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Hey, man, you said I could stay!
No, I didn't.
Yeah, you did. You said I could stay awhile!
No, I didn't. Now take your fuckin' shit
and get your ass out of here...
bitch.
Fuck!
Wait a minute, man. Wait a minute!
I want my TV!
You're not gettin' my TV, man!
I want my TV!
...Do you really want your TV? ...Yeah!
Catch.
Fuckin' sue you now.
Fucker!!
Ugh!
Fuck!
Ugh!
Hey, Sinta, um...
It's your sister.
Bitch.
Hey. Tony, I really need you.
BOY: Is that Mommy?
...It's not Mommy. ...Sounded like her.
It's not! Now go eat your breakfast!
Come here.
Are you high?
...No. ...Yeah, bullshit.
Tony, you got to let me stay here a couple days.
I don't got anywhere to go.
I'm not gonna let you keep pulling these kids like that.
It is bullshit.
If you can't stay away from here,
I'm gonna get a restraining order like the lady said.
At least you can let me stay in the garage again.
I don't got anywhere to go.
You'll probably be in jail again soon, anyway, won't ya?
Tony...
Tony, I don't got anywhere to go, man.
Man, you're my only family.
I'm fuckin' hungry, okay?!
What am I supposed to eat?!
I don't got anywhere else to go!
Please!
Just go wait over there, will ya?
You're not gonna give her money, are ya?
Hey!
Get over here!
Here. Take this. It's 1 5 bucks.
This is the last time.
Don't you ever, ever come here again.
You understand me?
How are they?
Mikey tied his shoe for the first time two days ago.
Can't you give me $20?
Ruth? Ruth, wake up.
She looks like the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz."
Ruth!
Wh...?
Ugh. Ugh.
Hey, no!
Noooo!!
Ugh.
Oh, God. Oh, not on the hood.
Ugh.
Still huffin' that stuff pretty good, aren't you, Ruth?
Oh, thanks.
You know you're pregnant?
Ugh.
Are you thinkin' about havin' this child?
Oh, I don't know. I don't know.
MAN #1:. . Through informants and investigation
that you are involved in the manufacturing of the dope.
MAN #2: Whoever told you that's a liar.
MAN #1: That's gonna have to be determined by the courts.
Pregnant? Jesus Christ.
She probably doesn't even know who the father is.
Hell, I'll drive her by the pound
on the way downtown and get her spayed.
JUDGE: Do you know how many times you've been arrested
for hazardous vapor inhalation
in the last year and a half, Miss Stoops?
Uh... five?
...13... 14... 15...
1 6 times.
Do you know how many times we've given you
substance-abuse treatment in the state hospital
instead of jail?
Uh... three?
Uh, no, no. Five, five.
Six... six times.
The record also shows that over the years,
the state has stripped you of four children,
declaring you, in all cases, an unfit mother.
Unh-unh, unh-unh.
I was only unfit for, uh, two of 'em.
First one got adopted, and I think the second one...
Shut up. Tell me something, Miss Stoops.
Did you know you were pregnant at the time of your arrest?
I don't know.
What do you mean you don't know?
Is there any way... you can begin to understand
the depth of your irresponsibility
toward your children, toward the state,
not to mention toward yourself?!
You sicken me.
I'm sorry.
So-o-rry.
Sorry.
You pleaded guilty... again
and waived your right to an attorney.
Mr. Barnhardt here, with the D.A. 's office,
wants to file an amended complaint.
And I'm going to allow it,
charging you with felony criminal endangerment
of your fetus.
Uh, uh, uh, uh...
Now, I'm not sure
if I'm setting a precedent here,
but you've forced me into it.
I'm going to recommend you be bound over
for a hearing in Superior Court.
Wilda...
let me talk to her for a second.
Come here, Ruth.
Look, Ruth...
You and I both know you didn't plan on having another kid,
and you're not capable of raising it.
So why don't you just do us all a favor and go...
take care of this problem?
Do you understand what I'm talking about?
Talking about me getting rid of my baby?
Is that what you want?
What I'm saying is,
if you think that you want to...
go to the doctor while you're in jail...
you can go.
Do you understand?
Yeah.
And then, maybe...
maybe I can talk to the city attorney
about reducing those charges.
Next on the left.
Ugh!
Please help me, God.
Oh, God!
Oh, God, help me.
