All Roads to Pearla (Sleeping in Plastic)

What do we got here?

Driver says the kid just came out of nowhere.

Couldn't stop the car if she tried.

Oh my God.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

What?

What do you mean what? Why is the boy naked?

Come on! Let's go!

C'mon, give me my phone back.

Max, I'm just giving your sister a little something to think about.

Whoo. Damn right it's a little something.

Shut up, fool.

Give it back, c'mon.

Oh, hey, and make sure you tell your sister and her little titties to call me, you hear?

Give it back, man, c'mon.

Hey! It's enough. Give him his phone back.

Make me.

I said give him his phone back.

What? What!

Whoa. Hey! Hey! Hey! C'mon!

Hey! Hey!

Break it up.

What the hell is going on here?

Huh?

Save it for Friday, all of y'all.

You're sure as hell gonna need it.

Brandon, get over here.

What did we just talk about?

Huh?

Did you forget?

Don't get all caught up in that mess.

Yes, sir.

There's a time and place for everything.

Alright?

Now, smart guys, they don't waste time.

Be smart.

Yes, sir.

You know? Don't be a sucker.

You got me?

No, look. You got me?

Do you want me to make you dinner?

Make me dinner?

I can make you a nice piece of steak.

Oh, yeah?

You've been a bad girl, haven't you?

I don't mean to be.

Let's just go get ready, okay?

Teddy and the boys are coming.

Go get ready, okay?

Okay.

Mom's pissy you didn't call.

What's new?

Just telling you.

You know she doesn't like it when you ride your bike at night.

Makes her nervous.

Ellie, she's always nervous.

Well, she'll absolutely lose her shit if something happens to you.

You and your friends ever talk about Jimmy?

What's to talk about?

Does Brandon ever bring him up?

Not to me he hasn't.

God, I can't imagine what they've been through.

What?

Did I say something?

What.

¶ With your feet in the air And your head on the ground ¶

¶ Try this trick and spin it Yeah ¶

¶ Your head will collapse ¶

¶ But there's nothing in it And you'll ask yourself ¶

¶ Where is my mind? ¶

¶ Where is my mind? ¶

¶ Where is my mind? ¶

¶ I was swimmin' In the Caribbean ¶

¶ Animals were hiding Behind the rocks ¶

¶ Except the little fish ¶

¶ But they told me, he swears Tryin' to talk to me, coy koi ¶

¶ Where is my mind? ¶

¶ Where is my mind? ¶

¶ Where is my mind? ¶

¶ Way out in the water See it swimmin' ¶

You want to be a winner, don't you?

So focus.

Get in a zone, block everything out.

Is anyone here?

Pull all that bad crap that's in your head and throw it away. Forget about it.

It's all about control. You understand?

Control.

I hear you out there. You better be careful with that.

That shit will sneak up on your ass.

Trust me. I know. Fuck me.

Man, what the hell.

Fucking hate this one sheet bullshit. I mean c'mon.

Goddamn.

No wonder them goddamn French bastards use them bidets.

You know what a bidet is, darling?

I can't really hear what you're saying.

A bidet!

B, A, D, A, Y. It's French.

It's like a fancy water fountain for your asshole.

You ever been to France?

I've been to Paris, Texas. Oil rigs out there look like the Eiffel Tower.

Well.

Here in Richland I don't think you're gonna find anything fancy in these parts.

I've found you, didn't I? Mm.

Oh, fuck.

Oh, fuck it. I ain't looking for anything fancy anyway.

Oh.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Yep. What is it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, tell-- tell Mamo I--

Listen, you scrawny lizard.

I got it.

I'm looking right at it.

Well, I'll be there when I'll be there.

You know the louder you talk the less I listen, right?

Okay. Okay. Well listen to this then.

You got siblings? I fucking hate siblings.

Hey!

One, two...

- Three! - Come on!

You did good, man.

- Come on, get up! Get up! - Come on, Brandon!

You got this! You got this. Let's go!

Get up! Get up!

Come on, Brandon, you got this, let's go!

You got this! Let's go!

Come on, Brandon! Come on!

Hey, Ellie.

Whoa. You're looking rough.

Thanks.

How's that arm?

It still works. Kinda.

You gonna let people sign it? You know, like your own little yearbook?

Maybe. You got a marker?

Uh...

Yeah.

Wow. You're quite the artist.

I saw the match.

Wish you hadn't.

Yeah, well.

Max said that Robinson guy's a real nut job anyway.

Meaner than a rattlesnake.

Apparently, he like sent his own dad to the hospital twice.

Yeah, he's a character.

Uh, did you want paper or plastic?

Hello, Brandon.

- Did you want paper or plastic? - Uh... Sorry. Plastic. Plastic's fine, yeah.

Oh, shit. Dammit.

Need some help, sweetheart?

No. I appreciate it. You don't have to do this.

I broke my arm before.

Twice, actually.

Twice in eleven months, so I know what you're going through.

Jeez. You don't seem like the clumsy type.

I'm not clumsy, I'm just unlucky I guess.

Unlucky, huh?

Hey, did you faint?

When you broke it? I know I did. Both times.

It was like someone poured a bucket of black paint over my eyelids

and I just completely blacked out. It was scary.

No, I was actually in too much pain to faint.

I kinda felt like somebody cracked my arm with a baseball bat. So...

- God, it's awful. - Yeah.

I would have fainted.

Hey, you got a light?

Uh, yeah, actually.

- Here you go. - Thanks.

I saw you the other night, you know.

You sure?

Mm-hm.

Maybe you made a mistake.

People make mistakes all the time.

I don't think so.

Hm.

Well... See you around, I guess.

Alright, yeah. Thanks for your help again.

See you around.

Hi.

Hi.

What's your name?

Brandon.

Brandon.

I like you, Brandon.

I do.

What do you say? You want to make some easy money?

Easy money? It depends.

You know that gas station down near the highway?

Yeah, the one on Franklin?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, what about it?

Want to meet me there on Friday at 10?

You want to rob the place?

No, silly.

I just need a ride to a friend's place and someone to watch me for a bit.

That's all.

Sounds like you're good at watching people.

You don't have a car?

Wouldn't be asking you if I did now, huh?

How much?

Fifty bucks?