Christine Page #4

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Christine, you're bigger

in real life, taller.

Really, I didn't

recognize you...

Don't mind him.

He's on a damn drunk.

Maybe I can get your autograph

on the way out?

Frank!

You have a celebrity visitor.

So I'm looking to run some

grittier stuff for my segment.

Grittier? Okay.

Well, you know.

Crime is on the rise.

In sarasota last month

there were at least

2 armed robberies

and 4 burglaries.

That was an anomaly.

If you look at the charts,

it's pretty even.

I wouldn't say it's rising.

Well, maybe not rising.

But it is here.

I think people are a little

too happy to ignore it.

Did something happen

to someone you know?

Cause you can tell me.

No.

I just need a...

To show the darker side

of sarasota

find a darker angle, you know.

For what it's worth,

miss chubbuck,

I think your show is great.

You do these think pieces.

They're so positive.

I love coming on.

Well, I appreciate that.

Captain, people are really

listening to me.

So I need to make sure

that I'm really

saying something.

...paranoid and crazy...

Oh, hi honey.

I need a minute, peg.

What's in the box?

Can I come in?

You're smoking pot out there,

and you know how much

I hate that.

It's my day off.

Please let me come in.

I want to talk to you.

I heard you talking about me,

if you have a problem with me,

you can say it to my face.

No, Janice.

Janice, from the yarn barn.

I'm sure you were.

Chris...

Will you stop looking at that?

What is that, a ham radio?

It's for work.

What?

I'm making shark steaks

for dinner.

I was hoping to talk to you.

Well, we're talking right now.

What?

Christine?

This isn't the start of

one of your moods, is it?

You can tell me. I hate

to see you go through that.

Peg.

Jez...

Moods.

What is it?

It's just...

You're sounding a little

like you sounded

at the end of

your time in Boston.

Yeah, well, I'm fine, okay?

What?

I have some news.

I met someone!

His name is Mitch.

He came into work

a few weeks ago.

He lives in bradenton.

Okay.

What do you want me to say?

I want you to be happy for me.

I'd like you to meet him.

Well, why don't we

give it a few weeks?

Historically, these things don't

always go as planned with you.

Christine, I know

that's not you talking.

It's whatever you're

carrying around right now.

And I think you should

apologize to me.

Christine!

Sorry.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't say

things like that to you.

It's just you didn't even ask me

what's going on with George,

or anything and it's like...

Whoah, whoah, whoah.

I wanted to talk to you

about it the other day and...

And now

you're telling me all this,

and it just feels like gloating.

Oh, oh, my god, no!

I'm sorry,

I should've checked in with you.

Do you really see that

or you're just saying that

to shut me up?

No!

I can totally see

where you're coming from.

Okay?

Can I give you a hug?

That usually seems to help.

Thank you.

I guess I didn't know how much

I needed this.

Thank you.

Of course, honey.

You can always talk to me.

I'm your mom.

That's what moms are for.

Okay.

If you could just go over

the island park,

there's those kids

that've been loitering

around the last couple of weeks.

Shine your flash light

or whatever. Over.

1315... En route...

I'm at fifth and pineapple now,

heading back toward main...

Did you get that

1120 under control?

Whatever that was.

What was that?

1315, yeah,

just a couple of kids,

we flashed the lights,

they finally took off.

You want to hear something

on a happier note?

Yeah, yeah, please do.

I finally touched marine's

p*ssy last night.

What is going on

in Brian's f***ing life?

I don't know what can I say?

I hate my job, I hate my family,

I hate my f***ing brother.

Now we're getting somewhere,

now you're opening up, okay.

Good evening, 1021, 3215,

3275, 3250,

respond to a 1055 in progress

at sycamore and orange.

Sycamore and orange,

there's a 1055 in progress,

sycamore and orange.

This is so exciting.

- I feel like Bob woodward.

- Ah-hah.

Is this for the zoning crisis?

I'm not exactly sure yet, Jean.

We will find out.

What's going on?

- A fire.

- Oh my god, a fire?

Yeah.

Find where

the good angles are, Jean.

You want the oricon or the akai?

Ah, oricon.

Oricon, color film.

I have a feeling

this is going to be special.

Hello, sir.

Christine chubbuck...

I'm a reporter from wzrb.

This is some fire.

Can you tell me

how it got started?

I really don't know for sure.

I just know bad things

have been happening to me.

Okay, okay...

Can you stay here

for one second?

I will be right back.

Jean?

Chris.

I'm gonna get an establishing

of the trailer.

- You wanna check frame?

- No.

We don't need it,

we need to shoot this guy.

Okay, but...

We can frame him up

with the fire behind him.

No, we have to frame up

on his face.

Real close.

I fell asleep last night

with a cigarette in my hand.

But I do check the smoke

detector quite regular.

I'm grateful my wife got me

into that habit.

I woke up,

I heard the alarm go off.

I ran quickly outside

to the front lawn,

realized I forgot my cigarettes.

And I ran back in.

And when I ran into the kitchen,

two canisters exploded,

and ignited.

And that's how I did this.

You know...

That's the third time

this happened this year.

I hope they don't, but...

I think they're gonna cancel

my homeowner insurance tomorrow.

A man driven back

into a burning house

by a primal need

to feed an addiction.

An entire community, imperiled.

A sad story,

but not one without hope.

What does it mean?

Real floridians.

Real stories.

This is Christine chubbuck

with your suncoast digest.

Thank you, Christine,

for that story.

Next up after the break,

the sports report

with Andrea Kirby.

And after that,

sales of "lemons"

are on the rise

in western Florida:

Bad cars from bad dealers.

A special report on

what's looking like an epidemic.

And...

We're on a break guys,

back in 60 seconds.

Hey Mike,

what'd you think?

I was trying to tap into

some real suffering.

It wasn't a story.

The guy burned himself

going back in for cigarettes.

Mike, that was exactly

what you've been asking for.

It was raw, and the man

had an irony to him.

We're not making irony,

we're making news.

I mean where was any footage

of the smoldering house?

At least that

would be something.

You just showed his face.

But his face was burnt!

You showed a guy talking.

Mumbling actually.

Guys!

I got to get out of here early

go pick up my wife

for the party!

I'll see you all at Bob's!

No shows will be fired!

Darren, you're in charge!

That guy was

a real pistol, huh?

That was real different, Chris.

It wasn't supposed

to be different,

it was supposed to be good.

And we're back

in 30 seconds, guys!

From the whole gang

here is wzrb,

happy 4th of July, sarasota!

Yeah!

Andrea, welcome to the party.

I don't know if you remember me,

but I'm Michael's wife.

Yeah.

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