Plot: Eager to get away from their men and their cares, the lifelong friends from Arkansas, the wide-eyed and bullied suburban housewife, Thelma Dickinson, and the abused and emotionally drained waitress, Louise Sawyer, sneak off on a sunny summer morning without saying goodbye. But, unfortunately, in this supposedly quiet weekend of fun and fishing, the dream turns sour at their first stop when a tipsy Thelma comes face-to-face with the appalling side of a forced, parking-lot romance. Suddenly, against the backdrop of a destructive murder charge, and the endless dusty stretches of highway in the Southwest, Mexico becomes the final destination of this ill-fated road trip, one felony at a time. Now, the police, Thelma's boorish husband, and every wandering con man along the way want them to surrender, as the teal, 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible of the determined runaways becomes the the swift vessel of perilous but complete emancipation. Will the girls ever give themselves up?
Alternative Plot: Meek housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) joins her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar. Louise decides to flee to Mexico, and Thelma joins her. On the way, Thelma falls for sexy young thief J.D. (Brad Pitt) and the sympathetic Detective Slocumb (Harvey Keitel) tries to convince the two women to surrender before their fates are sealed.
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