know this date. JAKE Yeah. It rewrote history. HENRIETTA No. There was no World War III. HENRIETTA What happened to your mother and you that day was awful, but there was no world war. What are you talking about? Why are you lying? HENRIETTA Jake. I'm so sorry, Jake. HENRIETTA I have no idea what kind of fucked-up shit your father has been telling you all cooped-up out in the woods, but there was no World War III. HENRIETTA He kidnapped you, and he tried to kill your mother. JAKE Stop lying to me! HENRIETTA Okay. I can't do this. I have my own shit to deal with. JAKE Where did you get this? HENRIETTA Do you know where that man is? JAKE Wha-- What is this? [panting] I need to know who this man is! HENRIETTA Don't come here again. TROY You decided to come back. JAKE I want the truth. TROY About what? JAKE About everything. TROY I have never lied to you about anything. JAKE What about the wars? JAKE There were no marauders, gangs of limbless men, psychos trying to kill each other. TROY You need to go further, Jake. TROY There you will see the fucked-up, damaged world. JAKE Did World War III happen? JAKE Did the wars happen? TROY Yes. JAKE You're lying! TROY December 11th, 2002. TROY The day humanity died. Shit hit the fan. JAKE So, there was no real war? TROY A conventional war, no, but a war nonetheless. We barely escaped. JAKE Why did we kill this man? TROY Why do we kill any men? It's us or them. JAKE There's a family... looking for this man. A little girl. JAKE Dad, why did we kill him? TROY He was gonna kill us, Jake. What the fuck is wrong with you? JAKE Dad, that man said something to me before he died. JAKE He was dying and he knew it, and all he said to me was, "Tell my daughter that I love her." TROY You are out of your depths, son. TROY The human species has gone AWOL. TROY They don't know what's right or wrong any longer. TROY What happened to her? JAKE I don't wanna talk about it. TROY I wanna know what this... lying whore has been filling your head with. JAKE Nothing. She's not-- JAKE I just want the truth, Dad. TROY You want the truth? TROY I wanna know who she is. Who is she? JAKE It doesn't matter. TROY Is she the woman that you said you'd killed? TROY Did you fuck her? JAKE Yes, Dad. TROY And I bet in that moment, you felt better than you ever had in the whole world. TROY And then she fucked you over, didn't she? JAKE She lied to me. JAKE She has a family. JAKE She abandoned her family. I know how much that can hurt, son. TROY You have fallen prey to the world... like I always said you would. TROY People seem good... but they are not. TROY I tried to protect you from all this. JAKE It really felt like I could trust her. TROY It's okay, son. Sometimes we have to learn the hard way. TROY They're all liars. TROY I have told you this so many times. JAKE I know. TROY Then why don't you believe me? JAKE I don't know. TROY Do you not trust me? JAKE Do you believe there are good people out there, Dad? TROY They're all filthy, lying, greedy cheaters. TROY It takes time for some of them to reveal their true colors, but can't trust a one of them. JAKE How do you know for sure? With age and... wisdom, you earn the power of judgment. TROY Did she give this to you? JAKE She found it. TROY Does she know you know him? TROY She needs to die, Jake. JAKE Does she have to? TROY Do you want them to take all of this away from us? TROY To take us away from each another? JAKE Why would they take us away from each other? TROY To protect us from them. TROY I've had to do things that they deem wrong, but I know are right. TROY You see? TROY I gotta go finish breaking that deer down. TROY You pack our bags. TROY We leave before nightfall. JAKE Yes, sir. TROY What are you doing? JAKE We can't kill her, Dad. JAKE She's probably just like us. She's made mistakes, just like us. But you don't kill someone for that. TROY You can't be certain of that, Jake. TROY But what I can be certain of... is once she is dead, she will no longer be a danger to us. JAKE I'm not certain. JAKE But I am willing to bet my life in place of hers. TROY You really mean that? TROY Well, for both our sakes, I hope you're not wrong. JAKE Dad, let me go to her. JAKE I can trick her, make her feel safe and warm, and she will never be a problem for us ever again. TROY I'm trusting you with this. TROY I wanna show you something I should've shown you a long time ago. TROY Come