Oh, God, please, help me.
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Lord Jesus, we know that the punishment we now suffer
is a vindication of our righteousness.
Bless all the innocent creatures
who depend upon us for their salvation
and keep them from harm.
ALL: Amen.
Honey, what's wrong?
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...Oh, darn.
Ooh. No, um.
...I got it. ...No, no, I got it.
Here we go. Here we go.
Thanks, Diane.
$400.
Okay.
Sign here.
It's an awful lot of money, Gail.
Honey, we'll get it back.
Ruth...
Wow, I can't believe that.
Nobody's ever paid my bail before.
I'm Norm Stoney.
Ruth, when we met you and heard about your case,
I just knew we had to help.
I feel like I won the lottery.
Might sound crazy, but there are still
some pretty decent people in the world.
Mommy, Mommy!
Oh, there's my little miracle!
How was jail?
Well, I met a new friend.
Meet Ruth Stoops.
We just want you to stay here, you know,
as long as you need to, to sort things out.
What's ours is yours.
Thanks, 'cause I'm kind of, you know,
between places right now.
Well, you know what they say... "Su casa es mi casa. "
...Oh, uh, Ruth... ...No.
We don't really sit in those chairs.
Oh.
Um, you know what?
Why don't, uh, you come back here,
and I'll show you where to freshen up,
and then after dinner,
we'll... we'll... we'll get you all set up
in the guest room, okay?
Uh, you do like steak, don't you?
Mommy, do we still have to wait for that lady?
I'm really hungry.
Yes, young man. She's our guest.
Gail, this meat is done.
I'm trying to keep it warm,
but you're gonna be eatin' shoe leather here.
Been in there over an hour.
An hour and a half, for cryin' out loud.
This is probably the first warm, cozy place she's been in.
...Gail! ...She's been out on the street.
I mean, my God.
You have got to be careful with the people you drag in here.
You don't know anything about this woman.
You don't know where she's been.
You don't know what kind of life she leads.
...It takes a long time... ...Think of Matthew for once!
Think how long it takes me to get ready.
I mean, she's just getting cleaned.
Mom, can I at least have a little snack?
That does it.
Is everything all right in there?
Ruth...
I'm sorry.
I, uh, uh... Dinner's ready.
How do I look?
Clean and pretty.
Wow, I feel like a princess.
Who's wearing all that perfume?
You mind your manners, young man.
...Cheryl? ...What?
Aren't you gonna welcome your mother back?
Hi, Mom.
Honey, you're just in time for dinner.
Grab a plate.
I'm not hungry.
Well, we have a guest,
and we'd like you to join us for dinner.
Cheryl, get out here.
Honey, I'd like for you to meet Ruth Stoops.
She's going to be staying with us for a while.
You pregnant?
How'd you know that?
Ruth, um...
will you join us in grace?
Everyone, arms up to Jesus.
Lord, we thank you
for reuniting our family around this table,
and for the miracle of meeting Ruth.
...Amen.
We recognize that it was your divine hand
that brought us all together.
Oh, yes, Lord.
Ruth is in a very troubled time in her life right now.
And we know that through us,
you can show her the right path.
As with open minds and open hearts,
we can all share and learn from one another's experience.
So, I go, "Raul, I hate you! I hate you, man!
"I hate you! I trusted you, and you let me down!
You let me down, man, just like all the others!"
Ruth, Ruth, let's... let's calm down, okay?
He freaks out.
He screams, "You want to see blood?"
Right in my face, "I'll show you blood, you fucking bitch!"
...Ruth. ...Ruth.
Ruth.
And this is my model plane.
It's my first model.
And those are all my other models.
This is Noah's ark, and you can kind of put,
like, that lion and Noah and the monkey on the roof
with the pig and the giraffe.
And then, this is what I like to do...
you pick them up, and you go...
Oh, Ruth, there you are.
Matthew... bedtime.
Say good night to our houseguest.
...Good night. ...Night.
He's my little miracle.
You know, after I gave birth to Cheryl, I almost died.
The doctor told me I couldn't have any more children.
Oh, then God gave me Matthew.
Wow. Can I watch TV, or...
We don't have a TV.
NORM: Ruth, I want you to get a good night's sleep, now.
Tomorrow, you can tell me all about your case.
We're gonna help you fight this one.
Gail and I feel
very, very strongly about this.
