Where would any Jimmy and Lou fan be without the scenes that made our hearts cheer for them? Hope you enjoy reading them as much as we've all enjoyed watching them... over and over and over and over and... ;)
Lou is brooding by the stream during her ride to Seneca with Jimmy. Lou sits by the stream deep in thought and is playing with a piece of hay.
Jimmy: (sarcastically) Who died?
Lou: (distracted) What?
Jimmy: I figured the way you been actin', somebody must've died on you.
Lou: Sorry.
Jimmy: (approaching Lou) Listen, Lou, if it's Matt that's worryin' you, don't. (kneels down beside Lou) I'll see that he doesn't ruin your plans. (smiles)
Lou: (looks at Jimmy confused) What do ya mean?
Jimmy: Well, he's the one that was supposed to take over when you stop ridin'. (pause) I guess you're lookin' forward to that, huh?
Lou: (gets up and starts walking away alongside the stream) Sometimes. It's a big change. (stops walking) I'm gonna miss workin' with all of you.
Jimmy: (gets up and heads to where Lou is standing) Oh, you'll probably see more of us than you did before, particularly around suppertime. (laughs)
Lou: (seriously) Better wait 'til you try my cookin' before you make any promises. Probably chase y'all away.
Jimmy: You're doin' the right thing, Lou. (looks at Lou deeply)
Lou: (looks at Jimmy) You think?
Jimmy: (nods) Yeah, and I also think that the Kid is a lucky man. (sincerely)
Lou: Thanks. (pause) Sometimes it's hard to be sure about all this.
Jimmy: Well, you two love each other right? That's all that matters. (pause, a hopeful smile crosses Jimmy's face) Who knows, maybe someday I'll get lucky, too. (Lou looks at him thankfully.)
Jimmy is staring at Lou and she catches him.
Jimmy: A girl!
Lou: Something wrong with that?
Jimmy: Only thing wrong with it is I didn't see it sooner. I'm tellin you Lou, it's a relief cause the way you and the Kid been lookin at each other all this time... (Kid and Lou grin) Hell I even caught myself lookin at you like that a couple times...
Lou: Like what?
Jimmy: ...you know...
Lou: No, Jimmy, I don't know.
Jimmy: All I'm gonna say is, you're the best lookin boy I ever seen (Buck laughs)
Lou: Why Jimmy! (laughs)
Lou: Jimmy, I almost got my hands free. See what you can do with the ropes.
Jimmy reaches and...
Lou: The ropes, Jimmy. The ropes...
Jimmy: Sorry Lou. When it comes to women, my hands just got a mind of their own...
Lou smiles and closes her eyes...
After she's free and is untying Jimmy's hands...
Jimmy: (grinning) Good goin, Lou. Shows you what teamwork'll do.
Lou grins and gives him a reproachful look.
Read a fantastic scene that missed the final cut of "Requiem for a Hero" at Kirsten's Script Page!
Lou: Chopped yourself enough wood to last all winter.
Jimmy: You think so?
Lou: mmhmm. Maybe even through next winter. Gonna run out of trees pretty soon.
Jimmy: Something you wanted to talk about Lou?
Lou: Thought maybe you did. Sometimes it helps to talk.
Jimmy: Really ain't much to talk about.
Lou: Kid used to do a lot of this when he was frettin over me. Looks like it's contagious. (pause) I know you ain't over that church lady you was courtin' -- Alice. She was special. You probably won't ever forget her, but...but there'll be others.
Jimmy: Is that what you say about the Kid? There'll be others?
Lou: I try to.
Jimmy: Do you believe that?
Lou: (trying to be strong) Sometimes... Sometimes love doesn't always make sense.
Jimmy: Love don't never make sense, if you ask me.
Lou: Guess it wouldn't be love if it did...
They share an understanding smile...
Jimmy is getting Lou drunk ;)
Lou: What is this stuff anyway?
Jimmy: Wine, they said.
Lou: (sounding tipsy) I like it.
Jimmy: I can see that. (they laugh)
Lou: Do you ever think about the future? Where you'll be...five years from now? Ten? Where we'll all be?
Jimmy: No. No I can't say I do.
Lou: You're a funny man...a sweet man...(romantic music begins to play) You've been a good friend to me Jimmy Hickok. You've made me feel like a new woman.
Lou kisses Jimmy on the cheek! They both look very embarrassed, Lou looks around the room nervously, and Jimmy stares down at the table.
Elias: He's awful quiet back there.
Lou: Guess you got him thinkin. Havin' your life saved isn't somethin that happens every day.
Elias: It is on this trip.
Lou: Can't sleep? (Pause) Jimmy?
Lou gets up and walks over to where Jimmy is brooding, head in hand.
Lou: You're thinkin about him, aren't ya?
Jimmy: The man's an outlaw. Ain't much more to think about.
Lou: (gently) Yeah there is, and you know it.
Jimmy: It's late. Stay up if you want. I'm going to sleep.
Jimmy stands up and starts to walk away from Lou.
Lou: When ya gonna stop walkin away? When are you gonna admit the truth?
Jimmy stops and turns half-way
Jimmy: And what truth is that, Lou?
Lou: That when you look at Elias it's like starin in a mirror twenty years from now. And it scares you to death.
Jimmy turns around and looks at Lou openly, with regret and admission. Lou realizes what she said and is contrite.
Lou: I'm sorry. I had no right sayin that.
Jimmy: Yeah you did. I keep tellin myself that that ain't gonna be me. But all I see is myself headin down that same road.
Lou: It doesn't have to be that way.
Jimmy: I don't think it's gonna turn out any different. People got their minds made up about me.
Lou: Doesn't matter what others think. It matter what you think. (Pause) For what it's worth though, I...I think you're a much better man than you give yourself credit for.
Jimmy stares at Lou deeply, with doubt in his eyes. Lou smiles at him and shyly looks down.
Lou: Goodnight...
Lou reaches up to kiss Jimmy on the cheek. As she turns away, Jimmy pulls her back to him and kisses her fully on the mouth. But they are interrupted by Gilmore's untimely arrival!
I hope to add more scenes to this page soon! They will be updated in "chronological" order.