on. Go on. TROY All the way in there. TROY All the way to the back! TROY Sometimes the things we do in life don't make sense straight away, but in time they do. TROY I'm sorry, Jake! TROY But you don't understand what is going on here! TROY That woman is a poison in our world! JAKE Let me out! TROY You shouldn't have lied about killing her! JAKE But Dad! Dad, listen to me. I promise you she's not gonna hurt us, okay? TROY You may be willing to risk your life for her, but I am not! JAKE I know what women like that can do! JAKE Dad. Dad, Dad. Listen to me. Listen to me. She's not gonna hurt us, I promise you. She's not gonna hurt us. TROY I'm going now. TROY I'm gonna clean up your mess. JAKE You fucking liar! SHARMA You said you never met the father. HENRIETTA I haven't. SHARMA And the son never mentioned anything about the missing hunter? HENRIETTA Um-- SHARMA So, it could be Jake. HENRIETTA No. SHARMA No? You said he attacked your husband? HENRIETTA He-- It was a misunderstanding. SHARMA It was a violent misunderstanding. HENRIETTA Jake is not a killer. SHARMA So, after the flyer business, he just disappeared into the woods, roughly? HENRIETTA He was really upset, and he went into the woods, yes. SHARMA Yeah, well, me and one of the boys will escort you back for safety, because right now there's only one other trooper and he's four hours behind us. HENRIETTA Oh, no, no, no. That's-- I'm fine. I'm fine. Thank you, though. TROY It's okay. Everything's gonna be okay. Let him go. Let him go! TROY Don't look at him. You leave him alone. TROY You fucking leave him alone! NEIGHBOR Troy--! No! No! TROY It's okay. It's gonna be okay. JAKE Henrietta? SHARMA We just wanna have a look-see. HENRIETTA Is that really necessary? JAKE Stop! HENRIETTA Jake! No, they're cops! Put the gun down. They're here to help us. SHARMA Put the gun on the ground and drop to your knees. HENRIETTA No-- No, no, no, no. He's fine. He-- It's okay. He didn't know. He doesn't know. SHARMA Henrietta, you need to move to the side. HENRIETTA He doesn't-- He didn't mean any harm. I promise. SHARMA Put the gun on the ground. SHARMA Oh! SHARMA Hey! SHARMA Stay with me. JAKE Are you okay? HENRIETTA Are you s-- No, I'm not fucking okay! What the fuck is happening! JAKE I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. HENRIETTA It's okay. It's okay, I guess. JAKE It's my father. He's coming to kill you. HENRIETTA Oh, my God. We need to get you somewhere safe. HENRIETTA No, I-- I have an idea. The preps. JAKE Okay. I gotta go now. Look, do not backtrack. He'll be following my tracks. Okay. Go. JAKE Dad! JAKE I know you're here! TROY Where is she? JAKE No. TROY This has to happen, Jake. JAKE No, it doesn't. She's a good person. JAKE She shouldn't fucking die because you're not. TROY One day you'll understand. HENRIETTA Okay. Please, help, please! Please help. TROY Fuck! TROY Fuck! TROY You should never have left your family and started fucking with mine. TROY You women, you-- You think you can just fuck up a man's life and there'd be no consequences! TROY Well, I got news for you. TROY Not me! TROY You children can continue to fuck up the world-- TROY But you are not corrupting my son. TROY It is snakes like... you that are ruining humanity. TROY Poisoning my son... will be the last mistake you make Here. TROY I love you, boy. TROY It was all for love. Now... go on. JAKE No. No, Dad. TROY Go on. TROY Hey. TROY This is not a democracy. HENRIETTA "I didn't realize it right then and there, but my faith in humanity was pretty close to your father's. HENRIETTA Truly, I fear that I could've ended up just like him, isolated and bitter at the world. HENRIETTA It took him almost killing us for me to realize just how far I had let myself go. HENRIETTA And while I still struggle at times with the world we live in today... you gave me something back I was missing: HENRIETTA The belief there is still good in the world. HENRIETTA I thank you for that, Jake. HENRIETTA It's the greatest gift a person could give." BOY Mom? HENRIETTA You ready? JAKE I didn't know about this one. JAKE It's outside the perimeter. JAKE Dad called this area No Man's Land. JAKE I don't know how I feel about luck these days. JAKE I know I'm prepared for the worst if that should ever actually happen. JAKE But really... I'm just hopeful. JAKE Hopeful for my future. JAKE Hopeful for this world. JAKE Please be you.