Framed

Good morning.

Hi. Morning.

Hey.

Solid 16 months in the black, ron.

Did you notice that balance?

How's everybody?

Fine. How are you?

My man!

Oh, that's really nice.

~ and roses ~

~ or blankets of snow ~

~ my love for you will grow ~

~ and i'll be nearer, my love, to you ~

~ wherever i go ~

~ whatever i do... ~

well, what are we hanging around for?

Let's get on with the inventory.

Ok. I'll see you guys.

Ok. Take care, now.

~ nearer, my love ~

~ to you ~

oh, the key changes.

~ la la la ~

~ in treetops ~

~ or cold autumn storms ~

~ i'll hold you ~

~ and kiss you ~

~ and keep you... ~

starlite.

One minute, please.

Long distance. Dallas.

Mr. Stoner.

God damn it!

Hello, a.j.

Yeah. How are you?

Sure, i'll be able to come.

I don't know if i can get a flight out

this afternoon or not, though.

Oh, really?

Well, tell them to pick me up at the smyrna airport.

What time they leave new york?

Ok. I'll see you for dinner, buddy.

Thank you. Bye-bye.

Ha ha.

There's going to be a big game in dallas tonight.

A bunch of turkeys coming down from new york

to go duck hunting.

Been waiting for months for a game like this one.

Ron, what do you need that for?

What do you mean, what do i need that for?

I'm a gambler.

Rich today and poor tomorrow.

Come on, partner.

But, ron, those stakes!

Yeah, and you win some, and they lose some.

I knew that was coming next.

I thought we were going to make the last payment on the club this month.

Let's just don't rush things.

Ron, i got a thousand ain't working.

Can i have a small piece of the action?

Anytime, jeremiah.

Me, too, ron. I got 1,500.

Where?

Right here, man.

Look at that!

I told you he been ripping us off behind that bar.

Man, i ain't been eatin' apple behind the barn on you!

That's my money!

Ok, i tell you what.

Let's stash this here for a stake in case i bust out.

Meantime, we all got a piece of the action.

Ok? All right. I got to go to the bank,

and then i got to catch the airplane,

and then i got to pick up a change of clothes on the way. Come on.

Go get 'em, tiger!

Go get 'em.

See that?

Picking up your partner in a little old private plane.

Oh, ron, i wish you weren't going.

I'll win you a bundle.

I don't want you to win me a bundle. That's not im...

ohh!

Look at... get this off of me! A bird!

Please, get it off! Get it off, ron.

Give me a second.

No. Oh, i knew it. This is a bad omen.

It's no bad omen.

It is too!

Didn't happen to me.

Oh, ron!

200.

Hmm.

See you 2 and raise you 2.

I call.

I'm out.

I'll call.

You run me out.

Me, too.

I'll call.

Now, what do i got?

Jacks over 6s.

Beats my little straight.

My best hand tonight.

Don't worry, gentlemen. I'll buy the coffee.

Ha ha ha!

Hey, fellas, what do you say we break for something to eat?

That's great.

~ i got a thing for him ~

~ and i've got it bad ~

~ his way of makin' love ~

~ is the best i've had ~

~ his lips are gentle, and his arms are strong ~

~ he sure can turn this woman on ~

~ and best of all ~

~ he's my lover ~

~ oh, best of all ~

~ he's my lover ~

~ ooh, best of all ~

~ he's my lover ~

written by him.

Have a good time.

Y'all have a good time, now.

Ron!

I didn't expect you to be back so soon.

Well, they brought me in their little old lear jet.

Hmm. My, my. Haven't we come up in the world?

Well, isn't that what it's all about... coming up?

Oh, here.

I brought you my laundry.

I knew it. I just knew it.

Well, aren't you going to open it?

No good, ron?

You better get me that envelope.

Hey, emmett. Come here.

Just take a peek in there, will you?

Man, oh, man!

Ha ha ha!

Emmett, i want you to bring me a drink just like that,

only make mine a double.

For you?

For me.

Quit, ron.

Hmm?

Why don't you just quit

while you're way out in front for once?

Yeah?

You know, put it in a savings account, municipal bonds.

Yeah.

The interest alone...

and we've got this place.

Well, what would i do?

I mean, i'm still a gambler.

Yeah, but you see, this is not gambling money anymore.

No?

No. This is high finance.

You bet it is, honey.

Ohh.

Besides, i already spent it.

Oh, i should have known that.

I should have guessed that.

Ok, on what?

Well, i bought 1,000 shares of the caravan hotel.

Never heard of it.

Well, it's being built in las vegas.

That, i've heard of.

Yeah. Well, a.j. Stoner offered me the job of managing the casino.

See, from now on, we gamble,

but we gamble with other people's money.

Hey, you know any talented young little girlie singers

who want to hit the big time,

better give me a break, old girl.

That'll be the day.

Yeah? Yeah?

I am it.

oh, boy.

This i've got to see with my own eyes.

Ok. When do we have to leave?

We'll leave soon as we can.

See you.

Hello?

Need any help?

What the hell you doing?!

Lewis.

What?

Put your hands on the car.

Haskins.

Put your hands on top of the car.

What the hell's going on here?

You know who was shooting at you on talbot road?

No. Do you?

Don't get smart.

Did you report it to the sheriff's office?

Not yet, but somebody must have.

How else did you find out?

Radar, lewis.

Now get in that car, real nice and easy like.

Why, haskins?

Because i said to!

Where we going?

To the morgue, you son of a bitch,