Fear (1996)

Amy Brenneman: Laura Walker

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• Laura Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: as she and Steve are barricading the doors, Laura notices Hacker reaching through a hole in their front door for the deadbolt. She produces an electric drill and pierces Hacker's hand with it]  Not by the hair on my fucking chin!

• Nicole Walker : ...She's got this little chain she hooks through it and wraps around her waist. What would Dad do if I got one?

  Laura Walker : You know exactly what he would do.

  Toby : Yeah, firing squad at dawn.

  Laura Walker : Toby.

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  Not that bad, huh...?

  [to Nicole] 

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  No, more likely he'd just make you share my bedroom for a week or so.

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  In other words, he'd actually punish YOU for something *I* did?

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  Quit torturing yourself; that's MY job.

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: agrees with a laugh]  Totally!

  Laura Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  *Both of you.*

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: ruffling his hair]  The firing squad would be more humane.

  [Toby mimes getting stabbed, then looks up at Nicole with his best "You got me that time" expression] 

• Nicole Walker : [her first line, as she comes in for breakfast wearing a sexy minidress - and notices Steve's disapproving gaze]  What?

  Steve Walker : Nothin'.

  Nicole Walker : Dad, you're looking at me like you didn't know who I was or something.

  Steve Walker : No, no. I was just thinking that maybe you'd like Laura to take you to buy new clothes.

  Laura Walker : What she's got on is brand-new.

  Steve Walker : *This* is NEW?

  Nicole Walker : Yeah. Why? What's wrong with it?

  Steve Walker : It looks like something you wore when you were 12.

  Nicole Walker : Yeah, so?

  Steve Walker : Look. All I'm saying is that it's - it's... What? I'm not allowed to have an opinion?

  Nicole Walker : No, Dad; *you're* allowed to do whatever you want. *I'm* the one who needs permission to breathe. So may I please go to school now, Father?

  Toby : [his first line, as he comes in]  Good morning, everybody.

  [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: wolf-whistles] 

  Toby : That dress looks great on you, Nicole.

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE: grins in spite of herself]  Thanks, I *think*.

  [she departs] 

  Steve Walker : Have a nice day, Nicole.

  [to Laura] 

  Steve Walker : Does *that* count as quality time?

• Laura Walker : What's the big deal?

  Steve Walker : The big deal, Laura, is that the guy gives me the creeps, and the girl is my daughter.

• Laura Walker : [as she and Steve are leaving for Vancouver; to Nicole and Toby]  The number of the hotel is by the phone. So just rent some videos, call Domino's, and try not to kill each other.

  Nicole Walker : I'll try and restrain myself.

  Toby : Relax, Mom. If she gives me any trouble, I'll just sic Kaiser on her.

  Nicole Walker : Ooh-whoo; I'm shaking.

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  You're right, that was a bluff; he likes you more than me, anyway.

  Steve Walker : Try and have a nice time, Nic. Life is short. But nobody in the house but you and Toby. You hear me?

  Nicole Walker : I hear you, Dad.

  Steve Walker : Smile?

  [Nicole forces a smile] 

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  That won't be a problem; none of the kids at school like me enough to come over.

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE, just after Steve and Laura have driven off]  ... Since when?

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  Since a couple of guys from the "In" crowd took me to that Sharper Image place at the mall. They dared me to shoplift something; I don't even remember what it was. But then I wouldn't pinch it; I was like, "What do you people take me for, anyhow?" So they put me on their "Uncool" list, and said I could just walk home.

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  There's an "Uncool" list at your school?

  [Toby nods] 

  Nicole Walker : Is that why you called me to pick you up, instead of my dad or your mom?

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  Yeah; you're welcome to search my bedroom, if you don't believe me.

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  No, I do. Keep talking.

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE]  ... Now anybody else at school who eats with me, or plays with me, or even talks to me gets labeled Uncool to boot.

  [He smiles unhappily at Nicole, who is duly impressed] 

  Toby : So I get *that* for doing the right thing.

