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Gilbert

Well, you know what? I bet you could do this all by yourself if you really wanted to.

Arnie

Mm-hm.

Gilbert

Could you do this by yourself?

Arnie

I’m a big boy.

Gilbert

Yeah, be a big boy.

Arnie

Big boy.

Gilbert

Take this.

Arnie

Take this.

Gilbert

Wash everything. Your towels are there.

Arnie

Okay.

Gilbert

And your robe is there.

Arnie

Okay.

Gilbert

Okay.

Arnie

The big boy’s gonna wash himself.

Gilbert

Right, okay, I gotta go.

Arnie

Okay.

Gilbert

Gotta go.

Becky

You missed it.

Gilbert

What’d I miss?

Becky

The sunset.

Gilbert

Really?

Becky

It was beautiful.

Gilbert

Oh. Oh, well.

Becky

I’d like to see where you live.

Gilbert

No, you wouldn’t.

Becky

Let’s go see where you live. Come on. My parents split up when I was a kid. I go back and forth between them. ‘Cos they’re always moving.

Gilbert

Mm.

Becky

But it’s good. It’s my life.

Gilbert

Yeah. We don’t really move. I mean, we’d like to but. . . my mom is sort of attached to the house. Attached is, I guess, not the right word.
She’s pretty much wedged in.

Becky

What do you mean?

Gilbert

That’s it. That’s the house. It’s really amazing. I mean, how small it looks from here considering the. . . the girth of what’s inside of it.
I don’t know. Did you ever see a beached whale. . . on the television?

Becky

Yeah.

Gilbert

Yeah. That’s her. That’s my mom.

Becky

What about your dad?

Gilbert

Uh. . . some other day. Some other day. I had a nice time, tonight.

Becky

I know. Good night.

Gilbert

Night. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, Arnie, come on. I’m sorry, buddy. Come on. Um. . . here, here. You’re okay, you’re okay. You’re okay. You’re okay,
buddy. Come on, get warm. Oh, God, I’m sorry. I’m sorry, buddy. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry.

Momma

Would somebody please explain?

Ellen

Gilbert’s in charge of bathing.

Arnie

I could’ve drowned. I could’ve drownded! No more baths.

Momma

But you didn’t, honey. You could’ve, but you didn’t.

Arnie

No more baths, Momma.

Momma

Is it too much to ask to see this boy turn eighteen?

Gilbert

No.

Amy

It’s ready!

Momma

Where’s your head lately, Gilbert? Where is your head? Gilbert.

Gilbert

Sorry, Momma.

Momma

Well, sorry isn’t good enough. We’ve gotta do better.

Arnie

We’ve gotta do better.

Gilbert

Hey, boss, is that the right price?

Mr Lamson

That’s right.

Gilbert

Seems like it ought to be more.

Mr Lamson

Maybe at Foodland. But we’ve always had a reasonable deal on pickles.

Mrs Lamson

Here.

Mr Lamson

Gilbert, got a delivery for you, son.

Mrs Lamson

Sounds urgent.

Mrs Carver

Er, get out. Go outside and play right now.

Todd Carver

But. . .

Mrs Carver

Right now! Hurry up.

Gilbert

Hi, Betty.

Mrs Carver

Hi. Gilbert, could you dial that number over there for me? My hands are all…

Gilbert

Oh, yeah, sure.

Mrs Carver

How’ve you been?

Gilbert

Good.

Mrs Carver

I saw you last night.

Gilbert

Mm.

Mrs Carver

Who’s the girl?

Gilbert

It’s ringing.

Mrs Carver

Mm, okay. Sorry, one sec. This is good. Taste.

Gilbert

Mm, it’s good. It’s, er, ringing.

Mrs Carver

One sec.

Mr Carver

Hello, Ken Carver here. Carver Insurance.

Mr Carver (phone)

Hello? Hello?

Gilbert

Mr Carver?

Mr Carver (phone)

Who is this?

Gilbert

Uh… it’s Gilbert.

Mr Carver

Gilbert.

Mr Carver (phone)

I’d given up on you, Gilbert.

Gilbert

Oh, did you?

Mr Carver (phone)

Well, yeah. Can you blame me?

Gilbert

No. No!

Mr Carver

I mean, how many times do I have to ask and still no visit?

Gilbert

Well, I’m here now.

Mrs Carver

Happy anniversary.

Mr Carver

Well, we can’t discuss this over the phone. I think it’s best we meet man to man, don’t you agree?

Gilbert

Yes.