Yeah, I never had a felony before.
I don't want to go back to jail again,
at least not for more than a week or two.
Don't you worry.
We've dealt with this Judge Richter before,
but this time, he's gone too far.
When I think about what he said to you...
GAIL: Norm, honey, you're not boring Ruth to tears, are you?
She's dead on her feet!
No, no.
We're just getting to know each other.
Well, you know...
this was my old bachelor bed.
Ahh!
That's an old, familiar sound.
...Mmm.
I sure am beat.
Mmm.
Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
Mmm.
You know...
I was... quite a sinner before I married Gail.
Hey, I have this alarm set for 7:30,
um, so you'll have plenty of time to get ready,
'cause first thing in the morning,
we're gonna go right over to the clinic.
They're real professionals there,
and I think everything's gonna turn out just fine.
I've been so lucky to meet you.
Nobody's been so good to me for such a long time.
You're such a nice family,
and your home is so nice.
You're safe here. You're safe, honey.
I'm gonna get my life together this time.
If I could just stop the huffing and everything,
I'd be okay. I know I would.
I know you would, too, Ruth.
Well, it's been an emotional day for all of us.
Yes.
But we're together now
in an atmosphere of Christ's love.
Praise Him.
Oh, give me your hands.
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Thank you, thank you.
Pretty.
Good night, Ruth.
Good night.
...Oh, fucker!
Hey, it's me... Cheryl. Go back to sleep.
...What do you want? ...Nothing.
I'm just on my way out through the garage, okay?
Don't narc on me.
Oh, where are you going?
Just out... to a party.
Party?
Mom tell you about Matthew?
Yeah.
What did she say?
She said he was a miracle.
Ah.
...Mmm. ...Mmm.
Cheryl!
Cheryl, get over here, quick!
Come on, hurry up!
What?
Come on, get over here!
Jesus, what happened?!
l-I don't know.
She... She found a can of touch-up paint.
Oh, fuck! Ruth, are you okay?
My parents are gonna kill me.
Well, I don't know what kind of stuff you used,
but it didn't work 'cause it was wet.
It's... It's all leaking.
Well, honey,
they've got some new caulking down at the store.
I'm gonna bring it home,
and we're gonna seal that puppy up.
Well, here she is.
Well, hello there, little Miss Sleepyhead.
I bet that's the first good night's sleep
you've had in a long time.
Yeah, but we wouldn't want to miss our appointment.
Anybody got a cigarette?
No, there's no smoking in this house.
Here are your eggs...
hot, hot, hot.
Uh. Uh.
Now, you eat up.
And I'll just run and put my face on.
Mmm.
Say, Ruth...
I got a call early this morning
from a, uh, a reporter
down at the "Journal American."
It seems like that case of yours
might, uh, turn out to be pretty important around here.
He wanted to chat with you, of course,
but... I told him that you were resting,
and that we weren't quite prepared
to make a statement at this time, anyway.
Is that okay with you?
Ruth?
Good.
Now, I want you... to have a wonderful day.
You know, I don't feel good. I don't want to do this.
Oh, Ruth, I know it's scary,
but you have to be brave.
You're in the best of hands here.
Now, before you know it,
you'll just be right as rain.
Come on.
Congratulations.
Your test confirms that you, in fact, have a baby on the way.
How about that?
Well, I need to find out about getting an abortion.
Well, that's...
I think you're just very upset right now,
and you don't understand all the facts.
I want you to talk to me about whatever is troubling you.
I mean, that's what I'm here for...
I'm here to listen.
Okay.
Like I said, I need to get an abortion.
Let me just ask you something, Ruth.
Have you ever really taken the time
to think about what it means to have an abortion?
Yeah.
Um, it means that I don't have to go to jail,
and it means I don't have to have another baby,
and it means that I can start getting my life together.
I, I, I, I, I...
Don't you think that's all just a little selfish?
Isn't there someone else here you need to consider,
someone who's living inside you right now,
just waiting to be born?
I think this would be a good time
to have Dr. Rollins step in and just explain
some of the medical facts to you, hmm?
Charlie...
Huh? What? Oh, what? Oh!
Yes, yes.
Dr. Rollins, this is Ruth Stoops.
She's about 8 weeks pregnant.
And she wants to know more about her child.
Oh, fine, fine.
Ruth...
Yes.
Here, let me show you something.