  [He shrugs resignedly] 

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE, firmly]  Wrong. You get THIS.

  [She wraps her arms tightly around Toby's body and gives him a big smooch] 

  Nicole Walker : I'm proud of you, bro.

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM-FLOOR LINE, as he gratefully returns the hug and kiss]  ... Thanks, Nicole.

• [first lines] 

  Laura Walker : [calling upstairs to Nicole in the shower]  Nicole, save some hot water for your father!

• Steve Walker : [on the phone]  ... Okay, fine. You're right. It's not an emergency. All the same, could I please talk to the people that try and solve murders - ? Jesus!

  Toby : [sees Kaiser's head poking through the "doggy door"]  Come on. That's a good boy.

  [the dog's head, and ONLY its head, is shoved through and rolls across the floor] 

  Nicole Walker : Come here, Toby. Over here.

  [He runs into her arms and they hug each other] 

  Nicole Walker : ... I'm sorry you had to see that, bro.

  Steve Walker : [still on the phone]  ... Yeah, um - My - My name is Steven - Hello - Hello? HELLO?... The phone is dead.

  Terry : You're next, man!

  [Steve begins to rush after him, but Laura stops him] 

  Laura Walker : No, wait! We don't know whether he's alone out there. Here, security will come.

  [She taps a control panel repeatedly, but nothing happens] 

  Steve Walker : There's not even a siren.

  Laura Walker : Well, Larry will still get the signal.

  Steve Walker : No, it's disconnected. The system works through the phone lines...

  Margo Masse : Nicole, can I borrow him?

  [Nicole nods and dismissively pats Toby's shoulder] 

  Margo Masse : Over here, Toby.

  [He goes over to Margo and they share a tender embrace] 

  Laura Walker : ...It doesn't matter. No one is getting in here. You designed it, remember? Reinforced doors. No entry without the code.

  Nicole Walker : Dad...? David's got the code.

  [There is a beeping as David punches in the entry code. Steve hits the manual override just in time, thus keeping the door locked. There is banging and pounding as David's hoods attempt to break in through the windows and side doors] 

  Steve Walker : Nicole, take Margo and Toby up to your room and stay there.

  Nicole Walker : Will *you* be okay?

  Steve Walker : Laura and I will be fine. Laura, get the flashlight. Then turn off every light in the house!

  [Halfway up the stairs, Nicole screams as Logan leers in at her through a skylight] 

  Steve Walker : *Nicole!* I'm counting on you three guys to make sure they don't get in from upstairs! If that happens...!

  Nicole Walker : I get it, Dad. Good luck to you.

  Steve Walker : Thanks, now GO ON! AND LOCK YOUR DOOR!

  [as Nicole ushers Margo and Toby to her room, Steve turns back to Laura] 

  Steve Walker : Turn the flashlight off. I don't want them to know where anybody is.

  [the doorbell rings continuously] 

  Steve Walker : No one's gonna hurt our family, honey. No one!

  [Upstairs, Nicole sits with Toby on her bed while a tearful Margo paces the floor nearby. Toby gazes around the darkened room, and then forces a smile at his sister] 

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]  ... You always said, if you ever invited me in here, it'd be the greatest day of my life.

  [Nicole returns the smile and kisses him tenderly] 

  Nicole Walker : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]  I'm still working that one out; give me time.

  [Margo sobs loudly] 

  Nicole Walker : I'll be right back, Tobster.

  Margo Masse : Oh, they're gonna kill us, just like they killed Gary.

  Nicole Walker : Don't say that. You need to calm down.

  [Toby notices Terry outside the bedroom window, and waves for the girls' attention. Margo screams, while Nicole produces an umbrella] 

  Nicole Walker : Toby! Coming through!

  [as Toby rejoins Margo, Nicole jabs Terry with the umbrella and he plummets to the yard below. Toby is duly impressed] 

  Toby : [CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]  Take a bow, Rapunzel.

  [In response to the joke, Nicole beams at him and flips her hair, a la "CHARLIE'S ANGELS"]