Thelma calls her controlling husband, Darryl, to tell him she is away for the weekend. After enduring his verbal abuse and dismissive attitude, she finally stands up for herself in a definitive moment of rebellion.
THELMA: Darryl, please... You're my husband, not my father, Darryl.
DARRYL: That does it! That Louise is nothin' but a bad influence. If you're not back here tonight, Goddamnit, Thelma... well, I just don't wanna say...
THELMA: Darryl.
DARRYL: What?
THELMA: Go fuck yourself.
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