Ruth, your baby is already
well into its journey in life.
At 1 0 weeks, the baby is just about this size.
The head and the feet and the hands are all fully formed.
Your baby has a heartbeat.
And you know something, Ruth?
Some studies have even shown brain activity.
Now, isn't that remarkable,
that even at such an early stage,
your baby is made in God's image?
Here.
I want you to hold it.
Yes.
Wow. It's got a little thing.
Well, of course it does.
That's because it's a little boy baby.
Now, when you have your baby,
what would you like to have?
Would you like to have a little boy or a little girl?
What do you... What do you mean?
Well, we're just talking here.
Let's say you decided to have the child.
Uh, would you like it to be a little boy like this one?
Maybe a girl.
A girl.
Yes, and what are we gonna name this little pumpkin?
Are we gonna call it, uh, uh, Mary or...
or Sally or Susie or, uh...
Tanya.
Tanya!
...Baby Tanya.
But I can't have a baby right now.
I don't want another baby.
Man, you don't understand.
I'm in a really bad, bad situation right now...
I mean bad.
We know it's hard, Ruth, very hard.
But you have to face reality.
If you feel as though you can't raise Tanya,
we can put you onto an excellent adoption agency.
What's the matter?! Are you fuckin' people deaf?!
I said I want an abortion!
Ruth, uh, do you like to go to the movies?
We have a movie we'd like to show you.
Do you want to see the movie?
...Abortion is murder.
These scenes of actual aborted fetuses
stand as grim testament to the American Holocaust.
Like Auschwitz and Dachau,
the abortion mills of America wage genocide against the...
Oh, how'd it go?
We had a good talk, sorted everything out,
and I think everything's gonna be fine.
Just fine. Right, Ruth?
I slept in some dumpsters.
Maybe I slept on some babies.
Looks like we need a little cheering up.
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Bingo.
WOMAN ON P. A: Manager to the front counter.
Here you go.
Now, if you have any trouble with these,
you bring them right back.
Norm...
Mmm.
Look who's here.
Well, well. Visiting me down in the salt mines, eh?
Hey, you know what? I'm glad you came.
I've got something I want to show Ruth.
Ohh.
Oh, shit! I hate that picture!
Oh, now, it's a fine picture.
Why do they care about me? I didn't do nothin'!
Now, Ruth, I'm afraid, whether you like it or not,
this article is just the beginning.
A lot more reporters have been calling,
even from the TV stations.
Some are so antsy, that one of them tracked me down
right here to the store.
Now, pretty soon, we're gonna have to decide
what to tell them.
Well, tell them... I don't know what to tell them.
Norm...
are these your fliers?
Oh, did I leave those up front again?
Thanks.
This is the last time, Stoney.
I'm warning you. And you know what?
Dale's out today. You collect carts!
Might be those reporters.
I better take care of this.
...Hi, how ya doin'?
We were wondering if we could talk to Ruth Stoops.
...Oh, no. I'm sorry. ...She's here, isn't she?
Well, I'm sorry. We're having dinner right now.
...Is she here, though? ...Uh, no.
We don't need to bother you, we just want to talk to her.
...It's them. ...Just let her talk to us.
...Ruth! Are you... ...Just let us kind of talk...
...There she is! ...Ruth! Ruth Stoops!
Ruth Stoops! Ruth!
...Wow.
...Who was that? ...Ruth! Ruth, open up!
Oh, just a couple of loonies comin' out of the woodwork
when we're having dinner here.
Why can't these people mind their own business?
...Ruth! ...Ruth!
Oh, no, that's it! That's it! That's the limit!
...Get off my property!
...Go home! ...Get out of here!
We're gonna call the police right...
We are calling the police right now!
My husband is in there calling the police!
You better get off of this property, and I'm not kidding!
Someone is in there calling the police! If you don't...
Get out of the way, Gail! Get out of the way!
You people get off my property right now! Move!
That got 'em. That got 'em.
Man, are those people crazy or somethin'?
Yeah, that's exactly right... they are crazy.
But you're safe here.
Well, let's, uh...
Let's finish eating.
NORM: Pretty soon,
we're gonna have to decide what we're gonna tell them.
NUR SE: Congratulations.
Your test confirms you, in fact, have a baby on the way.
How about that?
JUDGE RICHTER: Is there any way you can begin to understand
the depth of your irresponsibility?
