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[ Woman On Radio ] You hate your job, and face it, your social life is the pits.
Well, get up and go out right now...
to the Coleman College admissions office.
You can take a class in astronomy, modern--
[ Station Changes ] 5:42 on St. Louis's hit radio station, K.S.T.L., baby.
A bit overcast outside our downtown studio.
Scattered showers expected throughout the St. Louis area.
All the more reason to stay in and stay tuned--
[ Women ] ? W-W-W-Winner! ?
[ Man On Radio ] Fifty-eight degrees. It's 7:09.
K.K.M.O., Missouri's favorite station,
Your favorite hits from the past, day in and day out.
And now our weather update--
We'll get back to more country music in just a minute.
I just got a call from little Wilma over in Hartley.
And she said, "Hoss man, it's really comin' down out there.
It's rainin' cats and dogs."
[ Man ] She better be careful...
she doesn't step on a poodle, Hoss man!
? With a thin, high crack of leather ?
? And a flash of silver spurs ??
- No, thanks. - [ Radio Clicks Off ]
[ Brakes Squeak ]
Hi! Do you need some help?
I sure do. My car broke down half a mile down the road.
Can you give me a lift to a gas station?
Sure. We're not gonna find anything for a while, but come on in.
Thanks.
Ooh. We're bound to find something open up on Route 72.
It'll be 10 or 12 miles.
I really appreciate this.
It's lucky for you I came along.
You could have been out in this for hours.
Yes, I think you're right about that.
[ Seat Belt Clicks ]
Help yourself.
No, thanks.
Haven't smoked in nearly 30 years.
I gave it up to have my first child.
- You anxious to get home? - What?
Oh. Oh, no. No, I'm not going home.
I just-- I just thought I'd be making better time than this by now.
- Where you headed? - Oh, Springfield.
Ah.
You and your husband live in St. Lou?
How did you know I was married?
Oh, this old thing.
- Things not going so well? - You could say that.
- A fight. - No, no. We're way past that stage.
- I filed for divorce. - Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
- You been married long? - Yeah, 17 years this October.
You must have been very young.
I must have been very stupid.
Seventeen years. That's a big investment to lose.
Well, unfortunately it took me that long...
to realize that dreams don't come true.
Well, of course they don't.
Well, I don't know about you,
but if all my dreams had come true,
I'd have been, let's see, uh, a ballerina, a doctor, Margaret Mead,
an investigative reporter for the Post-Dispatch.
First woman President of the United States?
[ Laughs ] Yes, that was in there somewhere.
Well, I meant realistic dreams.
Realistic dreams?
Well, plans then, okay? Plans.
Nothing worked out like I planned it.
Do you still love him?
I'm sorry. You're right.
It's none of my business.
Here I am, snooping into your life.
I don't even know your name.
It's Charlie. It's Charlie Benton.
- Charlie? - It's short for Charlene.
My father wanted a boy. Yeah! Good, stupid. Leave your brights on.
- Geez. - I think Charlene is a pretty name.
Hey, would you look at that?
Isn't that a Studebaker?
Boy, I haven't seen one of those in 30 years.
It's a '53.
- Huh. We used to have one like that. - So did we.
Or rather, my father had it.
Anybody else touched it, he'd go through the roof.
He called it his baby.
- Your father liked cars? - Oh, he loved 'em. Yeah.
That's how he'd spend all his weekends when we were a kid.
Taking 'em apart, putting 'em back together.
Once he'd slide underneath, that was it. He'd be gone for the day.
Never see him again. Hmm.
I tried to get him to teach me auto mechanics.
But it never worked out.
[ Inaudible ]
Oh, my dear God.
What is it? What's wrong? Are you all right?
Oh, yes, um--
[ Scoffs ] Those people in that car--
Oh, Lord, you're gonna think I'm nuts.
They looked like-- They looked like me and my father...
when we were coming back from my mother's funeral.
I know that sounds crazy to you, but I remember it exactly.
He made me sit in the back seat on the way home.
He said it was my punishment for crying during the service.
He said only babies cried, and babies had to sit in the back seat.
[ Chuckles ] Sorry, but...
that was so weird.
I know.
And the way it just disappeared. Strange.
[ Laughing ]
- Well. - Whoo.
Oh, boy, wait till they hear about this one at the office.
Oh, we got this one guy there. His name's Bernie.
And he goes on and on about E.S.P. all the time.
You should hear him. I'm never gonna hear the end of it!
So you work in an office?
I run the office. Yeah. It's an ad agency.
That must be very exciting.
Well, it's a small agency.
But, you know, we have the largest herbicide account in the whole state?
- Well. - Well, it's not all that glamorous.
And your husband, what does he do?
Uh, well, he is an actor.
He's a good actor... when he works.
Oh, he just finished doing Linus at the Webster Groves Dinner Theatre.
But most of the time he's unemployed.
He takes lessons and classes.
He works for just about nothing.
I understand. Money problems.
No. Not at all.
My agency does very well.
But that's your money.
Yes.
And George is-- My hus-- Well, he's my ex-husb--
Well, he'll be my ex-husband.
[ Sighs ] Well, you know how men are.
Their whole idea of manhood is so wrapped up in--
- Providing? - Yes! [ Sighs ]
Yes. Providing.
And I know that it eats at George to live off my money.
I just wish he'd say so for once!
Maybe it doesn't really bother him.
Well, of course it does!
[ Charlie Sighs ]
- [ Sighs ] - [ Radio Clicks On ]
?? [ Wedding March On Radio ]
[ Woman On Radio ] She's the perfect bride. You're the perfect groom.
At DeKay's Jewelers you don't have to settle for second best.
