Steel Magnolias Page #9

I have always wanted to

give a wedding shower

with a monster motif.

That's what you get

for getting married on Halloween.

My heart!

Let's open the gifts.

You're welcome. Next.

M'Lynn, appliqu.

With some little

fringe on them.

Fringe, yes.

Quiet down. Quiet down.

It says,

"Better late than never."

Whoo!

Look out, Sammy!

Who's that from?

It's not signed.

Let me see.

Ouiser.

What?

I'd recognize

this penmanship anywhere.

You have the handwriting

of a serial killer.

I thought Sammy

wouldn't mind you

reading the Bible in bed,

as long as you were wearing

something inspirational.

Yuk, yuk, yuk.

Put down "split crotch."

This is from Shelby.

That's disgusting.

She's sorry she couldn't be here.

She's on duty.

How is she?

Fine.

I fed Baby Renz

but not Alex, okay?

Oh, okay.

Gotta get home now

for Halloween.

Have a good evening.

Shelby, this is too cute.

Where did you find this?

Aunt Fern made it.

I can't wait to get home

and try it on Jack.

I taught him to say

"trick or treat" or something...

something kind of like it.

Could you hand me that bag,

Pam?

Thanks.

Good night.

Good night.

Here you go.

Thank you.

And if this don't work on my husband,

maybe you can come back later.

See you.

Hmm. Looks like

somebody's husband's

coming home tonight.

When you work

a seven-day stretch

on an offshore oil rig,

all you wanna do

on your day off is sleep.

I'll do everything

I can to keep him up.

Anne Boleyn

had six fingers.

Who's Anne Berlin?

Anne Boleyn.

She was one of the six wives

of Henry VIII.

Oh, well, I never

watch public television.

She had six fingers.

What happened

to the other four?

She had 11 total.

[Flush]

Are you trying to

confuse me, Clairee?

No.

I just want to expose us

to more culture.

That's not easy to come by

in this neck of the woods.

Ouiser, how about

taking a theater trip

to New York?

I don't want

to expose myself

to anything.

You should broaden

your horizons.

You broaden

your horizons your way,

I'll broaden my horizons mine.

I'm going to support

the arts in this area.

[Ouiser]

I'll write a check. I support art.

I just don't have to see it.

It wouldn't harelip you.

Clairee, can I get one thing

straight with you?

I do not see plays

because I can nap at home

for free.

I don't see movies because they're trash

and they got nothing

but naked people in them.

I don't read books

'cause the good ones

are made into miniseries.

You know,

you would be

a much more contented,

pleasant person

if you would find ways

to occupy your time.

I am pleasant!

I saw Drum Eatenton this morning

at the Piggly Wiggly

and I smiled at the son of a b*tch

before I could help myself.

Ow!

Sh*t.

Sorry, Miss...

Sorry, Miss Ouiser.

Annelle, you take your Bible

and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

[Laughing]

Put it in Mommy's pocket.

There we go.

We'll zip you up,

and we'll go trick-or-treating

right after dinner.

Let's go and make

some spaghetti.

Oh!

Jack.

[Panting]

Oh.

Okay.

[Babbling]

Yeah.

Yes.

Let's go... Let's go

call D-Daddy, okay?

[Baby Crying]

Shelby!

Darling, I'm home.

Shelby!

What's the matter, pal?

What?

What's the matter?

Shelby!

Okay, buddy. Okay, okay.

All right.

Shelby!

Oh, my God.

Okay, baby, just put you

right here. One minute.

Shelby? Baby?

Shelby?

[Doctor Speaking,

distantly]

I wish we could offer you more hope,

but the situation we're at now is

very, very serious.

The immunosuppressant therapy we

have given her to prevent...

rejection of the kidney...

...has lowered her resistance. We believe

she has contracted an infection of the

central nervous system which will be

very difficult to resolve. The truth...

The coma may be irreversible.

[Humming "Hush, Little Baby"]

Good morning.

Morning, Gladys.

We're doing

our Jane Fonda.

Yeah, exercises

are good for her.

Here's the one where

you're holding him.

You're looking at him

and he's looking at you,

and then you all looked

over at me. Remember?

Open your eyes, Shelby.

Open your eyes. Open your eyes.

Look at him.

He wants you to

open your eyes, Shelby.

He wants you to open...

open your eyes.

The patient's pulse

is unchanged.

Some fluttering

in the A.V. Fistula.

It's weak.

The radial pulse is weaker.

The renal pulse is unchanged.

"Lesson three.

"Never be afraid

to try a brave new look.

"Now, that can mean wearing...

"daring to wear, um...

a sexy slip of a dress

that bares..."

Honey, it'll do you good

to get out for a while.

Eat a real dinner.

What if she wakes up

for two minutes

and I'm not here?

"For example,

we know where you can get

a top-of-the-line hairstyle."

[Kiss]

Call Clairee.

Call Connolly's Funeral Home.

That's the nicest.

Jackson.

You're going to have

to get her pink suit,

the one with

the little red cherries

on the lapel?

Where's Jack, Jr?

Aunt Fern's.

Here's your grandma.

There you go.

Pumpkin.

Jackson.

Does this tie go?

Yeah.

You look real nice.

I'll come with you to the funeral

if you don't mind.

I don't mind.

I feel sorry for them, you know?

I mean, especially Jackson...

Iosing Shelby like that.

If something like that

ever happened to me,

I don't know...

I don't know what I'd do.

A thing like this just

doesn't make any sense.

No sense at all.

I just keep thinking

about what Annelle says.

"The Lord works in mysterious ways."

What the hell is this for?

It makes you pretty.

Hey.

Come on home, honey.

How you holding up, honey?

I'm fine.

It was a beautiful service.

The flowers were

the most beautiful flowers

I have ever seen.

They were beautiful.

Miss M'Lynn?

It should make you

feel a lot better

that Shelby is with her king.

Yes, Annelle, I guess it should.

We should all be rejoicing.

You go on ahead.

I'm sorry if I don't feel like it.

I guess I'm a little selfish.

I'd rather have her here.

Miss M'Lynn...

I don't mean to upset you

by saying that.

It's just that...

when something

like this happens,

I pray very hard

to make heads

or tails of it, and...

and I think that in Shelby's case,

she just wanted to take care

of that little baby

and of you,

of everybody she knew.

And her poor little body

was just worn out.

It just wouldn't let her do

all the things she wanted to.

So she went on to a place

where she could

be a guardian angel.

She will always be young,

she will always be beautiful.

And I personally feel much safer

knowing she's up there on my side.

It may sound

real simple and stupid,

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