DR. ROLLINS: Your baby is already
well into its journey in life.
JUDGE RICHTER: So why don't you just do us all a favor
and take care of the problem?
MANAGER: And you know what?
Dale's out today. You collect carts!
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Baby killer! Baby killer!
Murderer! Dirty murderer!
...Murderer! ...All right, people, get back!
We know where you live!
...Do you hear me?!
Why did he jump on that car?
Back up. Come on, Kirk. You did your job.
...Baby killer! ...Kirk's just very passionate.
He saw a lot of killing in Vietnam
and won't tolerate any more.
...Get back, get back!
You people know the routine...
either keep movin', or get back across the street!
...You're a paid assassin! ...Come on, people.
Hope you saved me a honey-glazed.
...Right there. ...Ah!
Ruth, I think it's so wonderful.
Gail's been going on and on
about how you're gonna give up drugs and have your baby.
She did?
Ruth, look!
Kathleen and Sandy from jail, remember?
Is it true?
Oh, uh, we're very proud of her.
She's really turning her life around.
Mm-hmm.
And we're gonna take care of that legal... Car!
...Hey, look! ...Car!
...There's a car!
Come on, Ruth! Come on, honey!
Don't do it! Don't do it!
...Stop the car! ...Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Here's my phone number!
I'll take care of the baby!
...sucking right out of your womb!
Take my phone number, I'll take a hike!
Here's my phone number!
If you think you don't want your child alive,
you'll be much more haunted by its being dead!
Why should the size of your baby
be the only criteria for loving it?!
Don't do it!
Don't kill your baby! We can help you!
All right, everybody, you did your job, now get back.
Get back, back behind the injunction line.
I'm talking about a federal law, pal.
Now get back. You know the routine.
Get back!
I know exactly how these girls feel.
Years ago,
I had an abortion in this place.
It destroyed me.
I think about my dead baby all the time.
If these women knew what they were doing,
they wouldn't do it.
No, it's just a business to them.
400 or 500 bucks a pop. It's like contract killing.
Ruth Stoops. Hi, I'm Cindy Lindstrom, Action News 4.
You're a hard person to get ahold of.
I have a couple of questions about your case.
No, I don't want people knowing my business.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Now, now, wait a minute, now.
Ruth does not wish to speak to the press right now.
This is a very personal, very private matter
for Ruth and for us.
Excuse me, Norm, but I think she can speak for herself.
Hey, I said I don't want people knowin' my business!
I told you!
Fucker!
You see? Now we got people upset.
Ruth?
Honey, what did she say to you?
Can we go now?
We got about an hour and a half left.
I don't feel too good. I got a really bad headache.
Oh. Why don't you sit down somewhere?
I'll get you something to drink.
My stomach hurts. I wish I could take a dump.
I'm really constipated.
Let's go, uh, have you sit in the car.
Okay? Would that make you feel better?
Now, be sure and crack the window
if you get overheated.
Y-You sure you're gonna be all right?
Aw. Fuck!
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Ruth...
Come on, Ruth.
We're all looking for you.
What are you doing?
That looks like my model glue.
...Is that my model glue?
You're not supposed to smell it like that.
Get out of here, kid!
Mom! Dad!
Hey, shut up!
Over here! Mom!
Dad!
I said shut up, you little fucker!
Matthew! Honey! Are you okay?
...What happened? ...What's going on here?
I found her smelling my model glue, and she hit me.
You hit him?
What is wrong with you?!
Where is this glue? Where is it?
Give me that! Give it to me!
In the name of God,
I want you to get off drugs right now!!
This is the devil. Do you hear me?
You have got the devil inside you!
Please don't hit me.
You are full of sin and disease!
We let you in our house!
We reach down and lift you out of that
filthy cesspool you live in,
and this is how you repay us?!
I'm such a bad person.
We're all sinners!
But that doesn't mean you can go around smelling drugs,
especially when an innocent baby suffers for it!
I do not want that woman back in my house again.
W-What are we gonna do... put her out in the street?
Do you know how long that will last?
I don't care. Put her in a halfway house.
She wouldn't last 5 minutes in a halfway house!
Listen, you two, all this burden
doesn't have to fall on your shoulders.
Let me take Ruth for a while.
Diane, no.
No, really.
You don't know what you're getting yourself into.
I worked with substance abusers back in Wyoming.
