No Country for Old Men Scene 5 Summary

  • When Moss returns to the scene of the botched drug deal, the man from earlier that day is dead in his truck. So much for bringing him water.
  • It gets worse. Some people show up while Moss is among the abandoned trucks. He hides, but the people have found his truck parked on a far ridge and know he's there.
  • The men start driving in his direction in a jacked up truck with all kinds of spotlights on it. Moss makes a run for it, but the men in the truck spot him and start firing.
  • They hit him in the shoulder and he tumbles down a hill before diving into a river and letting the current take him away.
  • Safe? Not quite. One of the drug guys' pit bulls jumps in after him, but he makes it out of the river and dries his pistol just in time to kill the dog just as it jumps for his throat. By this time, he's far enough away to escape from the drug guys and fix up his wounded shoulder.