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AND SHE WANTS ME HERE.

- WHAT FOR?

- MORAL SUPPORT.

PUT THAT THING ON YOUR

SHOULDER AND SHOOT.

- WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN?

- GETTING A DRINK.

GETTING A DRINK?

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I'M PRETTY DAMN HAPPY RIGHT NOW.

JUST A BARREL OF LAUGHS,

HUH, PATTY?

- BECAUSE LIFE WITH YOU

IS A SAD COMEDY. - WHAT?

I'M JUST SORRY THAT EVERYBODY

REALLY HAS TO GO THROUGH

THIS RIDICULOUS,

CLOWN-LIKE CIRCUS.

YOU KNOW,

I ACTUALLY REMEMBER

WHEN YOU WERE FUN,

PATRICIA--

THE FIRS ON THE DANCE FLOOR

AND THE LAS TO LEAVE THE PARTY.

I THINK YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSING

ME WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, BILL.

NO, THAT WAS YOU

UNTIL YOU TURNED INTO THIS.

WHAT DID I:

TURN INTO, BILL?

SOMEONE THAT LIVES

TO PUT ME DOWN,

BRING ME DOWN.

AH, WELL,

I DON'T SEEM TO BE DOING

VERY WELL AT THAT.

YOU'RE DOING

JUST FINE TODAY,

THAT'S FOR SURE.

IN FACT, I THINK I'M GONNA

SIT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT?

I THINK SHE'S

OVER THERE SOMEWHERE.

SAVE YOU FROM HAVING TO SNOOP

AROUND MY CLOSET AND OPEN MY DRAWERS.

SEND ME TO THE ELECTRIC

CHAIR FOR TRYING TO HAVE

A LITTLE FUN:

LIKE I'M HAVING TODAY

BECAUSE I'M MARRIED

TO A DOWNER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT THAT, PATTY?

I THINK YOU'RE FULL OF SH*T.

I THINK YOU ARE:

A PATHETIC FOOL,

SAD, LUDICROUS,

- IDIOTIC, INCOMPREHENSIBLE.

- WHAT ELSE?

SCHIZOPHRENIC,

SADOMASOCHISTIC--

GIVE ME THAT PEN.

I WANT TO WRITE:

THIS DOWN, PATTY.

THIS IS:

IMPORTANT STUFF.

WELL, DON'T LEAVE OU GODDAMN A**HOLE!

THAT'S IT. WE'RE DONE.

WE'RE LEAVING.

VERY GOOD. WHAT WAS THAT?

SCHIZOPHRENIC?

DO YOU KNOW HOW:

TO SPELL THAT, PAT?

ALAN, WHAT ARE

YOU DOING?

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS,

CRAIG.

ALL RIGHT, WELL,

GET THE SECOND CAMERA.

WE'RE OUT OF FILM.

THAT'S BULLSHIT.

- GET BACK IN THERE.

- WHOA WHOA.

THIS IS WHA WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

THE BEST STUFF:

IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

SUSAN AND I HAVE ESTABLISHED

A TRUST WITH THIS FAMILY, CRAIG.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? WE ACTUALLY

CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM

DESTROYED BY YOUR FILM.

THEY'RE DESTROYING

THEMSELVES.

THEY'VE BEEN DESTROYING

THEMSELVES LONG BEFORE WE GOT HERE

AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY

NOT SHY ABOUT IT.

THEY FORGOT WE WERE

EVEN THERE, MAN!

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT, ISN'T IT?

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE FINALLY SUCCESSFUL

AND YOU'RE F***ING IT ALL UP.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM?

I DO. I CARE

ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

BUT THERE'S A MUCH

BIGGER PICTURE HERE

THAT YOU DON' EVEN UNDERSTAND.

ONLY TO YOU, CRAIG.

YOU KNOW:

WHAT I THINK, ALAN?

I THINK YOU SAW SOMETHING

IN THERE THAT TERRIFIED YOU.

AND IF I WERE YOU, SUSAN,

I'D BE VERY WORRIED.

- THAT'S IT!

- WHOA WHOA WHOA.

- ALAN! GUYS!

- SON OF A B*TCH!

- ALAN, COME ON.

- ARE YOU OKAY?

CONGRATULATIONS, TOMMY.

YOU JUST GOT YOUR BOSS'S JOB.

PICK UP THE CAMERA

AND LET'S GO BACK INSIDE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THAT'S MY EQUIPMENT.

- ALL RIGHT, CALL THE POLICE.

GO, CALL THE POLICE. - REALLY, CRAIG?

YOU WANT US TO SPREAD THE WORD

ABOUT YOUR DOCUMENTARY TECHNIQUE,

ABOUT HOW YOU OVERSTEP

ALL ACCEPTABLE BOUNDARIES?

- DO YOU NEED HELP,

MRS. LOUD? - OH.

YES, MY HUSBAND SENT ME

FOR SOMETHING HE FORGOT.

HELLO.

I'M DOING IT--

LEAVING HIM.

And I want to do it

on camera.

THAT'S WHA YOU WANT TOO,

ISN'T IT,

AFTER ALL, CRAIG?

PATTY, I WOULD NEVER

ASK YOU TO DO THAT.

BUT NOT TELLING:

THE CHILDREN--

I NEED TO DO:

THAT ALONE.

AND MY BROTHER:

ALONE TOO.

No cameras.

BUT BILL--

YOU CAN FILM THAT, BABY--

ME TELLING HIM:

TO GO TO HELL,

NEVER COME BACK.