Maybe I can control her.
I know.
Are you sure about this, Diane?
Oh, yeah. We'll be fine.
Okay, Ruth. Come on.
You're coming home with me today.
That's right. Come on. Up.
Don't forget! Ruth has a counseling session tomorrow!
Hey! Hey, you! Hey! Hey, you!
Uh, Ruth.
Ruth, I think there's someone trying to say hello.
Yeah, you!
I'm gonna kill your fuckin' ass, you bitch!
Suck the shit out of my ass, you fucker!
Hey, fuck you!
No, fuck you!
Fuck you! Fuck you!
No! Go, go, go, go!
Go!
Oh, my. Who was that?
I don't know. Some guy.
We're here.
Uh, Ruth...
this might be a little confusing at first,
but there's something you need to know.
I'm not exactly who I appear to be.
The truth is...
I'm not a "Baby Saver."
I work for pro-choice.
You see, Ruth, there's a war on,
and I guess you could call me a spy.
This is Rachel.
She lives here with me.
Ruth!
Ruth. Ruth, Ruth, Ruth.
Hey, hey, hey.
...Come here. ...Ow!
Ruth.
Ruth, Ruth.
...Ruth. ...It's okay.
Don't be afraid, Ruth. It's okay.
You're safe now.
We're your friends. We're on your side.
Ow! Ow!
Ohh! Ohh! Mngh!
Ow! Ow. Uh-uh.
Feel that?
Uh, yeah. That feels good.
That's your liver.
You have to realize they want to use you to attack Judge Richter
for saying he'd let you out for an abortion.
He's been ruling against the "Baby Savers" for years.
And now with all the publicity you're getting,
they want to use you to send a message.
If they keep you from getting the abortion you want,
it'll be a big symbolic victory for them.
Hey... do my spleen again.
But... thanks to Diane's work,
you're safe from them now.
It is always women like you
who are most victimized by anti-choice...
indigent women, third-world women, women of color.
I'm not a colored woman.
Yesterday we reported the tragic story of Ruth Stoops,
an indigent woman charged with criminally endangering
the life of her fetus because of her drug use.
Members of an anti-abortion group, the "Baby Savers,"
have paid her bail and taken her in
while she awaits hearing.
And today, they brought her along to their daily protest.
Action News 4's Cindy Lindstrom was there.
As anti-abortion protesting continued today
outside the Women's Health Services Clinic,
Ruth Stoops showed up
alongside "Baby Savers" local chairman Norm Stoney.
Stoops declined to speak with us on camera today,
but Stoney tells us she does not plan to have an abortion.
He thinks her unusual case could set a precedent.
We're amazed that the state can seek to punish someone
for endangering their preborn baby
and then allow them to kill it through abortion.
Now, we hope, and Ruth hopes, that the absurdity of this case
will make crystal clear
the fundamental unconstitutionality of abortion.
This simple woman, this quiet voice will send
a deafening message that abortion must be stopped.
Oh, man! I never said anything like all that.
He knew I didn't want anybody knowing about me.
Stoney said Stoops' number-one priority right now
is to get off drugs and alcohol.
Cindy Lindstrom, Action News 4.
That's probably Gail.
...deadly explosion at a chemical plant in Sioux City.
Hello? Oh, hi, Gail.
I sure did.
Where'd you see it?
Uh-huh. Oh, I kno... I know.
I'm sure it'll send a great message.
Channel 7, too? Whoo!
We... Oh, sh... she's doing fine.
Just fine. No problems at all.
Well, you know something?
Actually, she just stepped into the shower.
No, I didn't!
Oh, my goodness. Here she is now.
...Ruth, it's Gail. ...I know.
You're okay with this?
Yeah. Give me that. Hello?
Yeah.
Yeah, I saw it. Let me tell you somethin'.
You want to send a message?
I ain't no fuckin' telegram, bitch!
Shh.
Nothing's wrong! I'm fine now.
You think I'm a fool. You're the fool 'cause guess what!
This is a war, and Diane's a spy!
...How 'bout that? ...Uh.
Now you're catching on.
Oh, yeah? Well, you're a cunt!
How'd I do?
I guess we better get Harlan out here.
Ohh!
Harlan here.
What?
What?!
Right.
It's them. Quicker than I thought.
Fasten your seat belts, everybody.
Good luck, Harlan.