The Stepford Wives Page #8

But I wouldn't see them.

If I see anybody, I'll find my own.

I'm here at my husband's insistence.

We moved to Stepford with our

children, oh, a few months ago.

Before that, we lived in Manhattan.

And now I want to move out.

You see, I have nothing

against the general area,

but the women in Stepford just seem

to be on a different wavelength.

Well, that all seems

very straightforward.

And your husband wants you

to see me because...?

He feels I'm being irrational.

He says there's no certainty

I'd like Eastbridge

or someplace like that any better.

And he doesn't want to spend his life

moving from one house to another.

Yes, understandable,

but Stepford, I know,

has a reputation for being unsocial.

So I also understand

why you might be unhappy there.

I'd be unhappy there.

Any move is traumatic,

and a city-to-suburbs move

for a woman with interests

other than purely family

can seem like a jaunt to Siberia.

What would you think of

if I said Westport, Connecticut?

Writers, artists.

Now you have no reason

to know this,

but Truro, Massachusetts,

is this sort of elephant's graveyard

for psychoanalysts.

Perhaps Stepford is heaven

for the house-and-garden type.

One person tells another.

Some don't like it and leave.

Others that do like it, arrive.

I mean, Westport

didn't always have writers.

They didn't breed from an original pair.

I understand.

Well, I'm not surprised.

You're obviously a very bright woman.

What does surprise me is that you

have come all this way to talk to me,

and then you don't talk to me.

I think the men are behind it.

What men?

All of them.

All of them in the Association.

My husband, everyone.

The women don't...

Can't arrive in Stepford

loving housework.

They change once they get there.

I think the men make them change.

How would they do that?

I don't know. They...

They...

Oh, Jesus.

It's so awful.

If I'm wrong, I'm insane.

And if I'm right,

it's worse than if I'm wrong.

I don't know what they do exactly.

They draw our pictures,

and they tape our voices.

And the women

all look neat and pretty.

There's a man.

He's a druggist.

He runs the pharmacy.

And he's nothing.

He's nothing, but his wife

is just breathtaking.

And once, by mistake, I happened

to hear them making love,

and she was carrying on incredibly,

like he was some kind of God's gift.

And Charmaine changed in four

months and ripped up her tennis court.

And Bobby, my best friend,

changed in four months,

and that's what convinced me.

That's how long I've been

in Stepford. Four months.

And I don't know what's going on.

I just know something is wrong,

and my time is coming.

You're terribly frightened, aren't you?

Can you sleep?

Well, that's easy.

We can take care of that.

We'll see a lot of each other,

and you can talk some more.

See, it's unfortunate, but I have

to go away for a couple of days.

It's something I can't put off

at this short notice,

- but when I'm back, we'll talk.

- No.

No, you don't want to talk, or what?

I won't be here when you get back.

Don't you see?

It's going to happen before then.

Don't ask me to explain it.

I just know.

There will be somebody with my name,

and she'll cook and clean like crazy,

but she won't take pictures,

and she won't be me.

She'll...

She'll... She'll be like one

of those robots in Disneyland.

All right, now listen.

I'll give you a prescription,

which you'll have filled.

Then you gather up your children,

and you get the hell away.

Don't tell your husband.

Don't tell anyone.

Just go wherever you feel safe.

- Now, do you have family?

- They're dead.

Well, just drive and stop someplace,

and in a few days,

I'll be back on the 10th,

you ring me, I'll come to you,

and we'll sort this thing out.

Now, how does that sound?

They're not here.

- Where are they?

- I told you, they're not here.

They're with friends.

They're fine.

Amy?

Kim?

Which friends?

They're fine.

How was your visit?

Did she fix you up?

Walter, I'm taking the children away.

Where are they?

Are they at Bobby's?

Look. Just...

They're fine. I told you.

Look, we don't want you

to get upset again.

Now just go on upstairs

and lie down.

Don't talk to me like that. I don't want

to lie down. I want my children.

Joanna, go upstairs

and lie down now!

Don't tell me what to do,

you bastard!

- Joanna.

- Walter!

Joanna, open this goddamn door!

All right, you just stay in there, then.

You just stay in there.

Cornell call you? Yeah, yeah.

I had some trouble. I don't know,

but I think I handled it.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't know.

I do not know,

but I think it's all right.

She's upset.

She's really upset.

She ran upstairs.

Yeah.

Well, she's in the room.

Yeah.

Yeah. I think it's...

I think it's all right.

Oh, Dis?

Well, what should I do?

Oh, I'll just...

Why, look at you,

for heaven's sakes.

Bobby. Bobby, listen.

You need a fresh-perked

cup of coffee.

I don't want any coffee.

I just want my children.

Well, they're not here.

Dave's working late,

so I shooed my boys off with friends

so I could give myself a chance

to do some real cleaning.

Who ever told you

Kim and Amy were here?

No one. No one, but the night

they changed you, I kept your kids.

It just seemed logical to me.

Changed me? What's that mean?

I don't know. I really don't.

Bobby, stop it! Look at me.

Say I'm right.

You are different.

Your figure's different, your face,

what you talk about,

all of this is different.

Yes. Yes. This, it's wonderful.

Why don't you change your mind

and have a cup.

What does "archaic" mean?

- Archaic?

- Yes.

- I don't know.

- Think. You used to know.

When we went to Marie Axhelm's

and she was ironing,

- she didn't know, but you did.

- Did I? Well, I forgot.

How do you want it?

- It wasn't on the word list, was it?

- This is a new blend and very mild.

- Do you take cream?

- Look, I bleed.

- Oh, that's right. You take it black.

- When I cut myself, I bleed.

- Do you bleed?

- Why, look at your hand.

No, you look.

Joanna.

How could you do a thing like that?

How could you do a thing like that?

How could you do a thing like that?

When I was just going

to give you coffee.

When I was just going

to give you coffee.

When I was just going

to give you coffee.

I thought we were friends.

I thought we were friends.

I was just going to give you coffee.

I was just going to give you coffee.

I thought we were friends.

I thought we were friends.

I thought we were friends.

How could you do a thing like that?

I thought we were friends.

She must have sneaked out

when I was on the telephone.

Listen, Walter. It's gonna be OK.

The phones are jammed, the alarm

is out, and the roads are blocked off.

Everybody's out looking for her,

so don't panic.

I'll be back, all right?

I want my children!

Where are they?

Where are they? Where are

my children? I want them.

Association.

Mommy?

Mommy?

Mommy?

Mommy?

Mommy?

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