I WANT THE WOMEN OF AMERICA

TO SEE THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAN HIS BIMBOS TO SEE.

ALL RIGHT, PATTY,

WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER

AND TALK ABOUT THIS.

Not you.

JUST ME AND BILL

AND ALAN AND SUSAN,

NO ONE ELSE.

All right.

Whatever you wish.

WAY OVER YONDER...

THE HARDEST THING

THAT I CAN THINK OF IN LIFE

IS DISAPPOINTING THE PEOPLE

THAT I LOVE THE MOS

IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

AND I'M ABOU TO DO THAT.

DIVORCED?

WE CAN'T GET DIVORCED.

WE'RE THE AMERICAN FAMILY.

I'LL GO TO GLENDALE

IN THE MORNING:

AND SPEAK WITH UNCLE TOM

AND AUNT YVONNE FIRST.

AND...

I'LL TELL YOUR DAD

TOMORROW NIGH:

WHEN HE COMES HOME.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY,

SWEETIE.

MOM.

WAY OVER YONDER:

THAT'S WHERE

I'M BOUND.

WHAT THE HELL?

TOM?

ALAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M LOADING THE MAG.

WHY? WE'RE NOT FILMING

WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

CRAIG CALLED ME.

HE TOLD YOU APPROVED THIS.

CRAIG'S HERE?

OH, YOU ARE

UNBELIEVABLE!

I KNOW YOU'RE UPSET,

BUT LET'S HAVE A DRINK

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

HERE.

- YOU GAVE YOUR WORD.

- JUST LET ME EXPLAIN.

- I SAID NO FILMING HERE.

- JUST HEAR ME OUT, PLEASE.

NO, YOU HEAR ME OUT!

THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT I WANT TO DO,

IS HEAR YOU OU IN YOUR OWN WORDS,

SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO WON' INTERRUPT YOU OR ARGUE WITH YOU

OR SHUT YOU DOWN OR WALK

OUT WITHOUT LISTENING,

BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT BILL'S GOING TO DO

WHEN YOU GIVE HIM

HIS WALKING PAPERS.

AND THEN NO ONE WILL KNOW

ABOUT ALL THE YEARS OF LIES

AND HUMILIATIONS AND BETRAYALS

THAT BROUGHT YOU TO THIS.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE FANCY

WORDS ABOUT THE THRESHOLD OF PRIVACY, HUH?

IT HAS TO BE CROSSED.

IT HAS TO BE CROSSED RIGHT NOW

FOR THIS FILM TO HAVE

ANY KIND OF EMOTIONAL IMPACT.

THEN GO MAKE A GODDAMN

LASSIE MOVIE!

THERE'S REAL SUFFERING

HAPPENING HERE, CRAIG.

YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN

MY KIDS LAST NIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I SHOULD'VE SEEN YOUR KIDS.

AND THE WHOLE WORLD

SHOULD'VE SEEN YOUR KIDS.

AND FRANKLY, WITHOUT THA AND WITHOUT THIS,

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS THING

IS WORTH PUTTING ON THE AIR.

- THAT'S FINE BY ME.

- REALLY?

WHAT ABOUT ALAN:

AND SUSAN AND TOMMY

WHO'VE WORKED 24 HOURS A DAY FOR

THE LAST GOD KNOWS HOW MANY MONTHS?

OR ALL THE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK

WHO YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOU

WHO'VE BEEN SIFTING

THROUGH MORE FOOTAGE

THAN WAS EVER SHO FOR WORLD WAR II?

AND THE MILLION DOLLARS

THE NETWORK HAS SPEN

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE

IN YOU?

NOT ME, YOU--

YOU AND YOUR STORY

AND YOUR ABILITY

TO EXPRESS IT.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SONS

WHO THINK THAT THIS FILM

CAN CHANGE THEIR LIFE?

AND THEY'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

AND ALL THE WOMEN--

ALL THE WOMEN:

WHO ARE OUT THERE

WHO ARE IN THE SAME POSITION

AS YOU ARE RIGHT NOW,

BUT THEY'RE ALONE AND THEY'RE

LOST AND THEY'RE SCARED

AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHA TO DO AND YOU CAN SHOW THEM.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

LET'S NOT PUT IT ON THE AIR.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT YOU LISTEN TO ME.

LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE,

NOT YOU!

JUST SUSAN AND ALAN.

WHEN BILL WOULD:

GO AWAY,

I WAS JUST LEFT AT HOME

WITH MY OWN WORST FEARS.

UNRETURNED PHONE CALLS,

LATE-NIGHT HANG-UPS--

IT ALL JUST MADE ME

SO PARANOID.

THAT BLISSFUL DELUSION

OF FAITHFULNESS,

THAT NEED TO BELIEVE

THAT EVERYTHING:

IS GOING TO BE OKAY--

IT DIED THE NIGH OF THE FILES.

LIFE DOESN'T GO ON

THE WAY YOU PLAN IT.

WHEN YOU REFUSE:

TO ACCEPT IT,

YOU JUST BECOME:

THIS UNLOVABLE PERSON.

I'VE MADE MISTAKES--

A LOT OF THEM.

I THOUGHT IF BILL COULDN' LIVE UP TO THE TRUTH,

AT LEAST HE COULD LIVE UP

TO THE FACADE.

HOW DID THE KIDS

TAKE ALL OF THIS?

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