- Lady, you sit in your nice house... - Karen.
...clean floors, your bottled water, your flowers on Valentine's Day...
...and you think you're tough?
Wear my shoes. Tell me tough.
Work a day in the pit, tell me tough.
I'm sure we're all sufficiently impressed, Mrs. Aimes.
There is no "Mrs." here.
- No. I didn't go to the police. - What did you do?
What I had to.
- Karen, stop crying. Sammy, let's go! - It's just gonna piss him off some more.
Look at my face.
Don't toss shoulders at me! Sammy, goddamn it!
It's okay, it's okay. Okay, come on.
Come on, come on. You can do it, baby.
There you go. Good girl.
Who's a good girl, huh?
We're not coming back, right?
Come on.
Hey, Mom.
- Oh, dear God. - I'm fine, I'm okay.
Say hi to your grandkids.
Oh, for heaven's sake. Look at you beauties.
Hi, Grandma.
You working nights?
So...
...he catch you with another man?
Is that why he laid hands on you?
You're really asking me that?
This wasn't the first time you'd disappointed your father, was it?
Wasn't the first time he disappointed me either.
How old were you when you had your first child?
Here you go.
Bobby Sharp! I'm gonna beat you good.
Come on, you wanna blow out of here?
Who is Sammy's father?
I don't know who Sammy's father is.
Is that because you've had so many sexual partners?
The body of Christ.
Always was a beauty, your girl.
Boys, cut it out!
Poor Alice. That girl has been nothing but trouble for her since day one.
Got two kids with two different fathers already.
- Heck of a shame. - Those kids are just...
...gobbling up my crispy bars.
Nobody makes them better.
I don't know what you put in those things, but it just can't be legal.
Oh, yeah. Everybody seems to like them.
Ah, probably on a bender when he did it.
What I figured.
So you take him out to the shed, give him a talking to. They'll work it out.
I mean, hell, Beth left me a dozen times before we worked out the kinks.
Did she?
How did you first hear that Pearson Taconite and Steel was hiring women?
- Wanna lean back there? - Okay.
Oh, my... Glory?
Yeah?
No way. Josey? No way!
Look at you, all grown up.
Yeah, all grown up, washing hair.
And married? Who's the lucky?
Oh, jeez.
Okay. Who's the unlucky?
Me, I suppose.
You're a crap storyteller.
You left out the part where you tell all his friends he likes to wear your panties.
How about I tell them the truth? Beats his wife. Bad enough, ain't it?
- You weren't kidding. You're good. - So I'm back living with my folks.
Only now I got two more mouths to feed.
The mine's hiring, you know.
What do you even do up there? You a secretary?
No. I drive truck.
- You drive truck? - Yours truly, first woman ever.
Now, isn't that a heck of a...?
That's weird.
Money isn't weird, I'll tell you that much.
Going for gold.
Shouldn't have put down the beer.
Balance. Everybody knows, can't throw darts without a beer in the other hand.
Would a soda work?
Nope. Dart knows.
That's why it's never gonna be an Olympic event.
They don't allow drinking.
Why don't we buy the girls another round and test the theory?
Maybe later. Okay?
Jeez, Glory.
You come working up at the mine, you gotta ignore that crap.
Who says I'm working at the mine?
Wouldn't you like to make the same kind of money your dad does?
You wanna be a lesbian now?
I wanna be a lesbian.
How come I have to eat if I'm not hungry?
Because people are starving in China.
People are starving right here.
Clean plates, both of you.
I haven't made a decision yet.
But the mine pays six times what I'm making now.
Do you have any idea how many accidents there've been since this started?
Somebody will be killed because of them women.
I can't afford a place by washing hair.
So you stay here.
She's a grown woman with kids. She's not gonna be living with her folks.
All clear.
- Clear of what? - You're not pregnant.
I already told you that.
Well, company just wants to be sure before they hire you.
It's to clean yourself with.
You submitted to the exam willingly, correct?
Yeah. I submitted.
Before your law firm hired you, they put your feet up and look around your insides?
- I got you. - You got me?
I'm gonna get you then. I'm gonna get you then.
Come here, baby.
Hey, Jo.
What are you doing here, Wayne?
Come to bring you back home.
Karen. In the house.
- Can't talk anymore. Get in the... Come here!
Come by here and think everything is okay?
- You know what? - It's not okay.
