Hunting Games

O'Neil, 10-A.

Did we get all the passengers off the plane?

Aircraft is on the move.

I repeat: Aircraft is on the move, leaving runway six.

What's their heading? I wanna know, now!

I've lost all on board during the call shift.

- Roger. - Well, patch me through!

Right now!

Howell to Command.

I'm on the plane.

I repeat: I'm on the aircraft.

I have one suspect, armed.

He has complete control of the aircraft.

Keep the airwaves clear until I radio further.

Over.

Keep the flight plan.

As I said before,

do not alter the course.

Stay off the radio and do as I say,

and both you guys will go home tonight.

You're not gonna find any fight out of us.

You on this plane.

I suggest you come out!

Wouldn't want anybody get hurt, or killed.

So, I have a proposal.

I got two pilots and I only need one.

If you come out in the next five seconds,

they both go home alive, but if you don't,

one's not going home.

One.

Jesus.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Wait!

This Agent Howell with the FBI!

Stop firing and drop your weapon!

Very, very dumb of you to be on this plane, Agent Howell!

Drop your weapons and give up the money!

Hey, Will.

- Hey. - Hey.

You gonna go to the bar tonight, Will?

I'm not sure I have a choice.

Well, it is tradition, you know.

I know, Billy.

And you can't break tradition.

I get it, Billy.

Do you know what time?

Yes, Billy.

And you remember where?

Jesus, Billy!

Sorry, it's just that between taking care of my mom

and all the hours we work here, it's the only damn thing

I have to look forward to every year.

I get it. It's good for the soul.

- What's that? - Ah, you know, nature.

Primal instincts, all that.

We use guns. That's not so primal.

So, some caveman through some stone, before us.

What's the difference?

High-caliber rifle,

lead shot that can travel up to 1,500 feet per second,

a scope that can spot a buck, 1,000 yards off, but,

no, totally no difference.

I forget what falls on opening day.

Yeah. No, don't worry about it.

That's fine. It's okay.

You gonna go up there?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm gonna swing by, say hello before I, uh,

head to the bar.

Yeah.

Yeah. Well, I'll see you there?

- See you soon, Will. - Okay.

Little past your bedtime now, isn't it, Henry?

Jesus Christ. How many times I gotta tell you?

Refer to me as "Mr. Fair weather".

Now, where are we with everything?

We head out in the morning.

Well, you should be out there, right now!

Don't tell me how to do my job, Henry.

I will, if I must!

Now let's not get this confused, Mr. Blake.

I'm financing this operation,

and if I ask questions, I'll expect god damn answers.

Then what's your question?

Why are you waiting?

It's opening day tomorrow.

- Opening day? - Yeah.

Hunting animals.

They celebrate it in this shit hole of a town,

like it's a god damn holiday.

So, what's that have to do with finding my money?

Well, it's not your money yet, is it?

You know something, bud?

I never found your sense of humor worth a shit.

Yeah, well, neither did my ex-wife.

We're gonna use the whole hunting thing as cover.

There'll be less noise, if there aren't any complications.

How so?

Feds aren't even looking in our area.

I've seen that. They're 50 miles north of you.

Wow. That's correct.

Are you expecting complications?

No.

Good.

This operation sure as hell can't afford any more.

How many jobs have we done together, Henry?

Five? Six?

What's your point, Mr. Blake?

It's the one time that you decide to bring someone on

that I have not vetted.

I'll use who I please on these jobs!

Well, it just makes my job a little bit harder.

- That's all. - No, your job!

Your job is to clean the fuck up any kind of a mess

that someone has made in this operation!

Well, the job was pretty simple.

You land, you walk out with the money.

Shouldn't have been that difficult.

No, we agree there.

Has he moved at all?

GPS unit says he hasn't.

Your thoughts on that?

Well, since you decided to hire this fine individual,

without my approval, I'm gonna take a wild guess here

and say he's either snagged up in a tree,

or went unconscious on the drop down,

and failed to deploy his chute.

What, are you telling me he's dead?

Either that, or he took the money and left the GPS unit.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

There you go again.

Stop.

I don't even want to go over this.

I tell you this every time we have a conversation.

You are not funny!

George Carlin is funny.

I wasn't joking.

Now, I hope you really trust this guy,

'cause if the money isn't there,

we're gonna have a very big problem.

The money is there.

Yeah. Well, it better be.

For both our sakes.

Yeah.

I'll check in tomorrow.

And young man,

you'd better get this fuckin' done.

Fuckin' asshole.

You're a pretty girl.

I saw you sitting by yourself.

Thought maybe I'd come over, maybe buy you a drink?

I really appreciate it, but I already got a drink.

Well, I know. We're at a bar.

I mean, one or two drinks.

Have a little fun. Maybe get a little loose.

I'm not really sure I wanna learn what your "loose" is.

Ever.

I don't understand.

Like, come over. Have a couple drinks, have a couple laughs.

"No" means no, pal.

She's not playing hard to get. Take a hint and beat it.

That's not it, man.

Beat it.

Kids.

Glad you could make it.

I'm not one to miss tradition.

Bob, can we get one?

- What're you looking for? - Whisky.

- On the rocks? - Yeah, yeah.

Coming right up.

- Did you get your tags yet? - Yeah.

Yeah, weeks ago. Yeah.

What time are you leaving in the morning?

Questions with you.

You know, for the past two years,

you have not been able to spot a bull,

let alone get a shot off, okay?

Do you know where you're camping?

Old North Fork.

Tagger from the mill, apparently he bagged one there,

last year, so I figured I'd give it a bid.

I've never actually been in that area before, but

Yeah, because it's logging land.

- Did you get a permit? - Yep.

Yeah. I know a guy who knows a guy.

Ah. Interesting.

How's everything else?

Good. You know.

Day by day.

I'm always here to talk to, Will.

If you need anything, or whatever.

I know.

I appreciate it.

I do.

So, you know, our cell phones won't work out there,

but I'll have my radio,

and I'm camping at the same site I always do.