A Woman Under the Influence Page #6

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Get out ofhere.!

- Get out.! I'll kill you and your kids.!

-john, come on.

Now get outta here

and stay on your side!

What the hell are you doin'?

Get outta here!

What are you doin'? Get out!

[ Nick ]

Is Dr. Zepp there?

Who's this?

Katherine, where's Dr. Zepp?

Well, I've been waiting. He's not here.

Well, where could he be, Katherine?

No, nobody's sick.

Mabel's crazy.

Where's Dr. Zepp?

- I mean, where is he, Katherine?

- He's on his way.

- Well, goddamn it, he's not here!

- Please don't talk to me like that.

I'm sorry, Katherine.

Now, could he stop off anyplace or what?

- No.

- I mean, is it gonna be five minutes

or 1 0 minutes? What is it gonna be?

jesus Christ!

jesus Christ!

Never mind.

Don't get up. Don't move.

You don't move.

Ma!

Ma.! Ma.!

No.just stay there, or I'll kill ya.!

Don't need your help!

Get my own cigarettes.

Don't need anybody's help.

My own.

You're gonna be committed.

Goin' to the hospital

until you get better.

You just, uh -

You got embarrassed,

and you made a jerk of yourself. That's all.

[ Sputters ]

I make a jerk of myself every day. I'm -

[ Mouths Word ]

I'm not sore at you.

I mean,you hit me.

You never did that before. I-

[ Sighs ]

Didn't feel that, if that's what you-

you feel bad about.

I-

[ Sighs ]

I always understood you,

and you always understood me...

and that was always just...

how it was, and that's it.

''Till death do us part,'' Nick.

You said it.

Remember? He said, ''Do you,

Mabel Mortensen, take this man?'

- ''I do. ' ''I do, 'Nick.

- [ Mouths Word ]

''I do. '

Remember, I said...

''It's gonna work

because I'm already pregnant. '

Don't let that mind

run away on you now.

Remember how you laughed?

- Don't, Mabel.

- Nick. You laughed.

- Don't.

- Don't you remember?

And he was mad as a big toad.

Don't do that.

Hey, don't be sad.

I know you love me.

- Hey.

- We had plenty of time

to find that out, didn't we?

You and I know.

You see that, Nick?

That's how close we are.

And they can't pull us apart.

They can't force us apart.

'Cause...

we're together.

I don't know who you are.

Don't say that, honey.

I'm not sore at you.

I'm not mad or anything.

Mabel...

don't.

You sit there and pretend you-

All of that doesn't mean-

And you know.

You know.

It's us.

- You're going with them out there on the outside.

- Be still.

- And we're supposed to be on the inside.

We were always there.

- Shut up!

You little...

teeny...

skinny, little...

bug.!

[ Knocking On Door ]

[ Knocking Continues ]

[ Doorbell Rings ]

[ Man ]

Nick. What's wrong?

It's all right.

It's all over.

Hello, Mabel.

Oh, Mabel.

Gee, you're beautiful.

[ Door Closes ]

- Hello, Margaret.

- Hello.

- You look great.

- How are ya?

What's up?

Nobody here needs a doctor.

I had the hiccups a little while ago,

but I got rid of'em.

What's up?

Has she been drinking?

Sure.

Oh, sure. I've been drinking.

This is a drink, huh?

Sure.

- Mabel, did you take a pill?

- [ Mouthing Words ]

Did you take any pills?

- A pill?

- Mm-hmm.

Ah.

- Is morphine a pill?

- Mmm.

Sure, I've taken pills. I've...

taken vitamin pills and, uh...

sleeping pills.

Uppers, downers, inners, outers.

What did you tell him, Mama?

That I drink?

Yes. You drink.

Listen, Zepp.

I- I am a little upset. I-

That's why I- I- I act upset

a little bit, I guess...

and I look upset, but...

occasionally I calm down.

You do calm down.

I do have anxieties, though.

[ Whispering ]

Don't let this woman in my house.

By the staircase.

She's guarding that staircase.

Up above are my children

in my house.

This. This. This. This. That.

Mabel, what's troubling you?

What trouble?

Well,you said you were upset.

Did you and Nick have a fight?

Nick, I get -

I get the idea there's...

some kind of a conspiracy going on here.

I mean, you've been looking at me

so quiet-like and, uh -

- He's got something in that bag.

- [ Zepp ] Don't be concerned about this bag.

He's going to try to imprison me

with something in that bag.

- Don't be concerned about this bag.

- Am I right?

- Don't be concerned about this bag.

- Am I right, Nick?

Am I right, Nick?

Am I right, Nick?

Mabel, would you please

make me a drink?

Ah!

[ Laughing ]

- You -You want a drink, Zepp?

- Yeah.

- You want a martini, Zepp?

- Yeah. Mm-hmm.

- You wanna have a little fun?

You don't mind making a drink?

- No, I don't mind.

Nah! You want a drink, Zepp?

Okay.

The ice is in the kitchen and -

and the vermouth is in the -

It's right past her.

Vodka. On the left there.

You make the drink, Zepp,

and... I'll watch them.

Doctor. Doctor, aren't you

gonna give her a shot?

No! No!

[ Mouths Words ]

[ Margaret ]

Mabel, we're trying to help you.

[ Sputters ]

Is that what you're trying to do?

- Yes.

- Is that what you're trying to do?

- Is that what she's trying to do, Nick?

- We're trying to help you.!

You be quiet.

One, you're acting crazy.

And, uh...

for what?

There's no reason.

The man's here on a call - a social call.

Nobody is sick.

Why are you so insecure?

Hmm?

Everybody loves ya.

Do you love me, Nick?

This woman -This woman has to go!

- I love ya.

- Nick.

- That's right. I love ya.

- Think of the children!

This woman can't stay

in this house anymore!

You can't stay here!

- For Christ's sakes -

- Listen. Doctor.

- Doctor!

- Hey. Let go of me.

- My son tells me stories.

- just don't grab my bathrobe.

He tells me stories of the talk-

the small talk, the little things...

- [ Mimics jabbering ]

- the insecurity.

- [ Zepp ] Mabel.

- Go ahead. Go ahead.

Tell me what your son says.

Go ahead. Tell me what he says.

- Go ahead.

- I'll tell you what he says.

- He says you give him nothing!

- [ Nick ] Hey.

- You're empty inside.

- Ma.

- Your children are naked! They're hungry!

- Ma.

That's what he said!

Doctor.

Last night you brought a man in the house!

My son is a good boy, Doctor.

He's a good boy!

He never says anything!

- He doesn't say anything!

- [ Nick ] I never said that.

- I didn't say that.

- Margaret. Margaret.

- This woman is crazy!

- Margaret.

- Margaret.

- She's crazy!

- [ Nick ] Will you go upstairs? [ Chuckles ]

- Please, Margaret.

- Now, go upstairs.

- Listen to me.

- She's a grown person.

- I won't go - I won't go upstairs!

- She's a grown person.

- Doctor.

- [ Nick ] Doc, take her upstairs.

- She's a grown person. Please.

- Doctor, she's crazy!

- She's an adult,

and I would like to talk to her. Please.

I have five points, Nick.

I figured it out, and -

They're for me.

- For us.

- [ Nick ] Mabel.

One is love.

Two is...

friendship, and three is...

our...

comfort.

And four is...

I'm a good mother, Nicky, and -

Mabel, I love you.

Um -

I belong to you.

That's it.

Those are my five points.

That's what I -

I have five points. One.

F-Five... points.

- Come here. Now listen to me.

- [ Yelps ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Whimpers ]

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