- Get in the car! - It's over!
So how about we let your mom and dad talk in private?
- Get out of here! - He's not my father.
He is your husband, you know.
He beat me, Mom. More than once, more than lightly.
A man needs a job.
Wayne beat me because he was out of work? That's what you're saying?
I'm just saying, everyone needs a purpose.
Your purpose is those kids.
Your father's is that mine.
And if you take a job up there...
Well, it'll shame him.
You should think about that.
Sammy, open the glove box. There's a piece of paper on top of the pile.
Hold it on the dash, would you?
- Hey! - Hey! Sorry about this.
That's what guest rooms are for.
Come on, honey, I'll show you where your room is.
- Hiya. - This is Kyle.
Hiya.
Wow, look at this.
All right. So all right, there's... We're doing a little work.
How long are they staying?
I don't know. Just a little while.
No such thing, and you know it.
Oh, come on.
She's kind of girlie to be a miner.
Okay, now, what are you? Cowboy or a cowgirl?
- I'm a cowgirl. - No, not up there, you're not.
Gotta get your cowboy on.
What's that? I thought it was just your hand.
Yeah. That's the thing about arthritis. It spreads like a nasty rumor.
You know they don't want us up there. Right?
Yeah, I got that.
The mine is a shit pit.
Dirt everywhere. Loud as all get-out.
You'll be hauling, lifting...
...driving and all sorts of other things a woman shouldn't be doing, if you ask me...
...but Supreme Court didn't ask me, did they?
You must be Hank's daughter.
You're late. Got your paperwork?
Yeah. Yes, sir. I got my consent form.
Yeah. The doc says you look darn good under those clothes.
Sense of humor, ladies.
Rule-o numero uno.
Okay, grab your gear and meet me outside.
We're gonna take a tour.
- What? - What a homo!
You know they do.
Cunts.
Ear protection, ladies!
Hank, I need a five-minute break.
You took a coffee break an hour ago.
That's the point, Hank. She's been drinking coffee like everyone else.
Hey, Glory, are you talking as a union rep...
...or just butting into anybody's business as usual?
All I'm saying is that you can whip it out anytime, Hank.
We gotta pull the coveralls all the way down, you know?
We start peeing in our seats...
...I don't think the next shift's gonna be too happy about it.
You got another load to get. So pull them up and go get it.
This down here is taconite. That's what pays bills.
We've taken to calling this area the Powder Room.
Catchy, don't you think?
Especially since you girls will be the ones cleaning it.
So. So, Arlen, which one of these girls is gonna be my bitch?
Ladies, meet Bobby Sharp.
He runs the Powder Room, where they're short one body.
And we want a nice body. No fatties.
Give me the one on the right.
Ladies.
Cock tease.
Fuck you.
Fuck! You don't have to eat my face.
It's cool.
Just take it easy.
Shit.
You two just bought yourselves a Saturday in my classroom.
Let's go.
Let's go, guys.
At least they spelled it right this time.
So how'd it go?
Good. Yeah.
Heard you were in the Powder Room with that Bobby Sharp.
Weren't you two friends in high school or something?
We were never friends.
You should get that checked out.
My mom's got arthritis and she never tapes her wrist up.
You should look in that first.
Ham and cheese.
What were you expecting?
You never know in this place.
Come on, let's sit with the girls.
Meet the ladies.
Ladies, ladies. Josey Aimes.
Oh, hey. Big Betty. Pleased to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. - There used to be two Bettys.
- Big and Little. Little quit. - Why?
Too little.
- I'm Peg. - Hey, nice to meet you.
- Hey, you too. - Hey.
- Guys. - How you doing?
Hey! No getting off in the lunchroom, ladies.
Well, it won't leave the toilet seat up. It won't fart in bed. I might just marry it.
Right?
You don't mind, do you?
Okay, if there's nothing else, I move to adjourn.
- There's one more thing. - What's that?
- Porta-Johns. - Here we go again.
I got one girl with a bladder infection from holding it in all day.
Maybe Pete over there likes sitting in his own pee, but I don't.
Like it or not, I represent members of this union who happen to be female.
All right. Well, if we do get management to give you girls Porta-Johns...
...what are you gonna do for us?
Didn't you hear, Pete?
Discount blowjobs, for everybody but you.
Down here.
Found your way back?
I'm not retarded.
Come on in.
Take a look at this.
See that?
