True West Act 2, Scene 5 Summary

  • Lee comes home after golfing with Saul. He's carrying Saul's golf clubs, which he insists Saul gave to him.
  • It turns out that Saul loved the pitch and he wants to turn Lee's idea into a movie.
  • Thrilled, Austin cracks open some of his mom's champagne in order to celebrate with his brother. He can't believe Lee was able to push a movie idea through so quickly. He tells Lee that some guys work forever out in LA without ever making a big sale.
  • Yay, everything is going to work out! Yeah, that doesn't happen. It turns out that Lee gambled with Saul (and maybe threatened him—this is never made clear) in order to get Saul to agree to make his movie. The worst part of it, though, is that in order to focus on Lee's story, Saul is dropping Austin's movie.
  • Austin kind of flips out. He wants nothing to do with this, and he's understandably incredibly angry. He starts talking about just driving out to the desert.