Blue Sky Page #6

They al-almost...

Done.

Alex, you go after your sister.

Hi, daddy.

I brought you a picnic.

I bet you could use

some good coffee, huh?

Excuse me, ma'am.

Uh! Damn!

he's a nuclear engineer,

for christ's sake!

They got him making wallets!

How can they do this to him?

They?

You! You did this!

Stop it!

It's your fault!

What are you doing?

Just wiping off

the ice cream.

welcome to the fort matthews

memorial day parade.

Participating in our

memorial day parade...

Is the maxwell air force base

drill team and color guard.

Fort matthews is

under the command of

colonel vincent p. Johnson.

Joining the military band,

we have the selma high

drum and bugle corps.

Today we are

honored to have...

Local veterans of

the first world war on hand.

Let's have a big

round of applause for

our patriotic doughboys.

Coming onto

the parade ground next...

Is our fine pratville high

marching band,

Playing "host of freedom."

They can't do this to daddy.

Mom, what are you doing?

You will burn in hell,

you lying son of a b*tch!

You lying son of a b*tch!

You think craziness

is hereditary?

I don't know,

But it's not exactly

something we could

ask either one of them.

Mommy,

what are we gonna do?

Here's yesterday's mail.

There's a letter here

for dad from nevada.

Daddy.

Alex! Alex!

Alex, wake up.

Becky! Becky, get up.

Quickly!

Come on, girls.

Get up.

We're going on a trip.

Hurry up. Pack a bag.

Help your sister.

Get up!

It's the middle of the night.

We'll beat the traffic.

Thank you.

Girls, wake up!

I got some breakfast.

Eat up.

oh

sometimes I get

a good feeling, yeah

something's got

a hold on me, yeah

oh, it must be love

oh, something's got a hold

on me right now, child

oh, it must be love

let me tell you now

I've got a feeling

I feel so strange

everything about me

seems to have changed

step by step

mom, let's stop. Please?

no, baby.

We're not gonna stop.

we haven't slept

in two days.

I just can't sleep

till I get daddy out.

oh, hey, hey, yeah

oh, it must be love

you know it must be love

let me tell you now

something's got a hold

on me, yeah

oh, it must be love

oh, something's got a hold

on me right now, child

oh, it must be love

What are you gonna

say to 'em?

You can't just

walk up and say, "hello.

My name is carly marshall,

And you've been

contaminated."

How about, "howdy, howdy.

Sure is nice to meet

some real cowboys."

Didn't think there were

any of them left.

Maybe there aren't.

Maybe they're

already dead.

Oh, shut up.

hello there?

There's a lady out there.

She wants to talk to you.

My wife tells me

you're concerned

with our health.

Well, yes, I am.

Of course I am, but

mostly it's my husband.

You see, he was in

a helicopter that day.

He saw it.

- He tried to stop the test,

but it was too late.

- What's done is done.

The army, they're drugging him

and holding him against his will

in some mental hospital.

But you can help me.

How can we do that?

I was just hoping that

you would come with me

to the newspapers.

You see, you could

tell them just how sick

you've been...

And how nobody,

nobody even bothered

to come by here...

And explain to you

what had happened.

They would have

to understand that

my husband's not crazy.

He's not crazy at all.

Don't believe

we could do that.

It's true.

She's telling you the truth.

It ain't our way.

We don't like

to make a fuss.

That's right. 'sides,

there's gonna be

another one tomorrow.

For tomorrow morning,

about 10:
00, 10:30, right?

I'll tell you what.

We're gonna be out here

working, right, nick?

If my government tells me

there's no danger,

Then, by god,

I got to believe them.

Why, that-

I don't mean to be rude,

but that is so stupid.

That is just plain stupid.

Mom, why don't we go?

Take this lady

back to the house

and tell her good-bye.

Come on, sweetie.

He's the boss.

Good luck.

we've got

the pilot's letter and

we've got dad's reports.

Why don't we go

to the newspapers

without the cowboys?

That's all we really need,

isn't it?

Mom?

Mom?

Mom?

Alex. Alex, wake up.

Alex, mom's gone.

welcome to

our underground bunker.

This is our test site today.

The tower is used

to drill deep enough...

To place the device

securely underground.

The cables you see are linked

to monitor and record...

Every reaction

the material may provoke.

In this way, we can assure...

Our full strength

and your full safety.

Excuse me, general.

Who's that?

not again.

Abort detonation!

Get a squad out there

immediately.

Get off your horse.

You're under arrest.

ma'am!

Aside from almost

blowing yourself sky high,

what the hell were you doing?

General, I am simply trying

to get my husband out of

a mental hospital.

You are well on your way

to going there yourself.

Did you know that my father

is a very prominent

businessman?

In fact, he owns...

Several television stations

back home in virginia.

He has copies of those reports,

those classified reports,

And if he doesn't

hear from me by noon today,

he's gonna release them...

To the, uh,

new york times.

Mrs. Marshall, please.

Threats and fantasies

don't help.

The army knows

exactly who you are.

I know who you are.

And you know my husband.

You know that there is not

a crazy bone in his body.

Not as crazy

as his wife.

You know, I've been

called that all my life.

That and a lot worse,

and it doesn't bother me

in the least.

You can tell people

whatever you want about me.

Just release my husband.

Mrs. Marshall,

we're not here

to make deals.

We can have you arrested

on 20 violations

and throw away the key.

And what are you gonna

tell those reporters?

Hmm? What are you

gonna tell those reporters

and their cameras?

I'm their story.

Today's newspaper

is tomorrow's trash.

- And I don't give

a goddamn-

- general. General.

Mr. Stevens.

My husband said

that you were a fair man.

Won't you help him?

Authorities at

a nuclear test site

in mercury, nevada,

Arrested an unidentified woman

this morning...

Who was attempting to interfere

with a scheduled weapons test.

hey, look!

That's mrs. Marshall!

That's mrs. Marshall!

Mom, come here!

Mrs. Marshall's on tv! Mom!

according to the army,

The woman was carrying

literature linking her

to the communist party.

The army also claimed...

The woman is a member

of a fundamentalist

religious sect.

Officials refuse to disclose

the identity of the woman...

Goddamn b*tch.

Pending further investigation.

The test has been postponed

due to weather conditions.

Also in the news,

members of the naacp-

Ben, this is the game plan.

Prepare discharge papers

for hank marshall right away.

We could be in deep sh*t.

What are you doing, dad?

I've gotta go to the base.

You're gonna discharge

major marshall?

You said he was dangerous.

You said he was crazy,

he was mentally ill.

He is, but it's

a little more complicated

than that, glenn.

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