It's a Hamilton. It's about 60 years old.
You mind if I go watch your TV?
No.
He's always in the basement with his stupid watches. He's weird.
He's not weird. He's nice.
He used to work at Pearson till he hurt his back or something.
- Good morning. - Morning. Table for four, please.
Right this way.
Have you talked to Wayne yet?
No, Sammy, I haven't talked to Wayne yet.
Maybe he'll call us tonight.
I don't think so, sweetheart.
Why not?
He's a little busy right now.
I think you're one of my girls, right?
Pardon me, I'm Donald Pearson. I believe you work for me.
Yeah. Josey Aimes. Nice to meet you.
These are my kids, Sammy, Karen.
Hi. I was down to the plant this week and I remembered your face.
Welcome aboard.
If you have any problems, you make sure you come and see me.
Thank you.
Enjoy your meal.
Thanks.
Oh, jeez, that's my boss.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
Before we eat, I wanna say something.
This is our first time in a nice restaurant. And I just think...
- Are you gonna cry? - Can you mind your mouth?
I know things have been hard.
But they're gonna get better, all right?
- They're gonna change. - I knew you were gonna cry.
You know there's nothing I wouldn't do for you two, right?
Nice. She can put her hands on the hose.
Come on, ladies! Gotta appreciate the talent.
It's a pretty good likeness, I'd say.
Hi, I'm Earl. I don't think we've met yet.
How about a cigarette, then?
- Go fuck yourself. - Oh, be nice now, darling.
Come on, how about the smoke?
No, it's okay. I'll get it myself.
- Come on, Earl. - All right, fun's over.
Just trying to see if she's got a full pack. She don't.
You're okay.
All right, back to work, slacker, come on.
Boy Scout.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Do you even know what's going on out there?
Sweetheart, this country's elected a president...
...who's letting the world flood our market with cheap steel.
We're knee-deep in layoffs. Mines are closing left and right.
What's this got to do with Earl laying hands on Sherry like that?
Are you hearing a word of what I'm saying?
You're taking jobs where there aren't any to take.
These boys aren't your friends. I'm not your friend.
You got no business being here and you damn well know it.
But you're not hearing that, are you?
So let's try something new.
How about: Work hard, keep your mouth shut and take it like a man.
All right.
Maybe I'll go see Mr. Pearson. He said come to him if I had a problem.
No, you don't see Pearson. I see Pearson.
You know? When you've got a real problem, take it up with me...
...and I'll be happy to help.
All right?
You know, it's a shame that this stuff is toxic as hell.
Otherwise, it would be good to put a little...
You know?
You like a little Boy Scout love, don't you?
You know, the key is in the lube.
Otherwise, it's just a bunch of squealing and moaning...
You should see your face, Josey.
Why, you...? Why, you think I'm serious?
I'm just fucking with you. Where's your sense of humor?
Honey, you gotta get a gator's skin on, you're gonna work in this stinkhole.
Just promise me something, do not go to Arlen with this one.
Keep whining and moaning.
We're doing the exact thing they want us to do.
Screw that. We can take any crap they dish out, can't we?
I just don't want them to have any reason to get rid of you, is all.
Glory?
I don't know how I'm ever gonna thank you.
- Oh, what for? - For this.
First time in my life I'm making my own money.
I can feed my kids.
I'm gonna get us our own place.
I just feel like for the first time in my life, like I'm...
You're living?
Yeah. Living.
She asking for alimony?
No. She's offering to pay me alimony.
You taking it?
Hey, I already feel like half a man, I should wear a miniskirt too?
Come on!
Hey, don't drink them all yourself, huh?
Ah, don't dare me. Ready to meet my girl yet?
- She's that one, blond, skinny one. - One more time!
What do you think?
I'm taking a break from women for a while.
"Taking a break." What is that, New York talk?
- It's like, regroup. - Re-what?
That's what old Bill here says he's doing back in town. Regrouping.
They must have a whole other language in New York.
Oh, yeah, I brought you something back from New York.
Well, now we're having a conversation.
Shooters.
- No, I didn't order these. - No, it's okay. Hal bought them.
- Why are we the only ones dancing? - You call that dancing?
Last time I danced like that I ended up with twins.
Here's to broad shoulders, leather skin, and a belly I can rest my drink on.
Yeah!
Hey, I heard Glory's new friend is living with you.
You got a three-way going or what?
