Certain Women Page #4

- Can a student say anything

he wants to me

and just get away?

- Hey, are you staying?

-No.

- Are you registered

for this class?

- No, I just saw

people coming in.

- I have to drive all the way

back to Livingston tonight.

I've never done anything

so stupid in my life.

-Livingston.

- Hey, do you know

where I could get some food?

-Oh.

Yeah, I could show you

where the diner is.

- Yeah, that would be great.

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Oh, follow me.

[radio chatter]

- I took this job

before I finished law school.

I wanted any job.

I was afraid of my loans

coming due.

I didn't know where Belfry was.

I guess I was thinking

about Belgrade

which is a lot closer.

So stupid.

[sighs]

Then I got a law job.

They're letting me do this

because they think it's funny.

The passes I see, it takes me

four hours to get here.

It's gonna take me

four hours to get back.

I have to work in the morning.

Did you tell me

how you ended up in this class?

-I just saw people going in.

- Mmm.

I make a fool of myself?

-No. It was interesting.

I never knew a student

had any rights.

-Are you gonna come back?

- When's it next?

-Thursday.

Every Tuesday and Thursday

for nine weeks.

- I'm not signed up or anything.

-They're not gonna check.

I don't even know school law.

I'm gonna have to learn enough

to teach it every time.

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

-Sure you don't want anything?

-Where do you work?

-Out on the Hayden ranch.

Caring for the horses.

It's just a winter job.

-You want the other half?

- No.

I could show you

if you could stay longer.

- Show me what?

- The ranch. The horses.

-Well..

I, I have to get back.

I have to work in the morning.

- Sure.

- It's already

quarter to 10:
00.

Oh.

[distant chatter]

Come on.

[gate creaks]

[engine rewing]

[dog barking]

[dog barking]

[horse neighing]

[birds chirping]

Here, come on.

[horse snorts]

[dog barks]

[gate creaks]

[horse snorting]

[hooves clopping]

-Here.

"Key Supreme Court decisions

affecting school law."

In a Supreme Court case

from 1969

ten students in Ohio

were expelled

for wearing armbands

as a form of protest

against the Vietnam War.

Uh..

The court said

that was unconstitutional

uh, for it violated

their due process

and their freedom of speech.

That was the

Tinker versus Des Moines case.

- Is there a law that says

teacher's pay has to keep up

with cost of living increases?

- Uh, I'm not a labor organizer

but you should, you should

take that to your union.

- Can teachers get

reserved parking spaces

for faculty only

included in the..

[chatter]

-You going to the diner?

[chatter on TV]

- Do you happen

to know anyone in town

that could teach this class?

-I don't know anyone at all.

-How'd you break your arm?

-It's just my wrist.

Ridin' an unbroken horse.

- Breaking horses?

Is that part of your job?

- No.

Just back home with my brothers.

You know, when we were kids,

my brothers and I

would sneak out

and jump on any old horse

we could find.

No saddle, no halter..

Just bring a piece of twine,

that was it.

Once broke my tailbone.

I was too afraid to tell

my mother for two weeks.

[chuckles]

Had to sit on the edge

of my chair in class.

That was awful.

- And I was so afraid

I'd get out of law school

and be selling shoes.

[rewing]

[hooves clopping]

- Hello.

[exhales]

Sorry.

- Can I give you a ride

to the diner?

- Umm, uh...

- Not in the truck.

- Just..

- Uh..

-Just wait here.

[hooves clopping]

-Um..

[chuckles]

Uh, really?

[chuckles]

Uh..

I mean, it's... it's been

a while, it's been a while.

-Don't think about it.

- Ah, uh.

- Okay.

-Well.

[hooves clopping]

- Luke wants to know

if that's your..

Horse is out back.

- It is.

- Can he give it some water?

- Sure. Thank you.

- Truck break down?

- Nope. Truck's alright.

- Here, have some fries.

-No.

- Why were you afraid

of selling shoes?

-Have you ever sold shoes?

- I mean, why were you afraid

you couldn't get anything else?

-I don't know, because..

My mom works

in a school cafeteria

my sister

in a hospital laundry, so..

Selling shoes is the nicest job

a girl from my family

is supposed to get.

It all worked out.

See, I'm a lawyer,

with a wonderful job

driving all the way to Belfry

every 15 minutes

until I lose my mind.

And it's... it's 10 o'clock.

I'm not gonna be home

until 2 o'clock.

And there's roaming cows

in the road.

Black ice just outside

of Edgar..

If I get through that,

there's a road block

just outside of Livingston.

Then I get to sleep

for five hours

take a shower,

go to work at 8:
00

do a bunch of crap

nobody else wants to do

and learn some more school law

tomorrow night..

Leave work early the next day

and drive

all the way back here..

With my eyes twitching.

It was nice of you

to bring the horse.

Can you take me back to my car?

[hooves clopping]

[chuckles]

Thank you.

Thanks, and have a good night.

[engine turns over]

[horse snorts]

-What?

[clanking]

[rewing]

[dog barking]

[baby crying]

- Apparently, Ms. Travis found

the drive from Livingston

too arduous

so I'll take over the class

for the rest of the term.

I practice law here in town

and as some of you know

and the rest of you,

you would find out soon enough..

I am recently divorced.

[engine rewing]

[radio chatter]

[radio chatter]

[railroad crossing bell ringing]

[train horn blaring]

[train horn blaring]

-Excuse me.

Do you happen to know

a lawyer named Elizabeth Travis?

-No.

- Hi, Denise.

It's Patty Gardner.

Do you know a lawyer in town

named Elizabeth Travis?

Sure.

[whispers]

Denise knows everyone.

Oh, she took a teaching job

in Belgrade.

-Belfry.

But she's got another job here.

- We believe she has

another job here in town.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[door creaks]

-I drove over.

- Thought I was

in the wrong place.

You drove here?

- I was sorry you stopped

teaching the class.

I looked forward to it.

- I was gonna tell you

on Tuesday

I asked for a replacement,

'cause of the, uh, drive.

- That drive is pretty bad.

-Right.

- I don't mean to

keep you from getting to work

or anything.

I just knew

if I didn't start driving

I wasn't gonna see you again.

I didn't want that.

That's all.

Okay.

I have to go feed now.

Animals will be wondering

where I'm at.

[engine turns over]

[brakes squeal]

[instrumental music]

[engine rewing]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

-Hi.

Ah!

You must have some real pull

getting in here on a Sunday.

- I guess you've had

lunch, but..

- You got a shake in there?

- Chocolate one

and a vanilla one.

-Vanilla.

- There it is.

- Thank you. Thank you.

Mm.

It's good.

-So..

How's it going in here?

-Not what you'd expect.

Noisy.

Um... lonely.

No privacy.

You know, my wife's gone.

- No, I didn't.

- Mm-hmm.

After I stopped working,

and started getting crazy

she got a pen pal.

A guy in prison in Wyoming.

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