Mr Carver (phone)

Today is your lucky day.

Mr Carver

I’ve just had a cancellation. What about right now? Are you free?

Gilbert

Aah.

Mr Carver

Is that a yes, Gilbert?

Mr Carver (phone)

Huh?

Gilbert

Okay.

Mr Carver (phone)

All right.

Mr Carver

I’m gonna be here waiting for you.

Gilbert

Bye. Do you want me to be killed? Do you want him to kill me?

Mrs Carver

I’m just playing. Don’t. . . don’t you wanna play?

Gilbert

This is crazy. I uh. . . I’ve gotta go.

Mrs Carver

You don’t have to go.

Gilbert

Yes, I do.

Mrs Carver

Hey. It’s that new girl, isn’t it?

Gilbert

No, it’s your husband. He wants me to come to his office right now.

Mrs Carver

If you walk out that door. . . don’t you dare walk out that door.

Mr Carver

You look nervous, Gilbert. I’d be nervous too, if I were you. If I were in your situation, I’d be downright panicky. I reviewed your file.
You’ve got no major medical insurance. No catastrophic. No life. Gilbert. . . what if something were to happen to you? Something. . . unforeseeable.
Something. . . sudden, random. And accident, maybe. What about your family? Do you ever think about your family? Stop thinking about yourself,
think about them. You don’t wanna leave them empty-handed. Ken Carver here. Oh, look, can’t this wait? I’m in the middle. . . Look, Betty, please,
calm down. Calm down. No, no, I. . . Don’t go on. Go on, go on. No. No. Uh. . . Uh-huh. No, no. Calm. . . I’ll. . . I’m on my way.
Troubles at home. I’m sure you understand. Oh, damn. Betty’s got the car. Gilbert, would you give me a ride? Oh, my God! Betty, what the hell’s
going on here? Todd, Doug! Betty, what is going on here? I don’t believe this. Oh, great! Oh, cookies. Boys, come on, let’s. . . Let’s go show
your mom the cookies that she’s baked for us. This is great. All right. Everything’s okay. Look, honey, they’re fine. They taste fine. A little
burnt on top, but just fine. They’re wonderful. Boys, here, have some of Mom’s cookies. They’re really good. Here, come on, boys. Make your mother
happy. Make your mom happy, have some cookies. Please, please, have some.

Mrs Carver

Hey. I could’ve had any guy. Any guy. But. . .

Mr Carver

Doug, come over here.

Mrs Carver

I chose you.

Mr Carver

It is a pool, son.

Mrs Carver

I chose you.

Mr Carver

I got you a real pool for God’s sake. Look, there’s water in here. Come here, come here. Come here. Get inside the pool. Get inside this
pool with your brother. Come here.

Gilbert

Why did you?

Mr Carver

Get inside the pool. Yeah, look, real water, boys. Okay, so. . . so I don’t, don’t give everything.

Mrs Carver

Because. . .

Mr Carver

But God, I give you all I have, for Christ’s sake.

Mrs Carver

. . .I knew you’d always be there. Because. . . because I knew you’d never leave.

Mr Carver

What the hell else more do you want? What? For God’s sake! Son, get back in the pool. Get back in the pool. We’re all gonna enjoy it.
It’s a lot of fun, isn’t it? I’m doing the best I can here. I can’t do any better. I can’t give any more. I’ve given enough already.

Man on TV

I, I, I guess maybe I’d better be getting off.

Woman on TV

No, not yet.

Amy

Arnie.

Momma

Move, Amy.

Woman on TV

All my life I’ll wonder. . . ‘Where is he?’ Where, just this moment, just now? What is he looking at? What is he thinking?

Amy

I think it’s time for Arnie to take a bath.

Arnie

No.

Momma

Ssh.

Amy

Don’t you think it’s time for Arnie to take a bath, Gilbert?

Gilbert

Just let him stink.

Arnie

I don’t wanna take a bath, no.

Ellen

You know Mr Carver?

Amy

Ssh.

Ellen

Well, he’s dead.

Arnie

Dead.

Woman

Okay, kids, hurry up. Let’s go.

Tucker

Hey.

Gilbert

Hey.

Officer 1

See anything under there?

Officer 2

No.

Officer 1

Check that.

Gilbert

What’s going on?

Tucker

He drowned.

Gilbert

You’re kidding?

Tucker

No. In that.

Gilbert

Oh.

Tucker

A kiddy pool. I don’t get it.

Gilbert

Wow.

Tucker

It’s like one foot deep. Weird, right?