Bitch is on my crew. If you ask me, this shit's out of control.
Funny thing, I didn't ask you.
Come on. Let's go, come on.
Please, take it easy.
What are you gonna do? My taxes?
You shouldn't have done that, Earl.
Come on.
Hey!
Come on.
Take it easy.
Welcome home, pal.
- Thanks. - What a fucking asshole.
- Yeah. - Cheers.
Welcome back to the range.
Okay, come on, now.
Give me the bunny, give me the bunny, give me the bunny.
Yes! I got a bunny!
I got a bunny, everyone!
Why haven't you asked me to dance?
Not much of a dancer.
Sherry.
Bill.
So I hear you're some kind of hockey star up in Carlson.
High school. Long, long time ago.
So you wanna dance?
Sherry, you got a lot of guys to choose from in this place.
I know you're not a homo.
- How old are you? - Nineteen.
So you wanna dance or not?
I don't think you do. I'm wearing underwear older than you.
You really are a homo.
Evening, ladies.
Evening, man.
Just one dance? Your friends here will keep an eye on us.
All right, sure.
Are you nice, Ricky?
You seem nice.
Hurry. Get out, get out, get out.
You fucking suck. You told me to have fun.
I didn't say do it till you puke.
Ah, great, where is Sammy?
Found him.
Where are your clothes?
Barfed on them.
Runs in the family.
All right, let's go. No more.
All right.
Stop singing that song, Sammy.
- Why not? It's a cool song. - It's not a cool song.
- Will I get my own bedroom? - Karen, please, no screaming.
- Seriously. - Hey, nobody's talking to you.
- Then why am I even here? - Because you're still a part of this family.
Oh, so now we're a family?
What the hell's the matter with you?
Karen, honey.
- It's pink, isn't it? - Yeah.
It's great.
I just don't know if I can come up with 20 percent down.
Can you do 10?
- How about 5? - We can work something out.
How about that, huh? What do you guys think?
- Definitely. Take it. - I think it sucks.
Someday you're gonna beg me to forgive you...
...for being such a horse's ass on the biggest day of my life. And I won't.
Holy crap.
Look at that long face.
Somebody thought I forgot about her, huh? But I didn't.
There's a surprise outside. Cover your eyes.
- You ready? - Yeah.
- Keep them closed. - Okay.
Okay?
There it is.
Well, I'm sure the neighbors heard.
- Come on, Sammy. - Get on there.
Now you're gonna bounce really high.
Come on. Come on, Karen.
So, Josey, I know I've been giving you a hard time.
But I want you to know that I had a talk with the guys.
And I'm gonna give it a shot, okay?
Give what a shot?
You know, being cool with you and whatnot.
Okay. All right.
As you can see, the conveyor's down.
So I need someone to get up there, see if something's clogging the works.
If all's smooth in the tube, you just come on home.
Think you can do it?
All right.
Go on. Nothing to be scared of.
All clear on number four. I repeat, all clear on number four.
Oh, God.
Can you imagine falling down there?
Nobody would ever find you.
Two minutes, five ton of rock would be on top of you.
Hello!
Oh, man. I remember the first few times I came out here.
Oh, I hated it.
Then I realized, you know, I could just stand out here, you know...
...and smoke a joint and what have you...
...nobody'd be the wiser.
I mean, we're totally fucking alone.
So, what do you say, Josey, you wanna, I don't know...
...kiss and make up?
- Come on, just one kiss. - I'm going back.
Hey, come on, what's the matter with you, Josey?
It's not like... Am I hurting you?
I ain't hurting you, am I?
All right, fine then.
Go on.
No, that was pretty typical behavior, you wanna know the truth.
What do you mean, "typical"?
Josey made a lot of mountains from molehills.
Always misconstruing things, you know, paranoid stuff.
She was pretty emotional.
When she told you what happened out in the number four conveyor, what did you do?
I yanked Bobby into my office for a sit-down.
- He said she... - Objection. Hearsay.
- Sustained. - Mr. Pavich...
...how do you know who to believe in a situation like that?
Your Honor, is she kidding with that question?
Maybe she could ask if he likes piņa coladas and walks in the rain.
Are you kidding with that objection, Mr. White?
Because it's denied. The witness may answer.
Look, men will always walk the line.
It's when they cross over it...
...is when most gals give them a slap on the hand...
...get them back on their side of that line.
