Christine Page #7

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Sums up the whole operation!

Running our own cameras

in the field.

We're a joke, Mike!

We're not real!

We're a joke!

I don't know what's going on

with you right now,

but you need to get

the f*** out of here!

Chris, what happened?

You okay?

I'll have the complete

weather picture for you

at 5:
20 on channel 30

weather watch.

Watch yourself sarasota

with the channel 30 news team.

Meanwhile, sit back, relax,

and enjoy our afternoon.

Hi, Chrissy.

You're home early.

Aren't you on air tonight?

Oh my god, it would seem not.

We were gonna surprise you,

making an apple pie.

Your favorite.

This is Mitch,

my friend

I was telling you about.

Honey, I'm Mitch.

Your mom has told me

so much about you.

Peg, can I talk to you

for a minute?

Alone.

Nice to meet you too,

sweetheart.

Mitch.

Christine, we have company.

Now, please.

What is going on with you?

What is going on with me?

Where have you even been?

Mitch surprised me,

we went to key west to a hotel.

Are you kidding me?

What about work?

Honey.

Here I am,

just drowning under water,

and you decide to

take a romantic getaway

without telling anyone?

What are you, fifteen?

- What happened to you?

- What happened to me?

My mother abandoned me

for four days and

now she shows up

out of the blue

with some stranger that

she's gonna have

sex with in my house.

Our house.

Our house that

I pay all the rent on

while she stays at home

and smokes pot!

Christine, that's not fair.

My life is a cesspool!

I'm so, so sorry the smell

is inconvenient for you.

It must be very, very nice

to have an escape hatch.

You are scaring me, it's

getting to feel like Boston.

What is this?

"Bring up Boston" month?

I'm in pain here.

It's that simple.

Baby, I can see that.

What do you want me to do?

Tell me what to do.

Look at me. I'm here!

But him...

Forget about him.

I like him.

Look at me. Look at mom.

You have these moods, baby.

You know you do.

You put all this

pressure on yourself

and this is how it comes out.

Can you see that?

For a second.

And I'm not always equipped

to deal with it!

Maybe you should go back to

Dr. benolken for a little.

You liked him.

That is a temporary solution.

I need to fix my life.

My life is the problem.

What? He's answering

the phone now?

She's indisposed right now.

Can I take a message?

Yes, could you tell her that

Jean called?

And that I...

Wanted to talk to her.

And that I'm her friend,

and I'm sorry.

Alright.

Can you just ask her

to call me back.

Okay.

Just invite him

to move in with us?

Maybe I will.

Maybe I'll move out.

Oh, the truth comes out!

Cause you want me

to act like this!

I don't know what to do

with you sometimes!

You want me to be your mom,

you want me to be your friend,

you want me to be

your punching bag!

I am a person too, Chris!

We're both adults here!

I'm your child!

You were supposed to

figure this all out.

And maybe if you did,

and spared me for one day

your hippie baloney,

I would actually understand

how the world works!

Christine...

I love you...

Look, look, let's just

take some breaths.

Why would you love me?

It's weird that we live

together. Just say it.

I won't say that!

We both know

what's going on here, peg.

I got all turned around

in Boston and

I come here to relax

and rehabilitate,

and you're here to babysit me.

It's not true.

It's not relaxing here, peg!

It's a trap here!

These people are ruining me

all over again!

These people...?

Why won't anyone just

listen to me!

Hello, wzrb,

this is Gail speaking.

He's in a meeting right now.

Hey Chris,

did you get my message?

Hi.

Wzrb, this is Gail speaking,

how may I direct your call?

Hey, Chris, I...

Chubbuck...

You got a minute to pop into

my office with me?

Did you want to talk?

No, it's just...

Mondays, you know.

It's Thursday, Turner.

- Just saying, George.

- Right.

Have a seat.

So, how are you?

I'm fine. You?

You didn't seem fine yesterday.

Didn't you ever have a bad day?

Sure, I have bad days

all the time.

Listen...

You wanna maybe

get some dinner tonight?

What do you mean?

You know, fork, knife,

plate, food... dinner.

I don't get it.

Chubbuck,

I'm not gonna bite you.

I feel like we're always about

to make some breakthrough

to some new level of

connectivity

but something gets in the way.

Dinner?

Yeah.

And then maybe afterwards,

I could take you somewhere...

Somewhere where we could talk.

Well, I...

I'm gonna have to think

about my schedule.

Don't think,

just say what you want to say.

It's a little more

complicated than that.

Why don't you just say...

"Yes."

And usually

we can harvest about

200, 300 eggs in a day.

And they go

straight out to market.

Well, that's fascinating.

Maybe you can get us

some footage

of the chickens having sex,

so people can see

how the eggs are really made.

I'm kidding.

That's a joke.

We can edit it out later.

I was going to say,

I've seen it, it ain't pretty.

Oh, well, I can only imagine.

I'm going out, peg.

You're talking to me now?

How do I look?

Really nice, actually.

I have a date.

You have a date?

Guess who with?

No.

No!

Baby, I'm so happy for you.

Yeah.

Hi, George.

Why hello, Christine!

Shall we?

I thought you didn't drink.

For the most part, I don't.

Special occasions.

Like easter.

I'm surprised that you

remembered that about me.

I didn't drink for

a really long time.

Just easing back into it.

Sometimes I still slip up

and overdo it.

If you told me a year ago

that I'd be sitting down

for a one-on-one dinner with

Christine chubbuck,

I would have told you

you were crazy.

I would have, too.

I mean, I don't mean me,

I mean about you...

Having dinner with you.

Right?

I understood what you meant.

So why haven't we been able to

just sit down and have a dinner

like this together, huh?

Well I...

I can shut people out...

Even when I don't mean to.

I know how that feels,

Christine.

Believe me,

I know how that feels.

Thank you.

If you believe it will happen,

it will happen.

Right.

My mom always says stuff like,

"thoughts become things,"

and mostly I just tune her out,

but I really think

that if I just

harness all the energy

that I have

and put it into getting back

into a major market, then...

I'm rambling...

I'm rambling.

I'm sorry, I don't...

I don't usually drink.

It's very pretty, where are we?

This is where

I went to high school.

Really?

Yeah, I'm a Florida boy.

Never left home.

Failure to launch.

You can't be hard on yourself.

I was an all-star

quarterback here.

Starter, three years.

I took a bad tackle

in college,

and messed up my shoulder,

and couldn't play anymore.

After my injury,

I couldn't see the future.

I felt like

a train off the rails.

Not a lot of people know this,

but I got really into cocaine.

Bad stuff.

It's the only way

I could feel alive anymore

because, in many ways,

I was dead inside.

But then one day,

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