Gilbert

Yeah.

Arnie

He drownded!

Gilbert

Ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh. Come on. Hey, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh.

Bobby

He had the cardiac arrest. . . his head bent forward, his knees buckled, and then he just. . . fell. . . face forward into the pool. When she
found him he was already dead.

Tucker

That’s what we don’t know. That’s what nobody knows.

Bobby

No, I know it. I would. . .

Tucker

And how. . . ?

Bobby

I saw the. . . I saw the body. I saw the. . . I prepared it. I know what exactly. . . I would have seen. . . I would have seen what. . .

Tucker

You…

Bobby

. . .if there was any kind of struggle that had gone on.

Tucker

It was murder.

Bobby

No.

Tucker

What do you think? What do you think?

Gilbert

I, uh. . . I don’t know. I, uh. . . you know, it’s, it’s possible

Tucker

Bob, we’re talking about thousands and thousands of dollars.

Bobby

If she saw. . .

Tucker

She doesn’t have to work.

Bobby

Even if she did want to do it. . .

Tucker

She doesn’t have to work for the rest of her life.

Bobby

Even if she did. . . She. . . If, if you saw somebody laying with their head down in a pool, motionless. . . Or even if they were kind of
limply doing that, which he wasn’t doing. But even if they. . .

Tucker

How do you know that?

Bobby

Well, it, he, it was an extreme, er, postcardial infarction. Extreme.

Tucker

So nothing’s fishy?

Bobby

N. . . no!

Tucker

Nothing about this is. . .

Arnie

Hey, Gilbert, look it’s that girl! Gilbert, that girl!

Bobby

It’s perfectly logical, even if it’s. . . Wait a minute. Tucker, if you. . .

Tucker

No. We’re not talking about taking a gun. . .

Bobby

If she was. . .

Arnie

Hi.

Becky

Hi. Hi, Arnie.

Arnie

Hi. Please, please, play with me over there.

Becky

Okay.

Arnie

Please. Come on, let’s play over there.

Gilbert

Arnie. Arnie. Hi, how’re you doing?

Becky

Fine.

Arnie

Play over there!

Becky

Okay.

Arnie

Will you play?

Becky

Okay, we’ll play.

Gilbert

Ssh, ssh, ssh, settle down.

Arnie

We’re gonna play.

Gilbert

Okay. Okay, ssh.

Becky

Will you give us a ride?

Gilbert

Uh, yeah, yeah. So that’s it.

Becky

Yeah, I guess so.

Gilbert

The magic part.

Arnie

Magic part? Magic part, Gilbert? Hey, can we go. . . ?

Becky

Grandma, here it is.

Grandma

Oh, thanks.

Arnie

We’re gonna go play, now? What are we gonna play?

Gilbert

Hi.

Grandma

Hi.

Arnie

Hide and go seek?

Grandma

Gilbert. Would you give me some help?

Gilbert

Yeah, go ahead. Hang on one second.

Grandma

Okay.

Gilbert

Try it.

Grandma

I don’t know.

Gilbert

Yeah, I don’t know. I don’t, uh. . . It’s a mystery.

Grandma

Gilbert, listen, thanks anyway.

Gilbert

No problem.

Becky

Come play with me in the water.

Arnie

You can’t find me. You can’t find me anywhere. Say, say, “Where’s Arnie?” Say that.

Becky

No, I want you to come in with me.

Arnie

No. Say, “Where’s Arnie?” Say, “Where’s Arnie?” Say that.

Becky

Where’s Arnie?

Arnie

You can’t find me! Say it again. Hi! Say it again, and you’ve got to look for me around.

Becky

I wanted you to swim with me, Arnie.

Gilbert

Don’t even try, ‘cos he’s, he’s had a scare with water, and he won’t, won’t come in.

Arnie

I’m not coming in the water.

Becky

You wanna come in the water?

Gilbert

No.

Becky

Why not? Are you scared to come in the water?

Gilbert

No, no.

Becky

Are you sure?

Gilbert

I’m sure.

Arnie

He’s scared. Are you scared, Gilbert?

Gilbert

All right, what do you wanna see? Do you wanna see..? Do you wanna see me get wet a little like this?

Becky

Yeah.

Gilbert

A little splash, like this?

Becky

A little more.

Gilbert

You wanna see this? Like this, right? Huh? Are you happy?

Becky

Tell me what you want, as fast as it comes to you.

Gilbert

Uh. . .

Becky

Okay?

Gilbert

Okay.