Heart-Shaped Box

Jude goes to Danny’s car and confronts him. Danny reveals that he saw Craddock’s ghost and that Jude’s eyes look like his. He has decided to leave for good and drives away.

Jude goes to the barn housing his two dogs—Angus and Bon—and gets into his Mustang. Because he bought and refurbished the Mustang around the same time Florida came into his life, he reminisces about their relationship. He then realizes that his car is running and that Craddock’s ghost is in the back seat. Georgia pulls Jude out, and he realizes that the ghost tried to lull him into suicide by inhaling car exhaust. He catches his breath while Angus and Bon bark at the ghost.

Jude and Georgia head back into the house. Before Jude gets into bed, he sees Craddock’s ghost swinging his razor near Georgia but feels powerless to warn her. He falls asleep and dreams of Craddock’s service in the Vietnam War: Craddock hypnotizes a Viet Cong captive into cutting off his own fingers. The dream then incorporates Jude’s father’s criticism of his clothes. When Jude wakes, he realizes that he needs to sell Craddock’s suit to someone else, but when he goes downstairs, Georgia has set the suit on fire.