Get her the diamond of her dreams.
Easy credit, easy rates, easy financing.
- Yes-- - Oh, please!
- [ Radio Clicks Off ] - [ Sighs ]
It's so corny, but the Wedding March always gets to me.
- Not you, huh? - Oh, yes.
When I got married to it, it did. Sure.
I had to have the storybook wedding.
Where the bride is beautiful,
and everybody lives happily ever after.
[ Sighs ] Surprise on me.
[ Horn Honks ]
Oh, now what have we got here? Drunk drivers?
More than one.
Oh, that is so dangerous on a rainy night.
[ Sighs ] I'm just gonna let 'em pass me.
[ Shouting, Indistinct ]
- [ Cheering ] - [ Cans Clattering ]
[ Laughing ]
- Hey, Charlie! - [ Cheering ]
Oh, no.
No. No.
Oh, my God.
[ Inhales ]
[ Cans Clattering ]
[ Woman ] What is it?
What's the matter, Charlie?
That was me.
George and me...
on the day we got married.
Did you find a phone?
It wasn't working. The lines must be down.
- Oh. - You feeling better?
- You want some coffee? - Uh, no. No, thanks.
Look, uh, I'm sorry.
Bet you didn't expect to be driving with a crazy lady, huh?
- [ Chuckles ] You're not crazy. - Aw, let's face it.
Anybody who looks out a window...
and sees her own wedding party rolling past--
In the first place,
people who doubt their sanity aren't necessarily crazy.
It's the other guys, the ones who are sure they're sane--
- They're the ones you have to watch out for! - [ Chuckles ]
Besides, there-- there could be an explanation.
- Like what? - Maybe you were seeing what you wanted to see.
- What I wanted to see? - What you needed to see.
What you should be thinking about.
Oh, I see. Pop psychology.
No. No, not at all.
Look, I'm driving to Springfield, all right?
Where I'm staying until my divorce becomes final.
Right now I am perfectly willing to admit, I may have lost it a little bit.
This is a very stressful time for me.
But I know I can still drive, and that's what I'm going to do.
If you want to go on with me, that's fine. But I'm leaving.
And I'm not entertaining any more questions or theories about my personal life.
Understand?
[ Door Closes ]
[ Thunder Rumbles ]
It's too bad we couldn't have phoned a tow truck back there.
Or we could have called your family.
They must be worried about you.
No, no, my husband works nights.
And the girls are grown with kids of their own to worry about.
- Do you have children? - No.
We were going to. We wanted to.
But we just kept putting it off.
And now, the old biological clock's starting to tick.
No. You have plenty of time.
I read an article in the paper that said...
lots of women in their 40s were having their first babies.
You're subtle, aren't you?
Well, you can trust me on this one. There's one thing I'm sure of.
I wouldn't make a very good parent.
I never met a "very" good parent.
Oh, no? What about you? I'll bet you're a terrific parent.
What makes you say that?
[ Chuckles ]
Well, you're just the type.
You're-- You're sincerely concerned about others.
You listen very well.
I'll bet you love your kids to death.
You're a little nosy. [ Chuckles ]
What did that sign say?
Uh, I think it was "49 miles to Springfield."
It's so hard to tell in this rain.
Phew, I wish this would let up.
Makes me jumpy.
When I was a kid, I used to have nightmares about the rain.
That I was running through it, and I couldn't find anything.
Like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.
- Scarlett found Rhett. - And lost him.
Do you really think so?
I always thought he turned up the next day on her doorstep.
You're quite the romantic.
When I get the chance.
Well, I didn't marry any Rhett Butler, that's for sure.
Like... when I told George I was leaving.
We've had our fights.
I've yelled at him. He's yelled at me.
But when it came to the big one,
the really important one, do you know what he did?
- What? - He cried.
We were in his car. We were coming back from a ski trip.
And he's just crying.
He must have been devastated.
Well, sure, but... I'll tell you.
When he did that, when he cried,
that's when I knew I'd made the right decision.
I thought, "Here I am. I'm telling him that I'm leaving,
and all he can do is act like a baby."
What did you want him to do?
I wanted him to fight me. I wanted him to stand up to me.
George is not Rhett Butler. He's George.
And the idea of your leaving him must have been tearing him apart.
Well, then why didn't he stop me?
I don't know. You said you were going.
Maybe he took you at your word.
After 17 years!
If he really loved me, how could he just let me go?
If he really loved you?
Are you so sure he didn't, Charlie?
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[ Thunder Rumbles ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Screeches ]
Charlie, what's the matter?
Tell me. What was it?
It was my father in me.
Not letting George cry.
I'm turning into my father.
No, Charlie, not if you don't want to.
[ Cries Quietly ]
George will understand.
Excuse me?
[ Sighs ]
Look, the rain stopped.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm going to find you a gas station.
And then I'm gonna turn around, and I'm gonna go home.
You wish me luck?
All there is in the world, Charlie.
All there is in the world.
[ Police Radio Chatter ]
Call Morrison's. Tell 'em we need a wrecker out here.
[ Chatter Continues ]
Charlie?
[ Police Radio Chatter Continues ]
[ Screams ]
- Look back, Charlie. - No!
- Look back. - No!
Charlie, look.
It was right here. I saw it!
It didn't happen.
It would have, if you'd kept on going,
if you hadn't changed your mind.
But it's all right now.
I don't understand.
I have to go.
What? Wait. Where are you going? There's nothing out here.
Don't worry about me.
- Good-bye, Charlene. - Wait! Wait!
Who are you?
Look in the mirror 30 years from now,
and you'll know who I am.
Thank you for saving my life, my dear.
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