On the Saturday before Easter in 1979, Judd meets Patrick on a deserted road to give him the gun he requested. Finally, the plan is going to be executed, and Judd is hoping that, perhaps, this is just a test. Maybe, Patrick will not really go through with his plans. However, Patrick is in disguise and clearly ready to follow through.
The boys do not get out of their cars. They discuss the sale of the farm and Marianne through open windows. Patrick is angry at Michael Sr. for what he has done to Marianne and is not afraid to express that opinion to Judd, who remembers a time when Patrick blamed no one for Marianne's banishment. Finally, Patrick names a place, an abandoned cemetery outside of town, where.....
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