That's how men and women have been handling problems since Adam and Eve.
Okay, guys, that's it.
I'm out of here.
- Hey, you want a ride? - Josey, stay a moment, would you?
I'd like to have a word with you.
Later.
Don't stick me.
That looks great.
Okay. We'll get it straight this time.
Stand up straight.
Was that my dress?
- A little young for Communion, no? - No, never too young to be with God.
You been watching this?
- He referred to the size of his own penis...
- Oh, dear God. Turn it off. ...as being larger than norm...
That poor man's family.
- Alice? - Here.
Great. I'm not staying long.
Just wanna let you know Sammy's got a game on Sunday.
We're busy Sunday.
Don't do this to him.
You're doing it to him. You can quit anytime.
Pop. We got a house.
- We got the loan and everything. - You want me to congratulate you?
You act like I'm stealing. I work damn hard every day, same as you.
- Now you're the same as me. - Oh, no. There's a few differences.
You don't go scared of what they write about you on walls...
...or what kind of disgusting thing you might find in your locker.
You don't gotta be scared that one of these days you'll come to work and get raped.
You done?
Yeah, I'm done.
Come on!
Faster!
What are you doing bringing him?
- I'll see you over there. - Lf at first you don't succeed...
- Thanks, Bill. - Thanks.
- What's that all about? - He's famous.
They got a picture of him in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Bill. Bill. Josey, I don't think you and Bill have met, have you?
No, we haven't.
- Hi. - Hi.
Hi.
- Which one's yours? - There he is, number 12.
Tell me he's not 0-for-cute.
Get a new project. I'm fine.
Well, look at that.
Good for him.
Oh, God...!
- Inside, Sammy! - Get off the board!
Oh, Jesus, I hate this game.
Kid's pretty quick on the ice.
Go, go, go.
- Pass it out! Pass it out! - I'm open!
What?
Nobody passes anymore.
Why didn't you pass?
My dad would kill me if I passed the puck to you.
You want some chili?
Yeah, I'll go with you.
But you said you weren't hungry.
Gotta be smart to be a lawyer, right?
You have a high opinion of lawyers.
Man, I love the sounds, you know?
Wood knocking on the ice. The slush of the blades.
Figured hockey wouldn't take care of me forever.
Thought a law degree might.
- What happened? - Don't listen to me.
I'm in a bitter phase. What about you? What do you do?
I work at Pearson's.
- In the mine? - Yep.
You don't smell like a miner.
- You Josey Aimes? - Yeah.
Stay the hell away from my husband.
Goddamn mining whores.
You keep away from Bobby, you know what's good for you!
- Bobby? Bobby Sharp? - Tossing your ass around lost your marriage.
Don't think I'm gonna let you mess with mine.
You hear that?
Is it true?
Jesus Christ.
Everybody heard. My father, my kids.
I mean, can somebody say things like that? You know, legally or whatever?
- In front of the whole goddamn world? - Only if it's true.
Well, it's not. He came on to me.
- Then it's slander. - What are you gonna do, sue him?
Well, could I?
Best thing you could do is just let it go.
Miss Aimes? Hi, I'm Stacey.
- Sammy's girlfriend? - Sammy's got a girlfriend?
Sammy says to tell you that he's gonna stay at my house tonight.
Is that so? And where is Sammy?
He's over there in my mom's car, and she said it's fine.
- Really? Sammy's mom says it's not. - Hey, Josey, come on.
Great job today.
Sammy. Get out of the car now!
- He's very upset, maybe... - Don't tell me about my son.
- Get out. - No!
- I said, get out of the car, now! - Let go!
Get out of the car! Go to the truck.
- You're a whore, just like everyone says. - Don't ever talk to me like that!
Hey, hey! Josey, stop it, now!
You're gonna tell me how to be a parent?
Glory, with all your personal experience?
Karen, get in the truck. Now, get in the truck!
You want a show? Huh? Is that what you want?
You can all go to hell!
After that she kind of lost it.
When you say "lost it"?
Ranting all the time about how we shouldn't take it anymore...
...how the company wasn't protecting us, the union wasn't protecting us.
What did she think you needed protection from?
- Don't know. - Did you have any problems getting along...
...with the men at the mine? - I didn't bother them...
...they didn't bother me.
Hey, Peg! Three for a dollar. Got change for a dollar?
You kill me. She was like: