Professor Marston & the Wonder Women Page #3

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...so I sent her a bouquet every day...

...till she finally agreed

to take a walk with me.

Smart man.

So Olive tells me you were

a spy in the Great War?

I spent a few years in the OSS.

I shrunk soldiers' heads.

- He's a hero.

- That war was not heroic.

The men I saw,

they experienced unimaginable things.

- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...

- That's all right.

We're gonna fix it.

Path to peace is not

through finance or politics...

...it is to solve

the problems of man's heart.

Can't solve war

by simply studying men's feelings.

Of course, you're right.

Men's minds are far too limited.

That's why we need women.

Ha-ha. Come on.

We'll see if they'll give us all a ride.

Okay.

- Hey, how are you?

- Good, yourself?

I haven't told Brant...

...but I'm thinking about applying

for the school of journalism at Columbia.

Really?

Oh, well, you'll make

an excellent journalist.

I'll write you a letter

of recommendation, hm?

- Thank you.

- Mm.

Well, Bill and I went to grad school, law.

- Is that where you met?

- Oh, no.

We grew up together.

I've known him my entire life.

I actually came here when...

...I was 5, with my parents

from the Isle of Man.

It's a lovely rock

between England and Ireland.

Were you always sweethearts?

Off and on. Heh.

When were you married?

He came to visit me

at Mount Holyoke, and we... Heh.

We argued forever

about Jung's reaction-time test...

...and then he proposed.

I said no.

- When did you say yes?

- He was very determined.

I said yes eventually,

and then we were married.

Were you in love?

Yes.

Very much.

What made you hesitate?

I was afraid

I would always be in his shadow.

Then why did you say yes?

Because he respects me...

...and he loves me...

...and he's never boring.

I didn't think I'd find those things

in another man.

I see you in everything you do.

I think you're magnificent.

Aren't they beautiful?!

Professor Marston, are you ready?

- Yes, Mrs. Marston, I believe I am.

- Ms. Byrne, are you ready?

- Yes, Mrs. Marston, I believe I am.

- Very well. Right.

Here's to the maiden voyage

of the new...

...and improved lie detector.

Yes.

Is your name...

...William Moulton Marston?

Yes.

True. Where do you live?

Louisiana.

True. False positive.

Who is the president

of the United States?

- Babe Ruth.

- Ha.

True. False positive.

- It doesn't work.

- You've barely started.

Babe Ruth is not the president.

It's not working.

Are you sure you've hooked up

the sphygmomanometer properly?

Of course I hooked up

the sphygmomanometer properly.

Double-check this charge

because this connection is loose.

No, leave it be, you don't...

Perhaps the lies need

to be more meaningful.

What?

Professor Marston

is not invested in whether or not...

...he lives in Boston or Louisiana.

It stands to reason

his blood pressure would not go up.

She's right.

All right.

Do you love your wife?

What?

Do you love your wife?

Yes.

True.

When did you first meet

Ms. Olive Byrne?

She volunteered to work as

a research assistant three months ago.

True.

Are you in love with Olive Byrne?

No.

Hmm.

Well, I guess it works after all.

I don't love him.

- Heh. Of course you do.

- No.

Don't take me for a fool, Olive.

I'm many things, but I'm not a fool.

- I know that. You're brilliant.

- Don't you see? It's over.

- Whatever this is, was, it's over.

- I love you.

Get away from me.

I'm... I'm sorry.

Gather your things.

I want you out of here immediately.

The lie detector...

...it was your wife's idea, wasn't it?

- Well, the systolic-blood-pressure part.

- The important part.

- Elizabeth?

- She's gone.

- I'm sorry if she...

- I don't wanna talk about it.

I met her once years ago.

When she was law clerking.

Makes quite an impression.

Yes, she does.

Hmm.

You've incorporated the lie-detector test

into the Wonder Woman comic...

...her Golden Lasso,

it forces criminals to tell the truth.

That is correct.

Why is Wonder Woman an Amazon?

In Greek mythology, Amazons were

a powerful tribe of women...

- ...who lived without men.

- Without men?

It is important to me that young girls...

...realize they have the power within

themselves to create their own destiny.

To be president

of the United States if they want.

And Wonder Woman's catchphrase

is "Suffering Sappho."

Sappho is a famous poet

from ancient Greece.

Known for her love of women.

It is my belief

that passion and emotion...

...between women is perfectly natural.

Dr. Marston,

lesbianism is an emotional illness.

As a doctor of psychology...

...your endorsement

of this abnormal behavior...

...in the pages of your comic is reckless.

May I take a break, please?

I need to stretch my legs.

- What the f*** are you doing?

- That woman has been an enemy...

...of the Wonder Woman comic

from the beginning.

She's the head of

the Child Study Association of America.

Every parent in America listens

to what she has to say.

I told you to smooth it out.

I mean, we got politicians

sniffing around this thing.

They're talking Senate subcommittees.

You know what that would mean to us?

You got to go in there and play ball.

- And if I don't?

- Then I can't protect you anymore...

...or Wonder Woman.

You've been sad since she left?

I'm not sad.

Hmm.

Maybe I'm in love with her too.

Or maybe I just want her

because you do.

What is it that attracts you to her?

She is beautiful...

...guileless, kind, pure of heart.

And you are brilliant...

...ferocious, hilarious...

...and a grade-A b*tch.

Together, you are the perfect woman.

Hmm.

Do you think it's possible

to love two people at the same time?

What we want can never happen.

- Why not?

- Because...

...the world won't let it.

The world can't stop us.

Ms. Byrne, would you mind staying

after class, please?

We've asked you here today

because we are...

Well, we are in something and, uh,

I don't know what it is...

...but we are in it...

...and I feel that I have violated

my raison d'tre as a psychologist...

...by running from alarming emotions...

...rather than confronting them,

so here we are.

We were thinking that we could confront

whatever these emotions are together.

F*** you.

I'm saying,

I'm open to having sex with you...

- ...if you'd like that, as is my husband.

- I'm engaged.

Do you love Brant?

We miss you, Olive.

- We'd like to mend fences.

- Your aunt would approve.

She believed in free love.

Oh, crap. Very well.

If you... If you love this

Brant fellow, then...

Then we're happy for you. Heh.

Let's... Let's forget the sex part.

We can be friends, right?

Let's just all... All be... Be friends.

Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah.

"Olive Byrne is an exceptional student,

a quick study with a passion for learning.

She has a strong work ethic,

a keen mind...

...an unwavering moral compass...

...and a deeply instilled

sense of justice."

There.

Thank you.

Of course.

I'm writing a book. It'll be called

the Emotions of Normal People.

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